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4. Then was Fayette^ the young nobleman from the Kingdom of Gaul, fent by the great Sanhedrim, to oppofe the men of Britain; and about three thoufand of the men of Co- lumbia, was with Fayette,
5. And Cor7iwallis led forth the valiant men of Britain, and journeyed from Peterfburg to James' river; and when the men of war were all palTed over the river, they journeyed through the county of Hanover, and came to the river Pamunky, fo cajled by the Barbari- ans, the native inhabitants of the land.
6. Nov/ the army of Columbia was too weak to fight with the fervants of the king; ne- ver thelefs, they folio v/ed clofe after them, and watched their Heps.
7. Now the princes* of the province, were met together about the affairs of the province; and Ccrn-zval/is fent Tarleton to the place where they were affembled together, even to Char- iotteville.
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