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confounded by sucli an uproar, on the 2d of October sent for us to an 
audience, and communicated to us the painful intelligence that we must 
depart, which he did in the following words : " It is with the greatest re- 
luctance that I have to acquaint you with the necessity of your departure out 
of my kingdom, on account of the rebellion of my people, who threaten to 
kill both myself and you, unless you instantly go away. For some time past 
murmurings have arisen against you, which I have sought to appease ; but 
it is no longer in my power to allay them, and therefore hasten your depar- 
ture, and avert this destruction from my head, as well as your own." 
To these words of the Emperor I answered, that we could not go away 
without first receiving the consent of the sacred council ; and thereupon I 
humbly prayed him to bear with us patiently till he should receive a letter 
from Rome, Meanwhile we determined not to leave our house, being much 
rather disposed to die for the Catholic faith than to disgrace our ministry by 
a shameful flight. For three months, or thereabout, we continued to remain 
against the vvill of the Emperor, though more than once pressed to depart, 
in which time we frequently went into the presence of the Emperor and of 
the Queen-mother (Regina Madre;) speaking to them with evangelical 
license on the subject of the Catholic faith, and threatening them at the 
same time with eternal damnation if they did not yield obedience to the 
truths of the Gospel ; repeating to them the words of the Evangelist : 
'^'Fear not for those things which destroy the body, for they cannot hurt the 
soul ; but rather fear ye for those things which have the powder to destroy the 
soul and body eternally." 
Finally, after three months of very severe affliction, on the 3rd day of the 
feast of the Nativity, in the year of our Lord 1752, we were by main force 
driven out of the palace ; in leaving which, we shook the dust oiF from our 
feet, and publicly upbraided the Emperor and his people with their infide- 
lity, exclaiming with a loud voice, " We are driven away by false Chris- 
tians ; let us fly then and seek refuge among the Gentiles." Thence we re- 
tired among the Turks (Mahomedans) at a league distance from Gondar, try-, 
ing once more if it might not be possible to remain in the country; but all 
was in vain, though during a whole month we practised every means in our 
power to regain the favour of the Emperor, and to appease the people ; and 
so being unwilling to expose our lives imprudently, and without any profit 
