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Show The firft Booke of the frst part ~~Cuars.$a s gn handredandfifty mile Eaftward hee findeth another. Nation ofthem about 1b tulians, and Numidians in Africa, theancient Prittans , andthe Northren Irifh: yea, fuch were the Inhabitants of Italy it felfe, till fuchtimeas /ta/ws (who gaucthemthat allticrefhrooke begining;which inhabitedon the Welt fide of the Mountains BFP name) taught them the Husbandry. oftillage,vfed at this day. But the RegionEaftward from Eden is that part of Affyria, called by Ptolemy. Calena,which alfo mightbeedetiued of Carena,the country of Cain.And that Cain inhabitedin thofe parts,it maybe gethered by the firft poffeffion of his Father/Adam ; for thus itis written, Genef.3. There fore the Lord Godfent himforthfrom the Garden of Eden totill the Earth whence he waste ken:andinthe Verfefollowing : Thus hee caf? ont man', Crc.and at the Eaft fide ofthe, Garden ofEden hee fet the Cherubins : which fheweth, that the entrie into Paradife was fromthe Eaft, by which entrance -4dam wascaft out,and therefore inhabiting on that fide ofParadife which was Eaftward,according tothe Text.Caimalfo in the fame Region fought his dwelling place.Now,ifthe word Ned or Naéd doefignific profagus , that is,a fugitiue,we can giue no longertime tothis vncertaine habitation ofCaéz,thantill he built the City of Enoch,the firft ofthe World, whichheeinclofed either,for his owne and Albania: and beyond thefe heeagaine difcoucreth athird Naidn'y froin whahe rd-penifas.betweenetleniandthe grcatRiuer ofOxuswhich borderéth Baaridoe the North fide ; and thefe Henochiiare due Eaft fromthe Region' 6fEdeh, dnd Ealtwicd io Wo fe 20s from the very Gardenitifelfe. And although wee catinor beeaffured that thefeHentochii tooke hanefron theine. mory of. the City of Enoch directly; yet becaule they inhabited die Eaft from Para: dife, andafterwards fpredthemf{elues Weltward (as all Neahs Sons did that'cithé ints ro Shinar) theeonie@ure is farre more probable, than that of Avpids the Frier;- whe {ets HentdcloinPheenicia; quite contrary to Mofes word » Phoenicia fromall pares'éf Eden } béingdirealy Wet: And befidéesthefe evierall' Nations ofthe Henochii, Stephane findeth a Region called Steph.ce rh' Henochia.ge the famealfoin the Eaft;with diuers Mountaines about Padtria and Soedi- ana.of the fame name.Only the Grecians (accordingtotheirfabulous inuentions of all things elfe) out of the word(Hewiechi) whichfighifieth Carts or Coach-men SM Ake r: 6 poe. defence, or (as Lofephus writeth) to oppreffe others therby.So as for mine own opinion, Lamrefolued with the Seprwagint,that Nod was the proper name of a Region ; and for thefe Nations to haue {prung from the Waggoners ofCastor and Pollux (to wit) W4m- Seitens ai phites and Telcbius, who attendedthemin the enterprile, of Jsfon into Colchis, And*«#. the word (Vagabond) which Gaia yfeth of himfelfe, it feemeth by the perclofe ofthe fame Verfe,that (Vagabond) is therein vnderftood forfuch an oneastrauailethin feare 40 leffe in arropen Boat orkindoffinall Galley,*ofwhomI fhall {peake in his ownetime: *1n thefecond ofreuengement: for whofoewerfindeth me (faith Cain)fballflay me; ox elfe (Vagabond) is taken for aman without protection,and caft out from the fatiour of God. Andbecaufe thefe Henochians, fo called of the City ofHenoch,werethe firft fociety & cjuill aflembly ofall other,it is likely that the fame ofthefe people(citherforcruelty, ftrength, or otheractions)liued inthe memory of Nosh and his Sonnes; fo that aftet the Floud (asthere were of all forts of natures, fome vertuoufly, {ome impiouflydifpofed, and cueryaétine minde fetting before it whom to follow orimitate) thofe people, which delighted in cruelty and oppreffion, tooke on them their names whofe natures they moftlikedandallowed ; of whom thefe Henochians were notthe leaft.Perchanct the place it felfe where Henochftood beforethe Floud, andwhereofthe Monuments, mig! it remain (as thePillars or the foundation of Ioppe did) gaueoccafionto the Plan.' ters of that placeto call themfelues by thefame name : for of thofe Henochians thet Suotidit ai. WTC Many Nations in the borders of Pontus,& Colchis in Iberia, Segdiana, & Bactria; Of the fame name many Mountains,as thofe whichare otherwife called Coraxici.And quid ino; rn feeing that it is hard tofind out the truth ofthefe things , which the moftaged Time hinm funda. Hath couered ouet or defaced,we may (according tothe counfell'ofPlato) exccedi meniaiacin- Loioyce,and therwith fatisfic our {elues,if of fo great and almoft worn-out Antiquity;! tinmnoming OFTHE \deft peoples names &nations,there remain any print or foot-fteps to Pofterity: Gantt Lo a - fend pens Strabo, Valerius Placcus, Luc 18; Stephanus , wee finde thofe He neaieens " ne < cribed st nough diuerfly written;as in Pliny, fometimes Heniochi,in Mela EAMs Flaccns Henioc bt, in Lacan Enochy, all which inhabit vpontthe Sea Euxinus,but yt Uh, Seitcaad Albi. eS gl ene of thefe are'on the Eaft-fide of Eden, or(according to Mofes words)Eaftward from mee en. ForAfofes,in all places where hedefcribethany Region was fo exceedingpt eBeekfs oe ne aaa pase Eaft or South without borrowing or addition,at O- or towatdstheEatt orS Southwatd, ae valFuscls. Luceml-g.vogy 10 cho mlaceofiGench | ene] i thecleue e cleuenth hee writeth the word (Eaft) fimply and-d an of rbeBisflory of the World: . we callit in Ireland) vpon white meate,without tilling of the ground, are calledby the Greekes,Nomades and by the Latines Paitores vagizas the Northren T artarians,the Ge. Verf:s3. : CHar.5¢§.2. Sin at 6 pment frame the Eaft, they founda Plainein the Land ofShinar. but. inthis Caim he addeth the word (towards) as, in the Land of Nod towards the Ea/t fide of Eee whic n taken, paler! as atiinclining eatsfome one point ee y hibe : Or two citherto ; the North orto™ south or the bait. though Idoe not'deny,but that Izfon with other Grecks ranged the Goafts of Affa thesir:h 1 §. ILI. Of Moses és omitting eal (umary things 3 concerning § CAINS Generation. Vt.of, the remembrance and teftimonits of thenameofthe City of Henoch in Boor Story.5 thus mueli may fuffices;; Now it followeth to anfwer fome 30 few Obiections againft certaineparticularsimthe fourth and. fifth Chapter of fis sagain{t which-forthe firft itis detriandedy showit was poffiblefor Cai(hauing her affiftance than his Sonne Hamech)to performe fuch a Work as. the building of feeing ther hereto required fo many hands,and {fo greata maffe ofall forts cis anfwered, that wearefirft to confider, That of Cas(beFanimpious Race) Atofes yfeth noampledeclaration; and fo ine Reafon,fe¢ing that he containeth the whole Story. of the rthe leaft'accolint, 1656. yeares, in fine fhort Chapters. Yet 1 borrowofhis owne Weakeft reafon, ‘That' feeing st pleafed : rencrations of mens liues fo long a méafure,as'6 001k goo, hia {pace Cain had not want ofleifure and mean$to build many ftich h,be thecapacityanfwering to what other of the World focuet for if 2 : -he built it, the Scriptures are filéne : as of Whofe times') atid the ; Mofés had theleaft care. And,as it was faid of Cain,that hé built a Ci- that his three Sons peopled all the World, butin both, the ynderftood whichaduiée fecing Mofes vfeth wherethe ritthe Scriptures to reafonable men, wee knowing that h I is meaning alfo in all reports of like natur¢, For Hirth of La tbeland Oblation of Cain; he {pake (TAT IS in procefle of time', # in like fortto bee vndet At ey I . probablechat thefere nochy of Colchis,& other parts adioininswerenotthe fir oftht werk aofnthe of Noah began fillthe World againe: beéaufe; had&this Eat? not Hen! Nox. feated it hadthenbin thefetoparts, ftoodinanyof CaéaSons the City e were inct -afed, he built 2.) » of Salomon , chat hee built in that hee employed sto on, alom n with our felué fay, his commothat d 4 ile, when be c6man pated fromEden.ButasPliny findeththeir habitation towards Pontus.fo after ware Mae/es aanot eth nw Eaftward;till hee trackethem ortrace them outto theiroriginall. For bf tO bé yndruaile j it, why healfo aeth thelc at Colchis (now Mengtelia) Senmi Heniochi, Prolomyz ani; beyond We \ ,. yet no mandoubteth but that the Tale ofthe Golden Fleece was forthe moft part Poc- ¢ ae ticall , and withall thatin fuch an open Boat, which could hardly carry their owne mm S50eae Rowers, being 5 4.:there was no place, andleffe vfeiof Coach-horfes or Wagvoners, Butas we may coniecture that thefe Nations took name of HenochtheCity,of or of the Region wherein it ftood,whenthe fameé-was repeopled after the Floud:folt® 0; irdto the ages,to patter! vft thy |