[Footnote!!:TheNegusisdifferentlycalledElesbaan，Elesboas，Elisthaeus，probablythesamename，orratherappellation。SeeSt。Martin，vol。viii。p。49。—M。]

　　[Footnote!!!:AccordingtotheArabianauthorities，Johannsen，Hist。Yemanae，p。94，Bonn，1828，AbrahahwasanAbyssinian，therivalofAriathus，thebrotheroftheAbyssinianking:hesurprisedandslewAriathus，andbyhiscraftappeasedtheresentmentofNadjash，theAbyssinianking。AbrahahwasaChristian；hebuiltamagnificentchurchatSana，anddissuadedhissubjectsfromtheiraccustomedpilgrimagestoMecca。Thechurchwasdefiled，itwassupposed，bytheKoreishites，andAbrahahtookuparmstorevengehimselfonthetempleatMecca。

　　Hewasrepelledbymiracle:hiselephantwouldnotadvance，butkneltdownbeforethesacredplace；Abrahahfled，discomfitedandmortallywounded，toSana—M。]

　　[Footnote100:TherevolutionsofYemeninthesixthcenturymustbecollectedfromProcopius，Persic。l。i。c。19，20，

　　TheophanesByzant。，apudPhot。cod。lxiii。p。80，St。

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