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Tuat very day, in the evening, came a fervant from 
Ras Michael, with taunts and fevere threats to the queen, 
to Powuilen, and Gufho; he faid he was very quickly bring- 
ing the king back to Gondar, and being now old, intended 
to pafs the reft of his life in Tigré; he, therefore, hoped 
they would await the king’s coming to Gondar, and chufe ~ 
a Ras for his fucceflor from among themfelves, as he un- 
derftood they were all friends, and would eafily agree, efpe- 
cially as it was to oblige him. 
‘On the 27th, Gufho and Powuifen waited upon the queen 
to take their leave. They declared it was not their inten- 
tion to ftay at Gondar, merely to be alternately the fubje& 
of merriment and fcoffing to Michael and to Fafil, and up- 
on this they immediately fet out on their way home, with- 
out drum or trumpet, or any parade whatever, 
IMMEDIATELY after, arrived another fervant from Fafil to 
the queen, defiring that Powuffen and Gufho might halt at 
Emfras, adding, that he had juft then begun his march 
from Buré, and would be at Gondar in a few days. Gufho 
and Powuffen did accordingly halt there, and were detain- 
ed tor the {pace of fix weeks, amufed by- falfe pretences 
and meflages, in very uncomfortable quarters, till their ar- 
mies diibanded, the foldiers, from hunger and conftant rains, 
deferced their leaders, and went every man to his home, 
the beginning of Auguft the queen came to Gondar, 
iton the throne all day. She had not been there thefe 
years, and I fincerely withed fhe had not gone then. 
on that day tochufe a new king; fhe was 
at at that deliberation, and her intention was known 
: to 
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