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A51759	The voyages & travels of Sir John Mandevile, Knight wherein is set down the way to the Holy Land, and to Hierusalem, as also to the lands of the great Caan, and of Prestor John, to Inde, and divers other countries : together with many strange marvels therein.	Mandeville, John, Sir.; Jean, d'Outremeuse, 1338-ca. 1399.	1677 (1677)	Wing M415; ESTC R21151	84,811	129

may no more travel or work not because it is forbidden but they keep them for tilling their Land In this city of Bethlehem was King David born he was King of the Land of the Iews and reigned in Herusalem and had forty Wives and thrée hundred Concubines And at Bethlehem towards the South side is a Church of Saint Markoret that was Abbot there for whom they had much sorrow when he died and it was shewed there how he made lamentation when he died and it is a pitious thing to behold From Bethlehem to Hierusalem is two miles and in the way to Hierusalem half a mile from Bethlehem is the Church where the Angel told the Shepheards of the Birth of Christ. In that way is the Tomb of Rachel that was Mother to Joseph the Patriarch who died as soon as Benjamin was born and there she was buried and Jacob her Husband set twelve great stones upon her In this way to Hierusalem are many Christian Churches by the which men go CHAP. XIX Of the City Jerusalem FOR to speak of Hierusalem ye shall understand that it standeth fair among Hills and there is neither River nor Well but water cometh by Conduit from Ebron Also ye shall understand that at first it was called Jebus and since it was called Salem unto the time of David who called it Hierusalem and so it is called yet And about Hierusalem is the Kingdom of Sury and thereby is the land of Palestine and Askalon but Hierusalem is in the land of Iuda and it is called Judah for Judas Machabeus was King of that Land and it bordereth also upon the Kingdom of Arabia on the South side on the West side on the great sea on the North side on the Kingdom of Sury and the sea of Cypress About Hierusalem are these Cities Ebron at eight miles Jericho at six miles Barsabe at eight miles Askalon eighteen miles Jaff at twenty and fine miles Ramatha at four miles This Land of Hierusalem hath been in the hands of divers Nations as Jews Canaanites Assyrians Persians Macedonians Greeks Romans Christians Sarasins Barbarians Turks and many others For Christ will not suffer lend sinners long to possess it be they Christians or others And now hath that Land béen holden by Infidels an hundred years and more but God grant they may not hold it long CHAP. XX. Yet of this holy City Jerusalem AND ye shall understand that when men first come to Jerusalem they go first on Pilgrimage to the Church where the holy Grave is the which was out of the City on the North side but it is now closed in with the wall of the Town And there is a fair Church round all flat above and well covered with Lead and on the West side is a fair and strong tower for Bells and in the midst of the Church is a Tabernacle made like a little House in manner of a half Compass very richly trimmed with Gold Azure and other colours In the right side is the Sepulchre of our Lord Christ and the Tabernacle is eight foot long five foot wide and eleven foot high And it is not long since the Sepulchre was all open so that any man might then touch it but because the folks that came thither spoiled and brake the stones all in pieces therefore hath the Soldan made a Wall about the Sepulchre that no man may touch it In the left side is a window wherein are many Lamps lighted and there hangeth a Lamp burning before the Sepulchre which they say on Good Friday goeth out by it self and lighteth again by it self at the hour that our Lord rose from death to life And within that Church upon the right side of Mount Calvary where our Lord was Crucified the Cross was set in a Morteis in the Rock that is white of colour and mingled with a little red and upon that Rock dropped the blood of the wounds of our Lord when he was nailed on the Cross and that is called Golgatha and men go up to that Golgatha upon steps and in that Morteis was Adams Head found after Noahs Flood in token that the sin of Adam should be redéemed in the same place and upon that Rock Abraham offered sacrifice to our Lord and there is an Altar and before that Altar lyeth Godfrey of Bouloign Baldwin and others that were Christians and Kings of Jerusalem Likewise where our Lord was crucified it is written Hic Deus Rex noster ante saecula operatus est salutem in medio terrae that is This God our King before Worlds hath wrought health in the midst of the Church Vpon this Rock also where the Cross was fixed is written within the Rock Quod vides est fundamenta totius mundi hujus fidei that is That theu séest is the ground of all the World and of this Faith Ye shall understand also that when our Lord died he was two and thirty years old and thrée Months yet the prophesie of David saith that he should live forty years when he saith thus Quadraginta annis proximis sui generationi huic that is Forty years was I neighbour to this Generation and thus it should seem that Prophesie is not true but it is For in old time men counted but ten Moneths to a year of which March was the first and D●●●mber the last but Gaius Caesar that was Emperour of Rome added to these two Months more January and February and ordained the year of twelve Months that is thrée hundred sixty five days without Leap-year the proper course of the Sun and therefore after the accounting of ten Moneths to the Year he died in the fortieth year and after our years of twelve Moneths it is thirty two years and thrée Months Also within Mount Calvary at the right side there is an Altar where the Pillar lyeth that our Lord was bound to when he was scourged and thereby are thrée other Pillars that always drop water and some say that those Pillars wéep for our Lords Death And near this Altar in a place forty steps déep was found the very Cross by the knowledge of St. Elene under a Rock where the Iews had hid it And they found thrée Crosses one of our Lord and two of the Théeves These Crosses St. Elene tryed upon a dead Body that did rise as soon as the very Cross of our Lord was laid upon him and thereby is the Vale of the place where the four Nailes of our Lord were hid for he had two in his hands and two in his féet and with one of those Nailes the Emperour of Constantinople did make a Bridle for his Horse to bear him in Fattel by the vertue whereof he overcame his Enemies and won all the Land of Asia Turkey Damasse the more and the less Sury Hierusalem Arabia Persia and Mesopotamia the Kingdoms of Asape Egypt the high and 〈◊〉 with many other Kingdoms even almost all unto Indie the less that then were Christened and there were at that

little Pillar to the which our Lord was bound and scourged and there was Annas House that was Bishop of the Iews at that time and in that same place denyed S. Peter our Lord thrice before the Cock crew and there is a part of the Table at which Christ eat his last Supper with his Disciples and yet there is the Vessel with Water out of which the Disciples féet were washed and near by also is Saint Stephens Grave and there is the Altar where our Lord heard the Angel sing and there appeared Christ first to his Disciples after his Resurrection when the Gates were shut and said Pax vobis that is Peace be to you and upon that Mount appeared Christ to Saint Thomas and had him féel his wounds and that was eight daies after his Resurrection and then he believed perfectly and said Dominus meus Deus meus My Lord and my God In that same Chappel behind the high Altar were all the Apostles on Whitsunday when the Holy Ghost descended on them in likeness of Fire and there God made peace with his Disciples and there slept S. John the Evengelist on our Lords breast and saw in his sléep many secret things of Heaven Also Mount Sion is within the city and it is a little higher then the other side of the City and that City is stronger on the one side then on the other for in the foot of Mount Sion is a fair and strong castle which the Soldan did cause to be made there On Mount Sion was King David buried and Solomon and many other Kings of Hierusalem and there is the place where Saint Peter wept full bitterly when he had denyed our Lord and a stones rast from that is another place where our Lord was judged for at that time was Caiaphas House there and betwéen the Temple of Solomon and Mount Sion is the place where Christ raised the Maiden from death to life Vnder Mount Sion in the Vale of Josaphat is a Well called Natatory Silo there was our Lord washed after he was Baptized And thereby is the Trée on the which Judas hanged himself for despair when he had sold and betrayed Christ. And thereby is the Synagogue where the Bishops of the Iews and Pharisées came to held their Councel and there Judas cast thirty pieces before them and said peccavi tradens sanguinem justum that is I have sinned in betraying the Innecent Blood CHAP. XXVI Of the Field Acheldemack which was bought with the thirty pieces ON the other side of Mount Sion toward the South a stones cast is the Field that they bought with those thirty pieces for the which Christ was sold that men call Acheldemack that is the Field of blood in that Field are many Tombs of Christian men for there be many Pilgrims buried And also in Hierusalem toward the West is a fair Church where the Trée grew of which the Cross was made and thereby is the Church where our Lady met with Elizabeth when they were both with Child and St. John stirred in his Mothers Womb and did Worship to our Lord his Maker and under the Altar of this Church is the place where St. John was born and thereby is the Castle of Emaux CHAP. XXVII Of Mount Joy TWo miles from Hierusalem is Mount Joy this is a fair place and there lyeth Samuel the Prophet in a fair Tomb. It is called Mount Joy for there these that travel first sée Hierusalem And in the middle of the Vale of Josaphat is a little River that is called Torrens Cedron over which lies the Trée for men to pass over of which the Cross was made In this Vale is a Church of our Lady and her Sepulcher and she was thréescore and twelve years of age when she died And there near is the place where our Lord forgave Saint Peter his sins and misdéeds which he had done Near unto that is a Chappel where Judas kissed our Lord that men call Gethsemain when he was taken of the Iews and there left Christ his Disciples before his Passion when he went to pray and said Pater si fieri potest transeat à me calix ista that is Father if it may be done let this Cup pass from me And thereby is a Garden where our Lord sweat both blood and water and there is the Tomb of King Josaphat of whom the Vale had the Name and on the side of that Vale is the Mount Olivet and it is called so for there grow many Olive Trées and it is higher then Hierusalem and therefore from that Hill men may sée into the Stréets of Hierusalem and betwéen the Hill and the City is nothing but the Vale of Josaphat and that is not very large and upon that Hill stood our Lord when he ascended into Heaven and yet séemeth there the step of his left foot in the stone and there is an Abbey of black Cannons that was great sometimes but now there is but a Church and a little thence eightéen paces is a Chappel and there is the stone on the which our Lord God sate when he preached and said thus Beati pauperes spiritus quoniam ipsorum est regnum coelorum that is Blessed be they that are poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven And there he taught his Disciples their Pater-noster There also is a Church of that blessed woman Mary Egyptian and there is she buried And upon the other side toward the East thrée bow-shoots from thence standeth Bethphage where our Lord Iesus Christ sent Peter and James for to fetch the Ass on Palm-sunday CHAP. XXVIII Of the Castle of Bethania THere toward the East is a castle that men call Bethania and there dwelt Simon the Leper that harboured our Lord and them that were baptized of his Disciples and he was called Julian and was made Bishop and that is he that men call on for good Habour In that same place our Lord forgave Mary Magdalen her sins and there she washed his féet with tears and wiped them with her hair and there was Lazarus raised after he had béen four days dead CHAP. XXIX Of Jericho and other things AT the returning to Mount Olivet is the place where our Lord wept upon Hierusalem and thereby our Lady appeared to S. Thomas after her Assumption and gave him her Girdle and thereby is a stone on which our Lord sate often and Preached And there is mount Galile where the Apostles were gathered when Mary Magdalen told them of Christs rising Betwéen Mount Olivet and Mount Galile is a Church where the Angel told our Lady when she should die And from Bethany to Jericho is five miles Jericho was sometime a little city but it is wasted and now it is but a little Town that Town took Joshua through the Miracle of God and bidding of the Angel and destroyed it and cursed those that should build it again Of that city was Rahab that common woman that received the Messengers of