5-38 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER 



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O U S T A S. 



From 1 709 to 1714. 



Ufurps the Crown — Addicled to hunting — Account of the Shangalla-— 

 Aclive and bloody Reign — Entertains Catholic Priejls privately — Falls 

 Jick and dies ; but how, uncertain. 



IT has been already obferved in the courfe of this hiflory, 

 that the Abyffinians, from a very ancient tradition, attri- 

 bute the foundation of their monarchy to Menilek fon of 

 Solomon, by the queen of Saba, or Azab, rendered in the Vul- 

 gate, the Queen of the fouth. The annals of this country 

 mention but two interruptions to have happened, in the li- 

 neal fuccemon of the heirs-male of Solomon. The firft a- 

 bout the year 960, in the reign of Del Naad, by Judith queen 

 of the Falafha, of which revolution we have already fpoken 

 fufficiently. The fecond interruption happened at the pe- 

 riod to which we have now arrived in this hiftory, and owed 

 its origin, not to any misfortune that befel the royal family 

 as in the maflacre of Judith, but feemed to be brought a- 

 bout by the peculiar circumftances of the times, from a 

 well-founded attention to felf-prefervation. 



Yasous 



