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〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o same_o author_n please_v himself_o in_o the_o verity_n of_o this_o persuasion_n repeat'_v the_o same_o again_o in_o his_o evangelical_n preparative_a where_o he_o bear_v witness_n to_o himself_o and_o to_o what_o he_o have_v say_v elsewhere_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basiliensis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ità _fw-la epiphanius_n lib_n 1._o pagina_fw-la 10._o edit_fw-la basiliensis_fw-la the_o reader_n may_v be_v please_v to_o note_v his_o confidence_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o his_o great_a industry_n herein_o in_o those_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n george_n cedren_n and_o epiphanius_n no_o way_n mistrust_v such_o elaborate_a canon_n histor_n cedâ—enus_n in_o compendio_fw-la histor_n take_v it_o for_o grant_v propose_v and_o approve_v the_o authority_n of_o this_o great_a chronologer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wonder_v we_o then_o what_o shall_v moov_v great_a 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as_o he_o that_o diligent_o read_v shall_v be_v ready_a to_o testify_v for_o the_o situation_n thus_o much_o for_o the_o circuit_n and_o compass_n thereof_o the_o prophet_n jonah_n describe_v it_o to_o be_v a_o great_a city_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jonae_fw-la 3._o even_o in_o the_o eye_n of_o god_n of_o three_o day_n journey_n diodorus_n say_v that_o the_o side_n thereof_o be_v inaequilater_n the_o long_a side_n contain_v 150_o furlong_n in_o length_n the_o short_a 90._o according_a to_o which_o dimension_n of_o the_o part_n the_o whole_a circuit_n must_v be_v 480_o furlong_n which_o divide_v by_o eight_o set_v off_o for_o the_o quotient_a 60_o the_o number_n of_o english_a mile_n measure_v the_o compass_n of_o this_o city_n the_o word_n of_o diodorus_n be_v these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n where_o the_o author_n have_v discourse_v upon_o the_o immense_a and_o ample_a circuit_n of_o ninus_n add_v that_o the_o founder_n fail_v not_o of_o his_o purpose_n for_o after_o he_o say_v he_o never_o any_o erect_v the_o like_a city_n whether_o we_o respect_v the_o greatness_n of_o the_o compass_n or_o the_o stateliness_n of_o the_o wall_n for_o the_o wall_n be_v in_o height_n one_o hundred_o foot_n and_o so_o thick_a that_o three_o chariot_n may_v ride_v upon_o the_o breadth_n together_o he_o add_v also_o that_o the_o wall_n be_v beset_v with_o a_o thousand_o and_o five_o hundred_o tower_n each_o of_o they_o erect_v to_o the_o height_n of_o two_o hundred_o foot_n so_o far_o diodorus_n who_o after_o age_n may_v for_o ever_o gratify_v for_o this_o precious_a monument_n of_o antiquity_n which_o he_o alone_o seem_v to_o have_v preserve_v for_o the_o illustration_n of_o that_o which_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o scripture_n more_o than_o once_o inculcate_n concern_v this_o vast_a and_o mighty_a ninive_n that_o city_n of_o babel_n and_o this_o of_o ninive_n by_o a_o fatal_a vicissitude_n hold_v up_o the_o assyrian_a monarchy_n till_o the_o time_n of_o daziavesh_a the_o mede_n and_o cyrus_n the_o persian_a it_o suffer_v many_o overthrow_n before_o it_o receive_v its_o last_o two_o famous_a the_o one_o by_o the_o irruption_n of_o the_o river_n tigris_n which_o at_o a_o inundation_n break_v out_o upon_o the_o wâ—ll_n and_o throw_v down_o twenty_o furlong_n thereof_o which_o destruction_n notwithstanding_o the_o stream_n of_o interpreter_n run_v otherwise_o yet_o let_v the_o learned_a inquire_v whether_o it_o be_v not_o plain_o foretell_v by_o the_o prophet_n nachum_fw-la in_o those_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v and_o with_o a_o inundation_n pass_v by_o he_o shall_v make_v a_o full_a end_n versu_fw-la nachum_fw-la c._n 1_o versu_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d septuag_n chronologie_n seem_v to_o deny_v this_o interpretation_n but_o each_o man_n must_v consider_v that_o the_o time_n of_o this_o prophet_n or_o his_o prophecy_n be_v not_o determinate_a by_o any_o authority_n of_o antiquity_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o modern_n can_v be_v but_o conjectural_a that_o the_o river_n make_v this_o ruin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d diodorus_n be_v a_o pregnant_a witness_n the_o second_o destruction_n be_v undertake_v and_o end_v by_o nebuchadonosor_n the_o king_n of_o babel_n as_o the_o jew_n in_o their_o chronologie_n testify_v so_o rabbi_n saadias_n upon_o the_o prophet_n daniel_n and_o indeed_o this_o city_n be_v too_o great_a to_o be_v destroy_v at_o once_o be_v as_o we_o have_v say_v 60_o mile_n in_o compass_n the_o reader_n at_o the_o first_o sight_n may_v judge_v it_o incredible_a affricanus_fw-la he_o shall_v say_v twelve_o thousand_o see_v joha_n leo_fw-la affricanus_fw-la be_v not_o alcaire_n in_o egypt_n at_o this_o day_n extant_a to_o correct_v his_o unbelief_n a_o place_n as_o buntingius_fw-la have_v note_v no_o less_o in_o circuit_n and_o so_o populous_a that_o there_o once_o die_v of_o the_o plague_n in_o one_o day_n twenty_o thousand_o the_o prophet_n jonah_n write_v that_o in_o the_o city_n of_o ninive_n by_o the_o testimony_n of_o god_n himself_o be_v more_o than_o one_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o person_n which_o can_v not_o discern_v between_o their_o right_a hand_n and_o their_o left_a if_o there_o be_v so_o many_o child_n then_o at_o the_o proportion_n the_o inhabitant_n be_v almost_o innumerable_a the_o tomb_n of_o ninus_n be_v almost_o as_o admirable_a as_o the_o city_n but_o of_o that_o in_o his_o life_n it_o may_v now_o be_v say_v of_o ninive_n which_o once_o be_v of_o a_o great_a city_n in_o strabo_n magna_fw-la civitas_n magna_fw-la solitudo_fw-la the_o great_a ninive_n be_v the_o great_a be_v her_o ruin_n for_o now_o the_o rejoice_a city_n that_o dwell_v careless_o that_o say_v in_o her_o heart_n i_o be_o and_o there_o be_v none_o beside_o i_o how_o be_v she_o become_v a_o desolation_n a_o place_n for_o beast_n to_o lie_v down_o in_o every_o one_o that_o pass_v by_o she_o shall_v hiss_v and_o wag_v his_o head_n zephan_n 2.15_o against_o this_o city_n prophesy_v jonah_n nachum_fw-la zephanie_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v at_o this_o day_n false_o call_v mosall_n and_o at_o that_o place_n nestorius_n his_o sectary_n have_v take_v their_o shelter_n that_o heretic_n of_o constantinople_n condemn_v by_o a_o synod_n at_o ephesus_n etc._n etc._n bel._n arbelitis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ir._n bel._n next_o unto_o adiabene_n be_v arbelitis_n so_o call_v from_o the_o most_o ancient_a city_n arbela_n which_o notwithstanding_o what_o strabo_n have_v say_v of_o the_o son_n of_o athmoneus_n i_o will_v diligent_o derive_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ir_z bel_n that_o be_v the_o city_n of_o belus_n who_o be_v no_o doubt_n the_o first_o founder_n thereof_o after_o the_o death_n of_o nimrod_n at_o arbela_n be_v that_o bloody_a battle_n between_o darjavesh_n and_o the_o great_a alexander_n for_o the_o empire_n of_o the_o world_n as_o the_o common_a tale_n go_v but_o arrian_n in_o the_o description_n of_o this_o expedition_n affirm_v the_o contrary_a from_o the_o testimony_n of_o two_o eie-witness_n ptolemaeus_n and_o aristobulus_n add_v that_o the_o battle_n be_v pitch_v at_o gaugamela_n the_o same_o thing_n plutarch_n have_v observe_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d scaliger_n give_v the_o reason_n of_o this_o mistake_n because_o say_v he_o arbela_n be_v famous_a and_o therefore_o better_o deserve_v to_o carry_v away_o the_o credit_n of_o such_o a_o victory_n than_o gaugamela_n a_o poor_a obscure_a village_n which_o before_o he_o arrian_n have_v say_v significans_fw-la solinus_n arrianus_n in_o expeditione_n alexandri_fw-la strabo_n lib._n 16._o geog._n scaliger_n in_o lib._n de_fw-fr emendatione_fw-la temporum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gaugamela_n intestina_fw-la cameli_fw-la significans_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gaugamela_n say_v he_o be_v no_o city_n but_o a_o village_n and_o but_o a_o little_a village_n the_o place_n no_o way_n
famous_a and_o bear_v but_o a_o homely_a name_n and_o therefore_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whereas_o he_o say_v that_o gaugamela_n be_v know_v but_o by_o a_o homely_a name_n it_o deserve_v further_a enquiry_n scaliger_n say_v that_o the_o word_n gaugamela_n be_v in_o the_o language_n of_o the_o place_n as_o much_o as_o the_o inward_o of_o a_o camel_n which_o signification_n the_o word_n indeed_o will_v bear_v in_o the_o assyrian_a tongue_n but_o for_o what_o reason_n the_o learned_a critic_n answer_v that_o some_o of_o the_o ancient_n have_v say_v that_o a_o camel_n inward_o be_v there_o inter_v causabon_n in_o his_o note_n upon_o strabo_n derive_v it_o from_o geh_a and_o gamal_n geh_a signify_v a_o eminent_a high_a place_n but_o strabo_n himself_o have_v give_v the_o best_a and_o the_o most_o ancient_a etymon_n who_o set_v down_o that_o it_o be_v call_v gaugamela_n that_o be_v say_v he_o the_o house_n of_o a_o camel_n and_o this_o will_v hold_v for_o so_o gaugamele_n may_v with_o a_o facile_a error_n be_v write_v for_o naugamela_n there_o be_v no_o difference_n between_o gimel_n and_o nun_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o a_o small_a apex_n or_o excrescence_n which_o ofttimes_o escape_n the_o printer_n diligence_n and_o more_o often_o may_v the_o transcriber_n haste_n and_o see_v it_o be_v naugamela_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nauh_o gamal_n it_o signify_v proper_o and_o apt_o the_o house_n or_o habitatio_fw-la of_o a_o camel_n the_o reason_n of_o this_o imposition_n be_v well_o render_v by_o strabo_n because_o say_v he_o darius_n the_o son_n of_o hystaspis_n bestow_v that_o place_n of_o rest_n and_o food_n upon_o his_o weary_a faint_a camel_n which_o have_v tire_v out_o himself_o in_o his_o hard_a service_n at_o gaugamela_n therefore_o not_o at_o arbele_n be_v fight_v that_o famous_a battle_n of_o the_o two_o mighty_a monarch_n for_o the_o diadem_n of_o the_o world_n which_o fortunate_a alexander_n bring_v away_o heaven_n itself_o bear_v witness_n thereto_o by_o a_o eclipse_n of_o the_o moon_n not_o far_o from_o arbela_n be_v the_o mountain_n nicatorium_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o strabo_n call_v it_o for_o in_o ptolemie_n we_o find_v it_o not_o alexander_n the_o great_a give_v it_o that_o name_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gaeog_n ptolomaeus_n lib._n gaeog_n vinco_fw-la that_o it_o may_v be_v as_o to_o this_o day_n it_o be_v a_o constant_a trophy_n of_o that_o famous_a victory_n which_o this_o king_n atcheive_v at_o gaugamela_n in_o this_o country_n of_o arbelitis_n strabo_n also_o place_v the_o city_n demetrias_n as_o also_o the_o temple_n of_o aeneas_n and_o the_o palace_n of_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n with_o the_o bituminous_a fountain_n all_o which_o we_o have_v set_v down_o according_a to_o his_o description_n upon_o the_o river_n caprus_n stand_v oroba_n which_o junius_n well_o conjecture_v to_o be_v no_o other_o then_o that_o which_o moses_n in_o genesis_n call_v rehoboth_n in_o the_o south_n coast_n of_o arbelitis_n between_o caprus_n and_o gorgus_n ptolemy_n place_v thelbe_n which_o perhaps_o be_v so_o call_v from_o tubal_n as_o also_o another_o city_n place_v by_o the_o same_o ptolemy_n in_o babylonia_n without_o our_o chart_n so_o call_v out_o of_o doubt_n from_o tubalcain_n for_o he_o write_v thelbecain_n with_o no_o great_a error_n regio_fw-la arrapachitidis_fw-la regio_fw-la next_o to_o arbelâ—tis_n be_v arrhapachitis_n so_o call_v from_o arrhapa_n a_o city_n lie_v in_o this_o coast_n east_n and_o south_n upon_o the_o limit_n of_o apolloniatis_n this_o arrhapachitis_n junius_n have_v once_o conceive_v to_o be_v no_o other_o but_o arpatis_n and_o the_o chief_a city_n thereof_o to_o have_v be_v that_o arpad_n which_o be_v speak_v of_o in_o the_o king_n and_o elsewhere_o but_o this_o learned_a commentator_n correct_v himself_o in_o the_o 49_o of_o the_o prophet_n jeremy_n vers_fw-la the_o 23._o this_o coast_n doubtless_o take_v its_o name_n arpachetis_n from_o arphacsad_a the_o son_n of_o sem_fw-mi and_o brother_n to_o the_o founder_n assur_n here_o lie_v darna_n obana_n and_o the_o rest_n place_n better_a know_v by_o their_o name_n then_o ought_v else_o next_o they_o the_o sambatae_n and_o below_o appolloniatis_n famous_a for_o the_o metropolis_n from_o whence_o it_o have_v its_o name_n these_o name_n be_v reckon_v up_o by_o vadian_a glarean_a volateran_n and_o niger_n man_n who_o altogether_o follow_v ptolemy_n in_o their_o chronographie_n of_o the_o land_n of_o ashur_n more_o than_o the_o name_n will_v hardly_o be_v find_v either_o in_o they_o or_o elsewhere_o only_a apollonia_n nor_o much_o of_o that_o but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d deserve_v our_o consideration_n for_o which_o we_o gratify_v old_a isidore_n the_o characenian_a cite_v by_o athenaeus_n for_o otherwise_o we_o have_v never_o attain_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o that_o place_n which_o moses_n call_v calanne_n in_o the_o land_n of_o singar_fw-la for_o that_o calanne_n without_o question_n be_v the_o metropolis_n of_o this_o country_n calonitis_n which_o our_o author_n old_a isidore_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o we_o have_v place_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o lie_v so_o etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o it_o be_v separate_v from_o the_o mede_n by_o the_o mountain_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o we_o have_v say_v thus_o we_o have_v endeavour_v the_o delineation_n of_o the_o famous_a frontier_n of_o old_a ashur_n which_o the_o reader_n if_o he_o plea_n may_v behold_v in_o our_o chart_n always_o provide_v that_o he_o be_v not_o offend_v at_o this_o that_o we_o have_v draw_v the_o low_a parallel_n equal_a to_o the_o high_a of_o that_o latitude_n for_o it_o be_v easy_o know_v to_o my_o slender_a skill_n that_o see_v topographical_n plain_n be_v all_o portion_n cut_v out_o of_o the_o entire_a sphere_n therefore_o the_o parallel_n as_o they_o increase_v in_o latitude_n ought_v to_o bear_v a_o different_a proportion_n to_o their_o meridian_n yet_o this_o curious_a course_n we_o take_v not_o in_o a_o matter_n that_o need_v it_o not_o but_o project_v the_o chart_n upon_o a_o parallelogram_n because_o in_o a_o distance_n no_o great_a for_o a_o purpose_n of_o no_o great_a moment_n the_o disproportion_n can_v nothing_o prejudice_v the_o description_n the_o state-government_n of_o assyria_n be_v regal_a it_o begin_v in_o tyranny_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d contrarium_fw-la quod_fw-la imperio_fw-la reg_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o aristotle_n call_v the_o vice_n of_o a_o monarchy_n it_o continue_v under_o the_o succession_n of_o absolute_a prince_n from_o jove_n bel_n to_o belshazar_n the_o policy_n which_o this_o country_n do_v enjoie_n be_v as_o in_o all_o other_o kingdom_n ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a in_o their_o ecclesiastical_a policy_n we_o consider_v their_o religion_n god_n they_o serve_v but_o not_o the_o true_a nor_o one_o but_o many_o and_o false_a their_o deity_n for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v place_v in_o heaven_n the_o sun_n moon_n and_o star_n and_o indeed_o be_v man_n allow_v to_o choose_v themselves_o a_o god_n this_o be_v somewhat_o a_o tolerable_a impiety_n for_o such_o great_a astronomer_n to_o adore_v the_o host_n of_o heaven_n the_o manner_n how_o they_o worship_v the_o sun_n be_v set_v down_o by_o macrobius_n 23._o macrobius_n saturna_fw-la primo_fw-la cap._n 17_o et_fw-la 23._o who_o describe_v the_o image_n under_o which_o this_o planet_n be_v adore_v add_v unto_o his_o description_n a_o symbolical_a interpretation_n to_o the_o sun_n they_o sacrifice_v horse_n and_o the_o 〈◊〉_d the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d herodot_n lib._n secundo_fw-la de_fw-fr mapogetis_fw-la loquens_fw-la idem_fw-la etiam_fw-la xenophon_n de_fw-la armeniis_fw-la scribit_fw-la eandem_fw-la etiam_fw-la caussam_fw-la reddens_fw-la lib._n quarto_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d reason_n be_v because_o they_o judge_v it_o convenient_a that_o the_o most_o nimble_a god_n shall_v be_v serve_v with_o the_o swift_a oblation_n the_o altar_n whereupon_o these_o sacrifice_n be_v offer_v they_o erect_v either_o in_o open_a court_n as_o 2_o reg._n chap._n 21._o vers_fw-la 5._o or_o else_o upon_o the_o top_n of_o their_o house_n as_o zeph._n 1.5_o isaiah_n isaiah_n tremelius_fw-la suppose_v that_o the_o prophet_n intend_v this_o god_n of_o the_o sun_n by_o that_o which_o he_o call_v nebo_n but_o that_o deserve_v further_a enquiry_n doubtless_o nebo_n be_v some_o notable_a statue_n among_o the_o teraphin_n and_o what_o they_o be_v we_o will_v now_o strive_v to_o discover_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d taraph_n the_o root_n and_o singular_a of_o teraphim_n seem_v proper_o to_o have_v signify_v any_o dishonest_a disgraceful_a matter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o elias_n tisbite_v intimate_v in_o the_o word_n taraph_n where_o also_o he_o insinuate_n both_o
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