436 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS iv.dt.
Nail walad 'Agib, with whom he previously had an agreement. When
Nail came he kissed the foot of the Emperor and promised to serve him from thenceforward and never more to return to his liege lord Rubat the king of Sennar. The Emperor gave him rich garments and ornaments (?) of gold, and Nail afterwards accompanied (?) the Emperor until he reached
the land of the king of Fung and descended on the (^arqui^ country and killed many and captured their women and children and burnt their homes. This the Emperor did for five reasons. The first because, when he sent the king of Badi [King Badi ?] many costly presents, the latter had not replied as was due but had sent two very poor horses. The second because, Nail having raided lands belonging to Dambia and done much damage, and the Emperor having sent to him [the king?] to ask whether this was with his consent or not, [the king?] on receipt of the message kept silence and made
no reply. The third because, when Aleb-, the Emperor's servant, absconded to him with many horses and took with him the kettledrums of Ma9aga,
and when the Emperor wrote to him not to detain the servant, and said that he would pardon him, and that if he was unwilling to come back he should send him the kettledrums, [the king] was unwilling to do the one thing or the other. The fourth because, [when some Chucen people came ?] to (^arqui, he gave them lodging but subsequently illtreated [them?] grossly and would not allow them to bury their dead unless they paid, because they wished to make friendship with his lord the Emperor; and when they arrived the Qarqui people fell upon them and killed many of them and took captive their women and children. The fifth because, when the mother of Joseph son of Gibara was on her way to the Emperor, the people of (Jarqui took her and would not let her pass. For all of these reasons the Emperor was exasperated and made friendship with Nail and laid waste the lands of the king of Badi [King Badi ?] subject to the king
of Sennar.
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Paez, Vol. Ill, p. 370. The Abyssinian generals make war on the Fung and take much booty : this in 1618.
Estando ainda o Emperador em Qalabaga, Ihe chegou carta do Cantiva Za Guiorguis, em que decia que tinha dado em as terras Berta, Caeba, Batel e outras que senhorea el Rey de Funye Erobat e que cativara muytas molheres e meninos, queimara suas casas e tomara muyto fato. Depois soube o Emperador como Erobat mandara muyta gente de pe e de cavallo pera que guardasem a terra de (Jarqui. Tambem Ihe disseram como o Abuna Isaac, a quem tinha mandado pera Ethiopia o patriarche de Alex-
andria abba Marcos, morrera da terra de Senaar muyto tempo depois que
o tomou Erobat; o que Emperador sintio muyto e alevantou logo de (^ala- ba9a e foi caminhando ate Dabola, e dalli mandou a Jonael com muyta gente a as terras Gema e ^aben e dando nellas tomou muytas vacas e fato e tornou, e o Emperador alevantou logo de Dabola, passou por Bed e foi a terra Tan9al e mandou a Jonael, ao Cantiba Za Guiorguis e a Caba
' Bruce, /cic. a7., "Serke." ^ Bruce, /oc. a«., " Alico."