68 - TRAVELS TO DISCOVER 
In the evening of the 23d, when encamped upon the 
Mogetch, came Sanuda, the perfon who had made Socinios 
king, and who had been Ras under him; he was received 
with great marks of favour,in reward of the treacherous 
part he had acted. He brought with him prifoners, 
Guebra Denghel, the Ras’s fon-in-law, one of the beft and 
moft amiable men in Abyffinia, but who had unfortunate- 
ly embraced the wrong fide of the queftion ; and with him 
Sebaat Laab and Kefla Mariam, both men of great families 
in Tigre. -Thefe were, one after the other, thrown violent- 
ly on their faces before the king. Iwas exceedingly dif- 
treffed for Guebra Denghel; he prayed the king with the 
greateft earneftnefs to order him to be put to death before 
the door of his tent, and not delivered to his cruel father- 
in-law. To this the king made no anfwer, nor did he 
thew any figns of pity, but waved his hand, asa fign:to car- 
ry them to Ras Michael, where they were put in cuftody 
and loaded with irons.. 
Azsout two hours later came Ayto Aylo, fon of Kafmati 
Efhte, whom the king had named governor of Begemder ; 
he brought with him Chremation brother to Socinios, and 
Abba Salama the Acab Saat, who had excommunicated his 
father, and been inftrumental in his murder by Fafil. 1 
had a great curiofity to fee how they would treat the Acab 
Saat, for my head was full of what I had read in the Eu- 
ropean books of exemption that churchmen had. in this 
country from the jurifdiction of the civil power. nig! 
Aylo had made his legs to be tied under the mule’s bel- 
ly, his hands behind his back, and a rope made faft to 
them, which a man held in his hand on one fide, while an- 
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