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the enemies of Sela Chriftos, had begun to entertain fufpi^ 

 cion of his loyalty, and had deprived him of the govern- 

 ment of Gojam and tlie Agows. Finding, after an examina- 

 tion, there was no perfon that v;as quahfied to bring this 

 affair to a happy ilTue but Sela eiiriftos,. he replaced him in 

 his government of Gojam, giving him, at the fame time, 

 orders to mareh againft the fon of Gabriel, into Amhara. 



This command of the king, Ras Sela Chriilbs foon com- 

 plied with, and, upon his firft appearance in that province, 

 the rebel retired to a high mountain which he made his place 

 of arms, the top producing both provifions and water fuffi* 

 cent to maintain a. large garrifon. , 



The Ras, feeing that force availed nothing, had recourfe 

 to the ufual trap thefe rebels fall into. Weary of confine- 

 ment on the mountain, fenfible that he was by himfelf too^ 

 weak to leave it, wliile fuch an enemy expedled him below, , 

 he accepted the friendfliip of the neighboiu'ing Galla, who 

 olTered to join him in fuch numbers as to enable him to. 

 defcend from the mountain, and try his fortune in a battle,. 

 The treaty was concluded, and the jundlion no fooner ef- 

 fec^ted, than the faithlefs Galla, before gained by the Ras,. 

 fell upon the fon of Gabriel with their clubs, and killed him; 

 on the fpot, having fo mangled his body that fcarce a piece- 

 was referved to fend to his enemy. 



The joy this vi(5lory occafioned at court met with a great 

 addition by the arrival of the Romifli patriarch. It has been • 

 before obferved, that the king had himfelf wrote letters to 

 the pope and king of Spain, declaring his intentions to turn- 

 Ga.tholic. Peter Pucz, Antonio Fernandes, and the other 



4.- priells>. 



