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approbation or difapprobation of any thing that had been: 
done, or was doing. 
Azout the end of June he came at once to Abba Samuel, 
without announcing himfelf before hand, according to his 
ufual cuftom, and he paid his firft vifit to the Iteghe, then 
a fhort one to the king, where I faw him: he was very fa-. 
cetious with me, and pretended I had promifed him my 
horfe when I returned from Maitfha, which I excufed, by 
obferving the horfe was out of town. Well, well, fays he; 
that fhall not fave you; tell me where he is and I will fend 
for him,and give you the beft mule in the army in exchange, 
and take my chance of recovering him wherever he is. With 
all my heart, replied I; you will find him perhaps in the 
valley of Serbraxos, at the foot of the hill, oppofite to the 
fouth ford of the river Mariam. He laughed heartily at 
this, fhook me by the hand at parting, faying, Well, well, 
for-all this you fhall not want your mule. 
Tue king was exceedingly pleafed at what had paffed, and 
faid, “ | wifh you would tell me,Yagoube, how you reconcile 
all thefe people to you. It is a fecret which will be of much 
more importance to me thanto you. There is Gufho now, 
for example, fo proud of his prefent fortune, that he fcarce- 
ly will fay a.civil word to me}; and Fafil has brought me 
a lift of his own fervants, whom he wants to make mine - 
without afking my leave, (Adera Tacca Georgis, whom he. 
named to be Fit-Auraris to the king, as he had done formerly 
when he wanted to quarrel with Socinios, Gubena to be 
Cantiba, and fome others), yet he never fees you come into 
the room but he begins immediately joking and pleafant 
converfation. : 7 
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