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IN fight or battle, if your forces bee divided and your troopes scattered into severall battalios observe where the first decay or diminution beginnes, and there supply from the abler troopes; this is to call from the maine mast to stop a leake in your army.
Thus,
When Joab and Abishai fought against the Syrians, sayes Joab, if
the Syrians be too strong for mee, then thou shalt helpe mee,
2 Sam. 9. 10, 11.