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Emana Chriftos received this intelligence almoft dead with 

 fear, for never was a prophecy made which feemed to have 

 needed lefs time to accomplifh than this of his brother's. 



Af Christos furrendered his prifoner to the king at Dan- 

 caz, who immediately affembled a full convocation of judges 

 of all degrees ; and the prifoner being ordered to anfwer to 

 his charge concerning the rebellion of Julius and his con- 

 fpiracy againft the king's life, he took the part he had been 

 advifed, and palliated the whole of his actions, without posi- 

 tively denying any one of them, and fubmitted to the king's 

 mercy. The judges, confidering the defence, unanimoufly 

 found him guilty of death ; but the king, whofe laft vote, 

 when lining in judgment, fuperfedes and overturns all the 

 reft, reprieved, and fent him prifoner to Amhara. 



Hitherto the king had contented himfelf with fixing 

 two points in favour of the Roman church, in contradiction 

 to that of Alexandria, The firft denounced punifhment to 

 every one who did not believe that there are two natures in 

 Chrift, and that he is perfect God and perfect man, without 

 confuiion of perfons. The fecond was rather a point of dis- 

 cipline than of faith ; yet it was urged as fuch, by declaring 

 it to be unlawful to obfcrve Saturday, the ancient Jewifh 

 fabbath. The firft of thefe, if it was not the caufe, had been 

 aflumed as the pretext for the rebellion of Julius. The fe- 

 cond produced that of Jonaei governor of Begemder, of 

 which we are now to fpeak. But thus far only the king 

 had gone. He had not openly joined the church of Rome, 

 nor as yet renounced chat of Alexandria, nor forced any one 

 elfe to do fo. 



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