428 TRAVELS TO DISCO V^Eft. 



The king then took a journey of a very extraordinary- 

 natxirc, and fuch as Abyilmia had. never before feen. At-> 

 tended only by his nobility, of whom a great number had 

 flocked to him, he-lat down at the foot of the mountain of, 

 Wechne, and ordered all the princes of the royal family 

 who were banilhed, and confined there, to be brought to . 

 him. 



During the iaft reign, the mountain of Wechne, and 

 thofe forlorn princes that lived upon it, had been, as it. 

 were, totally forgotten. Hannes having fons of an age fit, 

 to govern, and his eldeft fon Yafous living below with his- 

 father, no room feemed to remain for attempting a rcvolu-. 

 tion, by the young candidates efcaping from the mountain- 

 This oblivion to which they were configncd, melancholy as 

 it was, proved the beft ftate thefe tmhappy prifoners could 

 have wiflied ; for to be much known for either good or 

 bad qualities, did always at fome period become fatal to 

 the individuals. Punifhment always followed inquiries 

 after a particular prince ; and all melTages, 4uell:ions, or 

 vifits, at the inftance of the king, were conflantly fore- 

 runners of the lofs of life, or amputation of limbs, to 

 thefe unhappy exiles. To be forgotten, then, was to be 

 fafe ; but this fafety carried very heavy diftrefs along with; 

 it. Their revenues were embezzled by their officers or keep- 

 ers, and ill paid by the king; and the fordid temper of Han- 

 nes had often reduced them all to the danger of perilhing 

 Dvith hunger and cold. . 



YAsous,as he was well acquainted, with, all thefe cireum*- 

 ftances, fo he was, in his nature and difpofition, as perfedt- 

 ly willing to repair the injuries that were pail, and prevent 



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