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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

South-wind they thought to sail to Phoenicia a Haven in Creta but the wind coming about to the East drave them back again into the Sea by which means they were in danger of their Lives This Island was brought under the subjection of the Romans 66 years before the birth of Christ and so for a long time continued until the Saracens entered therein and took it from the Romans 800 years after the Birth of Christ. After that in the year of our Lord 979 the Emperour of Constantinople drave the Saracens out of the Island and kept it but in the end the Venetians brought it under their Subjection and Seigniory in the year of our Lord 1202 and at this day it is called Candia Of Clauda CLaudea is an Isle not far from Crete lying towards the south-Southwest in the Mediterranean Sea 288 miles from Ierusalem towards the West at this day it is called Porto Cabaso here the Saylers the Apostle Paul and the rest of the company haled overboard their Cock-boat and tyed it to their Ship and fell to towing lest they should have been sunk into Syr●is a dangerous Gulph upon those Seas Acts 27. Of Syrtis THIS is a Gulph of the Sea lying upon the shore of Africa in which the Water is both troublesome and the shore dangerous because of quick Sands and in this there are two places most remarkable called by the name of Syrtis from drawing and attracting Ships unto them by which they were greatly endangered the one was called the greater and the other the less the greater lay 1000 miles from Ierusalem towards the West but the other lay under the Isle of Mylete towards the South being distant from Ierusalem 1320 miles towards the West in this place it was where Paul and his Companions were in such danger mentioned Act. 17. Of Mylete THIS Island was so called from the great abundance of Honey that was found in it but at this day it is called Malta scituated in the Mediterranean Sea 1340 miles from Ierusalem towards the West It is very pleasant and fruitful bringing forth great plenty of Wheat Rye Flax Cumin Cotton Figs Wine Roses Violets Time Lavender and many other sweet and delightful Herbs from whence Bees did gather great plenty of Honey The Sun is very hot in this Island insomuch that by the extreme servor thereof the Inhabitants lose their natural complexion and look of a tawny colour In Summer Evenings there falleth great plenty of dews whereby the Earth is refreshed and the Herbs increased There is neither Snow or Frost seen in it for the Northern Winds which with us are the Authors of Cold and Frosts with them procure Rain which greatly refresheth and increaseth the Fruits of the Earth so that the Pastures and Medows become very pleasant and full of Grass and although it be but 28 miles long and 60 miles about notwithstanding it is very populous for in the eight Parishes that stand in this Isle there is numbred above twenty thousand Men. The Inhabitants are very honest religious and godly and the Women fair chast and modest for they never come abroad but with their faces covered The Children that are born in this Country fear not any Snakes neither are hurt by any thing that is venomous insomuch that they will take Scorpions and eat them without danger although in all other parts of the World those kind of creatures are most pernicious In this Isle also there are bred a kind of Dogs that are but small yet very white and shagged and so loving that the Inhabitants of all the neighbouring Countries will buy them though they be at dear rates The chief City thereof called Malta is so strongly fortified both by Art and Nature that it is almost impossible to be conquered unless it be either by Treason or Famine The Town or Castle whereof is fortified with the Knights of St. Iohn's Order who have mightily expressed their Valour and Resolution in defending this Town from the Turks About a mile from this the ruines of a goodly fair City are to be seen And upon the East Promontory a little from the City of Malta there yet remain the decays which are worthy to look upon of a goodly Temple dedicated to Iun● It seemeth by what remaineth that this Church hath been a fair and goodly thing in times past There is also here and there in the Earth found certain brass Monies having upon the one side a superscription written in Greek Letters and upon the other the Image of Iuno There stood upon the South side of Malta a Temple dedicated to Hercules the ruines of which are yet extant and in it are found Mountains worthy of admiration At such time as the Captain of Massanissa King of the Numidians had conquered this Island amongst other pretious things that he found in these Temples he took thence a great deal of goodly Ivory but that religious King did faithfully restore all those things back again and dedicated them to the several Temples Thus we may perceive that the Inhabitants of this Island of Malta were wholly given to Idolatry and Superstition untill such time as Paul by the Inconstancy and Vehemency of the Wind was driven upon it and converted them from that perverse and prophane Worship to the Christian Religion at such time as he suffered Shipwrack and wintered amongst them Acts 27. The Inhabitants shew upon the North part of this Isle the place where the Ship was cast away wherein the Apostle Paul was in which place they have built up a Chappel and dedicated it to Saint Paul They shew also a Cave in which they say he lived and they verily believed that he expelled all Venome and Poyson out of that Island at such time as he was there It was first subject unto the Africans as may appear by certain Marble Pillars which are here and there found in which there are ingraven certain Characters of the Carthaginians not much unlike to Hebrew Letters And although the Inhabitants are Christians yet their Speech is much like the Saracens which differeth little or nothing from the antient Punick At such time as Dido built Carthage which is thought to be 890 years before Christ Battus was King of this Isle and held a Confederacy with Dido for when Hyarbas King of the Gelutians made War upon Dido because he could not obtain her in Matrimony she received Aid from this Battus and when for the love of Aeneas she had killed her self Hyarbas having conquered Carthage banished her Sister Anne who was entertained by this Battus But Hyarbas taking that unkindly made War upon Battus and conquered the Island of Malta so it continued in the Jurisdiction of the Carthaginians a long time after until the Carthaginians were conquered by the Romans and then one Titus Sempronius about such times as Hannibal brought his Army before Trebia won it 217 years before Christ. And after it continued under the Jurisdiction of the Romans 130 years and then it was

Mac. 5. 2 Mac. 22. From Astaroth-Carnaim he went to Ephron being 16 miles this City Iudas Macchabeus destroyed because the Inhabitants thereof denied him Passage and went through it over the dead Bodies 2 Mac. 5. Here Gideon Judge of Israel sometime dwelt it took the Name from the rising up of the Dust being derived of Aphar that is he hath made a dust From Ephron Iudas passed over Iordan into the great Field of Galilee and so went to Scythopolis which in ancient time was called Bethsan which was four miles From Bethsan or Scythopolis he returned to Ierusalem which was 44 miles a little before Pentecost in the fourth year of his Government in the Year 161 before Christ 1 Mac. 5. 2 Mac. 12. After the Feast of Pentecost he went from Ierusalem to Maresa which was 16 miles here he overcame Gorgias Governour of Idumaea in a great Battel 2 Mac. 12. From Maresa he went with his Army to Odullam which was six miles Here sometime David hid himself From Odullam he returned to Ierusalem being eight miles 2 Mac. 12. From Ierusalem he brought his Army to Hebron the Metropolitan City of the Idumaeans which was 22 miles this Town he won and all the Towns and Castles near adjoyning 1 Mac. 5. From thence he went to Samaria which was fifty six miles 1 Mac. 5. From Samaria he led his Army against Azotus being 44 miles This was a City of the Philistines which he destroyed broke their Altars and burn'd their Idols in the Fire 1 Mac. 5. After that he conquered two Castles in Idumaea 1 Mac. 10. After that he returned to Ierusalem which was accounted 22 miles 1 Mac. 5. From Ierusalem he went to meet Timotheus chief Captain of the Syrians who came with a great Army to invade Iudaea But when the Battel waxed hot there appeared to the Enemies from Heaven five comely men upon Horses with Bridles of Gold two of which led the Iews and took Macchabeus between them and covered him on every side with their Weapons that none could hurt him but against their Enemies they shot Darts and Lightnings so that they were confounded with Blindness and beaten down whereby the Iews obtained a great Victory and put to the Sword 20500 Foot and 600 Horse the rest seeing this great Slaughter fled So Iudas praised the Lord and pursued the Enemies to Gazara being sixteen miles Here Timotheus hid himself in a Cave but the Iews took the City found him out and put him to death together with his Brother Chaerea and Pollophanes 2 Mac. 10. From Gazara Iudas Macchabeus returned to Ierusalem being 16 miles In the Year following which was the fifth of his Reign and 160 before Christ Iudas Macchab besieged the Tower of Sion in Ierusalem because those that were in the Garrison had put to the Sword some of the Iews that were sacrificing in the Temple But Antiochus Eupator the Son of Antiochus Epiphanes hearing of it at the Instigation of Menelaus Chief Priest of the Iews brought a great Army to their Rescue wherefore Iudas Macchabeus hearing of his coming left the Siege and went from Ierusalem to Modin to meet him which was 14 miles Here he overcame Antiochus destroyed his Elephants and put 4000 of his Souldiers to the Sword 2 Mac. 13. When King Antiochus had felt a taste of the boldness of the Jews he went with his Army through by-ways and secret Passages to the Castle of Bethsu●a which he besieged whither Iudas followed him which was twelve miles encamped himself a mile from Bethsura in a straight place called Bethzachara Here Antiochus betimes in the Morning thinking to take the Army of the Iews at an Advantage set upon them But the Iews and their Leaders behaved themselves so manfully that they put Antiochus the second time to flight and kill'd 600 of his men In this Battel Eliazer the Brother of Iudas Macchabeus was slain by an Elephant Ios. lib. Antiq. 12. lib. 16. 1 Macc. 6. From Bethzachara he returned back to Ierusalem being two miles and when the King had taken the Town of Bethsura for they were constrained to yield by reason of Famine he followed Iudas with whom he joyned the third time in Battel but Iudas overcame him and put to the Sword many of his Army Wherefore having certain Intelligence that Philip whom he had made Over-seer of the Affairs at Antiochia rebelled he made a Peace with Iudas Macchabeus was appeased towards the Iews did sacrifice adorned the Temple and shewed great Gentleness towards the People So Antiochus departed out of Iudaea and took Menelaus that seditious High-Priest along with him captive 1 Mac. 6. 2. Mac. 13. After in the sixth Year of his Government Iudas went with his Army through all the Borders of Iudaea and executed Justice upon all such as were Offenders and Contemners of the true Religion After when Iudas had certain intelligence that Nicanor whom Demetrius King of Syria had sent against Ierusalem went about by fraudulent Courses and under pretence of Friendship to take away his Life 2 Mac. 14. he went privily from Ierusalem and came to Caphar-Salama scituated twelve miles from Ierusalem towards the North. Here Nicanor and he joyned Battel but Judas discomfited his Army and put to the Sword about five thousand of his Men himself not escaping without great danger 1 M●c 7. From Caphar-Salama Judas came to Samaria which was 28 miles here he rested himself and refreshed his Army a while 2 Mac. 15. In the Year before Christ 128 he went from Samaria to Ad●rs● which was 28 miles and there upon the 13th day of Adar which answereth to the 13th day of February near to Bethoron the lower he gave Nicanor a great Overthrow and put him with 35000 of his Host to the Sword 1 Mac. 7. 2 Mac. 15. From Adara and Bethoron the lower he followed the Enemies to Gaza a City of the Philistines being 44 miles 1 Mac. 9. From Gaza he returned to Ierusalem being 44 miles there he caused the Arm of Nicanor whom a little before he had slain at the Battel of Adarsa to be cut off and his Tongue to be cut out of his Head shred small and given to the Fowls of the Heaven and his Head to be cut from his Shoulders because therewith he had blasphemed the Lord and the Temple swearing Desolation and Destruction to it and the Iews 1 Mac. 7. 2 Mac. 15. A little after that is to say almost at the end of the sixth year of his Government Iudas Macchabeus went out with 3000 chosen men in his Army and pitched his Tents near Laisa twelve miles from Ierusalem towards the West but when the Iews perceived the mighty Army of Bacchides for he had 20000 foo● and 2000 Horse in his Host there were many of them discouraged so that all left him but 800 men yet nevertheless Iudas constrained by necessity withstood Bacchides and so manfully behaved himself in the Battel that he overcame him and put him to flight 1 Mac. 2.

Malta in which place they suffered Shipwrack and Paul shook off the Viper off his hand into the Fire and did many other Miracles which was 720 miles From Malta they sailed in a Ship of Alexandria to Sir acusus in Sicilia being 180 miles Paul at this time was fifty years of Age Act 28. From Siracusa they sailed to Regium being 52 miles From thence they went to Puteola being 164 miles From Puteola they went to Apiforum being 12 miles there certain Christians of Rome came to meet them above twenty two miles and received Paul with great Friendship From Apiforum they led him to Tribatera being six miles here he met more Christians From Tribatera he went to Rome being sixteen miles where he remained two years Prisoner and there wrote his Epistles to the Galathians Ephesians Philippians Colossians Philemon and the Hebrews so all these Travels were 2300 miles And in the whole from his first beginning untill his being Prisoner in Rome were 190270 miles But being delivered out of Prison the last ten years of his age he did not only preach the Gospel in Asia and Creta where he appointed his Disciple Timothy to be a Bishop and in Macedonia where being in Neapolis he wrote an Epistle to Titus and sent it to him above 300 miles to the Island of Creta but also preach'd the Gospel and spread the Word of God abroad in the Country of Spain Rom. 15. which is distant from Ierusalem 2800 miles and being the second time imprisoned in Rome he wrote his second Epistle to Timothy and sent it above 996 miles to Ephesus not long after he was beheaded in Rome in the place called Via Ostensi Of the Towns and Places to which he travelled Of Antipatris THE Town of Antipatris is distant from Ierusalem twelve miles towards the North-west In times past it was called Caphar Zalama that is a Village of Peace There Iudas Macchabeus overcame Nicanor 1 Mac. 7. Afterward Herod that lived in the time of our Saviour Christ built this Town much fairer and called it after the name of his Father Antipatris It stood in a very pleasant and fruitful Soil having many fair Trees and fresh Waters about it Ios. lib. 16. cap. 7. St. Paul was by Night brought Prisoner into this Town Act. 23. Of Myra THIS was a great Town as Strabo li. 14. saith and stood in Asia minor in the Province of Lycia upon the Coast of the Mediterranean Sea 380 miles from Ierusalem North-westward St. Paul was in this Town Of Gnidus THIS Town lieth in Asia minor upon the Mediterranean Sea in the Pennis●dia called Doris which by a narrow point joyneth unto the Province of Caria and is distant from Ierusalem 492 miles In this Town the Goddess Venus had a great Temple wherein her Image was placed made by that cunning Workman Praxiteles of Marble stone and for that cause Horace calleth Venus Queen of Gnido lib. 1 carm Od. 30. O Venus Regina Gniide Paphique that is O Venus Queen of Gnidus and Paphos c. There came many Learned Men out of this Town as Eudoxus Agatarchides Paripateticus Theopompus and others This Town is yet standing and as it is thought it took the name of the Fish Gnidus which is taken there in the Sea which Fish is of so strange a nature that if you take it in your hand it stingeth like a Nettle At this day this Town hath another name and is called Cabo Chrio as Conradus Gesnerus in his Onomastico writeth Of Creta THE Island of Creta took the name as Strabo saith from the People called Curetes that dwelt in this Island those People used to cut all the hair off from the fore-parts of their Heads and therefore they would not endure to suffer any Man to wear his hair being in the Wards for which cause in the Grecian Tongue they were called Couretes and in time this name by corruption of speech was changed and they called Cretans This Island standeth in the Mediterranean Sea between Graecia and Africa 600 miles from Ierusalem toward the West It is a great Island being 200 miles long 48 miles broad and in compass 588 miles it is very fruitful of Cypress Trees Malmsey Sugar and other Spices the Malmsey taketh the name from the Town of Malvesia in Peloponnesus standing upon the point of Malta right over against Creta or Candia and at this day the like Wine is made in Creta and called by the same name from whence it is commonly brought unto us though in times past it came out of the Island of Chius Among all the Hills that are found in the Island of Creta the Hill Ida is most spoken of because of the height about it standeth divers Towns and Villages it hath many Hills and Woods for the Island is very full of sweet Cypress Trees insomuch that there are Woods full of them Pliny writes that upon a time there was such an Earth-quake in this Island that one of the Hills removed out of which there came a Man being forty Cubits high In this Island there are no venemous Beasts but in times past it was inhabited by cruel People of whom St. Paul complaineth in his first Epistle to Titus cap. 1. where he reherseth the Saying of Epimenides which was after this manner The People of Creta are always Liars evil Beasts and slow Bellies And to conclude they resemble some of the Friars among the Papists for as they are idle people and shave their heads so were the Men of Creta Titus Pauls Disciple was a Bishop in this Island and St. Paul wrote an Epistle to them and to Nicapolis and sent it them above 320 miles This Island in times past was very rich and populous for in it there was a 100 Towns the chief of which were Gnossos Cortyna and Zydon but Gnossos was the most principal and ancientest wherein King Minos kept his Court in it the notable Geographer Strabo was born This Town of Gnossos in times past was called Ceratur of the River Cerata which passed by it but now it and all the Island is called Candia The Venetians every three years appointed a new Duke to govern it In this Island stood the Towns of Salmona and Lassica by Pliny called Lasas and in the middle between those two Towns was the Haven of Gutfurt whereof Saint Luke maketh mention in the Acts of the Apostles cap 27. saying That Paul counselled the Saylers that were in the Ship to anchor there and stay the Winter season in that Island but the Captain of the Ship gave more credit to the Master of the Ship than to Pauls words whereby in the end they were in danger of their lives The Towns of Salmona and Lassica with the Haven of Gutfurt lay Southward in this Island upon the Coasts of the Mediterranean Sea somewhat distant from them stood the Town of Asson by Pliny called Ausum where they hoised out their boat and sayled Northward and because they had a fair