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ment j but this was done only as an artifice, 

 to draw the Englim into a narrow and 

 dangerous pafs, between two ranges of hills, 

 where a numerous ambufcade was fecretly 

 placed under the command of his fons. 

 Henry, too confident in the flrength of his 

 army, and not relying fufficiently upon the 

 opinion of thofe who had a more perfect 

 knowledge of the country than himfelf, fell 

 into the fnare, and paid dearly for his rafh- 

 nefs j for when he and his vanguard, follow- 

 ing the Welm, who in a {ham flight retiring 

 into the valley, were engaged in fight, ano- 

 ther party on a fudden rofe with moft horri- 

 ble outcries from under the cover of the woods 

 which hung over the fteep, and afTaulted 

 them with ftones, arrows and other miflile 

 weapons; the difad vantage of the place, and 

 the confufion they were thrown into totally 

 difabled them from refilling this unexpected 

 attack ; and they were routed with a dread- 

 ful flaughter, the purfuit being continued 

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