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from Bruce vol II

[arabe] 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 his journal 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