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to this practice, otherwife almoft general. Icon Amlac is the 

 only name by which we know this firft prince of the race 

 of Solomon, refiored now fully to his dominions, after a 

 long exile his family had fuffered by the treafon of Judith. 

 The fignification of his name is, " Let him be made our fo- 

 vereign," and is apparently that which he took upon his 

 inauguration or accemon to the throne ; and his name of 

 baptifm, and bye-name or popular name given him, are 

 both therefore loft. 



Although nowreftored to the complete ponemon of his 

 ancient dominions, he was too wife all at once to leave his 

 dutiful kingdom of Shoa and return to Tigre. He continu- 

 ed to make Tegulat, the capital of Shoa, his feat of the em- 

 pire, and there reigned fifteen years. 



In the 14th year of the reign of this prince, his great be- 

 nefactor, Abuna Tecla Haimanout, founder of the Order of 

 Monks of Debra Libanos, and reftorer of the Royal family, 

 died at that monaftery in great reputation and very advan- 

 ced age. He was the laft Abyffmian ordained Abuna ; and 

 this fumciently mews the date of that canon I have alrea- 

 dy fpoken of, falfely faid to be a canon of the council of 

 Nicea. 



Though Le Grande and fome others have pretended to 

 be in doubt at what time, and for what reafon, this canon 

 could have been made, I think the reafon very plain, which 

 fixes it to the time of Tecla Haimanout, as well as fhews 

 it to be a forgery of the church of Alexandria, no doubt 

 with the council and advice of this great ftatefman Tecia 

 Haimanout. Egypt was fallen under the dominion of the 



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