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jng feme of their troops, they perceived themfelves over¬ 
reached, and deprived of the faireft opportunity they ever 
had of forcing her to furrender at aii'eretion. 
Zingha (laid no longer in the province whither die had 
retired than till the was allured that the Portuguefe had 
quitted the Coanza; and then, eroding the river once more, 
the marched diredtly to the kingdom of Metamba, which 
had been invaded by fome of the neighbouring princes. 
The fpeed with which die led her forces hither, and re¬ 
cruited her army with multitudes of Giagas, who were all 
emulous of fighting under her banner, quickly enabled her 
to recover fome of her territories in that kingdom. Be¬ 
ginning now to think herfelf fuccefsful, (lie again attacked 
the Portuguele ; but was defeated with great lofs, lo as 
to be obliged to fend for fredi troops. To complete her 
misfortune, die received news that the Giaga Caffangi had 
taken the advantage of her abfence, to enter her kingdom 
with a numerous army, had carried off the greated part 
of the inhabitants, deftroyed the fruits of the earth, plun¬ 
dered the towns of all that was valuable, and let fire to 
the red, leaving that kingdom in a manner defolate. To 
add to all this, her troops, exafpefated at the lofs of their 
wives, children, and goods, which were carried to the far- 
theft corner of Benguela, were all on the point of revolting. 
Notvvithdanding thefe difaders, Zingha behaved with 
fuch refolution and addrefs, that the Portuguele, who, 
according to character, had probably mitigated the Giaga 
againd her, were fo much afraid of her joining with him 
in alliance againd them, that they difpatched Anthony 
Coglio, a learned pried and an excellent negociator, with 
Don Gafpar Borgia, an eminent officer, under pretence of 
negociating a peace between them, firit to the Giaga, and 
afterwards to the queen. They met with a very civil re¬ 
ception from the fird, who told them, that he was very 
willing to live at peace with that princefs, and even to 
let her enjoy the kingdom of Metamba, though he was the 
rightful heir to it, provided die would lay down her arms. 
This anfwer encouraged the pried to try whether he could 
prevail on him to embrace the Chridian religion ; but this 
was declined by the Giaga in fuch drong terms, that the 
pried thought proper to delid, and fet out for Zingha’s 
camp. The ambaffadors, at their firft arrival, met with 
fuch a polite reception, as made them hope for fuccefs; 
but, after fhe had heard their propofals, die affumed a 
haughty tone, and told them, in the conclufion of her 
fpeech, “ That it did not become her dignity to lay down 
her arms till die had brought the war to an honourable 
conclufion ; that, as to the Giagas, whofe feft (he had 
embraced fome years before, and who had furniflied her 
with fuch a prodigious number of forces to fight in her 
defence, her honour and intered required that die diould 
dill keep them in her fervice, and under her protection; 
and ladly, that, as to herfelf, die remembered, indeed, that 
the had formerly embraced Chridianity; but that it was 
not now a proper feafon to propofe her returning to it ; 
and they ought to remember, that they themfelves were 
the caule of her abandoning it.” 
Borgia, perceiving that (he was not to be wrought upon 
by religious motives, diifted his plan, and told her, that 
fhe had gained honour enough in war, and that it was now 
high time to think of granting peace and tranquillity to 
the fubjedts of two fuch powerful kingdoms, and accept of 
the favour and friendlhip of the king of Portugal, which 
was offered her by his viceroy. To this the queen made 
anfwer, that die was. perfectly well acquainted with the 
valour and ftrength of the Portuguele, and Ihould edeem 
it an honour to be allied to that monarch; but that (he 
thought it juft, that their refpective claims to the domi¬ 
nions w hich die inherited from her ancqftors, and of which 
he had unjudly deprived her, diould fird of all be decided, 
either by the (word, or by fome equitable judges. Borgia, 
va,inly imagining that he bad now obtained enough, fet off 
immediately for Loanda San Paulo ; but left the pried, on 
fome pretence or other, to fee whether, in the time of 
fickuefs, he could make any impreffion on the inflexible 
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mind of Zingha, who now laboured under a lingering dif- 
eafe. Coglio, however, found all his arts to no purpole; 
and, upon the queen’s recovery, fhe recommenced the war 
with more fury than ever. Hodiiities were carried on with 
various fuccefs ; Zingha being fometimes victorious, and 
fometimes defeated, in one attempt of the latter kind, 
before the fortrefs of Maffangana, (lie not only lod a great 
number ot men, but had her two fibers, Canibi and Fungi, 
taken prifoners, die herfelf efcaping with the utmod dif¬ 
ficulty. Exafperated by this lofs, fhe led her troops into 
fome of the bed provinces of the Portuguefe, and redu¬ 
ced them to a mere wildernefs. Still, however, (he had 
the mortification to find her Ioffes vably greater than what 
(lie gained ; and (he had alfo the additional misfortune of 
lofing her (lifter Fungi, who was put to death by the Por¬ 
tuguefe for treachery, and feeing Iter allies, the Dutch, 
totally expelled out of Angola. 
Zingha, being thus oppreffed with a complication of 
misfortunes, and confcious of the crimes die had commit¬ 
ted, began ferioudy to confider whether fuch a continued 
(cries ot difaders was not owing to the difpleafure of the 
God of the Chridians. To this opinion die teemed to have 
inclined; and therefore began to treat with more lenity 
fuch Chridians as fell into her hands, efpecially if they 
were prieds or monks. To thefe fhe now began to liden 
with lome attention ; and ordered them, under fevere pe¬ 
nalties, to be treated with all pollible refpeCt'; yet without 
lofing in the lead that invincible hatred (lie bad conceived 
againd thofe who had dripped her of her dominions, or 
dropping her refolution never to make peace till (be had 
recovered them. The viceroy, Don Salvador Correo, who 
had driven out the Dutch, being apprifed of the regard 
(hewn to the ciergy by Zingha, thought proper to fend 
fome capuchins to her, in hopes that they might now find 
her more traCtable. But Zingha was dill proof againd: 
her utmod art; obferving, however, that, if they would 
confent to rebore wiiat they had unjudly taken from her, 
die would not only return to the Chridian religion, but 
encourage it to the utmoft of Iter power. 
The viceroy, afraid that Zingha might make an alliance 
againd him with the king of Congo, fird raifeda powerful 
army, and then acquainted that monarch, that, if he de- 
(igned to prevent the total ruin of his dominions, he mud 
immediately make reparation for all the damage he had 
caufed to the Portuguefe by his alliance with the Dutch. 
The fame of the Portuguefe valour fo intimidated the 
king, that he fubmitted to a treaty almoft on the viceroy’s 
own terms; and, as foon as this treaty was concluded, Don 
Ruy Pegado, an old experienced officer, was difpatched to 
Zingha, offering a firm and lading alliance with her, pro¬ 
vided (he renounced the Giagan fcCt, and returned to the 
bolom of the church. To this efnbalfy (he returned the 
oid anfwer, namely, that the Portuguefe themfelves had 
been the occafion of all that had happened ; as they had 
not only (tripped her of her hereditary dominions, but 
dared to proclaim one of her vaffals king of Angola; but, 
provided thefe dominions were reftored, (he would imme¬ 
diately embrace Chriftianity. 
All this time the furious Zingha went on with her rava¬ 
ges, notwithftanding the viceroy importuned her with let¬ 
ter's for near three years. At lad he had recourfe to the 
artifice of taking advantage of the remorfe of her crimes 
with which Zingha was fometimes aftetted, in order to 
procure the peaceable enjoyment of his own ill-gotten 
conqueds. It is eafy to fee, that had this viceroy, or the 
prieds he employed, really intended to convert Zingha to 
Chridianity, they ought to have fo far let her an example, 
as at lead to abandon part of the countries of which they 
had robbed her. But, indead of this, they impiouily 
made ufe of the facred name of religion, in order to deter 
a poor lavage .African from recovering what judly belonged 
to her. Zingha, however, at lad became fo much inclined 
to return to the Chridian religion, that 3 general murmur 
ran through her army. But having, by various artifices, _ 
reconciled the minds of her (ubjeCVs to this event, (he ex- 
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