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gour, and many were llain, without any lofs on the part of 

 the royahfts. 



The Abuna Simon had, for a confiderable time, flood as 

 an ccclefiaftic, unhurt and unheeded, among the flying 

 troops. Being at laft diftinguiflied by his violent vocifera- 

 tion, and repeated imprecations upon the king and the con- 

 querors, he was flain by a common foldier, who cut his 

 head off and carried it to Socinios, who ordered it, with the 

 body, to be taken from the field of battle and buried in a 

 church-yard. 



Socinios gave the fpoil of the camp to his foldiers. It 

 was faid, that no time, fmce the Turks were defeated under 

 Mahomet Gragne, was there ever fo mucli treafure found 

 in a camp. The pride of Julius induced him to carry all 

 his riches with him. They were the fruits of avarice and 

 oppreflion in all the principal polls of the empire, and which 

 in their turn he had enjoyed. They were likewife the fpoils 

 of the Catholics, newly acquired by the confifcations made 

 fince his rebellion. A great number of cattle was likewife 

 taken, which the king diftributcd among the priells of the 

 feveral churches, the judges, and other lay-ofHccrs. Very 

 great rejoicings were made everywhere, in the midft of 

 which arrived Ras Sela Chriftos with his army from Go- 

 jam, and was flruck with aflonifliment on feeing the fmall 

 number of troops with which the king had been cxpofed to 

 fight Julius, and how complete a vidory he had gained 

 with them. 



In the mean time, Emana Chriilos had retired to a high 

 mountain in Gojam, called Melca Aviba^ vvhcre he continued 



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