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The king, not a little furprlfecl at thcfe frequent info- 

 lences on the part of the Naybe, began to inquire what 

 could be the rcafon ; for he perfcdly knew, not only Suhui 

 Michael, the governor of Tigi e, but even the Baharnagalh^ 

 could reduce Mafuah to nothing with their little finger; and 

 'he was informed, that a ftrongfriendlhip fubliiled between 

 the Naybe and Suhul Michael, and that it was by rehing on 

 his friendfhip that the Naybe adventiuxd to treat the 

 king's fervants, at different times, in the manner he had 

 done. 



Yasous, defiroiis to verify this himfelf, and to diiTolve the 

 "bands of fo unnatural a friendfhip, marched into Tigrc v/ith 

 a confiderable army. Palling by Adowa, the refidence of 

 Suhul Michael, he was pleafed with the warlike appearance 

 of this his feat of government, and the perfeft order and 

 fubordination that reigned there. Certain diforders and tu- 

 mults were faid to prevail in the neighbouring province of 

 Enderta where Kafmati Woklo commanded. The favao-e 



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people, called Azabo, living at Azab, the low country below 

 Enderta and the Dobas, (a nation ox Shepherds near them., flill 

 more favage, if poffible, than them) had hud wafte the di- 

 flritfts that were next to their frontier, burning the churches, 

 and flaying the priells in the daily inroads which they 

 made into Abyflinia. All thefe things, bad enough indeedj 

 were at this time aggravated, as was thought, for two rca- 

 fons ; the firft was to call an odium upon Kafmati Woldo, Mi- 

 chael's great enemy, as incapable of governing his province ; 

 the fecond, to prevent the king in his progrefs to Mafuah, as 

 he openly profefled his fixed intention was to punifli the 

 Naybe with the utmoU feverity,. 



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