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trull to me, 20,000 ounces of Tigre iron.fhall crown you 

 better; if more is wanted, I will be (low it upon your ene- 

 mies with pleafure till they are fatisfied ;" meaning the 

 iron balls with which his foldiers loaded their muf-. 

 quets. 



After the coronation was over, the king pafTed the Ma- 

 rch, defiring to finifli his campaign by the death of his com- 

 petitor Jacob ; but that impoftor knew too well the fuperi- 

 ority of his rival, and hid himfelf in the inmoft receiTes, with- 

 out other attendants than a few goats, who f uruiihed him 

 with their milk, as well as their fociety. 



SociNios left the affair of the rebel Jacob to be.ended by 

 Amfala Chrillos, an officer of great prudence, whom he made 

 governor of Tigre; and, taking his brother Ras SelaChriilos 

 along with him, returned to Coga*. Amfala Chriftos being 

 feized with a grievous ficknefs, faw how vain it was for him 

 to purfue the fuppreffion of a rebellion conduced by fuch- 

 a head as this impoftor Jacob, and therefore fecretly applied 

 to two young men, Zara Johannes and Amha Georgis, bro- 

 thers, and fons of the Shum Welled Georgis, who had com- 

 mitted murder, and were outlawed by Socinios, and, keep- 

 ing hid in the mountains, had joined in fellowfliip with the. 

 impoftor Jacob, 



These, gained by the promife of pardon given them by 

 Amfala Chriftos, chofe an opportunity which their intimacy, 

 gave them, and, falling upon Jacob unawares in his retire- 

 ment. 



* The a the metropolis upon the Lake Tzana. 



