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€d towards the river, and the foldiers gat in- to the boats thac were prepared to carry thera ever the water. Mow while the people were ino"ing towards the river, the foldiers cad in in their minds what this fhould mean, and thought they were going againfl the hofl of Britain. For the chief captains had kept the 4£foor of their Hps concerning this thing, led peradventure the enemy fiiould hear thereof and purfue after them.
25. And it came to pafs, that while the people of the provinces were waiting to be ferried over the river, lo! the North Eaft wind fprang up, fo that the boats could not pafs :
26. But about the eleventh hour of the night the wind ceafed, and there was a calm; and afterward the South wind arcfe, and then the people paffed over, and gat fafc to the other fide.
«;. Howbeit, the dawning of the day ap^-
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