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DAVID IV. From 1714 to 1719.

HE moderation of the king, both before and after the death of Oustas, and perhaps some other favourable appearances now unknown to us, set the monks, the constant pryers into futurity, upon prophecying that the reign of this prince was to be equal in length to that of his father Yasous the Great, and that it was to be peaceable, full of justice and moderation, without execution, or effusion of civil blood.

, immediately upon his accession, appointed Fit-Auraris Agnè, Ozoro Keduste's brother, his Betwudet, and