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A46295	The wonderful, and most deplorable history of the latter times of the Jews with the destruction of the city of Jerusalem. Which history begins where the Holy Scriptures do end. By Josephus Ben Gorion whereunto is added a brief of the ten captivities; with the pourtrait of the Roman rams, and engines of battery, &c. As also of Jerusalem; with the fearful, and presaging apparitions that were seen in the air before her ruins. Moreover, there is a parallel of the late times and crimes in London, with those in Jerusalem.; Josippon. English. Abridgments.	Joseph ben Gorion, ha-Kohen, attributed name.; Howell, James, 1594?-1666.; Ibn Daud, Abraham ben David, Halevi, ca. 1110-ca. 1180.; Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.	1671 (1671)	Wing J1086A; ESTC R216340	213,458	417

years after the death of Christ Titus son to Vespasian sack't the City and destroyed it leaving it only a garrison for the Roman souldiers Sixty five year●… after that the Jews falling into rebellion Hadrian the Emperour of Rome utterly destroyed what Titus left standing and commanded salt to be sown where the City stood And thus was fulfilled what was spoken by our Saviour touching the Temple that there should not be left one stone upon another Hurcan or Hurcania a region in the greater Asia having on the East the Caspian sea on the South Armenia upon the North Albania on the West Iberia I ●…buam or Jamnua a ●…illage of the upper Ga●…ee standing upon a very ●…eep ground which Jose●…hus being Governour of Galilee fortified against the Romans ●…ericho A city in the south part of the Land of Canaan situated in a fruitful soil where grew balm roses sugar-canes and abundance of dates whence it was called the City of Palms Joppe or Japho a sea town and port of Judaea built on a high Promontory from whence materials of Timber and Stones were brought to the building of Solomons Temple from Mount Libanus or Lebanon Jordan in Hebrew Jorden the fairest and biggest river in all Palestina springing up at the foot of Mount Libanus running on the South of Canaan passing by many famous places at length falls into the Lake of Sodom Jorpata or Jatopatae an exceeding strong city of Jerusalem standing all well-nigh upon a Rock accessible only upon the North side K KAtiim or Cittim the Nations of the Greeks so called in Gen. 10. and in Balams prophesie Kittim saith he shall afflict Ashur and Eber. L LAgarith a City of Edom won by Vespasian M MAcedonia a Country lying in Greece in the western part of it it was the country of King Philip Alexander his son which wan to the Greeks the Persian Empire Maidai or Media a country having upon the South P●…rsia upon the North the Hyrcanian-sea on the West Armenia Syria on the East Hyrcania and Par●…hia which country took its name from Madai one of the sons of Japhet Mesopotamia a Country which lyeth betwixt the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates from which situation it was so called as lying in the midst of Rivers Moriah a Mountain joyning very near to Jerusalem upon the East side of that City a very steep rockie place in this place Abraham offered to sacrifice his son Isaac and afterward upon this Mountain was Solomons Temple built Mo●…nt Olivet So called from the plenty of Olives whi●…h grew here lying on the East side of Jerusalem and separated from the higher city by the valley of Cedron Into this Mountain our Sav●…our Christ often repaired and offered up his prayers here unto his Father N NIcopolis a City of the Holy Land otherwise called Emaus S SAmaria a City standing in the tribe of Ephr●…im which after that the ten Tribes fell off from the tribe of Judah was made the Metropolis of the ten revolting Tribes called Sebaste in honour of Augustus the Emperour Scythopolis a city in Syria Sennaar The land of Chaldea where the Tower of Babel began to be builded Seleucia a city on the farther side of Jordan in the country called Gualonitis so named from Seleucus King of Syria Sichem a country near He bron belonging to Hamo●… the Father of Sichem from whence it is though he gave the name of h●… son to that country of which he was Prince and by some it is thought to be the name of that city called in the Gospel Sichar a city of refuge peculiar to the Levites a principal City of Samaria Sodom a city which stood in the Land of ●…anaan where now is the Dead-sea destroyed by fire from heaven for their sins Sidon a Haven and Mart Town of Phoenicia being the border of the Land of promise toward thenorth and in the Lot of the tribe of Zabulon although it was never conquered nor possest by them Sinai The Mountain otherwise named Horeb upon which the Almighty gave the Law to Moses by the ministery of Angels It was called Sinai from the word in the Holy Tongue signifying a Bush because God appeared there to Moses in a Bush in a flame of fire the Bush not consumed Sion The Hill and City built on that Hill called the City of David taken by him from the Jebusites lying on the North side of the City of J●…rusalem upon which the Temple was built Siloe a Fountain rising out at the foot of M●…unt Sion in the West part of the valley of Jehosaphat a very clear sweet and large Spring it runs into the brook Cedron Schiloh or Silo The highest Mountain of all that are about Jerusalem Or higher than any other Mountain in the Holy Land likewise the name of the City that stands upon that Hill where the Ark continued a long time with the Tabernacle of the Covenant till it was taken by the Philistines for which cause the people of Israel used to meet at this place and offer sacrifices until the time of Samuel the Prophet Afterward for the sins of the Israelites the City was destroyed and the Altar demolished T TIarva a city in Galilee which Vespasian took razed and put all the men to the sword and sold their wives and children Tiberias A city so named in honour of Tiberius Caesar by Herod the Tetrarch standing near the Lake of Gennezaret called also the Sea of Tiberias it is the utmost bound of the lower Galilee Eastward Tyre a city renowned in holy Scripture built upon a rock and upon all sides incompassed by the sea wherefore the Prophet cals her the city in the heart of the sea a city of incredible riches by the abundance of her merchandise by the spe●…ial appointment of God and foretellings 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Prophets Isaiah 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 made a prey to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 King of Babylon and afterward to Alexander son of Philip King of Mace●… 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 in the that part of the sea whic●… ran betwixt the mai●… land and the city wit●… stones earth and timber and made it continent t●… the land first Nebuchad●…nezzar but in short tim●… after that city was rebuilt and the bar of th●… sea quite demolished s●… the city restord to its former strength but Alexander stopt up the sea again sackt the city and crucified many of th●… chief men of the city t●… this day that little whic●… remains of it is annexed firmely to the Continent It stood in the territory 〈◊〉 the tribe of Ashur b●… had Kings of her own ha●… ving never been in th●… hands of the Israelits A short view of the whole Matter By Th. F. A true Character of the Jews as they are at this day With the Hopes and Desires of all good men for their Conversion A Prayer unto God for their Conversion FINIS Tho Fuller D D. late Preacher at S. Mary Savoy Westm.

or new matters chanced His off-spring was not out of the Children of Israel but of those Romans which chanced to be vanquished and become subject under the dominion of the Israelits being but strangers and of no Noble house in Israel He had foure Sonnes Joseph the Eldest the next P●…silus the third Herod and the fourth Pheroras these had also a sister called Salumith Antipater favoured Hircanus so entirely for his justice and uprightness sake that he opened unto him his brother Aristobulus and the Saduces intent giving him counsell to flye to Hartam King of Arabia but Antipater himself went before to break the matter to Hartam of whose coming Hartam was very glad Then Antipater declared to him how Harcanus was in mind to flye unto him because of Aristobulus his Brother If thou w●…lt help him saith he and lend him speedy aid thou shalt easily set Aristobulus beside the Kingdom for all Israel is inclined to Hircanus and favour not Aristobulus Hartam answered I am afraid of the Jews and their craftiness Alexander his Father put me thrice to the foil in battel by his subtilty and took my dominions from me Then Antipater swore unto him He shall be saith he thy true and trusty friend to do whatsoever thy heart desireth Thus Hartam was perswaded and they made a league together Then Antipater turned to Jerusalem caused Hircanus to flye in the night and they both went together to the King of Arabia who much rejoyced at Hircanus coming and received him honorably When they came together to intreat of the league Hartam demanded restitution of such Cities as Hircanus Father had taken from him to whom Hircanus consented in all things Wherefore Hartam raised all the people of Arabia and led them to Jerusalem to war upon it To Hircanus also came all the men of Juda save only they that dwelt at Jerusalem so betwixt them they beset the City round about It fortuned that in the solemnity of the Pa●…seover they could not have their service of the solemnity in the holy place because of the wars whereupon a certain just and perfect man of the Town called Honyauriga brake out privily into the Camp of Hircanus and Antipater his counseller and besought them with much prayer and tears that they would grant a truce unto Jerusalem while the feast of sweet bread lasted that they might execute the service of solemnity in the Holy place To whom Hircanus said Thou art a just man and often when thou hast prayed the Lord hath heard thee pray now therefore unto the Lord to deliver Aristobulus into our hands and that Israel may rest Honyauriga answered Am I a God or able to remove battels that be stirred up for many mens iniquities Thus when he seemed to be unwilling to pray Hircanus men compelled him drawing their swords and saying it thou wilt not pray thou shalt dye for it Therefore as he saw his life in jeopardy he cryed unto the Lord O Lord everlasting which hast chosen thy people Israel out of all people and hast set thy Name in his house may it please thy Majesty to plant among the children of Israel friendship and brotherhood take away from ●…mong them this hatred which is risen of nothing and let not the one of these factions prevail against the other seeing they all be thy Servants and children of thy Covenant When the servants of Hircanus heard him say so they ran upon him with their swords and killed him But God deferred not his vengeance for he struck the host as well of the Arabians as of Hircanus with a grievous pestilence CHAP. II. AT the same time came from Rome a famous Captain called Pompeius to war against the country of Armenia This Pompeius sent one of his chief men to Damasco of whom as Aristobulus thus besieged had heard and that an Army of the Romans was come to Damasco he sent him a present of four hundred pound weight in gold desiring him to remove the Army of the Arabians from him and to raise the siege In those daies all the world obeyed the Romans That Captain therefore writ unto Hartam King of Arabia in this wise Depart from Jerusalem if not thou shalt understand thou hast broke thy league with the Senate of Rome and the whole Army of the Romans shall shortly invade thy Land Hartam on the sight of this letter raised his fiege and departed from Jerusalem Hircanus also and Antipater departed with shame and reproach Aristobulus upon that gathered a power and pursued after them gave the Arabians and Israelites that took Hircanus part a great overthrow and after returned to Jerusalem with much joy Shortly after Pompeius came to Damasco where Aristobulus presented him with a Vine of gold marvellous artificially wrought The roots of the Vine leavs clusters and Grapes that were upon it were pure gold the weight whereof was five hundred pound Pompeius was very g●…ad thereof and sent it to Rome to the Consul And the whole bench of the Senate which was of the number of three hundred and twenty Senators wondered at the cunning and wit of him that made it and with great joy they bare it into the Temple of their gods placing it in the presence of the great Idol Jupiter so called after the planet Jupiter Pompeius writ his Letters to Aristobulus with great thanks and commendation for the same assuring him how both he and the whole Senate favoured him and that he should have a friend of him to speak in his cause as long as he lived Hircanus hearing of this was clean dashed and in despair But Antipater comforted him saying let not the friendship that is betwixt Pompeius and thy brother dismay thee I will go to him and make him thy friend Upon that he went to Pompeius and perswaded his mind to hate Aristobulus and to favour Hircanus informing him thus If thou saith he defend Hircanus all Israel will be content to be under thy protection for they love him every man but if thou defend Aristobulus the people will not obey thee for they hate him Pompeius charged him that no man should be made privy to their communication For I quoth he will send for Aristobulus to come to me to Damasco and then I will cause to be laid hands upon him and deliver him bound to his brother restoring the Kingdom to him Aristobulus upon the sight of Pompeius letters resorted unto him Hircanus also came from the rock of the wilderness and as they appeared together before Pompeius Antipater desired him that he would do justice betwixt Hircanus the King and Aristobulus his brother that rebelled against him and took his Kingdom from him without cause whose sayings a thousand of the Elders of Israel stood up and witnessed to be true Aristobulus answered I never strove with him for the Kingdom untill such time as I saw all these that made Hircanus King to run in great obloquie and to sustain much reproach because he was

in a strange Land Certain evil disposed persons of the Roman souldiers went to Vespasian and said Sir you shall do well to command this man to be slain without mercy that hath been the destruction of so many of the people of the Romans This is the very same that shot the arrow and stuck you in the leg Put him to death and then shall ye be sure he shall never move war more amongst you If ye do not ye shall see him one day again raise an Army against us and destroy us But Joseph did find friendship at Titus Vespasian son's hands which came of the Lord. Therefore when he heard those wicked mens words that desired Vespasian to put Joseph to death he disapproved their advice and partly in mockage he taunted them saying Will you tell my Father what he hath to do will you give him so wicked counsel to kill that man that yieldeth himself to us upon the trust of our league and band of friendship which you now go about to break and frustrate Did not Captain Nicanor in my fathers name and Caesars with all the Roman host make a Covenant with him Take heed what you say Is it reason to break the Caesarean fidelity Moreover who can tell whether it may so happen that some of us be taken by the Jews like as Joseph is prisoner herc with us VVhen Vespasian heard his sons words it pleased him and he spared Joseph not suffering him to be slain but committed him to a certain Captain of his and carried him about with him through the Cities together with King Agrippa After this Vespasian removed his Camp to Thalmida which also is called Acho and from thence he went to Caesarea a great City When they of the City saw Joseph they cryed unto Vespasian Kill him kill him or else he will one day be an occasion to stir great wars against thee But Vespasian gave no ear to them Whiles he was at Caesarea tidings came to him that the Citizens of Papho invaded and spoiled the Isles that were subject under his Dominions with a Navy Vespasian hearing thereof commanded to lay wait for them that they might be met withal So there was an ambush laid wit●…out the Town and it came to passe that when the Pyrates were gone out a roving Vespasian entred the Town and took it without great resistance because their souldiers were absent When the Rovers therefore returned with their Navy and saw the Romans in the City they laboured to set a land but suddenly a huge tempest and a mighty storm drove all their ships against the rocks that were in the sea shore for there was no haven for ships and there they were lost many of them and those that swam to land the Romans slew they that were drowned in the Sea and slain by the Romans were in number four thousand good men of War besides them that were slain in the Town 40000. all Jews This done Vespasian set forth Valericus and Taribus two Roman Colonels with his son Titus who went besieged and wan the Towns of defence that were in Galilee And thus did Titus use them They that yielded unto him he saved their lives and whosoever withstood him he slew Moreover all the Cities that belonged to Agrippa in Galilee he restored them unto him again only Tiarva excepted which he utterly rased and slew all the Males especially such as were apt to the Wars sold also their wives and children And this was the only City in all Galilee that Titus shewed such a rigour and extremity unto CHAP. VII VEspasian departing thence took his journey to Gamala which is a Citie upon the top of a Mountain the name thereof is called Gamala of an Hebrew word Gamal that signifieth to Requite or to do a good turn because it is the best City that belongeth to Agrippa and the inhabitants thereof were all very rich The City also called Seleucia was not far distant from it a Countrey replenished with good Towns Gardens Brookes and all kinde of fruitfull Trees Agrippa besought Vespasian that he would not destroy this City Let me go first saith he and offer them peace peradventure they will take it that they may save their lives from destruction Vespasian was entreated saying unto him Go and do as thou wilt for thine honour's sake I will do so much for thee So Agrippa went to them and spake friendlily and peaceably unto them and they received him in like manner but they meant deceit saying Thou art our Lord and King to whom therefore doth all that is of any price or to be desired in all Israel belong but unto thee Therefore come near unto us and debate the matter with thy Servants Agrippa crediting these Words came close up to the City and as he listned to them that talked with him one cast a great stone from the Wall which lighted just between his shoulders with such a violence that it struck him prostrate to the ground and brake his back with one of his arms also But his Servants stept to him took him up and carried him to Vespasian who seeing him so sore hurt sware he would never go from thence till he had taken the City and ordered them in like manner as he did at Tiarva to leave not a man therein The Roman Physicians did bestow such diligence about Agrippa that they cured him Vespasian in his rage against the Seleucians because they had wounded their King besieged and assaulted them The Jews within the Town encouraged one another saying Let us stick to it now and play the men for we have no other hope to save our lives seeing we have thus used the King Certain stout men of them therefore issued out and encountring with the Romans made a great slaughter amongst them After that the Romans made ready their Engins planted their battering Rams playing with them against the Walls and by that time night came beat so great a part thereof down to the earth that Vespasian and much people with him might enter at their pleasure But Vespasian gave commandment to his Army that they should not enter that night into the Town but stand and compasse the walls until the morrow that they might the better see how to win it Notwithstanding they would not be ruled by him but entred Then the Jews came upon them drew the chains crosse their streets and closing the wayes of the City intrapped them in such sort that they could go neither one way nor other After that sett●…ng upon them beat them down even there so that they were all slain save ten men that fled with Vespasian and a Captain named Butius one of the best men of War in all the Roman Army yet him the Jews pursued and slew But Vespasian and his fled to the Mountains that he might be there in safegard and from thence he sent to Titus his son that was in Syria for the Roman Army that he had sent with him to Persia which

away all the riches that they found in them They took also the City Gerara that stood beyond Jordan whereas they remained The inhabitants of Jerusalem both Priests Elders and the rest of the people sent Embassadours to Vespasian to desire peace of him and succour against Jehochanan and his wicked rabble which daily in the Town slew very many of the people of God The Citizens also of Gerara sent Embassadours unto Vespasian saying If thou wilt be Lord over the Land of Judea and the City of Jerusalem and desirest to assure the rule thereof and establish it unto thee then hearken unto our counsell and come unto us without delay to deliver us from the hands of Jehochanan and the wicked seditious persons that with all their might endeavour to spoyl all our goods and to get the dominion over us our wives and children to none other purpose than by that means to destroy us utterly that no remnant of us should be left If so be thou wilt come and valiantly withstand them with thy power we will also fight against them in th●… Town till they be all slain and then thou shalt be our Lord And that done thou mayest go to Jerusalem without any impediment or hinderance of any man for they also of that City desire the same and would gladly become subjects unto the Romans When as therefore Vespasian heard the petitions of the Citizens of Gerara he took his journey thither to succour them and deferred to go to Jerusalem But Jehochanan heard of his repair wherefore he slew the chief Governour of Gerara and got him out of the Town with his companions and took them to their feet determining to flee into a certain wood Vespasian having knowledge thereof made after them sending out Poligorus who overtook them and made a great slaughter of them And in his return toward Gerara upon Jordan side he light upon much people going to Jerusalem that they might escape together with the Seditious Them Poligorus drove back to the River where he slew 13. thousand of them the rest leaped into Jordan and were drowned to the number of 91. thousand men women and children with much Cattell that were all drowned together in the River insomuch that the channell of Jordan was so stuffed and stopt with dead bodies that the waters rose and ran over the banks here and there into the fields and plains yet at the length the waters increased and bare the carkases down the River as far as the sea of Sodom which is the sea of Pitch otherwise called the salt-Sea and all the banks of Jordan lay full of dead bodies After this Vespasian took his journey from thence and went into the land of Edom where he won two strong Cities the one called Legarith the other Cephar Toco and slew ten thousand of the people thereof leading the rest away in bondage Thence he dislodged and came to a Town call'd Chamath Gedi which he subdued In this City were wel-springs of hot waters from whence the hot baths of Tiberias have their Originall The natural Philosophers and Astronomers of that Country held an opinion that these are the heads of all the hot Wel-springs in that whole Country Departing from thence he came to Samaria and won it Then repaired he again all the Towns that he had subdued and made up their walls placing Garrisons therein to ayd him what time he should besiege Jerusalem That done he returned to Cesarea to take muster of his whole Army and prepared to go to besiege Jerusalem But in the mean season came Messengers from Rome and brought him word that Nero the Emperour was dead and how that as he was a hunting in the Country the fire of the Lord came down from heaven and fell upon him that he died of it After whom reigned Galba not one whole year for afore it was fully ended he was slain by the noble men of Rome and Vitellius created in his stead a fool yet a sore cruel man much given to Drunkenness so that he was in all points unworthy of the Roman Empire The Noble men of Rome that were with Vespasian hearing this greatly disdained at that matter and said Was there never a Noble man in Rome left to be placed in the Empire but ye must choose a drunken wine-sucker why did ye not rather elect the mighty Prince Vespasian that is here with us a Sage and a Wise man thereto also most valiant one that conquered many Cities and vanquished many Nations and those most fierce What puissant Kings hath he subdued under the Roman Empire How far and wide hath he enlarged the Empire of the Romans And now when as the Empire ought to have been bestowed upon Vespasian or some one like unto him and none such could be found amongst you ye bestow it upon a fool and a blowbole drunkard wherein ye have done very undiscreetly Well the Empire of Rome shall have a better Emperour one day and God say Amen Whereupon the Princes that were there laid their heads together and decreed to make Vespasian Emperour Therefore with one consent they went unto Vespasian and said unto him Thou shalt be our head for the Empire belongeth to such a one and thou shalt have Dominion over us But Vespasian refused to take it on him and would in no wise consent to them Notwithstanding they compelled him and placed him upon the Throne of Majesty setting an Imperiall Crown upon his head which he would have put away and pulled off with his hand because he would not be Emperour Wherefore the Roman Captains drew out their swords and said Thou shalt be Emperour and reign over us therefore refuse it not if thou do thou shalt dy upon our swords Vespasian therefore seeing himself constrained being afraid of his life he was content to suffer himself to be proclaimed Emperour Then all the Army was sworn unto him and he sate upon the royall seat as Emperour and King of Kings The civil wars at Jerusalem encreased more and more and much blood was shed through the wickedness of Jehochanan Captain of the theeves a limb of the divel and through the cut-throat murtherers that were with him who had all even sworn the utter destruction of the City of the Lord and the deaths of the people There was also another cut-throat Ruffian of a noble house of Judea and Jerusalem about the same time called Schimeon who began also to follow Jehochanans manners in slaying innocents and robbing and raving in Jerusalem For Anani the High Priest had once appointed him Prince and chief Captain of Jerusalem and afterwards finding him an enemy banished him the City Where●…ore Schimeon went and ga●… him a rout of unthrifts murtherers and theeves casting in his mind and saying Except I joyn my self with such good fellows I shall never be able to be revenged of Anani and his assistants that have thus banished me out of Ierusalem into exile wrongfully unto my great dishonour Shall I that

his place where he lurked and came to Titus fell down before him and kissed his feet saying Save me O Lord King Titus commanded him to be fet●…ered with iron chains and when he had caused him to be carryed about the Camp so bound and to be m●…cked of all men by the space of seven dayes he commanded to hang him and so got he a just end and fit reward for his cruelty Afterward came Schimeon also forth of his den being driven to it with famine He had put on Kingly apparel and shewed himself afar off to the Roman host who seeing him were afraid to go to him but he called unto them and askt for some Captain Then one came forth and said unto Schimeon Tell me who thou art and I will not kill thee Schimeon answered therefore and told him I am Schimeon that Seditious Cap-tain of the. Jews which have made you so much ado now I beseech thee shew me so much favour as to b●…ing me to Titus thy Master which he did Titus therefore when he saw Schimeon he commanded him to be fast bound and to be led about the whole host that he might be derided and mockt Afterward he was put to a sore death first his head was striken off then he was cut in many pieces and cast unto dogs So he died an abominable death being punished for his iniquity The number of the Jews as well Citizens as others that came unto the Feast to Jerusalem which were slain partly by the Romans partly by the Seditious during the whole time of these Wars was known to be eleven hundred thousand besides them whose number was not known only they were counted which were slain and buried Besides them they also were not reckoned that after the death of Jehochanan and Schimeon died with Eleazar the son of Anani the Priest They that were led prisoners by Titus to Rome were sixteen thousand men So Titus with Joseph went to Rome leaving Bonian Josephs brother at Jerusalem who was appointed to be the chief Priest of them that abode there for Joseph did request it of Titus which he performed The Seditious were all slain in the battel which they took in hand for the peoples sake and the Temple of the Lord those also that Titus took prisoners were put to vile deaths for he reserved many to be mocking stocks in every City where he passed by in the way to Rome and in every Town he commanded some of them to be brought forth and cast unto the Lions till they were all consumed CHAP. V. THere were certain people at that time dwelling amongst the Mountains of Ararat that were called Alanites whose power Alexander King of Macedonia fearing closed them on every side This people although they had no knowledge of the use of Iron nor Armour yet this was their manner That one of them with a great pole burnt a little at the end would put to flight a hundred good souldiers were they never so well appointed and armed Until this year they were alwayes shut in but now being oppressed with a great dearth and famine throughout all the land they sent Embassadors to the people of Hurkan their neighbours requiring them that they would open thestraights of the Mountains that they might come forth with their wives children to seek them food The Hurkans granted their requests and opened them the entrances of the Mountains So they came forth wandering here and there spoiling divers Countries till at length they took their journey toward the Mountains of the Land of Madai where they found horses namely in the Desart of Madai amongst the people of Ararat They got those horses leapt upon them and ●…ntred the land of Madai The President o●… Ruler of the Country hearing thereof fled into the highest hills leaving his wife and children behind him for haste he was so afraid of the Alanites knowing their valiantnesse Straightway he sent unto them Embassadours to make peace with them and he would let them have victuals upon this condition that they would not spoil his Country They made answer If so be he would maintain them and let them have food for the space of one moneth till the corn in their own Country were ripe they would return home again at the moneths end for we desi●…e not say they thy gold or silver being men separa●… from all entercourse in traffick wi●…h other people nor any thing else than food do we seek This their request the Ruler granted them and let them have a certain Grain called Mill sodden with one kind of flesh or other The number of them was seven thousand one hundred and fifty and five thousand one hundred and forty persons When the moneth was ended and the A●…anites understood the corn in their own Country was ripe they departed out of the land of Madai according as they had sworn and returned toward their own Country And as they were in their way homeward Mithridates King of A●…arat came against them to annoy them minding to drive them from his coasts lest they should waste his Country Therefore while they marched through this Country going toward their own Mithridates made War upon them but his men were beaten down by the Alanites like as grasse falls upon the ground when a strong man treads upon it Then one of the young men of the Alanites in despight put a rope about Mithridates's neck and drew him after him unto his great shame Mithridates gat out his sword and cut asunder the rope and fled To whom the Alanites looking back said Go thy way get thee home and make no more war upon us hereafter for we were not minded to waste thy Land ●…or yet to kill thy people For if we had ever intended it Could we not have done it long ago when as nothing is betwixt us and you but the Mountains of Ararat But we were of this mind that we should greatly offend to kill men of our own shape and likenesse See now how Alexander which went about to subdue the whole earth and to declare his power closed us up within our land Why because he was afraid we should come out upon him But we laught him to scorn when he did it If we had listed we could have letted him from shu●…ting us in and to make no peace with him but we made no reckonin●… of his doings For it is our custom to keep us within our own Country we seek no other Land when as our own Land is better than any other It pleased us well that he inclosed us that the cruel wild beasts which are in the Mountains of Ararat could have no passage to us The cause we came out now was nothing else then that we were oppressed with a great dearth and we determined to be no longer from home then till our own fruits were ripe then to return as you see we do If we had been minded to win your Land had we not been able utterly to have

was none but for the mercy in thy promises which is infinite so frequently made and so solemnly confirmed unto them But O! remember the Orator on thy right hand Christ Jesus our Lord which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh and the Orator in thine own bosome thine essential and innate Clemency and let these prevail if it may stand with thy good will and pleasure that thy people the Jews may be received into the arms of thy mercy As once by a wilful and woful imprecation they drew the guilt of his blood on them and on their children So by thy free imputation drop the merit of his blood on them and on their children For the speeding of whose conversion be pleased to compose the many different judgements of Christians into one truth to unite their disagreeing affections in one love that our examples may no longer discourage but invite them to the embracing of the true Religion Oh mollifie the hearts rectifie the wills unvail the eyes unstop the eares of those thy people whom hitherto thou hast justly hardned Reveal to their understanding those Oracles which thou hast committed to their keeping That so our Saviour who long since hath been a light to lighten the Gentiles may in thy time be the glorie of thy people Israel that so there may be one Shepherd and one Sheepfold Grant this O Lord for Jesus Christ his sake to whom with Thee and the Holie Spirit be all Honour and Glory now and for ever more FINIS A Table and brief Description of the chief places mentioned in the History of Josephus ACo Ptolemais a City of Phoenicia called so from Ptolemy King of Egypt Aielona The name of a City belonging to the Levites and of a village not far from Nicopolis also the place whereabout at the prayer of Joshua the Sun stood still while the Canaanites were slain Alexandria A City in Egypt built by Alexander son of Philip King of Macedon built in the form of a Macedonian chlamys or cloak Antiochia A City in Syria lying on the Sea-coast built by King Antiochus Aossa A Town which Alexander King of the Jews wan and incompassed it with a tripl●… wall Aram His country is at this day called Syria he was one of the sons of Shem the son of Noah Arabia A country lying on the East and North-East of the Holy Land and is divided into Fe●…ix Deserta Petraea or Arabia the Happy the Desert and the Stony Ararat A Mountain of Armenia where Noahs Arke rested Askalon One of the five principal Cities of the Philistines built on the sea shore distant from Jerusalem 720. furlongs Asdotum A very strong City of the Philistines where Giants sometimes dwelt Assur Assy●…ia A Country lying near the Holy Land so named from Assur the son of Sem. Astaroth Karna●…m A City in the tribe of Manasse on the other side of Jordan in the very corner of the country of Bashan in the confines of Arabia B BEthshemesh or Bethsemes A city belonging to the Priest lying in the Land of Juda in the lot of Dan afterward assigned to the Levites the people of this City were slain by the hand of God to the number of 50000. for looking into the Ark. Bitter A very strong City not far from Jerusalem which the Romans took by famine C CAppadocia A little country being part of Syria called by the Greeks Leuco-Syria Cedron A Brook which runs on the East side of Jerusalem between the city and mount Olivet Cephar Toco A town in Idumaea which Vespasian the Emperour wan Chaldaea A country lying North-East from Palestina the chief city whereof was Babylon Caesarea A Town lying not far from the sea in the Holy Land called also Turris Stratonis and Flavia Colonia 〈◊〉 very strong and re-buil●… by Herod to keep th●… Jews from rebellion D DAmascus a City i●… Syria lying beyon●… mount Libanus six day●… journey from Jerusalem watred with two navigable Rivers Abana and Pharphar E ELat A City in Idumaea upon the coast of the red sea Edom or Idumaea The country where the posterity of Esau lived so called from Edom the name of Esau signifying red Euphrates Called by Ezechiel Chebar it divides Babylon in the midst and runs into the Persian gulf G GAlilee A most fruitful part of the Holy land situate betwixt mount Libanus Samaria bounded on the North with Tyre on the South with the Samaritans country and the river Jordan on the west with the territory of Ptolemais and mount Carmel on the East it extends it self beyond the streams of Jordan Gamala A very strong and almost impregnable Town and Castle of Palestina which was built on the top of a hill like a bunch upon a Camels back whence the city took its name Gamala Gamal in Hebrew signifying a Camel Gaza One of the five principal Cities of the Philistines distant from the sea about two miles it was taken from the Canaanites by the tribe of Juda Caleb being their Commander Gerarta A City in the upper Galilee Gilboa The mountains upon which Saul and Jonathan his son were slain by the Philistines Gomorrha Acity of the Canaanites near to Sodom both which were consumed by fire from heaven Goschen A part of Egypt fruitfulin pastures where Jacob and the Patriarchs were placed by Pharaoh King of Egypt H HIerusalem called the Holy City was built on mountains in the midst of Judaea in the Tribe of Benjamin a place c●…osen by God Himself buil●… at first by the Jebusites by them called Jebus the king whereof Joshua slew Afterward David coming again●…t it the inhabitants were so confident of the impregnableness of it that in scorn they placed the lame and blind upon the walls as accounting them sufficient defenders of so strong a place But David by the help of Almighty God wan the city cast out the Jebusites ●…ebuilt it round fortified it with a Tower and dwelt in it making it the chief City of al the land of Canaan afterward by reason of the building of Solomons Temple in that place it was calle●… Hiero●…osyma that is Solomons Temple from the Greek name Next for the Idolatry shedding innocent blood in that place and land the Jews were carried captive into Baby●…on by Nebuchadnezzar the Temple and City were destroyed by fire by the Cha●…daeans but seventy years after that according as the Lord spake by the mouth of Jeremiah the Prophet the people of the Jews were by Cyrus sent out of Captivity into their own land with great gifts besides gold and silver and the vessels that had been taken out of the house of the Lord by Nebuchadnezzar with Zerubbabel 〈◊〉 the re-edifying of th●… Temple and furnishing 〈◊〉 it by Artaxerxes aft●… ward Nehemiah was 〈◊〉 thorised for the buildi●… of the wall of the City This being done and 〈◊〉 nished by Zerubbal and by Nehemiah the City being magn●… cently increased w●… buildings afterward 〈◊〉 the Machabees and Herod thirty eight