the yeare of our Lord 1348 in Bordeaux chiefe Citty of the Dukedome of Guyne in France by Edward 3 King of England and then possessor of that Dukedome which Order hee consecrated and dedicated to Saint George though the motive of the institution thereof proceeded of the losse of a Garter which hee supposed to have bin the Countesse of Salisburies but I referre the Reader to the Chronicle And it happened in this manner As one day he was entertaining her with pleasant talke a Garter chanced to unloose and fall downe the King indeavouring to take it up wittingly caused such a jest as moved the Noblemen to laughter the Countesse there at blushing and blaming that more then seemely familiarity of the King for that hee had caused such a jest among the Assistants said sharply to him and the rest Honi soit qui mal y pense which Englished is Evill to him that evill thinketh And the King in recompence of his rashnesse sayd forthwith that before it were long those Noble men which had made a jest and laughing at the Garter fallen downe should esteeme themselves much honoured to weare it for a marke of Honour and Chivalry and thereupon ordayned the said order and dedicated it to Saint George and made thereof 26 Knights and ordeyned that they should wear their Clokes of Violet-colour Velvet their hoods of red Velvet lined with white Damaske their Bases of red Velvet and under the left knee a blew Garter buckled with Gold garnished with pretious stones and about it wrought â—hese words of the Countesse of Salisbury HONI SOIT QVI MALY PENSE â—nd a colour of Gold full of red and white Roses with an Image of S. George hanging theron and about these Roses are written those words which are in the Garter There are of this Order 26 Knights of which the Kings of England are Soveraignes and it is so much desired for the excellency that â— Emperours 22 forraigne Kings 20 forraigne Dukes and divers Noble-men of other Countries have been fellowes of it Abouâ— their necke they weare a blew Ribbond at the end of which hangeth the Image of Saint George upon whose day the Installation of the new Knights is commonly celebrated being the three and twentieth of Aprill And although it was first ordayned at Bourdeaux yet the said King Edward the 3 would that the siedge and place of the solemnizing thereof should bee at the Church of Windsor here in England where at the same 〈◊〉 he founded Canons or a â—â—nonry for the better proâ—perity of the Knights of the Order The second order in antiquiâ—y is the Order of the Annunâ—iation instituted Anno Dom. â—356 by Amede the sixt of that â—ame Duke of Savoy and surâ—amed the greene Knight The Knights of this Order weare a great collar of Gold made winding with three laces which are called of Love wherein are enterlaced these words FERT FERT FERT every letâ—er importing his Latine word thus F fortitudo E ejus R Rhodum T tenuit that is His Force hath conquered Rhodes and at this Collar hangeth an Image of our Lady and of an Angell saluting her and for that occasion is called the Order of the Annuntiation The collaâ— is of 15 links to shew the 15 mysteries of the Virgine each linkeâ— being inter-woven one with the other in forme of a true Lovers knot The number is fourteenâ— Knights the solemnity is held annually on our Lady-day in the Castle of Saint Peter in Tuâ—rin This Earle ordeyned this Order in memory of Amiâ—â— the great Duke of Savoy which succoured the Knights of Saint Iohn when they conquered the I le of Rhodes upon the Turkes in the yeare of our Lord 1310. The third in antiquity is the Order of the golden Fleece founded upon the Fable of the golden Fleece that Iason with the other Argonautes went to seeke in the I le of Colchos which is to say that hee went to the Mine of Gold or in Analogie to Gideons Fleece as some will and ordeyned by Philip the second surnamed the good Duke of Burgundy in the yeare 1430 the compleate number of which Order were at first 25 Knights and raised afterwards by the said Philip to 31. Charles the fift raised them to 51 and now there bee as many as the King of Spaine will invest with â—t They weare a Collar of Gold interlaced with an Iron seeming to strike fire out of a Flint the word ex ferro flamâ—am and at the end hangs the Fleece or Toison d'or Their Cloâ—ks and Hoods are of Scarâ—et garded with Embroydery â—â—ke flames of fire Philip apâ—ointed for the celebrating of â—hat Order St. Andrews day beâ—â—g the 30 of November But the Emperor Charles the fift heire of the house of Burgundy and chiefe of that Order changed their apparrell and ordained that their Cloaks should be of Crimson Velvet and theiâ— Hoods of Violet colour Velvet and that underneath they should weare a Cassocke of cloath oâ— Silver The fourth in antiquity is the Order of St. Michael the Arch-Angell instituted by Lewes the II of France the first day oâ— August in the yeare 14â—9 anâ— ordained that of that Ordeâ— there should bee 36 Knightâ— which afterward were augmenâ—ted to 300 Gentlemen 〈◊〉 name and of Armes without â—â—â—proach of whom hee himselâ—â— was chiefe and Soveraigne anâ— after him his successors King of France And the brothers companions of this Order were bound at the receiving thereof to forsake and leave all other Orders if any they had either of a Prince or any company only excepting Emperors Kings and Dukes which beside this Order might weare that Order whereof they were chiefe with the agreement and consent of the King and brotherhood of the said order and in like manner the said King of France might weare beside his owne the Order of other Emperours Kings and Dukes And for the connoissance of this Order and the Knights thereof hee gave â—o every of them a Collar of Gold wrought with Cockle shells enterlacing one another with a double pointing Ribbon of Silke with golden Tagges â—he word Immensi Arenor Oceani which King Francis the first because his name was Francis changed into a white Friars of Franciscans Girdle made of a twisted coarde and hangeth on that Coller a tablet of St. Michael upon a Rocke conquering the Devill Of the institution of this order is made a book containing 98 Articles wherein are set downe the things wherunto the Knights of this Order are subject The fift Order is that of the Holy Ghost instituted by Henry the 3 King of France on New-yeares day in the yeare 1579 it was called by the name of the Holy Ghost because this Henry was on a Whitsonday chosen King of Poland Of this also is written a Booke contayning the Article whereunto the Knights thereoâ— are bound Among the which I have principally noted one that is to defend and sustaine the Clergy for the King doth give to every of them the rent
EMBLEMS OF RARITIES OR CHOYCE OBSERvations out of worthy Histories of many remarkable passages and renowned actions of divers Princes and severall Nations WITH Exquisite Variety and speciall Collections of the natures of most sorts of Creatures delightfull and profitable to the MINDE Qui mores hominum multorum vidit Urbes Virgil. Collected by D. L. LONDON Printed by N. Okes. 1636. TO THE WORSHIPfull and truely Generous Captaines Capt. NICHOLAS CRIPS Capt. JAMES SLADE AND Capt. SAMVEL CARLETON all Happinesse here and hereafter Noble Commanders REligion Wisedome and Valour are Iewels and Ornaments to your Heroyicke Profession of Armes And I am glad that this Kingdome and others by one of you and this honorable Citty by all of you can iustly maintaine my asseveratioâ— to be free from flattery It iâ— no small Honour that God anâ— this Kingdome hath laid upoâ— your shoulders in making yoâ— so Eminent in Office Worth and Wealth my selfe havinâ— reall experience of your Noblâ— Dispositions and Vertuouâ— Qualifications have maâ—â— bold to discharge some part 〈◊〉 my Duty by a faire Presentâ—â—tion of these my labours to youâ— worthy protections And I dâ—â— not adventure upon this withoâ—â— some grounds and Reasons First as Vertue is alwayâ— coaspicuous so it is attractivâ— as an Adamant Secondly I have a long time beene amongst â—ur Armies abroad and doe â—ruely honour the Professors of Armes and have had expeâ—ience of both fortunes both in Leaguers and in Garrisons In which places to the Hoâ—our of the Commanders be it found loving and noble reâ—â—ect Thirdly I stand inâ—â—aged unto your Worships in a â—leepe bond of Respect and Serâ—ice for your reall expressions â—f kindnesse unto me Fourthâ—y I heartily desire that your Names may be knowne through 〈◊〉 the corners of this Land to 〈◊〉 as excitements to others of vertuous undertakings being such Lights it is fit they should shine round about But not to presume too much accept I pray your Worships this Myte of my Service my disability confin'd my Will I desire to expresse more but yet I cannot when Time shall lend enablement my heart shal not want readinesse of expression of it to your Worships Thus praying the Lord of Hosts to blesse you the Captaines of his Armies at home abroad with happinesse I humbly commend your Worships unto his protection resting Your Worships bounden Donald Lupton To the Gentle Reader THE outward Senses of men chiefly delight in varieties the Eye takes pleasure in sundry and various objects the Eare with severall and changeable sounds the Sence of smelâ—ing delights in sundry Odours the Taste best relishes diversity of Cates the Touch affecteth change and variety of matters Herein indeed being lively Emblems expressing the inward qualities of the mindes of Men for it is truely said Natura hominum novitatis avida The inward faculties of the Soule delighting almost as much in changing varieties as in their beings the memory retaines in her closet severall sundry manifold almost innumerable passages the IudgmeÌ„t is not tied to one but determines maniâ—old cases the Affections Proteus like mutable and variable in the choyse of pleasures or profits and the will it selfe is as desirous to have new matter to chuse or refuse as any of the other Weighing therefore with my selfe what contentment is afforded to the minds of men by affording them varietie of subjects to contemplate and peruse I have with great labour and no lesse faithfulnesse striven to my utmost to give my loving Country-men of this Nation contentment in this poynt presenting to them this Book as ful of variety of matter as of leaves every leafe almost bringing to their eyes a new subject which I hope will afford them as much pleasure and profit in the perusing as they did my selfe in the collecting passages there are in it that are worthy to bee reduced to memory and with all diligence to be kept from the darke Cell and Grave of oblivion and indeede I suppose it a supine negligence and a carelesse respect to the honour of renowned History to let â—hose worthy and admired passages to be drowned in one age which are and may bee usefull pleasant to posterity for ever Quis nosset Homerum Ilias aeternum si latuisset Opus It is certainely an injury to our predecessors to suffer their memories and labours to perish who tooke such great paines and travailes for the benefit of us and succeeding generations I have therefore in this booke selected many and those speciall observations out of Authentick Authors famous for their writings and approoved for truth in all ages containing the acts of many Emperours and Princes the Solemnization of their birth-dayes with the Triumphs and Pompes that were then used as also their Funeralls the destrunction of many Cities especially of Hierusalem they containe also many Customes Rites Conditions manners of many strange Nations and describing the properties and natures of sundry Creatures as Beasts Birds Fishes and also of Mettalls and Minerals as Gold Silver Lead Quick-silver Iron and the like as also remarkable things of the Sybils and their Prophesies with the Orders of Knighthood that are now the most famous through the world the beginnings and invention of many Mysteries and Arts as of Printing and the invention of the great Bombards and such like which I doubt not but will yeeld satisfaction to all that are addicted to these kinds of studies Now there will not want those that will be readier to accuse then to encourage my labours in this kinde objecting that it seemes to be needlesse to read them here when as they can have them in the proper Authours I answer though some few may be so well stored with Language and Bookes yet there bee thousands that neither are furnished with Bookes nor yet with the Languages the Authours writ in and so are altogether deprived of this benefit Howsoever I have laboured and I repent mee not for this Booke will bee beneficiall to all that shall without prejudicate opinions read it and herein they have the choycest flowers pickt and cull'd out of many Gardens for their benefit and what more is they may in lesse time and little charges obtaine their desires by this which they cannot by many Bookes For reading with a strict collection considering the difficulty of Translation is knowne to all men of judgement to be difficult tedious and troublesome yet I weigh none of these so that my Labours may afford any profit to the perusers of them The serenity of my Intent is a Bulwarke sufficient to comfort mee â—gainst the too too usuall darts of a maligne tongue and if any â—hall cast aspersion upon it I wish them to be wiser and not â—o shew their disease in publick â—ut gentle Reader I doe wish â—â—ee as much pleasure in the â—eading of this worke as I had 〈◊〉 compiling iâ— and as for those â—ho dislike it I think the fault 〈◊〉 not in the dish but in their â—â—rrupted stomacks so not feaâ—â—ng
Mistresse being a widdow of the Ismael stock and fifty yeares of age having great wealth and riches who also brought him up This pestilent man being puft up with his Wives riches applyed his minde to all kinde of detestable acts through his corrupt and depraved wit being of himselfe otherwise prompt and given to all kinde of presumptuous boldnes his temerity and malapertnesse was also encreased by the unconstancy and unfaithfulnesse of one Sergius a pestilent Monke so that in a short space hee came to such estimation amongst the Arabians that he was called and beleeved to be the great messenger of God and the great Prophet and this in every mans mouth This Sergius being a Nestorian Arch-heretick banished from Constantinople fled into Araby and associating himselfe unto Mahomets familiarity an ill master and governour with a most filthy and abhominable scholler was soone united together Hee was a prater and full of words bold rash impudent subtil crafty and in all things agreeing with Mahomet who now was waxed mighty and could helpe at a pinch and whose name began to be famous and so at the length the runnagate found a filthy privy and dungeon of all wickednesse Whom his unhappy master taught Nestorians madnesse and perswaded him to expulse and remoue the Christians and their Priests from Damascus Syria and Arabia and so to corrupt the Iudaicall law and to deprave the Christian Faith It cannot well be rehearsed by how many crafty and subtill meanes this most unfaithfull Apostata and runnagate hath deceived and seduced the people Now Mahomet being taught all kinde of ungraciousnesse of his detestable master through intemperate living and continuall drunkennesse fell at the length into the Falling-sicknesse the which his wife could not well suffer for the often comming thereof Wherefore the old dissembling knave to deliver himselfe from that infamy doth hide and cloake his disease saying it to be the marvellous brightnesse of Gabriel the Angell and Messenger of God of whom hee being put in that trance did receive and learne most secret and strange things and that he was not able to abide the presence of him with a manifest lye he affirmed it O my deare and wel-beloved wife he saith marvaile noâ— that this commeth to me when I conceive the spirit of GOD himselfe who suggesteth in mee things to come and to make mee privy of many matters he commeth often to me The â—ame hereof was spread abroad immediately and hee was openly called the Prophet of God the which opinion be encreased with a new art and craft by the instruction of his Master Sergius For hee accustomed and taught a Dove to be fed and fetch meate at his eares the which Dove his most subtill and crafty master called the Holy Ghost Hee preached openly and made his bragges â—ike a most lying villaine that his Dove did shew unto him the most secret counsell of God â—s often as the simple fowle did â—y unto his eares for nourishment His Wife being now â—ead left him her heire and â—ll that shee had so that he enâ—reased in wealth and authority â—ayly and beganne to make 〈◊〉 new Law by the helpe of â—is master Sergius and cerâ—aine Iews that were his compaâ—ions borrowing some things â—f the Hebrews and some things â—f the Christians discipline He â—id write in a certaine volumne â—ll the Lawes of his new sect â—he which bookes name is Alâ—oran that booke not many â—eares agoe hath come into Print And that hee might the more craftily deceive his people and Nation given wholly to the belly and to sleepe hee brought up and fed a certaine Bull which was used onely to take food from the hands of Mahomet he bound a bookâ— betwixt his hornes and the simple people looking about with an high voyce hee called the Bull out of a secret place and when hee with his babling tongue had utred many thingâ— concerning his lawes suddenâ—ly the Bull started forth and oâ—verthrowing many in his comâ—ming he layeth down the Booâ— in the hands of Mahomet as 〈◊〉 had beene a gift sent from Heaâ—ven The which hee receiving with much honour did immediatly interprete many thingâ— out of it to the people and with his forged and subtile device hee named himselfe a Prince and Serius a Prophet For the Dove brought â— paper about her necke written with Golden letters in this manner Whosoever shall put â—he yoake on the Bulls necke â—et him be King Sergius brought â—he yoke and gave it to Maâ—omet who did easily put it on the Bull and by and by â—ee was called King of the simple people thinking these â—hings to be done by Gods providence and that hee tooke the booke no otherwise In this booke they are commanded to be circumcised not for any Religion but for meere superstition or else as some say that no filth should remaine under the skinne of the yard when they did wash and bath them There was also commanded abstinence of wine and flesh that hee might the more easily cloake his disease who felt himselfe oppressed with Wine of late for Wine taken more excessively and intemperately in stopping the passages of the braine that no respiration might be had doth breed and nourish the falling sicknesse and Swiâ—â— flesh maketh grosse humourâ— wherewith obstruction of the braine commeth quickly and many other diseases springeâ—â— thereof The booke of Alcorâ—â— commandeth also the fasting of one moneth wherein a maâ— may eat all the night long so that dayly abstinence is recompensed with night 4urfeiting Mahomet appoynted also because he would have his law disagred from Christians and Hebrewes that the Friday should bee consecrated as Holy-day because hee was made King upon that day and also would not agree with any other â—ect For the same cause doe â—he Turkes also turne them into â—he South at their prayers aâ—ainst the manners of other Nations He hath also granted â—o every man foure wives of his â—wne kinred but concubines â—ond-women bought it is lawâ—ull for every man to have as many as he can keepe so that â—hey may forsake them and make a devorce as often as they â—ist and this was done to draw â—he common sort and rude mulâ—itude unto him more easily He â—aught also that the pleasures of â—he body did not hinder the hapâ—y life to come and he promised to the observers of his law a Paradise and garden of all pleasures wherein they should use their most desired joyes and all kinde of pleasures as Maidens most beautifull adorned and the embracings of Angels and all other kinde of pleasures that any man would desire with the which subtill craftinesse hee led the people flexible of their owne nature whither he would because he promised all kinde of libidinoâ—â— pleasures He reprehended the Iews for that they denied Christ to bee borne of the Virgin seeing that the Prophet through divine inspiration did prophesie the same He reproved the Christians of foolishnesse because they did beleeve JESUS to
the land but where he is assigned His Seale that he useth hath these words engraved God in Heaven and Chuithuth Cham on the land the strength of God and Emperour of men He hath five great robust armies Five Dukes with whose ayde he invadeth all that withstand him Hee himselfe speaketh not to strange Embassadours nor they come at any time into his sight except that they and their gifts bee purged before hand of certaine women deputed to that purpose Hee giveth his answer by other meane persons to whom when and how long soever hee speaketh they ought to give care upon their knees bowed and so attend that they erre not in any one word It is not lawfull for any man to change the Emperours words nor to goe or doe against his minde and sentence by any meanes The Sibyls prophesie of the destruction of Babell THE place where this Tower was built is at this present day called Babylon by reason of the confusion of tongues and languages that first beganne in that place For Babell in the Originall or Hebrew-tongue signifies Confusion Of this Tower and of the diversity of Languages Sybilla hath made mention in these words At such time as men used one kinde of Language they built a most stately rich Tower of that height that they meant by the same to mount or ascend up to Heaven of their owne pleasure being at that time full of pride and ambition and did not reverence the Divine power but the Gods sent downe fire and windes and overwhelmed this high Tower and made it levell with the ground and gave every one his distinct and severall Language from whence sprung the cause that their Citty was called Babylon their Kings name was Balthazar who was taken prisoner and the whole Citty overthrowne in the yeare of the yeare of the world 3425 and before Christs time 539 by Cyrus King of the Persians whose Army consisted of 100000 fighting men and now remaineth under the command of the Sophy or Shagh of Persia. The 12 Sibyls THe first was of Persia called Samberta or Persica which among other prophesies said the wombe of the Virgin shall bee the salvation of Gentiles The second was of Libya called Libyca One of her prophesies was The day shal come that men shall see the King of all living things and a Virgin Lady of the world shall hold him in her lap The third was Themis surnamed Delphica because she was borne and prophesied at Delphos A Prophet shal be born of a Virgin The fourth was Cumaea born at Cimeria a Citty of Campania in Italy who prophesied that God should bee borne of a Virgin and converse among sinners The fift was the famous Erithrea borne at Babylon who especially Prophesied a great part of our Christian Religion in certaine verses recited by Eusebius the first letters of every which verses being put together make the words Iesus Christ Sonne of God Saviour These verses are translated into Latine by Saint Austine Lib. 18 and 23 de civitate dei the substance whereof followeth The Earth shall sweat signe of judgement from Heaven shall come a King which shall reigne for ever that is to say in humane flesh to the end that by his presence he judge the world so the unfaithfull as well as the faithfull shall see God with their eyes aloft among his Saints and in the end of the world the soules of men with their bodies shall appear whom he shall judge when the roundnesse of the Earth untilled shall bee full of clods of Earth and grasse men shall cast away their Idols and all their precious jewels the world shall bee consumed with fire hee shall pierce the inferiour parts and break the gates of Hell then to the flesh of Saints shal be given free and cleere light and the evill shall bee burned with eternall fire all secrets shall be opened and every one shall know the secret of his negihbour and God shall discover the Consciences and hearts of all men then shall there bee lamentation and gnashing of teeth the Sunne and Stars shall lose their light the Firmament shall bee dissolved and the Moone shall bee darkened the Mountaines shall bee throwne downe and the Valleyes shall be made equall with them there shall be nothing in the world higher or lower then another Mountaines and Valleyes shall bee made plaine all things shall cease the earth shall be dryed unto powder and dust the Fountaines and Rivers shall bee burned likewise then shall a trumpet sound from Heaven in wofull and horrible manner and the opening of the Earth shall discover confused and darke Hell with the torments and paines of the miserable condemned and heere before the Judge shall come every King A River of fire and brimstone shal fal from Heaven Divers other things were prophesied by this Sibyll and because they were obscure and therefore not to be comprehended by the Gentiles before they come to passe shee said of her selfe these words they shall thinke mee a false and blinde Prophetesse but when they shall see these things come to passe they will remember me and cal me no more a false Prophetesse but a Prophetesse of the Almighty God The sixt was called Samia borne in the I le of Samos which said He being rich shall bee borne of a poore Maide the creatures of the Earth shall adore him and praise him for ever The seventh was called Cumana because she prophesied at Cumas a towne of Campania in Italy shee prophesied that hee should come from Heaven and reigne heere in poverty he should rule in silence and bee borne of a Virgin Shee is affirmed to have written Nine bookes of the Sibyls they were all presented by an old woman to Tarquinius Superbus but he not willing to pay so great a summe of money as was damanded denied them whereupon the old woman burnt three of them requiring as much money for the other sixe as for all which being denied shee also burned the other three asking as much for the three remaining as for the rest which Superbus amaz'd gave and the old trotte vanished These bookes contayned manifest prophesies of the Kingdome of Christ his Name his Birth and Death they were burned by the Arch-traytour Stilico so that those Prophesies which are now extant are onely such as are extracted out of others writings The eight was called Hellespontica borne at Marmisea in the Territory of Troy A woman shall descend of the Iewes called Mary and of her shall be borne the Sonne of God named Iesus and that without carnall copulation For shee shall bee a Virgin before and after his Birth he shall be both God and Man he shall fulfill the Lawes of the Iewes and shall adde his owne Law thereunto and his kingdome shal remaine forever The ninth was of Prygia and prophesied in the towne of Ancire one of her sayings were The Highest shall come from Heaven and shall confirme the counsell in Heaven and a Virgin shall be shewed in
seeing the you have bin my best â—riend let us change our wives upon that condition that you may have mine and I may have yours then saith the other say you so in earnest ye saith he by Pollux Then saith his fellow let us goe home to my house whither when they are come the one claymeth anothers Wife saying come â—â—ther Woman and follow this man because from hence forth hee shall be thy Husband then the Woman saith do you speaâ— in earnest to whom her first Husband saith I doe not mock then the woman saith gladly I will follow him And this iâ— the way of changing theiâ— Wives There be some Women in this countrey that may marry seven Husbands and lye wiâ—â— them every night by course and where shee is delivered of â— Childe shee may choose tâ— which of her Husbands she wilâ— father her Childe so that the man may not refuse it by any meanes Many other strange things is rehearsed of this Nation the rehearsall whereof were very tedious heere There is much Pepper growing in this Countrey of Calechut the stalk of Pepper is but weak somwhat like to a Vine stalke so that it cannot grow without a prop it is not much unlike to Ivye for it windeth and creepeth as that doth and with a more deepe clasping it windeth about the tree this hath many branches three handfull long They gather it in October and November being greene as yet and lay it on tiles in the Sunne to bee dryed where in three daies space it waxeth black even as we have it Ginger groweth in Calechut but much is brought out of Cravonor thither Cynamon is in the Isle of Zaylon fifty Germain miles beyond Calechut Pepper groweth in the fields of Calechut but great store is brought out of Crimucoll 12 miles beyond Chalechut Cloves are gathreed in a place called Meluza a little from Calechut Nutmegs groweth in Melaccha which is a great way from Calechut Musâ— or Castoreum commeth from the Countrey of Pego which is an hundred miles from Calechut Pearle and Precious stones are found about the City of Ormus and sent to Calechut the general Mart of all the East parts And many other Spyces Silkes and strange things are brought from these Countries into ours The end of the Iewes answerable to their lives SEldome hath it been known but alwayes a wicked life hath had a shamefull end and this without searching any further for examples may evidently be seene in the Nation of the Iewes their lives being odious towards God proved as shamefull to Men they generally exercised inhumanity to strangers despised the Prophets and mocked their Priests they were given to fearfull oppression and usury they did not honour their Magistrates nor parents they practised contentions and seditions they prophan'd the Sabbath of God they were extreamly unthankful and as extreamly disobedient to God in a word they left not any notorous sinne unpractised and for the prosecution of these lewd courses it pleased Heavens Justice to make them a shame a curse and an astonishment to all the world and themselves for as they sold Gods Word and his Sacrifices so in Vespasians time they were publickly sold for slaves to the number of thirty seven thousand persons at once as they dealt with strangers so to this day are they used by all strangers as they cared not for their Priests so are they now deprived both of Country Citty Temple and Priests As they used oppression so are they now to this day oppressed and mis-used by all Nations without pitty or remorse nay even their owne curses which they wished might fall upon them are indeed fallen justly â—pon them and theirs What â—eed I be tedious it is most manifest to all men that they â—re as justly miserable and conâ—emned as they were unjust in â—heir impieties so that they who did refuse to bee vessels â—or mercy are deservedly made â—essels of Justice that although GODS Will was not done â—y them yet it is done upon â—hem Discite Iustitiam moniti non tomnite Divos The seven Wonders of the World THe first were the Walls of Babylon built by Semiramis of stone joyned together with a strange kind of slimy and gluish morter which groweth in thâ— Mines of those Countries anâ— especially in the Lake wheâ—â— stood in time past Sodome anâ— Gomorrah now called Asfaltiâ—â— These Walls according to tâ—â— Towne were built in quadrangle and contained in circuit as saiâ—â— Pliny in the twenty sixt Chapter of his sixt booke 60 miles so that every square was siâ—teene mile long they were 〈◊〉 foot high and fifty foot thick and to build these Walls werâ— hired by Semiramis out of diâ—vers Countries for a long spacâ— 300000 men The second was the Pillar oâ— the Sunne offered by the Genâ—tiles unto Iupiter This Pillaâ— stood in the I le of Rhodes anâ— was made of Iron in the form of a man of incredible greatâ—nesse in so much that a maâ— might scarce fadome the great â—inger thereof After it had stood 56 yeares it fell down by reason of an earth-quake and so â—ay till the Iland was wonne by â—he Souldan of Egypt who carâ—yed so much mettall away as â—oaded 900 Camels The third were the Pyramides of Egypt among the which â—here is one especially noted aâ—out the Citty of Memphis now â—alled grand Caire this Piramidâ—overed â—overed about 40 acres of land â—t the foote or foundation thereâ—f it was all built of Marbleâ—tone and in the building â—hereof were imployed contiâ—ually for the space of 20 years â—600000 men and for the susteâ—ance of these workmen was â—is burst in radish and such other â—oots 1800 tallents which acâ—ording to our reckoning is the summe 1880000 crownes this might seem incredible were it not that it is affirmed by so many Authors of authority The fourth was the Mausol of Mausolus King of Caria and husband to Artemisia so called this Woman for the great love shee bare to her Spouse burned his dead body and dranke the powder thereof thinking no Sepulcher so worthy as her owne body and the rest of the powder shee buried in this famous tombe the stone whereof was of an excellent kind of marble it was 411 feet in circuit and 25 cubits high was invironed about with 36 Pillars of stone wonderfully well carved The fift was the Temple oâ— Diana builded by the Amazones it was 455 foot long and 220 foot broad and in it stood 127 marble pillars each of them being 70 foote high the worke thereof was so wonderfull curious that it was 220 yeares a making The sixt was the Image of Iupiter Olympius in Achaia all of Porphyre an infinite number of little pieces joyned together this Image besides the excellency of the worke is especially noted for the greatnesse thereof and was the more famous by reason of the game called Olympiades there kept The seventh was the Tower Pharos nigh unto Alexandria in Egypt builded by Ptolomeus Philadelphus King of Egypt to direct the