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wards in the perfon of his fon, Waragna Fafil, to the very 

 great detriment of the country in general. 



The firft thing the queen did was to fend Shalaka Warag- 

 na, and Billetana Gueta David, with a large body of Maho- 

 metan fufileers, Djawi and Toluma Galla, to guard the 

 mountain of Wechne, where the males of the royal family 

 were imprifoned, that no competitor might be releafed from 

 thence. The next ftep was to marry Ozoro Welleta Tecla 

 Haimanout to Ras Elias, to confirm him, if poflible, in his 

 much fufpected allegiance. After which, the Ras, judges, 

 and foldiers of the king's houfehold, made this proclama- 

 tion — " Bacuffa, king of kings, is dead ! Yafous, king of 

 kings, liveth ! Mourn for thofe that are dead, and rejoice 

 with thofe that are alive !" Orders were then given for bu- 

 rying Bacuffa with all magnificence poflible. 



The firft thing that feemed the beginning of trouble in 

 the new regency, and likely to deftroy the calm that had 

 hitherto fubfifted, was an information given by Azage Geor- 

 gis againft Tecla Saluce, a great officer at court. Georgis 

 accufed him before the king and council, that he had been 

 heard to fay that king Yafous was dangeroufly ill. Tecla 

 Saluce abfolutely denied this charge, and faid it was an in- 

 vention of his enemy Georgis, and challenged him to prove 

 it. Evidence being called, he was convicted in the molt 

 direct and fatisfaetory manner ; was therefore condemned to 

 death, and hewn to pieces at the king's gate that fame day 

 by the common foldiers. 



Here is a fpecies of treafon without any overt act. The 

 imagining the king's death, which feems much to refem- 



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