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rendered themfelves, trufling to the clemency of the prince. 

 Many of the Moors, natives of Abyffinia, did the fame, after 

 having experienced the difference between the mild Chris- 

 tian government, and that of their new mailers, the Moors 

 and Turks of AdeL 



The king encamped at Sard, there to pafs his Eafler ; and, 

 as is ufual in the great feflivals, many of the nobility ob- 

 tained leave to attend the religious offices of the feafon at 

 home with their families. Ammer, governor of Ganze, 

 who knew the cuftora of the country, thought this was the 

 time to furprife the king thinly attended ; and it might have 

 fucceeded, if intelligence of the enemy's defigns had not 

 been received almoft as foon as they were formed. Claudi- 

 us, therefore, drawing together fome of the bell of his for- 

 ces, placed himfelf in ambufh in Ammers's way, who, not 

 fufpecting, fell into it with his army, which was totally de- 

 Uroyed on the 24th of April 1541. After which the king 

 left his own quarter at Sard and came to Shume. 



While things were taking this favourable turn in Abyf- 

 iinia, the ambaffador, John Bermudes, had paYfed from Rome 

 to Lifoon, where he was acknowledged by the king as pa- 

 triarch of Alexandria, Abyffinia, and, as he will have it, of 

 the Sea.. The firfl thing he did was to give t**e Portuguefe 

 a fample of Abyffinian difcipline, by putting Zaga Zaab 

 in irons for having wafted fo much time without effect- 

 ing any of the purpofes of his embaffy ; but, by the inter- 

 pofition of the king, he was fet at liberty in a few days. 

 Bermudes then fell roundly to the fubjecl: of his embaffy, 

 and drew fuch a picture of the diitreffes of Abyffinia, and 

 infilled. in his own blunt way fo violently with the king of 

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