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he died. So will I also do to Issachar, for what is he that 

 defyeth the armies of George our King.' 



" And whilst they journied there came a lying messenger unto 

 them, saying, ' Issachar cometh with speed : he will be with 

 you in half an hour.' And Mills cried out with a loud voice, 

 saying, ' Halt, ye men in the front, for our rear is sorely pressed, 

 and we shall inevitably be cut off.' 



" And they laughed him to scorn, saying, ' How is the mighty 

 fallen, and his honour laid in the dust.' Nevertheless they 

 slacked not their pace, and happy was the man that was swiftest 

 of foot. And they sent out messengers to spy out the road, 

 lest they should be surprised unawares. And they arrived safe 

 at Mansfield, and there abode that day. 



" And the messengers returned, having heard in the night much 

 talking and a noise like unto the tramping of an army. And 

 they made their report unto Devonshire, saying, ' Now of truth 

 the young man approacheth, we have seen them with our eyes, 

 and their vanguard is about two thousand.' 



" And when the men of Captain Lowe heard this they cryed, 

 saying, ' Captain, what shall we do to be saved ? ' And he 

 answered them, saying, ' Run, lads, run,' and he turned his back 

 and fled, and they followed him. This was done that it might 

 be fulfilled which was spoke unto Cope, the Squire, saying, ' My 

 men will follow me wherever I go.' And they fled in great 

 confusion, and many being assaulted with the fumes of liquor 

 were sick with fear. 



" Albeit it was a false alarm, for it was only an herd of cattle 

 which their owners were driving to a place of securit)^ 



" And one of these men lost in his flight a warlike instrument 

 called a drum, yet he turned not back to look after it. 



" And Gr — H — n, the Lieutenant, came riding furiously, and 

 he whipt his horse cruelly, saying, ' Flee swiftly, for on thy speed 

 dependeth my life.' 



"And he saw not the drum, but rode upon it and burst it, 

 and the noise thereof was like unto the report of a great gun, 

 and the beast was in a fright, and threw his rider to the ground. 



