THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. s 



Adel increafed greatly in power, and Moorifh princes from 

 Arabia eftablifhed in little principalities, exactly correfpond- 

 ing with the fouthern limits o( Abyffinia, and placed be- 

 tween them and the ocean ; and we fee, at tiic fame time, a 

 rancour and hatred firmly rooted in the breafts of both na- 

 tions, one of the caufes of which is conftantly alledged by 

 the Abyffinian princes to be, that the Moors of Adel were 

 anciently their fubje(5fs and vaflals, had withdrawn them- 

 felves from their allegiance, and owed their prcfent inde- 

 pendence to rebellion only.. 



To thefe priiices fuccecded "Wcdem Araad, their youngeft 

 brother, who reigned fifteen years, probably in peace, for 

 in this ftatc we find the kingdom in the days of his fuccef- 

 for; but then it is fuch a peace that we fee it only wanted 

 any fort of provocation from one party to the other, for 

 both to break out into very cruel, long, and bloody wars. 



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A M D A SIGN. 



Frojn 1312 to 1342. 



Licentious hcginmrtg of this King's Reign — His rigorous Conduct with' the 

 Monks of Debra Libanos — ITts Mdhovietan S-uhjecls rebel — Mara and 

 Add declare. War — Are defeated in fever al Battles^ andfubmit. 



AM D A Sion fucceedcd his father, Wedcm Araad, who^ 

 was youngeft brother of Icon Amlac, and canie to the • 

 Grown upon the death of his uncles. He is generally kuov>'n, 



