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I SCANDER, or ALEXANDER. 



From 1478 to I495« 



Efcander declares War with Adel — Good ConduEl of the King— Betrayed 

 and murdered by Za Saluce, 



AS foon as the king Bseda Mariam was dead, the hiftory/ 

 of Abymnia informs us, that a tumultuous meeting of 

 the nobles brought from the mountain of Gefhen the queen 

 Romana, with her fon Ifcander, who upon his urrival was 

 crowned without any oppofition. 



It is to be obferved in the Abyuinian annals, that very 

 frequent minorities happen. A queen-mother, or regent* 

 with two or three of the greatefl interefl at court, are, du- 

 ring the minority, in pofTemon of the king's perfon, and go- 

 vern in his name. The tranfactions of this minority, too,, 

 are as carefully inferted in the annals of the kingdom as 

 any other part of the fubfequent government, but as the 

 whole of thefe minorities are but one continued chain of 

 quarrels, plots, and treachery, as foon as the king comes of 

 age, the greatefl part of this reign of his miniflers is can- 

 celled, as being the acts of fubjecls, and not worthy to be 



infer ted 



