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lliould immediately attend him within the palace, in a pub- 

 lic place which is called the Aflioa, and that upon pain of 

 rebellion. 



The king appeared cloathed all in white, being the habit 

 of peace ; his head was bare, drefred,anointed, and perfumed, 

 and his face uncovered. He thus advanced to the rail of 

 the gallery, about 10 feet above the heads of the audience, 

 and, in a very graceful, compofed, but refolute manner, be- 

 gan a fhort oration to the people. " He put them in mind 

 •f' of their wantonnefs in having made Ouftas, a man not of 

 ^* the royal line of Solomon, king of Abyffinia ; of their ha- 

 « ving incited his brother, Tecla Haimanout, to afraffinate 

 « their father Yafous ; that they had afterwards murdered 

 «' Tecla Haimanout himfelf, one brother, and lately his 

 « other brother David, his own immediate predecefTor: That 

 « he had taken due vengeance upon all the ringleaders of 

 " thofe crimes, as was the duty of his place, and, if much 

 « blood had been flied, it was becaufe many enormities had 

 « been committed ; but that knowing now that order was 

 « eftabliflied, and confpiracies extinguifhed among them, he 

 « had counterfeited death, to fignify an end was put to Ba- 

 « cuffa and his bloody meafures ; that he now was rifen 

 « again, and appeared to them by the name of Atzham 

 " Georgis, Ton of Yafous the Great; and ordered every man 

 " home to his houfe to rejoice at the acceffion of a new 

 « king, under whom they fliould have juftice, and live 

 «' without fear, as long as they refpefted the king that God 

 " had anointed over them." 



This fpeech was followed by the loudeft acclamations, 

 « Long live Bacuffa! Long live Atzham Georgis!" It was 



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