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Bruce vol II.[modifier]
M.t Lasta In Waaq is inacessible almost.
Agaw 660[modifier]
the Agow idol is a kind of Bamboo called krihaha
narea 661[modifier]
the caravan from Narea crossed the Galla Gafats & Gongas.
Lasta 662[modifier]
in march 1638 a great deal of facilidas's army perished of cold in Lasta.
A. Mendez 663[modifier]
(419) B. says that A. Mendez's letter from masuah was written from Goa
664[modifier]
Hannes I deposed Abuna christadados & put AB. Samuda in his place (424)
E*t*ege 665[modifier]
Yasous I deposed the Itchegué tzaga Christos in a council of the clergy & named lyriacus in his room. 27th Sept.r 1680 (426)
Dek 666[modifier]
from Dek to Ibaba, two easy days.
Agaw 667[modifier]
the Agow country is open & full of rich plains
[arabe] 668[modifier]
670
the Zeegam are the most powerful rich & trading of the Shank'alla.
Damot, open level country
670[modifier]
The zeegam are on the N.E. of Abyssinia
dobarwa[modifier]
the mareb encircles Dobⱥrwa.
taka 671[modifier]
The taka near Amba Tchou are shepherds not Arabs but formerly part of the bagla or habab; they speak the language of Tögray & are reputed subjects of Sennār.
barabra means land of shepherds.
Jesuits 673[modifier]
the Jesuits were banished about the year 1632 & finally extirpated in 1666.
gondar 674[modifier]
Gondar was built at the close of the reign of Hannes I in 1680.
675[modifier]
no Arabic book ever gave a description of Abyssinia.
funge[modifier]
641
sedgid & kins were the places where came those blacks who conquered senār from the Arabs (520)
sennār 677[modifier]
sennār was not tributary to Abyssinia or that stripe of land of the shangalla would have been conquered.
[arabe][modifier]
The greeks & Latins made Azⱥmia from Bar el ajam (528)
679[modifier]
The clans Elmana & Densa in Gojam (530) [idi?] neighbour. country (531)
bracelets 680[modifier]
any man who receives from the king enough ivory bracelets to cover his arm down to his wrist, appears before the 12 judges on a certain day & the king's cook breaks the rings with a cleaver & the judges give him a certificate which entitles him to a territory producing at least 20 ounces of gold. 1 galla or negroe [entitles?] to 2 rings, an elephant 2, rhinoceros 2 giraffe, 2; buffalo, 2; lion; 2; leopard, 1. two boars, 1; 4 deer, 1