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as_o on_o the_o contrary_a if_o i_o make_v good_a that_o susiana_n have_v that_o name_n and_o have_v it_o still_o at_o present_a it_o will_v be_v a_o most_o evident_a proof_n that_o the_o gehon_n be_v the_o easterly_a mouth_n of_o the_o euphrates_n ii_o all_o the_o journal_o of_o traveller_n do_v chuzestan_n inform_v we_o that_o susiana_n be_v now_o call_v chuzestan_n a_o name_n make_v up_o of_o the_o word_n chuz_n and_o the_o persical_a termination_n benjamin_n of_o navarre_n say_v that_o the_o great_a province_n of_o elam_n whereof_o susa_n be_v the_o metropolis_n and_o which_o the_o tigris_n water_n be_v call_v so_o that_o province_n of_o elam_n be_v elymais_n which_o extend_v itself_o as_o far_o as_o the_o coast_n of_o the_o persian_a gulf_n at_o the_o east_n of_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o euphrates_n the_o nubian_n geographer_n and_o some_o other_o arabian_n call_v it_o churestan_n but_o it_o be_v probable_o a_o oversight_n of_o the_o copier_n who_o do_v not_o distinguish_v the_o 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be_v the_o beginning_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o nimrod_n 10._o these_o be_v the_o word_n of_o moses_n ereâ—_n be_v a_o town_n situate_v on_o the_o common_a canal_n of_o the_o tigris_n and_o euphrates_n babylon_n be_v situate_v on_o the_o euphrates_n above_o the_o join_n of_o the_o two_o river_n these_o two_o town_n give_v their_o name_n to_o two_o province_n babylonia_n extend_v itself_o as_o far_o as_o the_o join_n of_o the_o river_n and_o the_o province_n of_o erec_n or_o iraque_fw-la extend_v itself_o all_o along_o the_o common_a canal_n of_o these_o two_o river_n on_o the_o right_n and_o the_o left_a hand_n from_o their_o join_v together_o to_o their_o come_n into_o the_o sea_n time_n have_v alter_v these_o thing_n iraque_fw-la have_v extend_v itself_o to_o babylonia_n assyria_n and_o media_n and_o give_v they_o its_o name_n and_o babylonia_n possess_v itself_o of_o the_o whole_a ancient_a province_n of_o iraque_fw-la i_o say_v then_o that_o the_o earthly_a paradise_n be_v 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hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d barzel_n which_o signify_v iron_n for_o the_o egyptian_a tongue_n have_v some_o affinity_n with_o the_o hebrew_n vi_o what_o we_o may_v most_o probable_o history_n suppose_v concern_v memnon_n expedition_n may_v be_v take_v out_o of_o 4._o diodorus_n and_o some_o other_o the_o kingdom_n of_o troy_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o empire_n of_o assyria_n tithonus_n a_o brother_n to_o priam_n who_o possess_v that_o kingdom_n go_v to_o the_o court_n of_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n who_o give_v he_o the_o government_n of_o susiana_n he_o marry_v there_o be_v already_o old_a and_o because_o his_o wife_n be_v of_o a_o country_n situate_v on_o the_o east_n of_o graecia_n and_o troy_n the_o grecian_n who_o use_v to_o turn_v all_o history_n into_o fiction_n say_v that_o he_o have_v marry_v aurora_n from_o that_o marriage_n come_v memnon_n and_o emathion_n the_o war_n of_o troy_n come_v afterward_o priam_n beg_v some_o succour_n of_o teutamus_n king_n of_o assyria_n he_o grant_v he_o twenty_o thousand_o man_n and_o two_o hundred_o chariot_n of_o war._n diodorus_n say_v that_o that_o succour_n consist_v of_o ten_o thousand_o aethiopian_n and_o ten_o thousand_o susian_o fall_v into_o the_o common_a error_n again_o and_o confound_a chus_n of_o aethiopia_n with_o that_o of_o susiana_n in_o order_n to_o make_v this_o succour_n more_o useful_a teutamus_n give_v the_o command_n of_o it_o to_o memnon_n a_o young_a prince_n of_o a_o trojan_a family_n and_o therefore_o concern_v in_o the_o preservation_n of_o troy_n he_o keep_v tithonus_n by_o he_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o wisdom_n which_o make_v he_o very_o necessary_a in_o his_o counsel_n and_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o old_a age_n unfit_a for_o that_o expedition_n memnon_n find_v some_o resistance_n in_o his_o way_n the_o solymi_n among_o other_o who_o since_o be_v call_v pisidian_n will_v needs_o dispute_v his_o passage_n but_o he_o rout_v they_o and_o all_o that_o oppose_v he_o he_o make_v all_o passage_n clean_a he_o repair_v the_o way_n and_o deserve_v by_o that_o long_a and_o dangerous_a march_n that_o that_o highway_n shall_v have_v his_o name_n and_o be_v call_v memnonian_n he_o very_o valiant_o fight_v against_o the_o grecian_n before_o troy_n but_o he_o be_v at_o last_o slay_v by_o achilles_n they_o talk_v very_o various_o of_o the_o place_n of_o his_o bury_n for_o without_o take_v notice_n of_o philostratus_n who_o say_v he_o 1._o have_v no_o grave_a and_o be_v change_v into_o that_o miraculous_a stone_n troas_n phoenicia_n and_o susiana_n contend_v for_o it_o among_o themselves_o and_o above_o all_o aethiopia_n although_o it_o have_v no_o other_o claim_n to_o his_o bury_n nor_o to_o his_o birth_n than_o that_o give_v it_o by_o the_o equivocation_n of_o the_o word_n chus_n vii_o but_o notwithstanding_o ancient_n the_o obscurity_n that_o equivocation_n bring_v into_o this_o history_n heroic_a philostratus_n 166._o george_n syncellus_n that_o be_v to_o say_v coadjutor_n of_o the_o church_n of_o constantinople_n and_o 〈◊〉_d suidas_n who_o have_v read_v and_o copy_v good_a author_n though_o he_o often_o do_v it_o not_o very_o judicious_o give_v yet_o testimony_n to_o truth_n the_o first_o by_o say_v that_o memnon_n the_o aethiopian_a that_o be_v to_o say_v amenophis_n never_o come_v to_o troy_n and_o be_v without_o ground_n confound_v with_o memnon_n the_o trojan_a and_o can_v not_o imagine_v how_o memnon_n can_v have_v bring_v a_o succour_n from_o so_o remote_a a_o country_n to_o the_o trojan_n nor_o also_o by_o what_o chance_n tithonus_n can_v have_v settle_v himself_o in_o aethiopia_n and_o become_v king_n of_o it_o the_o second_o by_o exact_o distinguish_v amenophis_n king_n of_o thebes_n in_o egypt_n who_o be_v also_o call_v memnon_n and_o the_o speak_a stone_n from_o memnon_n son_n of_o tithonus_n who_o he_o place_n among_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n and_o
etymology_n than_o to_o any_o other_o when_o they_o express_v the_o swiftness_n of_o that_o river_n by_o the_o word_n 2_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d josephus_n have_v in_o a_o manner_n acknowledge_v it_o when_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o place_n must_v be_v correct_v and_o read_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v diglath_n which_o be_v expound_v narrow_a and_o nimble_a but_o we_o must_v not_o look_v upon_o josephus_n as_o a_o great_a master_n of_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n the_o rabbin_n have_v speak_v more_o exact_o than_o josephus_n and_o deduce_v that_o word_n from_o its_o true_a origin_n that_o which_o moses_n barcepha_n propose_v be_v not_o to_o be_v reject_v 18._o he_o derive_v chiddekel_n from_o the_o chaldaean_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dekal_n which_o signify_v to_o boil_v and_o perhaps_o the_o place_n of_o hesychius_n must_v be_v refer_v to_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o the_o word_n tigris_n signify_v the_o noise_n make_v by_o the_o impetuosity_n of_o a_o river_n other_o river_n beside_o this_o have_v be_v call_v tigris_n and_o probable_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n iv._o it_o be_v in_o vain_a then_o that_o some_o naharmalca_n learned_a man_n but_o withal_o conceit_v be_v not_o able_a to_o fit_v their_o preconception_n to_o thing_n endeavour_v to_o fit_a thing_n to_o their_o preconception_n they_o fancy_v that_o what_o moses_n call_v here_o chiddekel_n be_v the_o naharmalca_n one_o of_o the_o canal_n through_o which_o the_o euphrates_n run_v into_o the_o tigris_n and_o which_o be_v make_v long_o after_o moses_n by_o hand_n beside_o that_o the_o water_n of_o the_o euphrates_n be_v much_o above_o the_o water_n of_o the_o tigris_n as_o i_o have_v show_v make_v it_o evident_a that_o those_o natural_a or_o artificial_a channel_n be_v but_o part_n of_o the_o euphrates_n can_v have_v be_v take_v for_o the_o tigris_n and_o that_o one_o can_v pretend_v to_o persuade_v we_o without_o proof_n that_o the_o tigris_n be_v not_o the_o tigris_n chap._n xv._n continuation_n of_o the_o explanation_n of_o the_o fourteen_o verse_n i._o the_o hebrew_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d kidmath_n can_v signify_v in_o this_o place_n on_o the_o east_n ii_o in_o what_o sense_n it_o ought_v to_o be_v take_v that_o the_o tigris_n go_v towards_o assyria_n i._o verse_n 14._o that_o be_v it_o which_o go_v towards_o assyria_n there_o be_v two_o opinion_n upon_o this_o place_n the_o east_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d kidmath_n be_v the_o occasion_n thereof_o some_o will_v have_v it_o to_o be_v a_o preposition_n which_o signify_v towards_o on_o the_o side_n of_o other_o a_o adverb_n of_o place_n which_o signify_v on_o the_o east_n the_o seventy_o interpreter_n almost_o all_o those_o who_o follow_v their_o translation_n and_o st._n jerom_n in_o the_o vulgar_a translation_n be_v for_o the_o first_o opinion_n the_o chaldaean_a paraphrast_n most_o of_o the_o rabbin_n and_o hebrician_n be_v for_o the_o second_o the_o modern_a commentator_n have_v take_v part_n suitable_a to_o their_o opinion_n i_o be_o surprise_v at_o this_o difference_n of_o opinion_n for_o if_o they_o have_v consider_v the_o situation_n of_o assyria_n and_o the_o run_n of_o the_o tigris_n the_o difficulty_n will_v be_v easy_o assoil_v the_o word_n assyria_n may_v be_v take_v either_o in_o a_o narrow_a or_o in_o a_o more_o large_a sense_n in_o the_o narrow_a sense_n assyria_n be_v a_o small_a province_n whereof_o ninive_n be_v the_o chief_a town_n and_o it_o be_v that_o province_n which_o have_v since_o be_v call_v adiabene_n in_o the_o more_o large_a sense_n assyria_n do_v comprehend_v many_o great_a province_n belong_v to_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n and_o which_o make_v up_o their_o empire_n it_o happen_v to_o this_o state_n as_o to_o france_n that_o the_o most_o ancient_a part_n of_o the_o empire_n give_v its_o name_n to_o the_o other_o which_o afterward_o be_v join_v to_o it_o in_o what_o sense_n soever_o you_o take_v assyria_n it_o be_v certain_a the_o tigris_n be_v not_o on_o the_o east_n in_o respect_n to_o it_o except_o you_o take_v it_o for_o syria_n as_o some_o grecian_a author_n have_v do_v but_o one_o must_v be_v very_o ignorant_a of_o ancient_a history_n to_o think_v that_o moses_n have_v take_v it_o in_o that_o sense_n since_o the_o name_n of_o syria_n be_v but_o modern_a and_o come_v from_o the_o hebrew_n name_n of_o tyre_n which_o be_v the_o chief_a town_n of_o it_o and_o best_a know_v to_o the_o grecian_n and_o on_o the_o contrary_a the_o name_n of_o assyria_n come_v from_o the_o hebrew_n word_n assur_n we_o may_v true_o say_v that_o the_o tigris_n run_v through_o assyria_n when_o under_o the_o name_n of_o assyria_n we_o comprehend_v mesopotamia_n syria_n and_o a_o part_n of_o arabia_n but_o that_o word_n be_v not_o take_v in_o so_o large_a a_o sense_n but_o long_o after_o moses_n who_o can_v not_o have_v understand_v by_o the_o name_n of_o assyria_n only_o a_o very_a small_a parcel_n of_o land_n about_o ninive_n and_o this_o we_o may_v suppose_v the_o arabian_a interpreter_n mean_v when_o he_o say_v the_o tigris_n run_v to_o the_o east_n of_o mausal_n mausal_n be_v a_o city_n in_o mesopotamia_n situate_v on_o the_o side_n of_o the_o tigris_n over_o against_o the_o place_n where_o the_o ancient_a ninive_n stand_v and_o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o tigrisâ—uns_v â—uns_z on_o the_o east_n of_o that_o city_n but_o he_o misâ—ook_v when_o he_o take_v mausal_n for_o ninive_n for_o though_o they_o be_v almost_o always_o take_v one_o for_o the_o other_o nevertheless_o the_o one_o lie_n on_o the_o east_n of_o the_o river_n and_o the_o other_o on_o the_o west_n i_o can_v then_o see_v upon_o what_o ground_n it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o the_o tigris_n go_v towards_o the_o east_n of_o assyria_n ii_o calvin_n be_v sensible_a of_o the_o weight_n assyria_n of_o this_o objection_n and_o in_o order_n to_o shun_v it_o he_o translate_v c'estuy_n lá_fw-la vers_fw-la l'orient_n &_o assyrie_a that_o go_v towards_o the_o eâ—…_n and_o assyria_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o hebrew_n text_n where_o this_o conjunction_n be_v not_o find_v nor_o the_o preposition_n neither_o which_o some_o insert_v translate_n thus_o on_o the_o east_n towards_o assyria_n we_o must_v then_o return_v to_o the_o translation_n of_o the_o seventy_o interpreter_n and_o translate_v thus_o which_o go_v towards_o assyria_n and_o we_o must_v not_o think_v that_o moses_n say_v the_o tigris_n go_v towards_o assyria_n in_o respect_n to_o the_o spring_n of_o that_o river_n or_o to_o the_o run_v of_o its_o water_n but_o in_o regard_n to_o the_o situation_n of_o the_o earthly_a paradise_n and_o to_o the_o disposition_n of_o the_o channel_n of_o the_o tigris_n as_o when_o he_o say_v that_o a_o river_n go_v out_o of_o eden_n to_o water_v the_o garden_n and_o from_o thence_o it_o be_v part_v and_o become_v into_o four_o head_n he_o have_v the_o same_o regard_n both_o to_o the_o situation_n of_o paradise_n and_o to_o the_o disposition_n of_o the_o channel_n of_o the_o tigris_n chap._n xvi_o continuation_n of_o the_o explanation_n of_o the_o fourteen_o verse_n i._o false_a etymology_n of_o the_o name_n of_o the_o euphrates_n ii_o the_o true_a etymology_n of_o that_o name_n iii_o virtue_n attribute_v to_o the_o water_n of_o the_o euphtate_n i._o verse_n 14._o and_o the_o four_o river_n be_v euphrates_n euphrates_n moses_n affix_v no_o mark_n of_o distinction_n on_o that_o river_n because_o it_o can_v not_o be_v confound_v with_o the_o other_o which_o he_o have_v already_o make_v know_v and_o its_o largeness_n and_o neighbourhood_n render_v it_o know_v enough_o in_o the_o place_n and_o among_o the_o nation_n to_o who_o he_o do_v write_v that_o river_n keep_v its_o name_n better_o than_o the_o other_o it_o be_v a_o mistake_n to_o think_v that_o the_o name_n of_o the_o euphrates_n be_v make_v up_o of_o its_o hebrew_a name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d perath_n and_o of_o the_o pronoun_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hu_o which_o be_v put_v together_o in_o this_o place_n yet_o it_o have_v be_v think_v so_o by_o many_o learned_a men._n the_o grecian_n change_v perath_n into_o euphrates_n adjust_v that_o word_n as_o well_o as_o all_o other_o strange_a word_n to_o the_o genius_n of_o their_o tongue_n as_o if_o it_o be_v derive_v from_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v to_o rejoice_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o pleasantness_n the_o euphrates_n bring_v into_o all_o the_o place_n through_o which_o it_o run_v this_o etymology_n have_v be_v accept_v by_o many_o as_o st._n ambrose_n observe_v it_o may_v be_v 3._o also_o that_o have_v read_v that_o this_o river_n be_v call_v so_o by_o reason_n of_o its_o fertility_n they_o derive_v it_o
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have_v be_v form_v the_o name_n of_o diklat_a diglath_n degil_n degela_n diglito_n and_o tigris_n if_o from_o the_o place_n where_o i_o set_v the_o earthly_a paradise_n one_o may_v see_v the_o disposition_n of_o the_o channel_n of_o that_o river_n it_o may_v be_v observe_v that_o it_o real_o run_v towards_o the_o old_a assyria_n whereof_o the_o chief_a town_n be_v ninive_n and_o in_o fine_a the_o four_o river_n be_v the_o euphrates_n which_o keep_v its_o name_n till_o now_o ix_o if_o we_o examine_v without_o prejudice_n all_o those_o character_n propose_v wherewith_o moses_n mark_v the_o situation_n of_o the_o earthly_a paradise_n we_o shall_v not_o only_o find_v that_o they_o exact_o agree_v with_o that_o which_o i_o do_v propose_v but_o also_o that_o they_o can_v fit_v no_o other_o neither_o those_o that_o have_v be_v imagine_v hitherto_o in_o a_o very_a great_a number_n nor_o those_o that_o can_v be_v hereafter_o imagine_v for_o there_o be_v no_o other_o province_n of_o chavilah_n and_o chus_n beside_o those_o that_o i_o mark_v where_o a_o phison_n and_o gehon_n can_v be_v find_v there_o be_v no_o other_o tigris_n that_o go_v towards_o assyria_n there_o be_v no_o other_o euphrates_n which_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o four_o head_n into_o which_o be_v divide_v the_o river_n that_o water_v the_o earthly_a paradise_n and_o final_o there_o be_v no_o other_o place_n beside_o that_o in_o which_o i_o set_v paradise_n that_o be_v water_v by_o a_o river_n divide_v into_o these_o four_o river_n just_o now_o mention_v x._o it_o remain_v that_o pious_a soul_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v offend_v faith_n at_o the_o novelty_n of_o this_o opinion_n so_o different_a from_o what_o the_o father_n be_v believe_v i_o show_v from_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o this_o treatise_n that_o they_o themselves_o be_v divide_v into_o a_o great_a many_o divers_a opinion_n and_o that_o there_o be_v neither_o among_o they_o nor_o in_o the_o church_n any_o uniformity_n of_o doctrine_n or_o tradition_n upon_o this_o subject_a and_o after_o all_o 23._o st._n austin_n declare_v that_o the_o question_n concern_v the_o situation_n of_o the_o earthly_a paradise_n belong_v not_o at_o all_o to_o the_o faith_n by_o which_o we_o be_v make_v christian_n and_o the_o true_a or_o false_a side_n may_v be_v hold_v thereupon_o without_o any_o danger_n of_o heresy_n a_o table_n of_o thing_n remarkable_a a_o abraham_n bring_v up_o among_o the_o sabian_o 126_o persecute_a by_o the_o king_n of_o the_o sabian_o 125_o abulla_o a_o river_n 148_o acis_n a_o river_n of_o sicily_n 133_o adana_n a_o city_n of_o cilicia_n 21_o 110_o adana_n a_o city_n of_o arabia_n 22_o aden_n or_o adana_n ibid._n adonis_n garden_n 145_o adiabene_n a_o country_n of_o assyria_n 138_o aelius_n gallus_n 101_o alcinous's_n garden_n 145_o alexander_n change_v the_o true_a channel_n of_o phison_n 80_o take_v away_o the_o leap_v and_o cataract_n of_o the_o euphrates_n and_o tigrisâ—2_n â—2_z restore_v the_o euphrates_n to_o its_o ancient_a channel_n 60_o 61_o alileans_n 88_o amenophis_n confound_v with_o memnon_n 123_o 129_o king_n of_o egypt_n 129_o andromeda_n 130_o anime_fw-mi bdellium_fw-la anuchtha_n build_v by_o cain_n 149_o arraca_n or_o erec_n 13_o 24_o 25_o arabia_n why_o so_o name_v 28_o arabia_n 88_o 96_o 100_o arabia_n fellix_fw-la 22_o arabia_n only_o afford_v the_o onyx_n 102_o araxus_n gehon_n 6_o or_o 104_o the_o ark_n of_o noah_n rest_v upon_o the_o gordiaean_a mountain_n 152_o assyria_n confound_v with_o syria_n 138_o compose_v of_o many_o province_n 138_o assyria_n adiabene_n 138_o 139_o astapus_n what_o it_o signify_v 109_o atergatis_n derceto_n 131_o atyria_n for_o assyria_n 120_o aurora_n why_o name_v cissiana_n 121_o b_o babylonia_n and_o its_o territory_n 24_o baharen_n 8_o 79_o 94_o 96_o afford_v precious_a stone_n 94_o bassalta_n have_v the_o colour_n and_o the_o hardness_n of_o iron_n 126_o bassora_n by_o who_o build_v 125_o situate_v in_o a_o very_a pleasant_a country_n 147_o bavan_n a_o river_n 148_o bdellium_n anime_fw-mi 5_o 92_o 96_o bdellium_n of_o arabia_n 96_o 97_o of_o bactriana_n 97_o of_o scythia_n 96_o diverse_o interpret_v 5_o bedolach_n and_o its_o signification_n 91_o beryl_n a_o kind_n of_o onyx_n 100_o beth_n eden_o a_o valley_n of_o syria_n 2d_o mr._n bochart_n contradict_v himself_o about_o the_o situation_n of_o paradise_n 8_o c_z calvin_n opinion_n about_o the_o situation_n of_o paradise_n 8_o 12_o calthua_n a_o city_n of_o arabia_n 87_o caput_fw-la and_o its_o signification_n 51_o 52_o catif_a a_o city_n of_o arabia_n 96_o carik_n a_o island_n in_o the_o persian_a gulf._n 96_o cassanites_n a_o people_n of_o arabia_n 88_o ch_n aspiration_n 131_o chablasians_n inhabitant_n of_o chavilah_n 86_o chader_n a_o island_n vide_fw-la messene_n 56_o 64_o 80_o a_o island_n whence_o name_v 147_o chammanim_fw-la 124_o the_o cananaean_n leave_v their_o astronomick_a learning_n write_v upon_o stone_n 151_o chariclaea_n a_o aethiopian_a 130_o chavelaean_n inhabitant_n of_o chavilah_n 86_o chavilah_n two_o divers_a province_n of_o arabia_n 84_o chavilah_n or_o chaulan_n 85_o where_o situate_v 5_o 87_o so_o name_v of_o chavilah_n son_n of_o chus_n 85_o part_n of_o the_o indies_n through_o which_o the_o ganges_n run_v 5_o 84_o chavilah_n getulia_n 84_o chavilah_n susiana_n 5_o 84_o chaulasians_n inhabitant_n of_o chavilah_n 86_o chaulothaeans_n inhabitant_n of_o chavilah_n 86_o chiddekel_n tigris_n diglath_n 130_o chiddekel_n be_v not_o naharmalca_n 136_o chus_n signify_v aethiopia_n and_o arabia_n 6_o 17_o 112_o the_o arabian_a chus_n be_v not_o far_o distant_a from_o the_o arabian_a gulf._n 118_o chus_n signify_v susiana_n 117_o chuzestan_n otherwise_o churestan_n 113_o 119_o cissia_n a_o province_n of_o susiana_n 121_o a_o city_n of_o susiana_n ibid._n cissians_n a_o people_n of_o susiana_n ibid._n clove-tree_n a_o tree_n of_o paradise_n 72_o column_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o seth._n 151_o cossian_n a_o people_n of_o susiana_n 121_o cutha_n susiana_n 119_o 120_o cuthians_n 120_o cuthus_n a_o river_n ibid._n cydnus_n a_o river_n of_o cilicia_n now_o sichon_n 110_o cyrus_n the_o river_n phison_n 5_o d_o the_o meadow_n of_o damascus_n 148_o danow_n phison_n 5_o 73_o danow_n suppose_v one_o of_o the_o river_n which_o have_v gold_n and_o precious_a stone_n 5_o 73_o darab_n king_n of_o persia_n cast_v out_o into_o the_o river_n oxus_n 111_o degela_n tigris_n 132_o degil_n tigris_n ibid._n derceto_o atergatis_n 131_o dikes_n upon_o the_o coast_n of_o the_o persian_a gulf._n 77_o diglath_n tigris_n 132_o diglito_n tigris_n 132_o 134_o diklat_a tigris_n 132_o diridotis_n see_v teredon_n 65_o 97_o the_o dog_n star_n sirius_n 107_o e_o east_n in_o the_o scripture_n signify_v the_o country_n situate_v between_o the_o persian_a gulf_n and_o judaea_n 125_o east_n a_o name_n give_v to_o the_o eastern_a bank_n of_o tigris_n 28_o the_o east_n be_v respect_v by_o the_o hebrew_n in_o their_o geographical_a description_n 70_o the_o eastern_a people_n son_n of_o the_o east_n 122_o eden_n whether_o a_o proper_a name_n or_o a_o appellative_a 16_o a_o name_n of_o divers_a place_n 21_o a_o province_n of_o babylonia_n 24_o a_o region_n join_v to_o saba_n 89_o with_o five_o point_n and_o with_o six_o be_v the_o same_o thing_n 23_o 24_o why_o so_o call_v 147_o its_z name_v give_v to_o the_o island_n gezair_a ibid._n a_o valley_n of_o syria_n 21_o eden_n a_o village_n of_o tripoli_n 22_o christian_a church_n why_o turn_v eastward_o 32_o egypt_n why_o call_v black_a 107_o the_o egyptian_a tongue_n be_v not_o very_o different_a from_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n 12â—_n eldiris_n nubian_n geographer_n 40_o emathion_n memnon_n brother_n 127_o the_o channel_n of_o euphrates_n 15â—_n ereb_n the_o western_a shore_n of_o tigris_n 2d_o ereâ—_n 2d_o aethiopia_n believe_v to_o be_v near_o the_o indies_n 4â—_n aethiopian_n eastern_a and_o western_a 11â—_n etymology_n necessary_a 13â—_n eulaeus_n pasitigris_n tigris_n and_o euphrates_n 82_o euphrates_n its_o divers_a channel_n 5â—_n why_o so_o call_v full_a of_o mud._n â—â—_o be_v very_o high_a 50_o high_o than_o tigris_n 136_o weaken_a by_o the_o arabian_a channel_n 60_o comes_z from_o heaven_n 109_o join_v to_o tigris_n by_o one_o channel_n 57_o euphrates_n nilus_n 42_o 115_o hath_z the_o same_o spring_n as_o tigris_n 42_o overflow_v the_o country_n 59_o its_z bank_n most_o people_v in_o moses_n his_o time_n 90_o elysian_a field_n 145_o g_o ganges_n gehon_n phison_n 12_o 104_o ganges_n and_o nilus_n rise_v out_o from_o the_o same_o spring_n 41_o ganges_n holy_a 68_o a_o heavenly_a river_n 109_o afford_v gold_n and_o precious_a stone_n 69_o hath_z crocodile_n and_o hippopotames_n 41_o its_o overflowing_n ibid._n gehon_n the_o eastern_a channel_n of_o euphrates_n and_o tigris_n 14_o 75_o 112_o gehon_n araxes_n 6_o 104_o ganges_n 104_o naharmalca_n ibid._n naharseres_fw-la ibid._n nilus_n 69_o 105_o oxus_n 109_o gehon_n a_o river_n
of_o cilicia_n be_v the_o same_o as_o pyramus_n 110_o gehon_n near_o jerusalem_n call_v siloe_n 10â—_o the_o old_a geography_n be_v not_o very_o certain_a 41_o 74_o getulia_n chavilath_n 84_o gezair_n why_o so_o call_v 147_o gichon_n a_o name_n of_o nilus_n 105_o giulfal_n afford_v precious_a stone_n 102_o the_o persian_a gulf_n have_v a_o great_a many_o meers_n 77_o gordiaean_a mountain_n 152_o adonis_n garden_n their_o origin_n 17_o alcinous's_n garden_n their_o origin_n 145_o hesperides_n garden_n their_o origin_n ibid._n jupiter_n garden_n their_o origin_n ibid._n golden_a garden_n give_v to_o pompey_n by_o aristobulus_n 17_o garden_n of_o syria_n 146_o garden_n of_o the_o world_n four_o famous_a place_n of_o asia_n 148_o garden_n of_o eastern_a prince_n and_o their_o origin_n 17_o h_n haoula_n ceilan_n 124_o hippopotames_n of_o ganges_n 41_o hippopotames_n of_o the_o river_n petzora_n ibid._n hydaspes_n phison_n 72_o hyphasis_n phison_n ibid._n cure_v fever_n ibid._n bring_v forth_o the_o clove-tree_n ibid._n the_o hebrew_n name_n of_o precious_a stone_n be_v not_o understand_v i_o jatsa_fw-la in_o hebrew_n signify_v a_o course_n of_o water_n 43_o jaxartes_n call_v sichon_n 109_o the_o indies_n and_o aethiopia_n confound_v by_o the_o ancient_n 114_o the_o name_n of_o the_o indies_n from_o eden_n indus_n phison_n 72_o indoscythia_n 97_o josephus_n correct_v 114_o 135_o jraqua_n a_o province_n its_o territory_n â—â—_o happy_a island_n and_o their_o origin_n 145_o jupiter_n be_v nilus_n according_a to_o the_o egyptian_n 108_o k_o kedem_fw-la or_o east_n country_n situate_v near_o the_o eastern_a bank_n of_o the_o tigris_n 28_o 29_o kidmath_n and_o its_o signification_n 137_o l_o lovain_n divine_v their_o opinion_n of_o paradise_n 14_o m_n mahomet_n opinion_n concern_v the_o river_n of_o the_o earthly_a paradise_n 49_o manna_n have_v the_o colour_n of_o bedolach_n 92_o mausal_n confound_v with_o ninive_n 139_o melas_n and_o melo_n name_n of_o the_o nilus_n 106_o memnon_n bear_v in_o susiana_n 28_o 121_o 12â—_n the_o truth_n of_o the_o history_n of_o memnon_n 127_o memnonian_n wall_n of_o sufa_n 121_o palace_n of_o susa_n ibid._n way_n 128_o citadel_n of_o susa_n 124_o the_o sea_n of_o the_o indies_n 95_o the_o sea_n of_o persia_n ibid._n the_o sea_n of_o aethiopia_n ibid._n messene_n island_n 56_o 64_o mocali_n a_o river_n n_o nabathean_a eastern_n 125_o nichal_n name_n of_o nilus_n 106_o naharmalca_n a_o channel_n or_o cut._n 136_o naharfare_n gehon_n 104_o naid_n see_v nod._n nebuchadonozor_n do_v turn_v the_o water_n of_o euphrates_n by_o many_o channel_n 58_o nebuchadonozor_n master_v the_o violence_n of_o the_o persian_a sea_n 62_o nebuchadonozor_n or_o baltasar_n name_v lucifer_n son_n of_o aurora_n 122_o nilus_n why_o so_o name_v 105_o 106_o hath_z its_o spring_n in_o the_o indies_n 2_o come_v from_o euphrates_n 42_o nilus_n gehon_n 5_o 12_o 105_o why_o say_v to_o fall_v from_o jupiter_n 108_o one_o of_o the_o go_n ibid._n esteem_v holy_a ibid._n nilus_n black_a 107_o compare_v to_o a_o arrow_n its_o overflowing_n 108_o ninive_n confound_v with_o mausal_n 139_o nod_n and_o naid_n and_o its_o signification_n 149_o nozelim_n and_o its_o signification_n 52_o nuchul_n name_n of_o nilus_n 107_o o_o onyx_n be_v the_o sardonyx-stone_n 99_o was_z only_o find_v in_o arabia_n 102_o oroatis_n a_o river_n name_v pasitigris_n by_o the_o soldier_n of_o alexander_n 81_o oâ—â—s_n nilus_n 108_o osiris_n nilus_n ibid._n oxus_n gehon_n 109_o p_o pallacopa_n a_o channel_n of_o euphrates_n 61_o the_o terrestrial_a paradise_n where_o situate_v 12_o its_z rivers_z suppose_v to_o run_v under_o ground_n paradise_n of_o god_n what_o it_o be_v in_o the_o scripture_n 145_o a_o river_n of_o cilicia_n 110_o a_o city_n of_o syria_n 21_o pasitigris_n 81_o pearl_n of_o the_o persian_a gulf._n 93_o pontus_n euxinus_n the_o persian_n ignorant_a in_o navigation_n 61_o persian_a word_n many_o in_o modern_a language_n 133_o pesilim_n stone_n in_o syrias_n 144_o phasis_n phison_n 73_o phison_n be_v the_o western_a channel_n of_o tigris_n and_o euphrates_n 13_o 75_o phison_n why_o so_o name_v 76_o have_v give_v its_o name_n to_o other_o river_n 81_o precious_a stone_n in_o the_o persian_a gulf._n 101_o two_o only_a in_o the_o breastplate_n of_o the_o jewish_a highpriest_n have_v keep_v their_o name_n 98_o pliny_n correct_v ibid._n pluto_n meadow_n 145_o pyramus_n gehon_n 101_o r_o regma_n city_n of_o arabia_n 90_o rosch_n and_o its_o signification_n 51_o saint_n schange_v into_o it_o and_o the_o 120_o saba_n near_o chavilah_n 101_o sabbi_n the_o christian_n of_o st._n john_n 125_o sabéans_n rich_a people_n 88_o sabéans_n a_o name_n common_a to_o many_o people_n 89_o sabéans_n people_n 88_o sabian_o eastern_a people_n 124_o scaliger_n correct_v 119_o schat_n el_fw-es arab_n a_o river_n 45_o 81_o schichor_n nilus_n 106_o schoham_n what_o it_o signify_v 98_o scythia_n and_o indoscythia_n part_n of_o the_o southern_a indies_n 97_o schirath_n be_v syrias_n in_o josephus_n 151_o sichon_n cydnus_n 110_o siloâ—_n a_o torrent_n why_o so_o name_v 113_o 114_o siris_n and_o sirius_n name_n of_o nilus_n 107_o solinus_n correct_v 134_o sollax_n or_o sulax_n tigris_n and_o its_o origin_n 134_o solymi_n pisidian_n 128_o the_o sun_n worship_v by_o many_o people_n 124_o sur_n a_o mountain_n in_o the_o western_a part_n of_o arabia_n near_o the_o holy_a land_n 86_o 163_o susa_n why_o so_o name_v 120_o syrias_n and_o its_o situation_n 144_o syria_n why_o so_o call_v 138_o the_o syrian_n love_n garden_n 146_o schat-el-arab_n a_o river_n of_o the_o arabian_n 81_o the_o fortress_n of_o spasines_n 63_o the_o sabian_o book_n 124_o the_o wise_a man_n câ—me_v from_o saba_n to_o worship_v our_o lord_n 90_o t_n the_o astronomical_a table_n of_o the_o cananaean_n 151_o taijaron_n and_o its_o signification_n 134_o talatha_n see_v thelassar_n 23_o talisman_n image_n of_o the_o sun_n 124_o the_o temple_n of_o solomon_n why_o turn_v westward_o 32_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o roman_n set_v westward_o and_o after_o eastward_o ibid._n teredon_n a_o city_n near_o the_o channel_n of_o phison_n 65_o 97_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d golden_a garden_n of_o aristobulus_n 17_o thelassar_n or_o talatha_n a_o city_n of_o babylonia_n 23_o thor_n for_o sor._n 120_o tigris_n its_o spring_n course_n and_o its_o divers_a chanal_n 56_o thought_n to_o have_v the_o same_o spring_n as_o euphrates_n 42_o the_o channel_n of_o tigris_n be_v very_o low_a 59_o tigris_n why_o so_o name_v 135_o tigris_n false_a origin_n tigris_n a_o river_n and_o tiger_n a_o animal_n 133_o tigris_n sollax_n and_o sùlax_n 134_o tigris_n a_o common_a name_n to_o many_o river_n 136_o tigris_n signify_v a_o arrow_n in_o the_o persian_a tongue_n 133_o tithonus_n 127_o tojor_n a_o arrow_n in_o the_o persian_a tongue_n 133_o trajan_n in_o danger_n in_o the_o island_n which_o separate_v the_o tigris_n and_o euphrates_n 62_o 65_o 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