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*• Abyffinia, I returned and delivered to him the letters 

 " which had been given me by his father. It was now. 

 " three months fmce Tecla Haimanout had been upon the 

 " throne; he approved of the letters, and caufed them to 

 « be tranfcribed in his own name ; and ordered me to go 

 " and join du Roule the ambaflador, and accompany him 

 " back again to Gondar. King Yafous had already fent an 

 " officer to meet the ambaflador at Sennaar ; and he had 

 " been gone fix months without my knowledge ; but that 

 " officer, having trifled away his time in trading, did not 

 *' enter Sennaar till that king had caufed the ambaflador 

 " to be murdered, together with thofe that were with him. 

 *♦ As for me, not knowing what had happened, I was ad- 

 *' vancing with the orders of Tecla Haimanout, when, being 

 *' now within three days journey of Sennaar, I heard of the 

 « ambaflador's death, and that of his companions ; and . 

 " being terrified at this, I returned into Abyflinia to let 

 " Tecla Haimanout know what the king of Sennaar had 

 " done. Immediately upon hearing of this, Tecla Haima- 

 " nout formed a refolution to declare war againft the king 

 « of Sennaar, but was foon after flain in a mutiny of the 

 " foldiers. He reigned two years. Tifilis, brother of Ya- 

 •' fous, fucceeded him, and reigned three years and three 

 "months. Ouftas, nephew of king Yafous, fucceeded Ti- 

 " fills, and ufurped the kingdom, of which he was aftuaU 

 " ly prime minifter, being fon of a fifter of Yafous. Ouftas 

 "was dethroned, and died foon after. David, fon of Ya- 

 " fous, fucceeded him, and reigned five years and five 

 ** months. The friars, who arrived in Ethiopia in the reign 

 ♦' of Ouftas, were ftoned to death, upon the fucceffion of 

 ** David to the throne, by thofe that were of the party of 

 *'^ David. A fon of MzV/6flf/, whom he had by a flave, agedi 



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