553 TRAVELS TO 3>ISC0VEE^ 



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From 1604 to 1605. 



jyiakis Propofals to Soclmos^ which are rejeBed — Takci the Field — Bad'? 

 CondiiB and Defeat of Za Selajfe — Battle of Debra Zelt — Jacob defeats- 

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DURING the interim, Socinios appeared in Amhara, not- 

 as one offering himfelf as a candidate to be fupported 

 by the Ilrength and interell of others, but Hke a conqueror 

 at the head of a fmall but well-difciphned army of veteran 

 troops, ready to compel by force thofe who Ihould rcfufe to 

 £wear allegiance to him from convidlion of his right. 



The firil ftep he took was to fend BelaChriftcs, a noble- 

 man of knov/n worth, to Ras Athanafius then in Gojam^, 

 Hating to him his pretcnfions to fucceed Za Denghel in 

 the kingdom, defiring his afUftance with his army, and' 

 declaring that he v/ould acknowledge the fervice done him , 

 as foon as it was in his power. Without waiting for an an- 

 fwer, at the head of his little army he palTed the Nile, andj 

 entered Gojam. He then fent a fecond mefTage to Ras A-^ 

 thanafius, acquainting him that he was at hand, and or-- 

 dering him to prepare to receive him as his fovereign. 



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