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Show oe ha te teeene Thefecond Bookeof whe first part ins ws CuiaviaSa, Cuara.§.3, and feyailbnildingedh Egypt, tach as are fewer Found buthin' St : " thi it \ ane er atly matiisoldand contaty reports of fundry Egyptians andpublifhing-ittheit owne‘ame Authors, eitherin the Chronologieor Gencalogie of the Egyptian Kings, 1 uns three between:Adam andthe floud, which was leffeth an the number ofthe Dypafliess may. fufliciently witnefle.Or if we will thinke,that one life might (perhaps)bediuided into many Dynafties,then maythis haue beene as well after the floud,as before: confidering that the fonnes ofNeah did notin cuery. Countrie erect fuch formeof Policie, as, had ro beene viedin the fameerethe Deluge: but fic the difpofition ofthe people.th thoritie and powerof the Conducter,together with manyot her duce‘orinforce them to. € ther different wayes. The Ghriftian Writers, fuch asareancient, forthe m oft part fol. low Exfebius: Manylate writers followthe edition of ‘Annis his Authors: The¢ pr prophane Hiftories follow Heraderu:, Diodesand {uch otheis; 6. TRH That thefe Dynaflies were not dinersfamilies of Kings; but ratherfucce times many Vitder dne Ktag. §. IL. That by the account ofthe Egyptian Dynasties and otherwife Us, Egypt began totheyeere after the Eloud,t gt. 20 O reconcile thefe,or gather out ofthemthe tir whoinis moft controuerfie, the beft meane is byhelp whofe continuance thereis littleor no difagreement e of the D . The account of the Dyan fties(befides the authority.of,approued Authors)hatht his good ground,that itagrecth forthe moft partifnot altogether,with the Hiftori es ofthe Affyrians,Troians, Italians, &c-atid others, The beginn ing ofthe 1.6. Dyz.is, joyned 43 syeere ofMinus vik which Abraham was borne. The bygeneral, confent, with the twelue firlt Dymaftiestafted each ofthemfeuen yeetes,vnderthe twelue,which were called the greater gods: fo thatall theyeers oftheircontinuance were 84.Th e thirtee 5:39 the fourteenth 26, the fifteenth 37+ Thefethree nth Dyna/tie endured foureteet lat, are faid to haue beenevt three younger gods. Sothe fifteene firft Dyneflies lafted one hundred fixty on As I doe nottherefore beleeue that the contin mentioned, beaufe Aznius in fuch wife limits uance ofthefe Doz was fucha Count vponthis onelyreafon,that Aznius hathout their times fol cannot reiect 1 it fo : confidering that bothhither hathpaffedas currant,and is greatlyftrengthened by many goodreafon s. For, whe Enfebius placeth the beginning ofthefixtee nth Dynaffie,in as aforefaid : the reckoning is eafily caftsbywhichthe fimme of 161. in the fiftecne former; being {abduc ted fiim of 3 52.yeers, which were betweenthe Floud.&udbrahanes birth, thewtha ginning ofthe firft Dynaflie,which Wasthe beginn ing OfChams-rcione in Egypt, wasit f theyeere ig1.Asalfo by other probabilities the famee may appear e. For it gene agreed,thatthe multitude of mankinde 4 dilauio x3 1.1n building the Tower which came into Shizaar,arriued at Babel, Al paffing with | us company,thei r Wiues, Chil Glycas recordeth That c/ ; ' , Cattell, & fubftance,through dren all Syriathen defolate,an dfullof Bogges Want of culture in onedtindredfeuent , Forrefts,and Bryers ( which the Deluge an4 ic one yeershad brought Vpon it)ndreafonable inamwill doubt.Tothis his paflage therefore, andthe feating'of himfelfe in E allowtayenty yecres:& thefe fumme xe s being added Logethi one yeers after the Floud;before theylarriued at Babel erito Wit,one hundred huty 59 40, yeeres'for their ftaythet', and 20.fo1 Clares pallageinto Beype, and {etling theré; makeyp the fiumme of 19! yceres;at-which time we faid that Cham b Ban his reigne in Feypt, the firit Dyn inthe ‘beginning ‘ And to thisdimme of 19 r. yeeres if wee addé'the of the 15. fir 7: lessees they:are numbre d in common account, with the yeere .of :Abrebiems birth Ww wethal hich was An, Dil.352.' And p he many. other reafions; which mig' hebé brought to proue that thefe hecdes haue beanc very thor san firft Dywz d nor containing int 251 ae he whole {imme of thei rfeuct4 He {hort continuance ofthe Dynaffies,doth thewthat they werenot feuerall rqces ofKings, .as the vauntingé ppttans Were wont to ftile them; \What they, Wereit cannot certainly be ties, it is more eafie to denie thanto affirm: cumftance,partly vponthefurett proofe, Th Forinreftitutions of decayed1aantiq ui- sthe manner of the£ the gouernment ofthe Countrieinto the hands of fometru ftie C referuingthe Soueraignty to themfelues, as the old Kinas of Franceyy re wontta the Matters ofthe Palace,and as the Turke dothte the chiefe iier. This is confirmed fikft, bythe ntimberofthe Dynafties,whereofmany arévnder Cha n, & more than one vnder Ofiris or Mizraimzand mutt therefor have e eene fucceffions, not of:Kings, but rath of Counfailors ahd Regen s.second er lyby cuftome of {ich Princes borderer a are mentionedin, th s to Eovpr, 30With Abyaham and Ieac abot es.of whom Abimelech the Philjflim in his dealing' dera aer tion, ¢id nothing withou t Phicol Captaine, oF vs Wifcyandin his prinate carriage; he followedhis owne ufure. Likewife of. elech the fonneof Gideorit was faid:: 4s zot he theJenne * er? Alfo z/hboff héfonaco ie Stitt fearedAber »taine of the Ho ating Jogeforhis ¢rueltie, did not pu‘gard ofhis greatnefle,which was {ich,as was fear ed ciien of Haded the £-. iuing then in Egypt. Thitdl his Hofte; though intaking 4 y, this is confir cording to our account were [pent were confum s ofRegents: oft med bythe temper anddifpofition ofCharz,who was lewd,as appe ares by the Scriptures: thekfore like ly Both for his own the yeereof Abrahamsbi ed fourtie yeers,as whofe report Thaue elfewh ere confirmed with diuers probabilities. longin aea times aboue 161.yeares: Letit fuffice that had they lafted longer, then either mult. Spt hane beene.peopled as fooneas Rebel after the Floud, orthe Dynafties (as Adercatar thinkes) muft hauebeene before the doud.. That the arriuall at Babel y was Many yicares before theplantation.of Egypr,after the floud,, enough hath beene faic1 to proue,s- and that the Dyza/iées were not before the foud,. the number ofthe] ong: liu'd generations flourifhed witnefethat cheit Princes were ‘OF inaincilons sreatnete, and th « ct i ie. ports Ofthe Prete were noe altagether falfe, Afecond raule of out ignorance inthe Epyptiak. Hiftoryswas the too michcredulity offome good Authorswho-bel etiitie the fucks pleafed thembett: haue confirmed them; andasic were infore id the oe pon "3 bytheit authority; "Athird andgenerall caufeof more than Egyp pale darketic fle inal aifcientHiftories) is the edition of many. Authors by John Atieities4 whom (iftothe cenfures offundryvery learned,I may addemine) I thinke thass! That Annies haning feene fomefragments ofthofe writers,and added vnto them wh it hee would credited,as an auoucherof true Hiftories, where approued writers conf otherwife is to be deetiedfabulous. Heéreifpon it commeth to pafl ofthe Hftovie ofthe World. e idleneffeandpleafiire, toh auclaid the burden of5 gouernment vpon others; and vpo iealonfie,the companion ofyaworthine n lle,to haue changed his Lieutenants ofte n, A 4.0 boue all otherproofesis the aduanc ement of Iofeph by Pharach. For Pharaoh (aid to lo- feph; Onely in the Kings throne will 1he abou ethee - behold, Thauefet thee ouer allthe Lagg of Egypt Williain Archbi[bop of Tyre, who. flourifh ed about the year are e ofour Lord, One oufand one hundred eightie,affirmes that thelikeo veryfar meforme ofgouernment.¢ z by Ficeroys,was inhis time practifed in.z #t shaning Cuertince thetime of Zefeph. He plainelyfi i¢wes, there beene in yfe(as he beleeued), that the Se/dams of Epyot werenot Lords ofthe Counttie. hoy; euerthey hauc > efo.d thatt Icy acknowy., ledged and humbly perf ormed the dut whoxefiding ing. moftm ificent Palacein Catro,did commit the char F ciyill gouerfin: ment, but the power ofmaking warreandp ea¢e swith the whole of hice &auth. NIty soall into the soldaies hands, Heth LOY~ at fhall reade in # tain OfTyre; theftate ofthe Caliphies Or Mulene Elbadech with theforme ofhis C rt; {hall plainly behold the imaceof the 2ib19 2. t Pharaoh ruling bya Lieutenant,as grcatin authority as Ze/eph Was, the gh fare 1 mec, , V thinke that many names of fuch Rezenti of into. the. Lift of nee, 12s, were 4# King it led him, > The man that is Lordof th tvalikely thatthe p vain glorious? erite r { FpDolh . MAT ICY Re {lea we aS ign + ora ntim COAX ATARS CI no ftr: Licute nants as Jofeph was, haue crept imagination. For Yo/evhs brethren ¢ Lord of the Countrie: Belides, it is Gen.43 J : 2 e tswould ascafily reporthim a King to 33 mehimfuch,vndet whofehandall difpatches c¢ OX. |