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The third particular to be obferved here is, that, in this- 

 prince's reign, the king's fons were not iniprifoned in the 

 mountain. For Saif Araad was prefent with his father at 

 the defeat of Saleh king of Mara, and yet the mountain of 

 Gefhen was then fet apart as a prifon. For the Itchegue of, 

 Debra Libanos was baniflied there ; from which I infer, that 

 after the mafTacre of the royal family by Judith, on the 

 mountain of Damo, and the flight of the prince Del Naad^ 

 to Shoa, the king's children were not confined, nor yet till 

 long after theu- reftoration and return to Tigre, as will ap-* 

 pear in the fequel, 



Amda Sion died of a natural death atTegulat in Shoa, aff* 

 ter a reign of 30 years, which were but a continued feries of 

 victories, no inllance being recorded of his having been 

 oncf defeated, • ■ 



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SAIF ARAAD. 



From 1342 to 1370. 



H'/jis Prince enjoys a peaceable Reign — Prote6ls the Patriarch ofCophts ai 

 Cairo from the Perfecution of the Soldau, 



SAIF ARAAD fucceeded his father Amda Sion ; and it 

 Ihould feem that, in his time, all was peaceable on the 

 fide of Add, as nothing is mentioned relative to that wan 



3 Indeed J. 



