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" taunting meiTages, equally unworthy the majeity and me- 

 " mory of a prince like him : That, could this be palled over, 



V ftill there was a crune that all the blood of Adel could not a- 



V tone for: They had, without provocation, murdered his 

 ** priefts, burnt their churches, and deftroyed his defencclefs> 

 « people in their villages, merely from a vain belief that. they 

 w were too far to be under his protection 5 That,topuniili them 

 ** for this, he was now in the midft of their country* and, if 

 " his life was fpared, never would he turn his back upon Adel 

 " while he had ten. men v/ith him capable of drawing their 

 " fwords. He, therefore, ordered them to return, and cx~ 

 ** peel; the approach of his army." 



The two eldeft children and the brother were fo flruck 

 with the fierce manner and countenance with which the 

 king fpoke, that they remained perfectly filent. But the 

 youngeft fon (a youth of great fpirit, and w r ho, with 

 the utmoft difficulty, had been forced by his parents to 

 fly after the battle) anfwered the king with great refolus- 

 tion : — 



" It is a truth known to the whole kingdom* that Adel 

 " has never belonged to any fovereign on earth but to our- 

 " felves. Violence and power, which deflroy and fet- up 

 " kingdoms, have at times done fo with ours ; but that you 

 " are not otherwife, than by thefe means, king of our coun- 

 " try, our colour, feature*, and complexion fufnciently fhe w. 

 " We have been free, and were conquered ; we now have 

 " attempted to regain our freedom,, and we have failed: We 



have 



* The Moors in general are much fquarer, ftouter-made men, than the Abyffinians. 



