would not then have fallen upon us, at leaft would have been
confined to the limits o f your own kin gd om ; you would
have neither difobliged Fafil nor the Iteghé; and,.when the-
day o f trial is at hand, you would have been better able to>
anfwer it, than, by going on at this fate, there is any appearance
you will be,” This, perfon, I underftood afterwards,
was Ras Sañuda, nephew to the Iteghé, and fon o f Ras Welled
de l’O u l; he had been bániflied to Kuara in the late;
k in g ’s time, fo I had no opportunity o f knowing him..
A l l the time o f this harangue Socinios’s eyes were mofily-
ihut, and his mouth open, and Havering tobacco; he was ro llin
g from fide- to fide fcarcely preférving his equilibrium;.
When Sañuda ftopt, he began with an air o f d rollery, i f You:
are very angry to-day, Baba.” And'turning to me, faid, “ Tomorrow,
fee you bring me that horfe which Yafine fent-
you to Kofcam ; and' bring me Yafine himfelf, or you w ill
hear o f i t ; Have and Frank as you are, enemy to Mary the-
yirgin, bring me the horfe!?’ Sañuda took me by the handy
faying in a whifper, “ Don’t fear him, I am h e re ; but go.
homeq next time you come here you will have horfes
enough along with you.” He, too, feemed in liquor; and,
making me a fign to withdraw, I left the k in g and his m i-
nifler together with great willingnefs, and returned to Kofcam
to the Iteghé, to whom I told what had palled, and who;
ordered me to ftay near Ozoro Either, as in her fervice, and!
go no more to-the palace.
A t this time certain intelligence w a s received that Ras;
Michael was arrived in Lafta with Guigarr, Shum, or ch ie f
o f the clan called Waag, once a mortal enemy to Michael,,
though now at peace.with him, and ferving him as his conduéhm.
duétor. Through his country is the only pafiage from Tigré
to Begemder and Belelicn, and many armies have perifhed
by endeavouring to force it. Michael and the k in g now paffi-
ed under the proteétion o f Guigarr, notwithftanding PowUf-
fen had many parties among the other clans that wilhed to
prevent him. On the 15th o f December he forded the Ta-
cazzè, and turned a little to the left, as i f he intended to
pafs through the middle o f Begemder, though he had really
no fuch defign, but only to bring Powuffen to an engagement.
Seeing this was not likely, and only tended to wafle
time, he purfued his journey ftraight towards Gondar, not
in his ufual way, burning and défiroying, but quietly, cor-
reéting abufes, and regulating the police o f the country
through which he palled, for he was yet in fear.
T he news o f his having palled thé Tacazzé determined
Socinios and the Iteghê to fly ; and they fet out accordingly
, Socinios dire.fted his flight, firft towards Begemder, but,
the next day, turned to the right, through Dembea, and
joined the queen at Azazo, where great- altercations and
difputes followed between them. The queen bad engaged
the Abuna to attend her, and that prelate had confented, upon
receiving fifteen mules and thirty ounces o f gold , which
were paid accordingly : But when the queen lent, the mornin
g o f her departure, to put the Abuna in mind o f his pro-
mife, his fervants ftoned the Iteghé’s meflenger, without
fuffering him to approach the houfe, But they kept the
mules and the gold. The queen continued her flight to
Degwaflfa, near the lake Tzana, and fent all that was valuable
that lhe had brought with her, into the ifland
o f Dek.
A yto