Prutky, on the other hand blamed Iyasu's constrained revenues to the actions of his mother Mentewab: "Since the youthful emperor Jasu had only reached the age of eight when he ascended the throne, his mother the Queen divided out the provinces among the chief ministers in such a way that, at the time of my sojourn there, the Emperor, now over thirty years of age, saw his treasury diminished and scarcely enough for his ordinary expenses."
Prutky, pola outra banda, culpaba dos ingresos restrinxidos de Iyasu as accións da súa nai Mentewab: "Como o novo emperador Jasu tiña só oito anos de idade cando ascendeu ao trono, a súa nai a raíña, dividiu as provincias entres os principais ministros de maneira que, na época da miña estada alí, o emperador, entón de máis de trinta anos de idade, veu o se tesouro diminuido e apenas suficiente para os seus gastos ordinarios."