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' anny of Persiacis^ under the comBtaodof Mibraii; and deceitfully calling upon them for aid to repel the invaders.

The statements of the ambassadors were not true» as we hare said, for at that period Mifaran was not in Georgia, neither would he have erer gone there, unless he had been inrited by Vol* thank. The Armenians, not doubting the truth of the tale related them by the ambassadors, and being bound by treaty to afford assistance to the Georgians in time of need, prepared to s«t out to succour their ally. First, however, they pot their property into places of security. On the arrival of the Vahanians in Geoi^^a they were met by Valthank, who assured them that the Runs would speedily arrive to join him against Mihran. To prevent their detecting hia fidM- hood, he amused them with many excuses f»- not marching immediately against the foe, and sent people to kindle fires on the adjacent plains, to endeavour to convince them that the Huns were arrived. He also made the trunks of trees in a forest appear like armed men, and then incited the Armenians, by means of treacherous spies, to go and attack them, saying, not suspecting the artifice of the king, went toward the spot where they supposed the enemy to lie, but discovered no one. Thw
 * They are waiting for you." The Vahanians,

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