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christian_n of_o st._n john_n that_o dwell_v about_o the_o city_n of_o bassora_n which_o be_v build_v in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o the_o hegira_n by_o omar_n the_o second_o caliph_n and_o be_v about_o two_o day_n journey_n from_o the_o join_n of_o the_o tigris_n and_o euphrates_n at_o the_o same_o distance_n from_o the_o sea_n and_o betwixt_o the_o 30_o and_o 31_o degree_n these_o sabian_o spread_v themselves_o afterward_o through_o all_o the_o east_n and_o their_o name_n become_v at_o last_o the_o name_n of_o a_o sect_n rather_o than_o of_o a_o nation_n and_o that_o sect_n be_v still_o the_o same_o with_o that_o of_o the_o ancient_a chaldaean_n the_o learned_a rabbi_n moses_n son_n of_o maimon_n mean_v that_o abraham_n have_v be_v breed_v up_o in_o the_o land_n of_o the_o sabian_o say_v that_o he_o have_v be_v breed_v up_o in_o the_o land_n of_o cutha_n that_o be_v to_o say_v in_o the_o land_n of_o chus_n which_o be_v susiana_n and_o if_o because_o the_o aethiopian_n worship_v also_o the_o sun_n one_o shall_v apply_v to_o they_o benjamin_n word_n the_o distance_n of_o the_o place_n will_v not_o suffer_v it_o for_o how_o can_v he_o have_v go_v in_o seven_o day_n from_o catif_a into_o aethiopia_n but_o beside_o that_o the_o series_n of_o his_o narrative_n show_v that_o he_o go_v towards_o the_o east_n and_o aethiopia_n lie_v on_o the_o west_n strabo_n a_o man_n of_o good_a sense_n and_o very_o 17._o honest_a have_v follow_v aelius_n gallus_n as_o far_o as_o thebes_n in_o egypt_n see_v and_o hear_v that_o statue_n at_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o sun_n yet_o he_o dare_v not_o affirm_v that_o none_o of_o those_o that_o be_v present_a do_v imitate_v that_o noise_n for_o the_o honour_n of_o their_o country_n germanicus_n see_v it_o also_o pliny_n say_v it_o be_v make_v out_o of_o 7._o a_o stone_n call_v basalta_n by_o the_o egyptian_n because_o it_o have_v the_o colour_n and_o hardness_n of_o iron_n that_o word_n be_v without_o question_n derive_v from_o the_o 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
11_o we_o will_v show_v that_o the_o phison_n be_v the_o western_a channel_n of_o those_o two_o into_o which_o the_o tigris_n and_o euphrates_n after_o their_o conjunction_n be_v divide_v ibid._n 12_o the_o origin_n of_o the_o word_n phison_n serve_v to_o prove_v it_o 76_o 13_o many_o learned_a man_n have_v have_v some_o knowledge_n of_o phison_n 78_o 14_o phison_n have_v since_o communicate_v its_o name_n to_o the_o other_o river_n p._n 81_o chap._n viii_o a_o continuation_n of_o the_o explanation_n of_o the_o eleven_o verse_n 1_o divers_a opinion_n concern_v the_o land_n of_o chavilah_n p._n 83_o 2_o a_o view_n of_o the_o true_a situation_n of_o the_o land_n of_o chavilah_n through_o which_o the_o phison_n run_v p._n 85_o chap._n ix_o a_o continuation_n of_o the_o explanation_n of_o the_o eleven_o verse_n and_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o explanation_n of_o the_o twelve_o 1_o the_o gold_n of_o arabia_n p._n 88_o 2_o and_o principal_o of_o chavilah_n p._n 90_o chap._n x._o a_o continuation_n of_o the_o explanation_n of_o the_o twelve_o verse_n 1_o divers_a opinion_n about_o the_o signification_n of_o the_o hebrew_n word_n bedolach_n p._n 91_o 2_o the_o two_o more_o probable_a be_v that_o which_o will_v have_v it_o to_o be_v a_o aromatic_a gum_n and_o that_o which_o will_v have_v it_o to_o be_v some_o sort_n of_o pearl_n p._n 92_o 3_o the_o most_o know_v fish_v for_o pearl_n in_o the_o world_n be_v that_o near_a chavilah_n p._n 93_o 4_o there_o be_v find_v also_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o bdellium_n in_o the_o same_o country_n 96_o chap._n xi_o a_o continuation_n of_o the_o explanation_n of_o the_o twelve_o verse_n 1_o divers_a opinion_n about_o the_o signification_n of_o the_o hebrew_n word_n schoham_n p._n 98_o 2_o arabia_n be_v some_o time_n the_o country_n in_o all_o the_o world_n most_o abundant_a in_o precious_a stone_n p._n 100_o 3_o the_o ancient_n believe_v that_o the_o onyx_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v but_o in_o arabia_n p._n 102_o chap._n xii_o the_o explanation_n of_o the_o thirteen_o verse_n 1_o the_o two_o most_o common_a opinion_n about_o the_o gehon_n be_v that_o which_o make_v it_o to_o be_v the_o nile_n and_o that_o which_o will_v make_v it_o to_o be_v the_o western_a channel_n of_o those_o two_o which_o divide_v the_o tigris_n and_o euphrates_n after_o their_o conjunction_n p._n 104_o 2_o the_o ground_n of_o that_o opinion_n which_o will_v have_v gehon_n to_o be_v nilus_n p._n 105_o 3_o of_o the_o hebrew_n name_n schichor_n which_o jeremiah_n give_v to_o nilus_n and_o which_o the_o seventy_o render_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 106_o 4._o why_o many_o believe_v that_o nilus_n and_o some_o other_o river_n do_v come_v from_o heaven_n p._n 108_o 5_o many_o confound_a oxus_n and_o nilus_n p._n 111_o 6_o the_o ground_n of_o the_o opinion_n which_o will_v have_v the_o gehon_n to_o be_v the_o most_o western_a channel_n of_o the_o two_o which_o divide_v the_o tigris_n and_o euphrates_n after_o their_o conjunction_n ibid._n 7_o gehon_n be_v the_o eastern_a channel_n of_o the_o two_o which_o divide_v the_o euphrates_n and_o tigris_n after_o their_o conjunction_n p._n 112_o 8_o the_o origin_n of_o the_o word_n gehon_n prove_v it_o p._n 113_o 9_o why_o moses_n have_v affix_v few_o mark_n to_o gehon_n than_o to_o phison_n and_o why_o some_o have_v believe_v that_o nilus_n do_v come_v out_o of_o euphrates_n p._n 115_o chap._n xiii_o a_o continuation_n of_o the_o explanation_n of_o the_o thirteen_o verse_n 1_o the_o name_n of_o chus_n be_v give_v to_o aethiopia_n to_o arabia_n and_o to_o susiana_n here_o it_o be_v intend_v of_o the_o last_o p._n 117_o 2_o that_o chus_n be_v cutha_n in_o the_o scripture_n and_o call_v chuzestan_n at_o this_o time_n p._n 119_o 3_o we_o find_v some_o footstep_n of_o the_o name_n chus_n in_o the_o cossians_n and_o cissians_n people_n of_o susiana_n p._n 121_o 4_o why_o it_o have_v be_v say_v that_o memnon_n be_v a_o aethiopian_a p._n 122_o 5_o of_o the_o statue_n of_o memnon_n which_o they_o say_v speak_v when_o it_o be_v enlighten_v by_o the_o rise_a sun_n p._n 124_o 6_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o history_n of_o memnon_n p._n 127_o 7_o confirm_v by_o the_o testimony_n of_o some_o ancient_n p._n 128_o chap._n fourteen_o the_o explanation_n of_o the_o fourteen_o verse_n 1_o chiddekel_n diglath_n and_o tigris_n be_v the_o same_o name_n and_o the_o same_o river_n p._n 130_o 2_o the_o vain_a conjecture_n of_o the_o ancient_n about_o the_o origin_n of_o the_o name_n of_o the_o river_n tigris_n p._n 132_o 3_o the_o true_a origin_n of_o that_o name_n 135_o 4_o chiddekel_n be_v not_o naharmalca_n p._n 136_o chap._n xv._n a_o continuation_n of_o the_o explanation_n of_o the_o fourteen_o verse_n 1_o the_o hebrew_n word_n kidmath_n in_o this_o place_n can_v signify_v to_o the_o east_n p._n 137_o 2_o in_o what_o sense_n we_o must_v understand_v that_o the_o tigris_n go_v towards_o assyria_n p._n 139_o chap._n xvi_o a_o continuation_n of_o the_o 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154_o 2_o second_o objection_n p._n 155_o 3_o three_o objection_n p._n 156_o 4_o four_o objection_n ibid._n chap._n xix_o a_o recapitulation_n of_o the_o whole_a treatise_n 1_o god_n plant_v a_o garden_n in_o eden_n eastward_o p._n 159_o 2_o a_o river_n do_v go_v out_o of_o eden_n to_o water_v the_o garden_n p._n 161_o 3_o it_o do_v divide_v itself_o and_o become_v four_o head_n p._n 162_o 4_o the_o first_o be_v phison_n ibid._n 5_o which_o do_v water_n the_o land_n of_o chavilah_n fertile_a in_o gold_n p._n 163_o 6_o in_o pearl_n and_o in_o bdellium_n in_o the_o onyx_n and_o in_o all_o sort_n of_o precious_a stone_n p._n 164_o 7_o the_o second_o river_n be_v the_o gehon_n which_o water_v the_o land_n of_o chus_n p._n 165_o 8_o the_o three_o be_v the_o tigris_n which_o run_v towards_o assyria_n and_o the_o four_o be_v the_o euphrates_n p._n 166_o 9_o all_o the_o mark_n by_o which_o moses_n have_v describe_v the_o situation_n of_o paradise_n agree_v only_o to_o that_o situation_n which_o i_o have_v propose_v ibid._n 10_o the_o question_n about_o the_o situation_n of_o the_o terrestrial_a paradise_n be_v no_o point_n of_o faith_n p._n 167_o a_o map_n of_o the_o situation_n of_o the_o terrestrial_a paradise_n a_o treatise_n of_o the_o situation_n of_o the_o earthly_a paradise_n preface_n i._o the_o occasion_n and_o argument_n of_o this_o work_n ii_o the_o manner_n observe_v in_o the_o treat_v of_o it_o iii_o the_o variety_n of_o opinion_n about_o the_o situation_n of_o the_o earthly_a paradise_n iv._o about_o what_o relate_v to_o its_o situation_n v._o and_o also_o about_o other_o thing_n concern_v paradise_n which_o be_v not_o of_o my_o subject_n vi_o mr._n bochart_n who_o intend_v to_o treat_v this_o matter_n do_v not_o clear_o declare_v his_o opinion_n vii_o the_o situation_n of_o paradise_n be_v no_o other_o way_n to_o be_v discover_v but_o by_o the_o word_n of_o moses_n i._o i_o have_v not_o forget_v as_o you_o work_n see_v gentleman_n what_o i_o promise_v 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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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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mikkedem_fw-la which_o i_o render_v by_o this_o word_n eastward_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o a_o great_a many_o new_a ambiguity_n and_o diversity_n of_o explanation_n for_o as_o it_o may_v signify_v both_o time_n and_o place_n the_o author_n of_o the_o vulgar_a translation_n who_o be_v no_o other_o here_o than_o st._n jerom_n the_o grecian_a translator_n aquila_n theodotion_n and_o symmachus_n the_o chaldaic_a paraphrast_n onkelos_n and_o jonathan_n and_o the_o interpreter_n who_o make_v open_a profession_n of_o follow_v the_o vulgar_a translation_n have_v take_v it_o in_o the_o first_o sense_n and_o render_v it_o in_o the_o beginning_n this_o very_a translation_n be_v ambiguous_a for_o some_o understand_v it_o as_o if_o this_o garden_n have_v be_v plant_v before_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n the_o author_n of_o the_o four_o book_n of_o esdras_n jonathan_n the_o paraphra_v and_o st._n jerom_n himself_o as_o i_o tell_v you_o before_o be_v of_o that_o opinion_n 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