THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. 150 
GH AP. VII. 
King offers Battle t8 the Rebels:in the Plain—Defcription of the Sécond’ 
Battle of Serbraxos—Rafb Condutt, and narrow. eae of the King. 
— Both. Arimies-keep the Crowrd:. 
HE whole evening of the’ 19th of May was fpent in. 
feftivity and joy; a prophet from fome part in Dem-- 
bea had foretold the defeat of king Theodorus, and what: 
- was much more interefting; two large droves of cattle, the 
one from -Beleflen, near Mariam-Ohha, the other from Dem- 
bea, were driven that day into the camp. Ras Michaef; 
who knew the value of to-morrow, fpared’ nothing that 
might refrefh the troops-this day. The king and he, Ozo- 
ro Efther, and Ozoro Altafh; Kefla Yafous, and the Abuna: 
himfelf, gave each of them entertainments to the principal 
officers of the army, and all thofe who were likely to bear 
the burden of the-enfuing conflict. The foldiers were in 
great fpirit, but it was now very generally known that the 
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