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■* Abyflinia, I returned and delivered to him the letters 



* which had been given me by his father. It was now 

 u three months fince Tecla Haimanout had been upon the 

 ** throne ; he approved of the letters, and caufed them to 

 w be tranfcribed in his own name; and ordered me to go 



* and join du Roule the ambaflador, and accompany him 

 " back again to Gondar. King Yafous had already fent an 



* officer to meet the ambaflador at Sennaar ; and* he had 

 m been gone fix months without my knowledge ; but that 

 u officer, having trifled away his time in trading, did not 

 u enter Sennaar till that king had i caufed' the ambaflador 

 " to be murdered, together with thofe that were with him, 

 !■ As for me, not knowing what had happened^ I was ad- 



* vancing with the orders of Tecla Haimanout, when, being 



* now within three days journey of Sennaar, I heard of the 

 " ambafiador'S death, and that of his companions ; and 

 " being terrified at this, I returned into Abyflinia to let 

 " Tecla Haimanout know what the king of Sennaar had 

 u done. Immediately upon hearing of this, Tecla Haima- 

 11 nout formed a refolution to declare war againft the king 

 <c of Sennaar, but was foon after flain in a mutiny of the 



* foldiers* He reigned two years. Tifilis, brother of Ya- 

 **' fous, fucceeded him, and reigned three years and three 

 u months. Ouftas, nephew of king Yafous, fucceeded Ti= 

 tt filis, and ufurped the kingdom, of which he was actual- 

 u ly prime minifter, being fon of a fifter of Yafous. Ouftas 

 "■ was dethioned, and died foon after. David, fon of Ya- 

 " fous, fucceeded him, and reigned five years and five 



* months. They?/Vj-, who arrived in Ethiopia in the reign 

 " of Ouftas, were ftoned to death, upon the fucceflion of 

 " David to the throne, by thofe that were of the party of 



* David. A fon of Michael, whom he had by a flave, aged. 



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