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foot fince five in the morning, and engaged all day, has 

 not, I believe, ate or drank as yet ; certainly he has not 

 wafhed himfelf, or changed his habit, but has been taking 

 care of his wounded men, and has prefented himfelf now 

 as he came from the field, under the unjuft fufpicion I 

 was doing him wrong. I then repeated what had hap- 

 pened at the bank when the king was purfuing the troops 

 of Begemdcr. Now 1 underfland him, fays the king, but 

 flill tie is wrong, and this is not the firft inftance I have 

 feen, when there was no fuch miftake. At this time a mef- 

 fenger came to call me from within. 



The king divined the reafon of fending, and faid, No, he 

 fhall not go to Guebra Mafcal ; I will not fuffer this. Go, 

 fays he to one of his fervants that flood near him, defire 

 the Ras to call Guebra Mafcal, and aflc him what this bru- 

 tality means ? I have feen two inllances of his miftehavi- 

 our already, and wifti not to be provoked by a third. At 

 this inftant came Kefla Yafous, with his left hand bound 

 up, and a broad leaf like that of a plane upon his fore- 

 head. After the ufual falutation, and a kind of joke of 

 the king's on his being wounded, I afked him if he would 

 retire and let me drefs his forehead ? which he fhewing 

 inclination to do, the king faid. Aye, go, and afk Guebra 

 Mafcal why he quarrels with his bell friends, and prevents 

 me from rewarding him as he otherwife would have de- 

 ferved. I went out with Kefla Yafous, being very defi- 

 rous this affair fhould not go to the Ras, and we found 

 Guebra Mafcal in appearance in extreme agony and de- 

 fpair. 



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