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that was a king, would not be fond of war? David, however, 
curfes thofe that delight in war, fays Ammonios, Therefore, 
replied I, there muft be pleafure in it, or elfe no body would 
fall into a fin that was difagreeable in itfelf, and at the fame 
time forbidden by God. Well, well, replied Ammonios, this is 
‘not a time for argument, fee what a glorious {pectacle we 
fhall all be before funfet. 
Ar this time Powuffen’s whole army was diftinétly feen; 
they came riding backwards and forwards with great vio- 
lence, more as if they were diverting themfelves, than ad- 
vancing to attack an enemy, of our confequence, that was 
waiting them. They feemed like two wings, and a main bo- 
dy, each nearly equal in numbers, as far as I could: guefs, and 
are defcribed in the plan by the letters LL, but they were 
fometimes all in one croud together, and in fuch perpetual 
motion, that it was impoflible to afcertain their precife 
form. A 
Four men, upon unruly, high-mettled, or at leaft ifl- 
broke horfes, rode galloping a {mall fpace before, conver- | 
fing together, as if making their obfervations upon us: 
they were now arrived at about fix hundred yards diftance, 
but it was not a time to make accurate calculation ; they 
then made a ftop, and began extending the left of their 
line to the weftward, as defcribed by MM. I fuppofe, too, 
their horfes needed to breathe a little, after they had fo 
imprudently blown them to no purpofe, 
In the middle of their cavalry, or rather a little more — 
towards their right, than oppofite to the place where the 
king was, a large red flag was feen to rife, and was faluted 
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