the chief counsellor, whatsoever he said, they said; they were like the passive clay in the hands of the potter.
8. And the petition was rejected by the king and the great council of the kingdom, for it was determined to make war upon the people of the provinces, that they might be brought under the yoke.
9. And soldiers were sent from the land of Hibernia, and from places beyond the sea, and Thomas[1] was appointed governor in the province of the East.
10. He was also captain of the host of the men of Britain that were in the town of Bos- ton, and he strengthened himself in the town, and caused battlements to be built.
11. Now while these things were doing in the land of Columbia, there were certain men in the city of Lud, the chief city of the king- dom of Britain
- ↑ General Gage,
