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He himfelf (the fobereft of men) would drink his horn full, 
which he did, with many interruptions from immoderate 
fits of laughter; the horn went quickly round, and I ven- 
tured to prophecy, that, in the thoufand years he is to reign, 
Theodorus will never again be fo chearfully toafted. 
Tue Ras then turning to mefaid,I wifhI had sooo0o0f your 
countrymen, Yagoube, to-morrow, fuch as you are, or fuch 
as you have defcribed them. I anfwered, Would you had 
-one thoufand, and I had twenty lives flaked upon the iffue. 
Ayto Engedan upon this got up, and pafling acrofs the tent 
in a very graceful manner, kiffed the Ras’s hand, faying, Do 
not make us think you undervalue, or diftruft yourchildren, 
by forming fuch a wifh: Yagoube is one of us, he is our 
‘brother, and he fhail fee and judge to-morrow, if we, your 
own fons, are not able to fight your battle without the aid 
of any foreigners. Tears, on this, came into the old man’s 
eyes, who took Engedan in his arms, and kifled him; then. 
recommending to us not to fit up late, he withdrew. A great 
deal of buffoonery followed about toafts, and foon after 
arrived two officers from the king, defiring to know what 
was the reafon of that violent outcry? by which he meant 
the fhout when we drank the toaft. Ozoro Efther anfwered, 
We were all turned traitors, and were drinking the health of 
king Theodorus. But it was afterwards thought proper to 
explain the whole matter before the meffengers went back, 
and make them drink the toatt alfo. 
Tecra Mariam had not fpoken much, her father having 
- fent for her at that time to the king. Before fhe departed, 
I begged Ozoro Either to apologife for me, that | had ab- 
fented myfelf, and had not waited upon her in the morn- 
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