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barked, while we were fettling the arrangement of 

 our plan. 



But for Cephas, we had been undone. Before 

 the arrival of the Britons, he had advifed King 

 Bardîis to divide his force into two, compofed of 

 the inhabitants of Lutetia, to place himfelf in am- 

 bufh, with the better part, in the woods which 

 covered the oppofite fide of the Mountain of 

 Heva ; while Cephas himfelf Ihould eng ige the 

 enemy with the other party, joined to the reft of 

 the Gauls. I entreated Cephas to detach from his 

 divifion, the young foldiers, who panted, like 

 myfelf, to come to clofe adion, and to entruft me 

 with the command. 1 have no fear of danger, 

 faid I. Through all the proofs which the Pricfts 

 of Thebes prefcribe to the initiated, I paiTed, and 

 knew not what fear was. Cephas helitated a few 

 moments. At laft he committed the young men 

 of his divifion to my charge, recommending to 

 them, as well as to me, not to feparate too far from 

 the main body. 



The enemy, meanwhile, had made good their 

 landing. At fight of this, many of the Gauls ad- 

 vanced to attack them, rending the air with loud 

 cries ; but as they charged in fmall parties, they 

 were eafily repulfed ; and it would have been im- 

 poiTible to rally a fingle man of them, had not our 



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