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firfli interrogated, whether the king had fent them or not ? 

 and } upon their denying or refilling to give an anfwer, their 

 throats were tut before their companions. The next quef- 

 tioned was a page of the king, who feeing, from the fate 

 of his friends, what was to follow his denial^ frankly told 

 the Ras, that it was by the king's fpecial orders they, and 

 a confiderable body of the houfehold troops, had joined Fa- 

 fil the night before; and further, that it was the Armenian,, 

 who, by the king's order, had fired at him, and killed the 

 dwarf who was fanning the flies from him.. 



Upon this information all the prifoners were difmhTedo 

 The army returned tile fame night to Gondar, and, though 

 they had been failing all day, a council was held, which 

 fat till very late, at the rifing of which a mefTenger was 

 difpatched to Wechne for Hatze Hannes, who was brought 

 to the foot of the mountain the next day. In the fame 

 night Shalaka Becro, Nebrit Tecla aiid his two fons, Lika 

 Netcho and his two fons, and a monk of Tigre, called Wel- 

 leta Chriilos, were fent to the palace to murder the king, 

 which they eafily accompliihed, having found him alone. 

 They buried him in the church of St Raphael, as we mail 

 find from the regicide's. own confeffion, when he was appre- 

 hended, when we {hall relate the particulars. 



At the fame time Michael exhibited a ftrange contract 

 In his behaviour to the Armenian, who had fled to the 

 houfe of the Abuna for refuge. He fent and tjook him 

 thence, and banifhed him from Abyffinia, but fo ccnfider- 

 ately, that he difpatched a fervant with him to Mafuah to 

 furnifh him with neceflaries, to fee him embark, and fave 

 him from the cruelty and extortions of the Naybe. 



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