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change_n happen_v among_o the_o river_n in_o those_o part_n geog._n l._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d et_fw-la duris_n refert_fw-la rhagade_n quae_fw-la in_o media_fw-la sunt_fw-la nomen_fw-la indè_fw-la habere_fw-la quòd_fw-la terrae-motibus_a rupta_fw-la fuerit_fw-la terra_fw-la apud_fw-la caspias_fw-la portas_fw-la complurésque_fw-la eversae_fw-la urbes_fw-la &_o pagi_n ac_fw-la fluviorum_fw-la variae_fw-la inciderint_fw-la mutationes_fw-la but_o remember_v also_o what_o former_o have_v be_v note_v of_o cyrus_n cut_v the_o stream_n of_o gyndes_n into_o so_o many_o channel_n as_o may_v well_o suffice_v to_o exhaust_v the_o great_a river_n but_o i_o do_v not_o take_v upon_o i_o to_o maintain_v this_o nor_o be_v there_o any_o need_n that_o i_o shall_v it_o be_v not_o much_o material_a to_o our_o purpose_n see_v that_o course_n of_o this_o river_n which_o we_o have_v former_o assert_v from_o so_o good_a authority_n be_v abundant_o sufficient_a both_o to_o clear_v and_o justify_v the_o geography_n of_o moses_n chap._n xii_o another_o division_n of_o tigris_n and_o the_o
〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o such_o a_o place_n as_o in_o every_o respect_n full_o deserve_v the_o name_n of_o eden_n let_v we_o take_v that_o description_n which_o dionysius_n afer_n have_v make_v of_o this_o country_n about_o the_o lake_n thonitis_n and_o the_o distance_n betwixt_o the_o stream_n of_o tigris_n and_o euphrates_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o rhamnius_n fannius_n the_o grammarian_n have_v translate_v in_o latin_a thus_o hoc_fw-la tamen_fw-la omne_fw-la solum_fw-la fluvius_fw-la quod_fw-la cingit_fw-la uterque_fw-la indigenae_fw-la populi_fw-la pro_fw-la re_fw-la dixere_fw-la medamnem_fw-la quòd_fw-la medias_fw-la amnes_fw-la have_v terras_fw-la flumine_fw-la cingunt_fw-la agricolis_fw-la pariter_fw-la pastoribus_fw-la atque_fw-la feracem_fw-la ubere_fw-la tam_fw-la laeto_fw-la florenti_fw-la semina_fw-la cuncta_fw-la herbarúmque_fw-la thoris_fw-la &_o gramina_fw-la laeta_fw-la virescunt_fw-la et_fw-la variis_fw-la rami_fw-la complentur_fw-la fructibus_fw-la alti_fw-la gens_n quoque_fw-la praefulget_fw-la claris_fw-la in_o laudibus_fw-la illa_fw-la nam_fw-la peperit_fw-la multos_fw-la celsâ_fw-la virtute_fw-la potentes_fw-la atque_fw-la adeò_fw-la simile_n diis_fw-la immortalibus_fw-la illos_fw-la which_o description_n suit_v so_o well_o to_o adam_n paradise_n both_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o excellent_a pasturage_n the_o plenty_n of_o all_o manner_n of_o fruit-tree_n the_o admirable_a fertility_n of_o the_o soil_n and_o the_o flowery_a meadow_n that_o by_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hominum_fw-la stirpem_fw-la pulcherrimam_fw-la &_o immortalibus_fw-la similem_fw-la we_o may_v suppose_v the_o poet_n have_v a_o mind_n to_o represent_v before_o our_o eye_n our_o first_o parent_n inhabit_v this_o happy_a place_n while_o yet_o in_o their_o innocency_n create_v after_o the_o image_n and_o similitude_n of_o god_n so_o that_o all_o this_o be_v lay_v together_o we_o may_v well_o believe_v ab._n ortelius_n have_v good_a reason_n for_o what_o he_o do_v when_o he_o set_v the_o country_n of_o eden_n just_a in_o this_o place_n tab._n 1._o geograph_n sac._n chap._n xvi_o a_o more_o particular_a consideration_n of_o the_o very_a place_n of_o the_o situation_n of_o the_o garden_n of_o eden_n as_o for_o the_o particular_a place_n of_o this_o country_n where_o the_o garden_n of_o eden_n or_o paradise_n itself_o be_v seat_v though_o it_o may_v be_v deem_v to_o trench_v too_o near_o upon_o curiosity_n to_o be_v too_o inquisitive_a after_o it_o yet_o see_v moses_n have_v not_o neglect_v to_o give_v we_o some_o note_n whereby_o to_o find_v out_o the_o bound_n of_o it_o we_o need_v not_o fear_v to_o follow_v such_o a_o guide_n so_o long_o as_o we_o keep_v close_o to_o his_o footstep_n gen._n 2._o he_o plain_o intimate_v that_o the_o garden-place_n be_v betwixt_o the_o fountain_n of_o the_o river_n and_o the_o division_n of_o its_o stream_n for_o these_o be_v his_o word_n v_o 10._o and_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 if_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ab_fw-la indè_fw-la be_v to_o be_v take_v with_o its_o near_a reference_n viz._n the_o garden_n and_o not_o the_o more_o remote_a viz._n eden_n as_o in_o all_o reason_n it_o ought_v to_o be_v take_v then_o the_o observation_n of_o danaeus_n former_o cite_v be_v most_o sound_a and_o true_a that_o the_o river_n immediate_o after_o its_o efflux_n out_o of_o its_o fountain_n water_v the_o garden_n with_o one_o entire_a channel_n and_o then_o have_v past_o it_o break_v itself_o into_o these_o stream_n whence_o it_o follow_v that_o see_v the_o first_o division_n of_o its_o stream_n be_v as_o pliny_n have_v tell_v 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fontium_fw-la tigridis_fw-la bagrandavene_n est_fw-la and_o yet_o in_o the_o map_n of_o the_o same_o edition_n it_o be_v call_v bajavandena_n ortelius_n in_o his_o nomenclator_n ptolemaicus_n call_v it_o bagravandena_n d._n mar._n niger_n geogr._n asiae_n com._n 3._o call_v it_o bagrandana_n and_o bagradavena_n and_o other_o have_v call_v it_o bagradena_n and_o bagadena_n second_o procopius_n usual_o call_v the_o country_n that_o lie_v about_o the_o thospian_a lake_n and_o stretch_v itself_o eastward_o to_o the_o river_n nymphaeus_n by_o the_o name_n of_o arzane_n or_o arxane_n other_o call_v it_o arsea_n and_o arsene_n even_o as_o the_o thospian_a lake_n be_v by_o strabo_n call_v arsena_n palus_fw-la three_o strabo_n himself_o call_v the_o country_n adjoin_v to_o it_o syspereitis_n or_o more_o frequent_o reject_v the_o superfluous_a saint_n prefix_a to_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o word_n and_o serve_v for_o no_o other_o use_n but_o to_o obscure_v the_o true_a etymology_n of_o it_o hyspereitis_n and_o hysperatis_n and_o constant_o place_v it_o betwixt_o armenia_n and_o calachena_n which_o lie_v northwest_o of_o assyria_n for_o lib._n 11._o record_v the_o fable_n of_o armenius_n bear_v at_o armenium_n near_o the_o boebeian_a lake_n in_o thessaly_n and_o people_n this_o place_n under_o the_o conduct_n of_o jason_n he_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o like_a also_o he_o have_v afterward_o in_o another_o place_n of_o the_o same_o book_n in_o which_o he_o far_o tell_v we_o of_o a_o town_n call_v cambala_n from_o whence_o alexander_n send_v memnon_n to_o fetch_v great_a store_n of_o gold_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sunt_fw-la &_o auri_fw-la metalla_fw-la in_o hyspiratide_n apud_fw-la cambala_n ad_fw-la quae_fw-la memnonem_fw-la misit_fw-la alexander_n allata_fw-la sunt_fw-la autem_fw-la ab_fw-la incolis_fw-la now_o if_o we_o have_v the_o true_a name_n of_o this_o region_n set_v clear_a from_o all_o ambiguity_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o we_o may_v spell_v out_o of_o they_o some_o break_a