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lieving the reft, the king's two nagareets were brought to 

 the door of the tent, where, to our very great furprife, we 

 heard it proclaimed, " Fafd is governor of the Agow, Maitfha, 

 Gojam, andDamot; profperity to him, and long may he live 

 a faithful fervant to the king our mailer !" — This was an 

 extraordinary revolution in fo fmall a fpace of time. It vas 

 fcarce 43 hours fmce Fafd had laid a fcheme for drowning 

 the greater part of the army in the Nile, and cutting the 

 throats of the refidue on both fides of it; it was not twenty- 

 four hours, fince he had met us to fight in open field, and 

 now he was become the king's lieutenant-general in four 

 of the moil opulent provinces of Abyffinia. This was pro- 

 duced, however, by the necefhty of the times, and both par- 

 ties were playing at the fame game who mould over-reach 

 the other. Fafil's meffengers were magnificently cloathed, 

 and it was firft intended they mould have gone back to him ; 

 but, after refleaion, another perfon was fent,thefe two chu- 

 fing to go to Gondar with the king to remain hoftages for 

 Fafil's word, and to bring back his inveftiture from thence 

 to Bure. The whole camp abandoned itfelf to joy. 



Late in the evening Ozoro Efther came to the king's tent* 

 She had been ill, and alarmed, as Ihe well might, at the 

 paflage of the Nile, which had given her a more delicate 

 look than ordinary; fhe was drcflcd all in white, and I 

 thought I feldom had fecn fo handfome a woman. The 

 king, as I have mentioned, had fent ten oxen to Ras Michael, 

 but he had given twenty to Ozoro Either ; and it was to 

 thank him for this extraordinary mark of favour that iTie 

 had come to vifit him in his tent. I had for fome time pad, 

 indeed, thought they were not infenfible to the merit of 

 each other. Upon her thanking the king for the diftinclion 



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