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me to be of the few that are authentic among thofe many 

 which have been publifhed as coming from Abyflinia. 



" The king Tecla Haimanout, fon of the king of the 

 ^' church of Ethiopia, king of a thoufand churches. 





" On the part of the powerful auguft king, arbiter of 

 * nations, Ihadow of God upon earth, the guide of kings 

 who profefs the religion of the Mefliah, the mofl power- 

 ful of Chriftian kings, he that maintains order between 

 Mahometans and Chriftians, proteftor of the boundaries 

 of Alexandria, obferver of the commandments of the go- 

 fpel, defcended of the line of the prophets David and Solo- 

 mon, — may the blefling of Ifrael be upon our prophet and 

 upon them. — To the king Baady, fon of the king Ounfa, 

 may his reign be full of happinefs, being a prince endow- 

 ed with thefe rare qualities that delerve the higheft 

 praifes as governing his kingdom with diflinguiflied wif- 

 dom, and by an order full of equity. — ^Thc king of France, 



4 " who 



* This is not the king's f<;al. It is the inventioB of fame Mahometan employed to write the 

 letters. 



