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Show of the Hiflorie ofthe World, Cuar8.Ga. Cuan7.§i7. fi ThefecondBookeofthesirstpart gone Apollonia:though'Pro/omy fers Apollonia elfewhere, and toward Egypt betweenethis City conduaed by 470. Souldiers,to defend him from the furie ofthe Iewes, In after-times aind Loppe,to which Hefpafian gaue thenameof Fabia Colonia: Teswas by Head te+builty who thereinlaboured to exceed all the workes in that part of thé woflds-Forbefidesithe the Armie of' Godfrey of Bulion attemptedit in vaine,: yet was ictaken by Baldwine. It was honouredin thofedayes with a Bifhopsfeate, butitis now a poore Village called ' edifices,which hie reated within the Walls, ofeut atid polifht marbles, the Theater:and Amphitheater, from whence he might looke outt thie Seas fatre away swiththe highand in farcly Towersand Gates: hee forced a Harborowof great capacitie, being in former * tines buat ope Bay: and the winde' blowing froin the Sea; the Merchants haunting that Port,had'no other hopesburin the trenprivoftheir Cables'and Atichors,This work he performed with fuch charge and laboursas the like ofthat hath not beer foundin any Kingdome,forin any age whichsbecaufe the Materials werefercht from farre, andche it waight'' of the ftones was fuchasit exceedeth beliefe,T hance added 7o/ephwsowne words Afar, faith Brochard: Neeke vntothis Citie the Prophet sonas was three daies prolerued in the body of a Whale. Intothe Land, from Astipatrisand Cefaria, ftandeth Narbata, whereof the Territory taketh name: which Ce/fias the Remane watted with fireand fword, becaufe the lewes which dwelt at Ce/aria fled thence sand cartied with them the Bookes of A4ofes.: Neere vatoitisthe Mountaine of Cébdia,the Steward ef King Achab: wherein hee hid an hunro dreth Prophets, and feddethem, after which hee hijnfelfeis faidto, haue obtained from God the Spirit of Prophefiealfo: lofepohrs.c.x3., Ofthis Worké,which arevhele: ‘Hance locorums' in'commoditat enn correctarts, circulams portus > pipciir sts. Caars Vil I, Cirtumduxityguantumputaret magne clafsi recipiendefafficere > Cin viointi vlpurum pi fundampragrandja faxa demifit quorum plerag, pedum quinqnaginta longitudinis, latitn dinis verWoctodecinsaltitadine noutinpedali:fuernnt quedaetiammaiora, minora alia; Td 8 mend this inconuenience ofplace (faith lofephus) hee compaft ina Bay wherein a great feet might wellride: and let downe greutflones twentiefadome deepe whercoffome werefiftyfut long, eighteenfoor broadand ninefoot thicke (ome bigger, andfomeléffer. Torhis headded ftrengan arme or: cawlic of tivo hundred : ; footlong; tobreake the waues + the reft: hee: suckin thened witha ftone'wall, withdivers {tately Towers thereon builded °: of which they mot magnificent he called Dra/us, after the name of Drufw'the fonne in law of cafir: in whofe honour heintituled the Citie it felfeC«/arie of Pulapine s all whichhe petfor medin tweluc yeeres time. It was the firft of the Eaterne Cities that recited a Bithopt es st * < i. ; : f : S.Hlerome nameth Theophilus, Exfebins, Acacins, Eusoris, and Galafins to have beene Bifhopsthereof. Tnthis Citic was Cornelius the Centurion baptized by Saittt Peter # and / . y herein dwelt PhiliptheApoltles: S.Pxul was herein two yecres prifoner; vnderthe 7 ) Ecaufe thefe fiue Tribes, of A/fer, Nephtalim,Zabulon, Yfachar, and ‘ ey Sident Falix, vnto the time and gouernmentof Percius Féflus: by whom making his ap 2» »OFf yalle. g] thehalfe of Aana//e5 poflelt the bettcr part of that ancient Kingdome of c > {t ne | he . rs Phenicia, to wit, of fo muchas lay to the South part Lg C <7: a Snares oleae " a a \. of Aati-libanus : Uhaue therefore gathered a btiefe of a tho ¥a Kings which hauegouerned therein 3 at leaft fo many of themas fay ime (which deunbrens all things ) hath left to pofteritie : and thar Berethe refthaue perifhed, itis nor ftranges feeing fomany volumes of 3 3 excellent learning in folongarace and reuolution, and in fo many Quinguennalia, taking dclight tobe called a god byhis Aatterers, hee was ftricken with an Angelbvnto death, faith s4/ephus, -uraSrnasberieee cuagki To the North ofCéfaria ftandeth Dora;or Naphoth Dor, as fome teade, Tof.t« nifocal led ( faith Adlvichomius) becaufeitioyneth tothe Seay whofe King' was flaine by lofi = The limits of this Kingdome, 4s touching the South parts, are very vncertaine : but aioe oe agenda itcakes beginning from the North, where that | But Janis for in Naphoth Dor, reades ia tradtibus Dor ¢ and fothe Valear, iz regianions rT mat . . ; i Dor ,although 1 Regi'4.2.4/forthé like {peechinv the Hebrewit readech-ormispatsNephi Dot : The Sepeuacinkinche ol ks fe t c Ake + ivephe-Dor': Phe Septuagint but inthe Yofmaby ‘call it Wephith-Dor: oft Kings theplace tide of Raine other aiaeesit fe "and inthe ° othel ya : | feemerobe-Dor. It'wasa ftrong and paiweVRil Ohi sf : ai b 2) : itl a ore 1 eet twelte Principalities orsitarchies which Salowion sacaith io a Diesadas pai place his Berweenedhe Bill cavoicd gd theentanth ey . Snes at Sete fnamethée River Chorfens of qwhich'ie hane & Taito this: Cite tort A S$ Cine, forthe ftrength te I a AuCt Cherfeas: x pokenfled already, : thereof, T»phan from savtiochasthe fon of B™‘c Macestsr3.t5, #riws, where hee was by the fame Antiochus bok duith ntioches the 4:8080 Horie sche farrie petfidions villain that robes c a With £2000) 'foot"nien, "er0itba sAdadebiebuss (rl ath' . ciucd 200.talétits for the ranfome of 70" i ; nom he had taken by treacherie Jand thenflewhim» and after himses hisd owne Matter, viitping2 fora whilethe ined rinpntd mand "Aropset e c prt of the Diocelle of Cefaria, gdome of Syriz Te had allo a' Bilhiop® a Bo. 4 ie My) i 4 c REP ma) i peale, hewasfentto'ce/27: ‘Here, when Herod Uorippa was pafling ‘on'to celebrate rhege aSSas 61 ae ae Le cits ) PU ae De roy Fi ‘tie : 30 The bounds and chicfe Cities, eneF ounders,and Name,pe of thisie Kingdome : and ofthe innention of Letters afcribed tothem. Os tia : Laneesradelli.: afterwardereéted into an Archbifliopricke, commanding twentie others vader it, futh fate Wehr, a 8 Oif the K 1ngdom e of Phenicia. Froih @4/aréa towards the Sou s ‘OfCapbarniin; Gabi, and' o" Rellfucrd.to gal'for bétides that Capharnan th, they plate the Citie 666. the WeftSea,anothe of 2 ; : wis aprons Giebe Heeromeinlocts Hebraict, The ae Galgal 5 or Gileal Baty was >poesa amin : but thisOF Gilgal, they fay: it-was whole Kine was 5 ? t by- ‘ofa. a ie Then Antip am famousin the Exangelifs;they finde in thee parts #ee atris,focalled of Herode ot is a inthe time Father i: but +inthe ontourof his 5 it was called Gapharfalan,: inh Macaqy3x. Adeechabees F - . 7 ©" yet ein the: fields whereof, Zedas Macchabens out threwa part of the Armie ofwic. tled canor,Lieurenant to Demetrius: an armie drawn int deabyatthiterous I pete contended for the Prieft-hood, felt Beechides >and then VaderNisdaghee cr Nicanor, Te this Was SiPaw! carsied ptifoner from 17744 cone ute Otterwile contumed: ; r ei h obri uc tes a aa i mot of them pounding A Pe CONS to. 1¢ North ripe", Prolomemakesiralittic larger, as teaching f >Riuer Elegy. Ptol.g.Tbs ranksthat falls into t the Sea sea the Lland MREdrole ethan ae therus, at the of Aradus,fomewhatto the ene North of Ortho. ‘Sie 7!"i > f i ° . fia,andftrerching fromthence alongftthe coat of the afediterranfea,as farreas the RigE . ‘ ? c é : uer of Chorfews, which feemes to bee that which the Iewescall the Torrent or Riuer of o Mageddo, Plinieextends it farther; and compreheads Joppe within it : Coruixus and Bu- Plin,lib.s.c deus, loppeand Gaza, Phanicia apudprifcos appellata faith Budeus ) quenune Paleftina Syvie dicitur . It wascalledPhanicia of old( faith he) which now is called Paleflina of Syria. Strabo comprehends of Phanicia, all the Sea fide of Zuadea, and Pa- Strab, L16, ; aa in this Countrey a leflina, eucn vito Pelufium, the firft Port of Egypt. On the contrary Diodorus Siculus Bude, de Af-l.4n foldeth ir vp in Calefyria, which heeboundcthnot. But for myfelfe I take a middle courfe,andlike beft of Ptolomies defcription, whowas feldome deceiued in his owne At. Iehadinicthe@ Gi ae Toca rm. ; Irhadin itthefe famousSy Maririmate CitiesCE ¢ befides; all thofe of the Ilands ) to wit, re iphlee Raprte PB > : ‘ 2 : am Orthofia, Tripolis, Botrjs, Byblie, Berytus, Sidon, Tyre, Ptolomats ( or Acun ) Dora, and . tfaria Palefline and t afon of the many Ports and goodly Sea townes, it an- g 9 ciently commandedthe Trades of the Eafterne world: andthey were abfolute Kings of terran Sea. the Adedi "4 Regall Seateof thofe Princes was Zidon,built by Zidon the firlt fonne of The Canaan : and the people people were called Zidonians: the fame {tate imeftate Pp then fubiedt to that peo} continuing euen vnto /o/vastime. For till then it is probable that there was but one Kine of gB of : his aint s : f . s afterward éalled PA Ree thar Procopivs alithar ; afterward éalled‘ PhewiciaPE: which : Region a : ae al{o a confirmeth in ‘ 3 fecond Booke of Vamdsl/ warres. Butin procefle of time the Citic of Tyre adioyning Efay233 | came the moremagnificent : yet according tothe Prophet, it was but a Daaghter of dew,and by themfirlt built and peopled. Ge: Buc |