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invaders, who fled by the same way they had eatered> This prince, hurried away by the im- petuosity of his courage, followed them beyond the confines of his territories, and was unfortu- nately killed by one of their archers. The Armenians, irritated at the death of their leader^ pursued the fugitives with double ardour, and burning with a desire of revenge, on overtaking them, gave no quarter, but slaughtered them without pity. The troops returned to Armenia in the most profound grief for their loss. Yalarsh reigned twenty years.

��CHAPTER XIV.

��The reign of Khosrave the First.

A.D.2U. Khoshove the First, son of Valarsh, sue* ceeded to the throne, on the death of his father. Immediately after this event he assembled ati army, and passing the great mountain Caucasus, advanced against the Lazirs and Basils, to take vengeance on these warlike tribes for the death of the late king. His expedition was attended with the greatest success, and after destroying an immense number, he totally subjugated them. To restrain them from any future inroads he obliged them to give him hostages, at the rata

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