Had I been commander o f the Begetnder troops that dayy
•this fhower fhould have been the fignal o f ch a rg in g ; for
all the k in g ’s fire-arms were ufelefs, arid the matches \Vet ;
¡but the Begemder horfe feemed molt uneafy under the fall
o f rain; they began to be unmanageable, and turn tail to the
wind, which now arofe and was directly in their faces, and
in a few minutes they wheeled about,; and «retired to their
camp. The k in g halted on the ground where he was, ordered
the kettle-drums to beat, and the trumpets to found ;
and having continued h a lf an hour till the heavy ihower
began, he fell back :as did the whole army, and retired to
the camp.: When he got up the hill, and palled the brow
where Ras Michael was fitting with fome Haves, who held
up a piece o f fail-cloth over his head to keep oflf the rain,
the fervants raifed the Ras upon his feet; without an y previous
falutation, he then alked the k in g what he had done
with k in g Theodorus ? and was anfwered, “ Begemder
brou ght him, and Begemder took him away, we faw noth
in g but his flag.” Lafta carried his flag, fays one o f the
nobility. He is a peaceable prince, fays the k in g ; yet he
begins with fighting, but he w ill make amends afterwards,
i f he governs this country in peace a thoufand years. If
he does that, fays the Ras, Powuflen is to die at the next
battle, for the thoufand years peace w ill never begin, as
sioag as b e is alive.
■CHAP»
G II A P. VH.:
s / *ra*°’^ RaJb g M | f K -r
Both Armies keep 'the Ground.. ■
^T-H E whole evening- o f "the 19th’ o f May was fpent in ■
h Z h ^ r Y ,an j ° y ; ;a Prophet from fome part in Dem
bea had foretold the defeat of- k in g Theodon , ” I
was much more^interefling,. two l a f g f d ^ S W B / t .
one from BelelFen, ncarMariatmOhha, the other from Dem
te a , were dftven than day into -the ‘ camp, Ras MichaTk
who knew .the Valu e-of tomorrow, fpared nothing t h S '
mtght refrelh-the-troops .this day.- The k in g and h e 0 , 1
© Either, and Ozoro AltalhV K-ella Yafous, and the Abuna
hu nfelf.gave each o f them entertainments t a th e prhtdpTl
¡ S H E th e a™T,' and all thofe who were like ly to bear
great fpint, but n was now very generally known that the
' officers ;