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Show a < Cuar.7.§.. Thefecond Bookeof thefirstpart There -wage liued at once with Jo/wa,Erichonins in Atticaywho taught _ beafts together, therebyto till the ground with morc eafeand {pee ee - prs fame time the fiftie Daughters ofDandws(as itis {aid) {lew the oe = - =sty alk but Lywcems,who fucceeded Danaus, if the tale be truc. ee = a on ra Phanix,andCadmus,and neerethe end of Jofuas life, Jupiter is fai to! = . - Daughter of Phenix, (afterward married to Aflerins King- net . » , : uicae pe ropathe onher Mines,Radamanthus,and Sarpedon. But SsAugufline reportst sae - committed by Xamthus,and yet they are more commonly taken for the = - Homer.odyf. Butitmay be doubted whether 4440s wasfather to Dencalton, & Deucalion to @ Iliad. a yho'was amold manatthe warreofTroy,and Sarpedon wasin perfon a young- omg oft _ Hom.tiaic. Maanatthe fame Troian war.Andfo doth Neflor reckon vp in the erat Thefeusand Perithons for men of Antiquitie, and of Ages pail: Atinos being yct cient than any ofthefe. But hereof elfe-where. Cuari7.¢..2. of the Hiiftory ofthe orld, 279 fhorter,and from the coat ofCilicia, whichisthe North border, ynto Idumaa towards the South,Tigris towards theSunne rifing,and the Mediterran Sea Weftward : it-then containeth befides Babylonia,Chaldza, Arabia the Defert,& Arabia Petraa,that Region alfo which the Greekes'call Mefopotamia,the HebrewesSyria,of the two Riuers,to wit, Tigris and Euphrates, for {0 Aran Nahairajmis expounded : alfo Padan.Aram; that is5 dngum Syrie, becaufe thetwo Riuers goe along in itas it were in ayoke. Edefla,fometime Rages,now Rage,wasthe Metropolisof this Region of Syria.In Sy» Aurogallas; ria taken largely there were many{miall Prouinces,as Coelefyria which the Latines| call Syria Cana, becaufe itlay in rhat fruitfull Valley betweene the Mountaities of Lybantis, ro and Antylibanus, in whichthe famous Cities of Antioch, Laodicea, Apamea, with many others were feated. Then Damafcena,orSyria Lybanica, taking name of the Citie Da- mafcus, andthe Mountaines of Lybanus,the Regall feate of theadades, the irtt Kings :-K.zz. of Syria. Adioyning toit wasthe Prouince of Sophene, or Syria Soba, Choba;or Zo;; Pe bal: ouer which Adadezer commandedin salomons times Then Phenicia and the people ympi.!.27, Sytaphoenicies: and Jaftly Syria Paleftina bordering Egypt: ofwhich Ptolomie makerhi Tudzaal{oa part : andto that Province which A¢ofescalleth Seirand Edom, Pomponius.©'0~ Afie. Mela giveth the name ofSyria Iudza: ee Cuap. VII. Of the Tribes ofFfrael, that were planted in the borders §. I] Of the bounds ofthe Lana ofCanaan, and ofthepromi/es touching this Land, of Phenicia, with fundrie Stories depending y . vpon thofe places. . lens Vethat Land which wasanciently Cazaan,taketha part of Phawicia,and ftret| fa) cheth frombehinde Lydanas to the great Deferts berweene Jdumeaand Egypt: sy KA) fs bounded by:the M id-land Sea on the Weft, and the Mountaines of Hermon : te The Preame-to the defcription ofthe whole Land of Canaan, with an Expo- Ce) Galaad and Arnontowards the Eaft : rhe fame Hills which Strabocalleth Tras... 1 coni or Traconite, and Ptolomie Hippuss Thename of Canaan it had-from Canaan the ition of the name of Syria. g HE ftory ofthe Jxdges ought to follow thatof/e/ua,after whi Common-wealth of the ewes was goucrned by Kings, of whic * many of themasruled the tenneTribes, fhall be remembred whea "°) come to the defcription ofSamaria : but becaufe the Land of ward p and the borders thereof, werethe Stagesand, Theaters, whereom . greateft part of the Story paft, wichthatwhich followeth, hath . acted, I thinke it very pertinent forthe better vnderftanding o , ' to make a Geagraphicalldefcription of thofe Regions : thatall things thereinperform : bythe places knowne,may thebetter be vnderftood,andconceined. To which eae (befides the addition of the Neighbour Countries ) I haye beftowed on cuery be = properportion.: and doc thew what Cities and Places of {trength were by the # ' obtained : and what numbersit pleafed God to leaue vaconquered ; by whomhe ee correct and fcourgethem, when vngratefull for his many-graces, they at fundry ihe forgat.or neglected the Lord of all power, and adored thofe deafeand dead Idols e Heathen. Diwina bomitas (faith Augufline) ideo meximt irafcitur in hoc feculs, newsf"tis in faturo scr mifericorditer temporalem adhibet feueritatem) ne aternam infiesanferst wth nem , The Diwine geedne/feis efpecially therefore atgryin this world, that it may. mime ite tothe worldte come,and doth mercifully vfe temporallSenerity, that it may not ih) ae fonne ofCham, & linguaappellata fuit Canaan; The language was alfo called Canaan, faith Mintanus randatter Hebrea ofthe Hebrewes :who.tooke namefrom Heber, thefonne of Caleb. f6s; Sale, according. to S.cAugufline. But Arias Montanus not fo well allowing ofthis deri. 30 Uation, makesitacommon nameto albrhofe of Woahs Sonnesy- which pait ouer Euphrates towardsthe Wet SeasForthe word Heber, faith hee,is.asunuch as tranfiens ortranf- mittens, of goingor pafsing ouer. Andbecaufe the children of Abraham had fora long time nocertaine abiding : therefore as he thinkes, they,were by the Egyptians called Hebret, asit were paflengers, which is alfo the opinion of CaStgonius, and of Exfebius long Eufeb. Prep. beforethemboth. Ithadalforhe nameofZadee fromuwda and then afterwards intitu= 746473 led the holy Land, becaufetherein our Saioxs Chrifi was borne. and, buried... Now, this part of Syrza was againe diuidedinto: foure : namely, into Edom, (otherwife Séer,. or Edumea) Galilee, Samaria,andiude2, Galilee is double<the [uperior called Gentium, and Math. -: the safertour wand that Galtlecand Jaded are diftinguithed,it is plaine in \the Ewangelifs, oo 40 though both of them belong to. Pheniciz, Now befidesthefe Prouinces of Phanicia,and Paleftina ( both.which the River. of ews) that partalfo to the Eat of Jordan and within the Mountaines of Hermon Gilead,and Arnon,orherwile Traconi,fellto the pofleffion of halfe Manaffe, Gad, and Reuben, and thereforeare accounteda part of Canaanal{o: afwell becaufeanciently poflctt by the A- 4 eats morites,as forthat they. were conquered.andenioyed by the Ifraclites,which Eaftermoft, partsare againe divided into Bafan or Batanea; imo Gilead, Moab, Midian, Ammon, and vponthisfabiedt : among whom, becaufel fog grecmentin many particulars, Lhaue rather in fuch cafes aduencuredfinde to follow ™ mographers by thenameof Arabie in generall. :.and by.the names of Traconitis, Pieris, 59 Bat anea,crc. of whichI will {peakein theit properplaces. But where Ado/es defcribettythe Land of Casaanintherenth of Genefis, hee maketh no upon vs eternal vengeante, Tathe Citieshercin defcribed, Ihaue addeda fhort Story ofthe of diuers Kingdomiesand common-weales :andto helpe myfelfe beginningsa" herein, I have ri diuers of the beft Authors owncscafon, than to borrowany oneof their old And becaufe Canaan , with Paleftina of the patternes. seh Philiftims,andrhe Lands of 2g #9" ml K Kings of Bafan,andthe Arabian Amorites, were but final! Prouinces ofSyria it neceifarie,firlt to diuideand bound the IL end to this paue™ now.called the holy Land, eae 3 » Syria, nowSoria, according tothe large ca imbraced all thofe Regionsfromthe Euxi ftdefcription, and as. it was ancicatlToe ne Sea,to the Red Sea: and therefore aks? appadocians, whichlookinto Pontus,called Lencefjrians ox white Sprians-PM hom wai Jordan boundeth ; fauing thar Phexicia ftretcheth a little more Eafterly. towards, Pamaf= the Territories of the Machatt, Geffuri, Argobe, Hus. They are knowne tothelatter €of= mention of the larer Prouinces, whichfellto Manaffe,Gad,and Reuben, for thefe be his Words, Themthe border of the Canaanites vias from Zidonjand thou commefi to Gerar varie Azzah(which is Gaze) and this was the lengthofthe Counrrey North and South :then st tolloweth in the Texts Aad.as thou gocft unto Sodome-and Gomorah, and.Adal, and Seeoym; eucsunte Lafba: by which words Mofes fetteth downe the brcadth,to.wit,from the Dead Sea tothe Atediterram. Bur in-Denteronomie itfeemeth to be far morc large:.For i 18 therein written 3A she places whereon the Soale ofyourfect [halltread, foall bee JOM. Deutixa:2g.'} ¢3 your |