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Show a nae LYE rst part par. The yecond Booke of théf Teftia Lr. 7. Cudr.7 .6342, 7 eal Crary. $33. Fttheedd Fift ofthheWo e Wor ipoorie ld, rieoft rld 4 9 Curtias makewzenor the founder thereof sand uw/iine deriues Lunt the name.from the ae Pee res :: wwhereonereof f itit hach hath beene called Z/dona, Bucthatit bundance of fifhfound on thofe fhores nce e Affyrians:and Hierome vpon Exck. 8.4.4, notes that Thanx ( whom there the Idolatrous wom en are noted to bewaile)is thename of Adonis among the Syrians.Sothatit may feeme that in the worthip of Aftarte ox Vewus, Gen.10.Jofepb. more ancient,A40/0 es,fofua,and p 52) en.10. Lofeph. WasWAS farre Jofephus wicnefle, the fame being founded by Zidonrhe eldeltof Canaans Sonnes : and {oftrong it was ia Jofua 's time}, as neither did 3 hi felf nes tit, neither couldthe Afferitess 3 orany J of their fucceflors matter it: butit a oa ve éall the tintic ofthe Judge ‘ s and Kings ie , euen vntothe comming :of Chriff,a Citie aee bi med, by their owne Princes or other Magiftrates : thoughaccors inte rcha ngea bly goue rne ene. : he warni and threats ofthe Prophets ie zech Reechiel Zach ,E/ay,Hieremie,E ding om aHiaedngs t th by theenemiesfword, and bythe' peltilence ie! sand Zacharieir Sort en athicted both a wte aida ié featbtlionitha Very walhofthe Phoenici an Sea,whichis i a part ofthe they did bewaile her pe apr place i oy eee - ee Mour: nefor Adon is mae : ee : oe oe 2 How. Moers ae wes i e' ee *tA i zekielrenot without good te ‘hc hatte felo: lloo UZ fherHusbandOf ee - i acti mourning : w NOTE Ofires in the acrif eoghmer er ice of at Zs: 19' Was as; famots in thefor ausoaad Oftris,4, was Egyp Grec BY tian ians Pik Idolatrie,as 7with thero ,Ven us lofle of Adon is.A e nd to this agreeththat which Plutarch hath, ae a e th origSper as Egyptians e whic is calroled eee. ethe fame eee p/eeme : Mediterran 1 or Mid-land Sea. Ithath tothe North the Citie ofBer ythussand the River Leontis + and ; Wec hed rphat ': whic wre, thethe diftance bee hftandeth betweene itand Tyre. tothe South oe 7 rs Cities;to.wit,Zidona tweene which nd Tyre,is 1 whou diftance be mten t oa with Ezekiels: Tham ~e muz, abut e "e howit ho foeuer the enes pell ofchrift shia hist: Were more ap apt to recciuc a DoétrinéandGof ( brif afte ray A Centon, ; the Iewes:‘who had been e taught by Mofere tos wills » th ien. s and thece Prophets fomanyvited yc eres, wher Sauiourin eof ovr .¢ fadd paces, two great and ramous Cities; mans ve eed ee TMACES Sith Seigler ‘butvadi anws makes it wo hundred furlongs ;and{fo Hemt itt his defcription ofthe holy Land, and both from strab h aeke pen, {-278. o.z which twodot y hundred furlo 3: Strabt6, asta ngs make fiue and ewentie miles :: This difference ofm4: diflance a§ well betweene eei tivoha ktiovzne Citie AZathewand Lake: woe beto thee ate ¥ What Kingsit had till Agenors timethere e is ect ies ta a Chriftian Bifhop with e anynewfcale tothe} appe : TI e bith Zeno ah Z 1111-bythehelpe ofthe Danes and Z - eae sre - oe natur into places remote : as Vato Thebes, and Sephyra,Ci ians ties ofBeotiain Greece the inuentionef * Glafle; which ofthofe fands whichare taken out of vfedto make the River Belws, falling into thethey Meditetran Sc vecteneat eete Prolemaz or con: and from when ce the Venet ians fetch the miattet ofrhofecleett isahpi PomeeS itn they make -Murana 5 gherBich S\Hie xoneand,Plinic: Zidon Oe Sf the belloge/ex Viti: Lidon ubrarys c officiais Nobilis « Zidona amos Glalf emaker or askilfall wot Bycheforce orkenis Glafferhoufes, nices were ; at ethernet? They wereda Religion 5 ft fy ii Idolaters( as fucyvies, Buetnd Afaroth :whichIdols thoughic therethof the Canaanites) worfhippets ofaA ommottto the other Oftheiffue of Canaan (as Pine there are o« s gathersoutaf w.se m2 21 O.and wale 06.60) yetefpecia ll and peculiarly were ne aw "téd the Godsiof the Zidon accout pits, Scother datties whereafariarh is ianssas appeares 17Kizgs.1 1.5 Jinthe Rtory ‘of salomens Idocalled the God ofthe Zidonians': and 1 .Reg.16.33.inthe ftory age _ of Achab, the chiefe wort hipperof Baal, whereit is (aid thathee Sorenccof Ace Daughter oftheKing ofthe marrying Jexabel the wath(on eb flaroths intheit Idolatries Zidonians, wor thipped theit wa/, Divers Baals &cdi nets they ackn owledged:asit appeares by the plurallnames ofae haucheencs Wéand "fares: Sam. tzxoand elfewhere? for cuen the narhe Aftaroth,asTamin ie theep for Deuromaed bya Skilfill Webri tiag, is plafall sthe fineulay being ‘Aftorethiwhence Tadgin.t3ithe j intbe Se tiiecerepg They so0rfbippe number)plnal figniy hein d the flarties. Theoccation of ths toulciplying oftheir Baals,Sc-Afloreths,s hay fh theepe: & Of the diuerfitie Of the formesof the Ima ; be diuerfly vnderftoodseirher in refpe paphit ftories dependingvpon them he worhipin divers places,oroft : : which (as fablesv{eto be) were doubt Opinion, thar ffes divers. duga tae leffe in diners = quel 9iR Tad. chinkes Baaland Aflartetobe Lupiter and lun. ie a the Carthaginians ( whick forme of her 3+4¢Nat. Deornm, makingwere Tyrians\)'call uno by fach a name as Aparte. Tilic diners Godde/ferofthe name of Vesus, a Tate bee Afarte s-whonrheema kes to bee borhecof Tyr ad ab‘ expouads the foure a, and ito sauce! bee was aRan. (888 Wife Obsedeloniss Ws alloAdscrobir.s etsrnccenis Xsfies that Adonis was.with oe sake yenelé emaene; : Me continued intheir poffeffion till Ba/dminu ce : The ftory a. ? tof id Philofopher, Serer. emp are ie conf ume bed : ry re ae ws Strabo noteth, Homer{peaking ara, te inibcen ue y the ees die neg: ahs a e F Teleonns hae Dut a met ber of Zido n;and a City u infin icKings theree of Tyre; es seid of: choughit be traet ; enen in Iofie:'s-aftet-times it contended with time pa opilent,and {trong : From Zidon for I rimacie, and became farre more. renowned, Zidon had Sélomon'and z,orobabel their principal workemen, me e,‘bothin Timber and Stone, for thebuild king, ing of the Teimple."For as it flourithed whence Iunins Hortsiof.\carning,fo didit inallother in Mechanicall:Arts or Trades ‘the Prophet Zacharall it iolA oats ip_ caule thefefore Strabo and Plini e giue the Zidan 4 the firt navkerieas 5 J héiwatll ofthe -Diocefie oF Tyre. Butintheyeere of our Redemption 636.it fellinrothe hands ofthe Satacens :and Strab.l.16. eg& Art o which adver- shaning a Caftleor Gitadellon the North- ide, Handing-vpon an vnacceflib e pt leRocke,a ty * cetsdaoas compatfe the Sea,whichafter the Citizens becameChriftia eee tinsel ded by ched by ns, washe ld and noi Knigh ts ofthe Dutc h Order: and anoth Caftle ir hath onth forsaces vitra- the Port ofEgypt, Which e South fide by the Templers guarded. It er alfo fent many other Colomies belide asicieems,be. that of Tyre, Coraxin,erc. forif thegreat works which WEE thee.had beene done in Tyrus and Zido Ma :Acnei one nin .o"d n.theyLap l Decaffer eh ibuitndba ceo:" h 1arep ente dlong e saonre eerea ifit .but L[2y‘y yp. e ee ow, it Unt (ball 4 YG : s, asall the raers it oner-difficult to deuif and defcr iptio n ; of theholy and, T cy 283;~ veneration commonly wotthipped ofth ai s the: firft,then King of Hiern/alem: in the : ma 5 ~ : yeere Tyr.11-Bell. Norwaies ,who came witha Fleet to vifite the Landjandtooke Portat Joppa,it was holy 2 againe recouered, the commandement giuen to‘Exflace Gremersa Noble théreofbeing v man ofthat Countrey. And agai ne in the it was reedified and ftrengthened by Leaowickethe French King : while yeere 1250, yeere inthe Warre ofthe holy Land hee {pent foure . Laftly, inthe yeere 1289. it: was by the Saracens : andistiowin pofle ffion of the Tarkejand hath the name reconqueted, of2, a } eee ino aseoa ee ; ; : S aa Of Sarcpte, with a brief Hiflory of Tyre in the Same Conf, Arepta,oraftetthe Hebrew,Sarphath,is the next Cit ¥ Southward fro itand the Rivetcalled Waar; or Fors hortorum Liba #4 Cof which mor m Zidonbetween e hereafter ) ftanding in the way towards Tyre,a City véry famon is'for the excellent wine growing neer it: of Which Sidozizs ¢ e Vinamibi non fut Gacetice,chia;talern s, Quad, Sareptane palmite miffe bibs, . Thaue nowine of Gaza, nor Falerna wine, Noranyforthe drinking of Sarepra's vine. This City had alfoa Bifoop,of Turkes,as the reft :andis now the Dioceffe of Tyre: after it cametd the Saracens called Saphet, faith Poflellus, and Not fatre from Serepta was fituate that fometime famous City of Tyre, whofeMleetes of thippes commanded; and thereof sidaxing which time ofgauethelaw ouerall the asediterran Seay and rhe\Borders preacnefle and power,the:Tyridss Carthagein Affr #04,0f which Virgil eteAed Vtica;Leptisand . Vrbs antiquauitsTyry tenueré Coloni,Carthaga, And rire Catthace was therefore called Pusic ieT'e g quali Phenicusm, a Colonie of the Phexnicizns.\ Iq SoSpaine they founded Gades 5 now Célix.In Italie, Nola: in Mfia:the lefle, Dromas iA sre chillis, which Citie the Scholia of Apollonius place th neere the Riter Phyllis, in\bys e9: thinia, 7 ; ; Iwhad anciendy thenameof Zor,or Fzor >and (it is writtcni n Tofa4a the hame fromthe fituation;becanfe buil nonahigh Rocke, tharpeat one end, 19. taking asir fcems,knew ig by thé name The Latines; ofSarta:tor Virgilcalleth rhe purpl e of Lpresoflrum Say Getty, hast canumsby wich namelluaenaland Siliue remember it.The Zidonians built itvpona high Hill, whereofmany suingsscmaine to: this day; the Place being still know AAMEOL theancicnt Tyxe.4.and becau se it wasa Colopieo£ the Zidofijans, ne bythe the Prophey Efay |