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motto, " Mo Anbafa am Nizikt Solomon am Negade Jude ;" which 

 fignhies, * the lion of the race of Solomon and tribe of Judah 

 hath overcome.' The Portuguefe miffionaries, in place of 

 a lion paflant, which is really the king's bearing, have given 

 him, in fome of their publications, a lion rampant, purpofe- 

 ly, as is fuppofed, to put a crofs into the paw of this Jewifh 

 lion ; but he is now returned to the lion paflant, that he 

 was in the time of Solomon, without any fymbol either of 

 religion or peace in his paws. 



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