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in the cradle, is revived and applied to him as foretelling 

 the fweetnefs of his elocution.. 



To Lalibala fucceeded ImeranhaChriftos, remarkable for 

 nothing but being fon of fuch a father as Lalibala, and fa- 

 ther to fuch a fon as Naacueto Laab ; both of them diftin- 

 guifhed for works very extraordinary, though, .very differ- 

 ent in their kind. The firfl, that is thofe of the father we 

 have already hinted at, confiding in great mechanical un- 

 dertakings. The other was an operation of the mind, of 

 ftill more difficult nature, a victory over ambition, the vol- 

 untary abdication of a crown to which he fucceeded with»- 

 out imputation of any crime,, 



Tecla Haimanout, a monk and native of Abyflinia, had 

 been ordained Abuna, and had founded the famous monaf- 

 tery of Debra Libanos in Shoa. He was a man at once cele- 

 brated for the fanctity of his life, th£ goodnefs of his under- 

 Handing, and love to his country; and, by an extraordinary 

 influence, obtained over the reigning king Naacueto Laab, 

 he perfuaded him, for conscience fake, to refign a crown, 

 which (however it might be faid with truth, that he re- 

 ceived it from his father) could never be purged from the, 

 itain and crime of ufurpation. 



In all this time, the line of Solomon had been continued 

 from Del Naad, who, we have feen, had efcaped from the 

 . mafTacre of Damo, under Judith. Content with pofTefTing 

 the loyal province of Shoa, they continued their royal refi- 

 dence there, without having made one attempt, as far as . 

 hiftory tells us, towards recovering their ancient kingdom. 



RACE 



