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from Bruce[modifier]
the lion of the race of Solomon & tribe of Judah hath overcome. (479)
kings 417[modifier]
menilek or david I 4
hendedya or zagdur 1
423 awida 11
ausyi 3
sawé 31
gesaya 15
mouta 20
bahas 9
kawida 2
kamaza 10
katzina 9
wazeha 1
hazer 2
kalas 6
solaya 16
falaya 26
aglebu 3
asisena 1
brus 29
mohesa 1
bazen 16
menilek suceeded in 986 B.C. there is not an Ethiopic word in the whole list.
house of david [rectangle][modifier]
near Axum is a place called adega david, house of david and at no great distance is another called azabo, from menilek's ancient metropolis (482)
nagach 419[modifier]
the governor of Gojam was also called nagash. (483) there is also the bahar negash.
falacha 420[modifier]
the falasha say they came from Jerusalem with Menilek. their only copy of the old testament is in Geez. they have no fringes or ribbands upon their garments nor any scribe among them.
gööz version 421[modifier]
if according to Ludolf the translation of the scriptures was made from the Greek in 330 A.D. the falasha must have been above 400 years without the scriptures which seems strange.
gööz books 422[modifier]
amongst (496) the books common in Abyssinia are symnodos or the constitutions of the Apostles, the written law of the country, translated from the Arabic. 2° a large work, haimanout abou extracts from the Greek fathers. 3° S.S.t Athanasius, Basyl, [chrysostome?] & Cyril. 4°. synaxar or flos sanctorum, 4 vol. folio 5°. arganon composed by abba george in 1400: very pure language though by an Armenian author.
kings 423[modifier]
in 333 when frumentines was introduced to the king he found him reading David (500)
bazen
tzenaf segued
417
garima asferi
saraada
tzion
sargai
bagamai
Jan Segued
tzion [hegles?]
mwal genha
saif araad
agedar
abreha & atzbeha 333
asfeha
arphad & amzi
araad
saladoba
alamida
tezhana
caleb 522
gebra mascal
constantine
bazzer
azbeha
armaha
Jan. asfeha
Yan segued
fere sanai
aderaaz
aizor
del naad gbo
this is the list kept at Debra Libanos (502) these kings have
always two & sometimes 3 names. the 8th year of Bazen was
the first of Christ.
Abuna 425[modifier]
according to a spurious Arabic canon the Abana ranks in councils after, the prelate of Valencia (506)
iteghe[modifier]
Iteghé means a regent for life (507) [vile?] 509
abreha 427[modifier]
abreha built a very large church or temple in the country of the homerites. but vile (515) this expedition was probably much more modern.
in consequence of the overrunning S. Arabia by Mahometans