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THEODORUS. 



From 1409 to 141 2. 



Memoirs of this Reign, though held in great Efleem in Abyjfmia, defec- 

 the ; probably mutilated by the Ecclefiaftia. 



DAVID was fucceeded by his eldeft fon Theodorus. He 

 is called Son of the Lion, by the poet, in the Ethi- 

 opic encomium upon him, Hill extant in the liturgy. A mi- 

 racle is mentioned to have happened, (which would lead us 

 to fufpect that he was a faint), during the celebration of his 

 feftival, by his mother, who is called Mogefla *. This lady 

 had contented herfelf with providing great quantity of flefti 

 for the feaft ; but, to make it more complete, the heavens 

 in a mower fupplied it with ftore of fine fifh, ready roafled* 



He was buried in the church of Tedba Mariam in Am- 

 hara, after having reigned three years. There mull have 

 been fomething very brilliant that happened under this 

 prince, for though the reign is fo fhort, it is before all o- 

 thers the moft favourite epoch in Abyflinia. It is even con- 

 fidently believed, that he is to rife again, and to reign in 



Abyflinia 



* Probably Magwas, Or Berhan Magwafs, the Glory of Grace ; a name often ufed by 

 queens ; for Mogefla has no lignification, that I know, in any of the languages of Ethiopia, 



