APPENDIX III. 
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The letter of the Emperor was as follows : " Praise be to God alone— 
from the presence of the Negush-Negashi, from the Emperor of the Chris- 
tians and Turks, Successor of the Lord of the World, who is constituted 
for the affairs of this world and for the affairs of the Faith, as concerned 
with the business of the creature, by which God hath adjusted and put 
into good order men, and hath enlightened the land and the provinces. He 
is brave in council, perfect in prudence, and profitable ; on which account he 
hath left a memory that is spread abroad over the whole earth, and on 
account of his justice, goodness, and beneficence, he is dwelling in the 
empire of the antiquity of time, having the generation of his father, grand- 
father, and great grandfather. He is the metal of liberty, beneficence, 
and bounty. Our Lord, the supreme Emperor and honourable King now 
happily reigning, is the hill of the Creature through the magnificence by 
which they are distinguished in particular and in general ; bearing such and 
so great marks of his favour, that they exceed in number the stars them- 
selves, and the multitude or density of the clouds. He is adorned with so 
many qualifications, that scarcely any one who breathes this air can equal 
him, in respect of which all other men would appear vile. He is of such 
sublime eminence, that all Kings would be eager to imitate him, but would 
not be able to attain it, because they w^ould find him of all the princes of 
Christendom the most noble, and truly he is the greatest of all the princes of 
the Nazarene faith, and the most excellent since the time that he was bap- 
tised.* He is the defender of the Evangelical law, the Propagator of justice 
between Christian and Turkish souls. He is established in the Christian 
nation in the city of Gondar, which is guarded and protected by the Em- 
peror, Tasu Adiam Sagad,t son of the Emperor Bagatta Masick Sagad. J 
May his days be multiplied and his justice, and may the nights of his pros- 
perity be continually renewed, through the excellence of Jesus Christ and 
his Mother. So be it. The Emperor salutes the three physicians, and begs 
* I have a strong suspicion that this first part of the title is the fabrication of the Monks 
themselves, 
t The name of this prince was Yasous, and the title taken on his coronation was Adam 
Segued. 
t Bacuffa, it should be ; and Malec Segued w&s the title he assumed. 
