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A30018	Itinerarium totius Sacræ Scripturæ, or, The travels of the holy patriarchs, prophets, judges, kings, our Saviour Christ and his apostles, as they are related in the Old and New Testaments with a description of the towns and places to which they travelled, and how many English miles they stood from Jerusalem : also, a short treatise of the weights, monies, and measures mentioned in the Scriptures, reduced to our English valuations, quantity, and weight / collected out of the works of Henry Bunting ; and done into English by R.B.; Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae, das ist, Ein Reisebuch uber die gantze Heilige Schrifft. English. 1682	Bünting, Heinrich, 1545-1606.; Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673.	1682 (1682)	Wing B5362A; ESTC R37168	398,143	460

Antiochia took the Town drove thence Demetrius Nicanor and crowned young Antiochus King of Assyria This Journey to and again was 320 miles 1 Mac. 11. In the second year of the Reign of young Antiochus Tryphon went from Antiochia to Bethsan where he perfidiously betrayed Ionathan the Brother of Iudas Macchabeus 1 Mac. 12. being 36 miles From Bethsan he went to Ptolomais 32 miles From Ptolomais he went to Addus a Town upon the Borders of Iudaea sixty eight miles 1 Mac. 13. To Addus Simon sent his Brother's Children and his Ransom which was 60 Talents of Silver but after he had received the Money he broke his Word and went thence with Ionathan and his Sons to Ador which was forty eight miles From Ador he went to Baschaman in the Land of Gilead ninety six miles Here he put to death Ionathan and his Sons From the Countrey of the Gileadites he returned to Antiochia which was 240 miles Here he put to death young Antiochus being but a Boy of seven year of age and usurped upon the Government in his place He began to reign in the 172 year of the Grecians Government in Syria and reigned three years 1 Mac. 14. Ios. lib. ant 13. About the end of the three years which was in the 174 year of the Grecians Government in Syria Antiochus Sedetes Brother of Demetrius Nicanor made War upon Tryphon and compelled him to fly from Antiochia to Dora 240 miles from Antiochia towards the South 1 Mac. 85. But Antiochus Sedetes followed him thither and so streightly besieged Dora that he was constrained to steal thence in a Ship and ●ail to Ortho●ia which was 160 miles Lastly In the way as he was going thence to Apamea which was an hundred and twenty miles he was taken and put to death So all his Travels were 1360 miles Of the Places mentioned in his Travels which have been formerly recited Of Dora DORA was a Haven-Town scituated upon the shore of the Mediterranean Sea forty eight miles from Ierusalem Northward in the mid-way between Carmel and Caes●rea Strato In Ioseph cap. 17. it is called Dor that is ● durans Of Orthosia THIS was a City of Assyria scituated upon the Shore of the Mediterranean Sea near to the place where the Eleutherius falleth into it 200 miles from Ierusalem Northward being so called of Diana whom the Grecians called Orthosia that is Exalted or lifted up Hither Tryphon sailed when he fled from Antiochus Sedetes 1 Mac. 15. Plin. lib. 5. cap. 20. Concerning the Travels of Apolonius Nicanor Bacchides and Cendebius because they are sufficiently described in the Travels of the Macchabees I thought it unfit to speak further of them The Travels of Heliodorus HEliodorus signifies the House of the Sun He was Secretary and chief Governour of Antiochi● in Syria for that mighty King Saleuchus Philopator who was Brother to that cruel Tyrant Antiochus Epiphanes and was sent by his Lord and Master Seleuchus from Antiochia to Ierusalem which was eighty miles to spoil the Temple of the Lord but the Lord sent an Angel richly beautified with Armour of Gold fitting upon a Horse who went to Heliodorus and with his Horse trod him under his feet and there appeared two other Angels full of Majesty and Power that strook Heliodorus and beat him with Whips so that he lay upon the Floor of the Temple as a Man half Dead and could not go forth until he was carried out 2 Mac. 3. From Ierusalem he went with that good man Onias chief Priest of the Iews at whose earnest Prayers and Supplications he was made whole to Antiochia 280 miles where he told Seleuchus Philopator of the wonderful Works of the Lord. So all his Travels were 580 miles The Travels of the High-Priest of the Jews that ruled before the Macchabees as they are severally mentioned in the Books of Maccabees and first of the Travels of Onias the High-Priest ONIAS signifies the Riches of God from On Opulency and Iah God for although he was afflicted with Poverty in this World yet he was rich in God He succeeded his Father Simon the Just An. Mun. 3757. before Christ 211. Antiochus the Great being King of Syria He was High-Priest thirty nine years until the death Seleuchus Philopater at the end of which time one Simon the chief of those that kept the Temple being ambitious of Rule fell to words with Onias and from words to blows so that there were many outrages committed by the Friends of Simon Wherefore Onias to give place to the Fury of his Adversaries went from Ierusalem to Antiochia which was to hundred and eighty miles But Seleucus Philopator being dead and Antiochus Epiphanes in the Government who was a covetous and cruel Prince good Onias partly for fear of him and partly of his Brother Iason who had but a little before purchased the Office of High-Priest for three hundred and sixty Talents of Silver and promised to pay a yearly Tribute of eighty Talents durst not return home to Ierusalem but went to a Sanctuary that stood in the Wood of Daphne which was about one mile from Antiochia in hope of safety to which place one Andronichus chief Captain to Antiochus came to him and with fair Speeches and flattering Words allured him out of the Sanctuary and traiterously put him to death So all his Travels were two hundred eighty one miles The Travels of the High-Priest Jason JAson and Iesus have both one signification he entred upon the Office of High-Priest in the first year of Antiochus Epiphanes which was one hundred seventy three years before Christ. He went from Ierusalem to Antiochia which was two hundred eighty miles where after the death of Onias he paid to Antiochus for the Office of High-Priest almost three Tuns of Gold with promise to pay a yearly Tribute of 48000 Crowns From Antiochia he returned to Ierusalem two hundred eighty miles where he began to build the Tower of Acropolis in Mount Acra and that he might please that wicked King and keep his favour he built certain Theatres in Ierusalem and caused Interludes and Plays to be acted in them at such times and upon such days as the Poeple were wont to meet in the Temple to serve God Also King Antiochus Epiphanes in the fourth year of his Priesthood coming to Ierusalem he gave him royal entertainment The same year Iason was put out of his Office of High-Priest by the policy and cunning of his Brother Menelaus and was constrained to fly into the Land of the Ammonites beyond Iordan being forty miles Two years after when Antiochus Epiphanes invaded Aegypt there was a vain rumour that he was slain wherefore Iason with a thousand Souldiers returned to Ierusalem being forty miles and broke suddenly into the City so that Menelaus was constrained for safety of his life to fly to the Garrison of the Syrians that were in Ierusalem But Antiochus hearing what had happened came out of Aegypt with ● great Army of Ierusalem wherefore he fled

forty five years old was invited to a Marriage in Cana a City of Galilee which stood eight miles from Galilee towards the North-West Iohn 2. Here our Saviour Christ wrought his first miracle by changing water into wine From Cana in Galilee she went with our Saviour to Capernaum a City of Galilee a little before the Feast of the Paschal Lamb which was twenty miles From Capernaum she returned back to Nazareth which was accounted twelve miles In the thirty second year of the age of our Saviour Christ which was the second of his Ministry Mary went from Nazareth back again to Capernaum where our Saviour Christ cast forth a Devil Mat. 12. Mark 3. which was 12 miles From thence she returned back again to Nazareth which was twelve miles for in this Town she dwelt whilst Iesus travelled from place to place teaching and preaching the Word of God Mark 6. And although she oftentimes went from Nazareth with him to many places continuing still in his company yet then especially when he was to sustain the wrath of God and punishment for the Sin of man which was in the thirty fourth year of his age In which year she would not forsake him till his death for she went from Galilee to Ierusalem with him which wa● sixty four miles a great Journey for one of her age being then forty eigh● years old And when our Saviour was crucified she stood close by the Cross with a heavy and pensive countenance bewailing the death of her Son Then was the Prophecy of old Simeon accomplished And a Sword shall pass through thy Soul But after by his Glorious Resurrection and Ascension she was revived and comforted From the Passion of Christ to the death of the blessed Virgin Mary was twelve years all which time she lived with Iohn the Evangelist in Ierusalem and then being fifty nine years of age dyed and was buried according to the opinion of Nicephorus and others in the Garden called Gethsamene So all her Travels were 3506 miles Now follows the description of the Towns and Places to which she travelled Of Nazareth THIS was a Town almost of no estimation scituated in a certain Mountain in Galilee the lower sixty four miles and something more from Ierusalem towards the North in the Tribe of Zabulon In this Town our Saviour Jesus Christ was brought up Luke 1. 2. Some say that it was nineteen or twenty miles from Ierusalem but they mistake themselves yet I will not dispute thereof but follow my Authors Iacobus Ziglerus and Tilmanus Stella There is not any mention made of it that is extant in the Old Testament It hath a two-fold derivation the one by Zain and the other by Zade If it be written by Zain it may have a two-fold signification since the exposition of this name doth depend upon the Verb Nazar which signifies to consecrate and keep from hence Nezaer a Garland of Flowers or a Crown set with pretious Stones c. such as Kings and High-Priests are accustomed to wear Also from the same word Nazar is derived Nazir and thence Nazaraeus which is as much as to say He is separated from the use of Wine and suffering his Hair to be un-cut as being dedicated to the Lord. Therefore our Saviour Christ is justly called a Nazarite Luke 2. For ●aezer first signifies a holy man who hath made a holy Vow unto the Lord Secondly it doth denote a Crown or wreath of Sincerity Exod. 29. 39. Thirdly a holy Ointment wherewith Kings and Priests were anointed Levit. 27. And fourthly this word Nezaer signifies a Princely Crown 2 Sam. 1. 2. Kings 11. Psal. 89. 132. So that Nazareth being derived of Nazar and Nazir may signifie both a Crown and a holy City Iudg. 13. but if Nazareth be written by Zade it signifies a flourishing plant or Graff according to that of Isay c. 11. But there shall come a rod forth of the stock of Ishai and a Graff shall grow out of his root and the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him The Inhabitants of this Town at this day shew certain Monuments and Reliques of what had happened in preceeding Ages as two Churches one built there where the Angel Gabriel saluted the Blessed Virgin and she conceived by the Spirit in which there stands three Altars hew'n out of a Rock and the other built as they say where the house of Ioseph and Mary stood because there our Saviour Christ was brought up Also they shew a Well where the Child Jesus drew Water and ministred to his Mother they also shew the vast Ruins of the Synagogue where our Saviour Christ expounded the sixty first Chapter of Isay for which cause they would have thrown him headlong down the Hill Luke 4. and many other things of which you may read in Borchardus the Monk In Saint Ierom's time some forty years before Christ Nazareth was a small Town called Nazarah Of the Mountains by which Mary passed when she went to visit her Cousin Elizabeth BEtween Nazareth and Ierusalem there standeth many high Hills as Mount Gilboa whereon King Saul killed himself Mount Gerisim and Hebal upon which Hills the Blessings and Cursings were pronounced Deut. 27. and Mount Ephraim upon which Ehud kill'd Eglon King of the Moabites Iudg. 13. Over this Mountain being very great and steep Mary travelled when she went to visit her Cousin Elizabeth Of Bethlehem THERE were two Cities called by this name the one Bethlem Iudah the other Bethlem Euphrata where our Saviour Christ was born and signifieth fruitful or the house of Bread It stood upon a Hill some six miles from Ierusalem towards the South The Inhabitants take upon them to shew the place where our Saviour Christ was born which stood upon the East side of the City close by the Wall thereof where as Eusebius saith Hellen the Mother of Constantine the Great caused to be built a fair and stately Church three hundred and twenty years afte● the Nativity of Christ. This Church was dedicated to St. Mary and remaineth to this day being had in great honour both amongst the Christians and the Turks and Saracens This Church is such a stately building that it is thought to exceed all the Churches of Christendom for Beauty and curious Workmanship It is two hundred twenty eight Foot long and eighty seven Foot wide being built all of Marble of divers colours and covered with Lead there are in it four rowes of Marble Pillars wonderful to look upon not only in regard of their number but of their greatness for there is fifty Pillars in every row The Body of this Church the Pillars from the bottom to the top the Walls and every part of it is beautified with lively Pictures adorned with divers Colours Silver Gold and curious Workmanship so as it is wonderful to behold The Pavement of it is of Marble polished and of divers colours so cunningly set in Works and with such variety that it is very delightful to such as look

first Epistle from Rome calling it allegorically Babylon is utterly to be condemned since there is none who can certainly prove that conjecture neither is it grounded upon any firm foundation for although Babylon in the Revelation of S. John because it was a secret Prophecy was allegorically used yet in a plain and manifested history such kind of Allegories are not allowed From whence may be concluded that S. Peter wrote his first Epistle from this Babylon not from Rome The Travels of Saint John with the Annotation of the Times wherein he lived JOHN the Evangelist and Apostle of our Lord Jesus Christ was born in the tenth year after the Nativity of our Saviour and was made his Disciple when he was 21 years of Age. He saw the Miracle of Christ when he changed the Water into Wine John cap 2. In the year following viz. in the 22 year of his Age he was taken into the number of the twelve Apostles Luke 6. Mar. 3. After that in the three and twentieth year of his age he saw the transfiguration of Christ in mount Thabor and when he was four and twenty years of age he stood under the Cross of our Saviour Christ and the same year a little after Christs Ascension he with the rest of the Apostles received the Gift of the holy Ghost being then the Feast of Pentecost which fell about the four and twentieth day of May in the same year he was cast into Prison with Peter for healing the lame Man Acts 3. 4. Thus much of his Youth About the middle of the first year after our Saviour Christs Ascension Iohn being then 25 years old was sent with Peter from the City of Ierusalem to Samaria 32 miles From Samaria he returned back again to Ierusalem 32 miles and as he returned preached the Gospel of Christ in divers Towns of the Samaritans Acts 8. Mary the Mother of our Lord being now 59 years of age died in the twelfth year after the Resurrection of Christ and was buried by Iohn the Evangelist in the Garden of Gethsemene Iohn being then 35 years old Four years after her death he was present at the Apostolical Council in Ierusalem Now Iames his Brother who was called the Elder was beheaded two years before for this Council was celebrated in the presence of Iames the younger Peter Iohn Paul and Barnabas c. about sixteen years after the Resurrection of Christ and fourteen after the Conversion of Paul Gal. 2. Before the Destruction of Ierusalem which happened about the 61 year of his age and 38 after Christs Ascension Iohn went from Ierusalem and came to Ephesus 544 miles where after the death of the Apostle Paul he governed the Churches of Asia minor In the 86 year of his age being cast into a Vessel of boiling Oyl and coming out unhurt by the command of Domitian the Emperour he was banished into the Isle of Pathmos distant from Ephesus 40 miles There he wrote his Revelation to the seven Churches in Asia minor whereof you may read Apoc. 1. From Pathmos he returned to Ierusalem which was forty miles being then 88 years of age and there he raised Drusana from Death to Life After this he governed the Churches in Asia four years that is from the Government of Nero the Emperour unto the fourth year of the Government of Trajan the Emperour and called the young Man to repentance which was of the Society of Thieves at length he died at Ephesus when he was 91 years old An. Dom. 100. as St. Ierom and Nicephorus li. 2. ca. 32. observe So all his Travels were 688 miles The Testimony of the Fathers concerning John THE Testimonies of the holy Fathers that are yet extant concerning Iohn are these In Euseb. ●i 3. c. 1. 18. 20. 3. you may read the History concerning the Conversion of the young Man from the company of Thieves Irenaeus witnesseth the same li. 2. ca. 23. In Irenaeus also li. 3. ca. 23. you may read the History of Cerinthus and how that Iohn lived until the time of Trajan the Emperour Also li. 3. ca. 11. he saith that the Gospel of St. Iohn was written because of the Blasphemy of Cerinthus The Description of the Towns and places to which John travelled Of Ephesus THIS was the Metropolitan City of Ionia scituated in Asia Minor 544 miles from Ierusalem North-westward It was built saith Strabo by Androclus the Son of Codrus King of Athens in the time of David King of Israel and because of the beautiful scituation and fer●ility of the Soil called Ephesus in future Ages growing into such credit and estimation that it was mightily increased and became one of the most famous Mart Towns in all Asia but it stood somewhat low so that the Sea brake in upon it and drowned it and many of the Inhabitants perished Nevertheless Lysimachus King of Thrace built it up again in the same place where now it stands and called it Arsinoes after his Wives name But he being dead it was again called by the antient name Ephesus There were many worthy Men that lived in it as Heraclitus Scotinus and Hermadorus who for his excellent understanding and singular honesty was banished Hipponachus also the Poet Perrhasius and Apelles the Painters Alexander the Orator and Theodotio a Iew who interpreted the Bible It was in ancient times inhabited by the Amazons whose Queen kept her court there and wonderfully increased and adorned it with fair and beautiful Buildings Here also that notable Temple dedicated to Diana which as Strab. saith li. 14. Plin. li. 36. c. 14. was 220 years a building It stood upon Morish Ground to avoid the danger of Earth-quakes There were in it 127 Pillars erected by so many Kings among which there were 36 that were curiously sicled and artificially carved and ingraven It was 425 foot long and 120 broad There were so many Gifts and Gratuities sent from all the Cities and Kings round about toward the building of this Temple that the Riches and Treasure thereof was wonderful insomuch that when it was finished it was accounted one of the stateliest Buildings the World could afford and numbered amongst the Wonders of the World This Temple thus built at such an extraordinary charge that it was almost unvaluable was set on fire by one Herostratus a wicked and perverse Fellow in the same Olympiad and Day that Alexander the Great was born who having nothing in him that might make him famous in after-ages burnt this goodly Building that so though not for his good but for his evil he might get a name But the Ephesians were so incensed because of this Mischief that they procured Proclamation to be made through all the Kingdoms round about that his name should not be once mentioned which perhaps for a time was observed but in future ages they could not prevent it but that he was both spoken of and written of Notwithstanding afterward the Inhabitants of this City became so exceeding wealthy that they soon

flesh were his brethren Mat. 15. And as the Brethren of Ioseph were so great Enemies to him that it was impossible for them to dissemble their hatred towards him but that both in words and deeds they must needs express their bitterness Envy being the common companion of Virtue the Iews the brethren of Christ to whom the knees of all things both in Heaven in Hell and in Earth bow persecuting him with Taunts Mocks and Stripes yea unto death because he professed himself to be a good man and the Son of the Ever-living God And as the Is●maelites and Midianites to whom Ioseph was sold by Iudah was of the stock of Ioseph the one being derived from Ishmael the Son of Abraham by his maid Hagar the other of Midian the Son of his second wife Keturah so Christ was sold by Iudas his Disciple to the Jews his kindred according to the flesh if you respect the Nation The difference was in the price Joseph the Type being sold but for twenty pieces of Silver Christ the Substance sold at thirty The End of the Book of Genesis Of the Travels of the Prophet Moses and the Children of Israel out of Aegypt IN the year of the World 2412 and before Christ 1554 Moses being then about forty years old fled out of Aegypt into the Land of Midian 180 miles where he married Ziporah the daughter of Rivel Exod. 3. 2. From thence he went to Mount Sinai or Horeb 64 miles Exod. 3. 7. 3. From Mount Horeb he returned to Midian to his brother 65 miles Ex. 4. 4. From Midian he went to Thanis in Aegypt 180 miles Ex. 12. 13. 5. From thence he went with the Children of Israel to Raemses 48 miles Ex. 12. 6. From Raemses he went to Succoth 8 miles Ex. 13. Num. 33. 7. From Succoth he went to the Wilderness of Etham eight miles 8. From Etham he went to Hahiroth which lyeth right against Baal-zephon 16 miles Num. 3. 9. From Hahiroth they passed through the middle of the Red Sea and travelled three days though the Wilderness of Etham resting themselves at Marah which is forty miles There Moses threw a piece of Wood into the Water being bitter and presently it became Sweet as soon as the Wood was thrown in Exod. 15. Num. 33. 10. From Marah he went to Elim where there stood 12 Wells of Water and 70 Palm Trees which is eight miles Ex. 16. Nu. 33. 11. From Elim they went toward the South 6 miles and rested themselves by the Red Sea Num. 33. 12. From the Red Sea they went to the Wilderness of Zin where it rained Manna from Heaven which is 16 miles Num. 32. 13. From the Wilderness of Zin they went to Daphca which is 12 miles Num. 33. 14. From Daphca they went to Alus which is twelve miles Num. 33. 15. From Alus they went to Raphidim being 8 miles there Moses strook the Rock and presently Water issued forth Ex. 27. 16. From Raphidim they went to mount Sina which is eight miles there God gave the Commandments Ex. 19. 20. 17. From Sina they went to the Graves of Concupiscence because there the Children of Israel murmured against God for Flesh and lo it rained Quails into the Camp which is 8 miles Num. 11. 18. From the Graves of Concupiscence they went to Hazeroth which is 8 miles there Miriam Moses sister was strook with Leprosie Num. 12. 19. From thence they went to Rithma which is 8 miles Num. 33. 20. From Rithma they went to Rimon-Parets which is six miles Num. 33. 21. From Rimon-Parets they went to Libanon which is six miles 22. From Libanon they went to Rissa which is six miles Num. 33. 23. From Rissa they went to Kehelatha six miles Num. 33. 24. From Kehelatha they went to the Hill of Sephar which is four miles 25. From the Hill of Sephar they went to Harada four miles and a half Num. 33. 26. From Harada they went to Maceheloth four miles Num. 33. 27. From Maceheloth they went to Thahath four miles Num. 33. 28. From Thahath they went to Thara four miles Nu● 33. 29. From Thara they went to Mithka four miles Num. 33. 30. From Mithka they went to Casmona eight miles Num. 33. 31. From Casmona they went to Moseroth 32 miles Num. 33. 32. From Moseroth they went to Bneiaecon 24 miles 33. From B●eiaecon they went to Mount Gidgad 20 miles 34. From Mount Gidgad they went to Iotbatha 24 miles Num. 33. 35. From Iotbatha they went to Ebrona 20 miles Num. 33. 36. From Ebro●a they went to Eziongaber 28 miles 37. From Eziongaber they went to the Wilderness of Zin-Kades 48 miles 38. From Zin-Kades they went to Mount Hor as God commanded 48 miles where Aaron died 39. From Mount Hor they went to Salmona 28 miles 40. From Salmona they went to the Town of Phunon 20 miles 41. From Phunon they went to Oboth 24 miles 42. From Oboth they went to Igin upon the Hill Abarim 16 miles 43. From Igim they went to Dibon Gad 16 miles there is the Water Sarum Num. 31. 33. 44. From Dibon Gad they went to Almon Diblathaim 16 miles Num. 33. 45. From Almon Diblathaim they went to the Hill Abarim 16 miles 46. From the Hill Abarim they went downward over the River Arnon to the Field of the Moabites to the Town of Iachra 16 miles where Moses overcame Sehon King of the Ammorites with all his Camp Numb 21. Deut. 2. 47. From Iachra they went to Hesbon four miles which Town Moses won from the King of the Ammorites Num. 21. Deut. 2. 48. From Hesbon they went to the Town of Iaezer which Moses won eight miles Numb 21. Deut. 2. 49. From Iaezer they went to Edrei twelve miles there Moses overthrew King Og with all his Army at Basan Num. 21. Deut. 3. 50. From Edrei they went to Mount Libanus 56 miles which Moses won Num. 21. Deut. 3. 51. From Mount Libanus they returned back again to the Field of the Moabites forty miles by which Field lyeth the high Hill Pisga where Moses died Deut. 34. So all the Travels of the Patriarch Moses were 1424 miles The Description of the Towns and Places by which Moses travelled with the Children of Israel Of Midian MIdian was a metropolitan City of the Midianites near to the Red Sea some 160 miles from Ierusalem towards the South and signifies a Measure being derived of Madad which signifies He hath measured Here Jethro Moses Father-in law dwelt In this Town the Kings of Idumaea kept their Court 1 Reg. 11. There was also another City of the same Name that stood near to Arnon some twenty four miles from Ierusalem towards the East so that the Midianites had their seat partly near the Red Sea in Arabia Petraea and partly upon the Confines of the Moabites taking their beginning from Midian the Son of Abraham which he had by his Wife Kethura Gen. 25. Of Horeb. HOREB is a Mount of the Midianites and is sometimes called by the name

Athniel won and therefore Caleb gave him his Daughter Achsa for his Wife Iudg. 1. From Debir they went to Zephat sixteen miles vvhich Tovvn they vvon Iudg. 1. From Zephat they went to Gaza four miles From Gaza they went to Ascalon six miles Iudg. 1. From Ascalon they went to Hebron fourteen miles From Hebron they went back again to Debir where Athniel dwelt twelve miles So all the Travels of Caleb and Athniel were 132 miles The Description of the Towns and Places to which they travelled Of Beseck BEseck was a Metropolitan City of the Canaanites near to the Water Merom where Adoni-Beseck kept his Court forty four miles from Ierusalem toward the North and took the name of Desaeck or Bezeck which signifies Lightning Of this King you may read Iudg. 1. Of Zephah THIS was a Town upon the Borders of the Tribes of Iudah and Simeon not far from Siclag Iosh. 15. It takes the name from Zaphah which signifies a Watch-Tower and was also called by the Sons of Iudah who destroyed all the Countrey Chorma which signifies a Curse or a desolate place To the Citizens hereof David sent gifts 1 Sam. 36. Of Gaza OF this Town you may read more hereafter in the Travels of the Ark of the Covenant The Typical Signification of Caleb CALEB signifieth An hearty man or a man after Gods own heart loving his Neighbour with all his heart For Col is as much as Omnius which signifies all and Cala He forgiveth all and Leb or Lebbah signifieth an Heart the seat and fountain of all Life So that Caleb seems to take his name from a singular hearty affection whereby he forgiveth his Neighbour For as this man being of a noble Resolution and Courage in the 29 year of his age won Hebron a strong City and put to death the three Sons of Anak terrible Gyants so Christ the Son of God that so loved the World that he gave himself for it with more than humane resolution conquered Hell and those three mighty Gyants incident unto it the Sons of Sathan Sin the World and Death Of Athniel IN the year of the World 1503 and before Christ 2565 Ioshuah died after whose Death Caleb and Athniel Judged Israel about which time the Israelites committed Idolatry and worshipped Baal and Asteroth wherefore the Lord suffered them to fall into the hands of Cushan Rishathaim King of Mesopotamia But because of their Oppression they cryed unto the Lord and he stirred up Othniel the younger Brother of Caleb who in the year of the World 2512 conquered Cushan delivered the People and governed Israel forty years Iudg. 3. Athniel or Othniel signifies the God of Time being derived of Aeth that is an Age and is a Type of Christ who is the God of Time and in his due time conquered the World and Sathan the Prince thereof thereby delivering the poor afflicted members of his Church out of his miserable Servitude and Bondage for which cause God hath made him Judge over it and given him full power and authority to Rule and Govern it Of Ehud the third Iudge of Israel EHVD was the Son of Gira of the Tribe of Iudah and dwelt in the City of Iericho or of the Palms He was a valiant and resolute man lame of his right Hand Iug. 3. and to the Judgment of man not fit to be a Captain being so infirm Yet it happened that this man growing in favour with Eglon King of the Moabites who at this time kept his Court in Iericho which Town he had but eighteen years before conquered took opportunity by the Children of Israel's coming to Gilgal for they came thither to offer unto the Idol and to bring gifts of the King to present these Presents unto him and because of his former familiarity was admitted to speak in private with him in his Summer Parlour where as he was talking with him he thrust him into the Belly with a short Knife and locking the door he fled back to Seirah and told the Children of Israel what he had done From thence they presently went to Ephraim there blew the Trumpet and set upon the Moabites and put them to the Sword Iudg. 3. The Travels of Ehud EHVD went from Iericho to Gilgal two miles From Gilgal he went to Iericho two miles From Iericho he went to Mount Ephraim six miles From Mount Ephraim he went to Iordan four miles where he overthrew ten thousand Moabites So all the Travels of Ehud were fourteen miles Of Mount Ephraim THIS Mountain is about eight miles from Ierusalem towards the South and extends it self in Longitude to the City near the Mediterranean Sea called Ioppa which is distant from Ierusalem twenty miles toward the North-west The Travels of the Sons of Hobab the Kenite THE Sons of Hobab the Kenite Moses Brother-in-law went from Iericho to Arad a City in the Tribe of Iudah scituated in the Desart toward the South 44 miles Num. 10. Iudg. 1. Of Arad ARAD is a City in the Tribe of Iudah 22 miles from Ierusalem towards the South taking the name of a multitude of Asses that were found thereabouts in the Desart and is derived from Arod which signifies a wild Ass a rude Creature The Travels of Jael the Wife of Heber the Kenite who killed Sisera the Captain FROM Arad she and her Husband went to the Plain of Zaaenaim and dwelt there near to a Town called Kades a Town of Refuge of the Levites in the Tribe of Naphtali 166 miles there she killed Sisera This Town lieth 92 miles from Ierusalem towards the North. Of Deborah and Barak DEBORAH was the Wife of Lapidoth and dwelt under a Palm-tree between Bethel and Ramath in Mount Ephraim eight miles from Ierusalem towards the North the Inhabitants thereabouts shew this Tree even to this day Barak the Son of Abineam a Noble Captain lived in her time at Kades a City of Refuge belonging to the Levites She succeeded Ehud in An. Mun. 2632. and before Christ 1336 years The Travels of Deborah and Barak BARAK went first from Kades Naphtali to the Palm-tree where Deborah dwelt being 84 miles From thence he went with Deborah back again to Kades being eighty four miles From Kades with 10000 men they went to the Hill Thabor thirty six miles Here as Iosephus writeth lib. Antiq. 4. there fell such a shower of Rain and Hail upon the Enemies of the Israelites that through the extream violence thereof they were dispersed and Sisera their Captain constrained to leave his Chariot and to save himself by flight never staying till he came to the Tabernacle of Iael the Wife of Hebar the Kenite scituated in the Valley of Zaaenaim thirty six miles from the foot of the Mountain Thabor where being asleep by reason of his great Journey Iael struck a Nail into the temple of his Head so he died From thence Barak pursued the Enemies with great slaughter to Haraseth of the Gentiles a City in the upper Galilee near to the Lake of

him that travelled to Bethel and gave him two Loaves of Bread 1 Sam. 10. Then he came to the Mount of God which is the Town of Kirjath-jearim there a company of Prophets met him and prophecied then the Spirit of God came upon Saul and he began to prophecy which was about six miles from Bethlehem From Kirjath-jearim he went again to Gibeon which is four miles 1 Sam. 10. Then he went again from Gibeon to Gilgal and there he offered and Samuel shewed him what he should do which is 12 miles 1 Sam. 10. From Gilgal he went to Mizpa in the Land of Gilead thirty six miles where he was chosen King From Mizpa he went again to Gibeon forty eight miles From Gibeon he went to Beseck forty miles there he gathered certain Souldiers and led them against Nahas King of the Ammonites 1 Sam. 11. From Beseck he went with his Army to Iabes sixteen miles there he overthrew Nahas with all his Host. From Iabes in Gilead he went to Gilgal thirty six miles There he was placed in his Princely Seat 1 Sam. 11. From Gilgal he went to Michmas four miles there he sent 3000 men out of Israel to his Son Ionathan to Gibeon From Michmas he went to Gilgal with his Army four miles There he offered for which Samuel rebuked him 1 Sam. 13. From Gilgal he went to Mount Benjamin about twelve miles not far from Gibeon From Gibeon he went to Michmas eight miles There Ionathan overcame the Army of the Philistines 1 Sam. 14. From Michmas Saul followed the Enemy to Ajalon twelve miles There he would have slain his Son Ionathan because he had eaten a little Honey 1 Sam. 14. From Ajalon he went to Gibeon four miles where he kept Court From Gibeon he went to the Land of the Moabites 28 miles which he overcame 1 Sam. 14. From the Land of the Moabites he went into the Countrey of the Ammonites 40 miles which Countrey he overcame and took in all their Towns From the Land of the Ammonites he went to Gibeon 60 miles 1 Sam. 15. From Gibeon he went into the Land of Edom or Idumaea as it is commonly called forty miles and overcame all the Countrey From Idumaea he returned again to Gibeon forty miles From Gibeon he went with an Army about 600 miles to Zoba in Armenia which he overcame 1 Sam. 14. From the Kingdom of Zoba he returned to Gibeon 600 miles After that he went out against the Philistines 12 miles and as the History sheweth Saul had Wars with the Philistines during his life 1 Sam. 14. From the Philistines he returned again to Gibeon unto his Palace twelve miles From Gibeon he went into the Wilderness of Sur 160 miles there he overcame the Amalekites 1 Sam. 15. Also he overcame the whole Countrey from the Town of Peluso to the Red Sea which is 92 miles From thence he went again into Iury to the Town of Carmel 140 miles 1 Sam. 15. And from thence he went unto Gilgal 32 miles There the Prophet Samuel rebuked him because he did not wholly destroy and consume the Amalekites and there Samuel hewed the Body of Agag King of the Amalekites into small pieces 1 Sam. 15. From Gilgal he went to Gibeon twelve miles In the eleventh year of Saul An. Mun. 2881 and before Christ 1807 David being then about twenty years of age was anointed King by Samuel Within a while after Saul was vexed with an evil Spirit then David played unto him upon the Harp by which he was eased Soon after he went forth with his Army towards Socho and Asekah which was some eight miles distant from Gibeah There David killed that famous Champion Goliah 1 Sam. 15. From thence the Israelites followed the chase of the Philistines to the Valley and River Soreck four miles and thence unto the Gates of their Cities that is to Ekron which is eight miles to Ascalon twenty miles and to Gath which was twenty four miles all the way putting the Philistines to the Sword So that there died in this Fight 30000 of them 1 Sam. 17. Then they returned back again and spoiled and burnt the Philistines Tents where they found great Riches twenty four miles From Socho and Aseka he returned again to Gibeon eight miles there the Women came out of all places in the Town dancing and with loud voices singing Saul hath slain a thousand but David ten thousand 1 Sam. 18. From Gibeon he went to Arimathea two miles minding to kill David and came to Naioth in Ramoth where Samuel and David were but the Spirit of God came upon Saul and he prophecied falling down upon the ground before Samuel and David all that day and the night ensuing 1 Sam. 19. From thence he returned again to Gibeon twelve miles there he thought to have killed his Son Ionathan with a Spear because he excused David There also he caused eighty five Priests to be put to death because the High Priest Abimelech at Nob had given David of the Shew-bread to eat and had delivered him Goliah's Sword 1 Sam. 21 22. From Gibeon he went to the Levitical Town Nob twelve miles where he spared neither man nor woman young nor old no not the innocent Children but put them all to the Sword and wholly destroyed the Town 1 Sam. 12. From the Town of Nob he returned to Gibeon twelve miles From Gibeon he went to the Wilderness of Moan South-ward 20 miles From the Wilderness of Moan he returned again to Gibeon 1 Sam. 23. twenty four miles From Gibeon he went to Engedi where David in a Cave cut off a piece of his Garment which was twenty four miles 1 Sam. 24. From thence he returned again to Gibeon twenty four miles From Gibeon he went to Ziph twenty two miles and as he lay asleep upon the Hill Hachila David came secretly into the Camp and took his Cup and his Spear from his Head and would not kill him 1 Sam. 26. From the Hill Hachila he returned unto Gibeah 22 miles From thence he went to fight with the Philistines at Mount Gilboa forty miles From Mount Gilboa having changed his Apparel he went to Endor which was four miles There he asked counsel of a Witch and the Devil appeared unto him in the likeness of Samuel 1 Sam. 28. From thence he returned again to Mount Gilboa to the Camp four miles and the next day he fought against the Enemy in which Battel his three Sons were slain and he himself put to flight 1 Samuel 31. 1 Chronicles 11. From Mount Gilboa he fled eight miles to Bethsan where he kill'd himself 1 Sam. 31. 1 Chr. 11. From thence the Body of Saul was brought to Iabes in Gilead where it was buried 2 Sam. 31. 1 Chr. 11. So all the Travels of Saul were 2428 miles The Description of the Towns and Places to which he travelled OF Gibea Salem Ramath and Iabes you may read before being memorable places to which Abraham Ioshuah and the Children of Israel

forward he left Idolatry and worshipped the true God adorned the Temple of the Lord with many fair and beautiful Buildings and in the five and fiftieth year of his age he died and was buried in the Kings Garden 2 Reg. 21. 2 Chron. 33. So all the Travels of Manasses were 1360 miles Of Amon King of Judah AMon signifieth True and Faithful he succeeded his Father Manasses when he was twenty two years of age Anno mundi 3307 before Christ 661. He reigned two years and then because of his exceeding Idolatry the Lord cast him off when he was about twenty four years of age near which time some of his Servants conspired against him and put him to death The Travels of King Josiah JOSIAH signifies A Sacrifice of the Lord he succeeded his Father Manasses in the Government when he was but eight years of age Anno Mundi 3309 before Christ 659. He governed Israel with great commendations thirty two years 2 Reg. 22. his Mothers name was Iedidah and dwelt in a Town called B●z●ath but how far this Town stood from Ierusalem is not set down by any Author This good King went from Ierusalem to Bethel which was eight miles there he burnt upon the Altar which Ieroboam built the bones of the Priests of Baal as the man of God which came from Iudah had told Ieroboam 350 years before 1 Reg. 13. 2 Chr. 35. From Bethel he returned back to Ierusalem which was eight miles there he celebrated the Passover with a solemn Feast and great Attendance 2 Reg. 23. 2 Chr. 35. In the last year of his Reign he went with his Army from Ierusalem to Megiddo being forty four miles against Pharaoh Necho King of Aegypt in which Battel he was slain with an Arrow about the thirty ninth year of his age 2 Chron. 3 5. From Megiddo his Body was carried in a Chariot back again to Ierusalem which was forty four miles and there with great Lamentations honourably buried 2 Reg. 23. 2 Chr. 35. So all his Travels were 104 miles The Travels of Jehoahas King of Judah JEhoahas signifies the knowledge of God he succeeded his Father Iosiah in the twenty third year of his age Anno Mundi 3340 which was 628 years before Christ and reigned only three Months 2 Reg. 24. 2 Chron. 36. Ieremy cap. 22. calleth this man Schallum that is a Recompence He went from Ierusalem to Riblah a City in the Tibe of Nepthaly which is accounted eighty miles where he was taken Prisoner by Pharaoh Necho 2 Reg. 23. From Riblah Pharaoh Necho led him Captive bound in Chains back again to Ierusalem being eighty miles and there appointed Iehojakim his elder Brother to reign in his place 2 Reg. 23. 2 Chron. 36. From Ierusalem he carried Iehoahas to Memphis the Metropolitan City of Aegypt which was 244 miles 2 Reg. 23. So all the Travels of Iehoahas were 404 miles Of Jehoiakim King of Judah JEhoiakim was the eldest Son of Iosiah that Good King and succeeded his Brother Iehoahas in the Kingdom Anno Mundi 3341 before Christ 627 he governed Iudah eleven years Pharaoh Necho made him King when he was twenty five years of age to whom he was constrained to pay 100 Talents of Silver and a Talent of Gold This Money being payed he obtained the Kingdom and continued in great Impiety and Idolatry for which cause he was sharply reprehended by Ieremiah the Prophet but he being offended at his words sought to put him to death wherefore the Lord stirred up Nebuchadnezzar the second of that name Emperour of the Assyrians and Babylonians who in the eleventh year of this King's Reign came to Ierusalem and took him captive tyed him in two chains and would have carried him to Babylon but his mind changed wherefore he caused him to be put to death and cast out into the Fields of Ierusalem for a prey to wild Beasts Ier. 22. 2 Reg. 23. Of Jehoiachin King of Judah Jehoiachin signifies the preparation of Iehovah This man succeeded his Brother Iehoiakim and began his Reign about the end of the 3351 year of the World and reigned only three Months and ten days which was about the eighth year of Nabuchadonozor the Great at which time he was led captive from Ierusalem to Babylon together with Mordochae and many other Nobles which was 680 miles This Captivity happened 617 years before Christ 2 Reg. 24. 2 Chron. 36. Ester 2. Ier. 52. The Travels of Zedekiah the last King of Judah AFter Iehoiachin succeeded Zedekiah which signifies the just man of God This was the Son of the good King Iosiah yet an impious Tyrant who by the permission of Nabuchadonozor the Great was suffered to be King of Iudah after his Brother when he was one and twenty years of age He began to reign about the beginning of the 3352 year of the World and before Christ 616 he governed tyranically eleven years 2 Reg. 24. In the eleventh year of this King Ierusalem was taken by Nabuchadonezar the great Emperour of the Babylonians wherefore Zedekiah to escape the brunt of War fled from Ierusalem with all possible speed to Iericho which was twelve miles Ier. 39. 5. From the plain near the City Iericho where he was overcome by the Princes of the Chaldeans he was led to Riblah to Nebuchadonezar which was sixty eight miles From Riblah after the Emperour Nabuchadonezar had caused all his Children to be put to death before his face and had put out both his eyes he led him captive to Babylon which was 600 miles where he died miserably 2 Reg. 25. So all the Travels of Zedekiah King of Iudah were 680 miles Of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Nabuchadonezar IN the ninth year of this Zedekiah which was the last King of Iudah Nabuchadonezar began to besiege Ierusalem it being then Winter Anno Mundi 3860 upon the tenth day of the tenth Month Tebeth which answereth to the seven and twentieth day of December which day the Iews till now observed as a fasting day The Siege continued even till the eleventh year of this King Ierem. 39. 5. 2 Reg. 25. and upon the ninth day of the fourth Month Thamus which agreeth with the tenth day of Iuly the City was taken and Zedekiah was put to flight Upon the seventh day of the fifth Month Ab Nabuzaradan chief Captain of the Army was sent back by Nabuchadonezar into Iudaea where he destroyed and burned the houses and buildings of the City of Ierusalem Ierem. 52. upon the tenth day of the fifth Month Ab which answereth to the ninth day of August being the Sabbath day the Temple of Ierusalem was set on fire Ier. 52. de bello Iudei lib. 6. cap. 26. 27. This first Captivity and Destruction of the City Ierusalem by Nabuchadonezar that great Emperour happened Anno Mundi 3362 and before Christ 606 three hundred and ninety years being then fully compleat and ended from the first year of Ieroboam King of Israel who set up the Golden Calves and

people of Israel Ishmael that was of the Stock and Progeny of David hoping to obtain the Government of Iuda made War upon Gediliah and put him to Death wherefore Ieremy went from thence with Iohn the Son of Kareach Prince of the Iews to Bethlem Euphrata eight miles Ier. 41. Now when he had stayed a while in a Village near Bethlem called Geruth Chimeham where sometime Chimeham the Son of Barzilla● lived 2 Sam. 19. he prophesied saying If you stay in this Land you shall do well neither shall any Evil happen unto you but if you depart hence into Aegypt they shall devour you with Famine and with the Sword Jer. 42. But Iohn and the rest of the Princes would give no credit to the words of Ieremy but went into Aegypt and compelled the Prophet to go along with them so they went from Bethlehem to Tachpanes which was 172 miles Here the second time Ieremy prophesied unto them saying Behold Nebuchadnezzar shall come hither and wast and destroy all the Country of Aegypt beat down the Images of Bethsemes or Heliopolis and carry away the Aegyptians into perpetual Captivity Jer. 43. But the People of Israel being moved to Anger because of his Words stoned him to death So the Travels of the Prophet Ieremiah were 1786 miles Concerning the Towns and Places mentioned in the Travels of this Prophet you may read of them before except Geruth-Chimeham which stood close by Bethlehem It taketh the name from a Stranger or Traveller being derived of Gor which signifieth He hath travelled and Tachpanes which was a City of Egypt some 180 miles from Ierusalem where the Prophet Ieremy was stoned to death it is oftentimes called the name of Taphniis The Travels of Urijah the Prophet URIAS or Vriah signifies Illuminated or inlightned of the Lord. He was born at Kirjath-jearim a mile from Ierusalem towards the West from thence he came to Ierusalem and there prophesied of the Destruction of the City After when King Ioachim went about to take away his Life he fled thence into Egypt 160 miles But the King sent Messengers into Egypt and fetch'd Vrijah back again to Ierusalem and hundred and sixty miles and there cut off his head and caused his Body to be thrown into the Sepulchre of a poor despised man that it might not be known that he had been a Prophet of the Lord. So all his Travels were 321 miles Of Hananias the false Prophet HAnanias or Chanania signifieth the Grace of God This false Prophet was a Gibeonite and came from Gibeon to Ierusalem which was four miles where he took the woodden yoaks from the neck of Ieremiah the Prophet but Ieremiah caused Iron Yoaks to be made in their places and told Hananias that for his falshood that year he should surely dye as after he did Of the Prophet Ezekiel EZekiel or Iechezkel signifies the Strength or Fortitude of God He was carried captive with 3000 others of the Nobility of the Iews from Ierusalem to Babylon which was 680 miles the same year that Nebuchadnezzar put King Ioachim to death Within five years after a little before Easter the Book of the Law was found 2 Chron. 3. He began to prophesie in Babylon Anno Mundi 3356 before Christ 612 at which time he saw his first Visions near to the River Chebar Of the River Chebar THE River Chebar was near Babylon in Chaldaea upon the borders of Mesopotamia falling into Euphrates and was often times called Aborras according to the opinion of many learned men Strabo in the sevententh Book of his Geography saith that there is another River between Tygris and Euphrates called Basilius Aborras passeth along by the City of Athemusia and is a very fair stream from whence it is called Chebar which signifies a swift and spacious River Near to this River the Prophet Ezekiel saw the Glory and Majesty of our Lord Jesus Christ in a bright shining Cloud In this place also dwelt many Iews to whom he prophecied and foretold the Destruction of Ierusalem by Nebuchadnezzar and the captivity of Zedekiah The Travels of the Prophet Daniel DAniel signifies the Judge of God In the reign of Ioachim King of Iud●h he was carried away captive from Ierusalem to Babylon by Nabuchadonozor which was 680 miles and there with his fellows learned the Arts and Language of the Chaldeans for three years He was then but young about some nineteen or twenty years of age and lived in Exile ninety one years until the third year of Cyrus Emperour of the Persians about which time he saw his last Vision and a little after died when he was about 110 years of age as may be gathered by the Circumstances of Histories and Times From Babylon he went to Susan in Persia Anno Mundi 3418 and before Christ 540 being then ninety four years of age which was 252 miles where near to the Flood Eulaeus he had a Vision of a Ram and a Goat which set forth the state of the second Monarchy which was that of the Graecians In this Vision Gabriel the Arch-Angel appeared to Daniel Dan. 8. This was in the third year of King Balthasar From Susan Daniel returned to Babylon which was 252 miles here he interpreted to Balthasar the meaning of these words Mene Mene Tekel Euphar sin Dan. 5. From Babylon he went to the River Tygris or Hidekel which was thirty six miles here in the third year of Cyrus King of Persia he saw his last Vision which is described in the tenth eleventh and twelfth Chapters of his Prophecy From Tygris he returned to his own house at Babylon which was thirty six miles Sometimes also in his three last years of his life he used to goe to Egbatan the Metropolitan City of the Medes which was accounted 464 miles from Babylon towards the North-East Here Daniel built a fair and and artificial Temple so strongly that it remained unperished and retained the ancient beauty many Ages to the great admiration of all the Spectators In it the Kings of the Medes Persians and Parthians were for the most part honourably buried the Government whereof was committed to a Priest of the Iews as Iosephus saith lib. Antiq. 10. cap. 4. From Egbatan he returned back again to Babylon which was 464 miles and there died Anno Mundi 3445 and before Christ 533. So all the Travels of the Prophet Daniel were 2184 miles Of the Places to which he travelled Of Susan SVsa or Susan is so called from a sweet smelling Flower but chiefly a Rose or a Lilly because it is scituated in a fair and pleasant place It was a goodly City lying on both sides the River Eulaeus some 200 furlongs that is twenty five miles English about as Polycletus saith And of this City all the Country round about is called Susana bordering towards the North upon Assyria towards the West upon Babylon towards the South upon the Gulph of Persia and joyneth upon the East part of Persia towards the East There are but two Cities

close to that part of Thracia where Hebrus falleth into the Sea sometimes called Dardani● of Dardanus King of Troy who when he had slain his Brother Iacius and taken from him the Palladiam he came first into Samothracia and then into Asia where he first laid the Foundation of the City called Troy and of that Kingdom And although this Isle at that time was called Dardania yet because of the nearness that it had to Thrace and the altitude of the Rock whereon it stood it soon changed the name and then especially when the People called Samos came thither to inhabit who after their own name called it Samothracia It stood upon such a lofty place that from thence all the Countries round about might easily be seen Arsinoe Queen of Thrace was banished by Ptolomeus her Brother into this Island who after put to death all her Children and usurp'd upon the Kingdom of Thrace A cruel part in a Brother Virg. lib. Aeneid 3. makes mention of this Island saying Terciamque Samum quae nunc Samothracia fertur And Samian-Troy which now adays is Samothracia call'd Strabo also writeth of it li. 13. And in Act. 16. It is said St. Paul sailed from Troadis to Samothracia and so went thence into Thracia and came to the City of Neapolis Of Neapolis THIS Neapolis to which Paul went was a City of Thrace not far from Macedonia 880 miles from Ierusalem North-westward called also of some Caurus There are many other Cities of this name one in Iudea where Sichem and Sicha● stood another in Caria a third in Africa a fourth in Pannonia but above all that which stands in Campania is most remarkable being the chief City of the Neapolitan Kingdom Of Philippa THIS City in times past was called Crenides because of the Veins of Gold that were found close by it But after Philip King of Macedon Father of Alexander the Great caused it in the year before Christ 354 to be re-edefied and inlarged and then after his own name called it Philippos It was scituated in Grecia close by the River Stridon 926 miles from Ierusalem toward the North-west and indowed with many Priviledges In those times the Gold was so much increased in this place that the Revenue thereof was worth to this King more than a thousand Talents which at 4500 l. the Talent amounteth to forty five millions of pounds yearly By the which means King Philip grew so rich that he caused his Gold to be coined and called it after his own name Philippian Gold To this place Paul came and did many Miracles taught the Gospel and converted many From hence he wrote his second Epistle to the Corinthians and sent it to Corinth even 292 miles He also wrote an Epistle from Rome to the Christians of this Town and sent it them by the hand of Epaphroditus even 628 miles It was afterward a Colony of the Romans Of Amphipolis THIS was a City of Macedonia compassed about with the River Strymon from whence it took the name and was distant from Ierusalem 960 miles towards the North-west Here also the Apostle Paul was Act. 17. Of Appollonia THIS was a City of Mygdonia scituated not far from Thessalonica towards the West close by the River Echedorus 948 miles from Ierusalem towards the North-west being so called from Appollines which signifies the Sun It stood twenty miles from Thessalonica There are many other Cities of this name one scituate in Grecia close by the Adriatick Sea another among Islands of Thrace a third in Crete on this side the River Ister a fourth in Syria and a fifth in Africa amongst the Cyrenes Of Thessalonia or Thessalonica THIS was a City of Macedon in ancient times called Halia because it stood upon the Sea after called Therma of the hot Baths that were in it and lastly Thessalonica of Philip the Son of Amintas King of the Macedonians who gave it that name either of the great Victory that he had against the Thessalonians or else after the name of his Daughter called Thessalonica who was the Mother of Cassandrus It stood close by the Thermaick Gulph not far from the Mouth of the River Echedorus 932 miles from Ierusalem towards the North-west The Apostle Paul taught publickly in this City and there converted a great multitude of People Act. 17. He also wrote two Epistles to the Inhabitants thereof and sent them from Athens being 232 miles distant In the time of Theodosius the first Emperour of Rome there hapened by reason of some Discontent a grievous Sedition amongst the Thessalonians in which stir some of his Captains and Governours were slain Wherefore the Emperour having intelligence of what had hapened sent an Army against the City with Authority to put to death a certain number of those who had rebelled whence it happened that the City was fill'd with many unjust slaughters for the Souldiers respecting more their private profit than the equity of the cause spared neither Innocent nor Nocent Young nor Old so that as well the Inhabitants as Strangers that resorted thither did partake of this Misery and suffered like punishment as did they which were the first Authors of this Rebellion But because the Emperour was consenting unto these evils Ambrose Bishop of Millain would not suffer him without publick repentance to come to the Sacrament of the Lords Supper wherefore in a publick Assembly he acknowledged his offence with great Contrition Theodor. li. 5. ca. 17. Soz. li. 7. ca. 14. This Town was afterward purchased by the Venetians of Andronicus Palaeologus Son of Emanuel Emperour of Constantinople who held it a long time until Amurath Emperour of the Turks won it from them and exercised grievous cruelty upon the Inhabitants At this day it is a fair and goodly City wherein is to be seen 23 Churches and is inhabited both by Christians Iews and Turks as Sebastian Munster saith but the greatest number is Iews who are partly Merchants partly of other Trades their number in this place as it is said by some of their own Nation is 14000 and they have 80 Synagogues but they are constrained to wear yellow wreaths about their heads the Christians blew and the Turks white There are many Iews also in Constantinople and Adrianople but in no place more than in this Town which is now called Salonica Of Berraea THIS is a City of Macedon scituated upon the River of Halakmon 960 miles from Ierusalem North-westward In this City the Iews stirred up a great tumult and sedition against the Apostle Paul Act. 17. At this day it is called Voria Of Athens THIS was the most famous City of all Grecia the Mother of Arts and a bountiful nourisher of large and mighty Colonies in that part of Achaia called Acte or Attica It was scituated upon the shore of the Mediterranean Sea 720 miles from Ierusalem Westward It took name from a Divine knowledg for the word is derived of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the mind