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MOCHA. 
with the statement from the native Chronicles, that there can no 
longer exist a doubt, I conceive, that both refer to the same facts. 
The same an til or afterwards gives an account of an embassy 
sent by Justinian to the Emperor of the Axomites, whom he 
there calls Elesboas,* (in the Abyssinian language signifying 
the blessed) ; thus, fortunately, identifying Anda, Ameda,, and 
Elesboas as titles of the same sovereign. Now Cedrenus, who 
mentions these transactions, says, that St. Aretas, whose murder 
by the Homerites gave occasion to the expedition of Elesboas, 
died in the fifth year of the Emperor Justin ;t and he also relates, 
that in the fifteenth year of Justinian, Adadus'' [A^a^, which is 
an evident corruption of Amda or Anda) fought with the 
^'Homerites and subdued their King Damianus.'' Aai^ioLvov) 
likewise a corruption of Dimnus'' or Dunowas,) after which 
he took possession of the country; and in gratitude to God 
{evxcip^gw^'; 6gw) dispatched an embassy to the Emperor 
" OTJ, xajtwjf iTTolyjra?, (povsycraj 'Pa)jt/-a(ou5 Xgjfiavous 'irpuyi/.aTenrac, >cai sSXa^ug to. Ifta §cn(ylXsici." 
Ku) SK TOUTOV els sx^pciv sTpuTTYiO-av jW,ey«A>)V, xui crvveSaXov "Kpo; aXXy]Xovg TraAs/^ov. Ev t«5 
l^sKKsiv Tov Sua-iXsa. twv "Au^ov^nlhv TTOXei^sTv, avvsTa^aTO KeyctiV on lav viKYjo-M A/^vov tov Saa-iKsa 
rcov A[/,spiTciov, XgJf<avo5 ylvopi^uu 'TTrep yap rcov Xpifiavcwv 7roAe//,di avrea. Ku) vi>ir)(ra; 6 Scc(riXsv5 
rcov 'Au^oujw-iTwv, nu) TrcipuXaScav auTOV a\xmKooTov, avsiksv avrov, %m Trucruv rrjV ^orj^eiuv avTOV >c«i 
TYjV %c«pav xoc) TU ^aa-lxfici uvtov eXaSe. Ka) [/.sra TYjV v/jojv e7rep4'e o-vyKXYiriKobs aurou Suo, xa) ^sr 
oivrm huKoa-lovc h 'AXs^uvdpslx, dsof/^svog rov iaa-iXsoo; lovs-'muvov, ctifs Xa^si V uvtov ewla-KOTrov, xai 
xXripiKOv;, xu) xoLTfix^^vui xoci hUx^rivoci to. XgifiavctiV [xvs-rjgiu, xa) (pctiua-^rivaiyXu) Auv rrjV Wixriv 
X^^"^ "^7^0 'Pajjutfltjouj ysvso-Sai. Kai £ju,v]vu5>3 ^ao-j Ae7 lovg-iViuvS ttuvtu Aixiviov, Avyus-aXm 
AXe^avdpstas' xai kUa-Triasv 6 uvto; §oi(TiXsvs, ovrivct ^ovXovTui Itt/o-hottov XccSsiv ctvrovg. Ka) 
STTsXe^avTO ol Scvto) Trgea-^vrai IvSoj rov %ctpu ^o-^apm toO a.y'm laiuvvov tov h AXe^uvdpeicc, uvlpu 
BvXa^% itupkvovy ovofxciTi UuvvY,v ovTU hiuvTuiv (hi I^YiXovTU dvo, xoiixMesrov hmovov, xui 
Tsc xXfig^xov; o'6g ocvTog sTrsXe^uTO, a-a^yayov t^v Ivhx^v x^^V^v vrpoj ANAAN tov ^u<yiXU avTm, 
* Vide p. 196, where in a note on the word EAscrgoW, it is observed, " supra Andas 
vocatur rex iste Auxumitarum the account of this embassy has be'en quoted by Gibbon. 
¥oL V. p. 422, t Vide Vol. I. p. 364. 
