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Michael, by which the latter, in confideration of a large 

 fum, was to put the former again in pofleffion of the pro- 

 vince of Tigre ; others again faid, that Kefla Yafous, at 

 Ras Michael's defire, was to be made governor of Tigre, 

 and to have a large fum of gold, which Michael was fup- 

 pofed to have concealed there, and which he was to remit 

 to Gullao, whilft he and Michael were to undeiiland each 

 other about the government of the province. 



Be that as it may, Powuflen, on the 4th of June, without 

 any previous notice given to Guflio, marched into Gondar 

 with a thoufand horfe, and, without further ceremony, or- 

 dered Ras Michael to be placed upon a mule, and, joining 

 the reft of his army, who had all ilruck their tents, march- 

 ed av.;ay fo fuddenly to Begemder, that Ozoro Efther, then 

 j-efidiag at the queen her mother's houfe at Kofcam, had 

 fcarcely time to fend her old hufband a frefli mule, and 

 fome fupply of neceflary provifions. All the reft of the 

 troops decamped immediately after, the rains beginning 

 now to be pretty conftant, and the foldiers deftrous to be 

 at home. Some of the great men, indeed, remained at 

 Gondar, fuch as Ayabdar, Engedan, and others, who had 

 views of preferment* Gufho took pofteffion of the Ras's 

 houfe and office ; the king's officers and fervants returned 

 to the palace ; the places of thofe that had fallen in battle 

 were filled, and the whole town began to refumc an ap- 

 pearance of peace, which every one who confidered feared 

 would be of a very fliort duration. 



A FEW days after the army of Begemder had left Gondar, 

 Powuflen fent the ufurper Socinios, loaded with irons, from 

 Agar Salam, a fmall town in Begemder, where he had 



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