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liorn of the righteous fhall be exalted with honour." And 

 fo in many other places throughout the Pfalms. 



Next to thefe came the king, with a fillet of white muflin 

 about three inches broad, binding, his forehead, tied with 

 a large double knot behind, and hanging down about two 

 feet on his back. About him were the great officers of 

 ftate, fuch of the young nobility as were without command; 

 and after thefe, the houfehold troops* 



Then followed the Kan.itz Kitzera, or executioner of the 

 camp, and his attendants ; and, laft of all, amidlt the King's 

 and the Ras's baggage, came a man bearing the fluffed 

 fkin of the unfortunate Woofheka upon a pole, which he 

 hung upon a branch of the tree before the king's palace 

 appropriated for public executions, 



Upon their arrival at Gondar, all the great men had 

 waited both upon the Ras and the King. Aylo had been 

 with them, and Ozoro Efther was removed to Gondar ; but, 

 by my advice, had left the child at Kofcam. Her fon Con- 

 fu, though recovered of the fmall-pox, had evident figns of 

 a dyfentery, and took no care of himfelf in point of regimen, 

 or avoiding cold. 



It was now the 1 3th of March,and I had heard no word from 

 Ozoro Efther, or the Ras, though removed to a houfe in Gon- 

 dar near to Petros. I had gone every day once to fee the 

 children of Kofcam ; at all which times I had been received 

 with the greateft cordiality and marks of kindnefs by the 

 Iteghe, and orders given for my free admittance upon all 

 occafions like an officer of her houfehold. As to the reft, 



I never 



