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guard, and marched out with found of trumpet, as if he was 

 going upon fome expedition. There was a large body of 

 troops in ambufh, and the Moors, concealed in woods, and 

 hiding-places, attacked the intrenchment as foon as the king 

 was gone, and had forced the palifades, when they were every 

 where furroundcd by the parties left behind, and were all 

 cut to pieces, excepting the old men and women, whofe 

 nofes and lips the king ordered to be cut off, by way of re- 

 taliation, and then difmiffed them. Great ftore of bows, 

 good arms and cloathing, were taken here, lately brought 

 from Arabia for the ufe of the confederates. 



The king now turned his face homewards, marched off 

 in feven days to Begul in theSahara, and thence fent amelTage 

 to the governor of Ifat, commanding him to fend to him 

 all thofe Chriftians who had apoftatized from their faith 

 in his or his brother's time ; with notice, that, if he did not 

 comply, he would put him and all his family to death, and 

 give his command to another family. The king ordered 

 thefe apoftates, when delivered, to be feverely whipped, and, 

 fettering them with heavy irons, imprifoned them. 



From Begul the army marched to Waz, thence to Getf, 

 and from Gett to Harla, ftill laying wafte the country. From 

 Harla they marched five days to Delhoya, being determined 

 to make a fevere example of this place, becaufe the inhabi- 

 tants had killed the governor the king had left with them, 

 and, making large fires for the purpofe, had biu'nt and tor- 

 mented the Chriftians refiding there. He came, therefore, 

 upon this town, and furrounded it in the night ; and, after 

 putting men, women, and children to the fword, he razed 

 it to the ground. 



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