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attended him, who had all fared better than he, among? 

 their friends in town, though they did not own it. The 

 fecond day began in the fame ftile, and lafted till noon^ 

 without any appearance of provifions. After the furren, 

 dry of the arms, however, came great plenty, both from the 

 town and the camp, and fo continued ever after ; but he ate 

 very fparingly, though he had generally a very good appetite^ 

 and ordered the rcfidue to be given, to his fervants, or the 

 poor about the gates of the palace, many of whom, 

 he faid, mull llarve by the long ilay of fo large an army. 

 He feemed to be totally forgotten. About three o'clock of 

 the fecond day came his fecretary from Gufho, ftaid about 

 an hour, and returned immediately ; but what had paffed 

 I did not hear, at leaft at that time. There was no alteration 

 in his looks or behaviour. He went early to bed, and had not 

 yet changed the cloachs in which he came from the camp. 



The next day the unfortunate troops of Tigre, loaded 

 with curfes and opprobrious language, pelted with ftones 

 and dirt, and a few way-laid and flain for private injuries^ 

 were condu(5led up the hill above Debra Berhan, on th<i 

 road through Woggora to Tigre, by a guard of horfe from 

 Guflio's camp, who protecffcd them with great humanit}"' 

 as far as they were able ; but it Vv'as out of the power of 

 any force but that of an army to proted: them from the 

 enraged populace, over whom they had tyrannifed fo many 

 years. Arrived at the river Angrab, in the rear of Powuf- 

 fcn's army, they were configncd to him, and he delivered 

 them to Ayto Tesfos, who was toefcortthem acrofs the Ta- 

 cazze. Many of the mob, however, continued to purfue 

 them even farther ; but thcfe were all to a man difarmecl, 

 and ftript naked, on their return to Gondar, by Tesfos and 

 PowufTen's foldiers, who juRIy judged, that in the like 



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