[Footnote 99: Alvarez (in Ramusio, tom. i. fol. 219, vers.
221, vers.) saw the flourishing state of Axume in the year
1520 - luogomolto buono e grande. It was ruined in the same
century by the Turkish invasion. No more than 100 houses
remain; but the memory of its past greatness is preserved by
the regal coronation, (Ludolph. Hist. et Comment. l. ii. c.
11.)
Note: Lord Valentia's and Mr. Salt's Travels give a high
notion of the ruins of Axum. - M.]