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in Abyflinia.”—“ Madam, fays Ayto Confu, is not Guefgué 
ae ? does it pay you amy thing? Pre 
“It was mine, fays the queen, “while any thing was mine; 
but Michael took it and gave it to Coque Abou Barea, and 
fince, it has paid me nothing. Fafil has fent for him about 
the affair of Yagoube, as he fays, and has ordered him to 
come in the fame manner that he himfelf is come in pri- 
vate; but forbid him to bring his army with him, in order. 
that no ShSanh of relief may be poflible to this devoted 
- country.” Large tears flowed down her venerable face at 
faying thefe words, and {hewed the deep-rooted fear in her 
heart, that Michael’s coming was decreed without poffibility 
of prevention. “I wonder, fays Ayto Engedan, laughing, to 
divert her, if Coque Abou Bareais the fame good Chrittian 
that you and Yagoube are; if he is not, nothing elfe will 
fave him from the hands of Confu and me; for we both 
want horfes and mules for our men, and he has good ones, 
_and arms too, that belonged to my father.”—* And both of 
you, fays the queen, are as bad men as either Woodage A- 
fahel or Coque Abou Barea.” At this moment the arrival of 
Fafil was announced, and we were all turned out, and went 
to breakfaft.. I faw him afterwards going out of the pa- 
lace. He faluted me flightly, and feemed much pre-occu- 
pied in mind. He only defired me to come to Gondar next 
-morning, and he would fpeak to me about Coque Abou Ba- 
rea; but this the Iteghé refufed to permit me to do, fo I 
remained at Kofcam. 
Fasit, although he did not deny that he had made peace 
with Ras Michael, yet, to quiet the minds of the people, al- 
_ ways folemnly protefted, that, fo far from coming to Gondar, 
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