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cried to him in a contemptuous voice, ' Thou whelp of a wolf* ! thou 

 beganst to display the disposition of thy father, and feel a delight in 

 feasting upon carrion.' The rebel replied in a bold and reproachful 

 manner, ' Thou vainglorious eaglef ! thou only piquest thyself on 

 the power of thy wings ; but if thou ever fallest in one of my traps, 

 thou shalt soon feel the weight of my arms/ The prince of the 

 Seunies could not brook this taunt, but furiously rushing on him, 

 directed the axe which he held in his hand to his helmet, and having 

 driven him to some distance from his troops, pursued him to the 

 eastward of the mountain. Here, opposite to the convent of Innak- 

 nian, he brought him to the ground by a violent shove from the 

 horse ; and having himself alighted, instantly severed his head from 

 the body, which he precipitated headlong from the mountain. ' Now,' 

 said he, ' let vultures behold you, and know that the eagle has killed 

 the hare.' Immediately after this, the prince of the Seunies returned 

 to the army; and the place where the prince of Hashtens fell, is to 

 this day called by the appellation of the Eagles. 



" The Armenians were emboldened by this success, and the prince 

 of Arzrunies attacked the head priest of Ashtishat, called Metakes, 

 whom he dragged to the summit of the mountain, commanding a 

 view of the battle. Metakes here made a violent resistance, and 

 inflicted a wound on one of the thighs of his pursuer. The latter, 

 burning with rage and a spirit of revenge, levelled a stroke of his 

 scymetar on his neck, which he cut off from the body. He threw 

 down the headless trunk, and the spot where the deed was committed, 

 received the appellation of Metsakol. 



" The prince of J Arges seeing this, consulted his safety in flight, 

 and secured himself in a place of concealment. The prince of Arzru- 

 nies, seemingly not noticing this, gently approached the fugitive, and 

 made a sudden and unexpected attack on him. The wretch fled into 

 the forest, where the sharp point of one of the branches of a tree, 

 having passed through his breast, hastened his fall and dissolution. 

 The conqueror returned with the horse of the dead, and the spot 

 was called the vale of Arges. 



" Immediately after his return he found Demetr and the prince of 



* OpP 6UVL ^IIPbN'b Gailakoreiin, literally, means a young wolf, or the 

 cub of a wolf. 



f ii ^ O. 11 PN»f|hfl3 5lW" * s aa a ^ us ' ve mode of expression in Armenian, 

 similar to that of \^^Q CH.1i SUL^ thou son of a dog. 



* bCfaU/t \t ILPiJUlh-B Prince °f Arges was another title of nobility in 

 Armenia, literally signifying the prince of the bears. 



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