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place in Ethiopia, after the king, and governor of Go- 

 jam, one of the largeft and richeft provinces in Abyffinia. 

 But he foon after again forfook Jacob, fwore allegiance to 

 Socinios, and joined him. 



Not content with all this, he began to form fome new 

 defigns while with the com't at Coga; and, having faid to 

 fome of the king's fervants, over wine, that it was prophe- 

 fied to him he fliould kill three kings, which he had veri- 

 fied in two, and was waiting for the third, this fpeech was 

 repeated to Socinios, who ordered Za SelafTe to be appre- 

 hended ; and, though he moil: juflly deferved death, the king 

 mercifully commuted his punifliment to banifliment to the 

 top of Ourec Amba, which fignifies the Great Mountain upon 

 the high ridge, called Gnfman^ near the banks of the Nile ; 

 and, though clofe confined in the caves on the top of that 

 mountain, after a year's imprifonment he efcaped to Wal- 

 aka, and there declared himfelf captain of a band of rob- 

 bers, with which he infefted the province of Gojam, when 

 he was llain by a peafant, and his head cut off and fent to 

 Socinios, who very much rejoiced in the prefent, and dif- 

 pofed of it as we have mentioned. 



The fecond piece of intelligence the emperor received 

 was that in the mountains of Habab, contiguous to Mafuah, 

 where is the famous monaflery of the monks of St Euftathi- 

 us, called IVifan; a perfon appeared calling himfelf Jacob, fon 

 of Scrtza Denghcl, and pretending to have efcaped from the 

 battle of Lcbart ; thus, taking advantage of the circumllance 

 of Jacob's body not having been found in the field among 

 the dead after that engagement, he pretended he had been 

 fo grievoully wounded in the teeth and face that it was 



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