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to_o lay_v the_o debate_n about_o religion_n before_o his_o council_n 189._o he_o answer_v the_o coadjutor_n book_n and_o write_v one_o in_o defence_n of_o his_o own_o faith_n 196._o he_o invite_v father_n peter_n to_o court_n 239._o he_o great_o admire_v father_n peter_n sermon_n and_o therefore_o send_v he_o his_o dinner_n from_o his_o own_o table_n 248._o he_o discover_v his_o intention_n to_o father_n peter_n to_o turn_n roman_n catholic_n 250._o his_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n 251._o his_o letter_n to_o the_o king_n of_o spain_n 253._o he_o march_v against_o the_o rebel_n 257._o he_o be_v kill_v fight_v 259._o the_o new_a emperor_n send_v to_o father_n peter_n to_o come_v to_o he_o 273._o he_o offer_v to_o write_v to_o the_o king_n of_o portugal_n and_o the_o pope_n and_o be_v encourage_v by_o father_n peter_n to_o do_v it_o 275._o his_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n 276._o his_o letter_n to_o the_o king_n of_o spain_n 278._o these_o letter_n be_v probable_o forge_v by_o some_o missionary_n 280._o a_o mock_n emperor_n set_v up_o and_o massacre_v 284._o the_o emperor_n and_o his_o brother_n raz_n cella_n christos_n convince_v of_o christ_n have_v two_o nature_n 285._o he_o publish_v a_o edict_n prohibit_v any_o to_o affirm_v that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o nature_n in_o christ_n 301._o he_o publish_v a_o proclamation_n command_v all_o his_o subject_n to_o turn_v roman_a catholic_n 303._o he_o be_v address_v to_o not_o to_o trouble_v his_o subject_n about_o their_o religion_n 304._o he_o be_v deaf_a to_o all_o such_o address_n 305._o a_o attempt_v make_v upon_o his_o life_n 308._o upon_o his_o victory_n prohibit_v his_o subject_n to_o observe_v saturday_n 312._o a_o severe_a libel_n come_v out_o against_o he_o 312._o by_o a_o second_o proclamation_n he_o command_v all_o subject_n to_o work_v upon_o saturday_n 203._o a_o rebellion_n break_v out_o upon_o it_o 313._o his_o speech_n thereupon_o 315._o he_o send_v a_o army_n against_o the_o rebel_n and_o rout_v they_o 317._o he_o reconcile_v himself_o to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n 319._o he_o grow_v jealous_a of_o his_o brother_n raz_n cella_n 331._o he_o send_v he_o against_o gabriel_n who_o be_v at_o the_o head_n of_o a_o crusade_n 332._o his_o letter_n to_o the_o patriarch_n 333._o he_o be_v oblige_v to_o employ_v his_o brother_n against_o they_o 357._o dom_fw-la apolinar_n d'almeyda_o bring_v letter_n and_o a_o jubilee_n to_o the_o emperor_n and_o to_o the_o prince_n 364._o the_o emperor_n zeal_n revive_v by_o this_o letter_n and_o a_o jubilee_n 368._o he_o be_v defeat_v by_o the_o peasant_n of_o lasta_n 372._o he_o be_v passionate_o address_v for_o a_o toleration_n ibid._n he_o speak_v to_o the_o patriarch_n about_o it_o and_o will_v nor_o be_v deny_v 373._o the_o toleration_n proclaim_v the_o patriarch_n protestation_n against_o it_o 374._o the_o emperor_n answer_n to_o the_o patriarch_n protestation_n 377._o he_o declare_v his_o resolution_n to_o continue_v a_o roman_n catholic_n 379._o the_o patriarch_n baffle_v in_o a_o great_a point_n of_o his_o jurisdiction_n 380._o the_o country_n people_n in_o good_a humour_n by_o a_o toleration_n yet_o not_o satisfy_v without_o re-establishment_n of_o their_o old_a religion_n and_o banish_v the_o patriarch_n and_o father_n of_o ethiopia_n raz_n cella_n go_v against_o the_o peasant_n with_o a_o army_n be_v rout_v 381._o the_o romanist_n have_v all_o their_o church_n and_o land_n take_v from_o they_o the_o emperor_n die_v and_o be_v succeed_v by_o his_o son_n basilides_n 395._o the_o emperor_n march_v against_o they_o and_o obtain_v a_o victory_n 382._o he_o be_v move_v by_o the_o passionate_a remonstrance_n of_o the_o grandee_n and_o other_o to_o restore_v the_o alexandrian_a religion_n 383._o the_o patriarch_n and_o father_n endeavour_n to_o divert_v he_o 385._o he_o continue_v immovable_a in_o his_o resolution_n 388._o the_o patriarch_n manifesto_n 392._o a_o proclamation_n for_o restore_v the_o alexandrian_a religion_n festivity_n thereupon_o 394._o the_o emperor_n hear_v thereof_o command_v the_o patriarch_n and_o father_n to_o leave_n ethiopia_n 422._o he_o write_v to_o the_o bashaw_n of_o suaqhem_n 454._o the_o bashaw_n murder_n they_o all_o three_o and_o send_v their_o head_n to_o the_o emperor_n 454._o the_o emperor_n library_n found_v by_o queen_n saba_n 471._o his_o treasury_n 472._o the_o empress_n arrive_v at_o the_o camp_n 127._o the_o eucharist_n be_v administer_v to_o child_n when_o they_o be_v baptize_v 95._o eugenius_n the_o four_o translate_v the_o council_n from_o florence_n to_o rome_n upon_o a_o shame_n pretence_n that_o the_o emperor_n of_o ethiopia_n be_v send_v a_o ambassador_n with_o a_o submission_n of_o himself_o and_o his_o church_n to_o he_o 23._o esimetheus_n make_v king_n of_o the_o homerite_n depose_v by_o the_o habassin_n army_n which_o put_v abraham_n in_o his_o place_n 17._o ethiopia_n the_o climate_n 1._o the_o true_a title_n of_o the_o emperor_n ibid._n the_o province_n 2._o it_o be_v several_a great_a river_n beside_o the_o nile_n 6._o it_o be_v great_a mixture_n of_o people_n 7._o the_o court_n language_n be_v amchara_n ibid._n the_o emperor_n name_v his_o successor_n ib._n the_o royal_a arm_n ib._n the_o queen_n of_o sheba_n report_v to_o have_v be_v its_o empress_n her_o son_n by_o solomon_n say_v to_o have_v introduce_v judaisme_n into_o it_o 8._o the_o eunuch_n that_o be_v baptize_v by_o philip_n be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v of_o this_o country_n and_o to_o have_v introduce_v christianity_n into_o it_o 9_o frumentius_n bishop_n of_o axum_n its_o apostle_n 10._o constantius_n letter_n to_o the_o prince_n of_o axum_n 11._o nine_o monk_n come_v into_o it_o 14._o justinian_n send_v a_o embassy_n into_o ethiopia_n 15._o the_o business_n of_o the_o embassy_n 16._o the_o ethiopian_n send_v a_o ambassador_n to_o the_o patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n 17._o james_n the_o abuna_n of_o ethiopia_n depose_v by_o the_o queen_n and_o restore_v by_o 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