certain of them could not brook nor take it because of their great hunger wherewith they had been long pined and when the meat descended down into their bellies they died straight Their little Children also when they saw bread they fell upon it and received it indeed with their teeth but they were not able to chew it and died holding the bread between their teeth Titus seeing them die when they tasted the meat had pity and compassion upon them and was very sorry saying unto Joseph What shall I do for thy people which assoon as they begin to eat die straightway Joseph answered My Lord I remember I have seen this experience that they which fast long and after would take meat first they must drink a little sodden milk or else eat of a certain corn called Simel sodden in milk wherewith they strengthen their bowels before they take meat especially such as walked through wildernesses whose bowells were long empty when they came to places inhabited and found meat they were wont to use this means Therefore Titus commanded his men to do as Joseph bad them whereby many of the Jews recovered and many died of the flux These Jews which escaped thus out of Jerusalem to the Camps of the Romans had swallowed their Gold Silver and precious Stones to hide them lest they should be found of the Seditious They therefore which recovered and brooked meat when they would satisfie Nature they went alone out of the Camp and after sought their Gold and Silver and precious Stones which were digested in their excrements and so did they every day At length certain Aramites and Arabians espying the Jews to use this fashion told it amongst their fellows one to another and made a conspiracy to lay wait for the Jews and whomsoever they got they ript their bellies to find the Gold and other Jewels which the Jews had hid there And by this means the Aramites and Arabians had murthered two thousand Jews But when Titus heard of this he was wonderful wroth and commanded them to be apprehended that had done this wicked deed and to be put to death whose goods were given to the Jews that remained alive They that were put to death for this fact were two thousand Aramites and Arabians together After this Titus espyed the Princes and Captains to have decked their Armour with Gold and Silver some of them also to wear Golden Scepters and some Scepters of Silver with other Ornaments upon their heads he called them together and said unto them Lay away this vain ostentation these things are they that provoked the Aramites and Arabians to work this wickedness against these poor miserable Jews which fled forth unto us that they might live under our protection The captains therefore and Princes of the Romans hearing Titus commandment were obedient and straight laid away from them those Ornaments of Gold and Silver Titus also gave commandment that the rest of the Arabians and Aramites shou d be banished the Camp and that no man hereafter should commit any such haynous deed against the Jews Notwithstanding when as any Aramite or Arabian could get any Jew far out of the Camp that no man might see it he killed him Of the Romans in the Camp no man either did or said any evil unto the Jews save certain ungodly Ruffians which had learned of the Aramites and Arabians those evil and wicked pranks for they also when they chanced to meet with any Jew out of the Camp if there were no man by they killed him and took away his Gold and Silver that lay hid in his bowels When this came to Titus's ear he commanded to make Proclamation in this wise Whosoever he be that hath seen heard or known any thing of this horrible deed which is committed of certain Romans upon the Jews or whosoever hath done any such thing himself let him come and make relation unto Titus which if he do the matter shall be forgiven him if not he shall bear the burden of his own wickednesse and stand at his peril if any thing be proved against him hereafter Therefore certain Romans who were conscious to themselves that they had committed the deed and being afraid of Titus reasoned with themselves thus If we do not confesse unto him the truth he will by his wisdom search out these offenders and punish them to death Wherefore trusting unto Titus's words of the Proclamation they came all whosoever had either done it himself or known other to do it and declared it to Titus saying This have I done This have I known This was I accessary unto and have not hitherto made thee privy thereunto There were of them in number 320â—… men that made this Confession All those Titus commanded to be cast into hot Ovens and to be burned This done the Jews were more safe ever after in the Romans Camp without any jeopardy no man hurting them either in word or deed yea if any Roman found a Jew abroad wandring he conducted him gently and peaceably into the Camp There was a certain Scribe of Jerusalem at that time a faithful man whose name was Menachen son of Seruk the Scribe whose Ancestours had served Esdras the Scribe of worthy memory in Babylon and being a keeper of the East gate which was in Jerusalem upon that side towards the Brook Kidron noted the number of the dead that were carried forth to burying by that Gate and found they came to 115. thousand eight hundred and eight persons which were all of the Nobles and Gentlemen or at least of the substantiallest men of the Jews Titus upon a time Joseph being present asked the question of those Princes of the Jews which were fled unto him saying I charge you upon your fidelity to shew me how many Jews be dead in the Town since the time I besieged it to this day They gave him the number therefore every man as far as they knew of the dead that were carried forth at all the gates to be buried and the sum amounted to 700575. besides them that every where lay dead in the houses and streets and besides them also that were slain in the Temple and they that lay here and there unburied Which when Titus heard he marvelled greatly and said It is well known to the Lord God of heaven that I am not the cause of these evils for I desired to be at peace with them oftner than once but the Seditious evermore would have nothing but War War CHAP. III. AT that time the hunger began to wax very great in the Town ' amongst the Seditious who never lackt before for they took it alwaies from other men by force till now at length they were distressed with hunger themselves so that after they had eaten up all their horses they ate also their dung and the leather of the Chariots neither was there left any green Boughes on the trees nor any herbs that the Seditious might get to eat For the Romans had hewed down
or new matters chanced His off-spring was not out of the Children of Israel but of those Romans which chanced to be vanquished and become subject under the dominion of the Israelits being but strangers and of no Noble house in Israel He had foure Sonnes Joseph the Eldest the next Pâ—…silus the third Herod and the fourth Pheroras these had also a sister called Salumith Antipater favoured Hircanus so entirely for his justice and uprightness sake that he opened unto him his brother Aristobulus and the Saduces intent giving him counsell to flye to Hartam King of Arabia but Antipater himself went before to break the matter to Hartam of whose coming Hartam was very glad Then Antipater declared to him how Harcanus was in mind to flye unto him because of Aristobulus his Brother If thou wâ—…lt help him saith he and lend him speedy aid thou shalt easily set Aristobulus beside the Kingdom for all Israel is inclined to Hircanus and favour not Aristobulus Hartam answered I am afraid of the Jews and their craftiness Alexander his Father put me thrice to the foil in battel by his subtilty and took my dominions from me Then Antipater swore unto him He shall be saith he thy true and trusty friend to do whatsoever thy heart desireth Thus Hartam was perswaded and they made a league together Then Antipater turned to Jerusalem caused Hircanus to flye in the night and they both went together to the King of Arabia who much rejoyced at Hircanus coming and received him honorably When they came together to intreat of the league Hartam demanded restitution of such Cities as Hircanus Father had taken from him to whom Hircanus consented in all things Wherefore Hartam raised all the people of Arabia and led them to Jerusalem to war upon it To Hircanus also came all the men of Juda save only they that dwelt at Jerusalem so betwixt them they beset the City round about It fortuned that in the solemnity of the Paâ—…seover they could not have their service of the solemnity in the holy place because of the wars whereupon a certain just and perfect man of the Town called Honyauriga brake out privily into the Camp of Hircanus and Antipater his counseller and besought them with much prayer and tears that they would grant a truce unto Jerusalem while the feast of sweet bread lasted that they might execute the service of solemnity in the Holy place To whom Hircanus said Thou art a just man and often when thou hast prayed the Lord hath heard thee pray now therefore unto the Lord to deliver Aristobulus into our hands and that Israel may rest Honyauriga answered Am I a God or able to remove battels that be stirred up for many mens iniquities Thus when he seemed to be unwilling to pray Hircanus men compelled him drawing their swords and saying it thou wilt not pray thou shalt dye for it Therefore as he saw his life in jeopardy he cryed unto the Lord O Lord everlasting which hast chosen thy people Israel out of all people and hast set thy Name in his house may it please thy Majesty to plant among the children of Israel friendship and brotherhood take away from â—…mong them this hatred which is risen of nothing and let not the one of these factions prevail against the other seeing they all be thy Servants and children of thy Covenant When the servants of Hircanus heard him say so they ran upon him with their swords and killed him But God deferred not his vengeance for he struck the host as well of the Arabians as of Hircanus with a grievous pestilence CHAP. II. AT the same time came from Rome a famous Captain called Pompeius to war against the country of Armenia This Pompeius sent one of his chief men to Damasco of whom as Aristobulus thus besieged had heard and that an Army of the Romans was come to Damasco he sent him a present of four hundred pound weight in gold desiring him to remove the Army of the Arabians from him and to raise the siege In those daies all the world obeyed the Romans That Captain therefore writ unto Hartam King of Arabia in this wise Depart from Jerusalem if not thou shalt understand thou hast broke thy league with the Senate of Rome and the whole Army of the Romans shall shortly invade thy Land Hartam on the sight of this letter raised his fiege and departed from Jerusalem Hircanus also and Antipater departed with shame and reproach Aristobulus upon that gathered a power and pursued after them gave the Arabians and Israelites that took Hircanus part a great overthrow and after returned to Jerusalem with much joy Shortly after Pompeius came to Damasco where Aristobulus presented him with a Vine of gold marvellous artificially wrought The roots of the Vine leavs clusters and Grapes that were upon it were pure gold the weight whereof was five hundred pound Pompeius was very gâ—…ad thereof and sent it to Rome to the Consul And the whole bench of the Senate which was of the number of three hundred and twenty Senators wondered at the cunning and wit of him that made it and with great joy they bare it into the Temple of their gods placing it in the presence of the great Idol Jupiter so called after the planet Jupiter Pompeius writ his Letters to Aristobulus with great thanks and commendation for the same assuring him how both he and the whole Senate favoured him and that he should have a friend of him to speak in his cause as long as he lived Hircanus hearing of this was clean dashed and in despair But Antipater comforted him saying let not the friendship that is betwixt Pompeius and thy brother dismay thee I will go to him and make him thy friend Upon that he went to Pompeius and perswaded his mind to hate Aristobulus and to favour Hircanus informing him thus If thou saith he defend Hircanus all Israel will be content to be under thy protection for they love him every man but if thou defend Aristobulus the people will not obey thee for they hate him Pompeius charged him that no man should be made privy to their communication For I quoth he will send for Aristobulus to come to me to Damasco and then I will cause to be laid hands upon him and deliver him bound to his brother restoring the Kingdom to him Aristobulus upon the sight of Pompeius letters resorted unto him Hircanus also came from the rock of the wilderness and as they appeared together before Pompeius Antipater desired him that he would do justice betwixt Hircanus the King and Aristobulus his brother that rebelled against him and took his Kingdom from him without cause whose sayings a thousand of the Elders of Israel stood up and witnessed to be true Aristobulus answered I never strove with him for the Kingdom untill such time as I saw all these that made Hircanus King to run in great obloquie and to sustain much reproach because he was
therefore he hired false witnesses to say they saw Alexander the Kings Son upon a cerâ—…ain night with his sword drawn before the Kings Palace minding to murther Antipater He suboâ—…ned also certain of the Kings servants to witness against Alexander that he should give them great rewards to allure them to his pleasure and to abuse them in unnaturaâ—…l venery which they refused Moreover that he desired them to poyson the King which they would not agree also to do Whereupon the King was sore displeased towards him commanding not only him but all that took his part or defended his integrity to be apprehended and put in prison that execution might be done upon them Then Alexander writ â—…nto Archelaus his Father in Law desiring him to come to Jerusalem to his Father Herod This Archelaus was a very wise man and a Noble Counsellor when he was come to Jerusalem Herod was very glad of his coming and demanded what matters brought him thither at that pâ—…esent he answered I have heard that Alexander thy Son and my Son in law hath attempted to rebell against thee It is not possible but my daughter his Wife should be accessary of this thing and yet she hath not shewed it unto thee wherefore â—…utterly detest her as one that hath conspired against thee yet neverthelesse I know well that for the love thou bearest unto me thou wouldest spare her for this cause I am come unto thee that when thou hast put him to death I also may slay my Daughter for it is better that we should make them away than they us Herod hearing this was very glad and gave credit to his friendship when Archelaus perceived that Herod had a good opinion of him he altered his communication saying to the King First let us diligently examine and well try the cause forasmuch as there are many false witnesses and lying persons in the world and let us not shed innocent blood upon any uncertainty For Archelaus had a great suspiâ—…ion that Herod had given too leight credit knowing how ready he was to hear an evil tale which was the cause of the mischief that befell upon the people of his house Wel Herod thought his counsel good One of them that accused the kings children was Pheroras the kings brother and to say the truth he was the chief of all Herod loved Archelaus the king of Cappadocia as himself Archelaus perceiving turned his tale to rebuke the king saying Thou art now waxen old well stricken in years thou sufferest these backbiters to rule thee who stir thee to work all these mischiefs in thy house yea Pheroras thy brother hath falsely provoked thee against thy sons When Pheroras heard these words he was sore afraid for indeed he had seduced the king Therfore came Pheroras to Archelaus and besought him to save his life Archelaus answered him If thou wilt obtain pardon for thy wickedness come and fall before his feet and confess that thou hast spoken falsely against his sons then will I promise thee that he shall be merciful unâ—…o thee and to his sons Pheroras did so confessed that he had falsely accused the kings Sons Then Archelaus besought the king for pardon and he granted it after that he entreated him that the young men might be delivered out of prison which the king aâ—…so commanded to be done The young men therefore came before the king and fell down at his feet and the king was loving to them and embraced them kindly He made great joy also that Archelaus came in so good an hour unto him to whom he gave for a gift seven hundred pound weight of Gold with many precious Stones and Concubines and dismissed him But Antipater again suborned false accusers and writ counterfeit letters in the name of the kings sons to one of the Captains declaring how they would conspire and kill the king and by such means he encreased the enmities between them and their father many wayes that the king commanded them to be put in prison and most strong irons to be laid upon them Besides this Antipater had surprized and won the hearts of the kings chief Rulers and servaâ—…ts that they procured his Barber to bear false witnesse against Alexander how he hired him to kill the king at such time as he should shave his beard When the king heard his Barber speak he was much troubled in his mind insomuch that he said I am weary of my life to hear these pick-thanks that open my eares to fill my head with tales I can do no way better than to give charge that whosoever brings me any such accusations hereafter of any body he shall suffer death for it wherefore he commanded the Barber to be slain and his two sons to be brought forth and hanged upon Gallowses shedding their innocent blood Then rejoyced Antipater supposing himself to be as sure of the kingdom as though it were in his hands when he was not aware that although he were never so high aloft yet was there one higher than he who considered his doings Alexander had two sons Thigarus and Aristobulus And Aristobulus had three sons Herod Agrippa and Alexander When the King returned to Jerusalem for he was in Samaria by the Lake side when his sons were put to death he commanded that his nephews should be brought to the Court and taking pity on them imbraced and kissed them weeping very sore both he and all his servants for it greatly repented him for the hainous deed that he had done But when the time of mourning was past he called the chief of Israel together and said unto them I am now grown in age and waxen gray-headed uncertain how shortly I shall die I see here before me these little fatherlesse children which I never can behold without great anguish of mind for when I look upon them I call to remembrance what great dammage I have done unto their father in my furious outragiousnesse Now therefore I would commit them to the tuition and custody of some man that might be a Patron and as a Father unto them to succour them continually to his power All the people answered that he had well spoken He spake therefore unto his brother Pheroras Thou shalt be their Patron and Defender and shalt give thy Daughter to Thigarus Alexanders Son He also commanded his Son Antipater to give his Daughter to Herod Son of Aristobulus And the Marriages were knit and composition made in the Kings presence When Antipater marked the love that the King bare towards the Nephews he began to be in great care for Thigarus Alexanders Son had a Grand-father by the Mothers side a King of great power namely Archelaus King of Capadocia He falls down therefore at the Kings feet to dissolve and break the friendship that he bare towards his Nephews and to leave speaking in their cause as he had done but he prevailed not Therefore he left his father and went to Pheroras the kings brother made a confederacy with
and to enter their Camp whiles it was dark which they did and slew very many of the best of the Grecians about 4000. preparing neverthelesse for the Field against the morrow where also the Israelites did beat down many of the Greeks In that Battel was slain Eleazar son of Mattathias the Kings brother For when he espied one with a golden sword upon the Elephant he thought him to be King Opiter who had 20. Elephants in his Army therefore he took heart to him and beat down the souldiers of the Greeks on both sides were they never so strong till he came to the Elephant And because the Elephant was so high that he could not reach them that sate upon him he thrust his sword into the belly of the beast to overthrow the King whereat the Elephant shrunk together and fell upon Eleazar that he died there for whose sake all Israel mourned and made great lamentation But Opiter hearing this straightway made suite to King Iudas for peace and a League to be made between them which after Iudas had consented unto he returned home into Greece again and by the way fell into the hands of his enemies that slew him After him succeeded Demetrius his enemy who was the cause of his death There were at that time certain evil disposed persons of the Jews that served the King of the Grecians in his Wars namely one Alkimus who went to the King of the Greeks at that time lying at Antiochia and stirred him to move War upon Israel and King Iudas By whose suggestion Demetrius sent against Iudas a Captain called Nicanor with a strong Army Hâ—… now coming to Jerusalem let Iudas understand thaâ—… he bare him good will and was desirous to make peace and to enter into a League with him Therefore as Iudas came forth accompanied with his brethren the sons of Chasmoname Nicanor met him in the way imbraced him and kissed him after that led him to his pavillion and set him upon his pavillion and set him upon his seat of Honour King Iudas aâ—…so after he returned from the Camp made unto Nâ—…canor a great feast calling him and his Noble men with him into Jerusalem where they eat and drank at the Kings Table King Iudas was yet unmarried wherefore Nâ—…canor moved him to take a Wife that he might have issue and not loose his succession whose counsel Iudas allowed This done the â—…ewd pick thank Alkimus declared to King Demetrius the League that Nicanor had made with King Iudas whereat Dâ—…metrius being wroth writ unto Nicanor that he had intel igence of his traiterous practises Nicanor was in Jerusalem when this Letter was delivered him When Iudas heard of the contents of the Letter he fled out of Jerusalem into Samaria where he sounded a Trumpet and gathered Israel together Nicanor upon these letters entred the House of the Lord to seek Judas but he found him not Then he examined the Priests who sware they knew not what was become of him After he had now sought him in every corner throughout Jerusalem aud could not find him in a fume he sware he would beat down the Temple and gathering together all his Host He made speed against Judas When he heard of Nicanors coming he issued out of Samaria to met him and after they had joyned battel Judas slew of the Greeks to the number of eighteen thousand Horsemen took Nicanor alive and was intended to kill him But Nicanor besought pardon of him alledging that the King knew well enough that he began not this battel with his good will but left he should transgresse the Commandment of the King his Master Wherefore saith he I humbly beseech your Majesty not to kill me and I will sweare unto you that I will never bear Arms against you nor annoy you any more Upon this the King made a League with him and dismissed him So he returned to the King his Master with shame enough After this Demetrius died and Lysia his son raigned in his stead yet the wicked men ceased not but moved against King Lysia to make a voyage in his own person with a puissant Army against Judas but having the overthrow of King Judas he fled unto Asdotum till he had strongly repaired again his Army Then came he the second time upon Judas in which conflict the Israelites were put to flight King Judas notwithstanding fled neither one way nor other but called to his men and exhorted them to return and stick to him yet they would not obey him So he abod alone with his drawn sword in his hand unto whom none of his enemies durst approach nigh but with chariots and horsemen they environed him and Archers shot at him wounding him sore till he fell down dead upon the ground and they that were about him were taken alive The time that he reigned over Israel was six years Many of the Greeks Captains were slain also in that battel and the King himself so wounded that he was fain to get him into his Country to be cured of his wounds After he had recovered his health he returned again came to Jerusalem and to all the Cities of Israel with the power of the Greeks wherewith he so afflicted them at that time for the space of four moneths after the death of Judas that the like tribulation was never seen in Israel In the mean season the Israelits resorted to Ionathas the son of Mattathias and made him King in Iuda's stead and were sworn unto him This Ionathas fought dâ—…vers great battels against the Greeks having the aid of one Samnus of the kindred of Alexander the first who had made a League with Ionathas and took his part against Grecia wasted and spoiled it sore till at length the King of the Grecians slew Ionathas by a train His reign over Israel was six years Then was Simeon his brother King in his stead against him came Antiochus the second King of the Grecians came to war but Simeon met him and laid first and an ambush to entrap the Greeks and then ordered his battel in array against Antiochus After that he with his whole Host made a face faining as they fled and retired till they perceived Antiochus who pursued them to be within their danger then the ambush brake forth upon the Greeks made a very great slaughter After this Simeon returned to Jerusalem with great joy Then sent Ptolomee King of Egypt an Embassage to Simeon King of Israel offering him his daughter in marriage To this request when King Simeon had consented Ptolomee came to Jerusalem where was made him a great Feast and they were allyed together Whereupon Antiochus King of the Grecians writ to Ptolomee King of Egypt privily to murther Simeon King of Israel Whom Ptolomee durst not but obey for at that time the King of Egypt was in subjection to the Greeks Therefore when Simeon came into Egypt to see his father in law Ptolomee he was received with great feasting but in the same
him and desired him to frustrat the bond that was between himself and Herod and also between him and Thigarus the Son of Alexander that was hanged So Pheroras came to the king turned his mind and dissolved the covenant of Marriage This done Pheroras and Antipater that sate upon the kings Throne were become great friends banquetting one another day and night and discoursing of their affairs When this came to the kings eare he was sore afraid of their combinings and commanded that his Brother Pheroras should for evermore be banished the Court Antipater his Sonne was sent to Octavian Augustus to establish the kingdom unto him and to enter in League with him For Herod was so old that he could not go Antipater journeying toward Rome passed thorough Egypt desirous to see it before the death of his Uncle Pheroras And as he travelled by the high-wayes of Egypt there came a certain Merchant with a viall in his hand close covered which cryed saying Who will buy a thing of great price before he see it Antipater marvelled at his words and ask't him what was in the viall But the Seller told him not what it was before he had bought it and paid dear for it Then whispered he in his ear telling him that it was a strong poison that would kill one out of hand This vial Antipater sent to Pheroras to be kept until he returned from Rome In the mean season Pheroras died and his Wife hid the viall After when Antipater came home again from Rome Pheroras Wife and he fell at striffe insomuch that she objected unto him that he was the cause Pheroras was banished the Kings presence the sorrow whereof was his death On the other side Antipater went about to accuse her sowing discord between her and the King to stir him against her He suborned also a certain Eunuch or gelded person to go to the King and enform him how that at what time as he took displeasure with Pheroras his brother and banished him his presence Pheroras procured a strong poison and gave it to his Wife commanding her to destroy the King therewith The king hearing this was wroth with the Eunuch and said I searched for that venome long ago when it was noised that thy houshold servants would give it me to drink but I could not find the thing to be true yea I have been too rash in such matters for I put my Wife Marimi to death without cause and Alexandra my Mother in law with my two children When Antipater heard that the king credited not the Eunuch he made suite to the king to send him to Octavian the second time for he was afraid of the Viall that was in Pheroras Wifes house He had writ also with his hand how that he sent it intending therewith to poison the kings Sons Children But he that prepareth a pit for another oftimes falleth into it himself So desiring the king to send him he let him go After this the king commanded to make search if the Eunuchs words were true or no he sent first for Pheroras houshold servants and examined them whether ever they could perceive that Pheroras was in mind to hurt him They all sware No. Then the king commanded to scourge them very sore but they confessed nothing although some died under their hands in the examination Some he ordered with many kind of torments of some he caused to pluck out their teeth and as he had scourged a cerâ—…ain woman servant which had been very trusty to Pheroras at the length when she could no longer stand for strokes she cryed out and said The holy and blessed God revenge us of Rostios the kings Wife Antipaters Mother which is the cause of this The king hearing these words bad let her alone she will disclose all Then spake she Antipater made Feasts every foot for thâ—… brother Pheroras and himself and as they eat and drank they devised how to poison thee especially when as Antipater was going to Octavian for they said except we destroy him he will destroy us as he hath done all the children of his house Moreover he loâ—…eth the children of his sons that were put to death wâ—…ich grow a pace and it is possible he may change his mind and make one of them king Antipater also said to thy Brother The king makes as though he were much my friend but I trust him not he gave me saith he a hundred pound weight in Gold but all that satisfieth not me Wâ—…en the king heard this he told how he had given Antipater this Gold secretly And the woman said moreover There is a viall of strong poyson in Pheroras house that thy Son sent out of Egypt straightway the king sent to Pheroras Wife that she should bring him the viall of poison her own self when she saw the kings Eunuches comâ—… to fetch her whether she would or no she go 〈◊〉 up to the top of her house and cast her self down headlong to kill her self because she would not see the king nor abide his torments but the died not thereof whereupon the kings Messengers brought her in a Horse litter and set her before the King Then she confessed to him how Antipater his Son had conspired with Pheroras to kill him with a poyson that he had bought in Egypt and sent it to Pheroras when he went to Octavian and how Pheroras being at the point of death repented him thereof charging that we should never give that venome to Antipater but poure it upon the ground that the king might not be poysoned therewith And I did as he bad me cast it out all save a liâ—…tle that I kept in the glasse-bottom for I ever feared that which is now come to paâ—…se Then at the Kings commandment the Vial was brought forth before him and there was a little of the venome left wheresore they gave better credit to her words so that the King was content with her and bad his Physitian heal her and she recovered This done the King writ to Antipater to come home with speed because I am old saith he and weak uncertain how shortly I shall die CHAP. IIII. THe King had also two other sons at Rome Archelaus and Pâ—…lemus So when Antipater writ to answer his father's letters he signified unto him that his two sons had defamed the King and slandered him unto Octavian But the King answered him Come and bring them with thee and I will order them as thou thinkest good Notwithstanding Antipater lingred for the space of six moneths to see if he might learn somewhat of his father's doings but he could hear nothing The messengers his father had sent lay upon him every day and urged him to make haste Therefore at the seven moneths end he took his journey towards Judea and came to Caesarea There heard he â—…is father had taken displeasure with his Mother and banished her the Court but he could not learn what should be the cause therefore he was strucken with
appointing of his men some to be spies and some to keep watch and ward about the Temple of the Lord. But Jehochanan who because of the great resort of the people unto him was stronger than Eleazar he took the market place and streets and the lower part of the City Then Schimeon the Jerusolemite took the highest part of the Town wherefore his men annoyed Jehochanans part sore with Slings and Cross-bows Between these three there was also most cru el battel 's in Jerusalem for the space of four daies without ceasing or any breathing and every day were very many slain so that the blood of the Jews that were then slain ran in every place most abundantly through the Market-places and streets yea even to the Temple of the Lord like unto a flood that had come of great showres and unto the thresholds of the gates of the Temple the dead bodies overwhelmed one another by heaps for no man buried them Jehochanan having the middle part of the Town had Schimeon on the one side of him and Eleazar on the other But Schimeon had the best place from whence he might annoy both Jehochanan and Eleazar Eleazar did also what he could to endamage Schimeon And Jehochanan that was in the middest encombered them both notwithstanding to little purpose For Schimeons company flung stones and shot at them sore but when as Jehochanans part flung likewise at them the stones rebounded back upon themselves Thus amongst these three the battel was sore and encreased every day that all men were in great terrour and fear thereof Then assembled to the Temple much people of the Priests and Elders beseeching these Intestine and Domesticall enemies not to pollute and defile the Temple with their slaughters and were almost all slain for their labour The same day was slain the Priest Anani Joshua a Priest both of the chiefest Priests Sechariahu also the most faithfull Prophet of the Lord. Then had the continuall Sacrifice ceased 36. daies for ever until that time was there some good men or other of Jerusalem that offered alway sacrifice to the Lord. But now when they would have continued it and the Priests laid the sacrifice upon the Altar the Seditious would run upon them and kill them so that the Priests bodies and their cattel that they would have sacrificed should fall dead to the ground together They that resorted also out of the Country of Ierusalem for devotions sake the Seditious slew and utterly destroyed them that almost no one of them was left alive Moreover the dead bodies of men lay cast in the Temple and that without number troad under feet yea the dead body of the Priest that was offering sacrifice lay upon the earth together with his offering And when any man would offer any sacrifice straight way one or other of the Seditious would step to him and kill him that the blood of the sacâ—…ifice and sacrificer should be mingled together In somuch that the pavement of the Temple being all of marble was made so slippery with the blood and fat of them that were slain that no man could go upon it without falling And the Priest should no sooner lay hands on the sacrifice but he was slain and straight another dead body should fall upon him stranger or other they spared none So thus the dead bodies of the good and bad clean and unclean wicked and vertuous theef and true man lay one upon another and their blood mixt together in the midst of the Temple without respect of any man of what degree or condition soever he were Wherefore the fight and slaughter waxt great both in the Town and in the Temple Nay whomsoever the Seditious overcame they set fire on their houses also whereby the fire took into the great men's houses that were nigh the Temple and into the store-houses whereas against times of necessity and besieging of the Town were laid up in store corn wine and oyl to the number of a thousand and four hundred store-houses all filled full of victuals For the Elders and other godly men what time as Vespasian was in Galilee they made up the doors of those Garner-houses and laid in victuals into them sufficient for two hundred thousand men twenty years and now in this one battel of the Seditious they were burnt every one stick and stone which was a speedy cause of famine and hurger in Ierusalem At the same time also the Seditious pulled down and razed all the fair houses and goodly buildings that there should be no monument of any noble house left to any in the City of Ierusalem So thus you see at that time the Lord visited the Citizens of Ierusalem with four kind of plagues sword pestilence hunger and fire besides this a fift was added the ruine and decay of all beautifull and glorious buildings And wheresoever a man turned him there was nothing but desolation pollution namely of the Temple and all holy things uproars without all rest and refuge no help no succour but every corner of Ierusalem was full of howling and yelling wailing and weeping sobbing and sighing of women and children Here should ye hear the roaring groaning of wounded men not yet thorough-dead there the mourning and lamentation of the Elders younger children crying out for hunger to be short most sorrowfull oppression of them that lived done by the Seditious Such lamentations were made every where that happy and fortunate was he that before this day died and unhappy and in a wofull case were all such as remained alive to see this day All these things when I Joseph heard tydings of I tore my hair with my hands and cast ashes on my beard sitting in great sorrow on the ground bewailing the misery and calamity of Jerusalem And this lamentation made Joseph upon Jerusalem How is the City quoth he laid wast that was wont to be more happy and more renowned than all the Provinces upon the earth How is the City that was heretofore in such highness and dignity now brought under the foot through the sons of the Citizens thereof Whereas sometime was the dwelling place of the faithfull now bear rule there such men as provoke and stir Gods wrath against it and turn it away from their God wasting it as theeves In the which sometime remained the brightness of the Godhead it is now become a by-word and mocking-stock to the enemies replenished with blood of wounded and slain men Instead of mirth gladness rejoycing harps and psalteries is sorrow sighing heart-breaks mourning and pensiveness come in place Even as heretofore the priests executed the service of the Lord in offering sacrifices so likewise now seditious persons murthered godly and faithfull men where was wont to be the dwelling place of most wise and prudent men now it is made a common hostry of wicked murtherers theeves O Lord God of Israel have not Angels in time past come down from heaven to earth to fight thy battels Have not the
the array of the Romans but the Jews shrunk not from the Romans for they were in a fervent rage and wonderfull disdain and to further their courage Schimeon came to his men and cryed unto them with a loud voyce saying For the reverence of God friends flee not this day whosoever doth flee let him be sure he shall dye for it and his house be destroyed Titus also admonished his to keep their array and not to give back to Schimeon Then went he himself to that part of the Town where Jehochanans ward was there he caused a battering Ram to be planted and bent against the wall for there was a very large Plain There was at that time in Jerusalem one called Kantor who got to him a company of the Seditious and shot from the walls into the Romans Army where he slew very many and compelled the rest to retire This Kantor with nine other tall fellows whereof he was the Decurion defended one part of the Town Now as the Romans bended the Ram to batter the wall Kantor cryed unto Titus I beseech thee my Lord Titus be mercifull unto this most famous City that is almost beaten down already do not deface it utterly but take pitty of the Sanctuary that is in it and destroy not the habitation of the Lord God Titus at his request commanded his men to stay and to leave off battering the wall Then said he to Kantor Come forth hither to me and thou shalt save thy self I will pardon thee thou shalt not be destroyed Kantor answered I will see if I can perswade these my fellows to come with me But he did it upon colour for none other cause than craftily to trifle out time whereby he miâ—…ht cause Titus to leave off the assault for a while So he spake unto his fellows which knew his mind that the Romans might hear Let us go down and flee to the Roman Army Then they drew out their swords as though they would kill him and striking upon his harness he fell down to the ground in the sight of the Romans which were ignorant of his deceit Then one of the Romans let flye an arrow that wounded Kantor upon the face and glauncing from him slew another that stood by him Then Kantor cryed out What do ye will ye shoot at us that desire to be at peace with you which ye granted your selves and now will break your promise that ye made unto us Is this the reward my Lord Titus that thou renderest me for going about to flee unto thee that thy souldiers should shoot at me hearing me require conditions of peace Now therefore my Lord may it please thee to send hither some man of honour to whom I may come down and receive assurance of thy promise to be as one of thine own men Titus thinking he meant good faith spake unto Joseph willing him to go and make peace with the Jews in his name then to bring him unto him that he might find safe-gard of his life from the common destruction Joseph answerd Why wilt thou send me What have I offended thee Have I not ever done thee true and faithfull service Therefore if thou bear me any good will or favour send me not unto him whom I cannot trust For Joseph mistrusted some subtilty knowing Kantor afore So Titus sent one Captain Jiarus who said unto Kantor Come down and let us go together to Caesars son Kantor desired him to hold abroad his cloak lap that he might hurl him down his money that he had there lest the Jews perceiving it would take it from him and then he would come down And as Jiarus held up his lap to receive the money that Kantor spake of Kantor with all his might cast down a great stone which Jiarus espying lept aside and avoided but it lighted upon one of his fellows and slew him Titus was wonderfull wroth at this and forthwith planted yet another Ram against the wall and at length laid it flat upon the ground Then commanded Titus to make fires about the Wall where the Jews should think to escape Kantor seeing that would have fled and as he made haste to escape the fires the weight of his armour bare him down into the fire and there he died more desirous of death than life Then entred the Romans within the second wall against whom the Seditious issued and â—…ought with such vehement foâ—…ce that they prevailed against their enemies slue many of the Romans and forced the rest to retire unto the first wall that they had beaten down afore In this skirmish Titus himself took a bow and shot at the Jews in such wise that not one of his arrows were spent in vain but that it did some annoyance unto the Jews The Jews notwithstanding gave them the repulse from the Town and they were not able to make their party good with them Within four daies after came unto Titus a new supply of souldiers out of all quarters for ayd to the Romans by whose help they prevailed against the Jews at such time as they issued out of the Town and constrained them to withdraw themselves within the walls Yet Titus pittying the miserable state of the City Temple and People of the Lord at that time commanded his people to withdraw themselves from the walls and to leave off the assault for a while that he might offer peace to the Jews to see if they would now be content to submit themselves unto the Romans to have quietness and rest without danger of destruction Wherefore he gave them truce for five daies and upon the fift day he came to the gate of the City where he straightway espyed Schimeon and Jehochanan together preparing fire to destroy the Romans Engins of war for all the Jews had agreed together with one mind still to withstand the Romans Wherefore Titus perceiving the Jews to be so desperately bent that they had even vowed their lives to death he began to offer and propose unto them conditions of peace and sharply to reprove and blame their obstinate stubborness saying I have now won two of your walls and ye have but one left Therefore if yeâ—… will continue still in this self willed frowardness what will ye do most miserable creatures when as I shall gain also the third wall and quite destroy your City pulling down your Temple and all Why do ye not rather favour and spare your own lives your wives and children But the Jews set upon a sullen obstinacy would in no wise hear Titus speak Therefore Titus sent Joseph to declare his mind unto them in Hebrew that they might safely credit his promises and the peace that was offered Joseph therefore went and stood over against the gate keeping himself aloof off for he was afraid to come nigh the wall knowing that the people hated him because he had yielded himself to the Romans He called therefore unto them aloud Hearken all ye Hebrews and Jews I will declare unto you that
Romans and are under their subjection at this day What should I speak of the people of the Philistines which heretofore alwayes have vexed and annoyed you Doth not the meanest amongst all the Princes of the Romans bear rule over them What hope then have you to escape when ye know the Philistines were ever stronger than you and you were oftentimes overcome of them As for example Saul your King was slain by them But you will say David the annointed of the Lord of Israel pulled them down and brought them into subjection Wote ye what then God looked upon you with a favourable countenance and fought your battels Himself but at this day He is in no wise present with you for he hath turned away his countenance of salvation from you Because ye have sinned against him And which of you can say he hath intelligence of the secret of the Lord or hath received any such watch-word as God gave at that time unto David When thou shalt hear a sound of mourning in the tops of Mulbery-trees then shalt thou set forward for then shall the Lord go before thy face smite the Tents and Camps of the Philistines 2 Sam. 5. Whosoever I say hath knowledge of any such token let him reveal it to his neighbour and I could well consent to follow it But seeing there is no such thing hearken unto me my dear brethren Come and serve the Romans in peace and tranquillity It shall be no dishonesty for you with the Kings of Persia to be subject to the Romans they that sometime were your Masters shall be now your fellows and companions But if you will persevere and stand in your opinion still I will enter into this discourse with you Tell me I pray you when were ever your ancestours free and when were they not entangled with the wars of the Gentiles and the Dominion of other Nations Had you not ever the victory from the time you came out of Egypt until the reign of Saul the son of Cis So long as the Lord was your King you were in bondage to no man you served God as your only King But after that your evil and corrupt desire stirred you to be irksome to the Lord and lest he should reign alone to chuse a man to have the Dominion over you according as the custom was in other Nations I mean Saul the son of Cis and the other Kings every one then served you him you and your sons and the chiefest of you became his servants your goodliest daughters were made his Confectionaries his Cooks and his Bakers After Saul reigned David of worthy memory who ruled over many Nations But he also brought you into bondage and put divers of you to death to satisfie his pleasure withal He being dead you served Solomon his son who no lesse than the other even as he listed exercised Dominion over you he also took up your sons and daughters and made them his slaves After this succeeded other most wicked Kings so that from that time your Country began to go to wrack and he that was the best amongst them was Rehoboam which said unto you My father corrected you with whips but I will scourge you with Scorpions And so did the rest of the Kings which reigned after him very few of them pleased God All the other wrought abomination not one of them did any good or reigned in the fear of the Lord. And in this manner remained the Empire long time with you until the Kings of Chaldea came and led you Captive into Babylon where you were kept until Cyrus time King of Persia who sent you again into your own Country with a wonderful deal of gold and silver with great honour which was counted unto him for righteousnesse After Cyrus death there rose against you the most wicked Kings of Greece who warring upon you gave you great overthrows until God stirred up the spirits of certain Sage Priests of the stock of Chasmonani that revenged your injuries At that time you were Brethren and Friends with the Romans and friendship grew betwixt you many years After that you fell from the stock of Chasmonani which had delivered you and chose one whose name was Herod who oppressed you grievously After him succeeded Archelaus his son he yet laid a sorer yoke upon you wherefore falling upon him ye protested never hereafter to serve the Kings of Juda. So going to the Romans willingly ye submitted your selves under their subjection to serve Augustus the Emperour who ordered you gently Him you served as other Nations did and it was to your praise because ye were under a good Governour Therefore now my Brethren and Children of my people What mean you at this present that you have determined to die and do not rather spare your selves and your children Consider I beseech you the things that grow upon the earth and all living creatures beasts worms that creep upon the ground fowls of the air and fishes of the sea Do you not see that ever the stronger hath the Dominion over the weaker neither is it any rebuke or shame for the weaker to give place and obey that which is stronger For the Oxe and the Goat are in awe of the Lyon the Ram and the Ewe of the Woolfe the Cow and the Lamb fear the Bear the Goat the Liberd the Hawk is afraid of the Eagle the Dove of the Hawk Weigh the manner of beasts and birds amongst their own kind you shall see ever the bigger and stronger to be master over the lesse and weaker And so in all other things the stronger set themselves before the weaker alwayes Wherefore ye mortal men learn by me Did not one God make all things and He himself hath Dominion over them all Notwithstanding all things are so knit together amongst themselves that no one thing can stand without another But he that holds up all things is the Blessed God who if he list can bring them all into dust again His Name be extolled for ever Take example I pray you from the parts of the whole World you shall see one part to be in subjection another to bear rule Be not then too stiffe-necked to pervert the natural courses of the World but rather let your election follow the causes and events of the same which if you do you shall be esteemed wise men Now my dear Countrymen never think it shame for you to serve the Romans it is time for you now to turn to the Lord with your whole heart and then you shall have the dominion over other Nations according to your desire this shall then come to passe when you follow your Lord God with all your strength Therefore never think that the Romans which have rule over you at this day are of lesse power than other people that heretofore have had dominion over you For they are a mighty Nation their Empire and rule over other people they have from above as I have proved to you by the similitudes
after this came many souldiers and great bands of men out of all Nations that were subject to the Empire of the Romans to aid Titus to whom Titus declared what had hapned him in that siege the stoutness of the Jews and how they had annoyed many waies the Roman army adding moreover and asking them Did you ever see four men withstand ten thousand and five hundred so that they being all together could neither overthrow them nor take them prisoners but the four slew them like as it had been tops of Coucumbers smitten off with most sharp swords When they heard this they wondred all very much Then Titus spake unto his host and to them which were newly repaired unto him to shew their advice and best counsel what was to be done lest we should be ashamed saith he before all them that shall hereafter hear of our Wars The gravest and most ancient of the Nations that were newly come to his aid answered If it please your Majesty let the Romans breath a while and take their rest which are now wearied with the sundry battels of the Jews and we who are not so broken with labour but fresh and lusty shall try what the Jews can do we cannot think that they are able to withstand so great a multitude But the Princes of the Romans desired Titus that he should not permit them this lest he should increase their own sorrows if peradventure they should be discomfited say they of the Jews and the matter redound unto their own shame For if we which are acquainted with them and know their manner of fight cannot sustain their violence How shall they do it that never had proof of the strength and force of the Jews They shall be to them like Hyssop which groweth upon the walls in comparison of the Cedar-trees of Libanus The other said nay they should do well enough with them And they urged Titus so instantly that they constrained him to grant them their desire Then Titus gave them leave to set upon the Jews thinking with himself peradventure the Jews may be put to the worse of these men that will fight without fear not knowing the force of the Jews for the Romans that have had trial of their strength fight fearfully and warily So the Lords of the strange Nations chose out of their Armies eighty thousand men Ten thousand Macedonians twenty thousand Britains five thousand Aramites ten thousand Africans ten thousand valiant Burgundians five thousand Redarans last of all ten thousand Persians and Chaldeans These therefore went into the Plain which is by the Sepulcher of Jehochanan the high Priest and from thence made an assault upon the Jews that were upon the Walls setting up their scaling ladders Jehochanan said to Schimeon and Eleazar his two Companions If you think good I will issue forth and skirmish with these uncircumcised to let them see what I can do Schimeon answered Let two of us do it and the third keep the gates and walls for thou alone art able to do nothing against them they are so many Eleazar allowed this advice offering himself to bear Jehochanan company Schimeon bad them go saying The Lord of the Sanctuary give them into your hands and deal not with you at this time according to your works Then Jehochanan and Eleazar issued with one thousand five hundred good men of War the ninth day of the moneth Tebeth which was the tenth moneth that Titus had besieged Jerusalem and overthrew of the Gentiles of that host fifty seven thousand and five hundred men besides three thousand whom they took prisoners but of the Jews were no more slain in that fight than only seven whose bodies with much rejoycing and great triumph they carried with them into the Town and buried them there lest peradventure the uncircumcised should have misordered them The Gentiles that were left with great shame and dishonour returned unto Titus who reprehended them because they would not believe the Romans The next day following the Jews brought forth the three thousand Nobles and Gentlemen that they had taken prisoners and plucked out of every one of them an eye and cut off every man the one hand after sent them back with shame and reproach to Titus's Camp Then Titus consulted with all his Princes what were best to do with the Israelites and when every man had said his mind he liked never a mans counsel but said unto them Well I have devised this with my self which I will follow and no man shall bring me from my purpose we will keep the siege without any assault or skirmish for their victuals failed them long ago and so they shall be famished Besides this when they shall see us cease to fight with them they will fall at variance amongst themselves and kill one another This counsel was thought good of all Titus's Princes wherefore they besieged the Town as Titus commanded and closed up all the wayes of the City round about lest the Jews should as they had done before come upon them unawares They appointed moreover watch day and night to take heed that no man should come out of the Town to gather herbs for their sustenance Then encreased the hunger in Jerusalem which if it had not been so grievous the City had never been won for the souldiers of the Town were lighter than Eagles and fiercer than Lions There died therefore of the famine wonderful many of the Jerusolemites so that the Jews could not find place to bury them in they were so many in every place of the Town Many cast their dead folks into their Wells and tumbled afterwards in themselves and died Many also made themselves graves and went into them alive where they tarried day and night and died unmourned-for For all mourning and accustomed lamentation for the dead was left off because of the unmeasurable famine which was so great that it cannot be told and I cannot relate the thousandth part of the mischief that followed of the hunger Titus seeing the innumerable carkases of the dead that were cast into the Brook Cedron like dung was wonderfully amazed with fear and stretched out his hands toward heaven saying Lord God of Heaven and Earth whom the Israelites believe in cleanse me from this sin which surely I am not the cause of for I required peace of them but they refused it and they themselves are cause of this mischief they have sinned against their own souls and lives I beseech thee impute it not to me for a sin that the Jews die on this manner At that time certain wicked persons of Jerusalem slandered Amittai the Priest falsely saying to Captain Schimeon Behold Amittai the high Priest which did let thee into the City goeth about to flee to the Tents of the Romans Thou hast experience of his great wit and wisdom how he also knoweth all the secret wayes into the Town Temple and Sanctuary and who can tell whether he will bring the Romans some night at midnight
years after the death of Christ Titus son to Vespasian sack't the City and destroyed it leaving it only a garrison for the Roman souldiers Sixty five yearâ—… after that the Jews falling into rebellion Hadrian the Emperour of Rome utterly destroyed what Titus left standing and commanded salt to be sown where the City stood And thus was fulfilled what was spoken by our Saviour touching the Temple that there should not be left one stone upon another Hurcan or Hurcania a region in the greater Asia having on the East the Caspian sea on the South Armenia upon the North Albania on the West Iberia I â—…buam or Jamnua a â—…illage of the upper Gaâ—…ee standing upon a very â—…eep ground which Joseâ—…hus being Governour of Galilee fortified against the Romans â—…ericho A city in the south part of the Land of Canaan situated in a fruitful soil where grew balm roses sugar-canes and abundance of dates whence it was called the City of Palms Joppe or Japho a sea town and port of Judaea built on a high Promontory from whence materials of Timber and Stones were brought to the building of Solomons Temple from Mount Libanus or Lebanon Jordan in Hebrew Jorden the fairest and biggest river in all Palestina springing up at the foot of Mount Libanus running on the South of Canaan passing by many famous places at length falls into the Lake of Sodom Jorpata or Jatopatae an exceeding strong city of Jerusalem standing all well-nigh upon a Rock accessible only upon the North side K KAtiim or Cittim the Nations of the Greeks so called in Gen. 10. and in Balams prophesie Kittim saith he shall afflict Ashur and Eber. L LAgarith a City of Edom won by Vespasian M MAcedonia a Country lying in Greece in the western part of it it was the country of King Philip Alexander his son which wan to the Greeks the Persian Empire Maidai or Media a country having upon the South Pâ—…rsia upon the North the Hyrcanian-sea on the West Armenia Syria on the East Hyrcania and Parâ—…hia which country took its name from Madai one of the sons of Japhet Mesopotamia a Country which lyeth betwixt the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates from which situation it was so called as lying in the midst of Rivers Moriah a Mountain joyning very near to Jerusalem upon the East side of that City a very steep rockie place in this place Abraham offered to sacrifice his son Isaac and afterward upon this Mountain was Solomons Temple built Moâ—…nt Olivet So called from the plenty of Olives whiâ—…h grew here lying on the East side of Jerusalem and separated from the higher city by the valley of Cedron Into this Mountain our Savâ—…our Christ often repaired and offered up his prayers here unto his Father N NIcopolis a City of the Holy Land otherwise called Emaus S SAmaria a City standing in the tribe of Ephrâ—…im which after that the ten Tribes fell off from the tribe of Judah was made the Metropolis of the ten revolting Tribes called Sebaste in honour of Augustus the Emperour Scythopolis a city in Syria Sennaar The land of Chaldea where the Tower of Babel began to be builded Seleucia a city on the farther side of Jordan in the country called Gualonitis so named from Seleucus King of Syria Sichem a country near He bron belonging to Hamoâ—… the Father of Sichem from whence it is though he gave the name of hâ—… son to that country of which he was Prince and by some it is thought to be the name of that city called in the Gospel Sichar a city of refuge peculiar to the Levites a principal City of Samaria Sodom a city which stood in the Land of â—…anaan where now is the Dead-sea destroyed by fire from heaven for their sins Sidon a Haven and Mart Town of Phoenicia being the border of the Land of promise toward thenorth and in the Lot of the tribe of Zabulon although it was never conquered nor possest by them Sinai The Mountain otherwise named Horeb upon which the Almighty gave the Law to Moses by the ministery of Angels It was called Sinai from the word in the Holy Tongue signifying a Bush because God appeared there to Moses in a Bush in a flame of fire the Bush not consumed Sion The Hill and City built on that Hill called the City of David taken by him from the Jebusites lying on the North side of the City of Jâ—…rusalem upon which the Temple was built Siloe a Fountain rising out at the foot of Mâ—…unt Sion in the West part of the valley of Jehosaphat a very clear sweet and large Spring it runs into the brook Cedron Schiloh or Silo The highest Mountain of all that are about Jerusalem Or higher than any other Mountain in the Holy Land likewise the name of the City that stands upon that Hill where the Ark continued a long time with the Tabernacle of the Covenant till it was taken by the Philistines for which cause the people of Israel used to meet at this place and offer sacrifices until the time of Samuel the Prophet Afterward for the sins of the Israelites the City was destroyed and the Altar demolished T TIarva a city in Galilee which Vespasian took razed and put all the men to the sword and sold their wives and children Tiberias A city so named in honour of Tiberius Caesar by Herod the Tetrarch standing near the Lake of Gennezaret called also the Sea of Tiberias it is the utmost bound of the lower Galilee Eastward Tyre a city renowned in holy Scripture built upon a rock and upon all sides incompassed by the sea wherefore the Prophet cals her the city in the heart of the sea a city of incredible riches by the abundance of her merchandise by the speâ—…ial appointment of God and foretellings 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Prophets Isaiah 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 made a prey to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 King of Babylon and afterward to Alexander son of Philip King of Maceâ—… 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 in the that part of the sea whicâ—… ran betwixt the maiâ—… land and the city witâ—… stones earth and timber and made it continent tâ—… the land first Nebuchadâ—…nezzar but in short timâ—… after that city was rebuilt and the bar of thâ—… sea quite demolished sâ—… the city restord to its former strength but Alexander stopt up the sea again sackt the city and crucified many of thâ—… chief men of the city tâ—… this day that little whicâ—… remains of it is annexed firmely to the Continent It stood in the territory 〈◊〉 the tribe of Ashur bâ—… had Kings of her own haâ—… ving never been in thâ—… hands of the Israelits A short view of the whole Matter By Th. F. A true Character of the Jews as they are at this day With the Hopes and Desires of all good men for their Conversion A Prayer unto God for their Conversion FINIS Tho Fuller D D. late Preacher at S. Mary Savoy Westm.