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me to be of the few that are authentic among thofe many 

 which have been publifhed as coming from Abyfllnia. 



** The king Tecla Haimanout, fon of the king of the 

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tx On the part of the powerful auguft king, arbiter of 

 ec nations, fhadow of God upon earth, the guide of kings 

 " who profefs the religion of the Mefliah^ the moft power- 

 " ful of Chriftian kings, he that maintains order between 

 " Mahometans and Chriftians, protector of the boundaries 

 " of Alexandria, obferver of the commandments of the go- 

 M fpel, defcended of the line of the prophets David and Solo- 

 " mon, — may the bleffing of Ifrael be upon our prophet and 

 " upon them. — To the king Baady, fon of the king Ounfa, 

 " may his reign be full of happinefs, being a prince cndow- 

 " ed with thefe rare qualities that deferve the higheft 

 " praifes as governing his kingdom with diftinguifhed wi£- 

 " dom, and by an order full of equity, — The king of France, 



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* This is not the king's feal. It is the invention of feme Mahometan employed to write the 



letters. 



