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ried to two of my daughters, and he has by them twofons, 

 both good foldiers and horfemen, who actually ride before 

 me, and accompany me in battle. I have therefore pardon- 

 ed him all the affronts and injuries he has done to me. 

 But, were I to take upon myfelf to pardon the affronts and 

 infults he has offered the Divine Majefty, I mould turn the 

 punifliment of his fins upon myfelf, my family, and king- 

 dom ; and, therefore, I refufe your petition, and order you 

 to return forthwith to Gorgora." 



After the departure of the father, in confideration that 

 Tecla Georgis had again embraced the Catholic religion, 

 the king altered his fentence of being burnt, into that of 

 being hanged privately in the houfe where he was then in 

 prifon ; and, for that purpofe, the executioner had brought 

 with him the cord with which Tecla had ordered the feet of 

 Abba Jacob to be tied. No fooner did he perceive that there 

 were no hopes of pardon, by their beginning to tie his 

 hands, than he again, with a loud voice, renounced his 

 confeflion, declaring that he died an Alexandrian, and that 

 there was but one nature in Chrift. The executioner en- 

 deavoured to Hop his further blafphemies, by drawing him 

 up on the beam in the room ; but he refilled fo ftrongly, 

 that there was time to inform Socinios of his abjuration : 

 upon which the king ordered that he mould be hanged pu- 

 blicly upon a pine-tree ; and he was- accordingly taken 

 down, halMrangled, from the beam in the houfe, and hung 

 upon the tree before the palace. 



Adera, his lifter, was next examined ; and it being clear- 

 ly proved that fhe had been a very active agent in the mur- 

 der of Abba Jacob, fhe likewife was condemned to be hang- 



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