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=== from Bruce vol II ===

==== جبرتي 1425 ====

Gibberti from Jabber in Arabic means faithful 
it is the name of the inhabitants of Adel & Aussa (8)

==== fus 425 ====

328
the Abyssines fear the elves by night & dare not 
throw water from a bason for fear of hasting them (26)

the moors are in general much Squarer stouter men than the 
Abyssines.

==== oera 427 ====

the [oera?] of mahara or mercy is first mentioned
in the reign of wedem asferi - it answers to the year 
1348 of Christ.

==== Abys. at Rome ====

Zara Jacob endowed the couvent of Jerusalem &
obtained that of Rome.

==== branca Leone ====

443 
Branca Leon lived under this reign

==== bilur 430 ====

354 
bilur in the samhar tongue, means fossil Salt : it 
is also applied to colored salt & to precious stones (82)

==== V. Mary 431 ====

the Virgin Mary cannot hold her child in her left
hand.

betwudet was nearly as powerful as Ras.

for navigation quoted vid. p. 95, 96, 97, 104, 105, 107, 108

Kebra za negust is the title for history.

for chronology p. 119

==== slown 436 ====

next to gold slaves are the most agreable & valu.
merchandise all through the East

==== 437 ====

Damianus Goez, historian (p. 135)

==== 438 scarlet ====

the scarlet color is only used by the king.

==== lopez ====

lopez de Segueyra arrived at Massowa the 16.th april
1520 (143)

==== bizⱥn 440 ====

the monastery of Bizen in the head of six 
others in the compass of 26 miles. the Bizen rock is very
high & almost inaccessible.

==== rose 441 ====

Kagga a kind of white scented rose (150)

==== tellez 442 ====

Tellez condemns Alvarez & Damianus Goez says he
saw <u>his journal</u> very different from the printed one.

==== 443 ====

429
Thomas Gradinego a venetian had also been detained
since the days of Boeda mariam.

==== hamasen 444 ====

hamazen a small territory, two days from Dobarwa & 
the same from Massowa.

==== grañ 445 ====

in 1530 gragn invaded Tigray (163)

bahia dos agravados is the name of a bay N. of Mousf. (181)

==== grañ 447 ====

Peter Lyon killed Grañ 10.th feb. 1543

==== chöre 448 ====

I settled the Lat & Long of Siré where they observed 
the eclipse of the ☉ under Claudius (193

==== bermudes 449 ====

See bermude's account of these times printed at Lisbon 
by fr. corres 1565.

==== claudius ====

the head of Claudius was buried at Antioch.

==== menas ====

Menas died of illness Jan 13.th 1563 [contrée?] Ludolf (211)

==== galla 452 ====

The first Galla country would not breed horses as 
round Sennaar. there are seven tribes in the west of 
Abyssinia : seven S. of Shoa & seven in the east. the eastern 
Galla are called bertuma there is a king for every seven

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