THE SOURCE OF THE NILE, 2 j 



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

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

 lidas, notwithstanding 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. 



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HANNES I. or CELAFE SEGUED 



Fromrf66j to 168c. ■ 



Bigotry of the King — Difgufls his Son Yafous y who Hies from Gondar, 



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

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

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

 upon Lafta, and cne againft the Shangalla, all without ma? 

 terial confequences, no military expedition was undertaken 

 in his time ; and no rebellion or competitor (ip frequent jn 

 other reigns) at all dilturbed his. 



Hannes feems to have had' the feeds of bigotry in his 

 temper ; from the beginning of his reign he commanded 



the 



