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The king was very much exafpcrated at this meiTage. 

 He told them, however bad Benero might have been, he 

 confidered his murder as an infuk done to himrelf,and had, 

 therefore, difpatched Mullapha Bafha with fome troops, and 

 given command to all the Mahometans in Narea to allift him, 

 and to inquire into tlie death of Benero, and the merit of his 

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At the fame time, the Galla made an inroad into Begem- 

 der; and Welled Hawaryat, aflembling what troops he could j. 

 in hafte, to flop the defolation of that province, and having 

 come in fight of the enemy, he was forfaken by his army, 

 and flain, together with the Cantiba of Dembea, Amdo,. 

 and Nile Wed Ageeb prince of the Arabs, after fightings 

 manfully for the king. Socinios, upon the arrival of this 

 news, gave himfelf up to immoderate forrow ; not fo much 

 for the lofs of his army which had mifbehaved, as for the 

 death of Welled Hawaryat his favourite fon, and Amdo aijd 

 Nile, the two beft officers ia his army.. 



It will now be necefTary that we look back a little to the 

 fiate of religious affairs in AbyiFmia, which began from 

 this tinae to have influence in every meafure, and greatly 

 to promote the troubles of that empire ; though they were 

 by no means their only caufc, as fome have faid, with a 

 ■view to tlirow greater odium upon the Jefuits, who furely 

 have enough to anfwer for, witliout inilaming tlie accouiic 

 by any exaggeration^ 



Paez, in the couiic of building the palace at Gorgora^ 

 had defervedly aftonifhed tlie whole kingdom by a difplay 

 ©•f his tiniverfal genius and capacity. If he was affiduous 



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