malfacred, with all his attendants; only one escaping, all 
covered with wounds,- to carry the dreadful news to the 
princefs and her hufband. 
On hearing of this bloody a< 5 l, the afflicted parents im¬ 
mediately fallied forth at the head of all their vaifals. 
They were waited for by queen Zunda at the head of a 
numerous army; but no fooner did her foldiers perceive 
the parents of the deceafed prince, than they immediately 
abandoned the queen to their refentment. Tumba then 
rulhed upon her lifter, and ftabbed her to the heart; after 
which, (lie commanded lier entrails to be taken out, and 
thrown into the hole in which her fon’s body had been 
call. Upon this Tumba was crowned queen of Angola, 
and invited her hulband to participate with her in the ma¬ 
nagement of public affairs. This offer he was too wife to 
accept; and Tumba, upon his refufal, refigned the crown 
into the hands of her lurviving fon, named AngolaChilvagni. 
He proved a great and wife prince, gaining the love of his 
fubjedts by the moderation and equity of his government. 
He was fucceeded by one of his younger fons, named 
Dambi Angola ; who no fooner afcended the throne, than 
he put all his brethren to death, left they fhould unite in 
favour of the eldeft. The reft of his reign proved con¬ 
formable to fuch a beginning. He was a monfter of cru¬ 
elty, avarice, lewdnefs, and perfidy. Death, however, 
in a fh'ort time, happily delivered his fubjefts from this 
tyrant; who, notvvithftanding his infamous life, was bu¬ 
ried with the greateft magnificence ; and a mount was e- 
rected over his grave, confifting, according to the cuftom 
of the country, of a prodigious number of human victims 
which had been facrificed to his ghoft, Dambi Angola 
was fucceeded by Ngola Chilivagni, a warlike and cruel 
prince. He conquered many nations, and made the moft 
dreadful inroads into the kingdom of Congo, along the ri¬ 
vers of Danda, Lucalla, Zanda, and Coanza; whofe wa¬ 
ters were often tinged with the blood of thoufands whom 
he malfacred in his excurfions. Notvvithftanding thefe but¬ 
cheries, Ngola Chilivagni fhevved fuch generolity to thofe 
who readily fubmitted to him, that he was fure to con¬ 
quer, not only wherever he came, but wherever he feem- 
ed to direct his forces. At laft, as if weary of conqueft, 
he planted a tree on the banks of the Coanza, about eight 
leagues from I.oanda San Paulo, as a boundary to his ra¬ 
vages. This tree the Portuguefe called Ifanda, or Ifan- 
davra ; and afterwards erected a fortrefs near it. 
The fame folly and infolenee which took place in the 
bread of Alexander the Great, on account of his rapid 
conquefts, foon puffed up the mind of this petty African 
tyrant. Becaufe he had conquered and ravaged fome of 
the neighbouring countries, and brought under his fub- 
jedtion a few cowardly barbarians, he fitil fancied hinifelf 
invincible, and then that he was a god. He demanded the 
fame rel'pect and adoration that was paid to their other dei¬ 
ties ; and with this demand his fubje 6 ts were fervile enough 
to comply. This pretended deity, however, was forced 
to fubmit to the fate of other mortals, and died without 
leaving a fuccelfor behind him. 
On the deceafe of Ngola Chilivagni, the frates eleeled 
Ngingha- Angola-Chilombo-Kicktifanda, great-nephew to 
queen Tumba’s hufband, as his fuccelfor. He proved fuch 
a rapacious and cruel tyrant, that his fubjeils univerfally 
wifhed for his death ; which, luckily for them, foon hap¬ 
pened. He was interred with the ufual pomp and folern- 
nities, particularly that of having a whole hecatomb of 
human victims facrificed upon his grave. His fon Bandi 
Angola, who fucceeded him, proved yet a greater tyrant 
than his father ; fo that he foon became intolerable to his 
fubjefts. A general revolt enfued, in which his fubje&s 
called in the cannibal Giagas to their alii fiance, Thefe im¬ 
mediately poured in like a torrent, and, having defeated 
the forces of the tyrant, befieged him in an macceffible 
mountain; where, not being able to come at him, they re¬ 
solved to reduce him by famine. Bandi Angela applied 
to the king of Congo for afliftance. As it was the inte- 
reft of that prince to hinder the ravenous Giagas from en¬ 
tering into the Angolic dominions, he did not hefitate at 
granting his requeft; and ordered a ftrong reinforcement 
of the Portuguefe, of whofe valour he had a high opinion, 
and of whom he entertained a great number at his court, 
to inarch to the affiftance of the king of Angola. The 
command of the army was given to one of the moft expe¬ 
rienced Portuguefe officers ; who, depending more on the 
handful of Europeans he had under his command than on 
the Congoefe, attacked the rebels, though greatly fuperior 
in number; and, having utterly defeated them, reftored the 
king of Angola to the throne. 
This eflfential fervice lb endeared the Portuguefe to 
Bandi Angola, that he took them into his fervice, and 
even into his council. Their general became a great fa¬ 
vourite of the king, but much more fo of his daughter, 
who conceived a violent palfion for him. Unfortunately 
for them both, the amour was carried on with fo little pre¬ 
caution on her part, that the king quickly difeovered it ; 
and immediately formed a refolution of exterminating the 
Portuguefe all at once. Such violent meafures, however, 
could not be concerted fo privately but the princefs got 
intelligence of it ; and, having apprif’ed her lover of ins 
danger, he immediately withdrew into Congo, taking with 
him as many of his countrymen as he conveniently could. 
The king of Congo expreffed fuch ftrong refentment againft: 
Bandi Angola for his ingratitude, that the Portuguefe ge¬ 
neral would have probably prevailed upon him to declare 
war againft Angola, had he not been obliged to defend his 
own dominions againft a neighbouring prince who then 
made an invafion. This alforded that general a fair pre¬ 
tence of a firing leave to return home ; pro'mifing to come 
with fuch reinforcements as would enable the king of Con¬ 
go to revenge himfelf for he affront put upon him by the 
Angolic monarch. His real intention, however, was, to 
give the king of Portugal an opportunity of feizing upon 
the kingdom of Angola. 
On his return to Lifbon, the Portuguefe general having 
laid his plan before the king, it was fo well relifhed, that 
an armament was ordered to be fitted out, well furnifhed 
with every neceffary for building for tie fifes', &c. and a fuf- 
ficient number of men. The w iad proving favourable all 
the way back, the Portuguefe icon arrived fafe at Loanda 
San Paulo ; whence the general ditpatched a meffenger to 
acquaint the king of Congo with his arri\ .d, and to make 
him fome rich prefonts. Thefe were no fooner gone that* 
the admiral failed up the Coanza; and,-landing without 
oppofition in the kingdom of Angola, let .about erecting a 
fortrefs in a convenient fituation, which tv as completed! in 
a few days. 1 he king being informed of the return of the 
Portuguefe, and of their fortifying liwmfeives, gathered 
together a numerous arn.v: but his forces, though up¬ 
wards of 100,000 in number, w< rc utterly defeated by the 
Portuguefe; vaft numbers v,ere killed, and many more 
carried into flavery. The admiral now ravaged the whole 
country, putting all to fire and fword, and making him¬ 
felf mafter o! every advantageous fpot of ground. The 
king, however, had ftill the good luck to efcape all the 
ftratagems that were laid for him; and once more got fafe 
to his inacceftible fortrefs. 
All this time Bandi Angola had himfelf tyrannized, and 
allowed his favourites to tyrannize, in fuch a manner, that 
his fubje< 5 ls were become no lefs weary of his government 
than when, they formerly revolted. Being now exafpera- 
ted beyond meafure at the calamitous war of which he had 
been the occafion, they formed a defign of putting an end 
to his life ; and, in order to draw him out of his retreat, 
where he wallowed in all manner of debauchery, they had 
recourfe to the following ftratagem: A deputation was 
fent, acquainting him with the revolt of one Cuculo Ca- 
bazzo; who, at the head of a numerous band, committed 
the moft cruel ravages. They befought Ins majefty, either 
to levy a fuflicicnt number of troops, and march in perfon 
againft him, or to allow them to arm themfelves againft 
him. The credulous king complied with this laft prouo- 
lalj and granted them leave to raife what forces might be 
