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banks of the rirer, even Afhlej river, oppo- fite to the city.
ID. Now the governor of the province, whofe name was Rutkdge^ commanded all the people to come forth againfl: their mighty adverfaries, the men of Britain.
11. Howbeit, they were not mindful to obey the governor; for the fpirits of the peo- ple were quenched, they remembered the battle at Savannah, and fear took hold of their minds.
12. Neverthelefs, the people who were in the town, behaved themfelves valiantly, and toiled hard to ftrengthen the town 5 and Lin* coin was over the men of war.
13. And the men of Britain were ftrength- ened by twelve hundred men from Savannah, and they befieged the city round about.
14. And they caft up banks againft the ci- ty, and prepared to batter the walls thereof j and the town's men alfo made ready for the battle.
