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adjacent_a erect_v it_o be_v probable_a out_o of_o devotion_n in_o honour_n of_o the_o place_n and_o memory_n of_o that_o fact_n yet_o by_o the_o by_o it_o will_v seem_v that_o this_o be_v not_o the_o place_n of_o the_o ethiopian_n baptism_n because_o those_o rocky_a and_o decline_a mountain_n be_v hardly_o passable_a on_o horseback_n much_o less_o in_o a_o chariot_n 8._o nigh_o to_o the_o aforesaid_a fountain_n be_v a_o considerable_a cave_n where_o it_o be_v report_v st._n john_n the_o baptist_n do_v live_v from_o the_o seven_o year_n of_o his_o age_n till_o he_o appear_v in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o judaea_n as_o the_o promise_a elias_n 9_o at_o bethlehem_n be_v the_o goodly_a temple_n of_o the_o nativity_n erect_v by_o st._n helena_n mother_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a who_o call_v it_o st._n mary_n of_o bethlehem_n it_o be_v now_o possess_v by_o the_o franciscan_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o be_v still_o entire_a have_v many_o chapel_n and_o altar_n but_o those_o little_a 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multitude_n of_o christian_n who_o flock_n to_o it_o from_o all_o part_n of_o the_o world_n either_o out_o of_o devotion_n or_o curiosity_n it_o be_v divide_v into_o a_o vast_a multitude_n of_o apartment_n contain_v many_o chapel_n and_o altar_n which_o for_o the_o most_o part_n receive_v their_o name_n from_o some_o remarkable_a circumstance_n of_o our_o saviour_n passion_n beside_o those_o peculiar_a to_o christian_n of_o different_a nation_n at_o jerusalem_n particular_o the_o abyssine_n armenian_n georgian_n cophte_n jacobite_n maronites_n &c_n &c_n and_o at_o the_o entry_n of_o one_o of_o those_o chapel_n be_v the_o sepulchre_n of_o godfrey_n of_o boulogn_n on_o one_o hand_n and_o that_o of_o his_o brother_n baldw_v on_o the_o other_o but_o last_o in_o and_o about_o jerusalem_n beside_o the_o observables_n abovementioned_a be_v these_o follow_v particular_n viz_o a_o mosque_n erect_v in_o