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3. Now the hold- was defended by valiant men, and no man could approach nigh there- to, but with great jeopardy : Howbeit Wayne put his life in his hand, and the men who ivere with him, were men of valour.
4. And It v/as about the eleventh hour of ihe night, when the people went againfl the hold to take it.
5. And two fmall companies, twenty in each company, with their captains, Gibbons and KnoKy went before the men of war j and thefe were called iht forlorn hope,
6. And it was fo, as they came nigh unto the hold, the men of Britain fliot at them from the walls, and feventeen of each com- pany were llain.
7. Neverthelefs, Wayne and the men who were with him, rufhed forwards, as a wide wafting ftream, and gat into the hold, and the garrifon beholding the valiant ads of the men of war, their fpirits funk within them.
8. Then they delivered up the hold and all
