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Show ThefecondBookeofthefirtpart. 286 Cur P.7.§ 3:45 beforetherein buried : butin the yeeré 128.9; the Saracens againe:attemptedit, andar. ried injand it now remaineth fubie@tothe Turkes, tT. ALLL. Of Ptolomais or Acorn. Hethird City alongit the coaft of the Sea, whichthe Afferites could not obtaine, onthe Southbound of Affer was Acho,which was theancient name thereof after Hierome,though other good Authoursaffirme thatit rooke name from -4con the bro- 1 Piintib.¢.cxo. ther.of Ptolemy. Pliniecalleth it Ace: and otherwifethe Colonie of Claudius. It had alfo indefcrip.te'rs the name of Coth, or Cod, and by Zeiglerusit iscalled Hactipos. Sintt, Bur laftly, ic was intituled Ptolomais after the name ofoneof the Egyptian Prolomies: Prolomevs which City alfoasitis, 1 44ac,11.anotherof the Ptolomies, infidelioutly wrefted from Vhilometer, his fonne in law Alezander, whichcalled himfelfethe fonne of Astiochus Epiphanes : the fame Alexander hauing married Cleopatra daughterof the {aid Ptolomie not longbefore. Therein alfo was Jonathan Machabeus weacherouflyfurprifed and flaine,asit is 1 Mac. rMaccr.10, 12,48. by the perfidioufnefle of Tryphox,whom foone after Amtiochus purfited;as itisin the Story enfuing : and bylike reafonabout the fame time was the aforefaid Alexander in the watre againft Demetrius, one ofthe fonnesof Antiochus the great with whom Pfe- yo lomieioyned,ouerthrowne & treacheroufly murthered by.Zabdie/ the Arabian:to whom hefled for fuccour:andhis head prefented vntohis fatherin law Prolomie ::who enioyed * Mace. 11.18. not the glory ofhis victory and treafon aboue three dayes , for God ftrucke himby death, Forthe beauty and ftrengthof this City, this dlexander madeit his regal! feate; two Awntix, j Merwid, parts of the famebeing inuironed by the Sea,and the port for fafety and capacity notinferiour toany other in all that Tract.: This Citie is diftant from Hierufalem {ome foure and thirty miles : foure miles to the North from the Mountaine Carmel, and as muchto the South from Cafram Lamberti from Tyre, datonins maketh it two and thirty Italian miles.Inthe middeft ofthe City there wasa Towerof.greatftrength,fomerime the Tem}! ple of Bel-zebub : and therefore called the Caftle of Flies,on thetop whereof there Ws maintained a perpetuall light, like vntothatcalled Pharus inEgypt: togiue comfort in yp, thenight tothofe thippes, which came neereand foughtthat part: Ithad init a et Cry bellfic featesof the Diocefle of Tyre,after it became Chriftian : butin yeete 63 6, (a fatal 2-Herititr, yeereto the Chriftians in thofe parts ) it was forced and taken bythe Haomarusthe nat Olbscaz' lntheyeere 1104. itwas regained by Baldwine the fitht, by the helpe of the Gallics © calivi. Brock, aq 4s Genoa: towhomathird of the reuenew was giuen in recompen ce. Againe, in theyett of our Lord God, one thoufand'ore hundred fourefCore and feuen,Sa/ adine King of Egypt, and Syria, became Lord thereof. Inthe yeereof Chrift, one thoufand one but dred ninety and one, by Richard King of England, and Philip King of France,it was 4 polleffed and redeliuered to the Chrittians. Laftly, in the yeere.r291 it wasby thefury of the Saracens belieged with an Army of 150000. entred, fackt, and vecerly demoli thed : though in fomefortafterward reedified, and: itis now Turkish. gie s oe TeV. Of the Caftle of Saint George, ‘le from Proloma : Pite miles is towards the : Eaft, isthe Caftle in of Saint George feared, - which he was borne: the Valley adioyning bearing the fame name. And though A herrea, ae BAR PC ‘ ; iefe 1% OFtheplace the credit of Saint Georgeskilling the Dragon,I leaue euery mantohis ownebelict o & memory of Tcannot butthinke, thatif the Kingsof England his death, See hic had notfome probablerécord we or ahle Chap o> « i his 0s morable act, among fe . many orhers: oul; itwas {trange thar the Order fulliof are whic 1 Edward thethitd founded,and which his Succeffouis' royally. haue contin fh ould haue bornehis name, feeing the Worldhad:notthat fearcity of Saints int Gi dayes,as thar the Englith wete driuento make fuch an ere@ion vpona fable,or perion i ape place is deferibed by drichomius in his defcription of Affer,to haue - 1¢ fhelde NIC + -_ a : eAgides of Libaaus = 7 2 2 - beweenethe Riuer Adonis, and Zidon: his owne = Wor iC: hele: Cuar.7.§ 3.[:6.7. ofthe Hiftory ofthe World, thefe : Hoc loco qui ab incolis Cappadocia appella > tur, pi zon longe a Beryto, memorant inclytum Chriti Militem D.Georgium,Regisfillans ab imsmanifsime Dracone a[ftrud ffe:camg, maclate befliaparenti reflitui(fe. In cwiws rei memoriam Ecclefia poflmodunfait ed;iicata:In thit place, which by the Inhabitants tscalled Cappadocia,xotfar from Berytus,menSay that thefamoms Knight of Chrift,Saint George,did refeue the Kings Daughterfrom a huge Dragomandhauing killedthe beaftdelivered theVirgin to her Parent. In memory of which deed 2 Church was af ter built there: Thusfarre Adrichomius. His Authouts he citeth Lodouicus Roman, Patric. Nawigationwml.1.c.3.and Bridenbach ttiz.5. The Valley vnderth is Caftle fometimecalled -dffer, wasafterward called the Valley ofSaint George. If this authority fuffice nor, ro Wemay tather makethe Storyallegorical, figuring the victory ofChrift, than except of George the Arrian Bifhop, mentioned by Am.Marcellinus. -<-- TiaV-Le Of Acziba, Sandalinm, and others, a Ptolomats and Tyre alongft the Sea coaft, was the ftrong City of Acziba, or Achazib, which Saint Hieramecalleth Achziph,and Zofephws Ecdippos , Plinie Ecdippa, one ofthofewhich defendedit felfe againit the Afferites. Belforre/? findes Sandalium, orthe Caftle of Alexander to be one, but I knownot whenceh Acziba and e had it. go. The twelue fearchersof the Land which Mofes {ent from Cadesbarne,trauailed as far fie tothe North as Roob,or Rechob,in the Tribe ofAffer which Rechob, as alfo Berotha: 77oebe whichby Ezekiel cap,47.verfe 16.is placedin thefe North borders , belonged in Dauid's,tof Bell, tud. time to the King Hadarhezer, as it may be gathered out of the econd of Samuel the8. oeie chap.and 8.verfe,and cap.r0.verfe 6. andit defended it felfe againft the Afferites, as Zi« * don, Tyre; Achziph, Prolomais, Alab, Helbah, and Aphck did. This Aphekit was,whofe wall falling downc,flew feuen and twenty hadads Souldiers, after that a hundred thoufand had beeneflaughter thoufand ofBezvader the conduc of hab. Here Junius findes that the Philiftims ed by the Lfiaclites, encampeda little beforethebattdile at Gilboa,thoughin his note vpon thefirft ofSemue l,thé 9.and 1 he takes jo Aphek there mentioned (at which battailethe Arke was taken)to hatte beenein Iuda. Oft Rasen Which Jof.r5.and 5 3.and in the fecond ofKings 13.17.he teades, Fortiter , for, in Aphek,* °Mr9%6 Where others conuertit, Percutiens Syres in Aphek. Thenext place alongft the Coaft is Sandalium,firft called Schandalium of Schander, which wecall Alexander, for Alexander Macedon built it,when he belieged Tyre:and fet it ona point of Land which extendethit {elfe into the Sea, between e Acziba and ‘Tyre: which Caftle Ba/dwinethefirft rebuilt and fortified; inthe yeere ofChri? r157.whenhe vndertookethe recouery of Tyre, Not muchabouea mile from this Caftle,there arifeth that moft plentiful Spring of water, which Salomon remembreth, called the well of lining waters : from whence not Cakt.ag 40 onelyall the fields and plaines about Tyre are madefruitful by large pipes hence drawn: burthefame Spring, which hathnorabouea bow-fhot of groundt o trauailetill it recouer the Sea, driueth fixe great Millesin that fhort paflage, faith Brochard. thn. 2. _, Within the Land,and to the eaft ofAcziba,and Sandali um,ftandeth it,voderthe Mountaines ofTyre, the City of Achfaph, or Axab,o Hofa:and beyond r after Saint Hicrome M2240 Acifap,a City ofgreat ftrength, whofe King among ft the reft was flaine by Jofwa, atthe waters of Merom. fo t.. Vil. Of Thoron, Gifcala, andfome otherplaces. F° rtheratteo the Land towards Iotdatt, was feated the Caftle a¢ Sano-Abdemare built on the Eafter-moft Hils ofTyre;in ofThoron, which Hazo the yeere 1 107,therby to teftrainethe excurfions ofthe Saracens,whilethey held Tyre againft the Chriftians ; the Place adioyning being very fruitfull,and exceeding pleafant. Fromthis Caftle the Lords ©f Thoron, famous in the Story ofthe Warres for the recouery ofthe Holy Land,deriue eicir Dames, and take their Nebility. Ichad- in it a curious Chappell, dedicated to the blefled Virgin,in which Hunfrey ofThoron,Conftableto Ba/dwine the 3-King of Hierufalem, lyeth buried : There werefiue Caitles befides this within the Territory of Affer: where- |