be_v to_o be_v mean_v of_o the_o land_n of_o judea_n as_o it_o be_v elsewhere_o by_o the_o same_o spirit_n i_o will_v know_v why_o the_o greek_a and_o hebrew_n scripture_n shall_v differ_v so_o vast_o in_o account_n and_o how_o the_o cainan_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d get_v into_o saint_n luke_n gospel_n intolerable_o jo_n scaliger_n have_v say_v more_o against_o all_o original_a trust_n but_o i_o may_v possible_o tell_v you_o the_o manner_n of_o that_o hereafter_o and_o that_o the_o jew_n do_v not_o cut_v off_o as_o the_o arabic_a catena_n will_v have_v it_o but_o the_o hellenist_n or_o graecist_n so_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v read_v not_o grecian_n act._n 6.1_o add_v what_o be_v supernumerary_n to_o these_o epilogisme_n and_o cainan_n come_v in_o too_o at_o this_o back_n door_n as_o i_o think_v i_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o show_v you_o at_o some_o other_o time_n and_o from_o a_o inconsiderable_a ground_n but_o for_o this_o it_o be_v so_o of_o the_o hellenisticall_a chiliast_n but_o 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deal_n of_o judgement_n too_o for_o christ_n himself_o i_o can_v promise_v you_o it_o be_v all_o truth_n but_o i_o can_v tell_v you_o some_o news_n as_o concern_v his_o great_a man._n in_o the_o arabic_a catena_n to_o these_o word_n of_o the_o text_n gen._n 10.25_o the_o name_n of_o one_o be_v phaleg_n this_o note_n be_v set_v in_o the_o margin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i.e._n and_o this_o that_o be_v phaleg_n be_v the_o father_n of_o heraclim_n the_o father_n of_o melchizedeck_v cat._n arab._n cap._n 31._o fol._n 67._o a._n but_o in_o the_o chapter_n go_v before_o his_o generation_n be_v declare_v in_o a_o set_n and_o solemn_a pedigree_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v melchizedek_n be_v the_o son_n of_o heraclim_n the_o son_n of_o phaleg_n the_o son_n of_o eber._n and_o his_o mother_n name_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d salathiel_n the_o daughter_n of_o gomer_n the_o son_n of_o japhet_n the_o son_n of_o noah_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o heraclim_n the_o son_n of_o eber_n marry_v his_o wife_n salathiel_n and_o she_o be_v with_o child_n and_o bring_v forth_o a_o son_n and_o call_v his_o nun_n melchizedek_n that_o be_v the_o king_n of_o righteousness_n call_v also_o the_o king_n of_o peace_n then_o after_o this_o the_o genealogy_n be_v set_v down_o at_o length_n melchizedek_n son_n of_o heraclim_n which_o be_v the_o son_n of_o phaleg_n which_o be_v the_o son_n of_o eber_n which_o be_v the_o son_n of_o arphaxat_fw-la etc._n etc._n till_o ou_fw-fr come_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v the_o son_n of_o adam_n peace_n be_v upon_o he_o caten_v arab._n c._n 30_o fol._n 66._o a._n sahid_v aben_n batrick_n direct_o say_v that_o melchizedek_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o son_n of_o phaleg_n and_o so_o he_o interprete_v and_o do_v it_o well_o too_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o saint_n paul_n heb._n 7.3_o not_o without_o descent_n or_o pedigree_n as_o we_o he_o be_v not_o therefore_o say_v say_v he_o to_o be_v without_o father_n or_o mother_n as_o if_o he_o have_v none_o or_o not_o know_v one_o but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o he_o have_v no_o father_n or_o mother_n put_v down_o among_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o genealogy_n and_o so_o the_o print_a arabic_a translate_v the_o place_n as_o the_o syriack_n also_o etc._n etc._n do_v you_o know_v now_o of_o what_o spirit_n you_o be_v bâ—d_v alâ—â—ran_fw-mi arab._n ms._n in_o aâ—â—h_n bâ—d_v the_o turk_n write_v upon_o the_o outside_n of_o his_o alcoran_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v no_o man_n touch_v this_o book_n but_o he_o that_o be_v pure_a i_o will_v no_o man_n will_v meddle_v with_o we_o alcoran_n signify_v but_o the_o scripture_n you_o need_v not_o be_v afraid_a of_o the_o word_n but_o such_o as_o indeed_o be_v what_o other_o man_n do_v but_o think_v themselves_o martyâ—uâ—_n if_o i_o have_v not_o a_o opportunity_n to_o tell_v you_o henceforth_o what_o the_o meaning_n of_o this_o chorister_n bishop_n be_v you_o may_v see_v if_o you_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o it_o the_o proâ—essionall_a of_o sarum_n upon_o saint_n innocent_n day_n and_o molanus_n de_fw-fr canoniâ—is_n lib._n 2._o c._n 4_o â—_o which_o be_v de_fw-fr episâ—â—po_n pueâ—oâ—um_fw-la in_o dâ—e_n innocentium_n martyâ—uâ—_n if_o i_o shall_v meet_v a_o prophet_n or_o the_o son_n of_o a_o prophet_n with_o any_o pretence_n to_o this_o spirit_n about_o he_o he_o will_v look_v to_o i_o like_o the_o little_a child_n in_o salisbury_n church_n that_o lie_v bury_v in_o a_o bishop_n robe_n indeed_o i_o believe_v god_n ordain_v more_o strength_n out_o of_o the_o mouth_n of_o these_o episcopal_a babe_n &_o because_o of_o his_o enemy_n too_o psal_n 8_o 2._o then_o from_o these_o other_o infant_n of_o day_n and_o child_n of_o a_o 100_o year_n old_a esay_n 65.20_o i_o be_v ask_v once_o by_o a_o able_a and_o understand_a man_n whether_o the_o alcoran_n as_o it_o be_v of_o itself_o have_v so_o much_o in_o it_o as_o to_o work_v any_o thing_n upon_o a_o rational_a belief_n i_o say_v yes_o thus_o much_o only_o i_o require_v that_o the_o believer_n shall_v be_v bring_v up_o first_o under_o the_o engagement_n of_o that_o book_n that_o which_o be_v every_o where_o call_v religion_n have_v more_o of_o interest_n and_o the_o strong_a impression_n of_o education_n than_o perhaps_o we_o consider_v of_o otherwise_o for_o the_o book_n itself_o it_o be_v take_v for_o the_o great_a part_n out_o of_o our_o scripture_n and_o will_v not_o hear_v altogether_o so_o ill_o if_o it_o be_v look_v upon_o in_o it_o own_o text_n or_o through_o a_o good_a translation_n but_o not_o as_o to_o gain_v any_o thing_n by_o this_o the_o alcoran_n be_v scarce_o translate_v yet_o the_o best_a disguise_n of_o it_o be_v that_o arragnois_fw-fr by_o joannes_n andrea_n the_o moor_n but_o the_o entire_a copy_n of_o it_o be_v not_o easy_o meet_v with_o our_o scripture_n to_o the_o eternal_a glory_n of_o it_o be_v render_v almost_o into_o the_o whole_a confusion_n stranger_n at_o rome_n parthian_n mede_n and_o flamites_n cretes_n and_o arabian_n may_v all_o read_v the_o wonderful_a work_n of_o god_n in_o their_o own_o tongue_n in_o which_o they_o be_v bear_v this_o book_n of_o we_o or_o a_o good_a part_n of_o it_o may_v be_v read_v in_o samaritan_n greek_n and_o the_o vulgar_a greek_a too_o in_o chaldee_n syriack_n arabic_a the_o jerusalem_n tongue_n in_o the_o persian_a armenian_a aethiopian_a coptick_n or_o egyptian_a gothick_n russian_n saxon_a etc._n etc._n to_o say_v nothing_o of_o the_o more_o common_o know_v italian_a spanish_a french_a dutch_a etc._n etc._n and_o though_o we_o meet_v not_o yet_o with_o any_o piece_n of_o scripture_n translate_v into_o the_o china_n tongue_n yet_o there_o be_v extant_a even_o in_o that_o a_o very_a full_a tradition_n of_o our_o gospel_n as_o it_o be_v find_v write_v upon_o a_o stone_n wrought_v in_o he_o form_n of_o a_o long_a square_n and_o dug_n out_o of_o the_o ground_n at_o the_o build_n of_o a_o wall_n in_o sanxuen_n in_o the_o year_n 1625._o the_o title_n of_o the_o stone_n be_v write_v upon_o with_o 9_o character_n in_o the_o chinois_n express_v as_o follow_v copt_v prâ—drom_n copt_v lapis_fw-la in_o laudem_fw-la &_o memoriam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la legis_fw-la lucis_fw-la &_o veritatis_fw-la portatae_fw-la de_fw-la judea_n &_o in_o china_n promulgatae_fw-la erectus_fw-la the_o stone_n say_v that_o our_o saviour_n ascend_v up_o into_o heaven_n about_o noon_n &_o relinquens_fw-la septem_fw-la viginti_fw-la tomos_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la ad_fw-la portam_fw-la magnae_fw-la conversionis_fw-la mundi_fw-la aperiendum_fw-la and_o leave_v behind_o he_o 27_o book_n of_o doctrine_n so_o many_o there_o be_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n to_o set_v open_a a_o gate_n for_o the_o great_a conversion_n of_o the_o world_n
signify_v both_o the_o syriack_n and_o arabic_a render_n mammona_fw-la iniquitatis_fw-la the_o mammon_n of_o iniquity_n which_o be_v the_o proper_a meaning_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o first_o respect_v unto_o by_o our_o saviour_n that_o be_v riches_n unjust_o detain_v from_o they_o to_o who_o it_o iâ—_n due_a or_o to_o take_v shakar_n arabical_o the_o mammon_n of_o the_o poor_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d before_o man_n â—_o talmud_n in_o â—â—â—gig_n fol._n 5._o â—_o r._n jannai_n see_v one_o give_v a_o luz_n the_o four_o part_n of_o a_o shekel_n to_o a_o poor_a man_n before_o company_n he_o say_v unto_o he_o it_o have_v be_v better_a not_o to_o have_v give_v he_o at_o all_o nay_o he_o say_v they_o that_o do_v his_o righteousness_n in_o secret_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o better_a man_n than_o moses_n our_o master_n chap._n xv._o 2_o tim._n 3.8_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n now_o as_o jannes_n and_o jambres_n etc._n etc._n consider_v what_o saint_n paul_n cit_v else_o where_o out_o of_o aratus_n epimenides_n etc._n etc._n he_o may_v possible_o take_v this_o from_o numenius_n apamensis_fw-la a_o philosopher_n of_o pythagoras_n his_o sect_n quote_v by_o aristobulus_n in_o the_o book_n dedicate_v to_o ptolemy_n philometer_n the_o philosopher_n deliver_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n see_v for_o the_o rest_n euseb_n pamphilus_n evangel_n praeparat_fw-la l._n 9_o pag._n 241._o edit_fw-la steph._n 1544._o the_o sum_n of_o this_o tradition_n be_v that_o jannes_n and_o jambres_n the_o famous_a magician_n of_o egypt_n be_v account_v worthy_a to_o contend_v with_o and_o think_v to_o come_v not_o far_o behind_o the_o great_a moses_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o plague_n otherwise_o the_o apostle_n may_v learn_v this_o at_o the_o foot_n of_o gamaliel_n for_o jonathans_n targum_fw-la read_v exod._a 7.11_o and_o pharaoh_n call_v the_o wiseman_n and_o magician_n and_o they_o that_o be_v the_o magician_n jannes_n and_o jambres_n do_v the_o like_a with_o their_o enchantment_n pharaoh_n call_v they_o say_v a_o arabic_a geographer_n out_o of_o ansana_n a_o ancient_a city_n of_o egypt_n pleasant_o situate_v by_o the_o nile_n vrbs_fw-la antiqua_fw-la aedificio_fw-la viridariis_fw-la &_o locis_fw-la amâ—nis_fw-la ad_fw-la animum_fw-la relaxandum_fw-la aptis_fw-la perpulchra_fw-la â—_o geograph_n mâ—liens_n 1.4_o climate_n â—_o plurima_fw-la fructibus_fw-la &_o fertilitate_fw-la atque_fw-la fâ—ugibus_fw-la abundantissima_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o this_o be_v common_o call_v the_o city_n of_o the_o magi_n and_o from_o hence_o pharaoh_n call_v they_o upon_o appoint_a day_n to_o contend_v with_o moses_n the_o prophet_n upon_o who_o be_v peace_n the_o manner_n of_o the_o contestation_n be_v set_v down_o in_o menachoth_n cap._n col_fw-fr haccorbonoth_n hatsibbur_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n i._n e._n john_n and_o mamre_o say_v unto_o moses_n 9_o talmud_n in_o menach_n fol._n 85._o a._n shemoth_n rabath_n sect._n 9_o thou_o bring_v straw_n to_o apharaim_n he_o say_v unto_o they_o man_n use_v to_o bring_v herb_n to_o jarak_fw-mi the_o meaning_n be_v as_o the_o gloss_n there_o and_o sherirah_n in_o the_o baal_n aruch_n aphraim_n be_v a_o place_n in_o egypt_n abundant_a in_o corn_n and_o to_o bring_v straw_n thither_o be_v to_o speak_v it_o in_o the_o heathen_a phrase_n to_o bring_v owl_n to_o athens_n so_o for_o moses_n to_o show_v his_o legerdemain_n in_o egypt_n where_o the_o black_a art_n be_v so_o notorious_o know_v moses_n retort_v they_o upon_o like_a for_o like_v jarak_fw-mi be_v a_o place_n abound_v w_v herb_n and_o yet_o all_o man_n carry_v their_o herb_n thither_o see_v the_o learned_a buxtorf_n lex_fw-la tit._n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o plin_n nat._n hist_o lib._n 30._o c_o 1._o the_o tradition_n be_v not_o altogether_o unknown_a to_o pliny_n by_o who_o the_o contestation_n be_v call_v magices_fw-la factio_fw-la a_o moses_n &_o janne_n &_o jotape_n judeis_fw-la pendens_fw-la apuleius_n also_o make_v mention_n of_o joannes_n a_o great_a magician_n mistake_v by_o pius_n for_o saint_n john_n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sive_fw-la vita_fw-la mos_fw-la fol._n 5_o 6._o in_o the_o dibre_fw-la hajamim_fw-la mosis_fw-la they_o be_v call_v janne_n &_o mamre_n and_o say_v to_o have_v be_v the_o two_o son_n of_o balaam_n so_o jonathans_n targum_fw-la numb_a 22.22_o and_o the_o book_n zohar_n upon_o the_o same_o place_n fel._n 90._o col._n 2_o where_o they_o be_v call_v jones_n and_o jambres_n as_o in_o the_o tauhuma_n fol._n 40._o but_o gedaliah_n in_o the_o shalshelet_n say_v that_o their_o native_a name_n be_v john_n and_o ambrose_n fol._n 13._o col._n 2._o macarii_fw-la palladius_n in_o vita_fw-la macarii_fw-la palladius_n tell_v we_o of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n a_o enchant_a garden_n in_o egypt_n where_o jannes_n and_o jambres_n the_o magician_n of_o pharaoh_n intend_v to_o lie_v bury_v and_o macarius_n see_v the_o place_n the_o well_o the_o iron_n chain_n and_o brazen_a bucket_n etc._n etc._n the_o magician_n hope_v to_o enjoy_v this_o paradise_n after_o death_n but_o they_o fail_v of_o this_o expectation_n for_o as_o the_o sound_a ancient_n receive_v they_o be_v drown_v in_o the_o red-sea_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v the_o sage_n of_o bless_a memory_n deliver_v say_v a_o old_a midra_n upon_o exodus_fw-la 15.20_o that_o what_o time_n the_o egyptian_n be_v overwhelm_v in_o the_o sea_n the_o two_o magician_n john_n and_o mamre_o be_v drown_v with_o they_o the_o same_o tradition_n i_o find_v in_o a_o arabic_a catena_n upon_o the_o place_n in_o exodus_fw-la 27._o catena_n arab._n ms._n in_o pentateuch_n cap._n 27._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o e._n the_o ten_o plague_n he_o bring_v out_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n with_o a_o strong_a hand_n and_o a_o mighty_a arm_n but_o pharaoh_n and_o his_o host_n be_v drown_v in_o the_o red_a sea_n call_v also_o mare_n suph_n and_o mare_n calzem_n 3._o vid._n geograph_n nubiens_fw-la p._n 5._o clim_n 3._o and_o these_o be_v the_o name_n of_o the_o magician_n which_o stand_v up_o against_o moses_n and_o aaron_n and_o resist_v the_o work_n of_o god_n before_o pharaoh_n king_n of_o egypt_n dejannes_n jambarus_n and_o sarudas_fw-la these_o cause_v pharaoh_n and_o his_o people_n to_o transgress_v and_o god_n destroy_v they_o with_o pharaoh_n and_o his_o host_n in_o the_o red_a sea_n etc._n etc._n the_o place_n be_v that_o part_n of_o the_o red_a sea_n which_o lie_v upon_o the_o coast_n of_o jethran_n a_o dangerous_a and_o tempestuous_a sea_n say_v the_o arabic_a geographer_n 3._o geog_n nubie_n n_v p_o 3_o clim_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n and_o in_o this_o place_n it_o say_v that_o pharaoh_n curse_v of_o god_n be_v overwhelm_v chap_n xvi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d genes_n 41.45_o and_o pharaoh_n call_v joseph_n name_n tsophnat_n paaneah_n that_o which_o be_v here_o stand_v upon_o first_o be_v whether_o the_o imposition_n of_o the_o name_n be_v out_o of_o the_o king_n own_o egyptian_a or_o out_o of_o joseph_n native_a language_n if_o egyptian_a it_o be_v say_v aben_n ezra_n than_o i_o know_v not_o what_o it_o mean_v if_o chaldean_a than_o i_o know_v not_o the_o name_n of_o joseph_n etc._n etc._n the_o first_o word_n tsophnat_n may_v seem_v reducible_a to_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tsaphan_n which_o signify_v to_o hidâ—_n but_o for_o the_o next_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o have_v no_o fellow_n in_o scripture_n 1._o r._n bechai_n in_o pentaâ—_n fol._n 56._o a._n col._n 1._o say_v bechai_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n but_o i_o find_v say_v he_o in_o a_o certain_a oraison_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hampaaneah_o neelamim_n a_o revealer_n of_o secret_n but_o whosoever_o will_v derive_v this_o name_n from_o the_o hebrew_n calvin_n may_v better_o say_v it_o then_o i_o be_v but_o argute_a ridiculi_fw-la the_o imposition_n of_o new_a name_n in_o the_o egyptian_a as_o in_o the_o persian_a court_n 7_o joseph_n â—jacchiad_n paraphras_n in_o dan._n cap._n â—_o 7_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o reflection_n of_o honour_n and_o worship_n say_v don_n joseph_n and_o considerable_a circumstance_n of_o this_o reputation_n it_o needs_o must_v be_v that_o the_o name_n shall_v be_v give_v out_o of_o the_o prince_n his_o own_o tongue_n from_o who_o the_o honour_n descend_v putatur_fw-la esse_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la aegyptiacum_n say_v buxtorfe_n it_o be_v certain_a for_o beside_o the_o authority_n of_o philo_n ramban_n and_o other_o it_o be_v assure_v by_o the_o copticke_a pentateuch_n which_o express_o read_v and_o pharaoh_n change_v joseph_n name_n into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o samaritan_n read_v as_o the_o hebrew_n but_o the_o lxx_o as_o the_o copticke_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o the_o follower_n
food_n upon_o his_o weary_a faint_a camel_n which_o have_v tire_v out_o himself_o in_o his_o hard_a service_n at_o gaugamela_n therefore_o not_o at_o arbele_n be_v fight_v that_o famous_a battle_n of_o the_o two_o mighty_a monarch_n for_o the_o diadem_n of_o the_o world_n which_o fortunate_a alexander_n bring_v away_o heaven_n itself_o bear_v witness_n thereto_o by_o a_o eclipse_n of_o the_o moon_n not_o far_o from_o arbela_n be_v the_o mountain_n nicatorium_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o strabo_n call_v it_o for_o in_o ptolemie_n we_o find_v it_o not_o alexander_n the_o great_a give_v it_o that_o name_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gaeog_n ptolomae_fw-la be_v lib._n gaeog_n vinco_fw-la that_o it_o may_v be_v as_o to_o this_o day_n it_o be_v a_o constant_a trophy_n of_o that_o famous_a victory_n which_o this_o king_n atcheive_v at_o gaugamela_n in_o this_o country_n of_o arbelitis_n strabo_n also_o place_v the_o city_n demetrias_n as_o also_o the_o temple_n of_o aeneas_n and_o the_o palace_n of_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n with_o the_o bituminous_a fountain_n all_o which_o we_o have_v set_v down_o according_a to_o his_o description_n upon_o the_o river_n caprus_n stand_v oroba_n which_o junius_n well_o conjecture_v to_o be_v no_o other_o then_o that_o which_o moses_n in_o genesis_n call_v rehoboth_n in_o the_o south_n coast_n of_o arbelitis_n between_o caprus_n and_o gorgus_n ptolemy_n place_v thelbe_n which_o perhaps_o be_v so_o call_v from_o tubal_n as_o also_o another_o city_n place_v by_o the_o same_o ptolemy_n in_o babylonia_n without_o our_o chart_n so_o call_v out_o of_o doubt_n from_o tubalcain_n for_o he_o write_v thelbecain_n with_o no_o great_a error_n regio_fw-la arrapachitidis_fw-la regio_fw-la next_o to_o arbelitis_n be_v arrhapachitis_n so_o call_v from_o arrhapa_n a_o city_n lie_v in_o this_o coast_n east_n and_o south_n upon_o the_o limit_n of_o apolloniatis_n this_o arrhapachitis_n junius_n have_v once_o conceive_v to_o be_v no_o other_o but_o arpatis_n and_o the_o chief_a city_n thereof_o to_o have_v be_v that_o arpad_n which_o be_v speak_v of_o in_o the_o king_n and_o elsewhere_o but_o this_o learned_a commentator_n correct_v himself_o in_o the_o 49_o of_o the_o prophet_n jeremy_n vers_fw-la the_o 23._o this_o coast_n doubtless_o take_v its_o name_n arpachetis_n from_o arphacsad_a the_o son_n of_o sem_fw-mi and_o brother_n to_o the_o founder_n assur_n here_o lie_v darna_n obana_n and_o the_o rest_n place_n better_a know_v by_o their_o name_n then_o ought_v else_o next_o they_o the_o sambatae_n and_o below_o appolloniatis_n famous_a for_o the_o metropolis_n from_o whence_o it_o have_v its_o name_n these_o name_n be_v reckon_v up_o by_o vadian_a glarean_a volateran_n and_o niger_n man_n who_o altogether_o follow_v ptolemy_n in_o their_o chronographie_n of_o the_o land_n of_o ashur_n more_o than_o the_o name_n will_v hardly_o be_v find_v either_o in_o they_o or_o elsewhere_o only_a apollonia_n nor_o much_o of_o that_o but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d deserve_v our_o consideration_n for_o which_o we_o gratify_v old_a isidore_n the_o characenian_a cite_v by_o athenaeus_n for_o otherwise_o we_o have_v never_o attain_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o that_o place_n which_o moses_n call_v calanne_n in_o the_o land_n of_o singar_fw-la for_o that_o calanne_n without_o question_n be_v the_o metropolis_n of_o this_o country_n calonitis_n which_o our_o author_n old_a isidore_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o we_o have_v place_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o lie_v so_o etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o it_o be_v separate_v from_o the_o mede_n by_o the_o mountain_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o we_o have_v say_v thus_o we_o have_v endeavour_v the_o delineation_n of_o the_o famous_a frontier_n of_o old_a ashur_n which_o the_o reader_n if_o he_o plea_n may_v behold_v in_o our_o chart_n always_o provide_v that_o he_o be_v not_o offend_v at_o this_o that_o we_o have_v draw_v the_o low_a parallel_n equal_a to_o the_o high_a of_o that_o latitude_n for_o it_o be_v easy_o know_v to_o my_o slender_a skill_n that_o see_v topographical_n plain_n be_v all_o portion_n cut_v out_o of_o the_o entire_a sphere_n therefore_o the_o parallel_n as_o they_o increase_v in_o latitude_n ought_v to_o bear_v a_o different_a proportion_n to_o their_o meridian_n yet_o this_o curious_a course_n we_o take_v not_o in_o a_o matter_n that_o need_v it_o not_o but_o project_v the_o chart_n upon_o a_o parallelogram_n because_o in_o a_o distance_n no_o great_a for_o a_o purpose_n of_o no_o great_a moment_n the_o disproportion_n can_v nothing_o prejudice_v the_o description_n the_o state-government_n of_o assyria_n be_v regal_a it_o begin_v in_o tyranny_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d contrarium_fw-la quod_fw-la imperio_fw-la reg_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o aristotle_n call_v the_o vice_n of_o a_o monarchy_n it_o continue_v under_o the_o succession_n of_o absolute_a prince_n from_o jove_n bel_n to_o belshazar_n the_o policy_n which_o this_o country_n do_v enjoie_n be_v as_o in_o all_o other_o kingdom_n ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a in_o their_o ecclesiastical_a policy_n we_o consider_v their_o religion_n god_n they_o serve_v but_o not_o the_o true_a nor_o one_o but_o many_o and_o false_a either_o deity_n for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v place_v in_o heaven_n the_o sun_n moon_n and_o star_n and_o indeed_o be_v man_n allow_v to_o choose_v themselves_o a_o god_n this_o be_v somewhat_o a_o tolerable_a impiety_n for_o such_o great_a astronomer_n to_o adore_v the_o host_n of_o heaven_n the_o manner_n how_o they_o worship_v the_o sun_n be_v set_v down_o by_o macrobius_n 23._o macrobius_n saturna_fw-la primo_fw-la cap._n 17_o et_fw-la 23._o who_o describe_v the_o image_n under_o which_o this_o planet_n be_v adore_v add_v unto_o his_o description_n a_o symbolical_a interpretation_n to_o the_o sun_n they_o sacrifice_v horse_n and_o the_o 〈◊〉_d the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d herodot_n lib._n secundo_fw-la de_fw-fr mapogetis_fw-la loquens_fw-la idem_fw-la etiam_fw-la xenophon_n de_fw-la armeniis_fw-la scribit_fw-la eandem_fw-la etiam_fw-la caussam_fw-la reddens_fw-la lib._n quarto_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d reason_n be_v because_o they_o judge_v it_o convenient_a that_o the_o most_o nimble_a god_n shall_v be_v serve_v with_o the_o swift_a oblation_n the_o altar_n whereupon_o these_o sacrifice_n be_v offer_v they_o erect_v either_o in_o open_a court_n as_o 2_o reg._n chap._n 21._o vers_fw-la 5._o or_o else_o upon_o the_o top_n of_o their_o house_n as_o zeph._n 1.5_o isaiah_n isaiah_n tremelius_fw-la suppose_v that_o the_o prophet_n intend_v this_o god_n of_o the_o sun_n by_o that_o which_o he_o call_v nebo_n but_o that_o deserve_v further_a enquiry_n doubtless_o nebo_n be_v some_o notable_a statue_n among_o the_o teraphin_n and_o what_o they_o be_v we_o will_v now_o strive_v to_o discover_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d taraph_n the_o root_n and_o singular_a of_o teraphim_n seem_v proper_o to_o have_v signify_v any_o dishonest_a disgraceful_a matter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o elias_n tisbite_v intimate_v in_o the_o word_n taraph_n where_o also_o he_o insinuate_n both_o the_o affinity_n and_o etymology_n of_o the_o latin_a word_n turpitudo_fw-la from_o this_o hebrew_n word_n taraph_n for_o so_o say_v he_o the_o latin_n call_v id_fw-la quod_fw-la turpe_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d turpitudo_fw-la taraph_n turpitudo_fw-la tesbite_n in_o taraph_n and_o for_o this_o cause_n the_o hebrew_n call_v that_o magical_a divination_n of_o their_o heathen_a neighbour_n which_o be_v make_v by_o enchant_a head_n and_o statue_n turpah_n and_o those_o image_n so_o charm_v teraphim_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d exit_fw-la pirke_n r._n eliazer_n perec_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o teraphim_n be_v certain_a lar_n or_o household-god_n in_o which_o the_o devil_n make_v answer_v to_o the_o simple_a heathen_a their_o make_n be_v thus_o set_v forth_o by_o tisbite_n out_o of_o rabbi_n eliezer_n in_o the_o 36_o chapter_n who_o word_n we_o may_v render_v in_o this_o manner_n speak_v of_o those_o idol_n i_o have_v find_v say_v he_o that_o the_o teraphim_n be_v thus_o contrive_v they_o cut_v the_o throat_n of_o a_o first_o bear_v male_a they_o pull_v off_o his_o head_n and_o powder_v it_o with_o salt_n and_o odour_n then_o they_o write_v upon_o a_o plate_n of_o gold_n the_o name_n of_o a_o unclean_a spirit_n put_v that_o under_o the_o head_n than_o place_n they_o this_o head_n upon_o some_o wall_n set_v burn_a lamp_n before_o it_o and_o so_o worship_n in_o the_o presence_n thereof_o and_o of_o these_o laban_n ask_v counsel_n etc._n etc._n as_o we_o have_v set_v down_o in_o the_o margin_n forego_v so_o the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v in_o hosee_n render_v teraphim_n by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mechauvi_fw-la indicans_fw-la show_v or_o
but_o when_o they_o come_v to_o egypt_n canopus_n the_o priest_n work_v wililie_o and_o to_o save_v the_o credit_n of_o the_o old_a god_n make_v we_o a_o new_a in_o this_o manner_n he_o take_v a_o old_a water_n vessel_n full_a of_o hole_n stop_v up_o with_o wax_n and_o upon_o this_o he_o set_z the_o head_n of_o a_o old_a idol_n in_o come_v the_o fire_n and_o be_v place_v under_o the_o god_n the_o wax_n melt'_v and_o the_o fire_n be_v extinguish_v from_o henceforth_o the_o fire_n lose_v its_o credit_n among_o all_o nation_n as_o it_o be_v at_o this_o day_n belus_n 2._o this_o belus_n whether_o he_o be_v this_o son_n or_o nephew_n of_o nimrod_n or_o what_o affinity_n to_o he_o he_o may_v have_v antiquity_n discover_v not_o reyneccius_n be_v bold_a to_o conceiv_v that_o this_o be_v arphaxat_fw-la if_o you_o ask_v the_o reason_n he_o answer_v because_o s._n cyril_n call_v this_o belus_n arbelus_n which_o he_o indeavour_v to_o wring_v out_o of_o arphaxat_fw-la the_o conceit_n as_o i_o conceiv_o be_v slender_a though_o this_o author_n deserve_v well_o of_o all_o historian_n sanchuniathen_a a_o ancient_a author_n among_o the_o phoenician_n affirm_v that_o this_o belus_n be_v the_o son_n of_o saturn_n this_o be_v nimrod_n so_o call_v by_o the_o profane_a autor_n as_o many_o have_v conceive_v if_o so_o then_o nimrod_n be_v he_o of_o who_o ovid_n speak_v that_o in_o his_o time_n the_o golden_a age_n flourish_v so_o eupolemon_n certain_o that_o conceit_n of_o the_o poet_n in_o compare_v the_o age_n of_o the_o world_n to_o metal_n seem_v to_o have_v spring_v from_o daniel_n own_o comparison_n which_o he_o relate_v out_o of_o the_o king_n dream_n concern_v the_o head_n of_o gold_n the_o arm_n and_o shoulder_n of_o silver_n etc._n etc._n in_o that_o since_o nimrod_n may_v be_v saturn_n &_o belus_n may_v be_v his_o successor_n to_o wit_n jove_n for_o so_o this_o bell_n be_v call_v and_o thus_o forgive_a ovid_n the_o fable_n this_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o what_o he_o 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i_o will_v not_o so_o present_o resolve_v though_o i_o know_v it_o pretend_v much_o better_a than_o the_o receive_a meaning_n once_o more_o herodotus_n tell_v that_o when_o sennacherib_n the_o king_n of_o assyria_n come_v out_o against_o egypt_n sethon_n who_o have_v former_o be_v a_o priest_n in_o vulcan_n temple_n but_o be_v now_o make_v king_n be_v reduce_v to_o a_o very_a hard_a condition_n by_o the_o revolt_n of_o his_o man_n retire_v himself_o in_o coenaculum_fw-la so_o the_o translator_n into_o a_o upper_a room_n and_o there_o lament_v his_o case_n before_o the_o go_n the_o success_n be_v that_o the_o assyrian_a force_n be_v sudden_o and_o total_o disappoint_v by_o a_o army_n of_o mouse_n to_o the_o memory_n whereof_o the_o statue_n of_o sennacherib_n be_v set_v up_o in_o vulean_n temple_n hold_v in_o his_o hand_n a_o mouse_n and_o say_v these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o that_o look_v upon_o i_o let_v he_o learn_v to_o be_v religious_a this_o put_v i_o upon_o the_o consideration_n whether_o there_o may_v not_o be_v some_o such_o use_n of_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o egyptian_a way_n but_o i_o do_v not_o find_v that_o any_o matter_n can_v be_v make_v of_o this_o more_o than_o a_o mistake_n in_o the_o translation_n the_o greek_a be_v that_o the_o priest_n go_v up_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o scholiast_n of_o homer_n and_o hesiod_n as_o phavorinus_n also_o etc._n etc._n say_v this_o word_n signify_v at_o the_o first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o stately_a pile_n of_o building_n or_o a_o great_a man_n house_n but_o be_v afterward_o take_v for_o any_o ordinary_a one_o indeed_o the_o latitude_n of_o the_o word_n be_v so_o great_a that_o it_o have_v be_v sink_v down_o from_o a_o palace_n to_o a_o stable_a for_o so_o also_o it_o signify_v somewhere_o but_o julius_n pollux_n reckon_v this_o word_n among_o the_o loca_fw-la sacra_fw-la and_o therefore_o it_o shall_v not_o have_v be_v translate_v there_o magalia_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v quote_v by_o suidas_n for_o a_o place_n holy_a enough_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v take_v there_o for_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o sanctuary_n itself_o for_o it_o be_v take_v for_o such_o a_o place_n into_o which_o none_o but_o the_o priest_n may_v enter_v and_o this_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o herodotus_n that_o sethon_n go_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o into_o a_o upper_a room_n but_o into_o the_o adytum_fw-la or_o sanctuary_n of_o vulcan_n temple_n and_o there_o make_v his_o case_n know_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d before_o the_o idol_n etc._n etc._n herodot_n in_o eâ—terp_v the_o talmudist_n make_v yet_o another_o use_n of_o this_o word_n alijah_n in_o the_o tract_n nidda_n fol._n 17._o b._n where_o the_o womb_n of_o a_o woman_n be_v call_v by_o this_o name_n of_o recess_n the_o place_n be_v quote_v by_o the_o aruc_n and_o out_o of_o that_o by_o drusius_n and_o make_v up_o into_o this_o proverb_n ovis_fw-la cecidit_fw-la supina_fw-la &_o exiit_fw-la sanguis_fw-la è_fw-la coenaculo_fw-la 106._o dâ—us_fw-la adag_n hebraic_n fol._n 106._o but_o by_o a_o very_a great_a mistake_n for_o there_o be_v nothing_o of_o a_o sheep_n or_o a_o proverb_n in_o it_o as_o the_o learned_a buxtorfe_n have_v already_o admonish_v in_o addendis_fw-la ad_fw-la lex_fw-la talmudic_n col._n 2676._o chap._n iu._n 2d_o es_fw-ge 3_o 2d_o and_o her_o gate_n shall_v lament_v and_o mourn_v etc._n etc._n and_o she_o be_v desolate_a shall_v sit_v upon_o the_o ground_n desolation_n in_o scripture_n be_v otherwise_o express_v by_o silence_n &_o sit_v upon_o the_o ground_n by_o the_o first_o because_o great_a sorrow_n be_v so_o and_o the_o 2_o d._n have_v nature_n enough_o in_o it_o beside_o a_o derivation_n down_o from_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o hebrew_n mourn_v so_o ezech._n 8.14_o there_o sit_v woman_n weep_v for_o tammuz_n and_o in_o the_o 8_o of_o amos_n at_o the_o three_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o song_n of_o the_o temple_n shall_v be_v howl_n in_o that_o day_n many_o dead_a body_n shall_v be_v in_o every_o place_n they_o shall_v cast_v they_o forth_o peace_n or_o be_v silent_a so_o the_o margin_n according_a to_o the_o letter_n which_o must_v needs_o here_o take_v place_n for_o the_o paraphrase_n in_o the_o text_n in_o silence_n express_v not_o enough_o but_o as_o the_o thing_n themselves_o sit_v and_o silence_n fall_v not_o out_o single_a so_o they_o be_v most_o common_o put_v down_o in_o company_n so_o job_n 2.13_o his_o three_o friend_n come_v to_o he_o and_o sit_v down_o with_o he_o upon_o the_o ground_n seven_o day_n and_o seven_o night_n and_o none_o speak_v a_o word_n unto_o he_o for_o they_o see_v that_o his_o grief_n be_v very_o great_a so_fw-ge es_fw-ge 47.5_o lament_n
mention_v 62._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 39_o p._n 62._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o little_a temple_n of_o juno_n set_v upon_o a_o table_n and_o turn_v towards_o the_o east_n this_o indeed_o be_v enough_o to_o declare_v the_o use_n of_o these_o little_a shrine_n in_o the_o heathen_a devotion_n but_o suppli_v not_o the_o main_a want_n of_o a_o like_a acception_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pass_v as_o in_o the_o text_n here_o in_o the_o diminutive_a sense_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o the_o addition_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o like_a it_o will_v be_v very_o hard_a to_o find_v it_o so_o elsewhere_o and_o therefore_o make_v the_o more_o of_o this_o lucky_a passage_n in_o a_o old_a scholiast_n upon_o aristotle_n rhetoric_n 15._o arist_n rhet._n lib._n 1._o c._n 15._o aristotle_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o callistratus_n accuse_v melanippus_n for_o cheat_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o three_o holy_a halfpenny_n farthing_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v render_v by_o the_o latin_a interpreter_n fabri_fw-la aedile_n or_o templorum_fw-la constructores_fw-la as_o if_o the_o architecture_n of_o a_o church_n be_v any_o one_o man_n artifice_n the_o old_a scholiast_n expound_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d temple_n maker_n but_o that_o be_v say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d certain_a small_a wooden_a temple_n enshrine_v with_o image_n they_o make_v to_o sell_v a_o like_a sense_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v in_o codin_n de_fw-fr officiis_n aulae_fw-la constantinopol_n and_o such_o temple_n as_o these_o abate_v the_o material_a be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o silver_n shrine_v not_o for_o but_o of_o diana_n make_v by_o demetrius_n and_o the_o craftsman_n to_o be_v sell_v and_o the_o respect_n of_o this_o be_v that_o which_o move_v the_o quarrel_n the_o great_a goddess_n indeed_o be_v pretend_v but_o at_o this_o time_n there_o be_v a_o solemn_a confluence_n of_o all_o the_o lesser_a asian_o to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o holy_a game_n celebrate_v at_o ephesus_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o other_o god_n but_o to_o diana_n in_o chief_a and_o it_o must_v needs_o have_v be_v very_o much_o out_o of_o the_o craftsmens_n way_n if_o it_o can_v have_v be_v persuade_v as_o paul_n endeavour_v to_o do_v that_o these_o enshrine_v idolillo_n of_o diana_n so_o much_o buy_v up_o by_o the_o devout_a people_n be_v no_o god_n because_o they_o be_v make_v with_o hand_n and_o such_o a_o shrine_n as_o these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d c._n 7._o vers_fw-la 43._o as_o the_o lxx_o right_o translate_v that_o of_o amos_n the_o prophet_n c._n 5.23_o the_o original_a be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d siccuth_n or_o succoth_n malcecem_fw-la that_o be_v not_o a_o idol_n so_o call_v as_o the_o vulgar_a and_o other_o but_o the_o tabernacle_n of_o your_o king_n or_o moloch_n their_o king_n be_v saturn_n who_o the_o persian_n and_o arabian_n call_v civan_n or_o cavian_n as_o aben_n ezra_n true_o observe_v and_o the_o persian_a glossary_n make_v to_o appear_v 147._o predrom_n copt_n c._n 5._o p._n 147._o the_o egyptian_n call_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o coptick_n table_n of_o the_o planet_n the_o idolatrous_a jew_n be_v to_o call_v a_o heathen_a god_n by_o the_o native_n name_n ciun_n or_o civan_n the_o native_n be_v the_o arabian_n in_o who_o wilderness_n they_o then_o be_v therefore_o the_o prophet_n retain_v this_o word_n but_o the_o lxx_o as_o translate_n to_o ptolemy_n render_v rephan_n which_o st._n steven_n follow_v in_o these_o little_a tabernacle_n they_o enshrine_v as_o the_o ephesian_n those_o of_o diana_n in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d figure_n which_o they_o make_v to_o worship_v it_o be_v the_o figure_n of_o a_o planet_n the_o figure_n of_o saturn_n or_o the_o star_n of_o their_o god_n rephan_n chap._n xii_o job_n 26.6_o 7._o hell_n if_o naked_a before_o he_o and_o destruction_n have_v no_o cover_n he_o stretch_v out_o the_o north_n over_o the_o empty_a place_n and_o hang_v the_o earth_n upon_o nothing_o though_o hell_n be_v naked_a before_o he_o that_o make_v it_o and_o yet_o he_o make_v not_o death_n as_o to_o we_o destruction_n have_v a_o cover_v i_o have_v wonder_v much_o at_o the_o curiosity_n how_o learn_v soever_o of_o some_o who_o undertake_v to_o set_v down_o the_o subteraneous_a geography_n of_o this_o place_n and_o describe_v it_o so_o confident_o as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v there_o already_o not_o the_o gate_n and_o chamber_n of_o death_n only_o but_o the_o very_a point_n of_o the_o compass_n in_o that_o region_n and_o shadow_n etc._n rusca_n de_fw-fr infern_z etc._n etc._n and_o how_o many_o soul_n may_v sit_v upon_o the_o point_n of_o a_o needle_n i_o will_v only_o put_v these_o man_n in_o remembrance_n of_o the_o syriack_n read_v in_o the_o last_o verse_n where_o instead_o of_o those_o word_n but_o how_o little_a a_o portion_n 〈◊〉_d hear_v of_o he_o that_o translation_n render_v et_fw-la qualis_fw-la serme_fw-la malus_fw-la auditus_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la which_o seem_v to_o confess_v as_o if_o our_o best_a expression_n of_o the_o work_n of_o god_n be_v but_o in_o a_o manner_n to_o give_v the_o maker_n ill_a language_n and_o if_o it_o be_v so_o then_o for_o man_n to_o speak_v of_o hell_n as_o if_o it_o be_v naked_a before_o we_o too_o be_v to_o give_v he_o the_o lye_n but_o my_o business_n be_v to_o tell_v the_o meaning_n of_o job_n in_o the_o next_o word_n he_o stretch_v out_o the_o north_n etc._n etc._n the_o north_n here_o be_v not_o to_o be_v take_v for_o the_o terrestrial_a globe_n as_o the_o jew_n will_v have_v it_o for_o they_o be_v deceive_v who_o think_v the_o latter_a clause_n to_o be_v a_o repitetion_n of_o the_o former_a the_o north_n be_v mean_v of_o the_o heavenly_a expansum_fw-la as_o the_o word_n extend_v sufficient_o intimate_v and_o though_o the_o north_n only_o be_v name_v yet_o the_o whole_a sphere_n be_v mean_v and_o yet_o not_o only_o for_o this_o reason_n as_o all_o think_v yet_o because_o the_o northern_a hemisphere_n be_v principal_a as_o to_o job_n respect_n and_o the_o position_n of_o arabia_n but_o because_o this_o hemisphere_n be_v absolute_o so_o indeed_o it_o be_v principal_a to_o the_o whole_a for_o as_o the_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n be_v divide_v by_o the_o middle_a line_n the_o northern_a half_n have_v a_o strange_a share_n of_o excellency_n we_o have_v more_o earth_n more_o man_n more_o star_n more_o day_n and_o which_o be_v more_o than_o all_o this_o 9_o ridley_n of_o magnetical_a body_n and_o motion_n c._n 9_o the_o north_n pole_n be_v more_o magnetical_a than_o the_o south_n for_o i_o have_v always_o observe_v say_v a_o learned_a man_n in_o this_o experience_n that_o the_o pole_n of_o the_o magnet_n which_o seat_v itself_o north_n be_v always_o the_o most_o vigorous_a a_o strong_a pole_n to_o all_o intent_n and_o purpose_n this_o north_n that_o be_v the_o whole_a firmament_n he_o stretch_v over_o the_o the_o empty_a place_n that_o be_v not_o the_o air_n as_o it_o use_v to_o be_v say_v the_o word_n in_o the_o text_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tohu_n this_o word_n signify_v nothing_o so_o the_o melt_a image_n esai_n 41.29_o be_v say_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wind_n and_o tohu_n that_o be_v confusion_n as_o we_o or_o wind_n and_o nothing_o for_o therefore_o it_o be_v that_o saint_n paul_n say_v that_o a_o idol_n be_v nothing_o in_o the_o world_n but_o especial_o it_o signify_v that_o nothing_o in_o the_o chaos_n before_o the_o air_n or_o earth_n be_v make_v as_o genes_n 1._o the_o earth_n be_v tohu_n that_o be_v nothing_o or_o as_o the_o lxx_o translate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d invisible_a or_o as_o the_o saxon_a turn_v it_o the_o earth_n be_v yâ—ael_v idle_a over_o this_o tohu_n or_o nothing_o it_o be_v that_o he_o stretch_v the_o north_n or_o firmament_n and_o then_o hang_v the_o earth_n upon_o the_o same_o nothing_o but_o of_o this_o manner_n of_o appension_n somewhat_o more_o be_v to_o be_v say_v god_n in_o the_o beginning_n as_o mercator_n devise_v strike_v a_o centre_n in_o the_o tohue_n or_o inane_fw-la endue_v with_o that_o quality_n as_o may_v call_v unto_o the_o congenial_a part_n of_o the_o chaos_n which_o immediate_o apply_v themselves_o gather_v into_o this_o globe_n which_o pretend_v as_o if_o the_o frame_n consist_v by_o a_o equilibration_n of_o part_n to_o the_o centre_n of_o gravity_n as_o it_o continue_v
the_o school_n god_n say_v the_o master_n by_o his_o presence_n power_n and_o essence_n immutable_o exi_v in_o every_o nature_n and_o be_v indetermine_v by_o circumscription_n or_o definition_n he_o be_v otherwise_o and_o more_o excellent_o present_a with_o saint_n and_o holy_a man_n by_o his_o grace_n and_o holy_a spirit_n but_o most_o of_o all_o and_o most_o excellent_o present_v by_o union_n hypostatical_a in_o the_o second_o person_n in_o who_o the_o fullness_n of_o the_o godhead_n dwell_v bodily_a etc._n etc._n 1_o dist_n 37._o to_o these_o three_o molina_n superad_v the_o four_o and_o five_o difference_n the_o one_o per_fw-la peculiaria_fw-la signa_fw-la give_v instance_n in_o jacob_n ladder_n the_o other_o whereby_o god_n be_v present_a cum_fw-la conciliis_fw-la &_o summis_fw-la pontificibus_fw-la but_o these_o difference_n be_v write_v upon_o as_o supernumerary_n by_o nazarius_n gonzales_n etc._n etc._n the_o two_o be_v indeed_o but_o one_o and_o that_o no_o other_o than_o the_o second_o of_o the_o three_o whereby_o god_n be_v present_a by_o his_o grace_n and_o holy_a spirit_n by_o presence_n power_n and_o essence_n the_o doctor_n general_o mean_a by_o the_o first_o a_o appropinquity_n of_o vision_n that_o all_o thing_n be_v open_a and_o naked_a unto_o his_o sight_n by_o the_o second_o a_o approximation_n of_o power_n that_o he_o work_v in_o and_o rule_v over_o all_o by_o the_o three_o a_o indistance_n of_o his_o be_v to_o all_o thing_n whatsoever_o of_o actual_a or_o possible_a existence_n thus_o god_n be_v intimate_o and_o indivisible_o present_a with_o all_o and_o with_o every_o thing_n nay_o thus_o he_o be_v also_o present_a with_o nothing_o if_o so_o we_o be_v to_o call_v that_o vast_a receipt_n without_o the_o universe_n comprehend_v infinite_o this_o create_a nature_n of_o thing_n which_o need_v not_o to_o be_v argue_v from_o any_o actual_a operation_n or_o conserve_n causality_n sufficient_o follow_v the_o nature_n of_o immensity_n it_o will_v imply_v a_o contradiction_n to_o say_v he_o can_v be_v actual_o present_a with_o that_o which_o be_v not_o or_o with_o that_o which_o shall_v be_v before_o it_o be_v yet_o not_o to_o say_v that_o he_o be_v there_o where_o nothing_o else_o be_v 37._o gonzales_n disp_n 17._o nu_fw-la cod_n bonavent_n in_o 1._o th._n q._n 8._o d._n 2._o alex._n hal._n p._n q._n 9_o memb._n 5._o capreol_n n._n 1._o do_v 37._o or_o shall_v be_v put_v himself_o be_v to_o say_v he_o be_v not_o infinite_a nor_o be_v it_o otherwise_o answer_v by_o those_o doctor_n which_o pretend_v to_o the_o contrary_a sentence_n for_o though_o they_o can_v be_v get_v to_o say_v that_o god_n be_v present_a without_o yet_o they_o confess_v he_o can_v be_v comprehend_v within_o the_o universe_n make_v all_o up_o with_o a_o negative_a extra_n and_o potential_a existence_n as_o to_o no_o purpose_n they_o may_v be_v see_v in_o 1._o thom._n q._n 8._o &_o 1_o sent._n do_v 37._o relate_v to_o this_o first_o respect_n of_o presence_n power_n and_o essence_n we_o say_v that_o god_n equal_o dispose_v of_o himself_o to_o all_o thing_n and_o man_n and_o that_o he_o can_v thus_o be_v more_o in_o one_o place_n then_o another_o but_o the_o respect_n of_o grace_n and_o spirit_n super_fw-la induce_v a_o special_a influence_n and_o immediation_n of_o blessing_n and_o imprint_v the_o nature_n or_o be_v whatsoever_o with_o a_o much_o more_o intimate_v and_o more_o excellent_a relation_n thus_o god_n be_v say_v to_o be_v near_o to_o this_o man_n then_o to_o that_o more_o in_o one_o place_n then_o in_o another_o thus_o he_o be_v say_v to_o depart_v from_o some_o &_o come_v to_o other_o to_o leave_v this_o place_n &_o to_o abide_v in_o that_o not_o by_o essential_a application_n of_o himself_o much_o less_o by_o local_a motion_n but_o by_o impression_n of_o effect_n it_o may_v be_v say_v of_o all_o place_n deus_fw-la hic_fw-la est_fw-la god_n be_v here_o but_o of_o some_o as_o jacob_n of_o his_o bethel_n vere_n deus_fw-la hic_fw-la est_fw-la true_o god_n be_v in_o this_o place_n vere_n that_o be_v say_v saint_n bernard_n certius_fw-la &_o evidentius_fw-la by_o a_o more_o evident_a and_o more_o effectual_a presence_n with_o just_a man_n faith_n he_o god_n be_v present_a in_o veritate_fw-la in_o deed_n but_o with_o the_o wicked_a dissemble_o it_o be_v the_o father_n expression_n in_o dissimulatione_fw-la as_o he_o be_v to_o all_o and_o in_o all_o place_n he_o be_v call_v in_o the_o holy_a tongue_n jehovah_n he_o that_o be_v or_o essence_n but_o as_o he_o use_v to_o be_v in_o holy_a place_n he_o be_v call_v shecinah_n that_o be_v he_o that_o dwell_v or_o presence_n and_o this_o shecinah_n be_v take_v by_o some_o of_o they_o as_o r._n menahem_n for_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o messiah_n by_o other_o for_o the_o ruach_n hakkado_n or_o presence_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n as_o the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v upon_o gen._n 45.27_o and_o so_o the_o hebrew_n school_n make_v even_o with_o we_o for_o jehovah_n signify_v the_o first_o member_n of_o the_o distinction_n for_o presence_n power_n and_o essence_n messiah_n for_o the_o last_o or_o hypostatical_a union_n and_o the_o holy_a spirit_n for_o the_o second_o indeed_o the_o most_o general_a and_o constant_a sense_n of_o this_o word_n shecinah_n to_o the_o jew_n mean_v still_o a_o more_o intimate_a application_n of_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n to_o such_o a_o person_n or_o place_n then_o that_o of_o his_o common_a and_o equal_a abide_v he_o be_v say_v to_o dwell_v there_o say_v maimon_n where_o he_o put_v the_o mark_n or_o evidence_n of_o his_o majesty_n and_o presence_n and_o he_o do_v this_o by_o his_o grace_n and_o holy_a spirit_n therefore_o church_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o house_n of_o god_n and_o good_a man_n the_o temple_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 25._o more_o part_n 1_n c._n 25._o this_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o michael_n the_o archangel_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d princeps_fw-la facierum_fw-la or_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o presence_n in_o the_o book_n of_o zorobabel_n for_o in_o their_o account_n he_o be_v so_o near_o to_o the_o king_n of_o heaven_n as_o to_o be_v admit_v to_o sit_v down_o by_o he_o and_o register_v the_o good_a act_n of_o the_o israelite_n it_o be_v in_o his_o power_n also_o to_o blot_v they_o out_o again_o as_o occasion_n shall_v be_v give_v he_o talmud_n in_o chagigah_n fol._n 15._o a._n as_o to_o the_o respect_n of_o god_n apply_v himself_o to_o a_o person_n they_o have_v a_o old_a say_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o shecinah_n will_v dwell_v with_o the_o meek_a and_o humble_a man_n but_o fly_v away_o from_o the_o proud_a and_o angry_a which_o seem_v to_o i_o to_o cast_v a_o light_n upon_o those_o word_n of_o saint_n james_n c._n 4.6_o god_n resist_v the_o proud_a but_o give_v grace_n unto_o the_o humble_a the_o greek_a be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n set_v himself_o in_o array_n against_o the_o proud_a the_o word_n be_v quote_v out_o of_o prov._n 3.34_o the_o syriack_n translation_n whereof_o be_v deturbabit_fw-la he_o will_v cast_v down_o but_o the_o chaldee_n be_v illusores_fw-la propellet_fw-la that_o be_v he_o will_v cast_v the_o proud_a or_o scornful_a man_n far_o away_o out_o of_o his_o sight_n but_o give_v grace_n to_o the_o humble_a that_o be_v draw_v near_o unto_o they_o and_o dwell_v there_o by_o his_o grace_n and_o holy_a spirit_n and_o thus_o also_o you_o may_v the_o better_o understand_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o verse_n before_o go_v where_o the_o spirit_n that_o dwell_v in_o we_o be_v say_v to_o lust_n to_o envy_v one_o of_o the_o wise_a say_n of_o ben_n syra_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n mitte_fw-la panem_fw-la tuum_fw-la super_fw-la faciem_fw-la aquarum_fw-la &_o super_fw-la aridam_fw-la &_o inuenies_fw-la eum_fw-la in_o sine_fw-la dierum_fw-la i.e._n cast_v thy_o bread_n upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o water_n and_o upon_o the_o dry_a land_n and_o thou_o shall_v find_v it_o in_o the_o end_n of_o day_n to_o this_o the_o perush_n or_o exposition_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n let_v thy_o table_n always_o be_v prepare_v for_o whosoever_o come_v that_o thou_o may_v be_v account_v worthy_a to_o have_v the_o shecinah_n rest_n upon_o thou_o so_o that_o they_o account_v god_n will_v dwell_v with_o such_o a_o man_n as_o keep_v good_a hospitality_n they_o say_v also_o that_o the_o shecinah_n will_v not_o rest_v upon_o a_o sad_a or_o sorrowful_a man_n but_o upon_o a_o wise_a a_o valiant_a or_o a_o rich_a man_n it_o will_n and_o many_o like_a recess_n they_o have_v to_o this_o purpose_n capable_a enough_o of_o a_o good_a construction_n as_o to_o the_o other_o respect_n of_o god_n application_n of_o himself_o to_o a_o place_n the_o son_n of_o halaptha_n say_v
this_o reason_n from_o the_o unhealthfulness_n of_o the_o place_n which_o happen_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n by_o the_o variety_n and_o constancy_n of_o the_o disease_n which_o reign_v among_o the_o people_n for_o beside_o the_o general_a distemperature_n of_o the_o air_n of_o egypt_n which_o be_v calidus_fw-la &_o nocivus_fw-la african_n joh._n leo_n african_n hot_a and_o hurtful_a as_o it_o be_v affirm_v by_o *_o one_o that_o know_v it_o well_o insomuch_o that_o a_o plague_n at_o grand_a cairo_n can_v cut_v off_o twenty_o thousand_o in_o one_o day_n beside_o i_o say_v these_o more_o universal_a condition_n philo_n intimate_v from_o a_o particular_a caus_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o more_o usual_a mortality_n here_o then_o elsewhere_o and_o that_o be_v the_o concourse_n of_o all_o manner_n of_o live_a creature_n to_o â—his_n place_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n and_o it_o be_v to_o bâ—â—_n conceive_v that_o the_o author_n mean_v by_o this_o not_o only_o a_o multitude_n of_o man_n but_o also_o that_o great_a variety_n of_o strange_a beast_n and_o fowl_n which_o be_v continual_o breed_v up_o about_o the_o court_n in_o alexandria_n mention_v whereof_o be_v make_v by_o ptolemy_n the_o king_n in_o his_o commentary_n lib._n 12._o which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o these_o creature_n be_v transport_v from_o all_o part_n of_o the_o world_n and_o there_o breed_v up_o not_o only_o for_o their_o rarity_n and_o the_o king_n recreation_n but_o also_o to_o furnish_v his_o table_n for_o so_o it_o seem_v by_o ptolomie_n word_n in_o that_o book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o he_o note_v concern_v those_o pheasant_n that_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n have_v of_o they_o not_o only_o bring_v out_o of_o media_n but_o also_o hatch_v at_o home_n in_o such_o a_o number_n that_o his_o table_n may_v be_v serve_v with_o they_o when_o he_o please_v though_o we_o may_v observe_v by_o the_o way_n that_o these_o kind_n of_o bird_n in_o those_o day_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n keep_v for_o the_o eye_n rather_o than_o for_o the_o belly_n insomuch_o that_o ptolemy_n the_o king_n in_o the_o book_n before_o cite_v profess_v that_o he_o never_o taste_v of_o a_o pheasant_n in_o all_o his_o life_n whereupon_o athenaeus_n observe_v that_o if_o this_o noble_a king_n have_v live_v in_o his_o day_n wherein_o the_o luxury_n be_v such_o that_o every_o man_n must_v have_v a_o pheasant_n at_o his_o table_n though_o he_o have_v already_o write_v 24._o book_n in_o this_o kind_n yet_o he_o say_v that_o he_o will_v sure_o have_v write_v one_o more_o purposely_o to_o note_v out_o this_o thing_n this_o by_o the_o way_n because_o philo_n say_v that_o the_o place_n within_o the_o city_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d full_a of_o all_o manner_n of_o creature_n and_o this_o howsoever_o urge_v by_o he_o only_o for_o a_o great_a caus_n of_o infection_n yet_o it_o may_v be_v think_v by_o some_o to_o have_v a_o further_a aim_n for_o the_o egyptian_a be_v aware_a of_o this_o that_o the_o jew_n be_v bind_v to_o make_v a_o distinction_n between_o clean_a and_o unclean_a beast_n may_v apprehend_v it_o in_o the_o strictness_n and_o therefore_o careful_o remove_v the_o senior_n from_o the_o very_a sight_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v a_o abomination_n unto_o they_o but_o in_o this_o we_o have_v but_o prevent_v the_o curious_a and_o therefore_o if_o the_o conjecture_n be_v not_o sound_a enough_o it_o may_v be_v the_o less_o regard_v but_o more_o than_o what_o be_v urge_v by_o philo_n for_o the_o ill_a disposition_n of_o the_o place_n may_v elsewhere_o be_v observe_v the_o prophet_n nachum_fw-la say_v that_o alexandria_n be_v situate_a upon_o the_o water_n not_o only_o because_o the_o water_n lay_v all_o about_o it_o but_o also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o that_o they_o be_v convey_v into_o it_o under_o ground_n as_o chimhi_n there_o have_v it_o and_o the_o arabian_a more_o plain_o in_o the_o nubian_n geographie_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v the_o river_n nile_n come_v from_o the_o west_n run_v under_o the_o arch_n of_o all_o their_o house_n the_o manner_n how_o this_o be_v do_v be_v set_v down_o by_o john_n leo_n in_o his_o description_n of_o africa_n cuique_fw-la ferè_fw-la domui_fw-la civitatis_fw-la ingens_fw-la cisterna_fw-la concamerata_fw-la crassisque_fw-la innitens_fw-la fornicibus_fw-la substructa_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la quas_fw-la exundans_fw-la nilus_n per_fw-la aquaeductum_fw-la in_o planitie_n magno_fw-la artificio_fw-la constructum_fw-la extra_fw-la alexandriam_fw-la deductus_fw-la sub_fw-la eâ—us_fw-la moenibus_fw-la demittitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o artificial_a conveyance_n of_o the_o river_n though_o it_o be_v otherwise_o acceptable_a to_o the_o inhabitant_n yet_o it_o can_v not_o be_v without_o some_o annoyance_n to_o the_o air_n the_o complexion_n whereof_o suffer_v much_o alteration_n by_o the_o noisome_a vapour_n which_o rise_v up_o out_o of_o the_o water_n which_o in_o tract_n of_o time_n putrify_v in_o their_o cistern_n it_o be_v the_o experience_n of_o this_o john_n in_o the_o word_n follow_v cisternae_fw-la porrò_fw-la temporis_fw-la successu_fw-la turbidae_fw-la ac_fw-la coenosae_fw-la redditae_fw-la plurimis_fw-la aestivo_fw-la tempore_fw-la languoribus_fw-la occasionem_fw-la praebent_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o the_o same_o author_n afford_v we_o yet_o another_o inconvenience_n to_o make_v we_o more_o sure_a of_o the_o insalubritie_n of_o this_o place_n and_o it_o arise_v by_o reason_n of_o certain_a little_a garden_n plant_v near_o to_o the_o city_n the_o fruit_n whereof_o be_v of_o such_o a_o ill_a condition_n that_o the_o inhabitant_n be_v thereby_o make_v subject_a to_o very_o noxious_a fever_n and_o many_o other_o disease_n for_o so_o john_n report_v in_o the_o chapter_n aforesaid_a juxta_fw-la aquaeductum_fw-la per_fw-la quem_fw-la nilus_n in_fw-la 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the_o winter_n season_n who_o commit_v most_o of_o his_o act_n to_o fortune_n set_v forward_o before_o the_o water_n be_v go_v off_o so_o that_o he_o and_o his_o follower_n be_v fain_o to_o wade_v all_o day_n long_o in_o the_o sea_n up_o to_o the_o middle_n etc._n etc._n the_o reader_n may_v here_o see_v whither_o josephus_n have_v not_o destroy_v the_o miracle_n by_o lessen_v it_o and_o make_v it_o cease_v to_o be_v a_o wonder_n while_o he_o strive'_v to_o make_v it_o fit_a to_o be_v believe_v the_o same_o author_n when_o he_o shall_v tell_v we_o how_o the_o sun_n stand_v still_o in_o gibeon_n and_o the_o moon_n in_o the_o valley_n of_o ajalon_n he_o talk_v of_o a_o great_a thunder_n and_o lightning_n and_o of_o strange_a hail_n which_o be_v something_o more_o too_o then_o what_o the_o scripture_n say_v but_o to_o the_o purpose_n nothing_o be_v say_v save_v only_o that_o the_o day_n be_v long_o than_o it_o use_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 123._o for_o the_o day_n to_o lengthen_v be_v a_o ordinary_a thing_n to_o those_o who_o live_v between_o the_o tropic_a of_o cancer_n and_o the_o arctic_a circle_n and_o for_o the_o same_o day_n to_o be_v long_o than_o ever_o it_o have_v be_v will_v not_o be_v so_o incredible_a to_o the_o heathen_a because_o they_o have_v already_o hear_v of_o one_o night_n as_o big_a as_o three_o for_o such_o a_o thing_n as_o this_o have_v happen_v when_o jupiter_n beget_v hercules_n of_o alemena_n and_o this_o be_v tell_v they_o long_o before_o the_o time_n of_o josephus_n by_o their_o divine_a orpheü_n in_o his_o argonautick_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o hercules_n be_v bear_v say_v he_o three_o day_n the_o sun_n leave_v his_o wont_a light_n lay_v hide_v and_o make_v of_o three_o but_o one_o long_a night_n again_o josephus_n when_o he_o be_v to_o set_v down_o how_o the_o king_n nabuchodonosor_n be_v change_v into_o a_o beast_n he_o scarce_o 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according_o they_o celebrate_v both_o the_o festival_n in_o one_o day_n of_o the_o epiphanie_n which_o for_o that_o it_o have_v be_v of_o some_o stand_n in_o those_o part_n prevail_v so_o far_o with_o causabon_n as_o to_o forsake_v the_o more_o receive_v opinion_n but_o not_o consider_v how_o slender_o this_o tradition_n pretend_v some_o question_n of_o of_o old_a there_o be_v in_o the_o church_n of_o alexandria_n so_o their_o clement_n report_v as_o concern_v the_o day_n of_o this_o nativity_n to_o resolve_n this_o doubt_n they_o observe_v this_o course_n the_o day_n of_o his_o baptism_n suppose_v which_o as_o we_o they_o hold_v to_o be_v the_o epiphanie_n they_o suppose_v also_o out_o of_o the_o forequoted_a place_n of_o s._n luke_n that_o our_o saviour_n be_v bear_v and_o christen_v the_o same_o day_n for_o that_o he_o be_v 30_o year_n old_a when_o he_o be_v baptize_v their_o conclusion_n therefore_o be_v that_o our_o saviour_n be_v bear_v the_o six_o of_o januarie_n which_o how_o consequent_a it_o be_v i_o need_v not_o say_v the_o forename_a bishop_n of_o middleburgh_n set_v down_o our_o saviour_n bear_v in_o april_n beroaldus_n think_v he_o be_v bear_v about_o the_o begin_n of_o october_n so_o scaliger_n calvisius_n about_o the_o end_n of_o september_n as_o for_o the_o day_n say_v scaliger_n vnius_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la hominis_fw-la definire_fw-la and_o hospinian_n persuade_v that_o the_o christian_n do_v not_o celebrate_v the_o 25_o of_o december_n as_o think_v christ_n be_v then_o bear_v but_o to_o make_v amends_o for_o the_o saturnalia_fw-la how_o much_o better_o have_v it_o be_v for_o these_o man_n to_o content_v themselves_o with_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o church_n then_o by_o this_o elaborate_a unfruitful_a search_n to_o entangle_v the_o truth_n the_o religion_n of_o this_o 25_o day_n though_o scaliger_n say_v it_o non_fw-la est_fw-la nupera_fw-la neque_fw-la novitia_fw-la it_o be_v apostolical_a by_o the_o constitution_n of_o clement_n etc._n etc._n 11._o antiquitat_fw-la lib._n 11._o nor_o do_v chrysostom_n oration_n say_v much_o less_o the_o catholicus_n armeniorum_n in_o theorinus_n dialogue_n make_v this_o good_a by_o ancient_a monument_n bring_v from_o jerusalem_n to_o rome_n by_o titus_n vespasian_n or_o if_o this_o authority_n can_v be_v render_v suspicious_a we_o can_v elude_v the_o persian_a ephemeris_fw-la nor_o the_o astronomical_a table_n of_o alcas_fw-la in_o both_o which_o our_o saviour_n be_v set_v down_o bear_v the_o 25_o of_o december_n and_o true_o the_o strange_a and_o rare_a position_n of_o heaven_n at_o this_o nativity_n do_v not_o a_o little_a reinforce_v my_o belief_n though_o otherwise_o not_o much_o give_v to_o admire_v matter_n of_o this_o nature_n for_o cardan_n finde_n it_n in_o the_o figure_n of_o our_o saviour_n there_o happen_v this_o day_n a_o conjunction_n of_o the_o two_o great_a orb_n which_o be_v of_o that_o kindle_v which_o nature_n can_v show_v the_o world_n but_o once_o except_o the_o world_n endure_v more_o than_o forty_o thousand_o year_n chap._n xvii_o aera_fw-la passionis_fw-la dominicae_fw-la no_o less_o question_n have_v be_v make_v about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o saviour_n passion_n then_o that_o of_o his_o nativity_n thus_o much_o be_v certain_a that_o he_o suffer_v upon_o fridaie_n the_o four_o of_o nisan_fw-la not_o to_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o act_n of_o pilate_n cite_v by_o the_o heretic_n in_o epiphanius_n clemens_n of_o alexandria_n deliver_v that_o our_o saviour_n suffer_v in_o the_o 16_o of_o tiberius_n and_o 25_o of_o phamenosh_n which_o answer_v to_o the_o 21_o of_o march_n but_o our_o saviour_n suffer_v upon_o fridaie_n therefore_o the_o dominical_a that_o year_n be_v e_o but_o the_o 16_o of_o tiberius_n have_v 11_o for_o the_o cycle_n of_o the_o sun_n therefore_o the_o dominical_a letter_n be_v not_o e_z but_z a_o therefore_o either_o the_o passion_n be_v not_o upon_o that_o day_n or_o else_o it_o be_v not_o that_o year_n epiphanius_n affirm_v that_o our_o saviour_n suffer_v the_o 20_o of_o march_n but_o he_o suffer_v as_o before_o upon_o the_o feria_fw-la sexta_fw-la therefore_o the_o dominical_a must_v be_v d_o for_o otherwise_o fridaie_n can_v not_o fall_v upon_o march_n the_o 20._o this_o happen_v anno_fw-la 19_o of_o tiberius_n but_o the_o cycle_n of_o the_o moon_n for_o the_o year_n be_v 15_o therefore_o the_o passover_n that_o year_n be_v not_o celebrate_v march_v the_o twenty_o but_o the_o four_o of_o april_n and_o feria_fw-la not_z sexta_fw-la but_o septima_fw-la many_o other_o form_n of_o this_o opinion_n be_v set_v down_o by_o the_o ancient_n but_o which_o will_v not_o endure_v the_o touch_n of_o these_o character_n phlegon_n trallianus_n note_v a_o eclipse_n of_o the_o sun_n the_o four_o year_n of_o the_o 202_o olympiad_n the_o most_o horrible_a that_o ever_o be_v no_o man_n ever_o doubt_v but_o this_o be_v that_o which_o the_o scripture_n note_v at_o our_o saviour_n passion_n observe_v also_o by_o the_o astronomer_n in_o egypt_n report_v to_o have_v say_v those_o word_n aut_fw-la deus_fw-la naturae_fw-la patitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o reverend_a father_n dionysius_n may_v be_v see_v in_o his_o epistle_n to_o polycarpus_n and_o to_o apollophanes_n but_o who_o when_o he_o say_v that_o this_o be_v do_v by_o the_o interposition_n of_o the_o moon_n do_v not_o a_o little_a betray_v his_o tradition_n for_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n be_v then_o diametrical_o oppose_v and_o the_o moon_n herself_o total_o eclipse_v in_o libra_n to_o the_o antipode_n of_o jerusalem_n therefore_o the_o eclipse_n be_v supernatural_a the_o four_o year_n of_o the_o 22_o olympiad_n answer_v to_o the_o 19_o of_o tiberius_n and_o the_o 33_o of_o the_o nativity_n which_o be_v the_o 4745_o of_o the_o julian_n period_n and_o 3982_o of_o the_o world_n in_o the_o 78_o julian_n year_n and_o 780_o of_o nabonassar_n and_o because_o it_o be_v feria_fw-la sexta_fw-la therefore_o it_o be_v the_o three_o day_n of_o april_n 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622_o of_o the_o incarnation_n begin_n as_o their_o year_n be_v lunar_a from_o the_o new_a moon_n of_o that_o time_n but_o which_o they_o account_v not_o as_o other_o from_o the_o conjunction_n itself_o but_o from_o the_o horning_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o they_o set_v up_o in_o their_o steeple_n a_o crescent_a as_o we_o a_o cross_n in_o we_o from_o this_o aera_fw-la fugae_fw-la muchammedanae_fw-la they_o reckon_v their_o year_n chap._n xix_o aera_fw-la jesdigerdica_n this_o aera_fw-la be_v fix_v say_v albumazar_n anno_fw-la hegirae_fw-la 11_o rabie_n prioris_fw-la 22._o fer_fw-fr 3._o which_o answer_v to_o the_o 16_o of_o june_n anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 632_o so_o call_v from_o jesdagerd_v the_o last_o persian_a king_n in_o who_o that_o empire_n say_v haithon_n the_o armenian_a be_v lose_v the_o same_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n unto_o othman_n the_o saracen_n to_o be_v reckon_v not_o from_o the_o inauguration_n as_o alphraganus_n and_o isaac_n the_o monk_n and_o some_o other_o 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be_v but_o very_o small_a and_o insensible_a that_o it_o can_v be_v much_o amend_v though_o never_o so_o much_o care_n shall_v be_v take_v and_o that_o by_o tamper_n it_o may_v be_v make_v much_o worse_a as_o by_o the_o learned_a infinite_a and_o equal_o unprofitable_a pain_n of_o petavius_n be_v too_o well_o know_v therefore_o good_a it_o be_v that_o chronologie_n bring_v to_o this_o degree_n of_o compliment_n may_v expect_v no_o extreme_a hand_n but_o be_v stamp_v with_o the_o impression_n of_o some_o public_a authority_n may_v go_v currant_n in_o general_a opinion_n without_o far_a clip_n or_o deface_v upon_o whatsoever_o specious_a and_o pretend_v reformation_n chap._n xxii_o of_o canon_n chronological_n the_o designation_n of_o time_n secundum_fw-la intervalla_fw-la the_o chronologer_n call_v canon_n which_o if_o it_o set_v the_o aera_n down_o single_o be_v term_v canon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o it_o make_v a_o connexion_n of_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o 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the_o great_a illustration_n to_o all_o this_o we_o will_v promise_v the_o description_n of_o the_o land_n of_o ashur_n as_o know_v this_o full_a well_o that_o the_o circumstance_n of_o place_n as_o well_o as_o time_n add_v much_o to_o the_o understanding_n of_o the_o story_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o land_n of_o ashur_n be_v so_o call_v from_o he_o that_o first_o plant_v a_o colony_n from_o babel_n in_o those_o part_n who_o name_n be_v ashur_n the_o son_n of_o sem._n it_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o that_o learned_a rabbin_z don_n isaac_n abarbinel_n in_o his_o commentary_n upon_o the_o first_o book_n of_o moses_n call_v bereshith_n in_o parasha_n noach_n fol._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v assur_n the_o son_n of_o sem_fw-mi dwell_v in_o assyria_n and_o from_o his_o name_n it_o be_v so_o call_v to_o this_o opinion_n among_o the_o ancient_a greek_n only_a eratosthenes_n attain_v as_o he_o be_v introduce_v by_o the_o scholiast_n of_o dionysius_n the_o alexandrian_a a_o geographical_a poet_n his_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d among_o the_o modern_a suidas_n have_v embrace_v this_o conceit_n there_o where_o he_o please_v to_o retract_v his_o own_o in_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o also_o among_o many_o other_o gemma_fw-la frisius_n for_o the_o latin_a writer_n in_o his_o 22_o chapter_n of_o the_o division_n of_o the_o earth_n from_o the_o jew_n josephus_n who_o also_o favour_v this_o assertion_n the_o etymologist_n therefore_o who_o ever_o he_o be_v have_v deceive_v himself_o in_o assign_v the_o etymon_n of_o this_o word_n assyria_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n vide_fw-la etymologicum_n magnum_fw-la in_o voce_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hesychium_n in_o voce_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d while_o he_o forge_v this_o distinction_n between_o it_o and_o syria_n that_o syria_n shall_v be_v that_o part_n of_o asia_n which_o be_v overwhelm_v in_o the_o deluge_n and_o be_v therefore_o so_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o also_o be_v the_o word_n of_o hesychius_n but_o assyria_n say_v he_o be_v that_o part_n which_o have_v escape_v the_o flood_n be_v so_o call_v from_o 〈◊〉_d the_o particle_n privative_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o this_o be_v a_o fable_n befit_v the_o greek_n who_o nation_n have_v be_v serious_o tax_v by_o its_o own_o autor_n for_o their_o luxury_n of_o invention_n in_o fabulous_a discourse_n in_o the_o next_o place_n we_o be_v to_o free_v the_o description_n ensue_a from_o the_o equivocation_n and_o ambiguity_n of_o the_o word_n assyria_n which_o be_v sometime_o take_v for_o itself_o at_o other_o time_n for_o the_o whole_a region_n of_o syria_n in_o that_o since_o comprehend_v in_o it_o more_o than_o itself_o to_o wit_n palestine_n syrophoenicia_n syria_n damascena_fw-la arabia_n mesopotamia_n babylonia_n chaldoea_n sometime_o more_o sometime_o less_o according_a to_o strabo_n &_o pliny_n and_o many_o other_o but_o our_o master_n ptolemy_n to_o deliver_v the_o delineation_n of_o the_o world_n from_o the_o ataxy_n and_o confusion_n of_o the_o ancient_n deal_v more_o accurate_o in_o his_o observation_n 1._o ptolemaeus_n asia_n tab_v 5._o cap._n 1._o he_o therefore_o in_o his_o first_o chapter_n of_o the_o five_o table_n of_o asia_n describe_v our_o country_n in_o this_o manner_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n in_o which_o description_n ptolemy_n have_v vindicate_v this_o country_n to_o her_o proper_a limit_n apt_o sequester_v assyria_n from_o the_o rest_n comprehend_v the_o country_n within_o the_o confine_n of_o the_o great_a armenia_n upon_o the_o north_n mesopotamia_n upon_o the_o west_n susian_a upon_o the_o south_n and_o media_n towards_o the_o sun_n rise_v the_o chief_a of_o ptolomie_n follower_n in_o this_o be_v dominicus_n marius_n niger_n in_o
rest_v be_v four_z mile_n distant_a from_o gezir_fw-it ben_fw-mi omar_n and_o that_o be_v a_o isle_n situate_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o tigris_n at_o the_o foot_n of_o the_o mountain_n of_o ararat_n the_o armenian_n also_o design_v the_o place_n urge_v tradition_n for_o a_o certain_a mountain_n heretofore_o call_v gordie_n but_o now_o gibel_v no_o as_o andrew_n thevet_n intimate_v in_o these_o word_n au_o rest_n quelques_fw-fr christian_o levantins_n entre_fw-fr autres_fw-fr 15._o la_fw-fr cosmographie_n universelle_fw-fr livre_fw-fr 8._o chap._n 15._o les_fw-fr armeniens_fw-la &_o caspiens_fw-la mainetiennent_fw-fr que_fw-fr ceste_fw-fr arch_n s'arresta_fw-mi en_fw-fr la_fw-fr montaÃgne_fw-fr que_fw-fr l'on_n nommoit_fw-fr jadis_fw-la gordie_n a_o present_a dit_fw-fr par_fw-fr aucuns_fw-mi du_fw-fr païs_fw-fr gibel_v not_o we_o have_v also_o those_o among_o the_o modern_n who_o have_v place_v this_o mount_n under_o a_o peremptory_a longitude_n and_o latitude_n as_o a_o thing_n ordinary_o know_v yet_o for_o aught_o i_o perceiv_v posterity_n in_o this_o have_v obtain_v of_o antiquity_n nothing_o more_o than_o the_o very_a name_n and_o that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o testimony_n of_o nicolas_n of_o damascus_n not_o lobar_n as_o epiphanius_n 4._o josephus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d à _fw-fr c._n 4._o though_o junius_n will_v correct_v the_o other_o by_o this_o it_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d birath_n which_o in_o the_o armenian_a tongue_n signify_v proper_o any_o stately_a edifice_n such_o as_o this_o vast_a vessel_n may_v seem_v to_o be_v in_o after_o time_n it_o be_v like_a they_o call_v their_o ship_n by_o the_o same_o name_n and_o thence_o the_o greek_n traduce_v the_o same_o signification_n for_o so_o suidas_n hesychius_n and_o the_o etymologist_n conceiv_v of_o this_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o it_o often_o be_v take_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o therefore_o lycophron_n in_o his_o cassandra_n call_v the_o argonavis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o this_o conjecture_n that_o it_o may_v pass_v the_o better_a know_v that_o great_a scaliger_n have_v bear_v his_o part_n as_o the_o reader_n may_v find_v in_o his_o note_n upon_o the_o greek_a fragment_n 40._o scaliger_n in_o notis_n ad_fw-la fragmenta_fw-la pag._n 40._o add_v as_o a_o appendix_n to_o his_o admire_a industry_n in_o the_o emendation_n of_o the_o time_n thus_o much_o shall_v suffice_v for_o our_o abode_n in_o the_o north_n of_o this_o country_n where_o the_o reader_n may_v pardon_v our_o long_a tarry_n for_o noah_n sake_n upon_o the_o east_n as_o be_v say_v this_o region_n be_v bound_v by_o the_o mede_n in_o special_a by_o the_o mountain_n zagros_n whereof_o a_o most_o ancient_a geographer_n make_v this_o mention_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d upon_o the_o south_n we_o shall_v find_v first_o susian_a the_o province_n so_o call_v from_o the_o metropolitan_a city_n susis_n which_o the_o etymologist_n say_v may_v be_v derive_v from_o susia_n signify_v in_o the_o syrian_a tongue_n a_o horse_n for_o that_o this_o place_n afford_v good_a horse_n athenaeus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etymolo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d athenaeus_n indeed_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o syriack_n signify_v so_o but_o his_o other_o conceit_n be_v more_o probable_a that_o it_o be_v so_o call_v from_o the_o lily_n which_o grow_v thereabouts_o as_o aristobulus_n and_o chares_n most_o apt_o determine_v in_o athenaeus_n this_o only_a be_v their_o error_n that_o they_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v a_o lily_n in_o the_o greek_a tongue_n whereas_o they_o ought_v to_o have_v say_v in_o the_o hebrew_n for_o the_o jew_n indeed_o call_v a_o lily_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shusan_n and_o therefore_o be_v this_o place_n so_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o place_n because_o of_o so_o many_o lily_n wherewith_o it_o be_v most_o natural_o and_o pleasant_o beset_v here_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n keep_v their_o court_n in_o winter_n because_o the_o region_n hereabout_o be_v then_o most_o temperate_a though_o in_o summer_n it_o be_v so_o extreme_o hot_a that_o when_o the_o sun_n be_v in_o the_o meridian_n the_o lizard_n and_o serpent_n can_v not_o pass_v by_o the_o way_n but_o be_v strike_v dead_a with_o the_o extraordinary_a fervour_n which_o the_o sun_n beam_v project_v geog._n strabo_n lib._n 15._o geog._n be_v multiply_v more_o strong_o by_o the_o reflection_n of_o certain_a mountain_n not_o far_o from_o thence_o geog._n strabo_n lib._n 15._o geog._n as_o strabo_n the_o author_n most_o probable_o persuade_v who_o also_o add_v that_o for_o this_o can_n the_o inhabitant_n be_v force_v to_o make_v earthen_a floor_n upon_o the_o top_n of_o their_o house_n the_o depth_n of_o two_o cubit_n for_o no_o other_o reason_n but_o to_o free_v themselves_o from_o the_o intolerable_a heat_n strabo_n ibid._n by_o this_o city_n run_v the_o river_n vlai_n as_o daniel_n call_v it_o tyrius_n pliny_n herodotus_n maximus_fw-la tyrius_n ptolemy_n and_o pliny_n write_v eulaeus_n no_o great_a error_n it_o be_v also_o call_v choaspes_n because_o that_o run_v into_o it_o this_o river_n be_v venerable_a in_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n who_o always_o drink_v of_o this_o water_n wherever_o they_o be_v 20._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d benjamin_n in_o itinerario_fw-la fol._n 20._o rabbi_n benjamin_n have_v observe_v that_o in_o his_o time_n among_o the_o ruin_n of_o elam_n stand_v susan_n the_o castle_n in_o time_n past_o the_o palace_n of_o ahasueros_n have_v yet_o many_o fair_a and_o goodly_a building_n from_o the_o day_n of_o old_a he_o note_v also_o that_o he_o find_v there_o 7000_o jew_n in_o 14_o synagogue_n there_o be_v before_o one_o of_o they_o erect_v the_o sepulchre_n of_o daniel_n the_o prophet_n thus_o rabbi_n benjamin_n in_o who_o day_n it_o seem_v by_o what_o he_o say_v afterward_o that_o the_o river_n be_v build_v upon_o both_o side_n and_o the_o city_n divide_v into_o two_o part_n that_o dissever_a they_o both_o whence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v in_o aftertime_n that_o the_o one_o part_n by_o reason_n of_o commerce_n thrive_v more_o than_o the_o other_o it_o be_v superstitious_o impute_v to_o daniel_n tomb_n which_o the_o rich_a part_n then_o keep_v this_o fond_a conceit_n once_o set_v abroach_o causs_v great_a emulation_n and_o in_o fine_a to_o compose_v the_o debate_n singar_fw-la persar_n singar_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shach_n with_o the_o persian_n and_o arabian_n and_o the_o neighbour_a inhabitant_n signify_v a_o king_n from_o whence_o be_v derive_v that_o form_n of_o speech_n which_o we_o use_v at_o the_o chess-game_n when_o the_o king_n be_v take_v to_o wit_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shach_n mat_n common_o checkmate_n which_o in_o this_o language_n signify_v the_o king_n be_v dead_a shichard_n in_o taris_fw-la regum_fw-la persar_n shach_n command_v that_o the_o tomb_n shall_v be_v displace_v and_o set_v upon_o the_o bridge_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o river_n vlai_n that_o so_o both_o party_n may_v enjoie_v their_o vanity_n with_o a_o equal_a participation_n not_o far_o from_o susis_n we_o have_v place_v the_o plain_a of_o dura_n where_o nebuchadnezar_n erect_v the_o golden_a statue_n that_o stately_a trophy_n of_o his_o idolatrous_a worship_n thus_o junius_n have_v note_v upon_o that_o place_n in_o daniel_n 3.1_o dan._n 3.1_o next_o unto_o susian_a also_o upon_o the_o south_n be_v place_v the_o land_n of_o nimrod_n babylon_n babylon_n or_o babylonia_n and_o therein_o not_o far_o from_o tigris_n the_o city_n erce_a which_o ptolemy_n in_o a_o pardonable_a error_n call_v aracca_n from_o hence_o pass_v over_o the_o river_n we_o draw_v near_o to_o that_o pregnant_a relic_n of_o the_o new_a world_n ambition_n babel_n by_o name_n so_o call_v from_o the_o event_n of_o that_o because_o there_o their_o language_n be_v confound_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o so_o the_o hebrew_n intimate_v by_o the_o word_n babel_n a_o word_n which_o in_o our_o mother_n tongue_n we_o yet_o retain_v from_o our_o saxon_a ancestor_n as_o they_o from_o askenaz_n for_o when_o we_o hear_v a_o man_n speak_v confuse_o we_o say_v he_o bable_n the_o foundation_n of_o this_o city_n be_v lay_v in_o nimrod_n pride_n and_o therefore_o must_v needs_o have_v a_o fall_n and_o the_o fall_n thereof_o be_v great_a upon_o these_o ruin_n king_n ninus_n build_v again_o but_o with_o more_o humble_a intention_n and_o more_o happy_a proceed_n semiramis_n continue_v the_o work_n and_o enclose_v all_o within_o a_o wall_n of_o that_o height_n and_o thickness_n that_o we_o shall_v hereafter_o in_o her_o life_n make_v bold_a to_o ask_v the_o question_n whither_o it_o be_v she_o or_o no_o in_o the_o
in_o which_o we_o have_v cite_v he_o but_o the_o poet_n intent_n be_v far_o otherwise_o as_o he_o may_v understand_v that_o read_v his_o scholiast_n who_o best_o understand_v he_o for_o eustathius_n upon_o those_o word_n thus_o discourse_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id_fw-la est_fw-la tigris_n &_o euphrates_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n eustath_n in_o dion_n afr._n etc._n etc._n wherefore_o according_a to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o scholiast_n the_o meaning_n of_o his_o poet_n be_v that_o the_o distance_n of_o the_o two_o river_n tigris_n and_o euphrates_n be_v as_o much_o as_o the_o best_a fit_v traveller_n can_v go_v in_o seven_o day_n that_o be_v as_o much_o as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v mesopotamia_n in_o breadth_n will_v prove_v to_o a_o good_a footman_n seven_o day_n journey_n so_o though_o tigris_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o all_o river_n the_o swift_a yet_o in_o this_o opinion_n he_o have_v make_v more_o haste_n then_o good_a speed_n we_o have_v sufficient_o linger_v upon_o the_o border_n of_o assyria_n we_o will_v now_o travel_v in_o the_o country_n begin_n first_o with_o adiabene_n because_o because_o as_o pliny_n and_o solinus_n testify_v adiabene_n est_fw-fr assyriorum_n initium_fw-la the_o begin_n of_o ashur_n be_v that_o part_n which_o be_v call_v adiabene_n for_o here_o it_o be_v probable_a that_o the_o founder_n make_v the_o first_o plantation_n of_o his_o assyrian_n because_o the_o king_n nimrod_n first_o conquer_v this_o place_n and_o settle_v the_o government_n in_o a_o metropolis_n erect_v by_o himself_o it_o be_v call_v adiabene_n not_o as_o the_o greek_n have_v vain_o conjecture_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o this_o be_v a_o place_n of_o hard_a passage_n as_o strabo_n eustathius_n and_o the_o rest_n for_o this_o conceit_n be_v refute_v by_o marcellinus_n a_o traveller_n in_o these_o part_n who_o witness_v that_o he_o pass_v over_o a_o certain_a river_n call_v adiavas_n from_o which_o the_o place_n be_v call_v first_o adiavene_n lugdun_n ammianus_n marcellinus_n in_o vita_fw-la juliani_n pag_n 302_o edit_n lugdun_n which_o word_n when_o it_o come_v among_o the_o greek_n they_o change_v υ_n into_o β_n necessity_n often_o urgue_v they_o to_o this_o for_o want_v of_o that_o letter_n in_o their_o alphabet_n so_o where_o the_o original_a read_v david_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o septuagint_n they_o read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o evangelist_n retain_v the_o same_o orb_n ninive_n orb_n in_o adiabene_n that_o which_o first_o and_o best_a deserve_v our_o diligence_n be_v the_o thrice_o noble_a seat_n of_o ninus_n the_o scripture_n style_n be_v it_o both_o in_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n vrbs_fw-la magna_fw-la deo_fw-la and_o therefore_o see_v god_n himself_o have_v take_v notice_n of_o it_o we_o will_v take_v the_o more_o it_o be_v call_v ninive_n from_o ninus_n quasi_fw-la nini_z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d naveh_n that_o be_v the_o habitation_n of_o ninus_n because_o ninus_n set_v the_o last_o hand_n to_o the_o compliment_n of_o this_o city_n and_o there_o keep_v his_o court._n but_o he_o that_o lay_v the_o first_o foundation_n be_v the_o son_n of_o cham_n not_o sem_fw-mi though_o our_o english_a metaphrase_n have_v so_o translate_v to_o decide_v the_o matter_n hear_v moses_n himself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o which_o word_n our_o translation_n take_v assur_n for_o a_o person_n which_o beyond_o all_o doubt_n shall_v be_v take_v for_o a_o place_n and_o then_o it_o run_v thus_o from_o that_o land_n to_o wit_n babylon_n he_o that_o be_v nimrod_n go_v out_o into_o ashur_n and_o build_v ninive_n and_o this_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o moses_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o that_o most_o learned_a jew_n ramban_n or_o r._n moses_n ben_fw-mi nachman_n as_o shall_v appear_v by_o his_o gloss_n upon_o the_o place_n as_o he_o be_v cite_v by_o abarbinel_n in_o his_o commentary_n upon_o bereshith_n ramban_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ramban_n in_o abarbinelis_n come_v ad_fw-la bereshith_n these_o word_n intend_v thus_o much_o out_o of_o that_o land_n go_v nimrod_n to_o rule_v over_o the_o country_n of_o ashur_n and_o there_o he_o build_v niniveh_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o that_o province_n great_a city_n whereof_o moses_n make_v mention_v and_o this_o text_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v all_o one_o as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n thus_o ramban_n who_o also_o cit_v a_o concordance_n necessary_o require_v the_o like_a exposition_n in_o the_o like_a case_n as_o say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v be_v render_v as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ramban_n in_o this_o be_v not_o singular_a nor_o have_v want_v his_o deserve_a approbation_n among_o our_o own_o most_o learned_a writer_n for_o thus_o read_v m._n john_n drusius_n so_o tremelius_fw-la judicious_a calvin_n and_o diligent_a paraeus_n none_o without_o good_a reason_n for_o what_o shall_v assur_n the_o son_n of_o sem_fw-mi do_v among_o the_o child_n of_o cham_n and_o again_o he_o that_o build_v babel_n be_v as_o likely_a to_o build_v ninive_n the_o founder_n therefore_o of_o this_o city_n be_v nimrod_n for_o the_o situation_n thereof_o it_o be_v set_v upon_o the_o river_n tigris_n a_o late_a writer_n of_o our_o own_o in_o his_o microcosm_n have_v make_v bold_a to_o displace_v it_o affirm_v that_o it_o be_v build_v upon_o euphrates_n which_o if_o it_o do_v not_o otherwise_o appear_v i_o will_v ingenious_o repent_v the_o mention_n of_o he_o who_o notwithstanding_o i_o shall_v also_o have_v spare_v in_o this_o place_n have_v he_o himself_o spare_v great_a scaliger_n in_o a_o lesser_a matter_n be_v it_o not_o that_o i_o count_v it_o frivolous_a to_o cite_v a_o modern_a author_n in_o a_o matter_n of_o antiquity_n to_o this_o one_o i_o can_v oppose_v the_o authority_n of_o many_o among_o who_o ninive_n upon_o tigris_n be_v as_o ordinary_a as_o london_n upon_o thames_n but_o to_o fetch_v that_o situation_n upon_o this_o river_n from_o the_o same_o fountain_n which_o they_o do_v i_o appeal_v to_o the_o ancient_n among_o the_o latin_n pliny_n be_v plain_a that_o ninus_n the_o city_n stand_v upon_o the_o river_n tigris_n among_o the_o greek_n thus_o herodotus_n speak_v of_o a_o certain_a trench_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o out_o of_o all_o doubt_n though_o the_o text_n be_v something_o cryptical_a yet_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o to_o be_v refer_v to_o euphrates_n or_o the_o trench_n but_o to_o tigris_n as_o the_o same_o author_n expound_v himself_o in_o euterp_v where_o he_o plain_o say_v that_o tigris_n run_v by_o ninive_n arrian_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o affair_n of_o old_a india_n speak_v of_o tigris_n thus_o write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o be_v tigris_n run_v out_o of_o armenia_n ancient_o a_o great_a and_o famous_a city_n indie_n arrian_n rerum_fw-la indie_n etc._n etc._n where_o a_o trusty_a and_o faithful_a writer_n have_v plain_o set_v down_o our_o desire_n to_o these_o we_o add_v the_o last_o and_o great_a our_o master_n ptolemy_n according_a to_o who_o we_o have_v place_v this_o city_n upon_o this_o river_n towards_o the_o sun_n rise_v beside_o this_o consent_n of_o the_o greek_n sum_v up_o the_o whole_a truth_n in_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o hebrew_n geographer_n and_o he_o testis_fw-la oculatus_fw-la to_o wit_n the_o forename_a benjamin_n tudelensis_n in_o his_o itinerarie_n where_o make_v mention_n of_o that_o city_n which_o the_o arabian_n call_v fol._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d benjamin_n itinerar_fw-it fol._n and_o other_o from_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d almozal_n say_v that_o city_n be_v build_v upon_o hiddekel_n that_o be_v tigris_n on_o the_o one_o side_n over_o against_o ninive_n a_o bridge_n only_o between_o it_o and_o ninive_n if_o therefore_o mosal_n be_v build_v upon_o tigris_n there_o be_v but_o a_o bridge_n between_o it_o and_o ninive_n it_o be_v apparent_a in_o the_o judgement_n of_o a_o eie-witness_n that_o we_o have_v place_v it_o where_o it_o shall_v be_v only_o diodorus_n dissent_v whether_o by_o a_o error_n in_o the_o text_n or_o by_o misinformation_n one_o or_o other_o it_o be_v likely_a for_o we_o must_v not_o forsake_v all_o these_o to_o lean_a to_o one_o the_o reason_n of_o his_o error_n may_v be_v because_o in_o fine_a these_o two_o river_n meet_v and_o become_v one_o and_o the_o same_o ninus_n therefore_o be_v set_v upon_o tigris_n not_o as_o diodorus_n upon_o euphrates_n nor_o upon_o the_o river_n lycus_n as_o m_n nicolas_n fuller_n in_o his_o miscellanea_fw-la who_o for_o that_o opinion_n cit_v all_o those_o almost_o who_o we_o have_v
cedrenus_n in_o compendio_fw-la histor_n take_v it_o for_o grant_v propose_v and_o approve_v the_o authority_n of_o this_o great_a chronologer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wonder_v we_o then_o what_o shall_v moov_v great_a scaliger_n to_o set_v down_o abraham_n bear_v in_o the_o year_n of_o beluchus_n long_o after_o ninus_n his_o follower_n and_o admirer_n helvicus_n have_v no_o other_o reason_n but_o the_o authority_n of_o his_o great_a example_n the_o truth_n be_v scaliger_n confess_v that_o his_o forerunner_n in_o this_o conceit_n be_v george_n syncellus_n a_o monk_n this_o george_n be_v learn_v but_o in_o the_o opinion_n of_o scaliger_n a_o most_o severe_a critic_n and_o censorious_a judge_n of_o fusebius_n pamphilus_n who_o chronologie_n he_o transcribe_v and_o examine_v in_o his_o examination_n he_o find_v that_o eusebius_n undertake_v to_o follow_v affricanus_fw-la yet_o when_o he_o come_v to_o the_o trojan_a time_n forsake_v he_o interrupt_v the_o succession_n by_o rase_v out_o four_o king_n at_o once_o thus_o indeed_o eusebius_n have_v do_v salian_a a_o diligent_a writer_n among_o the_o modern_n notis_n animadversion_n scalig._n ad_fw-la eusebium_fw-la pagin_v 15._o &_o in_o notis_n excuse_v the_o error_n of_o his_o history_n by_o the_o heresy_n of_o his_o profession_n as_o if_o a_o arrian_n if_o he_o be_v one_o may_v not_o be_v a_o good_a historian_n we_o shall_v forbear_v to_o seek_v to_o save_v his_o credit_n by_o discover_v so_o much_o of_o his_o infamy_n but_o the_o reason_n why_o he_o thus_o do_v be_v to_o rectify_v the_o error_n of_o affricanus_fw-la who_o chronologie_n though_o it_o will_v no_o way_n hold_v in_o all_o point_n yet_o it_o best_a agree_v this_o way_n for_o if_o we_o restore_v he_o his_o four_o king_n again_o he_o himself_o will_v be_v find_v subject_a to_o great_a inconvenience_n and_o more_o abound_v in_o anachronism_n than_o before_o this_o i_o then_o rather_o incline_v to_o for_o my_o own_o particular_a because_o i_o have_v consider_v that_o though_o george_n cedren_n profess_v himself_o in_o the_o first_o page_n of_o his_o work_n constant_o to_o follow_v the_o aforenamed_a syncellus_n yet_o in_o this_o matter_n he_o refuse_v he_o at_o once_o acknowledge_v and_o leave_v his_o error_n for_o cedren_n plain_o set_v down_o our_o patriarch_n bear_v in_o the_o 43_o of_o ninus_n as_o aforesaid_a thus_o to_o the_o probable_a falsehood_n of_o renown_a scaliger_n blame_n thus_o also_o salian_a funccius_n angelocrator_n alapide_fw-la narclerus_n but_o this_o late_a desscent_v one_o year_n or_o else_o the_o the_o printer_n be_v too_o blame_n we_o have_v set_v down_o the_o probability_n of_o the_o contrary_a to_o his_o greatness_n we_o oppose_v three_o to_o one_o and_o those_o all_o great_a who_o can_v but_o demerit_v our_o belief_n because_o their_o process_n be_v astronomical_a and_o their_o chronology_n faithful_o contract_v out_o of_o the_o large_a volume_n of_o celestial_a revolution_n and_o infallible_o ground_v upon_o the_o law_n of_o heaven_n these_o be_v gerard_n mercator_n cethus_n calvisius_n and_o capellus_n who_o all_o consent_n in_o this_o that_o abraham_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o 43_o of_o ninus_n which_o be_v the_o thing_n to_o be_v prove_v this_o man_n for_o his_o admirable_a skill_n in_o celestial_a contemplation_n be_v note_v by_o many_o autor_n among_o the_o heathen_a herataeus_fw-la of_o abdera_n write_v whole_a volume_n of_o his_o act_n and_o monument_n berosus_n observe_v that_o he_o be_v a_o great_a astronomer_n and_o josephus_n say_v he_o read_v this_o part_n of_o the_o mathematics_n to_o the_o egyptian_n nicolas_n of_o damascus_n relate_v a_o brief_a story_n of_o his_o life_n agreeable_a to_o moses_n alexander_n out_o of_o eupolemon_n make_v mention_n of_o this_o abraham_n testify_v that_o he_o be_v the_o inventor_n of_o astrology_n among_o the_o chaldean_n they_o tell_v also_o of_o his_o expedition_n and_o melchisede_v etc._n etc._n euseb_n artapanus_n record_v that_o the_o jew_n be_v call_v hebrew_n from_o abraham_n he_o say_v also_o that_o abraham_n go_v into_o egypt_n and_o teach_v the_o king_n astronomy_n the_o king_n name_n he_o call_v pharetho_n his_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o will_v say_v pharaoh_n thus_o artapanus_n in_o euseb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d melo_n in_o his_o discourse_n against_o the_o jew_n write_v also_o of_o this_o abraham_n and_o say_v that_o he_o be_v so_o call_v to_o express_v thus_o much_o in_o force_n to_o wit_v his_o father_n friend_n one_o part_n of_o his_o name_n signify_v a_o father_n indeed_o and_o the_o other_o according_a as_o it_o may_v be_v write_v may_v be_v force_v to_o signify_v a_o friend_n but_o let_v that_o pass_v this_o melo_n tell_v of_o his_o two_o wife_n of_o his_o son_n by_o both_o and_o sum_v up_o his_o whole_a story_n of_o these_o testimony_n see_v more_o in_o eusebius_n pamp._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d concern_v abraham_n thus_o eusebius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 19_o see_v also_o what_o julius_n africanus_n have_v story_v of_o abraham_n and_o his_o expedition_n to_o pentapolis_n euseb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 19_o ninus_n colophonius_n phoenix_n a_o poet_n have_v thus_o set_v forth_o the_o life_n of_o this_o prince_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n ninus_n vir_fw-la quidam_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la audio_fw-la assyrius_n qui_fw-la auri_fw-la mare_fw-la possidebat_fw-la et_fw-la alia_fw-la copiosius_fw-la quà m_fw-la arena_fw-la est_fw-la caspia_n astra_fw-la nunquam_fw-la vidit_fw-la nec_fw-la forsitan_fw-la id_fw-la optavit_fw-la ignem_fw-la apud_fw-la magos_n sacrum_n non_fw-la excitavit_fw-la et_fw-la lege_fw-la statutum_n est_fw-la deum_fw-la nec_fw-la virgis_fw-la attigit_fw-la sacrificiis_fw-la deos_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la veneratus_fw-la jura_fw-la non_fw-la reddidit_fw-la subjectos_fw-la sibi_fw-la populos_fw-la affari_fw-la non_fw-la didicit_fw-la ac_fw-la nè_fw-la numerare_fw-la quidem_fw-la verùm_fw-la ad_fw-la edendum_fw-la ac_fw-la bibendum_fw-la strenuissimus_fw-la vinúmque_fw-la miscens_fw-la cetera_fw-la in_o saxa_n amandabat_fw-la vir_fw-la ille_fw-la ut_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la de_fw-la se_fw-la testimonium_fw-la reliquit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la sepulchrum_n hoc_fw-la conspicatus_fw-la nunc_fw-la ubi_fw-la ninus_n sit_fw-la audi._n sive_fw-la sis_fw-la assyrius_n sive_fw-la medus_n sive_fw-la coraxus_fw-la sive_fw-la à _fw-la supervis_fw-la indus_n capillatus_fw-la frivola_fw-la non_fw-la denuncio_fw-la quondam_a ego_fw-la ninus_n fui_fw-la spiritumque_fw-la vitalem_fw-la hausi_fw-la nunc_fw-la verò_fw-la aliud_fw-la nihil_fw-la quà m_fw-la serra_fw-mi factus_fw-la sum_fw-la quicquid_fw-la comedi_fw-la habeo_fw-la quicquid_fw-la volupe_fw-la mihi_fw-la fuit_fw-la et_fw-la quiquid_fw-la pulcharum_fw-la foeminarum_fw-la in_o amore_fw-la lascivii_fw-la open_v quibus_fw-la eram_fw-la beatus_fw-la inimici_fw-la coeuntes_fw-la auferent_fw-la hoedum_fw-la ut_fw-la crudum_fw-la quae_fw-la bacchantur_fw-la thyades_n ad_fw-la inferos_fw-la cùm_fw-la descendi_fw-la nec_fw-la aurum_fw-la nec_fw-la equum_fw-la nec_fw-la argenteum_fw-la currum_fw-la egi_fw-la cinis_fw-la jam_fw-la multus_fw-la qui_fw-la olim_fw-la mitram_fw-la gestavi_fw-la athenaeus_n lib._n 12._o diodorus_n speak_v of_o this_o ninus_n give_v another_o report_n for_o he_o say_v this_o man_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bear_v to_o be_v martial_a and_o valorous_a even_o to_o emulation_n ninus_n make_v war_n with_o the_o armenian_n in_o which_o case_n their_o king_n barzanes_n perceive_v himself_o too_o weak_a conquer_v his_o enemy_n by_o his_o submission_n which_o ninus_n ingenious_o apprehend_v as_o generous_o reward_v and_o restore_v the_o kingdom_n to_o the_o king_n again_o diodor._fw-la lib._n 2._o ninus_n die_v and_o be_v bury_v in_o the_o palace_n in_o memorial_n of_o who_o be_v erect_v a_o most_o stately_a monument_n in_o height_n nine_o furlong_n and_o in_o breadth_n ten_o a_o wonderful_a sumptuous_a tomb_n if_o ctesias_n say_v true_a but_o scaliger_n say_v that_o he_o be_v scriptor_n nugacissimus_n if_o he_o be_v i_o wonder_v much_o that_o diodorus_n shall_v so_o often_o use_v his_o authority_n as_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o he_o do_v concern_v the_o city_n which_o ninus_n build_v the_o author_n of_o the_o chronological_a abstract_n before_o cite_v say_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d semiramis_n all_o writer_n have_v show_v their_o good_a will_n to_o make_v the_o world_n acquaint_v with_o the_o renown_n of_o this_o manly_a woman_n but_o in_o their_o discourse_n there_o have_v be_v as_o much_o deceit_n as_o in_o her_o desert_n diodorus_n confess_v her_o pedigree_n to_o have_v no_o better_a authority_n then_o from_o the_o fable_n the_o most_o say_v she_o be_v the_o wife_n of_o ninus_n so_o ctesias_n and_o diodorus_n and_o many_o beside_o but_o conon_n in_o photius_n say_v she_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o ninus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o the_o error_n of_o this_o ancient_a author_n be_v most_o apparent_a for_o by_o ninus_n he_o mean_v ninias_n who_o also_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o affricanus_fw-la witness_v and_o so_o indeed_o she_o be_v the_o wife_n of_o ninus_n
igne_fw-la coelesti_fw-la flagrâsse_fw-la concesserim_fw-la ità _fw-la halitu_fw-la lacûs_fw-la infici_fw-la terram_fw-la corrumpi_fw-la superfusum_fw-la spiritum_fw-la eóque_fw-la foetus_fw-la segetum_fw-la &_o autumni_fw-la putrescere_fw-la reor_fw-la solo_n caelóque_fw-la juxtà _fw-la gravi_fw-la tacitus_n hist_o lib._n 4._o pag._n 619._o lipsianae_n editionis_fw-la in_o octavo_fw-la the_o author_n of_o the_o abstract_n before_o mention_v when_o he_o come_v to_o ninus_n set_v down_o to_o succeed_v he_o one_o thourias_n who_o be_v call_v ares_n to_o who_o he_o say_v they_o make_v the_o first_o statue_n and_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v lord_n god_n of_o which_o say_v he_o the_o prophet_n daniel_n have_v make_v mention_n suidas_n either_o have_v this_o from_o this_o author_n or_o he_o from_o suidas_n who_o have_v write_v the_o same_o for_o as_o i_o know_v not_o the_o author_n so_o neither_o his_o time_n it_o be_v after_o eusebius_n how_o long_o i_o yet_o can_v tell_v whereas_o they_o cite_v daniel_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v not_o that_o man_n of_o desire_n but_o his_o name_n sake_n entitle_v to_o the_o story_n of_o bell_n and_o the_o dragon_n which_o who_o will_n may_v read_v more_o at_o large_a in_o hebrew_a then_o it_o be_v find_v in_o greek_a if_o they_o will_v patient_o revolv_v the_o story_n of_o josippus_n the_o jew_n call_v also_o gorionides_n after_o thourias_n the_o abstract_n place_v lame_v than_o sardanapalus_n omit_v that_o whole_a succession_n of_o affricanus_fw-la without_o recompens_fw-la more_o than_o of_o thourias_n and_o lame_v neither_o of_o which_o be_v know_v thus_o far_o the_o better_a hand_n of_o pure_a antiquity_n have_v help_v we_o julius_n affricanus_fw-la reckon_v up_o the_o king_n from_o zames_n to_o sardanapalus_n and_o after_o he_o eusebius_n and_o among_o the_o modern_n funccius_n angelocrator_n henningius_n reyneccius_n and_o divers_a other_o those_o that_o deserv_v great_a commendation_n be_v first_o and_o chief_o sethus_n calvisius_n in_o his_o judicious_a chronologie_n after_o he_o salian_a in_o his_o annal_n so_o joseph_n scaliger_n in_o his_o isagogical_a canon_n however_o i_o may_v have_v both_o their_o help_n and_o authority_n yet_o i_o forbear_v so_o to_o fill_v up_o the_o great_a chasm_n in_o this_o part_n of_o our_o monarchy_n yet_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v say_v that_o i_o refuse_v to_o follow_v such_o great_a leader_n for_o a_o little_a reason_n among_o other_o these_o two_o have_v principal_o persuade_v first_o because_o the_o account_n of_o africanus_n reckon_v per_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v sum_v up_o the_o year_n of_o each_o king_n together_o agree_v not_o with_o the_o computation_n of_o the_o year_n in_o general_n second_o because_o we_o find_v in_o autor_n of_o undoubted_a credit_n some_o king_n of_o ashur_n who_o notwithstanding_o we_o find_v not_o in_o the_o succession_n of_o africanus_n as_o for_o example_n moses_n make_v mention_n of_o amraphel_n who_o the_o hebrew_n will_v have_v to_o be_v nimrod_n ground_v their_o conceit_n upon_o a_o fabulous_a etymology_n because_o they_o say_v abraham_n be_v bring_v before_o nimrod_n for_o burn_v his_o father_n terah_n idol_n and_o be_v then_o but_o three_o year_n old_a discourse_v before_o the_o tyrant_n concern_v the_o creätor_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n nimrod_n proud_o reply_v that_o it_o be_v he_o that_o make_v the_o heaven_n and_o the_o host_n of_o heaven_n if_o so_o say_v abram_n then_o say_v thou_o to_o thy_o sun_n that_o he_o shall_v rise_v in_o the_o west_n and_o set_v in_o the_o east_n and_o i_o will_v believ_n thou_o nimrod_n thus_o exasperate_v with_o the_o child_n audacity_n and_o discretion_n command_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v cast_v into_o the_o fire_n therefore_o the_o jew_n say_v that_o he_o be_v call_v amraphel_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d amar_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d phul_n that_o be_v dixit_fw-la descend_v he_o say_v to_o abraham_n go_v go_v down_o into_o the_o fire_n and_o this_o say_v they_o be_v ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n out_o of_o which_o god_n bring_v abraham_n this_o story_n be_v in_o the_o book_n of_o maase_n torah_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o postea_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v munster_n annotation_n upon_o genesis_n where_o these_o word_n and_o the_o entire_a story_n be_v set_v down_o out_o of_o the_o aforesaid_a book_n but_o this_o discourse_n be_v idle_a again_o suidas_n make_v mention_n of_o one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o rain_v after_o ninus_n and_o macrobius_n of_o one_o deleboris_n but_o of_o these_o or_o either_o of_o they_o africanus_n say_v nothing_o some_o will_v have_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o suidas_n to_o be_v arius_n in_o affricanus_fw-la their_o reason_n be_v a_o conjecture_n from_o another_o name_n which_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v for_o which_o see_v suidas_n in_o this_o word_n thurias_fw-la beside_o all_o this_o diodorus_n reckon_v but_o thirty_o king_n from_o ninias_n to_o sardanapalus_n but_o affricanus_fw-la account_v more_o this_o disorder_n and_o disagreement_n in_o the_o matter_n have_v move_v we_o to_o break_v of_o the_o succession_n in_o this_o place_n from_o ninias_n to_o sardanapalus_n interpose_v one_o only_a prince_n of_o who_o diodorus_n make_v mention_v that_o in_o his_o time_n happen_v the_o noble_a expedition_n of_o the_o argonaut_n and_o the_o war_n of_o troie_n the_o king_n name_n be_v teutames_n but_o in_o what_o place_n to_o rank_v he_o i_o find_v not_o not_o follow_v affricanus_fw-la so_o do_v the_o abstract_n leave_v out_o all_o those_o king_n which_o in_o affricanus_fw-la and_o the_o fall_v berosus_n be_v suspect_v adulterine_n a_o thing_n in_o this_o nameless_a author_n much_o to_o be_v regard_v for_o certain_o he_o take_v it_o for_o grant_v that_o this_o part_n of_o the_o succession_n be_v mere_o lose_v and_o without_o hope_n of_o recovery_n i_o will_v add_v one_o reason_n more_o which_o at_o this_o instant_n take_v i_o up_o that_o the_o maintainer_n of_o these_o king_n recite_v their_o name_n put_v his_o the_o reader_n off_o so_o slender_o that_o we_o can_v but_o suspect_v they_o for_o of_o each_o king_n they_o still_o disgraceful_o report_v that_o he_o do_v nothing_o worthy_a of_o memory_n a_o likely_a matter_n that_o all_o those_o king_n be_v idle_a the_o trojan_a war_n be_v famous_a and_o a_o great_a part_n thereof_o fabulous_a for_o the_o history_n see_v dictys_n the_o cretian_a and_o dare_v the_o trojan_a translate_v the_o one_o out_o of_o the_o phoenician_n language_n iscanus_n or_o rather_o our_o own_o josephus_n iscanus_n the_o other_o out_o of_o the_o greek_a tongue_n by_o cornelius_n nepos_n though_o some_o have_v call_v in_o question_n the_o credit_n of_o both_o these_o see_v also_o valerius_n flaccus_n in_o latin_a and_o apollonius_n in_o greek_a for_o these_o argonauteâ—s_n the_o last_o king_n therefore_o of_o the_o first_o state_n of_o this_o monarchy_n be_v sardanapalus_n as_o diodorus_n and_o trogus_n make_v mention_n diodor._fw-la lib._n 2._o justin_n ex_fw-la trogo_fw-la libro_fw-la 1._o sardanapalus_n he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o anacyndraxis_fw-la a_o most_o obscene_a and_o most_o lascivious_a prince_n set_v forth_o not_o only_o in_o his_o nature_n but_o his_o name_n also_o as_o cicero_n have_v observe_v justine_n relate_v his_o wanton_a and_o enormous_a practice_n so_o diodorus_n and_o athenaeus_n suidas_n and_o many_o more_o scarce_o a_o author_n that_o pass_v by_o his_o infamy_n without_o a_o reprehension_n and_o reproach_n a_o ancient_a author_n duris_n in_o athenaeus_n deserve_v to_o be_v read_v concern_v the_o manner_n of_o this_o womanly_a and_o effeminate_a prince_n hoc_fw-la solo_fw-la imitatus_fw-la virum_fw-la say_v justine_n in_o this_o only_a he_o be_v like_o a_o man_n in_o that_o he_o burn_v himself_o of_o the_o manner_n how_o read_v athenaeus_n and_o of_o the_o reason_n why_o see_v causabon_n discourse_n upon_o that_o place_n the_o most_o renown_a atchieument_n that_o ere_o this_o prince_n bring_v to_o pass_v be_v that_o he_o build_v two_o city_n in_o one_o day_n tarsus_n and_o anchialus_n as_o the_o epitaphsi_n make_v mention_n in_o the_o autor_n aforenamed_a for_o so_o aristobulus_n report's_n that_o his_o tomb_n be_v set_v at_o anchialus_n thus_o inscribe_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v sardanapalus_n anacyndraxi_fw-la filius_fw-la tarsum_fw-la &_o anchialum_fw-la eodem_fw-la die_fw-la condidit_fw-la ede_fw-mi bibe_fw-la lude_fw-la nam_fw-la cetera_fw-la omne_fw-la nec_fw-la huius_fw-la sunt_fw-la that_o be_v not_o worth_a a_o fillip_n for_o so_o his_o statue_n be_v carve_v as_o if_o his_o hand_n have_v give_v a_o fillip_n and_o his_o mouth_n have_v speak_v those_o word_n the_o like_a epitaph_n be_v inscribe_v upon_o a_o stately_a monument_n in_o ninive_n in_o the_o chaldee_n tongue_n which_o the_o greek_a poet_n chaerilus_n thus_o translate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d
other_o geography_n but_o not_o content_v with_o the_o greek_a arabian_a or_o any_o magnetical_a meridian_n must_v needs_o reckon_v their_o indies_n from_o that_o of_o toledo_n but_o they_o be_v very_o few_o that_o take_v this_o course_n and_o this_o pragmatical_a meridian_n be_v only_o find_v upon_o a_o map_n or_o two_o but_o have_v not_o as_o yet_o get_v nor_o be_v it_o like_v to_o do_v any_o relation_n to_o the_o globe_n again_o the_o greek_a meridian_n again_o as_o the_o case_n stand_v with_o the_o great_a meridian_n the_o advice_n and_o counsel_n of_o stevinus_n a_o dutch_a geographer_n be_v very_o much_o to_o the_o purpose_n that_o the_o great_a meridian_n shall_v be_v bring_v back_o to_o the_o fortunate_a isle_n again_o that_o one_o certain_a isle_n of_o the_o seven_o shall_v be_v choose_v and_o in_o that_o one_o certain_a place_n exiguus_fw-la quidem_fw-la sed_fw-la notabilis_fw-la &_o perpetuus_fw-la as_o small_a but_o as_o notable_a and_o perpetual_a as_o it_o be_v possible_a 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