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arch, that, the Alexandrian faith being now reftored, his lea- 

 ving the kingdom had become indifpenfible : that he had 

 lately underftood, that an Abuna, fent for by his predeceflbr 

 and by himfelf, was now actually on the way, and only de- 

 ferred his arrival from a refolution not to enter the king- 

 dom till the Romifh patriarch and his priefts fhould have 

 left it ; and, therefore, he commanded the patriarch and fa- 

 thers, afTembled from their feveral convents in Gojamand 

 Dembea, to retire immediately to Fremona, there to- wait, 

 his further pleafure. 



The patriarch endeavoured to parry this, with offering- 

 new conceffions and indulgencies ; but the king informed 

 him that he was too late; and that he wifhed him to be 

 advifed, and fly, while it was time, from- greater harm that, 

 would otherwife fall upon him. 



It was not long before the patriarch had revenge of Fa* 

 cilidas for this intimation of the expectation of a fuccefTor 

 in the perfon of the Abuna. For on that very Eafter there 

 did arrive one, whofe name was Sela Chriflos, calling him- 

 felf Abuna, who performed all the functions of- his office, 

 dedicated churches, adminiflered the facrament, and ordain- 

 ed priefts. After continuing in office fome months, he was 

 detected by a former companion of his, and found to be„a 

 man of very bad character, from Nara, the frontier of Abyf- 

 finia, and that by profeffion he had been a dealer in horfes, 



Facilidas then ordered his uncle,. Sela, Chriflos, to be 

 brought before him, received him kindly, and offered him 

 again his riches and employments. That brave man, Chris- 

 tian in every thing but in his hatred and jealoufy againft 



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