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Show ; ee oc Lhe firft Bookeof the first part Cu APS. 6 §. VIL That Gower allo and his fonne Toaorma vf the Polteritie of Tarte rH, mere firftfeated about Afia the leffes and that{rom thence they fpread weflward into ifs O ttitne nowto the fons of Noch, andthe Worlds by Riuer:becaufe the Landwasyet Defart,and ouct-preft with Wood s, Reed 5 Bogs,& conuey them into the Perfian oulf? Which watheth. the banke s of 4rabiz felix on the Eatt as thofe fons of ci/bmight take Land fide: fo downe thé Riuer as they pleafed. of Nineue was by Nimrod founded Al(othe Citie on the faid Riney of Tygris 3and from thence acole nie patito Charran,ftanding alfov pona nauigable branch of Euphra tes. Tn like manner}! did Zapheths fonnes'fertle themfe luies toge her; and tooke their feates-in Afia the lefle: from whence they might indiff erently ftretch themfelues Northward.and Weittwatd, into the Next parts ofEwvope,called the Tiles ofthe Gentiles. Andiit fecmeth very agree: able to reafon;that both Gomer, Magex ,and Tubal, fare downe fittt of all inthat partof Syriato the North ofPélefina and Phawicia + and from thence Gomer paftoninto 4fzthe leffepas or his children 3 from whence the Tabalinet {pred themfelues into vheria: eMagogians moreNortherly Gomerians,and firht Planters Into Sarmatian.The fith in Afia theleffesheld the Coun try‘ofthe Cymmerians (wit nefle Herodotusthe fame R egio n Which was afterward by the' G2%o-Grecky called Galt tia,to whomSaint-Padtwrote his Epiftle fo intituled.. This Nation of the Cymmerises ¢whonttheinuinelble Scythian s-afverwards difperfed, and forcéd fromtheir firft Plan. tations)eane names to'diuer s places,as tothe Moun taines abit Albania merind and tothe Citie of Cymmeris ( called Cym: in Phrygia: alf6 Bofphoru s Cymmeriue took e appel: lation from this Nation, in the out-let whereof was alf oa Citic ofthar tame, calle Cymer iam': which Plinmie {ait d h(mittaking the Plac ejhad fomtimethe name ofC but Cerberion was aTowne erberios in Campania, fo called of the vnhealthfull watél's. of Brimftone,which duoufl fuou us caufte dto be cleanfed ring by letting inthe water Lacrinus, ofthe Lake The ld: wba I céhi ranoeged Children of Tx ral ran kd asAe Cie ? farte as Iberia; ‘0 whomthea7Wchi7b aren a rows as mig c? were Neigi h9 piieeeh The Prophet Exechiel/couplingthe; ¢th' Gog the the Princ Pring e 6 Meee é m together) ca For thefe2 Meche Aofch?) inhabit Syracemaa P and Tubal, For O rh Prolomie; hic tl rouinceof Armenia, direQ callets Sou th £Mofchici Mofc hici,in Monuntaines ,in the the Vall Vall eyey Bet wee betw ne the Mountaine ecne Hee ac het om s Mofe the bici,andthe MountainMoun Ks ‘out of whofe North ies tait Paryar part {pringeth the Riuer 7 Phafiss from the Eaft part he ek ates: e W Jett eft Exph K - Avaxisan ofCoho. re this Adefchec nates hare defcended alfo ~ the « " ten iu S he fa Neteoni AAof aeas ans (fait tek Jan it may bee,that SONS alio: For Ade/bech (faith in Proceffe of time fome ofthem inhabite d Melanchton )fignificth extenden e Re s, ealarging orthof firetching J fort. Ore 121 hich Pliny callethGaben -from whence Sélomow had his moft excel- roe ae hewed ftones for the Temple of Hierufalem. Thence the Togorwste 1-Kin.s.18 tere date tt lefle Armenia,whofe Kings were hence called Tigranes, anid their twin Gen.16; cod a awe Which Cities Tigranessubdued by Luculliathe Romanbuilt one, v/:3: Seay hath lanted the Tagormians in Barbary;forgettingthe prophefie of E- Plantation after theFloud: rotten Marifhes. As when Nimrodfeared in Babylonia, Chus took the South part of Chal. dea,down the river of Gehon, by which he mightpafle to & fro from Baby/oy, to his own Plantation: thofealfo, which were of the Race ofShem, inhabiting at or Orchos neere the Lakes of Chaldeamight bythe fame river getvp to Babylon, G receive {ice courfrom thence. All which Tra@ ofLan d vpon Gehon Southward, ave/és inthe de{cription of Paradife calleth the Land of Chafb: becau fethe Dominion zad sth pire wes then in the hands of Nimrod a Chafite,by whom the children of Shem (which came ine tothat Valley and ftayed notin the Eaf )were fora while oppreft, till' God afterw ard by the feed of 4érabam made themhis owne Nation and Viétorious. #7 imilab. the brother of Nimrod, and fonne of Cufh, tooke both bankes of Tyeris,efpecially on the Eafti? fide ofthe Riuer: by which River his peopl e might alfo paffe to'and fro 5 Babel. The Imperiall feate ofwhich Region ofHanilah or Sohan Was anciently called Ch: ian or Chufan,aferward Sufa.Cafo himfe lftooke the Bankes of Gehep.and plante c hofe Countries Weftward,and Southwett-ward towards Arabiathe Stony, and the Defarr, Pol. Afie,stab.4. Where Ptolomie placeth the Citie ofChufidia,firft Chufia, Seba,and Sheba,with the reft that plant ed "Arabia felix> had Tyeristo of the Eiftorie ofthe World, Tocormaalfo at firfe did inhabite amongft his parents and kinred.The Togormians forth. Tog lled Giblei a people neighbouring the Sydonians in Gabala, a Tetrarchie of "Ew ope, aud Northward into Sarmatia, therein I obferue,that as both reafonand neceflitie taught them: fo, wh n they multiplyedin great numbers,and difperfed themfelues into the next ¢ ountriés bordeting to theif fitft habitations, and from thence fent forth colonies lfewhe re, it wasin fuch a manners thar they might repay re to each other, and kc pe intelligence, Lidia, Cward.§.7. Hierhoct T; ibs They of the houfe of Togorma, brought to thy Faires horfes, ana Tndg.19.046 Oeea rn seeWich could not well bee driuen ouer the whole length ofthe Meee biRet the neighbour Countries by land. But Zo/éphus takes themfor the a ae phy giaws ; which I: doe not deny;but they might be in the enfuing ages : Peabt h PorShee be ofthe Spaniards;but it was from eriaand many ‘hundred apa et Gyre ofNimrods reigne. The lewes conceiue that the Turkes came of Yes aie hae fe their Emperoris called Tagor. The Chaldeans make them the thofe Tager a "But Laonicwsafirmes, that the Turkes de{cended of the Crins yas oanworesMaeuie But for thefe fubderinations it were infinir to examine eeay Fhe firft and fecondplantation, andofthefirft Nationsafter the floud,is ge toe hich T labourto difcouer; and therein to open the ignorance offome, and bieapantcaty fotherfabulous Writers.Andthis we muft Wote,that thofegiand-chil- Worx the SOhap ‘i fi were of a more quiet, or('perchance)of lefle vnderftanding, & had sds he th 2 ding of Colonies ue out, their proper habitations could bee hardly ene eal i eat hath taught vs, that they dwelt amongthe reft, and were coue- vadWitteBae of others who tooke on themthe Condugion and Dominion ottet i Madai thethird fonne ofLapheth, were'the Medes, The Grecians britig them(as before) from Medus the fotine of Medea. §. VIL Of Yanan thefourthfon oflapheth: and ofMefch,efAram,4ed Mefhechoflapheth. : F Yanan the fourth fonneof sapheth came the Jones,which were afterwards caf. led the Greekes sandfo the Latine and Greek Interpxcters for lauans a ie 30 asin E/ayi Et mittam ex fs qaifaluati fuerint mannste nie Hymic : Vea TMG ease WentlechtotrrserooBE)SoeerfenyaCitytecdbcomnenge eebeng The Geena here vfeth the word (Tarfbifb) for Tarfus, mits ee Fulsapabedien forthe Seas'The Tégarineandthe oe nae cee Janan, and not Ita/y and Greece skeeping the fame Hebrem wore ce tein: Athenians, though themfelues dreame that they were rt ceteris Cafters,and growing(as itwere)out ofthe foileit Jail 23 ie m6 eople-fent aia ae bf popseomapeinarataretimeAcp the antiquity of awaw Thueyds , thenians from Jor the fonne of Xathus, the fon « rere | martesthe fafhion ofthat fuppofition,who fo many years Dy NRWee calion. Paufanias tels Vs that Xathus {tole out of Thef/aly Se ad ye seeded by Erithews his Brothers portions,andatriuing at Atheasyhee was preci te te aaa who gaue him his Daughter in marriage ; of whony he ee re > ae cane cheus, the fuppofed Ancefters of the Athenians :( For Attica w a ¢ Seeenetee tarch in thelife Sener - eeecoheraoe ae ea "4 tl bmosor Strait,which faftneth Peleponne/s 3 : g that eeeptach looketh towards the Eaft, thefe words: ~ non fant anne 50 lewia Thee Countries are not of Péloponnefis out ofTonia ; vm on t . niapeoti rs "lookedtowards the South, andinto Pelopanmcfus, this : The/eparts are Pelop ? meStrave soe out off eee affirmeth,that the Jo#¢s cameont of Afiz into Greece; whichis = ; a a Shoveand of Greecewratifporting ¢ertain companies Seg coe notalc® Sark aps0 as thereby therein retained. Andthough Strabo into Afs theleffe, th See - A: tied ofthe Greeks themfelues, yet T finde this conieknew BO more therpor tt ntORC Forthough it were'to thar Cture of Hecatens Kestous : r ' ‘os ott Cadet Ractanvecahad himJeokntditdetil vaknowne, yet Ais fare Fein1 am that Afathe leffe had people , befor 4 Babyld |