Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Enlarged and Improved, Volume 1A. Constable, 1823 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 69
... Portuguese Gragné , though greatly superior in horse , had already Moors . felt so much of the Portuguese valour , that he did not choose to venture a second battle . Abyssinia . ravaging the country ; to call in their scattered par ...
... Portuguese Gragné , though greatly superior in horse , had already Moors . felt so much of the Portuguese valour , that he did not choose to venture a second battle . Abyssinia . ravaging the country ; to call in their scattered par ...
Page 71
... Portuguese to pay obedience to his gene- Hostilities ral , and none else . The Portuguese , enraged at this declaration , resolved to die sword in hand rather than submit to such terms ; and therefore began to fortify their camp in case ...
... Portuguese to pay obedience to his gene- Hostilities ral , and none else . The Portuguese , enraged at this declaration , resolved to die sword in hand rather than submit to such terms ; and therefore began to fortify their camp in case ...
Page 73
... Portuguese and such converts as they had made ; in which he exhorted them not to converse with schisma- tics , and the Abyssinians to forsake their errors . Be- ing now debarred from access to the emperor , he be- gan to entertain the ...
... Portuguese and such converts as they had made ; in which he exhorted them not to converse with schisma- tics , and the Abyssinians to forsake their errors . Be- ing now debarred from access to the emperor , he be- gan to entertain the ...
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