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amhara_n it_o be_v distinguish_v into_o several_a territory_n 1_o andabet_n the_o trumpeter_n country_n 2_o atcana_fw-la 3_o dahr_n more_o particular_o like_o germany_n as_o gregory_n say_v 5_o este_fw-la 3_o guna_n 6_o koma_n 7_o maket_n border_v upon_o angota_n 8_o mashalamja_n 9_o nafasmauca_n 10_o smada_n 11_o tzama_fw-la 12_o wainalga_n famous_a for_o the_o slaughter_n of_o grainus_n in_o the_o former_a century_n 13_o wudo_fw-la the_o four_o kingdom_n be_v bali_n most_o easterlie_o which_o the_o gallant_n first_o subdue_v and_o thence_o afflict_v the_o abessine_n with_o so_o many_o calamity_n the_o five_o kingdom_n be_v bizamo_n divide_v from_o gojam_n by_o the_o river_n nile_n the_o six_o kingdom_n be_v bugna_n in_o some_o map_n call_v abugana_n a_o mountainous_a and_o small_a kingdom_n the_o seven_o kingdom_n be_v cambata_n the_o inhabitant_n whereof_o be_v call_v hadja_n or_o hadiens_n from_o whence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o adea_n or_o hadea_n be_v in_o the_o map_n erroneous_o call_v a_o kingdom_n it_o be_v the_o last_o kingdom_n towards_o the_o south_n lie_v not_o far_o from_o enarrea_n for_o the_o most_o part_n christian_n but_o mix_v with_o pagan_n and_o mahumetan_n the_o eight_o kingdom_n be_v cont_n by_o the_o portugal_n call_v conch_n the_o nine_o kingdom_n be_v damot_n a_o southerly_a kingdom_n seat_v beyond_o nile_n and_o the_o gafat_n the_o ten_o kingdom_n be_v dawaro_n the_o eastern_a limit_n of_o the_o empire_n adjoin_v to_o the_o southern_a part_n of_o bali_n the_o eleven_o kingdom_n be_v dembeja_n or_o dembea_n a_o kingdom_n now_o famous_a for_o the_o royal_a camp_n continual_o pitch_v there_o the_o prefecture_n belong_v to_o it_o be_v 1_o arebja_n 2_o decal-ariva_a 3_o dehhana_n 4_o edn_n 7_o gaba_n 6_o guender_n 7_o kuara_n 8_o nara_n 9_o sarako_n 10_o sera-karn_a 11_o takuesa_n 12_o tenqel_n 13_o tshelga_n as_o it_o be_v the_o gate_n of_o abuassia_n towards_o sennar_n 14_o walwad_n the_o twelve_o kingdom_n be_v enarea_n inhabit_v both_o by_o 4._o by_o by_o the_o portugal_n call_v narea_n by_o godignus_fw-la nerea_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 4._o christian_n and_o gentile_n this_o kingdom_n be_v subdue_v by_o melech-saghed_n who_o convert_v the_o governor_n thereof_o to_o the_o christian_a faith_n gregory_n very_o much_o applaud_v the_o inhabitant_n for_o their_o probity_n and_o integrity_n he_o say_v it_o be_v a_o fertile_a soil_n and_o abound_v in_o gold_n add_v that_o he_o have_v hear_v from_o the_o portugueze_n that_o this_o kingdom_n be_v five_o and_o thirty_o day_n journey_n distant_a from_o the_o indian_a ocean_n but_o will_v not_o assert_v it_o for_o truth_n the_o thirteen_o kingdom_n be_v tatagar_n former_o inhabit_v by_o christian_n eastward_o adjoin_v to_o bali_n the_o fourteen_o kingdom_n be_v gafat_n border_v upon_o damota_n the_o fifteen_o kingdom_n be_v gajghe_a pronounce_v it_o as_o the_o french_a do_v gajegue_n the_o sixteenth_o begin_v by_o the_o portugueze_v call_v ganhe_n the_o seventeen_o ganz_n erroneous_o join_v with_o bali_n and_o in_o the_o feign_a title_n of_o
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