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Show 426 The fecond Booke of thefirit part * ‘Cuarad.g3, | SS ens : ; : bade what ofPineda his {tranee concetewh, Onlyit remaineththatI fhould {peake omewhatof Fined ‘range conceits, who being a Spaniard ofBatica, wouldfaine haue Gadesor Calis-malisyin oldtimes called tian, and the father in aw 0 Sa =? the name of Phatach eft off in Egypr, For as itis elfewhere prouedthat the Queene was of Arabia,not of Egy ptandEthiopia : {oz were there other - after serena of Salome #. Yea,aboue three hun dyed I2: wheras it may feeme ftrange thar it fhould be three yectes ere they that took fhipinthe Salomous men to goe manythoufand miles out of their way to Gades, roundabout all yeeres after Salomon,? wa Necha{ ak bas King of Juda. other vies, & for eo tracert femen ozhisguard, For,the tenthoufand ftals in the firft of es e ene yee) . seis for fo many horfes; whencein the fe- For the dite& way to Gades(whichif Salomon andthe Ifraelites knew ns which went with them,could-not haue beenignorant of)y as along the not,theTyria Mediterran fea, cond ofChronicles t he nint hit ee itten ut foure thoufand {tals or teemes, and in eue ry teeme ten horles,as taniws es the Genta vnderftand it. He was {aid to be wifer than and fo,(befides many wonderfull inconueniences, andterrible nauigationin rounding any man, yea ora were Ethan theEzrahite, than Heman, Chalcal, orthan Darda, to Affrica). they fhould haue efcaped the troublefome land-carriage betweeneIerufalem andthe redfea through drie,defart,and the theeuifh Countries : and within 30. mileof which Junius addet na fift, to = Exrak. For the Genena maketh Ethan an Ezrahite by Nation. Lofopbus writes theta Atha, eee Chalceus and Donan thefonnes of Hemon, Terufalemat loppe,orfomeother hauen in Sa/emows owne Country,haueladen andyn- He tpake ama - Bis fongswercone thoufand and flue,whereof either the moft part perifhed in the ladentheir thips. Jantis in largenes greaterthanall Affrick and Afia, being fwallowed vp in theAtlantik Ocean,hindred Sa/omonsfhips frompaffing throughtheftraits of Gibraliar: forthis hee alleageth P/atoin Timzo. But thatthis calamitie happened about S2/omons time,or that therebythe Straights of Gades werefilled with mud and made vnpaffable, thatthere could be no comming to Gades by the Mediterran fea: or that this indraught where the fea runneth moft violently, and motteafily fcourethhis channell, fhould be filled with mud, and not alfo the great Oceaninlike manner, were this huge Iand is fuppofed to aptiuitie Spee: orelfe becaufe many a@s of 20 Salomens were weitenaad kept naeies! he publike Records of Ciuill caufes and not Ecclefiafticall , than anyif idiculous to 39 imagine. For the Spaniard himfelfethat hath alfo the rich Peruin theW tifiethin the Eaft Indies,and inhabites fomepart thereof, as in Manilia,finding in thofe parts no letfe quantitie of gold(the {mallterritorie whichhee there poffeffeth in Deni: Ofthe fall of Salomon, and how long he lined, MME i ats ofall oclaceth ines fev hadthne nn Gnachorine oe hi is P. on 4 od we sss anes ae carcitie of women. For <n aes nik. Spied led on pigs poe Concubines, and (torgetting that God had commanded that none of his peoplefhould accom3 ed the rrwi of a eto babar SHE of Egypt,Edem,Moa b,Ammon, Sa A E oa _ fa See Mileone NE me ee his heart after other 5° ? i aires HOF the Zidonians, Milcom or Molech of the Ammonites » and Che- confidered)than ee sf 7 nd honindintdiiinsente ors of the Wilesc ofall oe he ing finners. vfeth th fi ee oe ieee UIAile ipfenon fecit : GodinSan punith- | throughthe ftreights of Gades,and along all the huge feas roundaboutAffrica,caft Vf donas vpon the fhore of the Redfea,that fo hee might haue perhaps fomefixe miles the4" fhorter (though muchthe worfe) wayto Niniuie. This conceit he grou the ambiguitie ofthe word Suph,which oftentimes is an Epitheto n oftt Sa theo eins of others, whichhe himfelfe wrought not. 49 ne Of Salomon (as in times of long $! It t c Wethould call it mare algofum, the/eafullofmeeds) forthe red fea. But in fone 2.5. generallytakén in the proper fignificat Pmt. Le seein a er mentioned. sortie Onoeraatebes po at sae Be lined; ) guetle at onal on ap chiens f Sakon ee med, an ‘snes coaxe oe merake ee : res Dan 4S a greater miracle, than the very preferuation oF ion inthe bellyof t therefore feeing thereis no neceffitie ofthis mitacle,wefendit back yato him,keepia his ownerule,which in this place hee forgets « Atiracule nonfant maltiplicands. And Baine, Now funt mirasulevratis danda,nec pro arbi trio; nouafi ; if tiracles are vot rove 53 ; ngenda, ae weleauethis manin his dreames, cious) might be thought vaw Salomon. ee on nat : | : : 3 . 2 eof 2 ; y thementioning. But to proceed withot We wag ur tt herein Lofephus is greatly miftaken, whocalls thi meno troubled it ms shove a following. +E br INBING ai this he < haue chtimea a ] c n) " DUT >hadbeaten Hadadezer . a * } i be at co nce NOME, xj nfiine. ee en ee ne adhe koe ovo re 1d, ninn Ron With Philiftim- s, Moabites A , Aramites and | avs um five the yeeres,confide ring thatthe Aramite Edom ry, , [ ; Per The Queene of Sebaes comming from farré'to salomon, (as it feemes, from At oolix,& not,as tomethinke, from Ethiopia)and her rich prefents, & Salome calleeecesn magnifoence, icence, andhi and s tis' tefoluing ofher difficult queftions, thofe large inthe Text, But ( After Fle e Seda roehee e _ ete Hebron : ee in his eighth yeere tooke Tetufale m, and warred Te 5 Therefor dat pleafar - tcaufe, nor which (were he not otherwife very learneda sy peace)we memorableactions by d, exceptinghis buildings with other workes of magnificence, andthat Indian voyarealres . nce 1 - Salomon: birth whercheyscSoy conlidering theaétions of Dawid be ion for weeds, and not as Pineda would ha who in this place againft his own rule (which elfewhtre hegiueth vy: miracles without any need. Forthis lone vovaee feth it ofche whale fnithe mitltiplied without nece/sitie, nor delinered withor : a ieementee and one of the matters of his workes, who bythe ordinanc eof Ph he dreames of: fuppofing whereas lonas failing to Tharfis the Citie of c2 hetooles fhip OUt inthe Mediterran fea,and taken vp there by a Whale,that thiswhalCilicia,was e : at lapho or top- Wimmming aboue twelue thoufand Englith miles, along the Mediterra nfe : a z ecue ching. God punithed by dad of; Idumza,kae eziz of Damafeus, and bylérébo- Derebus Sabl,4* Lhe fame P/eda hath another ftrange paffage round aboutall Affzi a, which elfwher Bene therefore they were not thought neceflaryto bee inferted into Gods Booke. ae haue ftood: or that Salomons {hips being in thé red fea, fhould negleét the golden Mines of the Eaft Indies (which wereinfinitely beteer and neerer tothe redfea. Spain) to.feeke gold at Cadyz by the way ofcompaffing Affrica,iti * Iris alfo written of Salomon, te kept in garrifons fourteene thoufand Chariots; ee horfemen ; a in Court euery day thirty meafi: Ires Ires ; Of of fine lower, wi oon " * "aye hundred theepe, befides ftags andfal. x0 low deare,bugles and towle; - thou atic ftalles of horfes he hadforhis ch: riots & 8 Affrick,) that fo they might beelongacomminghome. - Butthis direct courfe they could not hold(faith Pimeda)becaufe the huge IflandofAt-10 of the Hiforieofthe World.Ae ri outfounder of Heradotus ofthe thitty Nicanles, t he ficceffor (faith hee he thirty andand eight Eoyptian PM )ac eightEgypt ianKings which as ae ; He oti of Mem phi idding that afterthis Egy p- Tarteflus whichis the Southwelt corner of that Prouince, to bee the Pharfis from whence Salomon fetcht his gold; forno otherreafon,as it feett s,but for loueof his own countrie, and becaufe of {ome affinitie of found betweene Tharfis and Fartefllis, For red:fea,fhould returnfromthe Eaft Indiesto Terufalem,this hath been in part anfwered already. Andfurther,theintelligent may conceiue of fundrylets,in the digging andre. fining of the mettall,and in their othertrafficke,andintheir land-carriages between Ie. rufalem.andithe red fea, and perhaps alfo elfewhere :. fo that we haueno needto make we Cuar.i8. 9.4. .. of the theris tab Slit place: likely iy thatthe MAGLLLICIC fL 10 V yeere Kings we rthan with temporizing ; as mait ies count : : vponthe pr of Dawid,iny pr the yn whi © Meph of |