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Ali r was repeated through the whole, fpreading terror and' 

 difmay wherever it was heard. Nobody knew what was 

 the misfortune that had befallen them. Welleta Yafous, 

 who commanded the van, was carried away by the multi- 

 tude flying : Fafil, who was at the head of the Damot and 

 Agovvs, had not entered the valley, nor could any one tell, 

 bini what was the accident in the plain. 



Even Michael himfelf, (as I have heard him fay) when,, 

 fitting upon his mule on a fmall eminence, he faw this ex- 

 traordinary confufion and retreat, was not able to affigii: 

 any caufe for it. Though no man on thefe occafions had 

 more prefence of mind, he remained for a time motionlefs,, 

 without giving any orders. The troops, however, that lay 

 hid in the groves of cedars before the churches, who had 

 been filent and attentive, and PowuiTen, who commanded 

 the horfe which had been fkirmifliing, faw diftindtly the 

 operation of Welleta Gabriel, and the confufion that had 

 followed it ; without lofs of time they attacked the Galla 

 in the valley, and were foon joined by Guflio and the reft; 

 of the army.. 



Fasil, in defpair at a defeat of which he knew not the 

 caufe, came down among the Galla, fighting very bravely,, 

 often facing about upon thofe that prefled them, and endea- 

 vouring at leaft to retreat in fome fort of order ; but the 

 mufqucteers from the church, commanded by Hezekias, 

 inftead of entering the valley, had advanced and afcended 

 the hills, fo that from the fides of them, in the utmoft fecu- 

 rity, they poured down fhot upon the fliers beneath them. 



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