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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41246	Cosmography or, a description of the whole world represented (by a more exact and certain discovery) in the excellencies of its scituation, commodities, inhabitants, and history: of their particular and distinct governments, religions, arms, and degrees of honour used amongst them. Enlarged with very many and rare additions. Very delightful to be read in so small a volum. By Robert Fage Esquire.	Fage, Robert.	1667 (1667)	Wing F82A; ESTC R222645	75,258	176

permit them to beg Seventhly they baptize themselves every Epiphany in lakes and ponds because that day they suppose Christ to have been baptized of Iohn in Iordan Eightly they eat not of those beasts which in the old Law are reckoned for unclean Ninthly and they keep the Jews Sabbath equally solemn with the Lords day Tenthly they minister the Lords Supper to Infants presently after baptisme Eleventhly they teach the reasonable soul of man is derived from the parents by seminal propagation Twelfthly that Insants dying unbaptized are sanctified in the womb by vertue of the Lords Supper received by the mother after her conception And finally they shew a Book of eight volumes writ as they say by the Apostles assembled at Ierusalem for that purpose the contents thereof they observe most solemnly and they differ from the Papists as the Christians in Egypt they are under the Government of Prester Iohn and the Turk I pass by Ethiopia inferior the people being Pagans where we may observe the distinguishing goodness and grace of God who by people under the same climate and Region is known and unknown a peculiar Kingdom surrounded every where with Pagans and Mahometans worshipping the living God and believing in Christ though erring in many circumstantials of Orthodox Doctrine imputable chiefly to remedilesse Tradition This is the Abassine Empire from whence the Eunuch that was converted by St. Philip the Treasurer to Queen Candace came and which is now the Realm and Dominions of Prester Iohn a Prince of large Territory but of scant and narrow fame for any atchievment and may be supposed more beholding to credulous reports for his Greatness than any real existence thereof However he serves with others to fill up that great Desart and truly Terra Incognita of the world the curiosity of travel being no way competent to the danger among such inhospitable and savage people as that quarter does the Map to idle or no purpose and therefore it shall take up no further room for the Description of it we will only touch a little upon the Southern Coast where we are concerned in matter of Trade Guinea stretching all along the South-west Shore of the Atlantick Sea is bounded on the North and East with Lybia famous for Mines of Gold hidden in the Bowells of some of its inland Mountains for which it is very much traffiqued by all the European Nations even the Swedes Danes and Dantzickers though lockt up by a dangerous Sea at home such is the sacred thirst of that Mettal that through all hazzards and difficulties it is attempted The Hollander to secure his footing there and to make a propriety hath built several Forts and established a Guinea-Company in imitation of the English who justly claim the right possession being the first discoverers and that made Essay of the place and are still better liked and entertained by the Natives then the Dutch are Since His Majesties Restitution they have quitted and delivered several Forts built upon the passage into the Countrey to the English Fleet sent thither to settle the Trade and former Factory according to its former Regulation Here may not be omitted that little spot of earth lying in the Mediterranean Sea the Isle of Malta which by Geographers is reckoned as part of Africa for no greater reason I suppose then St. Pauls character of the Inhabitants upon his Shipwrack there in his Voyage to Rome where he calleth them Barbarians a term appropriate to the adjacent Continent for this Island is scituated South from Sicily from whence it is not half so far disjoyned as from the Coast of Africa and is the Diamond to that large circumference It is very notable for the famous repulse and defeat of the Turkish Armado about 1490. being besieged by Sea by Mustapha B●…ssa when Mounsieur de Valette a Frenchman was grand Master in honour of whom and their deliverance they have built and called their chief City Valette The Knights that are called of this place were formerly of Rhodes which Solyman the Great conquered and from thence setled here To this Order none but Gentlemen of three Descents are admitted and must be Papists The whole Order consisted of Seven Colledges French Spaniards Germans Italians English Portugals and S●…voyrards but since the Reformation in England we have had none of the Order which mindes me of a Speech of Queen Elizabeth concerning forreign Honours conferred on some of her subjects That she would have her Sheep to be known by her own Brand. It continues at present in Statu quo a great vexation and terrour to the Turkish Navigation with whom they are to be at perpetual Enmity by their vow of Knighthood And thus much may suffice to be spoken of Africa we will next Enumerate the perticular Cities and Rivers The chiefest Cities of Africa with the names of the Rivers which are there most famous IN Barbary which containeth the Kingdoms of Fez Morocco Tremiser Algeir Tunis Tripoli and Barca there are the famous Cities Morocco Fez Tangier Telensin Oran Algeir Constantine Tunis Tripoli and Barca The Rivers there most famous are the Tensife the Ommiraby and the River of Cebus Mulvia Rio Major and the Magrida In Belledulgered which containeth the Kingdoms of Suz Daza Sagelmosse Tegorarin Biledulgerid and the Desart of Barca there are these famous Cities Taradante Dara Segelmoss Tegorarin Zeb Billedulgerid the chiefest Rivers are the River of Sur the River of Darba and the Ghir In Egypt are the famous Cities of Sabod Cairo Alexandria Rascha or Rosesta Damiett●… Cosir and Surs the renowned River is the River of Nilus In the desert of Zaara are these memorable cities Zauhaga Zuenzera Targa Lemta Berdoa Gaoga and Borno In the Country of the Negroes are these remarkable Cities Gue Eata Gueneha Tombu Agados Cano Cassena Gangara Tula Catan or Senega Guinala Beria Melli Songo Gago Wuber Zegzog and Sanfara the rivers here that are most famous are Sernoga Gambaea and Rio Degrand In Gniomy are these famous Towns Serze-Lionne or Cachieu Saint George De la Mine and Benin In Nubia are these remarkable Cities Gorham Cusam Nubia Dancala Iulac Bugiha Canfila and Dafila In the upper Ethiopia which containeth the Kingdomes of Barnegus Tigremahon Amara Damont Cafatos Innari Gogame Baga Medri Meroe Ximenchi and Dambaea There are these famous Cities Barone Caxumo Amara Damont Gefates Narre Goyame and Adeghena the Rivers which are here most memorable are the Rivers of Zaire and Quilmanci In that part which is called Zanguebar are these remarkable Cities Dambea Mosambique●… Quiloa Monbaze Melinda On the side of Aian are Brav●… Magadaxo Adea Adel. On the side of Abex Erocco or Arquico Su●…quem Biafra In the lower Ethiopia which comprehendeth Congo Caffrare and Monomotepa are the famous Cities of Banza Loanga S. Salvador Cabazze or Dongo Safula Simbaos or Messapa and Butua and Tang or Tete the Rivers are Cuana Spiritu Sancto and the River Dos infantes In Africa are divers other Islands