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off his head with his own hand. His head was fent to Con- 

 ftantinople, and parts of his body to i?ibid and other quar- 

 ters of Arabia. 



The Portuguefe camp was now taken, and all the wound- 

 ed found in it were put to death. The women, from their 

 fear, having retired all into Don Chriftopher's tent, the Turks 

 began to indulge themfelves in their ufual exceffes towards 

 their captives, when a noble Abyffinian woman, who had 

 been married to a Portuguefe, feeing the fhocking treatment 

 that was awaiting them, fet fire to feveral barrels of gun- 

 powder that were in the tent, and at once deflroyed herfelf, 

 her companions, and thofe that were about to abufe them. 



The queen and the patriarch, after travelling through 

 moft difficult ways, and being hofpitably entertained where- 

 ever they palled, at laft took up their residence in the Jews 

 mountain, a place inacceffible in point of ftrength, having 

 but one entrance, and that very difficult, being alfo defend- 

 ed by a multitude of inhabitants who dwell on a large 

 plain on the top of that mountain, where there is plenty of 

 fpace to plow and fow, and a large ftream of water that 

 runs through the whole of it. Here they ft aid two months,. 

 as well to repofe themfelves as to give the king time to re- 

 lieve them. After hearing that he was in motion, they left, 

 the mountain of the Jews^ and met him on his march to-- 

 wards them, 



Claudius mewed great figns of forrow for the death of 

 Don Chriftopher, and mourned three days. He then fent 

 3000 ounces of gold to be divided among the Portuguefe, 

 who, in the place of Don Chriftopher, had elected Alphonfa 



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