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The king afTented to this, and Amdo was accordingly de- 

 livered up ; and, being convi^Tted of rebellion and murder, 

 he was fentenced to be nailed to a crofs, and to remain there 

 till he died. But the terrible cries and groans which he 

 made while they were fixing him to the crofs, fo much 

 Ihocked the ears of the king, that he ordered him to be 

 taken down, and his head ilruck off with an ax, which 

 was executed in the midil of the camp. 



SociNios after this retired to Dancaz, and ordered Kefla 

 governor of Gojam, and Jonael his mafter of the houfehold, 

 to march fuddenly and furprife Belaya, a country belonging 

 to the Gongas and Cuba, Pagan nations, on whom, every 

 year, he made war for the fake of taking flaves for the ufe 

 of the palace. Thefe two officers, with a large body, mofl- 

 ly horfe, fell unawares upon the favages at Belaya, flaying 

 part, and bringing away their children. But not content 

 with doing this, tliey likev/ifc attacked the two dillrii5ls of 

 Agows, Dengui and Sankara, then in peace with the king, 

 and drove away an immenfe number of cattle, which the 

 king no fooner heard, than he ordered a flrict fearch to be 

 made, and the whole cattle belonging tb the Agows to be 

 gathered together, and rcflorcd to their I'cfpeflive owners ; 

 a piece of juflice which foftcned the hearts of this people 

 more than all the feveritics that had been hirhcrio ufcd ; 

 and the good cfTcvfls of which were foon after fcen upon 

 the Agows, though it produced fomething very different 

 in the condiicH: of Jonael. 



The king this year, i6i6,left his capital at the ufual timc,in 

 the month of November, and ordered his whole houfehold 

 to attend him. His intention was againfl the Galla on the 



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