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Show The fecondBeokeof the.frit part CuaPat0,6. alt was svridetaked by the:Romanes)ind by Ceflins she sLicusenant vite ly b urn, and King gaucIt new W ls mined. ‘Budinithe yeer' 6bChrith, ais o. Lodewitk the French rraine Rox kes in thi ate,ce here "1 Jaffa, called ahd Tutkes} the and Towers@ltisnow Bortywhesumko itis replontelds thatswAmdromeda wasfaftaed with chaines:,& fr om hag H i c Paarines delincreid Rtomhe Seashonfter by rwfem.. This Fable (for fo rake fhewed, the Aidilethip, of office his during Seauras ratts-d JofeohussBolinussard Plieie, ALarcns bel 147.Solits Foones of this Montter to the peopleofRome. »S, diserome pon somes {peakes of it indifs ato Idppewas Tamniajwhicre Judas Macchabeus burnt the reft of the Sytis an fleet : the fireand fame whereof wasfeene at Hierufalem 240. furlongs off. Ie-hadw fometime a Bifhops ate,(ith wiZ.of Tyre ; Bucthereis nofigneof état this time,that cha place there was@, %§ ‘ : Ane Iamnia isthe Citic of Gethor Gath,fontetime Anthedon, faith 0 atteran. And fo Montanus feemesto vnderttandityForhe fersie néxrto Egypt, of all the Philiftim Cities, andin theplace of Anthedow But Molatteran giues neitherrealon nor authority for his opinion ; for Prolomie fers. Anthédon farreto the Southof Ioppe: And Gethwis thefirft and not the laft ( beginnitig frdmthe North) of all the great Cities of the Philiftims : and about fixteene miles from Toppe ; where S.Hferomeinhis tine found a great Village of the fame name. It wasfometime the Habiration.and Seutinarie of the Ani Hion.in i. kims : trong and Giant-like-mett; whom-o/va could notexpell, nor the Danites afte chem. him: noranyof the [fraelites, till Daséds time : who flew Galisth, as his Captaines did diuers others, not muchinfcrioutinftrength and ftature vato Goliath. ; Roboamthe fonne of Salomon rebuileGeth : Oxjasthe fonne-of Amazia deftroyed tt F244, againe. Itwasalfo laid wafte by. 4ae/King of Syria. Fulkethe fourth King of Hieruflem, built a Cattle in the fame placeout of the old ruines, Whetherthis Geth was the fame that #iZLofTyre in the holy' Warte calls Ibijlin, I muchdoubt: the error growing L. 2360.18. by taking Geth for Anthedons ce! Notfarre from Geth or Gath ftandeth Bethfemes, orthehoufe of the Sunne. pe fields adioyning to this City ( asisthought ) wasthe Arkeof God brought by ayokeo sri060x8. two Kine,turned loofe bythe Philiftims:and the Beth{emites ptefumingto looke theres GH xP... G2. Zndahas the ovher alforwere bordering Fownes betweene Durand. Inde, After thefe he within the bounds of zzda, but belonging to the: Danites; ey: finde.,Ge th darzor as itis .A4ao.1 51 Cednons which(Cemdebéus therLieu tenant Of «_4rtiochas fortified againft the Jemes, and neere which hinifelfe was by:thewtecchabed s ouetchrowne, te Then Adodin'the Natine Citie of the\Atacchabees:: and wh erein they were, buried, on Thete ate befidés thelethe\Citic ofCariathiarit.that isthe Gitieofthe woods: {ea- Alias ¥otedin the bordetof Yuda, Bemiamin,and:Dan,whereinthe Arkeof God remained rwenty, ! yeeresin the houfe ofAmisadad : till.fachtivacas Dawid carriedit thence to -Hierufalem : "Keepingthe Sea-Coaft,the ftrong Citie of Accaron offereth it {elfe, fometinie om che change be- Ofthe fiue Satrapies, or Goucrnmentsof the Philiftims. $. Hierome makes it the 2 oS‘agem with Ceefaria Paleftine. P/imieconfounds if with 4pollonia : It was one of thole jeer which Ggais. fendedit{elfedgainftché Danites Seldumeansilt worihiippéd Beel-<ebubthe god of He etha Rone, to Nets OF Flies.‘ To which Idoll it was that Ahqziah King of Ifrael, fenttd enquite ates feniéei ‘ealth:whofe meffengers Evab'thecting by the way,caufed themto returne, with a"} rowfullanfwerto their Matter. This City is remembred in many places-of Script mourning. Cres wet Chriftianus Schrot placeth Azotus Next to Geth, and then Accaron or Ekron. ano) 2Kingr. Azotus or Afdod wasalfo an habitation of the Anakims, whom lofua® failed toe f Y ooGat Herein a fumptuous Temple, dedicate a Fretichus, the thoughhe $0625 Idoloncepofleft Dagen.: the their fame Citie. Idolwhich fellftood twice to the groundofit felfe,afterthe « Father of of God Wasby the Philiftims carriedinto their Temples andin the fecond fal u fone ces YitGHyebuoken and defaced... Neereit was that famous ¢ Judes Atacchabews {laineby vol together, Alesana -Alcionys, the Licurenants ofDemetrias... Afterward it was taken bY rai : eer ad and thereftofrhe Citizens being putto the fword, all ‘that fled into the Temple ° eft OFthe relidue 444s Were with their Idoltherein confumed withfire: neere which alfo.hee ouctt of Albdod,to Apollonius. seat Sl tetpu bas 2 Geers the Rowwanexe-builti, Thad a Bithops feate while Chriftianity fone tung perithed inthofeparts. But inS.Hieromes timeit wasyeta faire Village: Andthis was tae inchs fege- the Sca-Townes within the Tribe of Day c rSam.s ~: : ee { fires dt di Mines. oyslé 2ninikBe Ciitics whighare within, the. Land: Ealtward froma «4zotus, and beyif eit rMacceso. Fountaingof-Athiop .4, ia, whereiq Phithe Apottle, baptized the Eunuch, os is plat Yud.r3.25,8% akin and Etthaol,and between them Caftra Danis neere Hebron: though "Tie of 18.25 Wate Sampfon was bosae.may {eemeby the words, vd, 18.12..t0, bec in tht i Tof-r9. 4f- 4s Cari: Of this place (as they fay,) was Zacharizs the founeiof Barachias,.or Iehoids, who was flaine betweenethe Templeand the Altar: alfo Hriaswhom loathing King oferu/alem a flaughtered as wefinde inderemie. Many otherplaces which they place inthis Tribe, ra- ter2c therasI takeitypon prefumption thaniwarranr, Tomi ; as that ofCa/piz taken with 2 Mac great flaughtes by, Jadgs Adachabeus,: and Lechis; whofe King was flaine.by Tofiua, itt Tof-r2 whichalfo 4waziah was flaine: Thefamewith Senacheribtooke, Exckigs rai ee ‘+ shing in dud, Ofother Cities belonging tothis Tribe, {ee in Zefa Ci1gfromthe Ferfeat. where 20alloit is added that the Dasites portiomwastoolittle for their number. of Families sand therefore thartheyinuadedLefbem, andinhabitedit s which City,after amplified by Phi- lip thebrother of Hered Antipas, was called Cx/area Philippi,as before,and made the Afe3 tvopolis of Itdred, and Trachonitis: of which coattsthis Philip was Tatrach : but of this Citic fee more in Nephralive. Inthis Tribe there ape no Mountaines of fame. Ir hath twoRivers or Torrents: the Norther-moft rifeth out-ofthe Mountaine s of dda? and pailing by Adodin, falleth into the Sea by. Sachrona. Theotherhath the nameof # Sorck ox Sored, whofe bankesare plentifull of Vines which haue.nofeedsor Stones 2: The winetheyyeeldis red, of excellent colour,tafte,and {auour, 8c, Inthis Valley. of So breid. rek, fo called fromthe Riuer, inhabited Da/iJe whom Sampforloued. felfe but the After which flanghiter Sethe ereat lamentation ofthe peoples it was called the great Ae tery bel, faith S.Hieromes Benedicias Theologus findesthree other Cities of this name; 0%! which ftone * Vephtalim:anotherin Juda: and anotherin Iachar. Hierom findesa fifch in Bewiatait 1 Mac.rg. 16, whofe Sepulchre 'the feuen Marble Pillars, which-yerecreQe d of: that heighth;:as: they, ferued for.aumarkée ro the Sea-men,,. reniained manyhtindre ds ofyeeres after.theirfirlk fetting vp,as Brochard and Breidenbach witneffe. not the Citie it in, there were flain of the Elders oiand ofthe people so000:by the ordinanceof Go ' fequilins 319 of‘theFlyforie ofthe Warid, : Tud,16.4, ; §.. 11. i THE TRIBE OF SIMEON. : = He'Tribe.ofisimeon takesvpthereftaf: the Sea-coaft of Canaan,tothe border seer of Egypt : who beingthe fecond fonne ofJacob by Lea,ther c wereincreafed.of (ae that Familie. while they abode in Egppr,as they were numbred at Mount Sizat, <6) SAPB.5'9 300.ablemen;all which ending theirliues inthe Defarrs, thereentred the Landof Promife‘oftheiriffes 22200, bearing/armes, who were * in partumixed with *-And there 4oJudd, andin.part feueréd; inhabiting a {mall Territorie onthe Sea-coaft, belonging to E. ae pest dumeasofirwhichthefirft Citieadioyning to.Dax,..was Afcalon,, ees Senteof. césnatiied, r The.RegutiorperticKingsthereofi werccalled:Afes/onite; of w hich Vé/aterraz 3 our of *idnthedarge ortia: ofIudi Xanthussin the Hiftorie ofthe Lydtans xeports,that Tantalus.and A/ex/us.were the fons be fe reckoned nae , . 3 reckoned in it of Hymeneus: and that -4{ealus beingimploycdby. Aciamus Kingof the Lydians, withthis Tribe: (ee an Armicin' syria;falling in love with a young: Woman of that Countri e; built' this eee Citic, and called itaftethis Volaterrans ownename : The fame hath Wicelaus in his Hiftorie, ' roi! faith mutchis ex », -prellynoreds Diodorus Siculusinhisthird bookeremembrerhia'Lake necre Afialon, wherein theres.cane hathbeeneé'z Temple 2° . * . i ; s Wy dedicated to Derceto,the Goddefle of the Syrtans.; bauing the fade §0 of a Wotan, and thebody ofa Fifi: who,as I haue faid before, in theftory of Wines, was the Mother of seasitgmis, fained-to be catinto this Lake,and feddeandreleeued by C.. 7 oa * . c. Ce - Doues.. And therefore was the Doaue worfhipped both in Babylonia and Syria, of whic FibullusthePRoer: Alba Palefting[ania Columba Syr0. The white Doueis forholy held, in syria Palg/AMee, Itwasanciof the chiefeft and ftrongett Cities ofthe Philiftims, Icbred many ‘learned. men "ol. ¢ |