second Pyramid which is the Colour'd is an ancient Nubian having a Basket on his head and in his hands a Censer like those used in Churches wherewith he incenses about it at all the Obelisks As to the Birba of Achemima its Spirit is a Young Man Beardless and Naked sufficiently known among the Inhabitants of the place The Spirit of the Birba of Semir is a black swarthy Old Man of high Stature and having a short Beard The Spirit of the Birba of of Phacat appears in the form of a black young Woman having in her arm a little black Infant deformed shewing his Dogs teeth and having his eyes all white The Spirit of the Birba of Ridousa appears in the form of a Man having the head of a Lion with two long Horns The Spirit of the Birba of Busira appears in the form of an old white Monk carrying a Book The Spirit of the Birba of Gaphi appears in the form of a Shepherd clad in a black Robe with a Staff in his hand As to the Pyramids of Dehasoura their Spirits are seen in the form of two black old Men. The Spirit of the Birba of Samnos appears in the form of a Monk who comes out of the Sea and views himself in it as in a Looking-glass All these Spirits are manifestly seen by such as come near them and the places of their retirement and frequent there abouts along time There are for all of them certain particular Offerings by means whereof it is possible the Treasures of the Birbas and the Pyramids may appear and that there may be a friendship and familiarity between Men and Spirits according to what the Sages have establish'd Saurid the Son of Sahaloc says the Author continued King of Egypt a hundred and seven years His Astrologers told him the time he should die whereupon he made his last Will to his Son Hargib told him whatever was necessary for him and ordered him to have him carried into the Pyramid and to have him disposed into the Tomb which he himself had caused to be made that he should cover the bottom of it with Camphire and Santal-wood and that he should enbalm his body with the drugs which prevent corruption and that he should leave by him the richest of his Armour and the most precious of his Housholdstuff His Son performed all this after his death and then Hargib Reigned after his Father in the Land of Egppt and follow'd his footsteps being careful as he had been to administer Justice to the People to have the Countrey cultivated and inhabited and to procure the wellfare of his Subjects which obliged them to have a great affection for him He afterwards caused to be built the first of the Pyramids of Dehasoura and to be brought thither abundance of Wealth and precious Stones of great value Hargib was particularly addicted to Chemistry to get Metals out of the Mines and to gather money he afterwards enterred every year a great quantity thereof and minded not the putting of Statue and speaking Idols into his Pyramid He a long time continued that exercise during which he had a Daughter who being grown up suffer'd herself to be debauched by one of hi◠people which obliged him to sent her away into the West where he had a City built for her in the Countrey of Barca This City being built they gave it the name of that Princess which was as they say Domeria For he caused a Pilory t◠be built in the midst of the City and her name to be grav'd on it then he sent to live there with her all the old Women of his House He continued King ninety nine years then dyed and was interred in the Pyramids His Son Menaos Reigned after him in Egypt and was a proud and hauty Prince who spilt much blood ill treated his Subjects Ravished many Women and squandered away a great part of the Treasures of his Ancestors For he built Palaces of Gold and Silver into which he brought Chanels of the Nile the bottom whereof he caused to be covered with Jacinths and other precious stones instead of Sand. He tormented Men and took away their goods and Cattel by force This got him the hatred of the People and at last the Beast he rid on threw him and broke his neck Gods curse go with him So God delivered the Egyptians of him As to the History of the Deluge and the adventures of Noah to whom God grant peace and mercy take in few words what is said thereof They relate that Adam Gods peace be with him after God had descended from Paradice and been merciful to him after his Sin was by God himself appointed King of the Earth and Mankind descended of his Race He was the first that Prayed to God Fasted and knew how to Read and Write He was Beardless and Hairless comely and well made There was afterwards sent him one and twenty pages of Writings then he dyed aged nine hundred and fifty years His li 〈…〉 should have been a thousand years but he bestowed fifty of them on hi◠Son David His Successor and L 〈…〉 gatee was his Son Seth to whom a 〈…〉 to whose Children continued the Prophecy with the true Religion and the Superintendency of Divine Laws God afterwards sent Seth twenty nine sheets He liv'd on the Mountain and Cabel built in the bottom of the Valley Seth lived nine hundred and twelve years and had for Successor his Son Enos who lived nine hundred and fifty years and appointed for hi◠Successor after his death his Son Cainan in whose favour he made his last Will and afterwards distributed the Earth among the Sons of his Sons Cainan died aged nine hundred and twenty years and made his last Testament in favour of his Son Mahalel In his time the square Temple was built He died aged nine hundred seventy five years and appointed for Successor his Son Jared whom he taught all the Sciences and told all that was to happen in the World He considered the Stars and read the Book of the secrets of the Kingdom which was sent from Heaven to Adam then he had to his son Enoch who is Edrisus Gods peace be with him There was then King in the World Mechavel the son of Cabel The Devil Gods curse with him went to him seduced him by his deceits and made him fall into errour then he told him that there was born to Jared the son of Mahalel a son who should be an enemy to theie Gods and come to great reputation Whereto Jared answered Canst not thou destroy him I 'le endeavour to do it said the Devil Whereupon God gave Edrisus Gods peace be with him Angels to guard him from the Devil and from his Progeny and Artifices When he was grown up to adolescency his Father made him Guardian of the Temple and taught him the sheets of Seth and Adam Gods peace be with them He was
time as his enterprize having been observed Men bewared of him and the King heard of him They say that Mechavel God curse him imprisoned Noah 3 years before he died and that after his death his son Darmasel who was his Successor brought Noah out of Prison and commanded him to forbear corrupting Religion and exclaming against the Gods There was among them for their seven great Idols a Feast which they celebrated every year during which they assembled to offer Sacrifices and make Processions about the Idols The time of that Feast being come which is also the Feast of Jagoth the people came together from all parts and then Noah came to that Assembly and having pass'd through the midst of the People and cry'd with a loud voice O Friends say as I do There is no other God then the great God The people put their fingers into their Ears and their Heads into their garments but the Idols fell at Noah's cry which obliged the men to fall upon him and to beat him cruelly giving him several wounds in the head then dragging him along the ground with his face towards the Kings Palace into which they made him enter and brought him before him Have not I done thee a favour said the King in taking thee out of Prison though thou hast spoken against our Religion rail'd at our Gods and forsaken the footsteps of thy Fathers and Grand-fathers Mean time thou comest again to exercise thy Magick against the Gods so as thou hast made them to fall from their thrones torn from their stations and the places of their honour and their glory What hath forc'd thee to this extremity If these Idols replied Noah were Gods as you imagine they would not have fallen at my voice Fear God unhappy Prince turn to him and believe nothing equal to him for he sees you Who is he said the King who has made thee so confident as to speak to me in these terms I will sacrifice thy Bloud to the Idols He thereupon commanded him to be kept in prison till the day of the Feast of Jagoth that he might be sacrificed to him and that the Idols might at the same time be exalted to their thrones But he saw afterwards a Dream which startled him and obliged him to order Noah to be put out of prison giving out among the people that he was distracted Noah being afterwards 500 years of age had his son Sem and after him Cham and after him Jam then Japhet Their mother was named Noubaâ—he the Daughter of Enos the son of Enoch Noah was afterwards a long time preaching to hiâ— Nation yet could convert to the profession of the Unity of God but a small company of the meaner sort of people wherefore they made this reproach to him according to what God himself said to him Thou hast been followed by the drâ—gs of the people Noah was a Carpenter and those who believed in him were of his own profession He spent afterwards three Ages in preaching always to the people the Religion of Almighty God without other effect save that they grew the more impious and insolent Nay they kill'd some of those who believed in him and rifled their honses and then God revealed to him that of his Nation there would be no other Believers save onely those who had already embraced the Faith Noah despairing of their Conversion began to pray to God against them and to say O my Lord suffer not upon earth any habitation of the Unbelievers Then Almighty God commanded him to build the Ship then he smote them with Sterility as well to the Fruits of the earth as the Procreation of children making their women unable to bring forth and in like manner the Females of their Cattel incapable of generation and withdrawing his benedictions from their Orchards and Agriculture They invoked their Idols but it did bestead them nothing with God Then Noah began to build the Ship and spent three years in cutting down Indian Plane-trees and polishing them in making Nails and Pins and providing whatever was necessary then he set it together in the moneth of Regebe Those of his Nation would needs pass by him as he was at work laughing and making sport at him After he had finished it God commanded him to put into it two pairs of every species Those who embarqued with him of the sons of Adam and his own were Sem Cham and Japhet and the others who belonged to him and were of his family The Angels brought to him Adams Shrine which was in the Countrey of Tehama which is the Septentrional Territory of Meca There was also with him in the Ark the Egyptian Priest Philemon with his family and his daughters The rest were of the children of his Father and of his Grandfather Edrisus After the chastisement was completed by the destruction of the Inhabitants of the Earth that the Heaven had given a check to the Rains that the Earth by the permission of her Lord had drunk up the waters and that the Ark rested on Mount Gâ—edis they went out and built a City which they called The Match of Fourscore and which is at this day famous in its place under the name of Themanine which signifies Fourscore They say that the several Nations though they were not ignorant of the Deluge and that they knew well enough it was to come yet could not learn of their Priests precisely the time of its coming because it was the will of the Almighty and All-good God to punish them The Mountains cast stones at them and they knew not which way to turn to avoid the falling of the Rain and the Stones They say also that the water which fell was hot and corrupted as if i had come out of a boiling Pool of Sand. Some affirm that the Ship continued on the water a hundred and fifty days others that it continued 11 Moneths God knows how it was Some affirm also that the Deluge happen'd in the Moneth of Regebe and that the Ark nested on Mount Geudis the tenth day of the Moneth of Mucharram There were between the descent of Adam and the Deluge two thousand one hundred fifty six years When God would restore the Earth to a good condition he sent a wind upon the water which dry'd it and put a stop to the Springs The ordinary light return'd to the World and the Sun and the Moon and the Night and the Day Forty days after God commanded Noah to open the Ark. He opened it and let out the Raven to see how low the water was The Raven went out and stayed to feed on the Carrions of the dead and returned no more Whereupon Noah made imprecations against her that she might always be a Stranger and never a domestick Bird and that it should feed on Carrions Then he let out the Dove after her She soon return'd with her feet dy'd with the slime of the Earth which was grown hot Wherefore Noah prayed God to
the better Ioseph said the King God inspired Ioseph what he had to do and ordered him to cause three Chanels to be made one Chanel coming out of High Egypt from such a place to such a place an Eastern Chanel from such a place to such a place and a Western Chanel Ioseph got men together to carry on this work and caused the Chanel of Manhi to be digg'd from the Upper part of Asmounine to Lahon which he caused also to be digged afterwards Then he caused the Chanel of Alphiom to be digged and the Eastern Chanel with another Chanel near it named Benhamet from the Villages of Alphiom which is the Western Chanel and draws from the Desart of Benhamet towards the West By this means there remained no water in Geouna That done he got Labourers to cut down all the Reeds and Tamarisk that was in it and carry it away and then the Nile began to flow into it and Geouna became pure and clean ground The water of the Nile rose and entered at the beginning of the Manhi and flowed therein till it came to Lahon whence it turned towards Alphiom and entered into its Chanel so that it was watered thereby and made a Champain Countrey overflown by the Nile The King the Rajan came to see it with the Favourites who had given him that advice After they had considered it they were all astonished at the Wisdom and extraordinary Invention of Ioseph and began to say We know not whether we should more admire to see Geouna cleared of the water and rid of the Reeds and Paper-plants and Tamarisks and Willows whereof it was ful or to see it o'reflown by the Nile after the levelling of the ground Then the King said to Ioseph How long were you Ioseph in reducing this Land to the condition I now see it in Seventy days said Ioseph Pharao turned to his Favourites and said to them It is not likely any one could have done it in a thousand days This occasioned the calling of that Land Alphiom that is to say A Thousand Days and that very year it was sowen and ordered as the rest of Egypt Jesidus the son of Chebibus says that God made Joseph Gods peace be with him Master of Egypt at 30 years of age and that after he had governed il 40 years the Egyptians said among themselves Joseph is old and hath not now the prudence he had heretofore and that thereupon they devested him of the power which they had given him over them and said to him Make your choice of some barren and useless ground which we may give you to cultivate and people for by that means we shall make trial of your prudence and judgment and then if we find in your management thereof any thing to persuade us that your Understanding is yet in a tendency to advancement we will re-establish you in your government Ioseph considered the desart places of the appurtenances of Egypt and chose the place now called Alphiom which was presently given him He brought thither from the Nile the Chanel of the Manhi so that he made the water of the Nile flow all over the Land of Alphiom and finished all their digging work in a years time We hear also that he did it by inspiration from his Lord and that he imployed therein a great number of Workmen and Labourers The Egyptians considered that work and saw that in all Egypt there was not any like or equal to the dead Land which Ioseph had raised up again whence it was concluded that there was not a more excellent judgment nor safer advice nor better conduct then that of Ioseph and they thought themselves obliged to commit the affairs of Egypt into his hands He governed them 130 years that is to his death Gods peace and mercy be with him Others affirm that he died at 130 years of age God knows better then we do how it is Some relate as having it from Hasam the son of Isaac that Ioseph after his his re-establishment in the government of Egypt was well beloved by the Kings Favourites and that they made their excuses to him After which he spoke thus to the Rajan You have not yet seen neither you nor your Favourites all my wisdom and conduct can perform And what can you do more replied they I will put into Alphiom said he a Family of every City in Egypt that they may there build a village for themselves so that there shall be in Alphiom as many villages as there shall be Cities in Egypt When they have quite built their villages I will bring into every village as much water as shall be requisite proportionably to the Land I shall have assigned it so as there shall be neither too much nor too little I will also have an Aqueduct come to every village for the time that water cannot come there but under ground and I will make it more deep for those who are seated high and less deep for such as shall be low according to the times and hours of the day and night I will do all this for them by measure so that every one shall have neither more nor less than is requisite Pharao answered him thereupon This is of the Kingdom of Heaven Ioseph It is so said Ioseph After that says the Author Ioseph began the execution of that enterprise causing the villages to be built and assigning every one its limits The first village built in Alphiom was called Betiana and there Pharao's Daughter had her habitation He afterwards caused the Chanels to be digged and the Bridges to be built and when he had done that he began to allot the Proportions of Land and Water and there began Geometry which before that was unknown in the Land of Egypt for they onely followed Ioseph in that and it was one of the things which had been taught him by his Lord. They say also he was the first who measured the Nile in Egypt and who established the Nilometer in the City of Memphis After him the ancient Cagalouca who was Queen of Egypt and built the Wall of the ancient City caused a Nilometer to be made at Alsena where the Cubits are small and another at Achemima Gabdolgueziz the son of Merouanes caused also one to be made at Choluan in High Egypt Zaid the son of Asam during the Caliphat of the Valide the son of Gabdolmelic under the Reign of the House of Ommie caused a Nilometer to be made in the Island which is opposite to Masre between its Rivers and this is greater then the others As to that which is now used it was built by the Mamunus the son of Harounes the Law-observer Almighty God shew mercy to both For when he entered into the Land of Egypt he found the Christians negligent in measuring the water when by the permission of God it encreased which obliged him to speak thus This is a miracle of God wherein he hath put
demolished the Mosquey so that the people met on Friday in another place till the building was finished He put up the Seat for Orations in the great Mosquey in the year 94. They say there is not in the World any one handsomer and nobler then this after the Seat of the Prophet of God Gods peace and mercy be with him After that there were enlargements made by Salich the son of Gali the son of Gabdol the son of Guebas upon the account of the Commander of the Faithful Abulguebas who added behind the Mosquey four Pillars There were also some made by Gabdol the son of Tahar the son of Ghasan the Overseer under the Commander of the Faithful Gabdol sais this of it as having it from his Father Abutahar came from Alexandria and entered into Fustata which is Masre where he constituted Judge Guise the son of the Moncader and added to the Mosquey part of the House of Gamrou the son of Gasus The son of Remath added thereto the House of Gabidol the son of Chareth the son of Gerou and the House of Gagelan the freed Servant of Omar the son of Chettab Gods peace be with him and the House of the Phadal The Phadal the son of Tahar went out of it accordingly on a Tuesday five days before the expiration of the Moneth Regebe in the year 212. After him Abubeker Mahumet the son of Gabidol the son of Chareth the son of Masquin enlarged it on the side of the spacious place and to that end took the Gate and the Mint-house with what was adjoyning thereto as far as the Western Wall of the Mosquey which so enlarged the spacious place that the Mosquey was square He added thereto also a Pillar which is that on the South-side He began to demolish and to build on Thursday the fourth of the Moneth of Regebe in the year 357. and dy'd before he had finish'd his design but his son Gali the son of Mahumet had his charge after his death and completed the enlargements which he had begun so that the people did their Devotions there after Wednesday the 23. of the Moneth Ramadan in the year 358. The Phadal the son of Guebas told me what follows I ask'd said he the Architect named Gali the Chemirian who had the charge of that Structure and he told me that what was taken out of the Mint-house towards the enlargement of the spacious Place is nine Cubits in length according to the great measure Sophian the son of Gabdol says citing for Author Naphegus the son of Othman that there was no History recited in the Mosquey in the time of the Apostle of God Gods peace and mercy be with him nor in the time of Abubeker Omar Othman or Gali Gods peace be with them all and that practise began not till under the Reign of Megavius the son of Abusophian The son of Lahigus saith citing for Author Abucheâ—iâ— that Gali Gods peace be with him went to his Devotion before day making imprecations against some of his enemies and that it being related to Megavius he appointed a man to recite the History after the break of Day and after Sun-set and to pray God for him and the Inhabitants of Syria and thence began saith he the recital of History Abugamrou hath related to us citing for Author Meguirus that the first who did his Devotions in the morning was Gali and they say he did not that but out of a reflection that he had a War to prosecute We will add here a Copy of what is writen upon the green Tables in the ancient great Mosquey of Masre The Writer was Abulcasem Moses the son of Guise the son of Moses the son of Muâ—adi the Writer God All-mighty be merciful to him In the Name of God Gracious and Merciful God hath declared that there is no other God but he till he says in Justice There is no other God but the true God alone without Associate He gives Life and Death and he can do all things 'T is he who hath sent his Apostle with good conduct and the true Religion and the rest of the Verse The Messias will not disdain and the rest of the Verse Great God give thy Benediction to Mahumet thy Servant and Prophet grant him peace make him the most honoured of thy Creatures before thee and the most cherish'd by thee and and the most Powerful in favour about thee and the nearest in dignity to thee Great God hear the Prayers which Mahumet makes to thee for his Nation and cause his People to descend into his Fish-pool without confusion and without affliction Gabdol the Strong Commander of the Faithful hath caused this Mosquey to be augmented and enlarged great God give thy Benediction to the Commander of the Faithful thou and thy Angels encrease his reward and make him one of thy greatest Servants in happiness make him one of the Companions of Mahumet Gods peace and mercy be with him in Paradise assist him to govern well what he hath under his jurisdiction of thy Servants and of thy Provinces by making him thy Lieutenant and cause his Subjects to enjoy the happiness of good conduct in safety and assurance He who had the oversight of the Structure was Corras the son of Serich and the time wherein it was finished is the Moneth Ramadan in the ninety second year of the Blessed Retreat I have heard Abugamrou speak thus The first who made Arched Upper-rooms was Omar the son of Gabdolgueziz Gods peace and mercy be with him in the hundreth year and the Mosqueys were made in that manner after him having been before onely without any such Room The first of the Prelates who caused the Benediction and the glorification of the Name of God to be pronounced by Criers after him was the Prelate of Chasina whose Son is now known under the name of the Son of Gali the Prelate Before that the Prelates only pronounced that Benediction to the People I have heard him speak in these terms These Pillars of Wood which are in the Court were erected the same year that the Chanel was made Before that the Veils were in the midst of the Seeling of the great Mosquey 'T is related that in the Reign of the Mamanus there were Coffers in the great Mosquey wherein was put what remained of the portions of the Poor and Indigent of what they gather'd who walked up and down the High-ways of all the other Collections which were made These Coffers or Chests were opened on the Friday and they call'd with a loud voice such as would accept of those Alms but it seldom happened that any came to receive them Then they call'd him who had gathered them and he answered in these terms The Charities are come into the Coffers they shall never return to me I leave them to the All-mighty and All-good God The Nilometer was built of the remainder of these Almes there being not any would receive them in the time of the Mamunus
From God comes strength and power and all things return to him Know Lord Commander of the Faithful that the Countrey of Egypt is nothing but a blackish Soil and green Plants between a dusty Mountain and a reddish Sand. Between its Mountain and its Sand there are high-raised Plains and levelled Eminences It is surrounded by an Ascent which supplies it with provisions and is in compass from Syene to the extremities of the Land and the side of the Sea a Moneths riding for a Man on Horse-back Through the midst of the Countrey there runs a River blest in the morning and favoured of Heaven at night which rises and falls according to the course of the Sun and Moon It hath its time wherein the Springs and Sources of the Earth are opened to it according to the command given them by its Creator who governs and dispenses its course to supply the Province with sustenance and it follows according to the order prescribed it till such time as its waters being risen and its Waves rolling with noise and its surges being come to their greatest elevation the Inhabitants of the Countrey cannot pass from one Village to another but in little Boats and a man sees the little Wherryes turning to and â—ro as white and black Camels in the imaginations of the people Then when it is come to this condition behold it begins to return back and to confine it self within its Chanels as it came out of it before and rose up by little and little And then the most forward and the most slothful prepare themselves for labour they are scattered up and down the Fields in multitudes the people of the Law whom God preserve and the people of Alliance whom men protect they are seen stirring to and fro like Ants some weak others strong and wearying themselves out at the task imposed upon them for that is not obaained of them by their good will but by force and constraint by ill-treating and oppressing them They are seen searching into the Earth and turning up so much of it as hath been overflown and casting into it all sorts of Grain which they hope with the assistance of God will multiply therein And it will not be long ere the Earth puts off the black hew of its manure and cloaths it self in green and casts forth a pleasant scent while it produces Stalks and Leaves and Ears making a delightful show and giving a good hope the dew of Heaven watering it from above and the moisture giving nourishment to its productions from beneath Sometime there come certain Clouds with a little Rain sometimes there fall onely certain drops of water and sometimes none at all After that Lord Commander of the Faithful the Earth displayes her Beauties and makes a Triumph of her Favours cheering up the Inhabitants and assuring them of a good Harvest of her Fruits for the sustenance of them and their Cattel and to be Transported elsewhere and to make their Beasts multiply She appears now Lord Commander of the Faithful like dusty ground then presently it is a blewish Sea and as it were a white Pearl then like black Dirt then as green Taffata then as a piece of Embrodery of divers colours then like a fount of molten Gold Then they Harvest their Corn which being Thrash'd out passes afterward diversly among Men some taking what belongs to them and others what does not belong to them This vicissitude returns every year every thing in its Season according to the order and providence of the All-mighty may that great God be ever praised blessed be he the best of Creatures As to what is necessary for the carrying on of these Works and what should make the Countrey populous and well cultivated maintain it in a good condition and make it advance from good to better according to what hath been told us by such as are acquainted therewith as having had the government of it in their hands we have made a particular observation of three things The first is not to credit the malicious discourses of the meaner sort of people against the chiefest of the Countrey because they are envious and unthankful for the good which is done them The second is to lay out one third of the Tribute raised therein towards the reparation of Bridges and Causeys And the third is not to raise the Tribute out of any Species till it be in its perfection This is the Description of Egypt Lord Commander of the Faithful whereby you may know it as if you had seen it your self God continue you in your good conduct and make you happily manage your Empire and assist you to undergo the charge he hath imposed on you and inspire you with an acknowledgment of the favours he hath done you Peace be with you May God be praised and assist with his favours and benedictions our Lord Mahumet and those of his House and those of his party The Commander of the Faithful Omar Gods mercy on him having read says the Author Gamrou's Letter spoke thus He hath made an exquisite Description of the Land of Egypt and its Appurtenances he hath design'd it so well that it cannot be mistaken by such as are capable of knowing things Praised be God O Assembly of Mussulmans for the favours he hath done you by bringing you into the possession of Egypt and other Countries He it is whose assistance we all ought to implore They relate that when the House of Gamrou the son of Gasus was demolish'd and made part of the great Mosquey of Masre there was found in a corner a stone on which these verses were written Slight not a favourable occasion wherein thou maist stretch forth thy hand to do some good We live but to die and death is deceitfull from one hour to another there is a change of affairs They relate also that while the same Gamrou was Governour of Egypt certain Coptites came and made evil reports to him against certain persons about affairs which he knew nothing of thinking by that means to insinuate themselves into his favour and be powerful about him but he reproved them of it saying O ye Coptites who are here assembled know that when any one comes to give us evil reports of his Brother we shall advance his Brother to higher Dignity and debase the Detractor for the Detractor envies the prosperity of his Neighbour and endeavours to ruine him the cauldrons of his malice boil in his breast so that it rises up into his Tongue and these wicked discourses are the smoke of that fire which sets them a boyling He said also Gods peace be with him he who makes ill reports to thee calumniates thy self he who speaks ill to thee of another speaks ill of thy self He said sometimes to his Captains and those whom he employed about his affairs Use me not as a Dagger to stab people withall Shew your selves kind and obliging to all for who would live in peace must practise it Be carefull to
that he shall be able to see all sorts of Spirits He there found also the Figure of an Icâ—neumon or Egyptian Rat made of Gold which being exposed to the Air the Sky was overcast and immediately there came Rain He there found moreover a Seat of Marble on which there was the Figure of a Raven made of a black Stone which being questioned spoke and answered to what was asked of it They say that in each of those Store-houses there were ten Miraculous things which it would be long to declare one after another wherefore we shall content our selves with what we have briefly said thereof After Gebirus saith the Author had acquitted himself of the Building of the City he sent the tidings of it to Charoba and invited her to come and see it It was her Nurse who brought her the news and withall said to her Fear not nor give your self any trouble concerning him Then presently she carried to Gebirus a piece of Tapistry of great value and said to him Put this on the Seat in which you shall sit and afterwards divide your people into three parties and send them to me that I may give them a Treatment such as they deserve When the first party shall be about a third part of the way you shall send away the second then afterwards the third to the end they may be near us dispersed in the Countrey for our safety He did so and in the mean time she continued sending to him precious Houshold-stuff till such time as she knew that they were upon their way and that he had sent to her the third part of his Army Then she caused to be set for them Tables replenish'd with Poisoned Meats and Drinks and when they were come to the Tables her Servants Men and Maids made them stay and sit down to eat standing all about them with Umbrellos or Fans so that they all died from the first to the last They afterwards quitted that Post and passed to the other where the second party met them whom they treated after the same manner Then they removed to the third and serv'd them as they had done the others so that all died After that she sent word to the King that she had left his Army in her own City and in her Castle and thereabouts for the safety of her Women and that she would be served by his Attendants who should be about him ready to obey him Accordingly she went to his Palace accompanied by her Nurse and some of her meaner Women who were with her and carried Perfumes in Porcelain Dishes He rose up and went to meet her and immediately her Nurse put about him a sumptuous Robe but poisoned which she had prepared for that purpose and blew a Fume into his face which in a manner deprived him of his senses then she sprinkled him with a water which she had which loosened all his members and dislocated all his joyn 〈…〉 so that he fell to the ground in a swound Then she opened his veins and emptied them of all his bloud saying The bloud of Kings is an excellent remedy Her Nurse came up to him and said to him Is the King well to night Mischief on your coming hither replied he may you be treated accordingly Do you stand in need of any thing replied she before you taste death I do said he I would intreat thee to cause these words to be engraved upon one of the pillars of the Castle I Gebirus the son of Gevirus the Mutaphequian who have caused Marble to be polished and the hard red stone and the green to be wrought who have been possessed of Gold and Precious stones who have built Palaces and raised Armies who have cut through Mountains who have stopped Rivers with my arm with all this my power and my might and my prowess and my valour I have been circumvented by the artifices of a Woman weak impotent and of no worth who hath deprived me of my understanding and taken my life and discomfited my Armies Whoever therefore is desirous to prosper though there be no prosperity in this world let him have a care of the wilely subtilties of Women This is the advice I give those who shall come after me I have no more to say Charoba thereupon commanded his head to be cut off and that it should be set upon the gate of the City of Memphis which was put in executtion by her people After that she caused the Tower of Alexandria to be built and to be graved thereon her own name and that of Gebirus and what she had done to him and the time when the City had been built Her fame came to the ears of Kings who respected and esteemed her and made submissions and proffers of obedience to her She did since that many miraculous things in Egypt among others she caused Castles and Bridges to be made upon the Frontiers and put Garrisons of Souldiers therein to be a Guard and to repell Enemies on which side soever they came to plunder them They say that Gebirus made this discourse to her at the point of death O Charoba triumph not at my death for there will happen to thee a day like this and yet much longer such is the custom of Fortune She troubled not her self at what he said but she had not lived above a year after him when having imbarqu'd upon the Nile in a small Vessel which she had to take the air by Moon-light on one side of the Pyramids and being afterwards gone ashore to ease nature attended by her Men and Women-servants who were about her whilest she was in the height of her mirth and jollity she trod on a Serpent which stung her in the heel and made her immediately lose her sight Wo is me cried she It will prove nothing Madam replied her Attendants You are deceived said she the day which Gebirus threatened me withall is come Accordingly she died he next morning The Egyptians made King in her stead her Cousin-german Dalic or rather as others affirm they made Queen her Cousin Dalica for she had continued a Virgin and was never married Dalica was endowed with a great understanding prudence and conduct and wanted not beauty She caused the body of Charoba to be embalmed in Camphire and brought into the City which she had built on the West side For Charoba had caused to be prepared for her there a Tomb embellished with all sorts of ornaments and had appointed for Inhabitants of the City a great number of Priests and Artizans and Doctors and Military persons That City continued in a flourishing condition and populous till it was ruined by Nabuchodonosor upon the Conquest of Egypt Dalica reigned 70 years and then died King Ablin reigned after her and after him the Valide son of Domegus the Amalekite and after him his son the Rajan son of the Valide who was the Pharao of Joseph and after him his son Magadan and after
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