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reign, and never fwerved from his attachment to the 

 church of Alexandria, or his friendihip and refped to the 

 Abuna Youfef, to the end of his Hfe, as far as we can learn 

 from hiflory. And leaft, of all people in the world, does it 

 become the Roman Catholics to accufe him of being Ma- 

 hometan, becaufe a letter is ftill extant to Menas from pope 

 Paul III * wherein the pope lliles him beloved fin in Chrifi^ 

 and the mofi holy ofpriejls. 



*i^^5S«*« 



SERTZA DENGHEL, or MELEC SEGUED. 



From 1563 to 1595. 



King crowned at Axum — Ahyjftnia invaded by the Galla — Account of 

 that People — The king defeats the Army of Adel — Beats the Falafha^ 

 and kills their King — Battle of the Mareb — Bafhafain^ and Turks 

 expelled from Dobarwa — King is poifoned — Names Za Denghcl his 

 Succejfor, . • 



MENAS was fucceeded by his fon, Sertza Denghel, who 

 took the name of Melee Segued. He was only twelve 

 years old when he came to the throne, and was crowned at 

 Axum with all the ancient ceremonies. The beginning of 

 3 J^s 



* See Le Grande's Hiftory of Abyflinia. 



