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hands of the Moor.s. Ras Welled dcTOuL's army, ccnfiftinjj 

 of 18,000 of their fcUovv-cirizens, v/as lying dead upon the 

 Deader. It was no matter; they had got the fpeaking cru- 

 cilix, but had paid 8000. ounces of gold for it. Still it was 

 no matter; they had got the crown of tliorns. 1 he priells 

 made proceffions from church to church, fmging hallelu- 

 jahs and fongs of thankfgiving, when they Ihould have 

 been in fackcloth and aOies, upon their knees deprecating 

 any further chaftifement upon their pride, cruelty, and pro- 

 fanenefs. All Gondar was drunk with joy ; and Yafous 

 himfelf was aftoniflied to fee them fingingthe fong of Sen- 

 naar much more willingly than that of Kofcam. 



At this time diedAbuna Chriilodulus; and it was cuftom- 

 ary for the king to advance the money to defray the expence 

 of bringing a fuccefTor. But Yafous's money was all gone 

 to Venice for mirrors ; and, to defray the expence of bring- 

 ing a new Abuna, as well as of redeeming of the facred 

 reliques, he laid a fmall tax upon the churches, faying 

 merrily, " that the Abuna and the crofles were to be main- 

 tained, and repaired by the public ; but it was incumbent 

 upon the church to purchafe new ones when they were 

 worn out." 



THE0D0Rus,pric{l of Debra Selalo, Likianos of Azazo, and 

 Georgis called Kipti, were configned to the care of three 

 Mahometan merchants and brokers at court, whofe names- 

 were Hamet Ali, Abdulla, and Abdelcader, to go to Cairo and 

 fetch a fuccciror for Chriilodulus. They arrived at Hama- 

 zen on April 29th 1743, where the Mahometan guides chofe 

 rather to pafs the winter- feafon than at Mafuah, as at that 

 pdace they were apprehcnlive they would fufler extortions 



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