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pany him to the court. The firft ftep was to name Roderi- 

 go de Lima amballador from the king of Portugal, inftcad 

 of Gah^an, who was dead ; and, for his fuite, George de 

 Breu, Lopez de Gama, John Scolare fecretary to the am- 

 baffador, John Gonfalvez his fador and interpreter, Emma- 

 nuel de Mare organift, Peter Lopez, Mafter John his phyfi- 

 cian, Gafpar Pereira, and Lazarus d'Andrad a painter. The 

 three chaplains were John Fernandes, Peter Alphonfo Men- 

 dez, and Francifco Alvarez. In this company alfo went 

 Matthew, the Abyflinian ambalTador returned from Portu- 

 gal, and with him three Portuguefe, one called Magailanes, 

 the other Alvaremgo, and the third Diego Fernandes. 



It feemed probable, the fevere blow which David had given 

 to the king of Adel, by the total deftrudlion of his army on 

 the death of his general Maffudi, would have procured a 

 cefTation of hollilities to the Abyflinian frontiers, which they 

 had not experienced during the life of that general ; but it 

 appeared afterwards, that, increafed in riches and popula- 

 tion by the great acceflion of power which followed the in- 

 terruption of the Indian trade in Arabia by the Turkifh 

 Gonqueft, far from entertaining thoughts of peace, they were 

 rather meditating a more formidable manner of attack, by 

 training themfelves to the ufe of fire-arms and artillery, of 

 which they had provided a quantity, and to which the A- 

 byflinians were as yet flrangers. 



The king was encamped in Shoa, covering and keeping 

 in awe his Mahometan provinces, Fatigar andDawaro ; be- 

 lides which he feemed to have no objeA but the conqueft 

 of the Dobas, that bordered equally upon the Moorifli and 

 Chrifdan frontiers, and v/ho (though generally gained by 



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