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frankincense_n and_o that_o out_o of_o its_o break_a root_n drop_v this_o sweet-smelling_a juice_n now_o let_v the_o place_n of_o arabia_n from_o which_o it_o come_v be_v which_o it_o will_v all_o that_o which_o be_v to_o be_v transport_v into_o the_o country_n situate_v along_o the_o tigris_n and_o euphrates_n and_o into_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o northerly_a asia_n must_v needs_o have_v be_v carry_v into_o the_o land_n of_o chavilah_n and_o upon_o that_o account_n arrian_n say_v indic_n there_o be_v make_v a_o great_a sale_n of_o spice_n and_o all_o arabian_a drug_n in_o the_o city_n of_o diridotis_n which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o teredon_n the_o ruin_n whereof_o be_v yet_o now_o to_o be_v see_v near_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o phison_n chap._n xi_o a_o continuation_n of_o the_o exposition_n of_o the_o twelve_o verse_n i._o divers_a opinion_n about_o the_o signification_n of_o the_o hebrew_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d schoham_n ii_o arabia_n be_v former_o the_o most_o abound_a land_n in_o the_o world_n in_o precious_a stone_n iii_o the_o ancient_n believe_v the_o onyx-stone_n be_v no_o where_o else_o to_o be_v find_v but_o in_o arabia_n i._o i_o follow_v the_o vulgar_a translation_n and_o render_v the_o hebrew_n word_n schoham_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d schoham_n by_o that_o of_o onyx-stone_n although_o perhaps_o it_o be_v not_o the_o best_a and_o can_v be_v better_o translate_v by_o the_o word_n beryl_n all_o agree_v that_o the_o true_a signification_n of_o the_o hebrew_n name_n of_o precious_a stone_n be_v unknown_a and_o it_o have_v be_v observe_v that_o among_o the_o twelve_o stone_n that_o be_v in_o the_o high-priest_n breastplate_n none_o but_o the_o sapphire_n and_o jasper_n keep_v their_o name_n i_o can_v add_v that_o no_o body_n be_v well_o
this_o be_v gross_o mistake_v â—hen_o he_o change_v the_o word_n of_o stephanus_n and_o put_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d instead_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o that_o commendable_a custom_n of_o the_o critic_n to_o alter_v in_o the_o work_v of_o the_o ancient_n all_o what_o they_o do_v not_o understand_v that_o part_n of_o the_o province_n of_o chus_n that_o lie_v towards_o arabia_n do_v not_o extend_v itself_o much_o from_o the_o gulf_n and_o from_o the_o sea_n which_o be_v beyond_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o gulf_n and_o be_v real_o a_o border_n and_o there_o will_v be_v no_o reason_n to_o extend_v it_o to_o the_o easterly_a side_n of_o arabia_n and_o to_o the_o westerly_a mouth_n of_o the_o euphrates_n in_o order_n to_o countenance_v the_o opinion_n that_o take_v that_o mouth_n for_o the_o gehon_n the_o limit_n of_o the_o arabian_a chus_n be_v never_o extend_v so_o far_o and_o it_o be_v a_o decisive_a proof_n against_o that_o opinion_n concern_v the_o gehon_n 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 letter_n r_o from_o z_o of_o the_o arabian_n which_o only_o differ_v by_o one_o point_n the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o land_n call_v it_o absolute_o chus_n if_o we_o will_v believe_v marius_n niger_n the_o same_o region_n be_v call_v 24._o cutha_n in_o the_o book_n of_o king_n according_a to_o the_o variety_n of_o dialect_n and_o it_o be_v partly_o from_o thence_o that_o salmanasar_n transport_v a_o colony_n into_o samaria_n to_o fill_v the_o room_n of_o its_o inhabitant_n and_o of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n which_o he_o have_v turn_v out_o and_o send_v into_o another_o place_n this_o new_a colony_n which_o be_v afterward_o know_v under_o the_o name_n of_o samaritan_n keep_v also_o the_o name_n of_o its_o origin_n and_o be_v call_v the_o cuthean_o scaliger_n with_o all_o his_o 1._o great_a learning_n be_v gross_o mistake_v when_o he_o say_v that_o the_o samaritan_n be_v call_v cuthean_o from_o a_o city_n in_o colchis_n call_v cytaea_n whither_o salmanasar_n transport_v the_o ten_o tribe_n the_o samaritan_n be_v call_v cuthean_o from_o the_o province_n cutha_n whence_o they_o come_v and_o the_o ten_o tribe_n be_v not_o transport_v into_o colchis_n but_o into_o assyria_n and_o though_o they_o have_v be_v transport_v into_o colchis_n it_o will_v be_v ridiculous_a to_o think_v that_o the_o samaritan_n have_v take_v their_o name_n from_o a_o city_n whence_o they_o do_v not_o come_v and_o where_o they_o do_v not_o live_v but_o mere_o because_o the_o ten_o tribe_n who_o country_n they_o possess_v go_v to_o live_v there_o i_o know_v not_o where_o josephus_n find_v that_o river_n cuthus_n 14._o which_o he_o say_v be_v the_o original_n of_o cutha_n a_o name_n give_v to_o that_o province_n of_o persia_n the_o word_n cutha_n or_o cuth_o come_v from_o the_o word_n chus_n the_o last_o letter_n whereof_o be_v often_o change_v by_o the_o chaldaean_n into_o a_o t_o or_o the_o give_v it_o a_o hard_a and_o less_o whistle_a sound_n as_o dion_z have_v traj_n observe_v so_o they_o say_v thor_n for_o sore_a attyria_n for_o assyria_n yet_o we_o must_v not_o give_v credit_n to_o what_o some_o man_n imagine_v that_o the_o name_n of_o the_o city_n of_o susa_n which_o be_v the_o metropolis_n of_o that_o land_n come_v from_o chus_n it_o take_v its_o name_n from_o the_o lily_n whereof_o there_o be_v a_o great_a plenty_n in_o that_o soil_n and_o the_o lily_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d susan_n in_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n the_o grecian_n be_v not_o ignorant_a of_o that_o etymology_n and_o many_o among_o they_o observe_v it_o iii_o there_o be_v yet_o many_o susiana_n other_o mark_n of_o the_o word_n chus_n find_v in_o susiana_n we_o find_v there_o the_o cossean_o neighbour_n to_o the_o uxians_n according_a to_o the_o position_n of_o pliny_n ptolemy_n and_o arrian_n pers_n schickard_n be_v under_o a_o mistake_n when_o he_o suppose_v that_o those_o cossean_o have_v give_v their_o name_n to_o the_o province_n of_o chuzestan_n the_o name_n of_o chuzestan_n and_o that_o of_o the_o cossean_o come_v from_o the_o same_o root_n to_o wit_n from_o chus_n and_o not_o one_o from_o the_o other_o the_o name_n of_o cissia_n and_o of_o the_o cissians_n come_v also_o from_o thence_o it_o be_v a_o little_a province_n of_o susiana_n which_o give_v its_o name_n to_o all_o the_o susian_o the_o poet_n aeschylus_n 15._o take_v also_o notice_n of_o a_o city_n of_o that_o name_n situate_v in_o the_o same_o land_n and_o which_o be_v remarkable_a he_o do_v distinguish_v it_o by_o its_o antiquity_n he_o call_v also_o the_o mother_n of_o memnon_n cissia_n that_o be_v to_o say_v aurora_n memnon_n be_v the_o son_n of_o tithonus_n and_o aurora_n titâ—onus_n be_v a_o brother_n to_o priam_n king_n of_o troy_n and_o he_o be_v think_v to_o have_v found_v the_o city_n of_o susa_n metropolis_n of_o susiana_n from_o the_o name_n of_o memnon_n his_o son_n the_o citadel_n be_v call_v memnonium_n the_o palace_n and_o wall_n memnonians_n and_o susa_n itself_o the_o city_n of_o memnon_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o great_a esteem_n they_o have_v for_o he_o it_o be_v that_o memnon_n who_o come_v to_o succour_v the_o trojan_n from_o who_o he_o descend_v and_o be_v slay_v by_o achilles_n when_o the_o grecian_n feign_v that_o he_o be_v son_n of_o aurora_n they_o mean_v that_o he_o come_v from_o the_o east_n according_a to_o a_o common_a expression_n of_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n and_o very_o familiar_a to_o the_o prophet_n who_o call_v the_o people_n of_o the_o east_n son_n of_o the_o east_n for_o those_o country_n which_o the_o euphrates_n run_v through_o towards_o its_o mouth_n be_v proper_o call_v the_o east_n many_o interpreter_n think_v that_o in_o the_o same_o sense_n isaiah_n call_v nabuchodonozor_n or_o balthasar_n luciser_n son_n of_o aurora_n iv._o i_o know_v very_o well_o that_o most_o of_o aethiopian_a the_o ancient_a author_n say_v that_o memnon_n be_v a_o aethiopian_a their_o mistake_n be_v a_o consequence_n of_o that_o by_o which_o chus_n that_o signify_v susiana_n have_v be_v confound_v with_o chus_n that_o signify_v the_o country_n situate_v on_o the_o shore_n of_o the_o arabian_a gulf_n i_o mean_v aethiopia_n and_o arabia_n and_o the_o gehon_n with_o the_o nile_n thus_o one_o mistake_n draw_v another_o after_o it_o and_o when_o we_o once_o miss_v the_o right_a way_n all_o the_o follow_a step_n be_v but_o so_o many_o wander_n the_o egyptian_n and_o aethiopian_n adopt_v very_a willing_o that_o hero_n and_o think_v it_o will_v be_v a_o great_a honour_n to_o they_o to_o have_v for_o their_o countryman_n such_o a_o illustrious_a person_n but_o find_v nothing_o of_o it_o in_o their_o archive_v nor_o in_o their_o history_n they_o put_v his_o person_n name_n and_o deed_n upon_o such_o of_o their_o king_n who_o life_n be_v most_o like_a to_o he_o amenophis_n seem_v to_o they_o very_o proper_a to_o serve_v their_o turn_n though_o he_o live_v long_o before_o the_o war_n of_o troy_n he_o have_v be_v war_a in_o asia_n he_o have_v be_v in_o phrygia_n and_o have_v live_v at_o susa_n this_o agreeableness_n and_o likeness_n of_o name_n betwixt_o memnon_n and_o amenophis_n seem_v to_o they_o a_o sufficient_a ground_n to_o say_v that_o they_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o they_o build_v he_o temple_n in_o many_o place_n and_o especial_o in_o the_o great_a city_n thebes_n they_o offer_v he_o sacrifice_n and_o worship_v he_o as_o a_o god_n they_o show_v in_o that_o city_n and_o other_o place_n some_o palace_n which_o they_o call_v memnonians_n as_o be_v those_o of_o susa_n and_o there_o they_o set_v up_o to_o he_o that_o marvellous_a statue_n which_o make_v a_o merry_a and_o loud_a noise_n when_o the_o sunrising_n shine_v upon_o it_o and_o seem_v to_o groan_v and_o shed_v tear_n when_o the_o night_n draw_v near_o many_o suppose_v it_o have_v be_v
from_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fertile_a fruitful_a and_o adjust_v its_o name_n to_o it_o they_o perhaps_o mind_v none_o of_o these_o etymology_n make_v euphrates_n out_o of_o perath_n as_o out_o of_o tabor_n they_o make_v atabyrius_n out_o of_o derceto_o atergatis_n after_o the_o same_o manner_n the_o french_a tongue_n as_o well_o as_o the_o aeolic_a dialect_n love_v to_o begin_v many_o word_n with_o e_o which_o be_v not_o find_v in_o their_o root_n out_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o make_v étage_n out_o of_o spiritus_fw-la esprit_fw-fr the_o hebrew_n themselves_o have_v add_v one_o â—_o to_o the_o word_n paz_n which_o be_v the_o name_n of_o the_o land_n of_o ophir_n and_o call_v it_o uphaz_n ii_o the_o true_a root_n of_o the_o word_n euphrates_n word_n be_v the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d parah_n which_o signify_v to_o increase_v and_o in_o the_o conjugation_n hiphil_n to_o make_v fruitful_a because_o that_o river_n by_o its_o swell_n and_o overflowing_n bring_v fertility_n into_o all_o the_o place_n through_o which_o it_o run_v this_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o st._n jerom_n of_o most_o of_o hebr._n the_o father_n of_o the_o interpreter_n of_o scripture_n and_o of_o the_o rabbin_n i_o pass_v over_o many_o other_o etymology_n of_o this_o word_n which_o author_n do_v propose_v to_o consider_v that_o of_o josephus_n he_o write_v the_o hebrew_n 2_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pronounce_v it_o after_o the_o arabianâ—…er_n â—…er_z and_o â—…e_n expound_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o disperse_v or_o a_o flower_n derive_v it_o from_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pur_fw-it which_o signify_v among_o other_o thing_n to_o dissipate_v â—by_o reason_n of_o the_o drain_n and_o as_o it_o be_v of_o the_o dissipate_v of_o the_o water_n of_o the_o euphrates_n or_o from_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pâ—rach_n to_o flourish_v to_o grow_v out_o because_o its_o water_n make_v every_o thing_n to_o flourish_v and_o grow_v out_o in_o the_o soil_n through_o which_o they_o run_v one_o shall_v wonder_v that_o a_o jew_n can_v make_v use_n of_o so_o far-fetched_a etymology_n since_o there_o be_v one_o so_o near_o and_o so_o natural_a i_o mean_v that_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d parah_n if_o we_o do_v not_o know_v that_o he_o have_v no_o great_a skill_n in_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n iii_o as_o for_o the_o rest_n as_o the_o people_n euphrates_n attribute_v to_o the_o ganges_n and_o nile_n the_o virtue_n of_o sanctify_v the_o soul_n they_o also_o attribute_v to_o the_o euphrates_n that_o of_o restore_a health_n to_o the_o body_n the_o arabian_n value_v so_o much_o the_o water_n of_o that_o river_n that_o they_o drink_v they_o for_o all_o kind_n of_o sickness_n and_o they_o think_v it_o even_o to_o be_v a_o infallible_a remedy_n against_o the_o plague_n a_o virtue_n which_o they_o get_v in_o the_o earthly_a paradise_n and_o because_o the_o same_o effect_n be_v attribute_v to_o the_o river_n hyphasis_n philostorgius_n take_v 10._o that_o effect_n for_o a_o proof_n that_o it_o be_v the_o phison_n and_o come_v also_o out_o of_o paradise_n chap._n xvii_o some_o other_o proof_n to_o confirm_v my_o opinion_n about_o the_o situation_n of_o the_o earthly_a paradise_n i._o another_o proof_n that_o the_o earthly_a paradise_n be_v situate_v on_o the_o place_n that_o i_o mark_v take_v from_o the_o plentifulness_n and_o beauty_n of_o that_o land_n ii_o and_o because_o it_o have_v be_v the_o first_o land_n inhabit_v iii_o true_a signification_n of_o the_o hebrew_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nod._n iu._n what_o be_v the_o column_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o seth._n v._o we_o may_v also_o conjecture_v where_o paradise_n be_v situate_v from_o the_o place_n where_o the_o ark_n of_o noah_n rest_v i._o have_v hitherto_o endeavour_v to_o land_n discover_v the_o situation_n of_o the_o earthly_a paradise_n from_o the_o description_n that_o moses_n leave_v we_o of_o it_o we_o 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