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of their valiant men v/iil melt like wax, v^hea k is fpread bt^fore the fire.
8. Then there will be reft in our land, and e^-ery man fnall fet under the (hade of his o-vvn fored, as in days pad, and the diouting of the warrior fhall be turned into melody, and fongs of gladnefs fliall be heard in the groves.
9. The affrighted virgins fhall return to their cottages, they fhall gather together at the clofe of the day, when they red from their labour, and tell to each other the vali- ant ads of their beloveds.
10. Thus did the people encourage each other; for they looked on the men of Bri- tain, even as the eagle looketh upon the fawn that fleepeth upon the fides of the mountains of Alleghany.
11. They came forth in troops, and join- ed themfelves to the fervants of the king ©f Gaul, they efteemed it but a light thing to fores their ilrong holds, inafmuch as their
