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This prince of the Arabs, Nile Wed Ageeb, embraced the 

 offer of the king of Abyflinia very readily ; and a treaty was 

 accordingly made between Socinios and him, and a territory 

 in Abyffinia granted him on the frontiers, to which he could 

 retire in fafety, as often as his affairs were embroiled with 

 the flate of Sennaar. 



It happened foon after this, that Alico, a Mahometan^ 

 governor of the Mazaga for Socinios, that is, of Nara and Ras 

 el Feel, a low country, as the name imports, of black earth, 

 revolted from his mailer, and fled to Sennaar, carrying with 

 him a number of the king's horfes. Socinios made his 

 complaint to the king of Sennaar, who took no notice of it, 

 neither returned any anfwer, which exafperated Socinios fo 

 much that it produced the prefent expedition, and was a 

 caufe of much bloodfhed, and of a war which, at leafl in 

 intention, lafts to this day between the two kingdoms. 



Wed Ageeb, upon Socinios's firft fummons, came to 

 Gunke, his head-quarters, attended by a number of troops, 

 and fome of the befl horfe in Atbara; Upon his entering 

 the king's tent, he profbrated himfelf, (as is the Abyflinian 

 cuftom) acknowledged himfelf the king's vaflal,and brought 

 prefents with him to a very confiderable value. Socinios 

 received him with great marks of diftinclion and kindnefs.. 

 He decorated him with a chain and bracelets of gold, and 

 gave him a dagger of exquifite workmanfnip, mounted with. 

 the fame metal ; clothed him' in filk and damafk after the- 

 Abyflinian fafliion, and confirmed the ancient treaty with 

 him. The fruit of all this was prefently feen ; the king and. 

 fri's new ally fell fuddenly upon Serke, put all the male in- 

 habitants to the fword, fold the women and children as 



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