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will out. The annals of the country, written without a re- 

 gard to either party, ftate, that, in the long reign of Faci- 

 lidas, notwithftanding the calamitous ftate in which his 

 father left him the empire, very few misfortunes only 

 are reported to have happened either to himfelf or lieute- 

 nants. 



H"""i ■ " >'* ^ 



HANNES I. OR CELAFE SEGUED. 



From 1665 to 1680. 

 Bigotry of the King — Difgtijis his Son To/bus^ who jlics from Gondar. 



IF this prince fucceeded to his kingdom in peace, he had 

 the addrefs ftill to keep it fo. He was not in his nature 

 averfe to war, though, befides two feeble attempts he made 

 Upon Lafta, and. one againft the Shangalla, all without ma- 

 terial confequences, no military expedition was undertaken 

 in his time ; and no rebellion or competitor (fo frequent in 

 other reigns) at all difturbed his. 



Hannes feems to have had the feeds of bigotry in his 

 temper; trom the beginning of his reign he commanded 



the 



