4i8 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER 



Except the events which I have already recorded, there 

 is nothing farther in this long reign worthy of being infill- 

 ed upon ; the early inroads of the Galla, in plundering par- 

 ties, and the feditions and revolts of the Agows from the 

 oppreflion and extortion of their governors, were fuch as we 

 find in every reign ; and in all thefe Facilidas was vidori- 

 ous, whilft the Hancafha and Zeegam were greatly weak- 

 ened in thefe campaigns.. 



Facilidas was taken ill at Gondar, in the end of Odlo* 

 ber, of a difeafe which, from its firft appearance, he thought 

 would prove mortaL He, therefore, fent to his eldeft font 

 Hannes, whom he had conftantly kept with him, and who 

 was now of age to govern, and recommended to him his 

 kingdom, and the perfevering in the ancient religion. He 

 died the 30th of September 1665, in great peace and com* 

 pofure of mind, and they buried him at Azazo.. 



If we are obliged to give his father the preference, from 

 the greater variety of trials which he underwent, we muft 

 in juftice allow, that, after his father, Facilidas was the, 

 greateft king that ever fat upon the AbylTmian throne. He 

 had every good quality neceffary to conftitute a great prince^ 

 without any alloy or mixture, that, upon fo much provoca- 

 tion as he had, might have milled him to be a bad one. He 

 was calm, difpaffionate, and courteous in his behaviour. 

 In the very difficult part he had to acT: between his father 

 and the nation, the necelTities of the times had taught him 

 a degree of referve, which, if it was not natural^ was not 

 therefore the lefs ufeful to him. He was in his own perfon 

 ^he bravell foldier of his time, and always expofed himfelf 

 %i proportion as th^occafion. was important. 



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