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treafon towards him; that, inftead of keeping their word,, 
they had left him to engage the King and the Ras’s whole: 
force at a time when they knew the greateft part of his. 
Galla.troops were retired to the other fide of the Nile, and’ 
could be affembled with difficulty: That if the Ras by- 
chance had croffed at Delakus, as Kefla Yafous had done, in-. 
ftead of embarrafling his army among the rivers of Mait-. 
fha, and crofling the Nile at that moft dangerous place near- 
Amlac-Obha, (a paflage never before attempted in the rainy- 
feafon) the confequence would have been, that he muft have- 
either fought at great difadvantage with an inferior army 
againft the Ras, or have retired to Metchakel, leaving his: 
whole country to the mercy of his enemies. Fafil decla-- 
red his refolution -never-again to appear in arms againft the. 
king, but that he would hold his government, under him, 
and pay the accuftomed taxes punctually : he promifed al-- 
fo, that. he would renounce all manner of connection with. 
Gutho and Powuflen, as he had already done, and he would’ 
take the field againft them next feafon with his whole force, 
whenever the king: ordered him... The -meflengers conclu- 
ded, with defiring the Ras to give Fafil his grand-daughter, . 
Welleta Selaflé, in marriage, and that he would then come. 
to Gondar without, diftruit.. ’ 
Ar the audience they had of the king the fame night,., 
they added, That Fafil could not truf Ras Michael, he broke - 
his word fo often, and had fo many refervations. and eva-. 
fions m his. promifes. : 
Tue Ras, though he did not believe all this, made no dif-- 
ficulty in agreeing to every thing that they defired. He: 
promied the grand-daughter; and, as an earneft of his be- 
leving- 
