little Pillar to the which our Lord was bound and scourged and there was Annas House that was Bishop of the Iews at that time and in that same place denyed S. Peter our Lord thrice before the Cock crew and there is a part of the Table at which Christ eat his last Supper with his Disciples and yet there is the Vessel with Water out of which the Disciples féet were washed and near by also is Saint Stephens Grave and there is the Altar where our Lord heard the Angel sing and there appeared Christ first to his Disciples after his Resurrection when the Gates were shut and said Pax vobis that is Peace be to you and upon that Mount appeared Christ to Saint Thomas and had him féel his wounds and that was eight daies after his Resurrection and then he believed perfectly and said Dominus meus Deus meus My Lord and my God In that same Chappel behind the high Altar were all the Apostles on Whitsunday when the Holy Ghost descended on them in likeness of Fire and there God made peace with his Disciples and there slept S. John the Evengelist on our Lords breast and saw in his sléep many secret things of Heaven Also Mount Sion is within the city and it is a little higher then the other side of the City and that City is stronger on the one side then on the other for in the foot of Mount Sion is a fair and strong castle which the Soldan did cause to be made there On Mount Sion was King David buried and Solomon and many other Kings of Hierusalem and there is the place where Saint Peter wept full bitterly when he had denyed our Lord and a stones rast from that is another place where our Lord was judged for at that time was Caiaphas House there and betwéen the Temple of Solomon and Mount Sion is the place where Christ raised the Maiden from death to life Vnder Mount Sion in the Vale of Josaphat is a Well called Natatory Silo there was our Lord washed after he was Baptized And thereby is the Trée on the which Judas hanged himself for despair when he had sold and betrayed Christ. And thereby is the Synagogue where the Bishops of the Iews and Pharisées came to held their Councel and there Judas cast thirty pieces before them and said peccavi tradens sanguinem justum that is I have sinned in betraying the Innecent Blood CHAP. XXVI Of the Field Acheldemack which was bought with the thirty pieces ON the other side of Mount Sion toward the South a stones cast is the Field that they bought with those thirty pieces for the which Christ was sold that men call Acheldemack that is the Field of blood in that Field are many Tombs of Christian men for there be many Pilgrims buried And also in Hierusalem toward the West is a fair Church where the Trée grew of which the Cross was made and thereby is the Church where our Lady met with Elizabeth when they were both with Child and St. John stirred in his Mothers Womb and did Worship to our Lord his Maker and under the Altar of this Church is the place where St. John was born and thereby is the Castle of Emaux CHAP. XXVII Of Mount Joy TWo miles from Hierusalem is Mount Joy this is a fair place and there lyeth Samuel the Prophet in a fair Tomb. It is called Mount Joy for there these that travel first sée Hierusalem And in the middle of the Vale of Josaphat is a little River that is called Torrens Cedron over which lies the Trée for men to pass over of which the Cross was made In this Vale is a Church of our Lady and her Sepulcher and she was thréescore and twelve years of age when she died And there near is the place where our Lord forgave Saint Peter his sins and misdéeds which he had done Near unto that is a Chappel where Judas kissed our Lord that men call Gethsemain when he was taken of the Iews and there left Christ his Disciples before his Passion when he went to pray and said Pater si fieri potest transeat à me calix ista that is Father if it may be done let this Cup pass from me And thereby is a Garden where our Lord sweat both blood and water and there is the Tomb of King Josaphat of whom the Vale had the Name and on the side of that Vale is the Mount Olivet and it is called so for there grow many Olive Trées and it is higher then Hierusalem and therefore from that Hill men may sée into the Stréets of Hierusalem and betwéen the Hill and the City is nothing but the Vale of Josaphat and that is not very large and upon that Hill stood our Lord when he ascended into Heaven and yet séemeth there the step of his left foot in the stone and there is an Abbey of black Cannons that was great sometimes but now there is but a Church and a little thence eightéen paces is a Chappel and there is the stone on the which our Lord God sate when he preached and said thus Beati pauperes spiritus quoniam ipsorum est regnum coelorum that is Blessed be they that are poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven And there he taught his Disciples their Pater-noster There also is a Church of that blessed woman Mary Egyptian and there is she buried And upon the other side toward the East thrée bow-shoots from thence standeth Bethphage where our Lord Iesus Christ sent Peter and James for to fetch the Ass on Palm-sunday CHAP. XXVIII Of the Castle of Bethania THere toward the East is a castle that men call Bethania and there dwelt Simon the Leper that harboured our Lord and them that were baptized of his Disciples and he was called Julian and was made Bishop and that is he that men call on for good Habour In that same place our Lord forgave Mary Magdalen her sins and there she washed his féet with tears and wiped them with her hair and there was Lazarus raised after he had béen four days dead CHAP. XXIX Of Jericho and other things AT the returning to Mount Olivet is the place where our Lord wept upon Hierusalem and thereby our Lady appeared to S. Thomas after her Assumption and gave him her Girdle and thereby is a stone on which our Lord sate often and Preached And there is mount Galile where the Apostles were gathered when Mary Magdalen told them of Christs rising Betwéen Mount Olivet and Mount Galile is a Church where the Angel told our Lady when she should die And from Bethany to Jericho is five miles Jericho was sometime a little city but it is wasted and now it is but a little Town that Town took Joshua through the Miracle of God and bidding of the Angel and destroyed it and cursed those that should build it again Of that city was Rahab that common woman that received the Messengers of
Duke nor Earl ANd from this place men go ten dayes journy through the land of the great Caane which is a very good Isle and a great Kingdom and the King is very mighty And in this Isle is a rich man which is neither King Prince Duke nor Earl but he hath each year four thousand Horses charged with Rice and Corn and he liveth Nobly and richly after the manner of the country for he hath fifty Damesels that serve him every day at his meat and bed and do what he will And when he sitteth at the Table they bring him meat and at each time five Messes together and they sing in the bringing in a Song and they cut his meat and put it into his mouth and he hath very long Nails on his hands for that is great Nobility in that country and therefore they let their Nails grow as long as they may and some let them grow so long that they come about their hands and that is great Honour and gentry and the gentry of a woman is to have small feet and therefore so soon as they are born they bind their feet so straight that they cannot wax half as they should And he hath a very fair Palace and rich where he dwelleth of which the Wall is two mile about and therein is many fair Gardens and all the Pavements of the Hall and Chambers is of Gold and Silver and in the midest of one of his Gardens is a little Hill whereon is a place made with Towers and Pinacles all of Gold and there he will sit often to take the air and disport for it is made for nothing else From this Land men may go to the Land of Caane CHAP. CVII How all the Lands Isles and Kingdoms before rehearsed have some Articles of our Faith ANd ye shall understand that all these men and folk that have reason that I have spoken of have some Articles of our Faith and though they be of divers Laws and Beliefs yet they have some good points of our Faith and they believe in God as the Prophesie saith Et meruent eum omnes fines terrae that is to say And all the Ends of the Earth shall fear him And in another place Omnes gentes servient ei That is to say all Nations shall serve him But they cannot speak perfectly but as their natural wit teacheth them netther of the Son nor of the holy Ghost but they can well speak of the Bible and especially of Genesis and the Books of Moses And they say that those Creatures which they worship are no Gods but they worship them for the great vertue that is in them which may not be without the special grace of God and of Simulacres and Idols they say that all men have Simulacres whereby they mean the papists who have Images of our Lady and others but they think that they worship the Images of Stone and of Wood and not the Saints whom they do represent for as the Letter teacheth Clerks how they shall believe so Images and Pictures teach Lay-men they say also that the Angel of God speaketh to them in their Idols and doth Miracles and they say thus but it is the evil Angel that doth Miracles to maintain them in their Idolatry CHAP. CVIII How Sir John Mandevile leaveth many marvels unwritten and the causes wherefore THere are many other countries where I have not yet been nor seen and therefore I cannot speak properly of them Also in countries where I have been are many marvels that I speak not of for it were to long a Tale and therefore hold you apaid at this time with that I have said for I will say no more of marvels that are there so that other men that go thither may find enough for to say that I have not told CHAP. CIX What time Sir John Mandevile departed out of Engeland ANd I John Mandevile Knight was born in England in the Town of Saint Albans went out of my Country and passed the sea in the year of our Lord 1332 on St. Michaels day and have passed through many lands Isles and Countries and now come to rest I have compiled this Book and write it the year of our Lord 1364 thirty two years after my departing from my Country The rather for the pleasure of all such as delight to read the strange and wonderful marvels of other forraign countries as also for a direction to all such as shall desire to see either all or some of these countries herein specified and because some things herein spoken of may seem strange and scarcely credible therefore I have thought good to make known unto all that will see more proof hereof in the Book called Mappa mundi there they shall find the most part of the same ratified and confirmed And I pray all that shall read this Book and look for no further proof to judge favourable thereof since they shall in conceipt see as much at home without much paine as I did after many weary and dangerous steps passed and I pray to God of whom all grace cometh that he will fullfil with his grace the Readers and Hearers hereof and save them body and soul and bring them to his Ioy that ever shall last Amen FINIS THE TABLE THe way toward to Hierusalem on Horse on Foot or by Sea Chap. 1. Of the Land of Greece Chap. 2. To come again to Constantinople to go to the holy Land Ch. 3. Of a terrible Dâ—agon Chap. 4. Of a young Man and his Lemman Chap. 5. Of the manner of hunting in Cypres Chap. 6. Of the Haven named Jaffe Chap. 7. Of the Haven Tyre Chap. 8. Of the Hill of Carme Chap. 9. How Sampson slew the King and his Enemies Chap. 10. The way to Babylon where the Souldan dwelleth Chap. 11. Yet here followeth of the Souldan and Kingdoms that he hath conquered which he holdeth strongly by force Chap. 12. For to return from Sinay to Hierusalem Chap. 13. As men are passed the Wilderness again coming to Hierusalem Chap. 14. Here followeth a little of Adam and Eve and other things Chap. 15. Of the dry Tree Chap. 16. From Ebron to Bethlem Chap. 17. Of a fair Maiden that should be put to death wrongfully Chap. 18. Of the City of Jerusalem Chap. 19. Yet of the holy City of Jerusalem Chap. 20. Of the Church and of the old Sepulchre Chap. 21. Of the Temple of God Chap. 22. Yet of the Temple of God Chap. 23. Of King Herod Chap. 24. Of Saint Salvatorâ— Church Chap. 25. The Field of Acheldemack which was bought with the thirty pence Chap. 26. Of the Mount Jov. Chap. 27. Of the Castle of Bethania Chap. 28. Of Jericho and of other things Chap. 29. Of the holy place between Bethania and the River Jordan with other things Chap. 30. Of Abraham and his Generation Chap. 31. Of the River Jordan Chap. 32. Of many other marvels Chap. 33. Of the Samaritans Chap. 34. Of Galile Chap. 35. Of
THE Voyages Travels OF Sir John Mandevile Knight Wherein is set down the Way to the Holy Land and to Hierusalem As also to the Lands of the Great Caan and of Prestor John to Inde and divers other Countries Together with many and strange Marvels therein LONDON Printed for R. Scott T. Basset J. Wright and R. Chiswel 1677. THE PREFACE Here beginneth a short Treatise of Sir John Mandevile Knight who was born in England in the Town of Saint Albans that speaketh of the Ways to Hierusalem to Inde and to the great Caan and Prestor John's Land and to many other Countries and also of many marvels that are in the Holy Land FOrasmuch as the Land beyond the Sea that is the Holy Land which some call the Land of Behest or Promise among all other Lands is most worthy In that Land it pleased our Lord to take flesh and blood of the Virgin Mary and to traverse that Land with his own feet and there he did many Miracles Preach and Teach the Faith and the Law of Christian men as unto his Children and there did suffer many reproofs and scorns for us and he that was King of Heaven and Earth and of all things that are contained in them would only be called King of that Land when he said I am King of the Jews For at that time it was the Land of the Jews and that Land he chose before all other Lands as the most worthy part of all the World And as the Philosopher saith Virtus rerum in medio consistet that is the vertue of things is in the midst In that Land he led his life and suffered death of the Jews for us to save and deliver us from the pains of Hell and from death without end the which was ordained to us for the sin of our Father Adam and our own sins also For he that will do any thing to have it known openly will proclaim it in the middle place of a Town or City so that it may be known to all parties of the City So he that was King of Glory and of all the World would suffer death for us at Hierusalem which is the midst of the World that it might be known to all Nations of the World how dear he bought man Ah dear God! what love had He to his Subjects that when he had done no trespass would for his Trespassors suffer death Right well ought men to love worship and serve such a Lord and praise such an Holy Land that brought forth a Lord of such Fruit through the which each man is saved if it be not his own fault This is that Land prepared for in Heritage to us and in that Land would he die as â—â—â—fed to leave it to his Children For the which each good Christian man that may and hath wherewith should strengthen him for to conquer his right Heritage and purchase it out of evil peoples hands for we are called Christian men of Christ our Father and if we be the right Children of Christ we ought to challenge the Heritage that our Father left us and take it out of strange mens hands But now Pride Covetousness and Envy have so enflamed the hearts of the Lords of the World that they are more busie to disinherit their Neighbours than to challenge or conquer their right Heritage aforesaid And the common people that would put their bodies for to conquer this Heritage they may not do it without Lords for assembling of the people without a chief Lord is as a Flock of Sheep without a Shepherd the which depart asunder and wot not whether they do go But would God the worldly Lords were at a good accord and with other of their common people would take this Holy Voyage over Sea I trust well that within a little time our right Heritage beforesaid would be recovered and put into the hands of the right Heirs of Jesus Christ. Now forasmuch as it is a long time since there was any general Passage thither and that many men desire to hear the description of the Holy Land I will declare it I John Mandevile Knight who was born in England in the Town of St. Albanes passed the Sea in the year One thousand three hundred thirty two on Saint Michaels day and there remained long time and went through many Lands and many Provinces Kingdoms and Isles and have passed through Turkie and through Armony the Little and Great through Tartary Sury Araby Egypt the High and the Low through Liby Chalde and a great part of AEthiope through Amazony through Inde the Less and the More and through many other Isles which are about Inde where many people dwell of divers shapes Of the men of which Lands and Isles I shall speak plainly and shall declare part of the the things I have seen For them that will visit the holy City of Hierusalem and the places that are thereabout I will tell the right way that they shall hold thither for I have ridden it and passed it with good observation Farewell THE VOYAGES and TRAVELS OF Sir John Mandevile Knight CHAP. 1 A Description of the Way to Hierusalem on Horse on Foot or by Sea HE that will travel to Hierusalem may go many ways both by Sea and Land after the Country that he cometh from And think not kind Reader that I will tell all the Towns Cities and Castles that men shall pass by going for then should I make too long a Tale but only the most principal Countries Cities and Towns that men shall go by and through to go the right way Likewise at Constantinople is the Cross of our Lord and his Coat without seam the Spunge and the Reed with the which the Iews gave our Lord Gall to drink on the Cross and there is one of the Nails that our Lord was nailed with to the Cross. Some men think that half the Cross of Christ is in Cypress in an Abbey of Monks that men call the Hill of the holy Cross but it is not so for the Cross that is in Cypress is the Cross on the which Dismas the good Thief was hanged but all men know not that yet for the getting of the offering they say that it is the Cross of our Lord. For ye shall understand that the Cross of our Lord Iesus Christ was made of four manner of trees as is apparent by the Verse following In Cruce fit Palma Cedrus Cypressus Oliva For the piece that went up right from the Earth unto the head was of Cypress and the piece that went overthwart to which his hands were nailed were Palm the stock that stood within the Earth in which they made a Morteis was of Cedar and the Table above his Head on which the Title was written was of Olive The Iews made this Cross of these four Woods for they thought our Lord should have hanged as long as the Cross would last therefore made they the foot of Cedar for Cedar will not rot in the
so by the Bastle of Pallerins then to Askalon and to Iaphet and so to the holy City of Ierusalem CHAP. XI The way by Babylon where the Soldan dwelleth AND whoso will go through the Land of Babylon where the Soldan dwelleth he may go more securely through these Countries but must go up to Mount Sinai before he come to Ierusalem and then return by Ierusalem and then by Jerusalem and he shall go from Gaza to the Castle Dayre And after a man cometh out of Sury and goeth on the way is very sandy and the Wilderness lasteth eight days journey wherefore men must provide them of necessary victuals and that Wilderness is called Archellek When a man cometh out of this Desart he entreth into Egypt and they call Eygpt Canopat and in another Language men call it Mersine and the first good Town that men come to is called Beleth which is at the end of the Kingdom of Alap and from thence men come to Babylon and to Kayre and in Kayre is a fair Church of our Lady where she dwelt seven years when she was out of the Land of the Jews for dread of King Herod And there lyeth the body of Saint Babara Virgin and there dwelt Joseph when he was sold of his Brethren And in Babylon Nebuchodonosor put the Children into the Fire because they worshipped the true God these Children were called Ananias Azarias and Misael as the Psalm of Benedicite saith but Nebuchodonosor called them thus Sadrak Misak and Abednego that is God glorious and victorious God over all Kingdoms and that was for Miracle that he made God's Son as he said go with those Children through the Fire There dwelleth the Soldan for there is a fair City and a strong Castle which standeth upon a Rock In that Castle are always dwelling to keep the Castle and to serve the Soldan above eight thousand persons that take all their provision at the Soldans Court. This I well know for I dwelt with him a great while a Soldier in the Wars against the Bedians or Arabins and he would have marryed me unto a great Princess If I would have forsaken my Faith CHAP. XII Here followeth of the Soldan and of his Kingdoms that he hath Conquered which he holdeth still by force AND ye shall understand that the Soldan is Lord of seven Kingdoms which he hath Conquered and gotten to him by strength and these be they the Kingdom of Canopat the Kingdom of Egypt the Kingdom of Jerusalem whereof David and Solomon were Kings the Kingdom of Sury whose chief City is Damasse or Damascus the Kingdom of Alape in the Land of Dameth and the Kingdom of Arabia which was one of the three Kings that made Offering to our Lord when he was born Many other Isles he holds in his hand He holdeth Calupgas that is a great benefit unto him being among them of Royes Isle and that Vale is cold And then men go up to the Mount of St. Katharine and that is much higher than the Mount of Moses And this St. Katharine hath no Image in any Church or Castle nor other dwelling place but there is a Hill of Stones gathered together about the place where she was buryed There was wont to be a Chappel which now is wholly cast down but a great part of the Stones is there left And under the foot of Mount Sinai is a Monastery of Monks and there is the Church of Saint Katharine wherein be many Lamps burning and they have oyle-Olive enough to eat and to burn and that they have by Miracle for they say there come certain of all manner of Birds every year once like Pilgrims and each of them bringeth a Branch of Olive in token of offering whereof they make much Oyl CHAP. XIII For to return from Sinai to Jerusalem NOw when a man hath visited the holy place of St. Katharine and he will turn to Jerusalem if he shall first take leave of the Monks and recommend him especially to their prayers then those Monks will freely give to Pilgrims Victuals to pass through the Wilderness to Sury so much as shall last thirtéen days journey And in that Wilderness dwell many Arabians that men call Bedions and Ascopards These are Folks that are still of all manner of ill conditions and they have no Houses but Tents which they make of Beasts skins as of Camels and other Beasts which they eat and thereunder they lie and they seek to dwell in places where they may find water near the Red Sea for in that Wilderness is great want of water and it falleth out that where a man findeth water one time he findeth it not another time And therefore make they no Houses in those Countreys These men that I speak of Till not the Land for they eat no bread except it be those that dwell near a good Town and they rost their Fish and Flesh upon hot stones against the Sun and they are strong men and warlike but they do little but hunt wild Beasts for their sustenance and they set not by their lives therefore they dread not the Soldan nor any Prince of the World And they had great War with the Soldan at the same time that I was with the Soldan They bear but a Shield and a Spear to defend them with and they use no other Armour but they wind their Heads with a Linnen Cloth CHAP. XIV When men are passed this Wilderness then to come again to Jerusalem AND when men have passed this Wilderness to come to Jerusalem they pass by Bersheba that was sometime a fair and a rich Town of Christians and yet is there some of the Churches left and in that Town dwelt Abraham the Patriarch This Town of Bersheba was founded by Vrias on whose Wife David begat Solomon the wise that was King of Jerusalem and of the Twelve Tribes of Israel and he reigned forty years and from thence men go to the Vale of Ebron that is from thence near twelve miles and some call it the Vale of Mambre and it is called the Vale of Tears forasmuch as Adam in that Vale bewailed an hundred years the Death of his Son Abel whom Cain slew And this Ebron was sometime the principal City of the Philistims and there dwelt Byants and it was frée so that all that had done evil in other places were there saved In Ebron Joshua and Caleb and their Company came first to espy how they might win the Land of Promise In Ebron David reigned first seven years and a half and in Jerusalem he reigned two and thirty years and a half and there be the Graves of the Patriarchs Adam Abraham Isaac and Jacob and of their Wives Eve Sara Rebekah and Leah and they Ise in the side of the Hill And beside this Hill is a right fair Church builded after the fashion and manner of a Castle which the Sarasins kéep right well and they have the place in great Worship for the Holy Patriarchs sake that
sometime Moryach but after it'was called Belet and there is the Ark of God with some Reliques of the Iews This Ark did Titus carry with him to Rome when he had discomfitted the Iews In that same Ark were the Ten Commandments and Aarons Rod and Moses Rod with which he parted the Red sea when the people of Israel passed through on dry foot and there was the Vessel of Hanna the Clothing and Ornaments and the Tabernacle of Aaron and a square Table of Gold with twelve precious Stones and a Fox of Iasper graven with four fingers and eight Names of our Lord within and seven Candlesticks of Gold and four Censors of Gold and an Altar also of fine Gold and four Lions of Gold unto the which they had a Cherubim of Gold twelve spans long and a Tabernacle of Gold and also twelve Trumpets of Silver and a Table of Silver and seven Earley Loaves and many other Reliques that were before the Nativity of Christ. Vpon the Rock slept Jacob when he saw Angels go up and said Vere locus iste sanctus est ego ignorabam that is Surely this place is holy and I wist not And there the Angel changed Jacobs Name and called him Israel In that same place also David saw the Angel that slew the People with a Sword and put it all bloody into the Sheath And on this Reck was S. Simeon when he received our Lord into the Temple and on this Rock set he him when the Iews would have stoned him and the Rock rent in two and in that Cleft he hid him and after came down and gave him Light And on this Rock sat our Lady and learned her Psalter There likewise our Lord forgave the sins of the woman that was taken and found in Adultery And there was our Lord Iesus Circumcised and there the Angel denounced to Zachary the Nativity of S. John Baptist. And there first offered Melchisedech Bread and Wine and Water to our Lord in token of the Sacrament that was to come and there David prayed to our Lord for mercy for him and for his people when he saw the Angel slay his people and our Lord anon heard his prayer and therefore he would have made the Temple in the place but our Lord Iesus Christ forbade him by an Angel for he had committed murther in consenting to the slaying of the good Knight Vriah for to have his wife therefore all that he had prepared for the building of the Temple he left to Solomon his Son and he built it and prayed to the Lord that all those that prayed in that place deboutly and with good heart that he would hear their prayer and grant that they servently asked and the Lord granted it wherefore Solomon his Son called it the Temple of Counsel and help of God Without the doors of that Temple is an Altar where the Iews were wont to offer Doves and Turtles and in that Temple was Zichary slain and on the Pinacle the Iews set St. James that was the first Bishop of Hierusalem And a little from this Temple on the right side is a Church covered with Lead that is called the School of Solomon Towards the South is the Temple of Salon which is a great place and they were the Founders thereof and of their Order and in that Templum Domini dwell Canons From this Temple toward the East six and twenty paces in a corner of the City is the Path of our Lord and this Path was wont to go to Paradise and not far thence is our Ladies Bed and near that is S. Simeons Tomb. Without the Cloyster of the Temple toward the North is a fair Church of St. Anne our Ladies Mother and there was our Lady conceived and before that Church is a great Trée which began to grow that same night And as men go down from that Church two and twenty steps lyeth Joachim our Ladies Father in a Tomb of stone and there near was laid sometime St. Anne but St. Elena did translate her to Constantinople In this Church is a Well in manner of a Cistern that is called Probatica piscina that hath five Enterings and into that Cistern an Angel was wont to descend and stir the water and what man had bathed first therein after the stirring was made whole what disease soever he had There was the man of the Palsie made whole who had béen sick eight and thirty years and there beside was the House of Pilate and a little from that the House of King Herod who slew the Innocents CHAP. XXIV Of Herod the King THis King Herod was a very wicked man and a Tyrant for he did first and formost slay his Wife whom he loved full well and for the great love of her he went out of his wits and so was he a long time and afterward he came again to himself And after he slew his own Children that he had gotten of the said wife and commanded likewise his second wife to be slain and a son that he had begotten of her and after that he slew his own Mother and he would also have slain his own Brother but his Brother dyed suddenly and thus he did all the ill that he might And then he fell sick and when he saw that he should die he sent for his Sister and all the great Lords of the Country and when they were there he did put all the Lords into a Tower and said to his Sister he wist well that the men of the Country would make no sorrow for him when he was dead and therefore he made her to swear unto him that she would smite off the Heads of the Lords every one after his death and then would men of the Country make sorrow for his death in regard of the Noble mens deaths and then he made his last Testament But his Sister fulfilled it not as pertaining unto the death of the Lords for as soon as he was dead she delivered the Lords out of the Tower and sent every one home to their houses and told them what her Brother commanded her to do unto them And ye shall understand that in that time were thrée Herods of great name This of whom I speak was called Herod Ascolonite and he that did smite off St. John Baptists Head was called Herod Antipa and the third was called Herod Agrippa and he did slay St. James and put St. Peter in Prison CHAP. XXV Of Saint Salvators Church A Little within the City is St. Salvators Church and therein is Saint John Chrysostomes Arm and the most part of Saint Stephens Head And at the entering of Mount Sion is a Chappel and in that Chappel is that great and large Stone with which the Sepulcre was covered when Christ was laid therein the which Stone as it is written the thrée Maries saw turned upward when they came to the Sepulcre and they found an Angel that told them that Christ was Risen from Death to Life and there is a