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Eniana Chriftos received this intelligence almoll dead with 

 fear, for never was a prophecy made which feemed to have 

 needed lefs time to accomplifti than this of his brother's. 



Af Christos furrendered his prifoner to the king at Dan- 

 caz, who immediately aflembled a full convocation of judges 

 Dt all degrees ; and the prifoner being ordered to anfwer to 

 his charge concerning the rebellion of Julius and his con- 

 fpiracy againft the king's life, he took the part he had been 

 advifed, and palliated the whole of his acElions, without pofi- 

 tively denying any one of them, and fubmitted to the king's 

 mercy. The judges, confidering the defence, unanimoully 

 found him guilty of death ; but the king, whofe laft vote, 

 v/hen fitting in judgment, fupcrfedes and overturns all the 

 reft, reprieved, and fent him prifoner to Amhara, 



Hitherto the king had contented himfelf with fixing 

 two points in favour of the Roman church, in contraditSlion 

 to that of Alexandria. The lirft denounced punifliment to 

 every one who did not believe that there are two natures in 

 Chrift, and that he is perfect: God and perfec^l man, without 

 confufion of perfons. The fccond was rather a point of dif- 

 cipline than of faith ; yet it was urged as fuch, by declaring 

 it to be unlawful to obferve Saturday, the ancient Jcwilh 

 fabbath. The iirft of thefe, if it was not the caufe, had been 

 alTumed as the pretext for the rebellion of Julius. The fe- 

 cond produced that of Jonael governor of Begemdcr, of 

 which we are now to fpeak. But thus far only the king 

 had gone. He had not openly joined the chtirch of Rome, 

 nor as yet renounced that of Alexandria, nor forced any one 

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