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Show Caard.§.as.f.s. ofthe Hiflorie ofthe World, 4.4.5: T he first Booke of the firSt. part Cuar.8.§.15. _ 148 , in ae uilding of the Towre and City of Babel But if we siuea teafonabletimeto theb afed: incte t be migh fe) e proo atiu which timemany people (by reafon'and by demonftr followed (whereupon Phelag and that vpon thefFl thereof the confufion anddiuifioncurious or monftrous. either g cookename)then int his opinion theres nothin tIV. (i. Elmodad. 2. Saleph,or Salép,or Sheleph, 3. Afamath or Chatzar. 4. lare,or laraah,or Serath. 15. Hadoram. 6. Valor Vxal. Thefons ofloan weres 7. Dicklach,or Dicla. 8. Obal,or Ebal,or Hobal. §. Abimael. 10, Sheba, or Seba. 11. Ophir,or Opir. or Torrent, or Brooke that ranne by, the Jedismsantwered Peru, which'waseither'the namie ofthat Brooke, or ofwater in generall- The Spaniards thereupomooncelningttiar the people had rightly vnderftood them,fetit downe in the Disrnalloftheir etiterprite + 13. lobab. Lithofefonsofsoctan(according to Saint Hieromedwelled in the Eaft parts ofthe world,or I#dia,cuen from the River Cophe or Chozs,whichis one ofthe branches ot heads ofJadus, Jeotay But the certaine places of thofethirteene Sons cannot be gathered out ofthe Sctiptures,the words of Me/es being generall : Azd their dwelling waifrom Melba as thou goe part of Americato the South ofPanama had the nameofPere,whichhatli continued ¢c uerfince,as dines Spaniards in the Indies aflured me ; which alfo-Acoffa the Je/aiteity hig naturall and morall Hiftory ofthe /mdies confirmeth. And whereas: Afoursuas aot deth,that a part ofthe Indies (called Jacataw) tooke that name of JodlanswhoapheeQipe pofeth nauigated fromthe vemoft Eaft of India to-Ameérica vivis moft trues thab facets ‘pots nothing elfeinthe language of that Countrey, but [whatisshar] or fred ‘fay Fou?) morable, (to wit) Sheba, Ophir,and Hanilah, Concerning whofenames,to auoid cont For when the Spaniards ask' d the name ofthat placé(no man conceiting theif meaning) one ofthe'Saluages anfwered Incatan (whichis) What akeyou,or What feyyou? The like of Sheba and Hanilah. Abrabam had alfoathird Saba or Sheba, his grand-childe by his" § wife Ketura. But Seba the fonne of Chafh, and Sheba the fonne of Rhegma his Nephew, we haueleft in -"eabia Felix :and-Hauilah the fon of ChafbvponTigris. Saba the erandchilde of Abraham was(as fome haue thought) the Fatherof the, sebeans in Perfia: of which Nations Dionvfins.de Orbis fitw, maketh mention. Primam: Sabai; poft hos [unt Paffagarde ;prope vero hos funt Tafci: Thefirft are Sabeans:after thefe be Paffagarde ; and Pietam. tbr. and fo in the-firft defcription madeyand fentonerto'Cherles the Emperorjall that wel vate Separ a Mountinthe Baft. OF all thefe thirteene Sons, there were onely three me- fion,it isto be obferuedy-that among the fons of Chafb, two ofthem hadalfo the names »4 Genag,6, ed Mare del Ser, orthe SouthSeay by others Atareipacificam. Thewordsin the {cond of the Chronicles dvethele : Aad he ouer-Lajedtbehoufe withpreciousflones for beauties : and thegeld was gold ofParuaim. Inmius takesthis gold to bee the gold of Havilab , tes meinbred by 440/és in the defctiption of Parad c: Andthegild ofthat Land isnaed Gn Géns Teas 20 (45 they could) the name ofthe Country,and poihting with theiy hand athwart a Rived yi? Hanilah,ox Chanilaand Gentoo; Arias Montanus out of thefecond of Chronicles; :thethird Chaprerand fixth Vere gathers that Ophir was Peréin America, ooking into the Wett Oceanycommonly efi ding.a Towne in Gharacenea Prouince of Sufiavacalled Barhatiaifoealied(as he thinks) i by coriuption for Parwaim: from whencethofeKingsfiibiected by Dawid, broughethis ?4*-5+8 gold, with which they prefented him ; and which Dawid:preferucd for theenriching- of the Temple; But this fancy of Perw hath deceitted many men,before wtonramm,and Pleawheal fo tooke Ophirfor Peru. And that this queftion may bea fubiet of no farther difpute's it is vety true that there is no Region in the World of thartianie : fareTam,ehat ar‘leatt America hath none,no not any City, Village; or Mountainefo: called. But when Frakes es Pifarro firlt difcouered thofe Landsto the South ofPamsnre;-arrining in that R esion which .Atabaliba commanded(a Prince ofmagnificence,Richésarid Dominion inferior to none) fomeofthe Spaniards vtterly ignorant of that language; demanding by fen es Ofthefonnes of loctan,the other-fonne ofUeber: fA buthefers it at the Head-land ofaéelecca,Buvophiris fourid amongthe:alolucras farther ere thefe the Tafei. And whereas itis written : But vate the Soxnes ofthe Concubints which Abrahamhad, Abrahamgaue gifts, and [ent them awayfrom {aac hisfonne (while he yet lined) Eaftward to the Eaft-Contrey: hereuponit is fappofed , that this Saba the fonne of Abraham,wandered into Perfia: forPer{ia wasaccounted the furthermokt Balt p Countreyin refpect ofJudea ; which alfo Onid fetteth vnderthe Sun-rifing. Yet feeig the reft of Abrahams fons feated themfelues onthe borders ofIadea 5c rather choofe to leaue Saba the fon of Abrahamin Arabia the Defart, where Ptolomy {etteth a City ofthat name. ; But Sabathe fonne of Jod?an, the fon of Heber, (as L-conceiue) inhabited India it felfe. mBvdle jutro: LOL Déonyfins Afer in his Periegefis, (or defcription of the World) which hee wrote 19 vedssor caer Greeke Verfe; among the Regions ofZadia findetha Nation called the Sabai. Taxilts 48 Ki Tagika duter medios habitatg, Sabeus ; In the middeR of thefe dwell the Sabie. and the Taxilt faith cvdigeg, this Diomyfizet. ‘ maruailous ledge of Mountaines, which from thence are continued ro the Strait ofwg. gellan,fromeight degrees ofNorthlatitude tothe 5 2.0fSouth:and fochach that Couns try euerfince retained the name ofParia. o Thefame hapnedamongthe Eng/i/h,whichi Lfent vnder SirRiehard Greénénile to inha- bite Virginia. For when focne of my pcopleasked the name‘ofthat Countyoneofthe Saluages anfwered,wingandaconwhichis as rauch to fay,as,Yow wearegoodclothes,or gay clothes. The fame hapnedto the Spawiardin asking the name of the Iland 7 rinidadofor a Spaniard demanding thenameofthat felfe place which the Sea incompaffed, they.an- fweredcaeri,whichfignifieth ah Hand. And inthis manner haue many' places newly difcouered beene intituled, ofwhich Pers is one. Andtherefore wee inuft leaue Ophir amongthe Afoluceas,whereaboutfuchan Iland is crediblyaffirmedto be. Nowalthough there may be found goldin: Arabia it {elfe(tawards Perfis) in Hantleh, now Safiseeandallalongft that Ealt /rdiaa fhore'; yet the greateft plenty istaken vp at o the Philippines, certaine Ilands planted by the Spamserds , trom the Eaft Jadia, And by the lengthofthe paffage which Sa/emoxs {hips made from the red Sea,(which was three ycares in going and comming)it feemerh they wenttothe vetermoft Eaft, as the Atplueeas ox Phslsppines. Indeedé thefethat nowgoe from Portsgal;or from hence, finifirchat os Oar , Ofc Ophir+T one of Loctans fonnes,and ofPeruand of that voyage of Salomon, O Phir alfo was an Inhabitant ofthe Eaft sedia,and (as §.. Hierome vnderftandsit ; one irae ae emia with gold,which are now knownbythe name were. al Lofe us aah mderftands anges Ophir #r tobe to be oneone ofof thofegreat thofegreat head-lands he e Fd i Jadia, liasW in agencraliname are called Cherfonefi, ox Peninfule: of which there arc two V tious ; Callecut and Malacon.Pererins takes it rightlyfor an Iand.as Saint hapnedtouching Paria,a mountainous Country ontheSouth fide of Trimidado & Mays garita: for when the Spaniards inquiring(as all men doe)the names of ‘thofe new Res gions which they difcouered,pointed to the Hils a farre off;coneof the people anfive. red, Paria,whichis as muchto fay, as,bigh Hils or Mountaines Forat Paria begins that # nauigationin twoytares, andfometimeslefle.: and Salomons {hips went not abou a tenth part of this‘our courfe from hence. But wee muft confider, thar'they eui¢imoré kept the coaft, and.crept by the fhores, which made the way exceeding long. Forbeforé the vfe of the Compafle was knowne,it was impoffible to nauigate athwatt the Ocean i andtherefore Ss/eaons {hips could not finde Pers in dmerids. Neither was it needfalk N 3 for |