History of Armenia, by Father Michael Chamich; from B. C. 2247 to ...

130 HISTORY OF ARMENIA.
was communicated to Erwand, the latter was
engaged in suppressing a rebellion which had
broken out in Uti. He immediately gave over
to his chiefs the government of" Uti, which he
had restored to tranquillity, and returned in
haste to Erwandashat. He rapidly assembled, at
a vast expense, an army to repel the invaders,
composed of Armenians, Georgians, Cappadocians,
Tyrians, and people from Mesopotamia.
It being then the spring season, the whole of these
troops soon met and joined. Argam his minister
also appeared in arms, with a fine body of men
armed with lances, Erwand, to encouraee his
troops to fight manfully and zealously in his
cause, was profuse in his gifts to every individual.
Nor did he forget to apply for assistance
to the Romans; but these people, otherwise
engaged, had no leisure to attend to his solicitations.
Sumbat, unaware of the return of
Erwand from Uti, passing the river Arax,
marched with great haste to that country. The
chiefs who had been left there by Erwand,
informed of the approach of Sumbat, and recollectino^
with affection their deceased kins:
Tirithus, came out to meet the young prince
Artaces and his protector, declaring themselves
his most zealous partizans. When intelligence
of this defection reached the other
Armenian chiefs with Erwand, they meditated