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Show ooPbJecondBooke ofthefirfipart ; Cuara.6 Ciaran G3. 6. VIII tf el, Of ‘their paffage oner the RedreSea sandof Ode sp [olf the Red1 Sea st felfe. Exod,14:13. Vt Mofes who feared nothing but Godhimfelfe , perfwaded th« m to be conti Be in his goodnefle, who hath neuer abandoned thofe, that affi ear akinn in him vfing this comfortable and refolued {peech: Feare wot, oe fers Me "one tians whom ye haue feene thts day, ye fall nener(ee them againe. The Lora floall fight for yo bywhic h nde Afcer which Mofes called on Godfor {uccour, receiued encouragement, oc con in wee Exed.1q,16 knowne;{aith hebéfore it was called Here many yeares, mentto go onin thefe words : wherefore cryest then mbome? Speake vate the ch aren 4 Hracltha qo siseuuaee more properly Elaniticum,of the Pore and ‘City Which these - one a = tolomy; Elama : Pliny, Lame sTofephusy Hana: and Elana: Maria: WigersscAila s'*thereisa oe in -- which Salmana(far cartyed the /rachtes captities2 Kinds 18.05 nw ich iHalah in Affyria,the Septeagint call Ehaks andin the firft of Chrop,the a Butas for this Red Sea ot the:parts thereof,thus diuerfly named, the Moorésand Aravians (Vallals tothe ; TarkJknowit by no other appellation,than the Gulfe of. e4; Pharaoh followed him euen at the heeles, finding thefanie di y ground which Mofés after the nameof Mahorotts Towne Adeccas The Greeks Writeitt he Sea Erpthranip. of4 trod on. Therefore,as itis written : The Angel of God which went biforethe Hof) of Jfratl, remoucd, and went Lehinde them:alfothepillar ofthe cloud went from before them,ana lefus24. the miniftery of his Angel,to enterpofe his defence betweene the Hebr ewes andtheir E y themies,to the end thatthe Zeyptians might hereby be blinded, in fuch fort,as the y could not purfue I/rae/ with any harmefull fpeede. But inthe morning watch Mo/fes feizedthe other Exolia27 banke of Arabia fide : and Pharaob(as the dawne of day beganto illighten the ob{cure aire)finding a beginning ofthe Seas return,hafted himfelftowar ds his own Coatt: But Mofesforetchedforth bis hand,and the Sea returned to his‘force , that is, the Sea moued by the power of God,ran backetowardsthe land withynrefiftable furyand and overwhelmed the whole Armyof Pharaeb,foas fwiftnelle, notone efcaped. Forit is written, that Ged toeke off their Chariot wheeles, that is,when the waters began the path by which they had paft on after the Hebrewes » their wheeles ftuckefat inthe 39 mudand quick-fands,and could not be drawne out:the Sea comming againft chemwith fupernaturall violence. Lyranusvpon Exod.14.and others, following the opinions or old ‘Traditions ofthe Hebrewes,conceiued,th to couerthe fands, the Egyptians being ftrucken withfeare ofdeath, ran one athwart another, and mifling at after Afofes had by the powerof God diuided the Red Seesau that the children of7/rael were fearefull to enter it, Aminadab Prince or Leader of the Tribe of iuda fir made the aduenture;and that therefor e was that Tribe cuer after hono- red aboue the reft,according to the prophecy of Jacob,Gen.49.8/ Thy fathersfonnespel bow downe unto thee. But Hierome vponthe rr. of Hofea condemn thoughit betrue,thar Juda had the firft placein all theit matches esthis opinion. An in the Defart, and,as we now callit, ledthe Vantgard,(wherupon it maybe inferred,that he alfo led the way 40 through the Red SeaJyet that Mofés himfelfe was the Conduéter of I/rael at that time,it is genetally receiued.For,as it is written in the 77: Fale: Thon didft leade thypeople like Sheepe by the hand ofMofes.and Aaron. t The Hebrewes haue alfo another fancy,that the Red seg was diuided into twelue parts, andthat euery Tribe pat over ina pathapart,becaufe itis writte n in the 12 5 «Palme, a¢cording tothe vulgar: Diwifit mare rubrum in diuifiones . He dinided the Red Sea in dinifr ons. Alfo that the bottom Seabe camea Epipha s a greene Fieldor Pafture. But O7ige nitu,b ulenfi s,and eofthe Genebraydyf auouri ng this conceit, had forgotten to cotifidet, that there werenottwelue Pillars 5 Nortwelue Armie s ofthe F, yprians. Te iswritten Palme 77.0.16.Thy way is in the Seasnotthy darse,verf.7.tn the Red Sea there vas x way, waiessand in the lator the booke ofwi" ‘ } Nowthis Sea, through which AMofes pat, andin which Pharao h, othetwile called Chencres, perithed in the 16.yeare ofhis reigne is commo the Red See, thoughthe fame differ nothingat allin ntatnra nly knowne by the name of ll colour from other watels: But as Philofratus in his third bookenoteth, and our felues know by a bluith ex geience it iso :colour, as other: Seas are. 1 beacktnci, eleven naa vdvabia te Happy and Athiopia, ov the land ofthe Abjfins : the mouth of the indraught from che Cape, which Prelemy calleth Poffodinm to the other Land of L£thiopi a,hath not abet = 1x Lowas L he Arabians éall thi s S watdsthe North Apocopa; Eveant\and Eant.Artemidorus writes itBlenition m Kin t theygoe forward; and lift thon up thy rod » 4nd firetch out thy hand wie ¢ Sth, 1 and dinide it 5 and les the children ofIfraelgoe on dryground through the middep of thi . Mo/¢s obeying the voice of God, inthe darke of the night findingthe far ; : vi ouered, pait on towards the other fide and coalt of Arabia :twopar ts of the night being {pent ere he entred the Foord,which it pleafed God by a forcible Eafterne winde,a nd by Mo fes vodto prepare. bebinde thems; whichis,thatit pleafed God therein either byhis immediate power, food or by sof the'Hiffory of theWorld,A. fixe leagues in breadth,and the famealfofilled every where with Ilands, but a it extendethit felfe 58. Leagues from Coaft to Coatt andit runneth vp between , the Happysand Arkin Petriea, omdnefideand eAthionie and.£aypt onthe others‘ Sues,the vttermoft end and indraught ofthat Sea: wherethe Turk howkeepe of Galties» The Gofindgraphers commonly glue itthedame of the Arabiap the North part towards Swesand where Mofespatt, isicalled Herepolites of the: C ros fometime Troyand oflatertimes Sues; Plinycals it Cambifa, ) Kingcalled Erythras, or Erythrews :and becaufe Erythros in the Greeke fignificth Red : ae is,thar being denoininated of this Exythraus, thefontie of Perfeusand'hetroeof thi Meaa, yet ittookethe¢name ofthe Red Sea, as Q4in.Curtins conic&n reth : which :ayigie"™ 20 ##s'and Straboconfitme. But itfeenieth:to mie by thevie couery ofthat Seain aire "6 wof adi _ ‘the I a by Stewen GamaViceray ofthe Eat tedig for the Kingiofbors a 8 is Sea was {o called fromia reflection ofrednefs,both fromeh eb Sy chifts 5 and iands ofmany Tlands,and part ofthe Continent border ing it: For I-firide by theres on ofores principal] Commandervader Garia~which difcour fe Igaué Matter rith= nee \ Hacluit to publith)that thiere isan Tlandcalled Dalequ afomerimeLeguescontaining i ength25.Leagués,and 1 ain breadth;the earth,faaids,& clifts;ofwhich Tand;being comin colour,fernd forafoilé tothe watets about it: and make it feeme altogether ob the fame colour. Secondly,the fame Caffye reparteth,that from 24.degrees ofSepten: oiLatitude,to 27.<which make in length of Coat 1oimile slyi 3° coe ee Southerly)all the clifts andbanksare of red earth'or ftone;Hgasitdoth Nors whichby refleciz = of the Sun-beanies,ginea kinge ofreddith lifter to.the waters. Thirdly .thofe Portis = S report,and: we knowit by many teftimonies;t hat théteare foun dinthe bottomé of ‘ thisSea towards the thore,great abundanceofred ftones,o n which the greatett ftore of - 8towes,which is carryed into moft patts of.Evropes& eHewher es Thereare al= oon the Handsof this Sea many ted Trees,faith Strabo , thofe growin g vader water wi alfobea caufeof fuch a colou r. Of thiefe appeara nces ofredneffe bythe thadowes b es ftones,f ands,earth;8 clifts,I fuppofe that it firft took théname-ofthe Red en info manyplacesitfeemeth to be fich:which Johannes lee a Booke andfirft Chapter,confirmeéth, Sea, Barrosin his fecond De- ‘ 4° The breadth ofthis Sea from Elana or Exion-G aber adioyning:now. Toro,calléd by thé sRee Cofmographers sinus Elaniticus,which watheth thébanks of Madian orMedian; mS fons 6.or17 »Leagues together,along Northward towards Suess foine three Leagues ornine Exghi{b miles ouer, and from this: Port of: Torore Swesyanditheend ofthis Sea it isin lengthabout 28. Leagues,ofwhich thefir t26.hane nine miles breadth,asafoi‘éais, and afterward the lands:both fromEeyyt and Arabs, throft theme lues int the oe fireighten it fo faft,as forfix milestogethe rit isnoraboue threeniles ouer;from ho Vpwardthe land on Egypt fide, fallethawayand makes'a kinde ofBay or Gowe.f ime ten miles together,after which theland growesvpontheSea againé,and fobin or ds 50! fee the very end thereof,at foure miles byeadt h orthereabout, in whichtraé itvas cone Adofes pafh it ouer,thoughothers would hate it without judgement: for from ‘Ramafesto Pibachererhtobe ouer-againit Elena or Texojbut ind Baalzephon, 3°.miles Interlacent,or 35 .miles ‘at moft,which Mofes paftouerinthrthere is novaboue ee dayes :and'berena the landof Zeypt oppofite to Elana ot Toro,the diftan ce isaboue 80.miles:For amafes.to Which City Mofes came(being the Adetropolis of Gofen) when hee lett Ph ae ean, and tooke his laft leauc, ftandeth in 30.degrées:f ite minutes of Septentrional Latitudesand Méigdol,ortheValle y of Pibacheroth at the foot of the Mountaine. Gii74%,Or Baalzephonini nine and twenty andahalfe, madea diference of fiusiarid thirtyEngli miles;the waylying in fea Nouthawhich nd South, £1 |