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Your MAJF.STY; I.think

ü a ver greai: happinefs, that it q1ould
be n1y ot to uíher into the '\Vor~d, un-
dcr Your Sacrcd N arne, í:he bfi: work
of as grcat ~1. Gci1ius as any Age cvcr

in its felf, asto be in no dangcr of hlf-

fering frotn the n1cannefs of the hanc.l
that prefcnts it. .
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· 'the impartial and univerfal encou. . .

always given to Arts andSciences, en-

titles You to the bdl: returns the lear-
ned world is able to makc : And thc
n18-ny c~:trJ.ordinary Honours Y our
11A 1r sTYvouchúfcd thc Author of
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thc following fhccts, givc Y ou ajuíl::

ri<rht to his Produétions. Thefc, a-
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bovc thc rciL, lay t 1c n1oíl: parttcnlar
dailn to Y our Royal Protcétion; For

its prcfent Forn1 without Your M A J1'.-

~ T 1's Inf1ucncc; and. the Short ChrorÚ-
t!c, which precedes it, is entirely ow-
i no~T to thc Comn1ands
. with. which Y o u
wcrc plcaicd to honour hin1, out of
vour fin gular Ca re for thc cducation
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of thc RoyalH1uc, anll carneft: defire

to fonn thcir minds bctimcs, and lcad
thcn1 carly into thc knowlcdgL of
'Truth.
'Thc Author has hünfdf acquai nt-
.cd the Publick, that thc following
Trcatifc was thc frnit of hi;; vacant
1ours, and thc rdicfbc fotnct:n1cs had
i· recaude
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recourfe to, whcn ti red with his othel'
ftudies. What an Idea does it raife of
His abilities, to find that a \Vork of ·
fuch labour and lc;.1rning, as would
have beeq afi.üficientcmploymcnt and
glory for thc \Vholc lifc of anothcr,
was to him divcrGon only, and an1ufc-
1ncnd Thc S1.1bicét_, is in its IT.1tnrL in-
capablc of that dcmonfirarion upon
which his other writings are foundcJ,
but bis ufual accuracy and judiciouf:
ncfs are he re no lds obfervablc; and lt
thc Ú1ne tin1c that he .litpports his fug-
o-d1ions, with all thc authorirics and

ene e can furnii11, he offers thcn1 with

thc grcatc.íl: caution ; and by a ~1odc­
f1:y, that was natural to H in1 and al-
ways acco1npanics fuch fi.1pcrior ta-
lcnts, fcts a bccoming cxatnplc ro o-
thcrs, not to be too prdi.unpruous in
n1at~crs [o rcmot\..' and dark. Tho,
thc Subjcct be only (JJroí!olo<~1', ycr, a-;
rhc nlind of thc Author aboundcd
with thc tnofl cxtcn11vc L1ricty of
l(nowlcdgL') be ÚTlJUCntly intcríi)c:-
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fes Obfervations of a different kind;

~nd occaflon~lly infril~s principies of
Virtue and ~ 'hmanity, which feems to
haYc bccn ~~h'ays uppermoíl: in his
heart, 8.nd, as thcy were the Coníl:ant
Rnlc of his aétions, appear Retnark-
ably in all hiswritings. ·
Herc Your 11A JF.STYwill fee A-
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ronom)'? and a juH: Obfervarion o~

the co~1ríc of Nature, aJilil:ing other
parts of Lcarning to illnihate Anti-
~uity; and a Pcnctration and Saga-:-:
c;ity peculiar to the great Author, dif-
pelling that Mift, with whirh Fable
an d. Error had darkened i t; and will
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dawni'ng:) ofYour faycurite Arts and

Scicnccs, thc nobldt and n1oil: bendi-
cial ofwhich 1-Ic alonc carricd farther
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in a fcwyeJrs, than all thc n1oíl: Lear-

ned who
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Yo u will obferve, that ari
Abhorrcnce of Idolatry arid Pcrfccu-

rpf that R.cljgion, which makcs fo

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charaéter wasoneoftheearlie Laws

ofthe Divine Legiflator, the orality
o the r ~ Ages, and the primitive l?.e-
l~~ion hoth. ews and Chri ians; and
as the Anthor adds, oug!:Jt to be the an-
ding Religion o allNations; it !Jeinf!, or
the honour o God, and good o. ·.an-
kind. Norwil.l Your MAJESTY be
difpleafcd to fi.rul his fentiments fo a-
greeable to Y our own, whilithe con-
demos all oppre ton ; and every kind
of cruelty, even to brute bea s ; and,
with {o much wMmth inculcates
: ercy, Charity, and the indifpenfable
duty of doinggood, and promoting the
general wel.ar.e o. mankind: Thof~
g.reat ends, for which Governmcnt
was firíl: i ·tuted, and to which alDne
it is adminiíl:red in this happy Nation,
undcr a K 1NG, who diibnguifhcd
himfelfearlyinoppoíition to thc Ty-
ranny which threatned Europe, and
chufes toreignin the hearts pfhisfub-
jeél:s; Who, by his innatc B~nevp-

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Pe.ople, eíl:abliíhes and confirms all
tbeir Liberties ; and, by his V alour
and Magnanimity guards and defends
then1.
That Sincerity and Open nefs of
mind, whích is the darling quality of •

this N ation, is beco1ne n1ore confpi-

cuous, by being placcd upon thc
Throne; And we fee, with Pridc, our
SOl _JRETGN the rnoft e1nínent for
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dcfirous to be difhngui{hcd. A Prince,
whofc vie\VS and heart are above all rh e
1nean arts ofDifguiie, is far cut ofthc
rcach of any ten1ptation to introduce

His AJA.' ESTl, is) by his inccfh1nt

;lth01nc, and Peacc abroad; You,

t1f./J])//Jl1, lea~ us on by Your grcat
l :.xam plc to thc n1oi1 noble ufc of rhat
')uict and Eafe, which wc cnjoy . '
under His Adminifhation, wl1ilil: al!
Your I-Toursofleí{Ürcarccmploycd in
nütivating in Your Sdf That Lcarn-
~ng, \\hich You 1() wannly patro,nizc
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rhínk rhe infhut1ive Purfuit, an cnter-
tainment bclow Your exalted Station,
:1nd are your Sclf a proof, that the ab-
fhufer parts of it are not beyond thc
reach of your Scx. Nor does the Stu-
dy end in barren fi1eculation ; It difco-
vcrs it felf in a ftcady attachmcnt to
truc Religion; in Libctality, Bcncfi-
cence, and all thofe amiablc Virtucs
which increafe and heighten thc Fcli-
cities of a Throne, at the fame time ,
that thcy blefs All round it. Thus,
ftf/JDAM, to cnjoy, togctherwith
the highcft ftate of publick Splcndor
and Dignity, all the rctircd Plcafurcs
and don1dbck Bll"flln gs ofprivate lifc;
i) thc perfeétion of human \Vifliom,
as well as 1-!appinefs.
1"'hc good Effc<..'ts of this Lo\'C of
kno\vlcdgc, will not :ftop with thc pr<.·-
J(:nt Agc; lt witl difFuíé its InHucncc
withadvantagc tobtc Pofl:crity: And

minds for thc Gcncrations to come

L111tkr a Royal Progcny, ío ddccndcd,
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The glorious Profpeét gives us a-
bundant reafon to ho e, that Liber-
ty and Learning will e perpetuated

Reign by the Royal Patrons of Both,

will be tranfmitted with the Scepter to •
their Poíterity, till this and the other
WorksofSir/SAAC NE!YTON
fhall beforgot, and Time it felfbeno
more: Whichisthemoíl: fincere and
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Your MAJEs r v's

mofl: obedient
and moíl: dutiful
fi1bjeét and fervant,

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'r emory o Things

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que o Per.Ga by Alexander
the Great. J
The Chronology of Ancient
Kingdoms an1ended. '

Chap. I. O the Chronology o

the Fir. A~es o the Greeks. 43
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Chap~ Il. O the Empíreo Egypt. 187

Empire.
Chap. IV. O the two Con-
temporary .{!.mpires o the 29)
Babylonians andMedes.
Chap. V. A Defi·ription r
theTémple ~ Solornon.
'"'hap. VI. O. the Empire o
the Perfians.
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H O' The Chro1zology of A1ttie1tt

Kingdom.r amended, was writ by the
Aurhor many years fince; yet he L:~ely re-
vis' d it, and was aétuall y preparing it for rhe
Prcfs at the time of his death. But The
Short Chro1úcJe was ncvcr intended to be
made pub líe, and therefore was not fo hte-
Jy corrcétcd by him. To this thc Readcr
mufr impute ir, if he íhall find any placcs
whcre The S!Jort Chronicte does not ac~
curatcly agree with the Dates aíftgned in
rhc Iarger Piece. The fixth Chapter was
not copied out \Vith the other Five, which
makes it doubtful \Vhethcr he intended ro
print it: but being found among his Papers,
and evidently appearing to be a Continuari-
on ofthe famc W ork, and (as fiiCh) abridld
in Tbe Short Chro1zicle; it was thou~ht
proper ro be addcd .
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Revd. Mr. Sreph. Abel-L.1val.
Lieut. •John Arabin .
Mr. William Ambrofc.
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Samuel Bindon. Efq;
Tite Hon. Capr. Robert Butler,
Baf1ill Brooke, F.C.T.C. A. B.
Mr. •1olm Bureau •
Revd. Mr. Dan. Burches, lvl. A.
f,·;¡ncis Burke, Efq;
BCJylc Baggs, Efq;
Robert Brcrcwn, ofT. C.
Mr. ·Th:1. BPrne.
Mr. John Dunbar Bate.
Revd. George Babe, L. L. B.
Rcvd. Tho. Bullen, A . .M,
Thomas Buro-h b J
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His Gt.lce the Ld. Abp. ofCafhcll. Mr. John Efdall.
Tlu: rigitt Revd. Ld. Bifhop of
Clonferr.
Thc right H.evd. Lord Bin10p of
Cloync.
llevd. Mr. W illiam Camcmn,
Q.u lrt, M;lilcr E,lw. Conycrs,
.1 ohn c~_¡¡!Jinf;ton, Eíq;
Thom.1s Chambcrs, Efq;
Rcvd. Pcter Cookc, A. M.
Mt·. \Villiam Cuminc.
bir. Tho. Cottun of W atcríurJ. G Mt·. Rich:11·d Ft·cema.n, '1~ C.
J ohn Cl'OW, A. B. ·¡: C. D.
Stcphcn CoHeloc, Gen t.
Tito. Connot•, Genr.
Rcvd. M1·. \Villi.un Convngham.
lli¡;ht H<_m. thc Lady Dl;·wa;;cr, Thco. Gluv~r,Ef~¡;
Vlfcountcfs Charlcmont,
Capr. Petcr Caudicr.
Jolm C1·amcr, Eíq;
M1·. Edw. Crokcr,
Mr. Chollincr,
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Revd. Archde;¡con C;¡fhin.
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Revd. T. de Dur:tnd.
]ohn Dumeny, A. B. T. C.
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RcvJ. J ohn Daniel, Reé\:or of
Kili ybegs.
Mr. Combra D.micl, Bookfellerin
Cork.
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MI'. Da \"id Días, Merchant.
Mr. Peter Dalton, Jun.
Majar Bernard Denn.etr.
Revd. Tho. Dawfon, L. L. B.
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Revd ..\ir. Ellis, A. M.
Eyre Evans, Eíq;
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John Forbes Efq; Counf. Jt Law.'
Revd. John Forbes, A. M.
2 John Fergus, M. D.
Mt·. Tohn Fuwles.
Mr ..Tohn Fcnnel, Jun. ofYoughal.
Mr. W illiam Finall, S. T. C. D.
Ilc v<i. Mr.- W illiam Folds.
ltev<i. Arthur Fo1·de, A. M.
llcvd. Mr. N:tthanicl Fr.mce,
Mr. W illiam Fitzherbert.
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William Grah;¡ms, Efq 1
Luke Uan1iner, Eíq;
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Nirhola' Hcwctfon, F. C. T. C. D~
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Mr. Edward Herben. Revd. Mr. Pallard.
Mr. John Hall. lL
The Revd. Dan. Hearn. M. A. The right Re~ d•. Ld. Bp. ?fRapho,
Mr. Caírnes Henderlon. Revd, Mr. W ilham Robm{on.
l. Thomas Ruby, A. B. T. c. D.
Revd. Henry Jenncy, D. D. Mr. Rea of Newtown-Rea
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Revd. Mr. Wt illiam] ones. Waterrord.
M1·. JohnJohnfron, A. M. Revd.;Thomas Rice,'). U. B•
K. .Bqan Robinfon. M. V.
':fhe Revcl. Ld. Bifho¡> of Kild:u·e. James Reíd, Gent. •

Revd. Nicholas Knioht, D. D. Ca pt. Robert Rigmaiden.

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William Lingen, E(q 1
John Lamy, A. ll. T. C. D.
Cornc:t Monrague Lambc:1·t.
Mr. Thomas Lloyd, 1: C. D.
Revd. Mr. John Leland,
M James Symes, Efq;
Edward Matthews, E{q;
Edward Molloy, A. B. T. C. D.
J<>hn Malone, F. C. 1'. C. D.
JohnMaxwell, Eíq;
Charles Monck, Efq;
Ald. John Morley of Cork.
Revd. Doél:. Maxwell ot" Fellows
Hall.
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Revd. Edw:~rd Synge, D. D.
Revd. Mr.Charles Stepncy;
Capt. Edward Southwe!l.
Mt·. W il!iam Sumn'er, N ot. Pub.
Revd. William Smith, .A. M.
The Revd. Dr. Saurin, Dean of
.Ardagb.
Revd. Thom. Skelton, A. M,
Revd. Mr. Merrick Shawc~
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His Grace the Ld. Abp. of Tuam.
Mr. Charles Terrot.
Mr. Richard Terry, Attqrney. •

Revd. Rich. May, A. B. V.

Thomas Meredyth,Efq;
Revd.MI'. John Molfop.
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Haytor Nugent, Gent.
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The Revd.Mr. Theod.Des Vories1
Mr. Mcade Vanlewen.
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Francis W ilíon, B. D.
Mr. Thomás W ye. •

ltevd. JohnOwens, A. M, Mr. W :tlton. $

P. John Walls, S T, C, D.
The Revd. Mr. Thomas Palmer• Mr. M!ch. Wills.
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Revd. W illiam Poultcn y, .A. M. Mr. Edward¡ Watfon of Drogbcda,
Revd. John Paliflicr, A. M. and Revd. John Walmfley, D . .D.
)ameli Wilkinfon, Efe¡;
F. T. C. D.
Mr. Richard Parlcf!r. R.evd. Mr. Ward, Dean of Cloyne.;
MI'. Wilkinfon, ~. ·r. c. D,
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HE Greek Antiquitie'5 :rrc- thll of
Poetical Fiétions, beó.ufe the •

Greeks wrot.e no'th\ng ,in Profe., ·

befare th'e Conquefl of .Afia, by '
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.re'CJ'des Scyritü and Cadmrts Mitefirts it~-
.troclllc'ed ehe w'riting in P1:ofe: Ph'ere,cjdes'
B Ath'e1Jit11Jjls
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AthenieJJfls, -1.bout the end of the Rcign óe"
'lJarius 1-!y.fta.fPis, wrote of Antiquitics,
and digdl:ed his W ork by Gcnealogies, ;a.nd·
\\'as rcckoncd one of thc bcíl: Genealogcrs.
EpiN7etli:des, rhe Hifiorian, proceeded a!1o
hy Gcncalogics; and HetlaJtictts, who·
\\ ~1s t\\·cl \e ycars oldcr than Htrodottts,
dit!,d1cd hisH if1nry, [~y rhc Ages or Succcf-.
fions of thc Pricllci1cs of _.,ti !ID At~~ivtt.
Orhcrs digcflcd thcirs, by thc Kings of thc
Laccd,1!m.1.0alls; or Archons of .AthniS.
liippiru, rhe Ekt11t, ::-tbout thirty y cars bc-
forc thc Ldl ofrhc 'Pcr.flan Empirc, publi!h-
cdal3rcvi.uy. or Lift of rhc Olympic Vic-
rors; and ~1hout ten ,-cars bcforc thc t:1H
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thcrcot: Fpb:;nu, thc Dikiplcof lfocratc,

f(Hmcd a Clúono!ogical Hifrory.of Grcec{',
bc~~innin:.:
, . \\·ir h thc rcturn of thc Hcracii-
des in ro PclopoJJJJ{'jits, and cndingwirh rhc
Sic~c of'Peri11tlms, in rhc nvcnticth ycar
of 'Phiiip, rhc Fathcr of Ai.exa11der; rhc
Grc~u: Bur he di,:2;cf1:cd Things by Gc-
ncr~ltions, and thc Rcck.oning by Oly mpi-
ad-> w~1.s not yct in uiC, nor doth it appcar
rlur rhc R cis! ts o f K ings w ere yer icr down
h· Nttmb·.:Ts of Y c,us. Thc Artmde/itm
l\Tarblcs wcrc compoJCli fixry yc~trs aitcr
thc Dc1rh of.Alcxrwdtrthc Grcat (A11. 4·
O!JmjJ. 128.) and yct mcntion not thc O-
Jympi.1<h: But in thc ncxt Olympiad, Ti~
·41 m.-tlls Sic11Jus publilhcd anH ifl:ory, in ícvc-
Lll Books do\\·n ro hi-; O\\'n Times, accord-
ins to thc O 1y mpi.tds, comparing thc Ephó-
r:i,
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~i, the Kings of Sparta .. the Archons of

.¡fthens, and thc Pri~íl:dfes ~f Ar~(OJ·, \\. irh
~he Olympic V iétors,. io as ro make thc
!Jlympiads, and thc Genealogics and Suc-
tcffions ofKingc:;,.Archons, and Pridl:dfcs,
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~nd pocricd Hiílorics fuit \':irh onc :.1no.,
thcr, according to rhc bcfl ofhis J ud~~mcnt.
And wherc he Icft off, 'Pol_ybitts bcg~o.n aml
carricd on thc Hiíl:ory.
So thcn a-littlc after thc Dcarh of ~/1/n·­
i:mdcr thc grcat, they bcgan ro iCt downthe
Gener:.1tions, Rcigns :111cl Suu.:d1ionc:;, in
numbcrs of yc:.1r.s, and by purring Rci~1;t1.:;
and Succcíl[o;l,; c-.¡ui¡)ollcnt to Crcncr.l::ion·-;, '
and thrce Gcncrations roan hundrcd or ~1:1
lmndred and nrcnty ye;.ús, Cb appe~us by
thcir Chronology) thcy !uve riladc rhc An-
tiquities of Grcecc rhree or i~ntr hundrcd
years oldcr tlun tbc truth. And thi:; \\'~l'i
rhc Origin•ll
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of thc Tcchnic;1!
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C hronolo.:y - ' .
of thc G n·eks. Eraiojlbmrs \V rote ab()uL
~n
hundred YC~lrS ~ül.crthcDeath of All'.'c-
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andcr thc gn:~u: He \\ras follo\\·cd by A-

poltodor·u,r, .and thdc two h~1.vc bcct1 t:.ll-
lowed ev~r lince by Chroi:nlogcrs.
But how unceruin thcir Chronology i-;,
~~nd how doubtiitl i't \L\"i rcputcd Ly thc
Cree/u of thofc time<;, .m ay he nndcrf1ooJ .
by t~c.fc Palh~cs of '1) l~ttm·cb. SoJ!Jc J'tt!:.- ~./~~(';. ·.:
~Jt, Lurh he . '~ Lycurgu<; conternporm] to n1r¡_;us. Y
1ph itus, cúui to b:tvf Úet 11 iJ i J Com ptw irm i JI.
~í·deri¡¡g tbe Olympir Ft:/. i·c.:td.r: rmJOll...~jl
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1J.:bom u·as Ari11orlc t/;{.' ~Philo(oo!Ju·, m·~

l>l ~. . (T l!J• IJir
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•

'-~1tin~ frotnthe Oy lmpic 'Di (c_, which ha a

tbe Name ofLycurgus ttp01t tt. Otber.r
fhpptttÚIL~ the Times by the Succej}ío1t of
the Ki1tgsof the laccdxmonians, as Era-
toíl:hcncs alld Apollodorus ajjirm, that be
-:L'as11ot afeW)'Cafs o/df'rthattt/Jefzrfl 0-
i)·mpiad. Firfl: Ardlot!e and fome othcrs
madc him asoldas the firfl: Olympiad; thcn
Eratojtbc!Jcs, .Apollodortts, and fome o-
thers madc him abovc an hundred ycars

lon. us: The co;¡gre.f.f ~F Solon ~·it!J Crceft1s,

fome tbillk they catt co¡¡f¡¡tc by Chro¡¡o/o J'·
B11t an h~flory .fo ii!ttjlriorts, a1td 'l.Jn;z ed
•
~y .fo mmty wit11ej[cs, a11d ( r:.r.:Eich i.r more)
.fo a,greea6te to ihe maJmers of Solon, a11d
fo 'i.C'Ortf~y oftbe ~t·eat¡¡efs ofhis mi11d aJ!d
of bis 'i.f.:i (dom, '1 camJOt¡erjttade my fe~(
to rejeél becauft ~ffome Chronoto icat Ca-
7;0!ts, as tbry ca!ttbem; t;,_•hich 'Jtmdreds
of al:t bors corrcéling, ha've 110tyet be en a•
ble to co:~1 1ittite any thútg certaút, ilt
11:bicb they coutd agree amo11g tbemfiéves,
ttbottt repu,gnancies. It fccms thc Chro-
nologcrs had madc thc Lcgilhturc of So!o1t
too ancicnt to conliíl: with that Congrck
For rcconrilingit!Ch rcpugnancics, Chro'-
nologcn; ha ve fomctimcs douhlcd thc per-
f(ms ofmcn. So whcn thc Pocts had clung-
cd lo thc daughtcr of l!tacbtts into thc E-
,cz_vpt ia:t J.(t's, Chronologcrs n:adc her !ms~
b.lnd O'jins nr Baah1t.r, :md h1s mifl:rds ..11-
·rlatf¡¡c asoldas lo, and io fchm'd
... rhat thcre
\\'Cl'C
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1011.
\·v'ere t\VO Ariadnes, one thc miíl:refS of
Baccbtts a.nd the other the miíl:refs of The-
•

fttts, and two Miltos' s their fathers, and a

younger lo thc daughter of Jajits, writing
.1afiu corruptly for ]¡¡achus. and fo thcy
ha ve made nvo 'Pa1tdio1rs, and rwo Ercch-
tbetts's, giving the name of Erecbtboni!ls
to the firíl; Homer calls the firft, En·ch-
tbetts: and by fuch corruptions, rhey ha ve
_excccdingly perplexed Ancicnt Hiftory.
Ami, as for rhc Chronology of thc La-
tines, that is fl:ill more unceruin. 'Pftt-
tarch rcprdcnrs great uncert:lintics in thc
;.Originals of Rome: anclio doth Ser·vius.
Thc old records ofthe Latilies wcrc burnt
.by thc Gauts, fixry and four ycars befare
rhe dcath of Alexa¡¡dcr rhc Grcat; and
§!},ti1Jttts F¡¡bitts P ifior, thc oldcí1: bií1:o-
• rün of thc Latine;, livcd an hundrcJ
• •

years larer than rhJ.t King.

In Sacred Hií1:ory, thc .Aj[yrian E mpire
began with Pul and TigJatbpiltljer, and
Iaíl:ed abour 17 o ycars. And accordin~Ir,
HerodotJJ.S hath madc Semiramis only fl.vc
gcncrations, or about r 6ó y cars oldcr th:1n
./'litocris, thc mothcr of rhc btc I\ ing of
,fiabylo1t. 11nt Ctc:/t~ts h:.uh mad~ Scmirtl~
tJJÍJ 1 ')OO yc~lrS olckr tlun Nitocris, and
fcigncd a long feries of J\.illgs of A.fj'yJ·ia,
whoíc 1umcs are not A_((:Yrúm, nor !uve
¡my afT1niry with thc . dj!J'í'itm ILltncs tn
~cri~)turc.
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guin~from the Oy lmpic Vi(c, which hal

tbe 'Name ofLycurgus ttpon it. Otber.r
fitpputi11'-~ the Times by the SuccejJío1t of
the Kirtgsof the La-ccdxmonians, ti.f Era-
tofl:hcncs a11d Apollodorus ajfirm, tbat be
r.;.,·as 11ot a fewyeafs o/der tbattt/Jefirfl 0-
f:ympiad. Firíl: Ar~(lotle and fome othcrs
madc him asoldas the ftr11: 01 y mpiad; thcn
Eratofl!Jenc.r, /!pollodorus, and íome o~
thers madc him a-hove ::111 hundrcd ycars

Ion. us: The congre_fl' of Solon r..t•ith Crceius,

fome think tbey can co¡¡futc by ChroJtolo ~Y·
But an hijlory fo iltujtriort:r, and 7./n~z ed
~y fo many wit11ejfes, a!td ('iJ.:hich is more)
Jo agreeabte to ibe mmmers of Solon, a11d
'

Jo ~·ortb_y oftbe ·reatJJeft ofhis mind and

of bis 'i.t'Í(dom, ca;mot perjua-de my .fe~{
to rejert becaufe offome Chro~tolo icat Ca-
'ltoJts, as tbey calt tbem; ~·hich 'Jtmdreds
~f at: t bors corrert i~tg, Eave 1totyet be en a..
b!e to cot~flitzite any thi11g. certaÍ1t, i1t
1J.;·hich they cottldagree amo11g tbemftror:s,
ttbout repu'-f!;¡ta11áes. It fccms thc Chro-
nologcrs had made thc Lcgilhturc of So ion
too ancicnt tn con{Ííl: with that Congrck
For rccn!lrilillgiitch rcpugnancics, Chro'-
'
nolngcr~ ha ve fomctimcs douhlcd thc per-
f(ms ofmcn. So\\' hcn thc Pocts had ch~mg­
cd lo thc danghtcr of !11acbus into thc E-
,r._yptitm ~(t's~ Chronologcrs madc her hus~
iund Ojiri.r or Bac:clm.r, and his miíl:rds .A-
rúu/7Je asoldas lo, and lo fcüm'd
.... rhat there
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\"lere two Ariadnes, one the miíl:re(" of

Bacc/ms and the other the miíl:refs of Tbe-
•

fttts, and two Mi1tos' s their filthers, and a

younger lo thc daughter of Jafits, writing
.1afiu corruptly for lnachus. and fo thcy
ha ve made two 'Pa~tdiotu, ::md t\-VO Ercch-
tbetts's, giving rhe namc of Erechtho1Jitu
to the firil ; Homer· calls the firíl, Ertch-
theus: and by fuch corruptions, they ha ve
_exccedingly perplexed Ancient Hifl:ory.
And, as for the Chronology of thc La-
•
tiltes, tlut is fiill more uncert.ün. Plu-
t arch rcprdents great uncertaintics in rhc
;.Originalsof Rome: anJio doth Ser·vius.
The old records ofthe LatiJ¡es wcre blll'nt
py rhe Gattls, fixry and four ycars bcforc
the death of Alexa11dcr the Grcat; and
§!!,tinttts FAbitu Piélor, rhc oldcíl: hifto-
' rian of the Lati11e.r, lircd an hundrcJ
• •

years larer th:.:m thJ.t King.

In Sacred Hiílory, rhc .Aj[yria11 E mpire
began with Put and Tigiathpilílfl:r, and
bfted abom 170 ycars. Allll accordin~ly,
Herodotus hath madc Semiramis on!y fivc
gencrations, or about 166 y cars oldcr than
Nitocris, thc mothcr of thc late 1\ ing of
!Jabyio11. fint Ctc~(t~u hath mad~ Scmirt~,_
·mis 1500 c.1rs old.::r tlun Nitocris, and
feigncd a ong feries of Kings of A.f(jTi,1,
whoíc n<.lmcs are not A_(f·i¡rúm, nor !uve
r.ny aHinity wirh rhc .L1j/jí'Úill tl.11HCS m
~cripturc.
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•
•

Thc Pricfl:s of Eg)'ft told Herodottt!,

that 1Ve11es bnilt ldemphis, and he ittmp.:.
tuous Temple of Vulca7!, in that Ciry :
:ind that Rbamp(tilittts, A.ftcris, Af.Ycbú
and P fammiticus aclJcd magnificent por-
tic os to rlut temple. Anditisnotlikcly
rh~1t ¡\fcmpbi.r could be hmom, bcforc
llomrr's d.l vs, '" ho doth not mention it, o(
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tklt a tcmp!c cmdd be abovc t\\·o or tluec
hnndrcJ yc~us in building. Thc Rcign of
·'f~{al!iíJJÚicu.r bcgan :1bout 655 yc.1rs bc-
forc Chrift. and l place thc fóunding ofthis
temple by .JIenes, about 2-57 ycars carlic:r:
but rhc Pricfls of Ezyht cvf had fo maunifled
o
thcir Ami quiries bcfore thc days of H~.:ro-
dotus, a'> to tcll him th:It from .ll!ettes to
· ..~!.:cris ( \Yho t-c~gncd 2-00 years bcforG
'l~(im:múicí!s) thcre \\-ere 330 Kings,
'" hoJc rci.~n.·; too k ll}) jS nunv A o-es, that
'- ..1 '"'
is ele\ en rhouhnd ycars, :md lud filled
l:!p rhc inrcrv:1l \\'ith fcigncd Kings, who
}t~ld d\mc nothing. Aml bcforc thc days
of '/Jiodoril.r Sind11s che\· !ud raiícd thcir
J

.t\lltiL!l.JitiC;,
•
ro ll1UCh hiohcr,
...J
;"t<;tO¡)laCC íiX,
ci~h_r. or tC!111C\\' rci~ns of Kings bctwccri
1 lwlc )\in~..:, h hnm thcy lud rcprdcntcd
to JJ~·;·od.~l it.rv l<) jl!cccc~l onc anothcr im-
•

me( liare/\·.
•
1n t he 1\ iw:.:d:Jm of Si.n•o1t, Chronolo-
g(~r-; h~i' e !:·,] i t .. -í'p is L'p tlp!J11 s or J:,'po¡;e us,
li~to two I\ing-;, \\·hom thcy call Apis :md
hpoJc'!ts, and bct\\'C'cn rhcm, ha\'C in-
1crtcd eleven or t \\el\ e kigncd 1umc-; of
Kill•<;:>,
1 cw
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Kings who did nothing, ~tH! thcrcby, thcy

nave maJe its Foundcr JEsialetu, thrcc
hundrcd •ycars oldcr than his brorhcr 'P bo-
'l'OJ'Jetts. Somc lv.vc nudc thc King" of
Germa11y a.s old as thc Flood: and YC[
bcforc rhc uíc of lcttcr<;, thc namcs ;ind
aéhons of mcn could ica.rcc be rcmcmbrcd
abovc cighty or :111 hundrcd ycars ~üi:cr
thcir dcath':l : and thcrctiHc 1 admit no
.Chro1wlogy of things done in l~!!ropc, a-
bovc cighry y ca.rs befo re Crtdm~t.r hwu~ht
kttcrs into Ettropc; ncmc, of thitiF'' done
in GermaHy, befare thc rik of thc R.oJiltlit
Empirc.
NO\v ftncc Eratojlht11r.r :llld Áj?o!/c,h-
'
''lts computcd thc times by thc rcigns of
the Kings of Spaí'tr:, a•1d (a-> :1ppclrS b:·-
rhcir Chronvlogy fl:ill folio\rcd) lu \·e nud~
rhe fcvcntccn rcign<; of thefc l\ in~s ii1
both Raccs, bct\\'CCn lhc Rcturn uf thc
1-[eradides into 'PdojJollm'_(it.r ~md thc
Battlc of Thcn;¡op_yltf, ukc ttpr.1.2.. yurs,
which is aftcr thc utc of -~ ó ; ycu.s tu :.1
Rcign,'
:md ycr
. ~l Racc of lc\-cntcc!1 1\.inrl·-;
..,
of that 1cngth, Í'> no\\ hcrc L"o be mct \\·irh
in all truc H illory, :11Hl !\. iwr-;
,., at :1 nwlk-
ratc rcckonin~ rcign bt:t 1 )~ or 2:::> yc:lr~
a-picce onc with anotl1cr: I lu.vc f1.Hcd tho
time of thc rcturn of thc fln·r?c!,;dc.r hv
thc bíl ,,.~,y of rcckollillg. p!:H.'Í•J~ it ah()!;t
3 40 ycars befo re thc lhttcl of Tbcn;wl:Y-
iil'. And nukin~ thc Taki:J~ of T1·o_y
ci,:.;hty ycar~ ullk~r t!ua thJJ Rcturn,
B ·f ~\ccord..._
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according to Thttcydides, and the .ArgoM

1tautir Expedirion, a Generar ion olderthaq
the Trqjan War, and the Wars of Sefoflri.r
in Thrace, and Dcath of /110 the daughter
of Cadmzts, a Gener:ltion older rhan that
Expedirían: I ha ve drawn up the foJlow·
ing Chronological Tablc, fo as to make
Chronology fuit with the Courfe of Na·
ture, wirh Aftronomy, wirh facred Hifio-
ry, with Herodotus thc Father of Hifio-:
ry, and wíth it felf; wirhout the man
rcpugnancics complained of by Pltttarc .
l do not prctcnd to be exaét ro a ycar :
thcrc may be Errors of five or ten ycars.
:and fometimes twenty, and not much a.~
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FROM THE

Fir
e, to
1a

Tht: Times are flt dow11. in years hefore

· • Chrifl.

HE Catraanites who fled from Jo-

fhua, retired in great numbers into
Egypt, and therc conquer'd Timaus, Tha-
mus, or Thammuz King of thc lower E-
g)'jJt, a.nd rcigned therc under their Kings
Satatis, Breo1t, .Apacbnas, .Apopbis, Ja-
1tias, AjJis, &c. until thc days of Eli
and Samttet. Thcy fcu on fleih, :mdfacri-
nced mcn a.fter thc manncr ofPhrenicimzs,
and wcrc call'u Shcphcrds by thc Egyp-
tiaus, wholivcd only on thefruitsofthc
ea.rth, and a.bominatcd flct11-eatcrs. The
uppcr parts of E~'{Ypt, werc in thofc days
pndc,¡· many Kings, Rci$ning at Coptos,
Thebcs;

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tG
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short H RO N 1 C LE.
Thebu, This, E/epha11ti.r, :1nd othcr
Places, which by conquering one anothcr
grew by dcgrccs into one Kingdom, ovcr
w11ich M~fpbragmttthofi.r rcigncd in thc
.days of EJi.
in thc ycar bcforc Chrifi: !12) Afep/.Jrcs
rcigncd ovcr rhc nppcr Egypt from
.J)'e!Je to Heliopolis, and his SucccfTor
.liiiftbra'-~m!tthoji.r made a lafl:ing war u pon
thc Shcphcrd" foon afrcr, and C:lllicd many
of thcm ro f1 y into 'P a!ejline, 1dumtea,
0_yria, and Libya; and undcr Le/ex, /E-
::-:,ert.r, J¡¡achtu, Pe!afkus, lEfJltt.r thc
firfl:, Cecrops, and othcr Captains, inro
Grcece. Befare thofe days Greece and
all Ettrope was peoplcd by wandring Cim-
mt'riaJJs, ~nd Scythia;zs from rhc backfidc
••

of thc Ettxi!te Sea, \\' ho Ji ved a rambling

wildiort of Lifc, likc thc Tartar.r in rhe
norrhern p:uts ofA./irt. Of thcir H.acc \\·as
Ogyges, in \vboie cbys thefc Egyptitm
11ran~crs camt into Greece. Thc rcí1: of
rhe s'hc )hcrdS WCrcfhut U' by Jfifp!J¡·d._'l;-
nmtbo u, in a part of t 1c lo\VCr Eg}'jJt ~
l:all\1 Abaris or 'P{'!ujúmt.
In thc yc~u I Ioo, thc 'Pbil~f!im.r.
ílrcnotlmcd by thc accdsofrhc Shcphcrds,
conq~1cr lfi·,u:l, and rakc rhc Ark. Sttmlfc.!:
j udgcs 1ji··t~c!.
1o8;. lld:moJt thc f(m of 'Pclt~Jj;tt.r
rcign.; in 7b(f{a/y.
108o. LycctO!t rh e fón of 'Pdtrj_~Jt.r
Luilds Lycojilnz, j..,tIJorom'LtS thc Ion nf
....~~:,:·\;·~'~< J¡¡¡g/;ns,
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short H RO N l C LE. tt- .

]nachtts, Phoro7!icum, afterwards called

Argos; .!Egialeus thc brothcr of Phorone~
'tts and fon of l11acbus, ..!Egialcttm, after-
wards called SiC)'01t: and thdc wcrc thc
oldd.1 towns in 'Peloponnefus. 'Till thcr).
rhcy bnilr only finglc houfes fcattcrcd up
and Jown in thc ficlds. About the famc
time Cccrop.r built Cecropia in Attica, af-
tcrwanls call'd Atbens; anrl Eleufine, the
fcm of 0'-~)~es, builr Eteujis. And thcic
to\\'115 g~H e a hcginning to thc Kingdoms
of thc .Arcadicws, Argives, Si~yo1ts, A~
tb('}Jiaus, EleufiniaJJs, &c. 'lJeucalioJ!
f) ourifhcs.
1070. Am~{is, or Tct!Jmojls, thcflrcccfT<>r
'
of A1ifPhra~m11th~(is, aboliJhcs thc Pbrr-
7Úcian cufinm in llcliopotis, offacrificing
m en, anJ dri ves rhe S hepherds out of A-
baris. JJy thcir acccfs the Tbiiijtims be-
come f<) 1mmcrou.;;, as ro bring into the
ficld ::urainft
0
.Lmf.. iOOoo ch:1riots, 6ooo
- -
J:orfcmcn, and )coplc as thc hndof the
fea ihorc fl)r mu titudc. AbaJ, thc f:.uhcr
of Ao·ijí.its ::md 'Pru·tzts, comes from E-
g;pt.
10Ó9. Sa11i is nudc King of !(rae!,
:1nd by thc hanJ of .'/ ottat/J,¡;¡, gct" a grc.n
viC-tory ovcr th2 •JJ!Ji/iflims. F.'urotru
thci(nl of Le/c.\·, :1nd L':zcedtr'mOJt, who
nuni cd Sjhll'l 1?- t he J) .m.:,h rcr uf E urot a.r,
Rci¡;n in La eo;¡ i.:z, a11d huild ,S!Jarta.
L) I
1 u (Í 0 . Smm: cf. di,_, s. ·
105~· '.!Jitviduud·...: 1\in¿.
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HRONJCLE•
1048. Thc Edomites are conquer'd an~
difperfcd by 'IJavid, andfomeofthem fly
into Egypt wirb their young King Hadad.
others f1y ro the Perjia11 Gttlf, wirh their
Cornmandet· Oamus ; and otbers frorn
the Red Sea to the Coafr of the Mediter:-
raJtea~t, and fortify .Azoth againfr 'Da'vid~
and takc Zidott; and the Ztdo!lialts w hq
flcd from thcm, build Tyre and Arad11s,
and make .Abibaltts King.of Tyre. Thefe
Edomites, ca,rry ro all places, their Arts
and Scicnces; amongíl: which were their
Navigarion, Aílronomy, and Lettcrs, for
in 1dttmtea thcy had Coni1:ellatíons and
Lettcrs before thc days of Job, who mcn-
tions rhcm: :md thcrc, filofes learnt ro
write the Law in a book.. Thefe Edomites
who tled to the ./lfediterra1ua1t, tr:J.nna-
tingthe word Erythrtea into th:1t of Phce-
tJicia, givc the name of Phamicia11s tq
rhemfelves, and that of Phcetticia to all
•

the Sea-coafl:s of Palejti1zc from .Azotb

to Zidott. And hcncc carne the tradirion
of tl)C Perfians, and of thc PhrEJÚ!'Íans
themfclvcs, mcntioncd by l!erodot1ts, that:
rhc P hre11ic úws eame originally from the
Red Sea, q.nd )rdcntly undcrtook long
voy:1gcs on rhc fcditerra7tt:all.
i<'47· /lcriftlts marrics Ettr)'dice, th~
~:mghrcr of ~acedfemoJt and Sjarta. Thc
PhreTtjcitMJ ma.riners, who flcd from the
Red Sea, bcing uícd to long voy:1gc.s, f(H~
rbe fake of traffic, begin thc likc voy agcs
OI~
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i>n thc Mediterra11emz from Zidon; and
üiling as f3.r as Greece, carry a\vay lo thc
d~mghtcrof lnachtlr, who withother G·re-
ciatt womcn camc to thcir fhips ro bu y rheir
mcrchandifc. The Greek Seas bcgin to
be infcíl:cd with Pyrates.
1046. Thc Syrimzs of Zoba!J and 'Da-
maftru are conqucr'd by 7Javid. A)tH-
mus, thc Son of Lyca011, rcigns in Arca-
dia. 'lJeucaliort fiill alive.
I045· 1\1any ofthc Phrt1ticia11s and Sy-
riallr flccing from ZidoJt and fi'om 'Da~· id,
come undcr the conduél ofCadmtts, Cilix,
Phre11ix, Membliarius, Nyc1eus. Tba-
'
fits, Af:ymmu, and other C1prains, into
Afia minor, Crete, Grecce, and Lib)·a;
:md introduce Letters, Muíic, Poctry, the
Offaeteris, Metals and thcir Fabric:1tion,
and other Arrs, Scien ces a:nd Cu11oms of
thc Phrc1ticia1ts. At this time, Cra1ta11s
the :fi..Icccffor of Cccrops rcigncd in Att i-
ca, and in his rcign and thc bcginning of
thc rcign of N dimus, thc Gn:t:ks place
thc flood of ettcatioJt. This ílood was
fitccccdcd by four Agcs or Gcncrations of
mcn, in thc firfi ofwhich, Cbirolt thc f(m of
Satttnz and Phy/iria was born, and the
bfi of which, according to Jkjiód, endcd
with the Trojmt W ar; and fo places thc
Ddhuétion of Troy tour Gencrations or ~1.­
bout r 46 ycars latcr tban tlut flood, ::tnd
thc coming ofCadm11s, rcckoning wirh the
ancicnts tlute Gener:1tious to ln hundt-ctl
•

yrJ.rs.
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· ea.rs. With thefe Pha!tticiatts, camc. 2

ort ofmcnskill'din the Reli,)i·ous Myílc-
rícs, Arts, and Scienccs of P a:1ticia, and
kttlcd in fcveral placcs undcr thc na.mes of
Curetes, Co1ybantes, Tekbittes, and I dteÍ
?Jaéf)li. . . .
1043. Hellt'Jt,. thc fon of 'Deucaliol!,
and fathcr of ~·oltts, Xttthus, and 'Dorus,
11 ourifl1cs.
103 ). Ercrlthetti rcigns in .Attica .
./Fthfi11s, rhc grandfon of 'Dettcaüou and
fathcr of E11dyrnio11, builds Efii. Thc 1-
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dá'i 1)af7')'li find out Iron inmounr 1dtl in

Cn'te, a.nd work it into armour and iron
rools, ::md rhcrcby gi ve :1 bcginning ro thc
tradcs of f1niths anJ :1rmomcrs in Ettrope;
and by fingingand dancing in rhcir annour,
and kccping time, by fl:riking upon onc a-
nothcr's armour \ríth thcir i\vords, rhcv
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bring in l'vTufick a·nd Portry; and ar the

famc time thcy nurfc up thc CretaJJ .?upi-
ter in a ove ofEhc Ümc mountain, dancing
about him in thcir ~umour.
1034- .Amwo11 reigns in E~f!.)'j"f. He
co~qucrcd Li~ya, and rcuuccd rhat pcople
from a wandcringhvagc lifc toa civil onc,
and unght thcm ro by up thc fruits of thc
carrh ; and from him Ltb ya and thc dcfcrt
:abovc it wcrc ancicntly -clllcd Ammo11ia.
He was thc firfl: that bui!r long and ulJ
fhips wirh hils, and luda flcct of füch ihi 15
(Jn thc Red Sett, and anothcr on thc ]l.fc i-
terra1Jf!a1t at Iraft in Lib)'fl.. 'Till thCll.
thcy
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t11cy ufcdfmall and round vcíTcls ofbnrdcn,
invcntcd
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on thc Red Sea, and ke L1t withia
fight of the f110re. For cnablin~ them to
crofs rhefcas withouticcing thc ihorc, rhe
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Egyptians began in his d::tys ro obícrve rhe

Stars: ::md fi:om this bet,inning, Afl:ronomy
and Sailing had thcir rife. Hithcrto rhe
Lunifobr yc::tr had bccn in ufc: but this
ycar bcing of an unccrtain 1cngth, and fo.
unfit for Afl:ronom , in hisd~lys and in thc
da ys ofhis fons anc grandfons, by obkrv-
ing thc Hcliacal Rirings and Sctting of rhe
Sra.rs, they found thc lcngrh of thc Solar
ycar, and maJe ir coníifl: of fivc Jays more
than rhc rwc[vc calendar mo11ths ofthc old
l.unifohr ye;:tr. Crettfa thc d;:tughtc:r of
Erecbtbetts marrics Xutbus thc i<m of
l!cttm. Erectbeus having firfl cclcbrat-
cd rhc 'Panatben.rea joins horfcs ro a cha-
rior. .!Egina, thc danghter of Afopus,
.:.l!ld mothcr of./EtZcus, born.
r030. Crres a woman ofSicily, in fcck-
ing ...
hcr daughtcr
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who was íl:olcn, comes in-
to Atttca, and thcrc rcachcs the Greel:.s
to f()\\' corn ; ftlr w h ich Bcnetadion, ihe
wa~ Dcificd attcr hcrdcath. S he firft taught
thc Art ro T1·iptolemus the young ion of
Ce/c:IJ' King ofEicujis.
101.8. Oenotnts rhe ·oungc:11 fon of ~y­
taon, th.eJa1111s ofthe atines, lcd thc firft
Colon y of Gn•eks into Itab, and thcrc
t:mght thcm to build houfCs. 'Pn·¡¿·¡:.s
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Io:z.o . .Arcas, rhe fon of Callijlo, and
grandfon of Lycaon, and Ettmelrts the firfl
King of ..Achaia, receivc bread-corn from
Triptolc:mtts.
ror9. Solomott rdgns, and marries thc
daugh~er of Ammo1t, and by means of this
affiniry is íupplied with hories from Egypt;
and bis merchants alfo bring horfes from
rhence for all rhe Kings ofthe Hittites and
S)'ria1ts: for horfcs carne originally from
Lib)'d; and rhence Neptttlte was callcd
Eqtteflris. Ta;tta/us King of Phrygia
íl:cals Ganimede the fon of Tros King of
Troa.r. ·
ror7. Solomott by thc afiiíl:ance of rhc
Tyria11s and AradiaJts, who had mariners
among them acquaintcd wirh the Red Sea,
fers out a flcer upon rhat fea. Thofe ailif-
tanrs build new cities in the Perjia1t
Gttlpb, caUcd Tyre and ./lradtts.
IOI ). The Temple of Solomo1t is foun-
ded. Mi1tos reiQ"ns in Crete, ex 1elling his
hthcr Ajleritts,\\'ho flces into ta!y, and
bccomes the SaturJt oftbc Latútes. Am-
mo7t takcs Gezer from the Ca1Jaa1tites,
·. and gives ir ro his damzhtcr, Solomou's
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wifc.
ror 4· .Ammott placcs Cepherts at .!oppa.
roro. Sefac in rhe Rcign of hisfathcr
./lmmo1t invades .Arabia Fretix, and fcts up
. piUars ar the mouth ofthc Red Sea. .rfpis,
l.,_'pa_l.Jbtts or Epopctts, the fon of Phro?·o-
'JJetts, and J.Vyéletu King of Breotia, flain.
Lycujl_
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)Vyéletu . .IEtoltts the ion of End.J'rJÚo;z
"tJies inro rhc Country of the Curetes in
'Achaia, andcalls ir )Etolia; andof'Pro-
}Joe thc dau hter ofPborbas bcgers P !Nt-
J·o1t and Carydo1t, w ho built cities in A!.to-
tia callcd by their own names. A1itiola
·the daughter of N.J·tletts is fent hnmc ro
Lycus by Lamedo1z thefi_¡cceffor of Apis,
ur·.d in thc \va y brings fotth Amp/Jio¡¡ and
.Zetbu.r.
roo8. Se'ac,
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t:nhcr
Ammo1t, invades .Afric aml Spai!t, and
iers up pilbrs in all his Conqueíl:s, anJ pjr-
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:ticularly at thc mouth of the ¡1/editernz-
.f.'Jtemz, and teturns homc by the coafl of
,,''Gauiand lta/v. :_.¡
. IOOJ. CeresbeingdeaJ, Ettmolpus in-
.j:íl:itutes her M íl:eries in EJeuji11e. The
;:l\1yíl:eries of he a are inílituted in P hry-
·. ia, in the city Cybele. About this time
· emples begin to be built in Greece. lly-
. tzg¡¡is the P!Jrygia1t invcnts the pipe. A f-
.· cr the example of the common-council of
he five Lords ofthcPhi!ijlims, thcG1·eelu
.fer up thc Amphi[fyonic Council, fidl: at
,Tbermopylte, by the iniluence of .Amplúc-
·. tyon the fon of 'DeucatioJ~ ; and a fe\'/
, years after at'Detphi by thc influcncc of/1-
r'ijius. Among rhe ciries, w hofe deputics
met at Tbermo_;/J)'id!, 1 do nor find Atbens,
and therefore doubt w hethcr Amphir!yo1J.
Was King of that ciry. lf he was thc ión
e of
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of 7Jcura/iott and brother of JlcJle!t, h~

and Cratta~s m!g.ht rcign rogcthcr jnic\c-
Lll part'> ot .Atttctl. Bur I mcct witlí :1 btcr
./lmpi.Jiff_yott \\ ho cntcrtaincd thc grcat
.Raccbus. Thi':l Councíi worfl1ippcd Ccrc.r,
ami ~thcrcforc W:lS ihíl:itutcd aftcr hcr
dcarh.
r oo6. Jllitzos prcp1rcs a flcct, clc:lJ'S
thc Grcr:/:. k:1" of Pyr,ltcs, and fcnc.b Co-
lonics ro rhc I fhncfs of r-hc Gra!:..r, 1( ·!lX
of \\·hich wcí·c not inhabitcd bcl'orc. C·'-
rrots l T. rci~ns in Att ita. CclltCfJ!l tc.1chc-;
thc :".f)-i1crics nf Ccres in J1/cfTcJie.
I o:.:>.). //!!dr01iJCdtz carricd awav frn~11 ./

.f(lppa by 'Pcrfc!ts. 'Prmdio!l thc brothc'r

of Cccrops!! . rcign'> in . Attioz. Car, thc
hn of •P!Joro;;eus, builds a Temple t.\)
Co·es.
.. ro<J:!... Srfl:c rci¡~ns in h~~·ypt and :.-
dnrn-; T/JcÚt!s, dc(!icating ir to his t:1thcr
Ammo!í by thc n:1mc of ]{o-AmJJJ.'Jít 01
/J¡;;;r;¡o¡¡-¡\'o, rh:J.t is thc pcoplc or city oi
_//;,¡_;,;o::: \\'he !lec tbc Grecl..r c:lllcd ir
']) leJlo ¡_;,r' r he: e i ty o f ./'11p.i; er. s{pl{
:1llo crccb:d Temple~ and Oraclc" ro hi~ f.l·
rhcr i 11 TI: el:·.r, ...,·!7/:mo ll ia, anc..l h' 1 !J i.'lf' J,: ,
a!ld rhcrchy C:J!dcd bis üthcr ro bc wnr-
1l!ip¡'cd ;l.; :t (i nd Í!l tlwL countrics, :u:r) 1
Lhi11k ;tllo in /':·,¡/Jia f.'o.·/1.\·: :llld thi·, \\:1,
rlJ¡_; ori:i11:d o(LIJ._' ,,·od}Ji¡)oj' ·,~.-/t/IÍ/f'r A¡;;
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-;aDI!, a11d rllc :;rn mcntion of 0J.k : ·,

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gr::mdfon of Cadmus.
994· ./Erz,cns rcigns in /lttira.
99 3. 'Pclops thc ion of Td7tta!u.r comes
into Pcloponne.fus, mn.rrics IlipjJndmr:Ítl
thc gr::md-d:m?htcr of /lcrijt!u, ta~cs . .d:.-·-
tolia from ./:to!us thcí(m of E11tlvn;'Í0''• -
:ind by his richcs grows pntcnt.
9 9o. .Amp b io11 :.111 d Z f! bí!.r ill :· F 1'f' .': <
put Laius thc ion 0f Laúd,1n1.: ro f!::-·::lt
and rcip1 in TIJCúes, ami v, a!l thc cEy
abo ut.
98y. 7Jtfda!rts and hic; ncphc,,· Tff/:tr
invcnt thc fa\\', thc turning-larh, eh:..":
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\vimble, thc chip-ax, Jnd orh·er in!l:nl!11C!1C'1

of Carpcntcrs 1nd Jo;·ncrs, and rhcrch_v
gi ve a begu111ing ro rhok ;\ rt~ in Earopt'.
'Dtedttius ::tlfo in' cr.tcJ tl1c nubng ofSu-
tues with thcir fcct :.l!tmdcr, as if thcv .J

\\'alked.
988. Afinosnukcs war upnn th-.: Arbe-·
11iaus, fin killing his !on ./ÍI:dJ·u¿;ms . .3:--
izc!ls flourilhes.
987. 'Dtedt!ln.r kil!<1 I1i'~ ncpl1C1\· Tt!l::.r
'lnJflicsto A!im.r. A Pridl:clsof }1tpúo·
./lmmon, bcíng broaght by 'J>/Jr~·:;i:'i.t;
mcrchantsinto Grace, kr·; uptl;._: O:·.l--:1...:
of .Jttpitcr at '])otlona. Thi:; gi\ e::; a k·-
ginning to Oraclc.; in Grre:-c: ~llld l1y tll,'i~"
~1iébtcs, the WodLip of thc D12.1d i) crcry
\\r htrc introJuccd.

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98 3. Sif)'phtu, rhc fon of .!Eotus and
grandion of I!et!m, reigns in Cori11tb;
and fome fa y rlur he built that Ciry.
98o· Lait-ts rccovers the Kin .. dom of
Tbebes. Athamas, the brothcr of i.[yphus
and úthcr of 'Phryxus and Helle, marrics
]¡¡o thc d::mghtcr of Cadmus.
9::-9. Rehoboarrt reigns. Tboas is fent
from C1·ete ro Lomt2s, reigns there in rhc
city llepbtejlia, and works' in copper and
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9..,8. A!onel!a, born of Flcc7rJ'O,thefon
of Pnjetts and A11dromcda, and of LJ:fi~
dice the daughrcr of 'Prtops.
~7-f. S({tlc f[)oils thc Temple, and in-
,·adcs Syritt and Perfú, fctting up pHlars
in m::lll y placcs. Jcroboam, bccoming
fltbjc(t ro Sefoc, fcrs u) the v.:odbip of
thc Eg)'jJtiall God<; in fi·aet.
971. Sejác invades J¡¡dict, and rcturns
with triumph the next car but onc:
w hencc Trieterica Bacc :Ji. He krs up
pillars on nvo mounuins ar rhc mouth· of
rhc river Gwz~cs.
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9óg. Tf,rjflu rcign~, lr.~.ving oYercome

thc ./l1i¡¡otrwr; and f(>on after unitcs the
nrcí ver.: cirics of ./1tt ica undcr ouc govcrn-
mcnr . .\'cj{tr, ha ving carricd on his vicro-
rics ro i\lotwt Cattcajiu, le:rve<; his ncphcw
'Promct bm.r thcrc, ami .IE;e-tes in Cotcbi.J.
~(> .~. Stjú, pafTing o ver rlJc Hellej}o11t,.
con~¡ucrs 1 brate, kills L)'Curgru King
rbcrcof, and ~)ves his Kü1gdom and one of
bis
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:}lis finging-women to Ot!a,~rtts, thc fathcr
,of Orpheus. Sefac had in his army Ethio-
púms commandcd by Ta11, and Li!J)•an
womcn commanded by A(yrina, or llfiner~
va. It was thc Cuftom ofthc Et biopians
ro dance when they \\'ere cntcring into
a battel. and from thcir sk.ipping thcy
wcrc paintcd wirh goats fcct, in thc torm
of Saryrs.
966. Tboas, being madc K ing of C.v/'7'!1S
by Sefac, gocs thither with bi-; \\·ifc Ctz[y-
copis, and leaves his daughter lljfji¡)· fe
in Lemnos.
96 >. Sefoc is bafficd by thc Grecks and
Scythians, loícs many of his womcn, with
rhcir Quecn Minen./tt, compofCs thc Wal",
is rcceived by Ampbié!)·o¡z ara fcai1:, hurics
AriadJte, goes back through Afia an¿ ~y­
ria into El!,ypt, wirh innumerable captivc~;,
a.mongwhom was Titbomu, thdon of La-
{}medoJt, Kingof Tro_)'; and lcavcs his Li-
byrm .Amazo11s, undcr J1lartbcfit and
Lampcto, thc fi.tcccri(Jrs of lvJiJ¡erva, ~1t
thc rivcr Then-nodo11. He left alt(J in Cot-
cbos GeographicJ.l Tab!cs of a!l hi,..; con-
qucíl:s: ami thencc G cography lud its rdc.

Tl.rracc b t e namc of the M uf c.,. Anc.l

thc daug tcrsof 'Picrusa ThracittJI, imi-
tarino·~ rhcm ' wcrc cckbr;.ttcd bv
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tbc bmc
na me:.
964- }.filies, makingw~.rnpon Cocaifl.r,
Kingof S(cif)·l is íbin by h\m. He was
e. :>., tllltllenx
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cmiucnt for his Domininn, his La\VS and
his Jufiicc: upon his kpulchrc viíitcd
hy P_ytbagora.r, W:lS this inkription,
~ 0r L!Icw, rhc fcpnlchrc of.7t:pitcr. '])aJuuu
with hs d . wghtcrs f1ying
~ . ' from his bro-
rhcr Er!,]jttts ( th:lt is from Sejite) ccmcs
into Grt>ecr. Srfoc nfin~; rhe athicc of
hi'i ScYrcrary Tbotb, di1lributcs E...r:.J'Pf in-
ro xxx\·i -'Yoli.'r'.r, and in C\"CIT ., Jllome crcéts
~ Tcm 1lc, anJ ap )oints thc fcvcr3l Gods,
FdtiLl s and Re (~ions of thc fcn"ral
.NNJJC.r. Thc Temples "·ere thc fcpnlchrcs
0f hisgrclt mcn, \\d1crc thcy wcrc ro bl:
l1uri.~d .md \nnilrippcd aftcr dcath, cach in
l1is m\·n Temple, with ccrcmonics :111d fc-
Hival:; ~ll'PDinrcJ by him; whílc He and his
Q1ccn, h~- th::- namcs of Ojiris and lfls,
wcrc ro k: wodhippeJ in :1ll E tpt. Thdc
'\'.·cr~~ rhc Tcrnplcs 1ccn anJ ccfcribcd by
Llfria1t eleven bundrcd yclrs aftcr, ro be
(;f nnc and thc Ümc Agc: and thi> w~tc;
rhc cri~;iíul nf thcicn:raf Nomes of Ev·f't,
~md nf rhc {cvn:d Gods and fevcLll Rck.;i-
ons c·f thok 1Yo:ncs. S(jac (~i \ ídcd :.11io
thc bnd nf h:t~J/'t by mcaii1rc amongfi hts
1(J!di~.Ts, :u'd thcncc Gt()?!?ctry luJ its riic.
I!o·ntks :1nd l·.·lfn:j!/Jr¡¡.r bc;rn.
u(Íj, /h·;ó/JÚ/).'rj!l briiPS thc twclrc
/ f - "'-)
C <HL of L>:_"~'/'1 imo Grccu, :tnd rhdc :1rc
tlL· 'J)ú :·:.~r'iiÍ :.'/t ¡'(JJ'/t7JI '!fJ!ÚlllJJ, ro wbom
L~
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tite L:trril ,tud 1'Lutct.:; anJ Lkmcnrs are

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· 962. P br_vxus and f-Iel/e fly ti·onÍ. thcir
~cp-mothcr lno thc d..l\t~htcr nf Cad•!l!t~.
llcJit! is drowncli j;¡ rhc !!cf!cJPollt, 1n
n~tmcd from hcr, hut 'P /;ry.\·us arri ve:>
ar Cokbos.
· 9CJo. Thc w~u bcn\·ccn thc Lapit fu' and
thc pcoplc of 'TIN:¡J:dv ulkd Ct:s'!il/trs.
9f~. Ocdi.p11.r kiils hi-i Elthcr L.Úl!.r.
Sti.Jmcl!ts thc ion of 'Ferj21t.r rci:;ns i!t
},f¡'reJur.
-9-;6. Seflzcis O~ünbyhi<>brothcr .'J'rt!Jc-
. tus, who attcr dcath \\'J.S l:c:incd in ./~j}·ic
by thc namc of Neptu11c, and. c~dlcd Ty-
p7JoJJ by rhc Eg)'Pticws. Onts rcisns a;:tl
roms thc Liby.nu, \',·ho und~.:r thc co;Hluá
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of .Japettts, and hisf(m Alltd'zts or .A! lrts,
in v~1dcd Rg_ypt. Scfltc from his mak ing thc
rivcr Niic ukful, by cutting clunncls from
ir to ~1ll thc cicics of Egypt, W:lS cdb l by
its Jumc..;, Sibúr or Siris, JVil!!s :1t1Ll E'-
o )pt :u. Thc Grrt!·.r, hc:nin'" t!1c /,;_,'(T)'D! i-
(.", ... :::_1 ...""' J

o¡¡s bmcnr, O Si.rú :wd Bo.'t S iris, u!k·(l

himO(t!-is a:1J l5 !f (/ris. Th'2 .Araúian.r fr\..)111
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h i ~ ~rot :1do.; ollcd hi m Racc!Jus, tlu.~ i >, thc

(.Jrc.n. Th::: 'l)!JJ)~(itws c.tllc.l him¡i/,¡-jiJrs
or L11a·vors, thc v:lli:tnr, :tnt] hy conL:r;J.C(i-
on /11ar.r. Bccauic he íct u¡) piiL1.r.; in ;d{J¡¡-;
C<H1LJUCÍts,and hi·; army in his úthcr'sRcign
fousht a~~linfl thc A(ricaJJJ. wirh clubs, l1~
i-; p:lintcd with Pilbrs ~llld a club: ~1:1d rhi')
is llut 1/n·c¡¡Je_r who :lccorl~ÍtPto Cúcro,
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\Ll', born upon thc 1\'i !e; :l:Hl :i.ccor.i ÍJI;-\ to
L'udo.\'lts, \\as fhin hy l)jJ,~o;¡; :1nd :le·
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tording toViodortts, was an Egyptiatt, and
wcntoveragrcatpart of thcworld, andfcr
up the pillars in .Afric. He iccms ro be alio
rhcBeltts, who, accorcling ......
to 'Diodonts, lcd
a Colon y of EgyptialtS to BabyJo¡¡, and
rhcrc iní1:ituted Prieíl:s called Cbaldea1u,
who whcrc free from taxcs, and obfcrvcd
rhc il1rs, as in E,gypt. H itherto .'Judab
and lfrael bbourcd undcr grc:l.t Ycxatíon.'>;
bnt hcncctonrarJ //fo, King of]udab, had
pcacc ten ycars.
947· Thc Ethiopia!ls inv.1dc Egypt,
an<i drown Onts in rhc JVilt:. Thcrcnpon
Bubaflc, rhc fiflcr of Onu, kills hcrfelf, by
úllin~ from thc top of :111 Houfe, and thcir
mr.rhcr ((is, or Ajlrtf.'a gocs mad: and thus,
e; d::: l rhc Rcign of thc Gnds of E~opt.
9-f'Í. Z{rrdJ thc Et/;iopitm ís ovcr-
tl 1"<>\\'11 by .//.fa. Thc Pcople of the 10\vcr
FJ!.)'N nukc Oflzr.fipblls thcír K ing, ~wd
ca~ l in rwo hundrcd rhm.f:1nd _7cu·s ::md
Pha·¡;!cialís againíl: rhe l:'thiopitws. lv!e-
1/fJ' or .Arr.cJtC'jbis, rhc young ion of Ze-
r,d; and Ci(/iu~. rci~ns.
S'4+ Thc Et!iioj'imts, undcr Am{'ftO-
pbú, retire from thc lowcr h~l.!.)'ff, and f(.,r-
rify J11cmpbi.r agai111l Ojtnj/p!Jlls. And
bv rhcfc wars and rh~ ./l?~Z,Otuwtic cxpc-
dition, thc t,rcar Empirc of l,~~ypt break~
i 1 pícccs. l:'li?Jj!he;t.r, thc l(lll~of Sthem·-
/¡u, rci0,ns in AlYCf!ld'.
943 . -F·v(I!J dc.r. ~l!1d h is m o rhcr CarmcJt-
ta cury Lcttcrs into ltaJy.
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· 942. Urpheusdeifies thefonof Semele,
by the name of Bacchus; and appoints his
Ccrcmonics.
940. Thc great men of Greece, hear-
üw of the civil wars and difl:radions of E-

tions u on theEuxme and Me tterra1lemr-

Scas, ubjed ro that Empirc; and for that
cnd order thc building of t~e fbp Argo.
9 39. Thc 1hip Argo is built aftcr the
p:tttcrn of the long fhip in which 7Janaus
cune into Greece: and this was thc firíl:
longfhipbuiltbythcGreeks. Cbiro11, who
was born in thc Goldcn Agc, forms thc
Confl:ellations for thc ufC of thc Argo-
1ta1tts; and placcs the Solíhtial and Equi-
noéhal Poinrs in thc fifteenth dcgrccs or
middles of the Coníl:ellations of Ca¡¡cer,
Che/ce, Capricont, and Aries. .fo!etott, in
thc ycar of J\Tabo!taf{ar 3 r6, obfcrvcd the
Summcr Solftice in rhc eighth dcgrcc of
Cmzcer, and thcrefore the Solfl:ice haJ thcn
gonc back fe ven degrecs. It goes back one
~cgrce in about kvenry two ycars, and
fevcn dcgrccs in about 504 yca.rs. Count
thdc years back. from the ycar of Nabo-
1lt1jjar 316, and thcy will place thc Ar-
._~rJnautic cxpcdition about 9 3 6 y cars be-
itlrc CbrUt. Ginsris, rhcíon of Thoas,
. 1hin, lnd deifird by thc namc of Adonis.
· y 38. Thefeus, bcing fitty ycars old,
fic.lls Heleua, then ícvcn ycJ.rs old. 'Piri-
tbous, thcfonof Jxio11, cndclvourin~ to
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fical Pcrftpho1w thc daughter of Orctts
King of thc Jvloloffia!ts, is flain by rhc Dog
ofOrcus; and hi.., com )J.nion Thcfttu is Ll-
kcn and impriiüncd. eiena is fCt at Jibcrry
by hcr brothcrs.
y _i ¡. Thc /h:r;o;tautic cxpcdition. 'P,·o-
'!JJctheus lc~n es lv!ou;¡t Crwcalits,
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bci1w 0
íCt
at Jibcrty b_y llcrcítlt's. LaomedoJJ K ing
of Tr.?__."t' is n~linpy 1Jcrcules. Priam ilK-
tccds him. Tafus a brazcn 111:111, of thc br~l~
zcn Al2,c.
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of .i.Vútos, is flain bv•
rhe
.Argonauts. /Lfcttlapitts and Hcrutl. 's
wcrc Argonattts, aud llippocrates \LlS thc
cighrccnth from /Ljátlczpitts hy rhc fa-
thcr's fidc, and rhc ninctccnrh from fler-
C11ie.r by thc motbcr's fidc; and bccaufC
lhc!c gcnerations, bcing notcd in hif1:ory,
~vcrc mofl: probJbly by thc cbief of thc fa-
mily' and for thc mofi: ¡urt oy thc c]Jdl:
fons; wc nuy rcckon 28 or :1t thc mofl: 3 o
ycus toa gcncration: and thus thc krcn-
rccn intcrvals by thc fathcr's {idc and eigh-
rccn by thc mothcr's, \vill Jt a middlc
rcckoning amounr unto abuut 507 .yc;u'>;
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w hich be in~ eo un red ha e k wards fom th e

bq..;inning <~f tbc 'Pdopomu:Fw \\.;lr, Jt
which time Jlippocrlllts hcgan to i1ouriil1,
will rc:1ch up tl, thc rime w he re \\'C kn e
pbccd thc ../h;r(OJJattt ic cxpcdirion.
9 36. ThcjátS is ter at Jibcrty by 1/o·-
c!tlc.r.
· 93-'1-· Thc hunting of tbc Ca !velo ..... 11 i il 1;
Loar ibin by J.Udcagcr.
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9 3o. Amenophis, with an army of E-
tbiopia anLi Thebais invades thc lower E-
gypt, conqucrs O.far.fiJ.htts, and drivcs out
thc ."fer;,;,·s and Ca11aa!lltes: and this is rcc-
koncd thc iccond cxpulíi.on of thc Shep-
hcrJs. Calycopis dics, and is dcilicLl by
Thoas with Temples ar 'J.YapiJOLll1d .Am,1-
tlms in (_'yprus, and at R_yó/us in .5)ria, anJ
wirh Pricfl:s and facrcd Ritcs, and bccomes
the Vt..·mu of thc ancienrs, and rhc '])ca
C''.)jn·ia and 7Jea S)-ria. And from thc[c
and orhcr pbccs \Vhcrc Temples wcrc c-
rcc1cd to hcr, íhe wac; alio callcd 'Papbia.
/lmat!Jl!jia, Byblia, Cytherca, Satami:tia,
Cnidúz, l~r)'Cilla, Idalia, &e, and hcr
thrcc \Yaiting-womcn becunc thc thrcc •

Gracco;.
928. Thc\varofrhcfcvcn C:1pta.ins a-
gainf1: Tbrúcs.
92.7. Jlcrculc s anJ &fl:utapius are dci-
iied. Ewry(!!Jelt.r drivcs thc lleradide.r
out of P clapomzr.fit.r. He is nJ.in by 1-J__yl-
lus, rh,; í()n ofl Jercules. ./ltreus thc ion
or PdopJ' iúccccds him in the Kinrrdom b
of
J.Vvo·.:;tt'. AffJJejlbl'lt.r, thc grcar 0Pr~mJfon
o( Ercchr bett.s, rci~ns at ./ltbcJts.
. 9 ~ 5. T!Jf fe us is ~íhin, bcmg CJ.ít down
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irom:l rock.
~Y'·+ 1 (vll11.r invading Pel:Jj.Jomwflt.r is
il.ti11 by l:.,'c!Jt:íil1ts.
91 t). /l(rc!ts di cs. ./lgamcmllort rcigns .
' ln thc J.Oi(nc<.: of lrfc¡¡cftms, wlm wcnt to
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look after what hic; father .Atretu had lcfc
to him, P ari.r íl:eals Hele11a.
9 r 8. The fecond war againfr Thebe.r.
9r:z.. Tboas, KingofQyprusandpartof
P hrrtJicia, di es ~ and for m:1king a.rmour t<>r
rhe Kings of ~~ypt, is deified wirh a
Úimpn1ous Temple ar Memphis, by rhc
namc of Baal CatJ.aal't, Vuka11. Thi5
Temple wa" iJ.id to be built by AfeJJ.cs,
thc fidl: Kíng of Egypt, who reigncd
next afrer thc Gods, that is, by lv!ettopb,
úr Ameuophis who reigncd nexr aftcr
rhc dcath of Ofiris, Ijis, Orus, Bubajle
and Tboth. Thc city lrfempbis WJ.S alío
[üJ ro be built by lvfe11es; he bcgan ro builú
it \Vhcn he fortificd ir agaínft Oforfiphus;
and from him it wa5 C'J.lledA1moph, lvfopb,
Noph, &c. and ís to this day callcd Afe-
mrf by thc .Arabia1zs. And thcreforc Afe-
nes, who built thc city and temple was A1e-
ftoph, or .Amenophis. The Priefis of E-
r,ypt at lengrh madc this temple above a
rhouf.1.nd cars older th:1n Ame.nophis, ami
iomc of t em five or ten thoufind ycars
oldcr: but it could not be abovc two or
rhrce hundrcd y e.u.'> older tlun thc R cign
of P fommiticus who finiíhed it. and dicd
6 r4 yc.1rs bet<.>re Chr~/1. \V hcn Aie!lopb or
Afenes built the ciry, he built a brid.;~c
rhcrc ovcr rhc l\ i!e: a work too grc~tc
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ro be olderthan rhc Monarch y of },~r:_v¡;t.

9:J9 . .AmeltojJIJis, callcJ lv'lcii/.IIO!t b.Y' rhe
Gred.r, built thc JJ!em;¡o!Ji,t ar Sl/¡;r, •

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\vhilíl: Egypt was under thc govcrnmcnt of
Protetu his Viceroy.
904. Troy taken. .Amet!Opbis was fl:ill
.at S ufo, rhc Greeks feigning rhat he camc
from thencc to the Tro¡a1t war.
903. 'Demopboou, thc ion of T!Jrjhts
by 'Phfl'dra the daughtcr of Afinos, rcigns
:r"at At!Jens.
" 9or . .Ame11ophis builds ílnall Pynmids
in Cochome.
896. "Jhf!es lea. ves Cafypfo in the Ift::nd
Ogy,~ic ( pcrhaps Cadis or Cales.) S he \LlS
thc d:mghrer of.Ati.u, according toflomtr.
T he ancicnts at length fcigncd that rhis
1fland, (which frorn Atlas thcy callcd
.Atta;ztis) had been as bigas all Euro pe,
.Africa aud .Afia, but was iunk into the Sea.
895. Tettcer builds Satamis in Cyprus.
Hadador BenbadadKing of Syría dics.
c.

and is dcified at 'Damafl·us with a Tcmpl:

.and Ccremonics.
887. Amenophis dics 1 and i"fuccccdcJ
hy hisfonRame([esor Rhampji11it1ts, who •

builds thc wd1:ern Portico of thc Temple

of Vulcan. Thc Eg)ptia¡zs dcdicatcd ro
Of¡'ris, lfis, O·rus ienior, T)phott, :l.I1ll
J\'ephthe thc íiíler anJ w ifc of Typhou, thc
fivc days addcd by thc Egyptians to thc
rwch e Calender months of thc old Luni-
. íolar ycar, and bid rhat thcy wcrc added
· whcn chcfc five Princcs wcrc born. Thcy
werc rhercfore added in thc R eign of .Am-
M91J thc fathcr of thele i1vt Princcs: but
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this year WJ.S fc:1rce braughr into commc.r:
uíc befare rhe Rci~\11 of /imc¡¡ophis: for .'n
liis Temple or Sep~tlchre J.t Ak>~dtts, rhey
placcd a Circlc of 3 6 ;- cubit..;; in compa.F.
covcrcd on the uppcr fidc wirh a pbtc ot
gold, :1nd divided into 3 6) cqual parrs, ro
rcprcfcnt all the days of rhc ycar ; cvcry
p:1rt haúng rhc da y of thc year, :md thc
.Heliaca! Ri!ings and Settings of rhc St:us
on rlut da y, no. red upon ir. And this Cí:·
ele remaincd thcrc 'till CambJfcs fpoilcd
thc temples of Eg)'pt: and frorn this monn-
ment I collcét thar ir \\'3.S /ime¡¡op!Jis \': ho
drablifl1ed r1üs year, fixing rhe beginnin~~
tbcreof to onc of the tour Cardinal Poi m~
ofrhe Hc:1vens. For had not thc beginnin:~
thereofbeen now fi xed, rheHeliacalRiiin~>
and Settings of thc Sors could nor ha\c
bcen no red upon thc da ys thercof Thc
Prieíl:s of Eg)·pt thcrefore in thc Rcign of
Ametlf)p/;is continued to obfervc thc H cli-
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acal RifJngs J.nd Sctti!igs of thc Srars upon
cvery da y. And whcn by thc Sun's J\1cri-
dional Alrirudes rhcy had found thc Solfti-
ccs and ElJUinoxcs according to thc Sun's
me~m morion, his EquJ.tion bcing not yct
known, thcy fixcd thc hcginnin(r of thi'i
ycar to thc VcrnJ.l Equinox, ~IH in mc-
mory thcrcofcrcé.tcd this monmncnt. Now
rhis ·c:.1.r bcing curicd into Cba1dd'.1, r l1c
Cba dtea1/.s beg:m thcir yc:.1.r of JVttboJJaffár
on thc fa.mc T!Jotb with thc Eg_vpt ÍtiiJ.r,
a.nJ maJe it of thc ílmc lc!Jgtb. And tl t 1

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;:;hpon thc 26th day of }ebrttary :_ which
\vas 33 <.b.ys and fivc hours bcforc thc
·Vernal Eguinox, accorJing ro thc Sun's
·;mean motion. And rhc Thot b of thís ycar
·.m oves backwards 3 3 days and fivc hours in
; I 3 7 ycars, and thercfore fellupon th~ V cr-_
na! El]llÍnox 13 7 ycars bcforc Lhc /l!..rtl of
Nabonaffar bcgan; that is, 8 8' 4 ycars be-
fare Chrijt. And ifit bcg~m r.pon the d.q
ncxt a.fter thc V crnal Equinox, it mi~hr
begin tluce or four ycars carlicr; and thcn.:
we may place thc dcarh of this King.
The Greeks fcic;ncd thar he wa<; thc ión
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of Titbomts, and thcrcforc he was born

after thc rcturn of Sefoc into E~tz;)'it, with
Tithonus andothcr c:tptivcs, andio mig,ht
be about ¡o or 75 vcars old at bis dctth.
, 883. "Dido buifds Cart!Jagc, and tlfc
~Pbwniciatts begin prdcntly ai-tcr to hibs
far asto rhc Straigut.r J'!outh, and bcyonJ .
.lf..'11cas was íli ll al~ve :.-.ccording to V ir:~ i t.
g¡o. l!~{tod f1ouriíhcs. He lurh told ris
hin1idf that he livcd in thc :t'C _, ncxt :1ftcr
thc w:1rs of Tlxbes and Troy, and rhat
thi-; a,:;cihould cnd when thc M en thcnli \·-
in~~ grcw hoary, and dropt into tbc
gt-.tvc; and tlwrct()rc it \\'::t<.; but of an <'r-
dina.ry length: and 1!trodotus ha e; told
us that /h:flod and llomct· wcrc but ti/JO
ycars otdcr than himidf \V hcncc it f(¡{-
lows that thc dcílruél:ion of Troy was nor
olJcr than wc luve rcprcfcntcd it.
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86o. Mceris reigns in Egypt. He adorn.
~d JY/emphis, and rranflated rhe fcat of hii
Empire thither from Thebes. There he
huilt the famous labyrinth, and the Nor·
thcrn portico of rhe Temple of Vttlctw,
:tnd dug the grcar Lake called the Lake of
M ceris, and u on rhe hotrom ofít buílt two
arcar Pyrami s of brick : and theíe things
eing not mentioncd by Homer or Hejiod,
\VCrc unknown to rhern, and done atter
rhcir days. Ma:ris wrore alfo a book of
Gcometry.
8 )2,. Hazaet rhe fiiCccffor of Hadad at
~amt1[cus dics and is dcified, as was Ha-
dad before: and thefc Gods, together
v.-irh Arathes the wife of Hadad, were
worlhippcd in thcir Sepulchres or Temples,
'till rhe days of .'lofephus rhe Jew; and
the Syria1ts boaíl:ed their antiquity, not
knowing, faith Jofephus, rhat they were
novel.
844· Thc kolic Migration. B(Eotia,
formcrly called Cadmeis, is ídzcd by the
B a:otia1ts. ·
82). Cbeops reigns in Egypt. He built
thc grearcfl: Pyramid for bis fcpulchre, and
forbad thc worihip of thc fonner Kings ;
inrcnding to have been woríhipped him-
1elf
82;. Thcfleractidcs, afrcr threeGellc-
rations, or an lmndred ycars, reckoned
from their formcr expedition, return into .
PetopomJefiu. Henccforward, to the cnd of ;
thc í •
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~ll,e firfr. Jrfejfe1Jia1r- war, reigned ten Kings
of Sparta by one Race, and nine by ano-
ftier; ten of MejJe1te, and nine of Arcadia:
\ihich, by reckoning ( according to the or-
8inary courfe ofnature) about tweury year~
toa Reign! one Reign with anothGr, will
iake up about 190 years. And the fevcn
~eigns more, in one ofthe two Raccs ofthc-
KüwsofSparta, andeight in theother, to
the :J.ttle at ThermopJ·lte; may tJ.kc up
rs-o years more: and io lace the rcturn of
thc Reractides, about 20 ycars befare
Chrijt.
. 824° Ce¡hren reigns in Eg_y_pt, aml
huilds another great Pyramid.
8o8. Mycerimt.r reigns there, and bc-
gins the third great Pyramid. He íhut up
tl~e body of his daughrcr in an hollow o x,
·and cauied her to be woríhipped dail y \\' ith
;odours.
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<:~mi S artans, in which Codrzts, King of
:i::thc thenia1zs, is íb.in.
·o:_ 8o1.. Nitocris, the fitler of Myarimt.r,
;!~) fucceeds him, and finiihes the third great
: '~ Pyramid.
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/)." conduét ofthe fans ofCodr!ts .
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. , 78 8. A J.Ycbis rcigns in Eg)'}t, and bui lds
·, thc eaftern Porrico of the Temple of Vut-
:. ca_n ver y fplendidly; and a largc Pyramid
··. ot brick, madc ofmud dug out of tbc Lakc
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of MtEris. EgJ'Pt breaks inro feveral King-
doms. G1tepballtts and Bocchoris Reign
1uccef1ivcly in the uppcr ~ )'}t; StephaJt-
atbis, Necepfos and Nec:ms, at Sais; A-
1tyjis or Amojis, at A11yjis or Ha~tes; and
Tacellotis, :J.t Bttbajte.
776. Iphittts rcíl:orcc; thc Olympiads.
And from this kra thc 01ympiads are now-
rcckoncd. G11fphaé1us rcigns at Mem-
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772. NecepJos ~md Pctojiris invcnt A-
íl:rology in Egypt.
760. Semiramis bcgins ro flouriil1. Sa1t·
cbotúatbo1t writes.
75'I. Sabaco1t rhe Etbiopia1t, invades E-
'jJt, now divided into various Kingdoms,
urns Boccboris, flays Na bus and makcs
.Á11Jfis fly.
7 47. Pul, King of AJ[yria, dies, and is
fi.1ccceded at Nineveh by Tiglathpiiaj[cr.
and a.t Babyto?t by Nab.onaj[ar. Thc E-
gyptia1JS, who flcd from J'abaco1t, carry
rheir Afl:rolog and Afironomy to Babj·-
Jon, :md foun thc JE.'ra of Nab011aj{ar in
.Egyptia11 years.
740. Tiglatbpilaffer, King of AJ!yria.
ukcs'Damafttu, and captivatcs thc SJ•ri-
a?JS.
729. Tiglatbpilaj[er isfuccccdcd by Sat-
mmtajfe r.
721. Salmattaj{er, Kingof Af!yria, car·
rics thc Ten Tribcs iuto cap ti vity .
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:f~·cbia.r rhe fon of Jyu(l(~('tll.r, ófthc fl-od:
;·:~pf f{ercules, Jeads :1 Colon)' from Cori11(h
,.}nto Sicib·. and builrls SJ·rac!f:{e.
717. Tirhakabrcigns in Ftbiopifl.
· 714. Semtacberih is put ro flight by tlw
.f,tbiopitws and b):__rptraltc, '' ith grc.u.
fLmghtcr.
_ ¡ Il. Thc A-fcde.r rcvolt f1 o m t he ./lfl\·r,:.
(l/ts. SmJtachcrib 1hin. ~.-1f('rrhar/n¡;¡¡¡~·­
cccds him. This ¡, rhar A(!á·hadrJ11-'Pu!.
.or SartiaHa-pa!1fs. rhc fnn of Allatr!!dara.\:-
i.r, or Srm11acherib, who bttilt Tai'(its- and
.d11chia/e 111 onc dn y .
. : 7 ro. L_rcttrg 1t s, bri ngs thc P ocms of 1/n-
f/J/CI' out of A ka into Grrccr: .
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·:;¡. 7r:8; LJ'C!frgu.r, bccnmcs tntorto Ch..-t-

}:;i.llus or Crlrila!l.r. tbc young J\ ing of
:~tarta. Arijlutlc nukcs L)nuguJ· :.1.s old
\i" 1f bitus, hecaufc hi" na me \\ :1 ~ U:"í'.!>n t h~
Plympic Diíc. Bur rhi" Dik war;, or;l 0fth~
fjvcgamcs callcd thef:!.!.tim¡!lert Íl1111 :1r,¿j thc-
~!Ú'!Cfltertimn \Va'\ firfl: ini1ituted upo'ñ thc
,~gL], O!ympi;ld. Socratcsand 1/;uc_ydidt:.r-
Iilatlc rhc infl:irntions of Lyoo~~11s ~bom:
go;; ·cars olc.kr tlun rhc cnd ofrhe'Pr;lop01t-
1J~,¡,m war, thatis, ~o5" yc:1rs bcforc C!JJ'~fl.
) 701. Scthaco!t, aftcr :\ rcign of 50 ·car·:.
:~;,cliuquijhes Egypt tohisicm Se·vrc ms tH
Srtbon, who bc(omcs Pridt ofV~tkaJI, ;1!lll
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:) ó98. Afana.f(eh rcigns. ..
:~:;:'\' 697. Thc CoriJI[bi(lliS bcgin fhfl of ~ny
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mento build íhips with three orders of oat!.'
called Triremes. Hitherto the Greeks h~
ufcd long vcffels of nft:y oars. ·.
68 7. Tirhak.ah rcigns in E · pt.
() 81. Aj[erhado1t invades a6ylo1t.
673. Thc Jews conquercd by Aj[er/;:.
do1t, and Mal:la.f!eb carried captivc to Bah¡.
lo11. ·
67r. AJ[erhado1t invades E'-zypt. TI::
govcrnmcnt of Eg'Ypt committ:cd to twclr:
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pnnccs.
663. Thc wdl:ern nations of S;·riJ.
Pba:llicia and Egypt, rcvolt fi·om thc .A.k
riaJI.r. .A.fferbadott dies, and is iuccecJe;\
by Saofdttchimu. lvla11aj{eh rcturns fro¡::'
Captivity.
6 s-8. Pbra!Jrtcs rcigns in ..Afedia. TP.:
Pryta11cs rcign in Coriuthexpclling ther
Kings.
6 5;< Thc Cof'i¡¡tbiaJts ovcrcomc rr:.
Corcvrealts at fea : and this \\'aS thc olde:·
fea ·ri~~ht.
ó 5'). P fommitictts beco mes King of a
EJ!,Yjt, by conqucring thc othcr clcw
K iugs \Vith whom he had alrcady rcigne:.
fifrccn ycars: he rcigncd about 39 ycx¡:
more. Hcncctorward the l01rians b(
accds into Eg_ypt; a-ml thencc cune rn:::
1011 itm Philoiophy, Afl:ronomy and Gcc·:
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ó )1-. Thc fi ríl: iV!e.f!emat.t war bcgins: lj¡
bílcd t\\·cnry ycars. i
6..¡.¡. Cbm·o¡J·, thc firf1: dcccnnial A:(
ehca.·:
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~on of the Athenia1ts. So me ofthefe Ar~
~hons might dye before the end of thc ten
years, and thc remainder ofthc ten years be
~i1pplied by a new Archon. And hcnce the
fcven deccnnial Archons might not take up
~bove forty or fifty years. ~aojdttchimt.r
King of Aj[yria dies, and isfucceedcd by
'(:by11ilado¡¡..
1 640 ..'l~fiah rcigns in Jud.et~.
! 636. Phraorte.r-; King ofthe },/edes, is
iflain in a war a ainíl: the Aj[yr i ans. .A(ty-
ipges fuccccds im.
l 63;-. The Scytbians invade rhe A!t:da
~and .Aj[yrian.r.
6 33. Batttts builds C)·re1te, whcre !rafa,
thc Ciry of Attttetts, hadílood.
627. Romeisbuilt.
62;-. Nabopola.!Jar revolts from rhe
King of A_([yria, and reigns ovcr BakyloJr.
Phala11ttt.r lcads thcPart!Je¡¡,iaJts into Ita ..
/y, and builds TatcJttttm.
6IJ. Pfommiticusdics, Nechaohreigns
in E,gypt.
Cyaxeres reigns over thc .Afedes.
611.
6 ro. Thc Princcs ofthc S'c)'tbiaJJs fbin
in a fcafl hy C)•axcres.
609 . .7ofiah fhin. Cyaxercs :mú 1\...dm-
cbadttezzar ovcrthrow Ni11eveh, and, by
fl1aring rhc A[[Yrian Empire, grow grcar.
óo7. Creon thc firíl: annual Archou ofthc
Atbe11iau.r. Thc iccond M~f!'enian war bc-
gins. Cyaxere.r makcs thc S~yt úúm.r re ..
tite bcyond Coübo; a,nd iberia, and kizc~
tbe
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the Aj[yrian Provinces of Arme1tia, Pr¡n.

tus and Cap padoc ia..
6o6. Nebttchadnezzar invades Syria
Jrtdtea.
6o4. Nabopola_((ardies, and isfuccecd-
cd by his Son Nt:bttchad11ezzar. who had
~lready rcigned two ·years with his ü-
thcr.
6oo. 'Daritts thc .A!ede, rhc fon of ().
axer~s, is born.
~99· Cyru.r is born of Manda1te, rhc
Siíl:erof Cyaxere.r, and dJ.ughrer of Ajlj-
tzges.
596. Sujiana and Elam conqner'd by
..LVeb.ttcbadnezzar. Caramts and Perdic-
cas Dy from Pbidon, and found the King-
dom of J.Iacedo!t. •p bidon introduces
W cights and Meafurcs, and thc Coining of
Siiver lVIoncy.
)yo. Cy·a.t·ere.r m:1kcs warupon Af:yat-
tc .r King ofL_ydia.
)B8. Thc Temple ofSotomon is burnr
hy Nelmcbad¡¡ezzar. Thc J.1~(fntiaJts
bcing con quered, fly into Sicily, and build
J.l!r.ffa¡ta: · · ·
5' 85', In thc fixth year of the L_yditm
war, a toral EclipfC of rhc Sun, prcdiétcJ
l1y T!Jale.r, .A1t~ythc 2.8 th, puts an cnd ro a
l'httlc bctwcen rhc J.fedes.qrid LydiaJts:
\Vhereupon thcy make Peacc, and ratify
ir by a nurri:v;e betwccn 'Darút.r Med;ts
the f(m of Cvtt:l,:eres, and Arie11e
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.· .:_ 584. Phi don preíides in the +9th Olym-
~ad.
' 580. Phidott is overthrown. Two
~en chofen by lot, out of the city E lis,
to prefidc in the Olym ic Games.
57'-· 7Jraco is Are 1011 of thc Athe71i-
ill:ns, and makes laws for them.
-,< 568. The Amph_yffirms nuke war upon
.)~he C;rrbea!ts, by rhc advicc ofSolo!t, and
~'takc Cirrha. Clijtbe11es, Alcmteon and
· Eurolictt.f commandcd rhc forces of rhc
:¡Jmphyc7 io1zs, and wcre contcmporary ro
Phido1t. For Leocides the fon ofPbidou,
and Afee.~ acles rhc fon of Alcmteon, at one
and the f3.mc time, courted Agarifla rhe
··,f)aughrer of CJ~fthe!tes.
· 566. Nebuchczdnezzar invades Egypt .
... ?Jarius the Me de rcigns.
; :' 5'62-. Soton, being Archon of the Athe-
:M,;ia11s, makes laws for rhcm .
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·/comes free fi·om Tyrants .

.:: 5'5'5'. Nabottadius rcigns at Babylo!t.
·.· His Mothcr Nitocris adorns and forrifics
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·· ))O 'P~(i.flratttJ' becornes Tyrant atA-
'·. the11.r. TheConferenccbet\vcen.Crrrjh~
,: and So!o1t.
:... . 5+Q. Solo1l di es, Hegefiratus bcing Ar-
,, c;hon óf Atbe11s.
•. . . 54+· Sardes is takc11 by ()rtts. 'D:l-
.:.. ~·uu thc Me de rccoins che Lydi,;,;J mon~y
.,,· lllto 'Darics.
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~ 38.
Baby /0.11 is taken by Cyrus.
53 6. Cyrus overcomes Varius the Me de,
and rraníla.tes the Empire to the Perjia11s.
The Jews return from Captivity, and
found the iecond Temple.
529. Cyrus di cs. Cambyfes reigns.
521. CJJarius tbe fon of Hyj!afpes rei ns.
The Magi are llain. The various R iai-
ons ·of rhe feveral Narions of Per Ja,
which coníified in rhe worfhip of their an-
cient Kings, are abolilhed; and by the in-
fluence of Hyflafpes and Zoroajler rhc
woríhi of one God, at Altars, w~thout
Temp es is fet up in all Perjia.
520. ThefecondTem leisbuiltatJe·
nlhllcm, by the comman ofVarius.
515. Thc fccond Temple is finit11ed and
cledicared.
513. l!armodius and At·~f!ogitoJt, flay
Hipparchus rhe fon of Pififlrattu, Ty·
rant ofthe Athe11ians .
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led, and Conful:; eleéted.
491. Thc Battleof Marath011.
48 5'. _.':ferxes reigns.
48o. The PaíTa.Ye of Xerxes ovcr the
/le/tefpo11t into reecr, and Bardes of
"'hermopyl4! and St!lamis.
464 . .Artaxerxes LotJgimamts rcians.
45'7. Ezra rcturns into 7ttdtea. t:~Jo-
ba7ta1J thc ['lthcr of Jaddtta was now \,
grown up, ha ving a charnbcr jn tqc T cm~ :
ple. ¡.,
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· 444· Ne · returns into Judt:ta.

ero do tus writes.
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·,~1 431. The Peto onnejia1t war begins.
·~ 418. Nehemta drives away Manaffeh
:the brother of Jaddua, becaufe hé had
~arriedNicafo the daughter of Sa1zbatJat.
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4"'4· CJJarius Nothus reigns.
42.2. Sa11batlat builds a Tem le in
,]fJozmt Gerizim, and makes his on-in·
. Jaw Ma7Ia.f!eh the firft High-Priefi: there-
;J .o f.
' 412. Hitherto the Prieíl:s and Levites
\ werc numbered, and written in the Chro-:-
; nicles of the Jews. befare the death of
; Nebemiab: at which time either Jo han-
. nan or Jaddua was High-Prieíl:. And
' here ends the Sacred Hi!l:ory ofthe Jews.
405. Artaxerxes MttemoJt reigns. The
~nd ofthe Pelopon?Jejia?z war.
3 59· Artaxerxes Ochus reigns.
3 3 ~ . Arogtts reigns.
3 36. 'Daritts Codomamttts reigns.
3 3 2.. The Perjia1z Empire conquered
by Atexander the Greato
3 3 ro 'Dáritts Codomamztt.r, the laíl:
King of Perjia, flain.
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to kee) exJ.ét a.ccounts of time,
]uve een pronc ro ra.ife thcir
Antiquities ; and this humour
has bccn promoted, by the Contentions
bctwccu NJ.tions about thcir Originals.
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:t He- Herodotus * tells us, that the Priefis of EQ
rod.l. z.. g)'/t re<::koped from the reign of Memu to
. that of Sethon, who put Semtacherib to
flight, three hundred forty and onc Gene~
rationsofmen, andasmany Priefi:sofVu/~
ca11, and as many Kings of Egypt: and
that three lmnelred Generations make ten
thouí~md years; for.i~úth he, three Ge¡¡c.
Tatio1ls of mnt make mt btmdred )'ears:
and rhc rcmainíng-forry and one Gcncrati-
ons ma.kc 1340 ycars: and fo the v,:holc
time from the rcign of Me11es ro that of
Sctho1t was 11340 years. And by rhis
w:1y of reckoning, and allotting longer
reigns to the G ods of Egypt than ro the
Kings whích followed them, Herodotus
tells us from the Prief!:s of Eg;pt, rhat
fromP mt to Amojis wcrc r )ooo years and
fromHercttlcsto..Amofts 17000 years. So
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a.Ho rhe Cha/d.eatts boaíl:ed of thcir Anti-
<JUity; for Cal!dlhe;tes ~he DifCiple of ..A-
·rijlotle, fcnt Aíl:ronomical Obfcrvations
from Bab)'I01t ro Greca, faid ro be of1903
ycars ílat1ding beforc rhc times of Alexan-
dcr rhc Great. And thc Chald.ea¡¡s bo~J1cd
furthcr, thar thcy had obfcrvcd the Stars
47 3ooo ycars; and thcre wcre othcrs w ho
madc rhc Kinguoms of .AJ!jria, Atedia
and 7JamaJáu, mueh oluer than rhc
rruth.
Somc of rhc Grcel:.s callcd rhc times be-
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;caufc rhey had no Hi!l:ory of them ; thofe

tbcnvecn his flood and the beginning of thc
~Olympiads, Fabulous, bccauú:: their Hiíl:o-
hy wasmuch tnixeJ with Poetical Fablcs:
1and rhofc after the beginning ofrhc O lym-
; piads, Hiíl:orical, becaufe rhcir Hifl:ory
' was free from fu eh Fablcs. The fabulous
· Ages wanrcd a good Chronology, and fo
alfo did rhc HiH:orical, for tT1c firíl: 6o
or 70 Olympiads.
The Ettropemu, had no Chronology
befare thc times of rhc Per[ta11 Empirc:
and whatfoevcr Chronology thcy now
ha ve of ancientcr times, hath becn framcd
fincc, by rea1oning a.ad conjcéturc. lr1
thc beginnin of that I\1onarchy, Act~/i­
laus made P 'JOrOltetts asoldas Ogyges and
his flood, and that flood 1020 years older
than rhe firfl: Olympiad ; \Vhiéh is abovc
68o ycars oldcr than thc rruth: and ro
make o?t this rcckoning his followcrs hase
cncrcaied thc Reigns of Kings in lcngrh
andnumbcr. Plutarcb * rell-; us, that thc
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P armemdes, Xe~topha?Jes, Empedocles, thix

Thrdes; but aftcnvards left off thc uf eof Oracu~
Vcríes, and that.Ar·ijtarchus, Timocbaris, lo .
.Arijliflru, Hipparchus, did not make A-
~ronomy, the more contemptíble, by dc-
kribing it in Profe; ati:er Eudoxus, Hej/-
od, and Thales had wrore of it in VerJc .
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t P!u- Solo;t wrote t in Verfe, and all the Sevcn
tarch. Wife Men were addiéted to Poerry, as .A-
in So- naximene.r +affirmed. lTill thofe days the

Diog. they did fo, there could be no Chronolo-

Laert. gy, nor any orher Hiíl:ory, than fu eh as
in So- was mixed with poetical fancies. Pliny 9

1on. p~ *in reckoning up rhe Inventors of things,

!o. . tells as, that Ph~recyct.es Syrius tmtght to

1 · ofCyrus; andCadmus Mlleíius to wrttf?

**lb~ that Cadmus Milefius u:as the firjt that

l. f· c. everu•rote in Proft . . .7ofephtu tells us,
~9· § that Cadmus- Mitejius, and Acujitatt.r
§ C.ont. were but a lirri.·~ befo re the expedition af

~b mt- das, , calls Acujilatú a mofi: ancient Hi-

:ao,, Kl!cr.- gies, out of tabtes of braft, 7J'.ihich his fa-

ther, as was réported, found in a corner
of bis houfl. Who hid them rhere, may
tt Jo- be doubted : Fdr the Gteeks tt had no
feph. publick table or infcription, older than the
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P· · · Ji.r, in rhe reign of Varius fhflafpis, or
1oon aftcr, wrote oftheAntiquities a:nd an-
cienr Genealogies ofthe Athenia11s, in teí1
bool<.s; and was one of rhe firíl: E1tropea1r.
writers of rhis kind, and one of the bell:;
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* Dio- whence he had rhe name of Ge1Jealog11.r;

!l}:r..J. r. and by ?Jio1~~:fi'11s • Halicar¡¡aifenjis, ~s
Jnmo. bii.l
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ro be fecond to non e of the Gcncaio-
, .. rs: Epimrmide.r, not rhc Philofophcr~
. r an Hiftorian, \vrore alfo of thc an-
' .· nr Genealogies : And Hetlanicru ~
.· ho was rwelve years olJer than /le-
:·:' dottu, digeil:ed his Hiftory •. by thc
.· or Succeilions of the Prid1efTcs
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Juno .Argi·va. Others digefl:cd thcíri

rhofe of rhe Archons of Athe11s, or
.. , ings of the Lacedtemonians. Hippi-
' ,the Elcan, ubliíhed a Breviary of
Olympiads, upported by no ccrrain

rhe IO)th Olympiad, and was derided t hu ...

y Plato for his Ignorance. This l3revi- i~r~~...
y, feems ro ha ve containcd, norhing ma. ·
than ~dhort account of the Viétors in
ry Olym iad. Then § Epbont.r, the .
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01t1tejits, and ending wirh the Siege of dit.

eri11tbtts, in the tweatieth year of 'Phi- Stcph.
'- · , the father of Alexander rhe Great;
ar is, eleven ye:us beforc the fall of rhe
r~{ta11Empirc : bnt **he digefled thing<; *
, y Gcnerations, :md thc rcckoníng by the ~Poly.
· Olympíads, or by any othcF /Era, was not b. 37 • 9
' et in ufe among rhe Greeks. The Artm- ·
~: d~lia?JMarblcs wcre compofcd, íixry ~·ears.
atter rhc dca.th of A/exa11der rhe G rcat
•. (A11. 4- O!Jmp. 128.) and yet, mention
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not the Olympiads, nor any orher fl:andin~
lEra, bur reckon backwards from the time
then prefenr. But Chronology was now
reduced to a ieckoninO' by years ; and in
the next Olympíad, tmffu.r Sicu!u.s im.
pro ved it: for he wrote a Hiíl:cry, i'nfeve.
ral books, down to his own times, accor.
ding ro rhe Olympiads; comparing the
Ephori, the Kings of Sparta, the Archons
of Athen.r, and the Prieff:effes of .Argos,
with the O lympic Viétors, fo asto rnakc
the OJympiads, and rhe Genealogies and
Succeffions ofKings andPriefreffes, andrhe
Poetical Hiíl:ories, fuit with one another,
according ro the beft of bis judgment: and
where he lefr off, Polybiu.r be an, and car-
ried on the Hiftory. E rato hene.r wrote
abo ve an hundred years afrer the death of
.Alexmtder the Great: He was followed
by .Apollodortts; and rhefe two ha\'e
been followed ever fince by Chronolo·
gers. ,
But how uncertain their Chronology is, ·
and how doubtful it was re ured by the :
Greeks of rhofe times, may e underíl:ood.
by thefe paffages ofP Jrttarch. So me reck- ;:
o1z Lycurgus, faith he, • co?Jtemporary tiJ 1:
*In vi- Jphitus, attd to have bee¡z bis companio11 tn '
taLy-
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curgt, ordering the OJympic feftivats, amo7tg}f:
fub ini- u;hom u,•as Arifiotle tbe Philofopher, ar· ·
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thc11ameo[Lycurgus;po1tit. Othersjit_p- •
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Wf"'UH'~g t._ e ttm .. s ~./ ... P. __ mg .. VJ
r.::'··· r .L rPrl-:P_
a ........ -u.-
~~mon, as Eratofthenes a1td Apollodorus,
~ajfirmthathewas n_ot afew years otder
:%tha11 tite jirft Olymptad. He began ro flou·
~riíh in rhe 17th or r8th Olyrnpiad, and at
.~length, Ariflotle made him as old as the
~firft Olympiad; and fo did Epamino11dru,
~as h~ is cited by .lblian and P lutarc/;:
~ and then Eratoflhettes, Apoltodortts, and
j ~hcir followers, made him abo ve an hun-
f dred years older. And in another place
! Ptutarch * tellsus: The Co1¡g·reftofSo-
l Ion with Crcefus, fome thi1zk they caJJ co1t- *In So..
fu te by ChroJJotogy_. But a Hifloryfo iltu- lone.
flriotu, attd verijied by fo maJJy wit¡¡e.f!es.
a11d which ú more, fo ag·reeabte to tbe
ma1mers of Solon, a11d wort!J_J of thc
great¡¡eft of his mi1td, a11d of his wifdom,
1 camzot perfuade myfelf to rejeél bccaufl
of fome Chrpnoto ical Cano11s, as tbey
catttbem, which Jtmdreds of authors cor·
reEfing, have 110t yet been able to coHfli-
tute any thi11g certai11, in 'ü.Jbicb tbey
coutd agree am011 themfttves, about re-
pu~nmtcies. t PJu ..
. Andas for the Chronology of thc La- t;lrch ¡11
tmeJ', that is fiill more uncertain. P lu- R.omu-
t{zrch t reprcfents grcar unccrtaintics in the lo &
Originals of Rome and fo doth Ser·vius u Numa.
The old Rccords' of thc Lati11ts werc ** r~

ty four years bcforc rhc dcath of Alcxa11- odor. 1.

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der thc Grcat: and ~titJttts Fabitu Pie~
tt Pl~- tor, tt the oldeft Hifiorian of the Latines
lo·omu- and took almoft all things from 7Jiocles
Peparetbitu, a Greek. The Chronolo ers
of Gallia, Spain, Germarty, Scyt JÍct,
S'7L·edela11d, Britain, and Iretand are of
a date ftilllacer; for Scythia beyond thc
'Da11ube had no lettcrs, 'till "Ulpbi~as rheir
Bifhop formed thcm; which was about fix
hundred ycars aftcr the death of Atexan-
der rheGrear: and Germatt'V had none 'till
ir rcceived them, from the wefl:ern Empire
ofrhe Latines, about feven hundred years
afrcr the dcath ofthat Kin . The Httnns,
had nonc in the days of 1'0copitts, who
~ouriihed 8)o years after the death of that
King : and Swede1z and Norway received
them íl:illlater. And things faid to be done
abo ve one or two hundred years befote the
ufe of letters, are of littlc cr~dit.
~Lib. 1. 'Diodortts. * in the be innin of his
in Pro- Hiíl:ory tells us, that he di not efine by
~m. any certain fpace the times preccding the
TrqjalZ War, becaufe he had no certain
foundation ro rely upon: but from the Tro~
jt.ut war, according to the rcckoning of A~
poltodortts, whomhcfollowed, thcrewcrc
cight years ro the rcturn oftheHeractides
into'" etopomtefiu; and that from that Pc-
riod to rhe firfi Olympiad, thcrc were 328
ycars, com utin thc times from thc
K·ings ófthc ace temonians. Apottodoru.r
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followeJ Erato.flhenes, and both of therrt
follc'.'.'ed Thucydides, in reckoniug eighty
years from the Trojan war to thc Rcturn of
the Heraclides : but in reckoning 328
ears from thát return to the fi ríl: O 1y mpiad
iodortts tells us, that rhe times wcre corn- t Plu-
puted frotn the Kin s of the Lacedttmo11Í- tarch ~

ed that computation: and íincc this reck~ uu ¡o,

oning ís fl:ill received by Chronologers,
and was gathered by com uting the times
frs.:n the K in s of the acedttmo!tiaus,
that is from t eir number, let us re-ex~~
min rhar computation.
The Eg_yptia1ts, reckoned thc Rcigns of
Kings equipollent ro Generations of M en,
and three GeiJ.erations ro an hundrcd
years, as above; and fo did rhe Gree.ks
and Latines: and accordingly rhey havc:
madc rheir Kíngs reign onc \Vith anothcr
thirty and three years a- iccc: and a- ·
hove. ·rorthey make the evcn Kings of
Rome who preceded the Confuls to ha ve
teigned 244 years, which is 3'i years a-
piece : and the firíl: twelve Kin s of SiC)'.
on, .ll!.'gialetts, Europs, &c. to ave rcign~ '

ed 529 years, which is 44 ears a-picce :

and the firí\:eiO"htKings·of rgos, l11aclms.
Phoro1teus, c. to ha ve rcigncd 37 I
ycars, which is above 46 ycars a-picce:
and bctwcen thc return of rhc Heraclida
into PeJopo11ttejits, and th'e cnd of rhc
•
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•
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_fl. lllfntr.,n;a1~
fi l1.L.4'l.LJJ .,,,.,
P
'"a...1., t-bp ~Pn -a..
Yt'
kt·ng j
l.-''-'..__..,.,. nf.~ñ.11r..~
-r-
'-"A

ta, in one Race; Eur_yjthenes, Agi.r,

Echejlrattts, La6otas, <JJor agu.r, Agt!-
jilatts, Archetaus, Tetecltt , Akame11es,
and Pohdorus: the nine in the other
~

race; Proctes, Sotts, Eurypon, Pryta-

nú. Ezmomtts, Potydeéles, Charitaus,
Nicander, Theopomptts: the ten Kings of
Meffene; CreJPhontes, Epytus, Glatt-
cus, lfihmius, 'Dotadas, Si6otas, Phi!t-
tas, A~ttiochus, Eu¡hacs, .Arijlodt!mus:
and thc nine of Arcadia; C)pfelus, Olte-
as, Buchalio1t, P hialus, Simus, Pom-
ptts, .!Egilteta, Polym11ejtor, JEcbmis,
according to Chronologers, took up 379
years: w hich is, 3 8 years a-piece to
the ten Kings, and 42 ycars a-piece to
the nine. And the five Kings of the race
of Eur.J'fihenes, bctween the end of the
firíl: .A1effe11ia1t war, and thc beginning of
thc reign of 'Daritts Hyjla!)is; Eury-
. crates, .A11axander, Eurycrates JI, Le-
01!, A11axandrides, reigned 202 ycars,
w hich is abo ve 40 years a-piece.
Thus the Greek Chronologers, who
follow Timteus and Eratojtbe1tes, have
made the Kings of their ícveral Cities,
who livcd bcfore the times of thc Per-
ficm Empire, to reign about 3) or 40
ye:us a-piecc, onc with another; which
i-; a lcngth, fo m ueh beyond the courfe
ofnatnre, asis nottobecredited. For, by
the ordin~uy courfi.: ofnature, Kmgs reign,
o.uc
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o the RE E K S.
with another, about eighteen or twen ..
years a-piece ; and if, in fome in!b.ncec: •
.·., y reign, one with another, five or íix:
· · ears longer, in others, they reign as mueh
·: orter: eighteen or twenty ycars is a
: edium. So rhe eightecn Kings of Ju-
'"dah, who fucceeded Sotomo11, reigned 3 90
ycars, w~ich is, onc with ar:orhcr, 22.
years a-p1ccc. The fiftccn Kmgs of If
;:raet, afrer Solofi1,()n, reigned 2 59 years,
which is, 17' elrsa-piece. The eight~
.een Kíngs of abylo11. Nabonaj[ar &c.
reigned 209 years, w hich is, r 1 ~ ycars
. a-piece. The ten Kings of 'l?er.fid; Cy-
. r·us, Cambyft.r, &e. reigned 108 years,
· which -is, alrnoíl: 2 I ycars a-piece. The
. fixtecn SuccetTors of .A(exmtder the
·. Gre:1t, and of his brother and fon in Sy-
•
. ria; Seleucu.r, Antiochus Soter, &c.
•

/ rcigned 244 years, aftet the breaking of

· . :( that Monarchy into yarious Kingdoms,
'] which is, r;!· years a- iccc. The ele-
.:::~ ven Kings of Bgypt; " totomteru Lagi,
.}) ~c. reigncd 2 77 years. cmmted from rhe
/: hmc Pcriod, w hich is, 2 5' ycars a-p~ccc.
:.::: Thc eight in Macedonia; Caj{a!tder, &c.
?/: rcigncd l3 8 years, w hich is, I 7 ~- cars
~:{: a-p~c~c. Thc thirty Kings o~ E_11g a11d;
Ni:' !Vt/itam the Conqucror, lf/dltam Rtt-
·:;r fus., &c. r~igncd 6 8 ycars, which is~
:~::'¡ '2 ~: ycar~ a-piecc. -he firfl: twcnty four
.\:i\i Kmgs of f.ra11ce; Pharamrmdus, &c.
~;};! rcigucd 458 ye~rs, which is, 19 ycars
···i'•j1
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:¡,·:f, J
.¡\:¡~~
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a-piece : the next twenty four Kings of
Fra11ce; Ludovicru Balbus, &c. 451
years, which is, 18~ years a-piece; the
next fifreen Phitip Vatejius, &c. 315
years, w hich is, 2 I years a-piece: and
aH. the 1ixry three Kings of France, I 2 24
years, which is I9f years a-piece. Ge-
nerations from fathcr to fon, may be
rcckoned, one with another, oat abour
3 3 or 34 years a-piccc, or about thrce
Generations to an hundred years : but if
thc reckoning proceed by the eideíl: fons,
thcy are íl10rtcr, fo that three of thcrn
ma y be rcckoncd at about 7 5 or 8o years :
and the Rcigns of Kings are íl:ill íhortcr,
becmfe Kings are fucceedcd, not only by
thcir cldeíl: fans, but fometimcs by their
brorhcrs, and fometimes they are flain
or dcpoicd; and fuccceded by others of
an cq u::tl or greater age, efi ccially in c-
lcéhve or turbulent Kin oms. In thc
latcr Ages, íince Chrono ogy hath bccn
ex a&, there is fc:.1.rce an iníl:ance to be
found, of ten Kings reigning my wherc,
in continual Succeilion, above 260 ycars:
but Timteus and his follo\vers, and I think
alfo fome of his Predcccífors, aftcr thc
cx~unple of the Egyptimu, havc takcn
the Rcigns of Kings, forGencrations, anJ
rccl<.oncd thrce Gcnerations to an hun-
drcd, and fometirnes to an hundrcd and
twcnty ycars; and foundcd thc Techni-
•
p.l Chronology of thc Greeks upon this
\Y 'J. y
•
 RE E K S.
y of reckoning. Lct rhe reckoning
reduced to the courfe of nature, by
'the reigns of Kings onc with ano-
ar about eighteen or twenry ye::us
. -piece: and the ten Kings of Sparta,
y one race, the ten .KinTS of Me.ffe_n.e,
rhe nine of Arcadta, a ove mentwn-
' bcrween the rcturn ofthe Heraclides
· nto Pelopomteflts, and the end of thc firfl:
r:'MejJe1tia1z war, will fcarce takc up above
i:'(t8o or 190 ycars: whereas, according to
( Chronologers, they too k up 379 ycars.
j; For confirming rhis rcckoning, 1 may
:;1 add anothcr a!gument. Euryleon, thc
{! íon of JE eus, * commanded rhc main *Paufan.
'i bod of t e M~(JN:imu in the fifth year l. 4· c.
• &~·
1
(! of t e firíl: Mejfotttalt war, and was in
.!,;, t he fif't h Gcner:1t10n,
· firom O to
· l tctts,
· 1
t 1e
2
· l.: e ·
¡••..
6
,.-·'..
·,¡,

' rijfodemtts, and tutor to his fons Euryjf- c. 1 f· p.

henes, and Procles, as Pauflmias t re- 24f·
· b.tcs: and by confcquence, from rhe re- t Pauf.
turn of the Heraclides, which was i~1 l. 4· c. 7·
rhc days ofTheras, ro the battle, which P· "-9 6 ,
was, in the fifth year of this war, thcrc
werc íix Generations, which, as I con-
ccivc, being for the mo!l: part, by rhc
cldc!l: fons, wili fcarcc cxcccd rhirly
yc:1rs ro a Gcncration; and fo may a-
mounr untq 170 or r8o ycJ.rs. Tlut
war laftcd 19 or 20 ycars: :.uld thc bfl:
15 ycars, and thcrc wiU be about 190
ycars tu thc end of tlut war : w hcrc:l.'>
thc
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•

the followers of Timtttt.r make it about

3 79 years, which is, above fixty years
to a Generation.
By thefe arguments, Chronologers ha ve
lcngrhned the time, between the return
of rhe Heractides into Pekponneflu, and
the firfr Meffinialt war, addin ro ir, a-
bour 190 years: and they ave alfo
Jcngthned the time, betwcen thar war
and the rife of the Perjimt Empire. For,
in rhe r:1ce of the Sparta;¡. Kings, dci:
ccndcd from EuryflbeJtes; after Polydo-
¡¡.Herod. rtts, reigncd * thcfe Kings, Ettrycrates,
l. 7. A11a~a~tder, Ettrycratides, L~o1t,.Anax-
. andrtdes, C/eomerte.r, Leo111das, &c.
'

And in thc othcr racc dcfccnded from

'

t He- Procles; ~frer Theopomptu, reigned t

rop.l. 8. thefc, Attaxa;tdrides, Arcbidemus, A-
~taxileus, Leutycbidcs, Jlippocratides,
Arijfo11, Vemarattts, Leutychides, II.
&c. according ro Herodotus:. Thefe
.hings reigncd 'rill the fixth ycar of
Xer:x:es, in which Leo·¡¡idas, was íb.in
hy thc Perfilws at Thermopylte; and
Letttycbides II. foon afrcr, flying from
Spart a ro Tegell, dicd thcre. T he fe-
yen Reicrns ofthc Kiog6 of Sparta, which
follow olydonu, bcing added ro thc ten
Re1gns abovc menrioncJ, which bcgan
wirh rhar of Ettry(thmes ~ make np {e-
venteen Reignc; of K ings, bctween the re-
tu m ·of rhc . . Heraclides into Pelopo!me-
jits, ami the fixth ycar of Xe-r~y¡,:s: and
thc
 o ·the RE E K S. S7
eight Reigns following Theopompus-
added to the nine Re· ns above
ntíoned, which began wit that of
octe.r, make up alfo feventeen Reigns:
thefcfeventeenReigns at rwemy years
·· piece, one with another, amount unto
· bundred and forty years. Count
.. e 340 years upwards from the íixrh
· ar of Xerxes, and one or two years
for the war of the Heraclide s, and
of Aríjtodemus, the tJ.rher of EtJ-
¡¡es, and Procles; and they will
the rcturn
•
of thc Heraclides into
; elopo1mejtu, r 5'9 ycars afrer the dearh
·. Sotomon, and 46 years befare the firíl:
. · lympiad, in whích Cortebus was viétor.
. ut the followers of Timteu.r ha ve placcd
is return two hundred and eighty year3
lier. Now this being the cornputation
n which the Greeks, as you have
,., from ?Jiodortts and P lutarth, ha ve
che Chronology of their King-
ms, wi1ich were ancienter than the'Per-
Empire ; that Chronology is to b~
'fied, by ihortcnin the times whic~
eded the death of :,Yrus, in the pro-:
tion of almoíl: two ro one ; for · the
:. ·mes w hich follow thc dcath of Cyrus
·:' not much amifs.
· The Artificial Chronologcrs ha ve made
· tts, the legiOator, as old as !phi-
·., !f.r,_ t 1e rdl:orcr of rhc Olympiads; and
·. 'fbttfl.v, an hundrcd a~d rwdvc years,
oldcr
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•

olJcr than thc firfl: Olympiad: and; to hclr

out thc H ypothdis, thcy }uve feignei
twcnty cight Olympiad'i, older thi
rhe firf1: Olympiad whcrcin Corttbili
\\'as v1tror. But thcfe things were fci2r.
cd, afrcr rhc da ys of Th11cydides ~i:: .
Tlato: for Socrates dicd three yearsi
ter the cnd of thc Peloponnejia1t \\':1: ..
Pbro
::1 and 'Plato * introJucctii him faying, th¡·
in Mi- tbeiJ~flitutio!l.rofLycurgus u·cre but ~.·.
tl0C. tlrrce htmdrcd ~years .flanding, or m:
nwcb more. And t Tbttcydides, in th:
-j- Thu-
rc:1ding followcd by Stephamts, faiü.
cyd. l. I
thar tbe Laceda:monians, had from a1;
P· q. cie11t times z.jedgood taws, aJtd been fn:
from tyra1111)'; and tbat from tbe tiw
that they had ttfod 011e attd the (ame ad.
mi!!i}rratiolt of thr:ir comJ:>JO!Zwealtb t;
tht! md of tbe Pcloponncfian war, tlmr
'i.i:.-'Cre three hmtdred years mtd a fe~
more. Count three hundred years bJc:.
from the end of the 'PelopmmejiaJt \\'Jr
and they will place thc Legiflature of L)'
curgus upon the 19th Olympiad. An~
according to Socratcs, it might be upo:
:li, thc 22d or 23d . .AthetJtetts .* rclls usou

thc J\!Iníician; and that Terpa11dcr \1'.1

thc ~rfl: maíl w ho got thc viétory in th
Cantea, in a íolcmnity of muÍtc iníl:iu:
tcd in thoic fcfiiv;,tls in thc 26th QJy¡r
• •

l'' .h
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o the RE E K S, 59
. He overcame four times in thofe
hic garnes, and rherefore liv:d at leJ.íl:
the 29th Olympiad: and beginning
flourifh in the days of LyCltrgus, it is
lik.ely that Lycttrgus began ro f1ouriíh,
h before the r8rh Olympiad. The
of Lycurgus being on the Olympic
e, Ariflotle concludcd thence, tlut
urgus· was thc companion of Ip!Jitus,
ring the Olympic gamcs: and thi-,
ent might be thc ground ofthc opini-
of Chronologers, thJ.t Lycttrgzts and
bittts werc contemporary.· But Ipbi-
.. s did not reíl:orc all the O l ympic gamcs.
e t reíl:orcd indeed the Racing in thc l P:mf.
Olympiad, Corcebtts bcing vitl:or. In l. f· c.
e r4th Olympiad thc doublc jladittm was 8 .
. . . ed, Hypte;zus being viétor. And in
r8th Olympiad the fi!Jti7tqttertium
W reflling werc added, Lamp11s and
urybattts, two Sparta1zs, bcing viétors:
nd the DiíC was one of thc gJ.mes of
zti!zqttertium. * P attflmias tells * Pauí.
that thcre werc thrce Difcs kept in thc l. 6. c.
lympic rreafury ar Attis: thdc there- 19.
e having the namc of Lycurgus upon
hem, fhew that rhcy werc givcn by him,
the inílitution of thc é ttilu¡uertillm,
the r8th Olympiad. Now PotydeDe.r
ing of Spttrta, being f1ain betorc the
rth of his ion CbarilJus, or Cbaritauj,
eft thc Kingdom ro Lycur~tts his brothcr;
~mdLycurgrts, upon thc birth of Charitlus,
be·
 60 HRONOLOGY
bccame tutor to the child; and afrer about ;
eight months travelled into Crete andA.fia, .
till rhe child ·grew up, and brought back •
wirh him rhe poems of Homer; and foon
afrer publif11ed his laws, fuppofe upon th:
21d or. 23d Olympüd; for he was thcn
growing old: and Terp'ander was a Lyric
Poer, and began to flourif11 about this time;
»> Plnt. for * he imitatcd Orphetts and Homer, 1
de 1\'lu- and fung Homer's verfes and his own, :1nd !•
:fica.
wrote the Iaws of Lycurgus in vcrfe, and.
C!crn.
Strorn.
was viél:or in thc P_ytlnc garues in the ·
l. I. p. 26th Olympiad, as above. He was the
p8. firfi who dií1inguif11ed the modes of Ly- •
ric mu(ic by feveral names. Ardaltts and
Cfol!as ioon afrer did thc likc for wind
muíic: and from henceforward, by the
cncouragement ofthe Pythicgames, now
ínfiituted, íeveral eminent Mufician'l and
Poers flourii11cd in Greece: a'l Archi/,o.
d;us. Eumelus Cori1tthius, Po!Jmnejlus,
ThaJetas, Xenodemus, Xenocritus, Sa.
cadas, Tyrttetts, Tlejilta, Rhiantts, fiJe.
man, Ari(m, Steflchorus, MimJtermmts,
.AictetJS, Sappho, Theo nis, Anacreon,
l~yctts, Simonides .tE chylus, Pindar,
h w hom the Muíic and Poetry of thc
reeks were brought to perfeétion.
Lycurgtts, ubliJhed h~s laws in th~
Rcign of /((!,P. /latts, the ion and filccd-
fc)r of 'Doryagtts, in the racc of rhc
Kings of Sparta defcendctl from Em~Y(~­
/Je!1e.r. Fro m the return of rhc lltutCit-
. tJ'L'J
 o the RE E K S.~ 61
into Petopon11ejiu, to thc end ofthe
cían of A ejitaus, there were ftxReigns: ·
ti·om t e fame return ro the cnd of
· e Reign of P_o{ydeéles, in the Racc of
·· e Sparta1z Kmgs defcended from Pro-
es, there were aHo fix Reigns: and
· de Reigns, at twenty ycars a-pice<:: onc
. ith another, amount unto r 2.0 y cars ;
· 1des the íhort reign o.f Ariflodemus, thc
ther of Ettryflhenes and Procles, w bich
ight amount toa year or two: for /lri-
demtts carne to thc crown, as * Hero- *Htt0 d.
tus and the Lacedtemo11ians thcmfdves l.6.c. p ..
rmed. The times of the deaths of
ejiJatu and PolydeE!es are not cer-
mly known : but it may be prefumcd that
did not meddle with thc O lym-
. · garnes before he carne ro thc King-
·. . ; and thercfore Polyde[fe.; died ia
·.·. e beginnincr of the I 8th Olympiad, or
\ ut a ver y ittlc befo re. If it ma y be
· ed that the 2oth Olympiad was in,
vcry near ro the middlc time betwcen ·
e deaths ofthe rwo Kings ;Poiydeéles and
ejiJatu, and from thence be counted up-
the aforcfaid I 2..0 years, and one ycar
for the Reign of Arijlodem;u; the
. k?ning will place the Rerurn of the He-
.: acltdes, about 45' years befo re the bcgin-
::'' ·
1
o~the
OJympbds.
·' phtttJS, who rdl:ored the Olympic
, * was defccnded from O:ryhts, rhe ~ Pau-
n of H~tmo11, thc fon ofThotu, the fon of l:!n.l. f·
./111- c.+
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62 HRONOLOGY ,
Andrtemon : Hercr.tles and Andrttmn
married two fiíl:ers : Thoas warred at Tro¡
Qxylus returned into 'Pdopotmefiu w]d
the Heraclides. In this return he com.
manded the body of the ..ditolia1ts, and re.
t Pau· covered Ele a; t from whencc his anccfic:

Stt·abo, t e gran on o~ e eJt. By t e friendlhií

l. g.p. of the Herac!Jdes, Ox;'ltts had the c::trc a:·
3f7· the Olym íc Temple committed ro him:
and the eraclides, for bis fcrvice done
them, grantcd furthcr upon oath that tk
country of the Eltatts íhould be free frorn
invaíions, and be defended by rhcm frorn;
all armed force: And whcn the Eteall!!:
werc thus confecrated, Oxyltts reftorcd rhe
Olympic games: and after rhey had bcen J-:
• lit Pan- gain intermitted, Iphitus their King *re·.
fan.l. f· fiored rhem, and made them quadrennial.
c. 4· Iphittts is by fome reckoned rhc íon otHt·
mon, b othcrs thc fon of Praxo7tidas, rhc.
fon of temon: but H¿tm01t bcing the farher
ofOxylus, 1 would rcckon Iphitus the Ion
ofPraxoJtidas, rhefon of Oxytus. thefon.
of HtemOJt. And by this rcckoning rhe
Rcturn of rhe 1/eraclides in ro P elopo¡¡ne·
flts will be two Gcnerations by the cldcfi
fans, or about )2 years, before the Olym·
piads.
P auflmias t re rcfents that Melas rhe
tPau-
fim.l. r. fon of .A7ttiJ!tts, o the poíl:erity ofGom~({d
C. I 8. thc daughtcr of Sicyo11, was not abo ve fix
Gc·
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.• er:>.tions older than Cypftlus King of
· . · 1'Í1tth ; and that he was contem orary to
•. tes, who returned with thc eraciides
:··ro Petopomtejits. The Rcign of(">'Pfeltu
· A1t. 2, 01 ymp. 3 r, according ro rhe
ronologers; and íix Gcncrarions, at a-
ut 30 years ro a Gencration, amount urr-
I8o years. Count rhcfc ycars b:tckward"
m An. 2. Olymp. 3 r, and rhcy wiil l:tce
e Rerurn of thc licrarlides into e!?-
tmejits 58 ycars befo re thc firfl:O lympiad.
t ít might not befo carly, if thc lleign of
pfttus began threc or four Olyrnpiad~
; for he reigned before thc Perfian
m ire began.
ercutes rhe Argonaut was the fa-
erof H_yllus; the f:.lthcr ofC/eoditts; the
er of Ariflomachtts; the father of
eme;tUs, Crefpho11tes, :md Ariflodemlts,
ho led the Heraclides into Petoponne-
: and Euryjthetts, who was of thcfame
with 1/ercutes, was ílain in thc firft :n-
. oftheHeraclidestoreturn: H)ttus
' flain in rhe fecond attcmpt, C!eodius in
. · he third attempt, Arijlomachus in the
th attempt, ·:wd Arijtodcmus dicd a~
as thcy were returned, and Ieft rhc
' ing~om of Sparta to his íons Em~"'jfbe­
s and Proctes. \Vhencc their Rctu m
·. was four Generations later than rhe Argo-
,. te expedition: And thefc Gcncration'>
wcr~ íhorr ones, being by the chicf of rhc
famtly, and fuit wirh the re e koning of Thtt-
C)'-
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cydides and the Antients, that the takingtf~

Troy was about 7) or eighty years befo¡::)
the rcturn of the Ht!ractides into Petopo1..~~
nefits; and the .Argonatttic expedition on:'i
Generation earlicr than the takiug of Tr~t·;
Count therefore eighry years backw1r:
from the Return of rhe Heractide.r intc.
' '

Peloponnefos ro rhe Trojan war, and th~'

taking of Tro will be about 76 years afte::
rhc dcath of o/omo1t: And rhe ArgonaiH
tic expedítion, which was onc Gencrati··.
on carlicr, will be about 43 yeJ.rs afrer ir
From thc taking of Troy, ro thc Return o:.·
the Heractidcs, could karce be more tha~,
ei hry years, becaufe Orefle.r the fon oi[
gamemtJ01t was a youth at the taking oi·
Troy, and his fans Pentbi!us and Tifame.;
nus li ved till rhe Return of the Heracli< '

des. . •
kfltt!apitts and 1-Ierctt!es were Argo.\
ttauts. and Hippocrates was rhc eighreenrn:
incluftvely by the farher's fide from/Efcu·i
tapius, and thc nineteenth from Hercu/eJ!
by rhe morher's fide: and bccau1e thefe Ge-:
ncrarions, beíng taken notice ofby writers,
wcrc mofl probabl y by the principal of th~
ümíl , and ío for the moíl: parto y rhe el·
ddl: ons; we may rcckon about 1.8 or at
rhe moíl: about 3o years ro a Gener!tíon.
And thus thc feventeen intervals by rhc fa·
thcr's íic.le, :md eighteen by the mother's,
at a miJdle rcckoning amount unto about
507 ycars: which COlUlted backwa.rds from
thc
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o the RE E K S. 6) •

·· heginning of the Pelopomtejialt war, at

hich~ rime l-lippocratrs bcgan ro flouriíh,
ill reach up to thc 43 d year after rhe death
J'olomo11, and there place thc Argo¡¡att-
... · expedirion.
When rhe Romans conquered the Car . .
-gútim;s, t hcArcbivcs ofCartba.(e Cltné
· .· ro thcir hands: And. thcnc~ .Appian, ia
. ·s hifl:ory ofthc 'Pmúc \\':us, tells in round
· umbcrs th::tt Cartha.~e íl:ood leven hun-
ycárs: and * Sr;JiJJtts adds rhc odd ,:f Sol in;
· umber ofycars in thdc words: Adr.y-:~cto c. p.
tc¡tteCarthagini author~fl a T~·ro poptt-
s. Vrbem i(lam,-·
ttt Crtto ht Oratio11e
'e;uttoria. autumat, non rfx Hiarhas 'l'f-
ttm in Li~ya potiretl!r, F/ij[a muticr
xtrttxit, domo Pb.e11ix, f:9 Certbadam
ixit, quodPh.e1ucmn ore cxprimit ci vi-
···. iZtem ¡¡ovam; 1J)o:v ftrmoJte '"v'er.fh CtJrtba-
o difia e.fi, qttl1! pojt aJtJJOs feptiJJ,~entos
igiJJta jeptem exciditttr quam j)terat
xtrttaa. Elij(a was 'Di do, and Cart btZ:~e
'
as dcfl:roycd in the Confulihip of Lf:J t 1:-
sand Mummitts, in thc ycu of rhe .fu!t'-
'Period 4568; from whcncc count b.lck-
ards 73 7 years, and thc Etlccrrlia or Dc-
ication ofthe City, will fallupon thc r6rh
car of P)~~malioJJ, rhc brorher of e-nido,
d Kin of Tyre. S he 11cd in rhc fcvcnth
· · car of :x_rmaii01z, butthc /.L'ra of rht.: Ci-
began with its E71Cá'Jtia. Now Vil:~it
bis Scholiaíl: Ser·vi11s, who nú!_\ht !uve
ome things from thc archives of 't)rc ~1nd
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Cyprus, as wel1 as from tbofe of Carthap.:~
relate, thar Tcucer C:lmc from the war oP;
Tro_y to Cyprus, in the days of Vido, ai
littlc befo re rhe Reign of her brother P)g· ·.
malio;t ; and, in conjunGtion with her f".J ..
thcr, fcized c_yprtts, and ejcéted Ci~tyras:
and rhe Marblcs Ü", J
that Tettcer camc
•
ro·.
C_yprtts feven years aft:cr thc ddl:rnétionof
Troy, ami built Salamis; and_Apollodorus, ·•
tlut Ci11yras marricdl'r1etharme thc daugh ..•.
thcr of 'l),gmalioll, and builr P ap/.;os ·.
Thereforc, ifthc Roma!JS, in the &1ys of
.ÁlllJtJII!s, followed not alrogerhcr thc lr· ·
tificial Chronology of Eratoflhe1tes, but
had thefc things from the records ofCar. .·.
t htt,ge, (;__yprus, or T)'re; the arri val ofTcu- •,
ccr at (yprtts will be in the Reign of rhe;
prcdeceffor of PJ~~maliou: and by conk·;
c¡uence thc dcfl:rudion of Troy. abcut ¡6 (
ycars b.ter than the dearh of Solomort. i
~Dio- Vio1~yjius Halicarnaj[e¡~(is * te lis us.i:
nyf.l. 1. that in thetimc of thc Trqjanwar, Lati-~
p. 1 f· mu was king of thc Aborigines in Ita/y,~
and that in thc fixteenth Aae 0
aftcr th:lt.
war, Romulus builr Rome. By Agcs he·
mcans Rcigns of Kings: for aft:er Lati11us,
he na mes íixtccn Kings of thc Lati~tes, rhc
bfl: ofwhich was Numitor, in whofc d~1ys
Romttltls built Rome: tor Romulus was
contcmporary ro Numitor, and afrcr hi:n
'J)ionr(ius
-. and others reckon fix Kings
~

mor~ o ver Rome, to rhc bcO'inning of rhc •

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at
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about r8 years toa Rcign, onewith ::mo.:.

cr, (for many of thcf~ Kings wcre fhin,)
. ok up 396 years; whic~ countcd b~ck
.· ro m the confulfhip of J U11ttts Bruttts and
aleritts 'Publico/a, the two firíl Confuls.
ace thc TrqjaJJ. w:ir about 78 yc:us J.ftcr
e 6eath ofSo!omon.
Thc expcdition of Scfoflris \VaS onc G~­
cration earlicr th:m rhc ArL~onautic cxp~­
ition: for in hi<> rcturn back into Ecrz.ypt he
efr ./Eetes in CJtcbi:, and .!EctfS ITi;zned ~

'· · here 'till the Argo11autic cxpcdinon ~ ..md

. Promethetts was lcft by Sefo_(h·is \\'ith a
: body of mcn :tt Mount Caucafus, to guarll
· that afS, and after thirty ycars was rclcafeti
by ercu!es rhc Argo¡¡aut : and P hlyas.
. and Eumedon, the fans of thc grcat Buc-
. ebus, [o the Pocts ca11Sefojlris,and of.Ari-·
·. adJJe the daughter of Afinos, wcrc /!?~í!,O­
. nattts. At thc return of Sefojtris into E-
g)pt, his brother 'Danatts fled from him in·
ro Grecce wirh his fifry daughtcrs, in a Io:1~
fl1ip; aftcr the pattcrn ofw hich the !hipAr-
go was builr: and Argus, thc fon of 'Da-
nata, was thc maílcr-builder rhcrcof. Na;:-
plitts thc Arga;tattt was born in Greece, (;[
Amymone,onc ofthe daughtcrs ofVmltlltS,
and of Neptttlle, thc brothcr and admir.1l of
Sefojlrts: And nvo othcrs of tbc J.1~na h-
tcrs of 'Danatt.r marricd ,Archtm der ami
Archilites, the fans of Ac/;tEus, rhc ion of
Crettja, the d:mghrcr of Ercchtbcus King
of At!Je11s: amf thcrct(:Hc thc <.Llllghrcr.;; or
· F2 ~va . .
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'JJ,maus wcrc threc Gcnerations younger ·

than Erecbtbetts ; and by coniequcncc ;,:
contcmporary ro Th¿feus thdon of ..lf.gr:. · .
tt.r, thc adoptcd íón of 'P a1tdio11, thdon of ¿
Ercchtbetts. Tbefetts, in thc time of thc 1•
Argo!Jatttic cxpedition, was about )J ~;
yc<lrS of agc, ami iO was born about thc 2 ~LI?
y e.u ofSolomo1J.: for he íl:olc He fe¡¡ a* ju!1 ·.

Ion. Ar- old, and fhe but ievcn, oras iomc b ten.¡;
gonaut. ··
1.I.v. (p ú'ithous thc íon of Ix ion hel cd T. N íeus
J L - :
1o r. to ílcal lle!ena, aml thcn t T;eflíls wcnt ;)
t Plu- with Piritbotts ro ilcJl Pelfepi.Jo¡¡e, the:
~arch in daug:hter of Aidolleus, or Orcus, King nf :;
fhefeo. thc .A1oloJJians, anJ W:.l.S L1ken in the aéti- J
on: and whilfl he hy in prifon, Cafior and .~
Poltux rcturning from thc Arc~ou.autic ex- ,
pcdition, rdcakd tb:::ir fiíl:cr Heie1ta, and;
c:.1ptivated /Ltbra the mothcr of Thefeus.:
Now thc daughtcrs of 'D(maus bcing con- :
tcmporary to T/J{'fl'tts, and íomc of thcir
ions bcing Argonattts, '.Danaru with hi-;
(hughtcrs í1cd íi-om his brorher Sefojlris
into Greece about one Gcncration bcforc
thc ./fr:go11autic cxpcdition ; and thcrcforc
Sej~jlris returncd into .Egypt in thc Reign
of Reboboam. He camc out of Egypt in
. . thc fl(th year of Reboboam, * and ípcnt nint.:
1
N~1tions and G re ece; and thcrcforc rcturn-
01
· · •
P· 3f· cd h~1ck into E'gypt, in thc fourtccnth yc~u
of Rc!JobOt7m. Sr.frtc and Sefl.J!ris wcr~
thcrcforc .Kings of all Eg)Jf, at onc ~lllLI
rhc
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thefame time: and they ~grcc nor only in
thc rime, but alío in thcir aéhons aml con-
queíl:s.God gavc Sefilc 1'1,l:'!Nit n,,:,,~~ 'he
f<ingdoms ~fthe ta11ds, 2 C hron. Xll. W hcrc
IJ{crodotus defcribes thc cxpcdition of Se-
lfoflris, Jofcplms * tclls us th~1t he dcfcrib- * Tn·
cd thc expcdition of Scfoc, and :ntributcd rq;h.
his aétions to Scfojt·ris, crring only in thc Anriq.
ame of thc Kin -r. Corru )tions of names l. 4- c.8.
; frC<JUent in 1ifrory .: cfo(lri.: wa~s o-
. crwiíc caHed Sefoclrns, Sefoclnr, .Jefo-
:¡fis, Setboji.r, Seflmchú, Seflmchoji.r. Takc
way the Greek termination, and thc
ames become Sefo(l, Sefoch, Sef()().r, Se-
/;o.r, Sefonch : which namcs diffcr vcry
ittle from Sefach. SefotJcbi.s and Sefoch
· ·trer no more than Afemjhis and Alopb,
· names of thc Ümc city. .7ofephtts t t Con.
tcllsns alfo, from Aia11etbo, that Sethofis traApi-
1 as the brother of Armais, and that thde on. l. I •
rothers \Vere orhcrwiic c:.IIIc.:l .IB'-rz.yptus
. and 'Dmtaus ; and that npon thc rcturn of
· Sct/;~fi's or .A·..g)'fttls from his grcat con-
• queíl:s into A:o'/Jt, Armais or 7Jmuttts f1cd
m him into G1·cere.
' . E,zj'Pt, was at J1rí1, dividcd ínto many
• Ímall Kingdoms, likc other nations ; :111d
: grew into onc m01urchy by dcgrccs: and
· thc f~lthcr of Sotomo1t's Qnccn, wa'> rhc
: fi~íl:.King of E:C[,Jpt, who camc into 'Pb(E-
•.. 111~1a with an A rmy: but he o ni y roo k Gc-
• Ztr, and gave ir to his dau )hrcr. Stjltc,
·. thcncxti\ing, camcoutof ',gypt wirh :m
F 3 <l.1my
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army of Libyatts, Troglodites and Etbio.
pialls, 2 Chron. xii. 3. and therefore Wa)
rhcn King ofall thoit:~ countries ; and we clo
nor rcad in Scriprure, that any formcr King
of Eg)pt, who rci ned ovcr all thofc nari.
vns, came out of gypt with a great army
to cnnqucr other countrics. Thc facrcd hi-
fl:ory ofthc lfraelites, from thc days ofA-
braÍJúm to thc days of Solomo¡¡, admirs of
1:o fuch conqueror. Sr:Jojlris rcigncd ovet
dl thc i~mc nations of the LibyaJts, Tro-
._í!,fodites and Ethiopia!is, and camc out of
l:~~)f'twithagrcararrny to conLluer orhcr
l\ in5Joms. Thc Shepherds rcigncd long
in thc !')\Ver part of Eg)pt, and werc cxpcl-
lccl thcncc, jníl: befo re thc building of .Je-
n;fl;lcm and thc Temple ; according tn
J.la!!et!Jo; and w hilíl: rhcy rcigned in thc
lm'.'Cr pan: of Egypt, the upper art thcrcof
wasundcr othcr Kings: and v·lilc Egypt,
was dividcd inro fcveral Kingdoms, thcrc
\\':t'' no room f(w any fuch King of all E~opt
as S'é:fojlris; ::md no hifiorian makcs him h-
ter than Srjac: Jnd rhcrcforc he \ras o¡;.~
a11d t1w [·u11c King of Egy;:t with Srf!tc
This is no ncw opinion: ]ofl:jb¡¡s dilco-
vcrcd ít: \\'hcn he afTirmcd that flcrodotíu
•

crrcd, in afcrihing thc ac'lions of Srjac to

~>·r:(oflris, and rlut thc error was oni y in t!Ic
ILl!llC of rhc King: for this is as much :1s ro
•• •

1.t \". tlut rhc rruc namc ofh im w ho did t holc

•

t!~·iJ:L"' dd(:ribcd by 1/crodotu.r \\'as St/fu";

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.11:o..l tl¡:Jt lltrot(o!ll{ crrcd pnly in c¡JliJJ::

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llim Scfojlris; or rhat he was callcd Scfof
. tris by a corruption of his n.nne. Our
: grc1t Chrono~o~er, Sir .'Jobn !Jfarjham,
· w:1s ::tlf<) of opmton that Sefoflns was St:-
Jac: and if rhis be gran red, it is then mo.íl:
. ccrtain tlut Se.fojlrts Cl.mc out of Eg;pt 111
; rhe )th year ofRebobollm, ro inv.tdc rhc na-
. rions, :1nd returncd back into Egypt, in the
Ifth year ofrhatKing and that'Drmatts thcn
ilying from his brothcr, c1mc into Greece,
\rithin a ycar or 2 afrer: and thc .ArgoJJau-
tic ex cdition bcing onc Gencration htcr
th~m t ut invaíion, :1nd than the coming of
"DaJtaus ínto Greece, was ccrt::lÍnly about
40 or 45' ears b.tcr than thc dcath of Solo-
mo/J. romethetts íl:ay'd on Mormt Catt~
cajits Jjc thirty years, and then was relcafed * Hyain
by Hercttles: and therefore rhc .Argo11att- Fab: b
ttc expedirían, \Vas thirty ycars afrer Pro- If+.
metheus had been leti:: on Momzt Caucaflts
by Sefoflris, that is about 4+ years aftcr the
dcath of Solomo1t.
All Iutions, befo re the juíl: Icngth of thc
Solar year was known, reckoned monrhs
by thc conde of thc Moon; and ycars by t Gen.
thc t rcturns of winter and fiunmer, fpríng i. 1 + &.
and autumn: and in making Calcnd:1r.s for viii. 2.2..
thcir Fcflivals, they reck.oned thirty days qcnfo-
ro a Lunar month, and rwclvc Lunar nnus
1
months ro a ycar; taking thc nc1reíl: round c. 9·.&
numbcrs: whcncc c1mc thc diviíion of rhc z.o. ~ - 1
. ¡· · · () .1 • . Ct"J"O 1!1
l··~ tpt!c mto 3 >O uc;rcc.~. So w t 11c time Vcrrem
Qt 1Voa/;'~ f1ood, \\' hcn thc Moon could not Gcmi-
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 .72 HRONOLOGY
be fe en, No ah reckoned thirty da ys to a
month : but if the M oon appearcd a da y or
·:!!:'lf~ice~ t\vo befare the cnd of rhc month, ** thn

crrem. I1cr appe:1nng:

. d 1 . d ·¡¡
an t HS wa'> one gcncr.1 v.
'till rhe Eg_ypt íans of Tbcúais ftmnd th2
tDio~ length of thc Sobr ycar. Sn t 7Jiodor:ts
dor. l. r.
tells m thar the E~y¡xüns ~f' Thcbais llfl
?to imerezfm·y mo11t hs, tJor .fubdu{f a¡¡v
J •

da_ys' tl-om thc month -,as i.r done b)' mofl cf

~ Cicc~ tbc Gr~cks. And * Cirrr(), e.fl co1!fiu:t!rti'J
ro in Sicttlorum Ctf'trrortttilJ!f(' Gr.ecorum,quo:i
.Vcrrcm fitos di es me11ft.(q!!e col!gntcre ·t.:ollmt cm¡;
Soiú Ltmtf!qu? rilt iollc, u.t JtOJtlltlmqlfa¡¡¡
jiqttid difcrepct, {':>,:imcwt Ullltm aliqttfíJJ
dit.:m aut jitm1tntJtl biduttm ex menfe [ ciYi!i
dierum triginr:l-j f/ltOS iffj e;d.lf!7;(J. ~ dieJ'l.'O·
núttant. And Proclus upon Hrjt'od's Tflctx)~,
t Gcm. mcnrions thc Lm1c thing. And t Gemi1111J:
"'6
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Tláo J'' J. J..IIJ) ~K. ;J.v ,f'u'vo.tTo :¡a:•Í:r )ctl, ~¡ {J.IJ e1.Í 7p?7rc(i,
~ u.Í i~II!J.~¡•Íll.l ?re:i T~~ (./.'u·r:.~ T~::Hr / c¡.von?~. TJ .!<
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t,.. 'o.. • ,.. \ ;.;~'
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P_·ropojJL illlt (:xJJ\s:;-~v.
i['e 1!1117_{tt t t 'Cet erzb 1! s, tm'nfe s qu rde m a~~ ere
!{ cctmdmn Ltt11am, romos 7-'eí''O _(eomdum
:_:~"Jo/em. 6)uod cnim a it'l,ib:ts éE Oraculis

;lria, vid~Jicet_p:ztria, m~llfl's, die~, an-_

{f!OS ; !~oc tta dijlm[f e fa eu:bant ttJIJ·-v·e¡fi
,~P,rteet,_ut an11os a,~erCJ~t crmgruenter cttm
t~o/r:, d1es 'Vero ~ menjt·J cwn Ltmtt. Por-
~ro Jectmdum So/em a!IJJOS ,z~~ere, eJf rirctl
•icafdem tempr:jtates atmi e,u!cm _(rzcrUiria
{}Jiis pnfici, fiJ ·vermn·z jt'tcrUt'cium jhn-
Jper in w:re coJJjittmnari, tt:_fli-vum cmtcm ils
:jlfjlatc: .fiirJilúcr f!) Ílt relir¡uis cm ni tc?m-
i,joribu s e,u/em jt'zo·U/'r i a eado··e. 1loe eni m
f;_?ttaÚallt acceptum ~ gratmn e_f!e 'JJiis.
:JIloe autem afiter fieri non pojj'et Jtif¡.' con-
~,~-, '1./lOJ/CJ' jo (f/ Í t itdl'J' GJ á' fj !1 Í JJO lf Íll i lt i ~f
Jdc m Zodittci locú (t'aL'JJt. Scuoulum Lu-
.\í-'.tl/1 'L'ero die s aierc cjt t.zle 11t coJJgntant
:Jom¡ L11Jitf: il/IIJ)JÍ!ltZ! ioJJi!nt.r cljJ/Hl!at ÍOJ!ti
Jdrn·m;;,
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Nt~ill r1 !,!l!ltl' illlmlÍi;ttt ir;¡¡i!nts
_)t,-ppcl!ri/ ¡,~¡¡n. din·¡oJJ jil//t dmoliJÍJttll te.
)lllr¡fi,J cJJ tiJJ tiJ1· LrtJltl app,;rct :;o·;.:a, ert prr
P'.J'n:dapbot, /•u OJ.'.'!f','f:!iu:¡e;,v¡ v~ol-'~vtct, id
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ejt, No,viltmiltm appeUatttr. !11 qua ·z:rn
die fecttndam facit apparitio¡¡em, c,nr.
fl'ctmdam Lmzam vocanmt. .Appariti;.
11cm Ltm~ qu~ circa medittm menfisfit, a)
;pfo eve11ttt J'l'x_or~nvía,, id efl medietate11
mntjis 11omi11artmt. Ac fltmmatim, omm:
di es a Ltmte iliuminatio11ibtts dellomina.
runt. 'V11de et iam tricejimam mn~fis dir,n
cttm ttltima _fi't, ab i¡Jo evntttt "f't~.x.á!a 'VO·
carmtt. •
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Thc ~mcicnr c~1lencbr ycar ofrhe Grcci/¡

confif1:cd rhcrcforc oft\\·clve Lunar monthi
and cvcry month, of rhirry days: and rhcl~
yc~us and months thcy corrcétcd from tim:~
ro time, by thc courfes of thc Sun ::u~J
Moon, omirring a da y or two in the month.
as often as thcy fe tmd the month too long
for thc comíc of thc Moon; and adding1 ~

rnonth to thc ycar, as often as rhey found

thc twdrc Lunar months too ihort for tk
* Apud rcrurn ofthc fourfeafons. Cleobul!ts * onc
Lacr- of rhc icven \\·ifc mcn of Greece, alluJcJ
tium, in to this ycar of the Greeks, in his Parabk
Clcobu ofonc fithcr \\. ho lud twclve fans, c1.ch of
lo. which had thirty dauf!;htcrs, halfwhitc and
t .A.puJ h~If black.: and Thales t calle~ the bfl: J:1y
Lacrti- ot thc month 7fld.)(.dJ'ct, thc thnt!cth : and
11m, in SoloJ!countcd rhc ten lafl: (hys ofthe month
Thalctc b~Kkward fi·om thc thirticth, callincr :::J
t!1Jr
Plu- . dJ.y ~v.:v ~~ vittv thc o!d and thc ncw, m
rarch.In Lhc bfl da y of thc old month and thc fidt
bolonc. <..i:1y of'[hc ncw : for he introduccd mnrlt J¡i
of 19 :md JO chys ··drcm;1tcly nuking rll
t)¡¡i·
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'eth day of every other month, to be
firfr da y ofthe next month. G'n.
. onnus
Greeks added a thtrtcenth, evcry othcr c. r3.
, w hich made their 'Dietcris; and be- Hcrod.
_..e this reckoning madc thcir ycar too l. 1. pro-
cr by a month, in eight yc:J.rs, thcy omit- pe initi·
0
an intero.bry month once in cight um .
.1rs, which made thci: Oc7acteris, one
fof which, was thcir Tetraeteris: And
·. efe PcrioJs feem to ha ve becn almoft as
. as rhe reli ions ofGreece, bcing uicd in
·vers ofrhe 'acra. Thc * O[faeteris \Ll'>
. e Amws magmts of Cadmus and Afiuos, *A poi-.
fcems ro h:wc bccn brought into Greece lodor.l.
Creteby the Pbt.euicians, who came 3· P·

avccontinued 'till aftcr the days of Hero- 1.r6. p.

· tts: for in counting the lcngth of íCvcn- 476.
y yc::us, t. he reckons thirty tbys ro a Lu- Hnmcr .
. ~l.r month, and twclvc íi.tch months, or Odyíf.
• 6.J d:qs, to rhc orJin:.uy year, without the l. v ·

.f daysmt1e ' l • 1 e~rei!A:.s,

. 1 e a.cm~1ryearoft.1c ' 1 ül . . x"
: cmetrius Tba!crett.r lud 3 6oSu.tucs erec-
to him by thc Atbe11ia11s. But thc
Grreks, Cte()}lrattts, flt!rpaJus and othcr~,
ro makc thcir months :l'~rcc bcttcr w i! h rhc
.conde of thc J\1ooll, i?~ thc times of thc
(Perfirm Empirc, varicd thc nunncr of in-
' tcrca!ing thc tlucc mo::ths iu tbc Oé/act t- •

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ri.r; :md .lvfeto1-t found out the Cyclc ofm.:
rercaling fcven months in ninetcen years. :
The Ancicnt year of the LatiNes''~
t Plu· alfo Luni-folar ~ for P /utarch t re lb;:.
ta.rc h.
inNu;. that the ycar of N11ma confiftcd of rwc>.:
ma. Lunar monrhs, with inrercab.ry mo,~:.:;
•

ro make up w bar rhc twel ve Lunar mom 1

,:'

wamcd of the Solar ycar. Thc AI·c;c:.:t

ycarof the .S.optia11S\\-a) a11o Luni-it.;::l_
ami continued ro befo 'rill thedays of l/..1
perio1l, orOf!ri.r, a King of EgJPf, rhc (:.
rher of Helttts and Sele11e, or Orus :PJ
Bubajle: F or the 1frac lites broucrhr rh:;

dor.l. )· us that Ouramu the fathcr of Hyperj.¡¡¡

P· r ~ ~· ufed this ycar, and t thar in the Temple d
t Dw- O.firis rhe Prieíl:s Jppoinrcd thcreunro fillcd
~or.l. I. 3 6o Milk Bowls evcry dJy : I rhink he
P·l3· meansonc Bowl cvery day, in all 3óo,ro
count the nnmbcr of days in the Ca_!cnd1r
year, and thereby to find out rhe differcnce
berwcen this and rhc true Solar year: ¡;H
thc ycar of 360 days wasrhe yc:u, ro rbc
cnd ofwhich they addcd fivc days.
That rhc lfraclitcs u!Cd the Luni-fcJl.:r
car is bcyond Qucfl:ion. Thcir monrh;
egan with thc ncw Moon~. Thcir firn
month \\':15 callcd /lbib, from thc carin:~• (lt'
Com in rlut month. Thcir Pa(ft>vcr \l':t\
Ju:'p~- from thc fourrccnth day of thc útil
mnnth. thc JVI oon bcing t hcn in thc fui l.
And iCthc Com wa" not thcn ripc cn<lu~h
for
. oflcrimV. . thc fld1 Fruils, rhc
. Fcll.iPl 1'. J\
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o[' by addincro an interc.1lary month :o
cnd ofrhc ye;¡r ; and rhe harvefl wa<> gor
betorc rhc Pcnrecofl:, and rhe othcr
its garhered before thc Fcaíl: of rhc ie-
;:h month.
· Sitnplicitts in his commcntary ~ on thc *A puJ .
.;·.. ofArijtotte's Pby.ficat Acroa.fis, tclls Thco-
, rhat:fomebegirt the ycar upo11 tbe S 11m- dorum
r Soi(lice, as the 'People of Attic.l; or Ga?.;¡m
1t the Attturmrat Eqttútox, as thr: 'Peo- Je men-
o/Afia; or iu !Villter, as the Romans; íibus.
about the Ver11at Eqrti11ox, as tiNA o.-
. a11d Peoptc ~f' Danufcus: a11d t/.Jt
. th began, according to fome, upo:1 t!Jf.?
·. · z:JI l.1oo?t, or upott the lv.e·::.J. Thc yc.us
all thefe Nations wcrc thcreforc Luni-
lar, and kcpt ro thc four Scafons: and rhc
. umaJt year began at firíl: in Spring. ~l<s I
, · m ro gather from thc N ames of rhcir
. onths, 'S¿!úntilis, Sr:xtilis, S'eptr:múer,
· c1ober, November, 'Dccember: and rhc
i inning was aftcrwards removed to W in-
:;_ r. The ancient civil ycar ofrhc AJ!_'yri-
'~nsand Babylo11ia1ts was alfo Luni-iólar:
{for rhis ycar was ~uo ufCJ by rhc Samar/.
::fans, who camc from fcvcr.ll parts of the
;:;.1(/{yriaFt Ernpirc; and rhc Jews who carne
::'from Babyto¡¡ cJ.llcd thc monrhs of their
· ni-iohr ycar afrer rhe Namcs of rhc
' nrhs ofthc Br1bytonian car: and Bero-
: lis* tclls us tlur rl1c !Jr1by onian.r celebra- *A ud
· thc Fcaíl: Saetea U)Onthc 16th tbyof Ath~-
, he month Loru, w hic 1 WlS aLurur month n::cum
. of l.+· '
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of the Mact?dottia?ts, and kept to one ani
the fame Se:tfon ofthe yeat: and the Ar1.·
6ia11s, a Narion who peoplcd Ra6ylon, ul:

us, that thc Sar11s of the Chaldea11s cor:

tains Lunar months, \V hich are cig~.
2 22
icen ycars, confifling cach of twcl ve Lu~L'
months, bcfidcs 1ix intcrc::tbry monthi.
*He~ and whcn * C\rus cut thc River Gi!ldu:\
-
rod. l. into 36o Channcls, he fccrns to h:rvc allr} \

I.
dcd unto thc numbcr of days in thc CIIcn.
d:u ye::tr of thc Medes and.'PerfiaJts: a~!
t Julían thc Emperor .'J11!ia1z t wrires, For 'Z:..:Im,
Or: 4· alt other 'People, that I may fay it j¡¡ OIJ!
word, accommodate their mo11ths to tb!
co11rft of the lvlootJ, '""J.,'e alo11c ·:.e)ith the [.
gypcians meafitre tbe days of the yetzr ~~
the courft of the Stm.
Atlengrh thc Egyptimts, for the fakco:·
Navigation, ~pplicd thcmidvcs ro oblC1H
thc Surs; and by thcir Heliacal Rifings anJ
Scttings found thc true Solar ycar ro be firc
days longcr than the Calendar year, ano
thcreforc added five days to rhc rwclvc'
Calcncbr mnnrhs, makin the Solar ycar ro
confiíl: of twclvc mont s and fivc J:1ys
* Stra- Strt~bo • and J 'Diodor11s akribe this in·
~ "n· _ Thcb~m 'Pnejls, iatth S trabo, are abo . ceo·
.

days 1tot6ytbet:ourftofthe lv/ooJt, 6111~)'

t be cour¡¿· of t /;e J'm¡. To twr: lve mo11tb;
eJI 1,'

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h ofthirty days, they add _year{y five
s. In memory of th.ís Emcndatíon of
e year rhey d_cdicated thc { fivc addirion- -1- Pltl-
d.l stoOfiru,Ifis, Orusienior,T_yphon, tarch:
' ~ n e r
t th-ofe da ys \~ere addcd ro thc y~.tr HiJc.
hcn rhcfe fivc Prmccs \\·ere born, tlut ¡..;, Diodor.
. · rhc Rci n of Ouramts, or AmmoJJ, thc 1. 1 . P·
hcr of efoc: and in * thc Scpnlchrc of 9.
· . mmophis, who rcigncd íoon atrcr, thcy '"' H·~c.t­
,, · accd a Goldcn Circlc of 3 ó 5' cubits in txus a-
:. s, and dividcd it into 365' egua[ parts puJ Di-
.. rcprefent all thc d~ys in thc ycar,and no- dor.l. · 1

upon cach part thc Heliaca! Rifings and P· p...

.· ttings of the Stars on thar dJ.y ; w hich
, · de rcrnaincd therc till the invaíion of
· g)'Pt by Camb][es King of'Per/ia. 'Till
: e Rcign of Ottramu, rhc úther of H)'fe-
. ion, and grandfathcr of flcli!ls J.nd Se/me,
. Agyptians uícd thc olll .Luni-flJlar
. · ear: but in his Reign, that is, in the Rc:i~n
,·,' f Amm011, the father of ()_(tris or Sefat,
· grJ.ndfathcr of Orus and Bubtiflc, rhc
bebmu began ro apply thcmídvcs to NJ.-
·.· igation and Aíl:ronomy, and by thc Heli-
·..' ca[ Rifings and Scttings ofthc Surs dcr-:r-
:.· · the len ~th of thc Solar ycar; and ro
:' he o[d Calen ar ycar addcd fivc (bys, :1ml
....· them to his five cbi!dren al)fwc
tioncd, as thcir birth JJ.Ys: and in rlv~
'gn of Amt:nophis, when by furthcr Ob·
varions the had fufficicntl y dctcrmin~ll
rime of t 1e Solilice.;, thcy mighr phcc
thc
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the beginning ofrhis new vc::tr upon th~.
V crnal ELluínox. This ycar being at lcn~th
prop:1gared into Chaldá!a, g::tvc occalion tn
the ycar of Nabot!affar; for thc ycars or'
JVahonaffar an~ thoiC of Eg:rPt bcg:ll1 on
onc and thc hmc da y, callcd by thcm
Thotb, and wcrc equal and in al! rci¡1cd1
thc [une: aml rhc firft yc~u of Nabonalj:;r
bcrran on thc 2..0th cby of Fcbruar_y of the
old RomaJt yc:r, ícvcn hnndrcd forty a!lll
fe ven yc:.1rs befo re thc Vulgar /Era ofé'!Jryl
and thirty and thrce days and five hour~ be-
fo re rhc V crnal Equinox, according to tk
Sun's mean motion; for it is not likcly th.lt
thc Equation of thc Sun's rr.o~ion f11mdd be
known in thc inbncy of A fhonomy. i'\o11'
rcckoningrhatthcycarof36) days, \\.:::tnt5
:fivc hours and 49 minutes of the Equinoc-
tial ycar; the beginning of this yc:.1r \\ !ll
movc backwarJs thirty and three J:1:ys :1.nJ
fi ve hours in I 3 7 ycars : and by conL-
qucncc this ycar bcgan at fidt in A~oP
t1pon thc V crn~11 Equinox, according to rk
Sun's mean mor ion, r 37 ycars beforc rhc
-'Era of NaboJJtlJlor began; that i'>, in r:1c
'·
yc;ll' ofthc.'Ju litw PcrioJ 38 3o, or 96 yc:~r~
aftcr thc Je:.1th of Solomon : and if ir bcg:1:1
upon rhc ncxt {by afrcr thc Vcrnal Eq11i-
nox:, it might bcgin four ycars carlicr; :::tnd
about that time cndcd thc Rcicrn n of .Amc!IO-
}ÚÚ : f{n- he cune not from Suj;t ro rhc
Tr~'J an war, but d icd afterw;lrds in h:opt.
This yc.:ar wa~; rccci ved by the P er.fi~;,n Em-
•
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from the Babylo1úa1t; :md the Greek.r

0 ufed it in the lEra Philip¡tea, d:1tcd
· om the Death of Afexandcr thc Great ;
Jttliu.r Ctefar corrcétcd it, by :vkling
· d;ly in evcry four years, and m~Hlc ir rh:
,~·orof the Romans .
.~· Sy11celltts tells us, th:1t thc fiyc d.l~,':;
;~vcrc adJcd to the oid ycar by th~ bíl 1\.iJl~
.9f rhc Shcpherds: and thc diffcrc!ll:c líi.
time, bctwccn thc rcign of thi;; K in;, :lid
tlut of Ammo11, is but fnull; forthc rciga
._of thc Shephcrds endcd bur onc Gcm:r.tri-
.
on, or rwo, bcforc AmmOJt bcgan to :liLl
~

ti1oic days. But the Sbcphcrds mi11JcJ

Jl(Jt Arts and Sciehce;.
; Thc firíl: month of thc Luni-folar ycar,
.by rc:1ion of the Intcrc:J.bry month, bc~~<m
':fomctimes a week ora fortnight, befo re t he
:Equinox or SoHlice,andiometimcs as mtH.:h
·'att:cr it. And th1s ye ..u ga ve occaíion ro tLc
lirfi:A.ftronomcrs, whoformcdrheAjlerif",.s
;to place the Equinoxes an~ Solíl:iccs in th~
·¡J:liJdlcs ofrheConfrclbtions ofAries, CaJt-
::t'l'r, Cheftt, and Capricont . .Acbil/es Tati-
m * rclls us, thJt jo,we alltieHt{y pfc¡ced tbe 'j(IJ7w l·
+Yoljlicc in thebeginnin,~ 1JfCancer, otbcrs ,1:c s~·~t,
·,¡zn the ei,ghtb degreeofCanccr othcrs a- ~3,:1
1

¡:bottt t/;e f· ..,;_.c/ft/; dcgrc~.·, aad otber s ab:Jitt l'ctaviu

. hejtjtee11tb deg1·n tbcrcof This vari- eJn.
·.cty . of opinions procecdctl from th:: prc-
cd110n ofthc Equinox, :hen not known to
.: thc Grecks. \Vhcn thc Sphcrc was firil:
. turmcd, thc Solíl:icc was in thc fifr_ccnt:l
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degrec, or_ =niddle of the Coníl:ellation of
Ca11cer,thcit carne into thc twelfth,eighth,
fourth, and fid1 degrce fucccíTively. Eu.
doxtts, who f1ouriihed about íixty years
aftcr Afetou, andan hundred years before
.Aratus, in dcfcribing the Sphcre of the
Ancicnts, pbced thc Solfl:iccs and Equi-
noxcs in thc middlcs of the Coní1clbtions
* Hip- of /fries, CaJtcer, Che/te, and Capricor11,
parch. as isaflirmcd by* Hipparc!J!ls Bitbymu;
ztd Phx- and aopcars alfo by rhe Dcfeription ofthe
r. 2~·
0
Equii~oél:ial ::tiHl Tropical Circlcs in Ara-
Seét.j. tu.r,§who copiedafter Eudoxus;andby
:tPeta- thc poíitions üf the Cotures of the Equi-
vio cdit. noxcs and Solfl:ices, which in the Sphereot'
§ Hip- Eudoxtts, dckribed by Hipparchus, wenr
parch. rhrough the middles of thoie Confl:elhti·
ad Phx- ons . ._ F or Hipparchus tells us, that Ell·

~: e · through thc midJle of thc great Bear, and

thc middlc of Cancer, and rhc neck of Hy-
dnts, and thc Star bctwccn the Poop and
1\fafi of Ar(!,O, and thc Tayl of the Soutb
Fijh, and t1uough rhe middle of Capri-
coru, and of Sagitta, and through the ncck
and right wing of thc S-.;:MJt, and thc lctr
lund of Ccpbeus,::tnd that he drcw rhcEqui·
nodial Coiure, through thc lcft h:md ot
.Aré/o_pb_yiax, ~uHl along the middlc of hi'
Uody, and crois thc middlc of Cbcite, :tnd
throuoh
--, V
thc rio·ln
b
hand and forc-kncc ofrhc
., .
Centaur, :md throu rh the f1cxurc of En-
damu J.nd hcJ.d of et1u, and thc back of
Aries
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 . . . . H R O ·N O L O G 'r
-
gonaut Orphetts. All thefe relate to the
Argc11auts. There's ORlO N rhe fon of
JVcpttt!lc, or as fome fay, rhe grandfon of
lrfi11os, with his 'DOGS and H.ARE, and
RIVER, and SCORPION. Thcre's
the íl:ory of 'Per.fcus in rhc Conftelbtions
ofP ERSEVS, A1'l'DROlvJE'DA. CE.
PHI-:VS,CASSJOPE!A, anJCET"VS:
Th:1t of Culliflo, and hcr fon Arcas, in
VRSA AIAJOR, arrd ARCTOPHTL.
AX: Thar of ]cl!rctts, and l1is daughrcr
Eri(01tr in B O O TE S, 'P L A'V J.
T Jl'U Al and ! 1 R G O. VRSA AH
7

NrJR rclar:es to onc ofthc Nurfcs of Jttpi.

ter, AV R JG Ato Erec!Jt !Jonius, OP HI-
VCflDJ' ro Pborbts, SAGITTARFuS
ro Cro/,u, the fon of the Nuríe of th~
'l\~Juícs, C.L-FP RJCORN to Pa11, and A-
§¿ 'ü A R l'V S to Galtimedt!. Tbcrc·;
Ar·iad:te's C R O !V N, . Bclleropbo;/s
HORS E, Nt'ptm~e's 'DOL'P HI1V, Gli-
·¡¡imedr's E A G LE, Jupiter's G O AT
\vith hcr J{ 1 'D S, Bacdms's A S S E S.
and th:: F 1 S HE S of VeJJtts and Cupid.
a!1d thcir P:.ucnt thc S O V T H F 1 S 1-J.
Thdc with 'DELTOTON, are thc o!J
'
Conficlbrions mcntioncd by Arat;u: ~•n¿
thcy all rcbtc to thc Argo1!a!tt.r, and tl1~ i:
ContcmporJ.rics, and ro Pcrfon:; onc or rwo
Gcncrations oldcr: ~wJ nothing btcr rh.1n
that Exncdition
l
was dclincated thcrc Ori·
ginally. A NT 1 N O "u S and CO /11:1
BERENICES are novel. Thc Sphcrc
iCe mi
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· eems rherefore ro have bc~n fonn~d hy
: iro11 and Mttjteus, for thc ufe of the Ar-
. o1tatets: for the ShipAr,go wa" tbc firll:
·r!hip builr by rhe Greek.r. Hitllí.'fto
cy lud uJCJ round veffcls of burdcn, an!
cpt within .li~ht of~hc fhorc; 8.nd now.
:.111 Em!nfTy ro kvcral Princ-:'s, upon
coaíls of thc Eux úu: JI1Ll A!cditcrra-
;.¡¡ea;z Sc·,¡s, * by rhc diéb.tcs of thc Oucle, :i' Apo1·
.andconfcnt of thc Princcs of Grccce, thc lodor.l.
1
. Flowcr ofGrcece wcre to f::til with Expcdi- ·c. 0 ·

Sails, and guidc th<::ir Ship by rhc Stars.

, Thc Pcople of the Ifhnd Cr;rC)'ra t attri- t Sui . .
· butcd the invcntion ofthc Sphcrc to J.Vrmjt'- d:ts in.
caa, the daughtcr oL1kiJJous, King ofthc A~ct'}'e~..\·
Pbeaces in that I fhnd; and it's mofi: pro- ";'.
bable that íbe had it from the ArrroJ:a!tts, e
who :j: in their rcturn homc üilcL ro tlut -¡ Apol.
Ifland, and e:ude fome fiay thcre with. hcr loJor. 1.
fiuhcr. So then in the time of thc Argo- r. c. p.
11autic Expedirían, the Cardinal points of Seél:. 1.f-.
· thc Equinc,xcs and Soli1:iccs wcrc in thc
middlcs of the Conflc!i:u:ions of Aries,
Cancer. Cbefte, and Capricont.
In thc cnd ofrhc vc~u of our L·lrd 168 9,
thc Sur callcd T?'ÍliNl ./lrictis W: s in"('.
1

18~. 51'. oo'', \Vith N()rth L·,tirudc 7o. 8''.

58''. And th~ Star u!lcd ttfl ÍJJI/t uwd,c .A~
ricti.r wa" in 'el. I</. 3'. 42.", with Nor;h
L:1titudc ¡;'. 3 i ·. (. And thc ColwrttJ'
./Er¡ni11o!1 t01":1l!J ¡HIIi ng thrott,~·.h thc point
in Lb e n1iJJ.lc bctwc-.:11 tlwlc [W d Sqr:), dd
th (.;ll,.
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thcn cut the Ecliptic in ~ 6o. 44': and b\ 1

this rcckoning the Equinox in the end Óf

the ycar 1689, was gone back 36°. 4+'·
fince thc .Argo1;~utic Expe?ition: ft1ppo!'-.
ing that thc f:lid Colttre pan cd through the ·
middlc of thc Confl:clhtion of Aries, ~lc­
(:ordíng ro thc dclinc~ltion of thc Ancictm.
1-hc Equinox goes back fifty ieconds in
onc yc:1r, and one dcgrec in fevcnty and
tv.·o ycars, and by confcqucncc 36~. ++·
in 264S' ycars, which conntcd back, frnm
thccndofthe ycar of our Lord, 1689, or
bcginning of thc ycar r69c, "·ill pbcc rl1e
..Al~~Olltl1tt ic Expcdition about 2) ycars :1t·
tcr rhc Dcath of Solor.JJOJt: but iris not nc-
ccnan· that the middlc ofthc Conftcllation
of Ar:ie s il-:ould be cxaétl y in thc middle
•

bct\vecn thc two Stus callcd prima /iric-

trsand ultimrt Cattdte: and it may be bet-
tcr to fix the Cardin:1l point.'i Ly thc Surs,
through w hich thc Co!ttres paf1ed in rhc
primitiYe Sphcre, accordingto thc dcferip-
rion of Eudoxus abovc rccitcd. By thc
Co!wrc of rhc Eqninoxes, 1 mean a grc~1t
C'irclc paíTing through thc Polcs nf thc E-
quatnr, anJ cutting thc Ecliptic in thc E-
t¡uinoxcs in an Anglc of ú6 .~ dcgrcc..;, rhc
complcmcnt ofthe S un 's grcatd1 Dccliru-
tion; and by thc Cu/;n·c of thc Solfl:iccs. I
mean :1 grcat Circlc, paíiing throtl~,l~ rhc
lame Polcs, and cmring thc .Eclipric :tr
ri:J,ht Anglcs in thc Solf1iccs: and by rile
primitivc Sphcrc, th~u which \\'lS in uíc ¡,._._
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the motions ofthe Equinoxes ::mJ Sol-
ces wcre known: now thc Colures aí:
through the following Stars, accor mg
Eudoxus.
In thc back of Aries ís a Star ofthc fixrh
!fm:1gnimde, rnarkeJ" by BaJ·er; in rhe end
~ofthc year ró89, and beginning oftl1c year
r69o, irs Longírudc was <J. 9 o. 3 8 45 and
North I~atitude 6'. i. 56": and thc C:olu-
1'US Ec¡lliHorlio1·11m drawn through it, ac-
cording ro E!!éJxtts, cuts thc Ec1ipric in C$.
6~. )8'. 57'. In thc head ofCet 1/S are two
Sta.r~. ofthe fourth Magnitudc, callcd 11 anrl
E by Baj·er: inthccnd ofthcyear r689,
thcir Longitudes werc <J. 4?. 3'. 9 ". and
tl. 3 o. 7'. 3 t', and thcir South Latitudes
9 . I 2. , • 2 6". an d 5 o . 53 •. 7 .. : an d t he eo-
9

. fttrus Equi11oéliorum pafling in thc mid

way betwccn thcm, cuts thc Ecl1ptic in ~.
6q. 58'. 5r''. Inthe extreme f1exurc ofE-
1'idamts, rightl y dclincatcd, is a S tar of
thc fourrh M agnitude, of btc rcfcrrcd to
thc brcaíl: ofCettts, and called r by Ba)'CJ';
it is thc only Star in Erídamts through
\rhich this Colure can pais; its Longirudc,
0
in the cnd ofthc yc:.u 1689, was Y. :l) •

22:. 1o''. and SouthLatitudc 2)~. If. 50''

and thc Cotunts Equino{/ iorum pantng
rhrough it, cuts thc Ecliptic in ~. 7°. 1:2.·.
4.-:t. In thc hcad of Pcr:fáts, rightly dcJi ..
IH.:atcd, is a Sur of thc iourth JVL't~nirudc,
callcd 'T b flfl)'fr; thc Longitudt: of this
S!;u, in t 1c cnd of tbc ycJ.r róg~, wa'i
'tj,
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the RE E K S.
. e, called ' by Bayer; its Longitude
•· n rhe end of that ye~r, was Sl. 7". )' .
.' 3 1''. In Saggitta is a Star of thc fixth
.· Magnirude, called 6 by E ayer; its Lon·
,:girude in the end 0f the famc year 1689.
lwas ::.::. 6'. 29'. 53''. In thc middlc of
Cap1·icortt is a Star of thc fiüh Magni-
rude, callcd n by E ayer; its Longitude
in the cnd of thc (une ycar was ~. 8 o.
2)'. H": and tbe fifth p1rt of the Summ
of thc three firíl: Longitudes, and of
the Compicments of the rwo laft to 180
Dcgrees,ísSl. 6o.28'. 46''. Thisisthenew
lor.gitude of rhe old Coturus Soljtitio-
rum pafling throngh thefc Srars. Thc
fame Coittrus paífes alfo in the middle
benveen the Stars " and "' of the fourrh
and fifth Magnitudes, in the neck of the
Swa1t ; being diíhnr from CJ.ch about a
Degrce: it paffeth alfo by the Star K, of
rhc fourth Magnitudc, in thc right wing
of thc SwaJt; and by thc Star o, of the
fifth Magnitudc, in thc lcfr h:md of Ce-
jhCJu, rightly dclincatcd; ancl by rhe
Stars in rhe uil of thc South- Fijh; and
isar right anglcs wilh rhc Col:trus Ec¡ui-
uoéfiorur!t found abovc: and fo it hath ::dl
, thc clurJtlcrs of thc Colitrlís Soijlitio.
rttm riglnly duwn.
The two Cofl!rcs thcrcfin·c, which in
thc time of thc AlXOJ!fl!ltlc Expcditíoa
cut thc Eclipric in rhe CJ.rdüul Poiutc;,
, JiJ in thc CJH.i of tl1c yc:u xéí8.9 cut it
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in~. 6°. 29';.rr. 6°. 29'; m. 6°. 29' 1
and ;;:,, 6°. 29'; that is at rhe difrance of
1 Sign, 6 Degrees and 29 Minutes frorn
t:hc Cardinal Points of Chiro1t ; as nearly
2s we have been able ro determin from
rhe coarfc obfervations of the Ancicnts:
and thcrcforc the Cardinal Points, in the
time bctween that Expedition and rhe end
of the ycar 1689, have gone back from
rhofc Cotures, one Sign, 6 Degrees :1nd ~:l
Minutes; which, aftcr the ra.tc of 7'-
ycars to a degrce, anfwers to 2627 yc.us.
Countthofc ycars back wards from the cnJ
of thc ycar 1689, or beginning of thc
year 1690, and the reckoning will place
thc .Arf,onautit Expedirían, about 43
years after the death of Sotomo11.
By the fame method the place of any
Star in the Primitive Sphere rnay readily
be found, counting backwards onc Sign,
6?. 29'. from thc Longitude w hich it lud
in the cnd of rhc ycar of our Lord rrí3y.
So thc Longitude of the firfl: Star of Aries
in rhc cnd of thc year r689 was Y' 28 ?.
51'. as abo ve: count backward I Sign,
(,o. 29'. and its Longitudc, countcd from
rhc Equinox in thc middle of thc Con·
í1clbtion of Arifs, in thc time of rhc Ar·
¿;onatttic cxpcdition, will be 7t. 22 o. 2~':
;md by thc Ümc way of arg;uing, thc I .on-
r,itudc ofthc L11cicla Pleitu!11rn in rhc time
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of thc /lr(!,OJiautic J~)(pcdit:ion will be 1'
J ~ ~. 26'. 8<": and rhc Longirudc of /l!'t·
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us ~· 13 ". 24' p.": and fo of any
Stars.
After the Argo?tatttic Expedition \YC
ear no more of Aíl:ronomy 'rill the days
Thales: He t revived A11ronomy. and t Laerr;
rote a Book of the Tropics and Equi- in Tha-

~, rclls us, that he deterrnined thc Occajits w. ·

,.}.fatutmus
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t e
Pt . d b
na es to e upon l.c.
* Plin. xz •
.; rhe 25th da y of the Autumnal Equinox: 1. 1 8.
:md rhence ** Petapius computes thc c. 2).
Loncritude of the 'P leiade s in Y'. 2 3 o. 53': =X·'~ Pe.
and by: confequcnce thc Lucida P!eiadttm tav.
had, fince the Argo1Jautic Expcdition, V:u·:
moved from the Equinox 4 26'. )2": Q. D ~· t
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and this motion, afrer the rate of 7 2. ycars I. c. f·

ro a Degrec, anfwcrs ro 320 years : count
thefc years back from the time in which
Tbale s was a young man fi t ro appl y him-
fC!f to Afrronomícal Srudies, that is
from about the 41íl Olympiad, and thc
rcckoning will place thc Argo11atttic Ex-.
pcdition about 44 years afrcr the death
of Solomo11, as abovc: and in rhe days
of Tbates, the Solíliccs and Eguinoxcs.
by this rcck.oning, will havc bccn in the
middle of thc c1cvcnth Dc~rccs of rhc
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about the Tropics and Equínoxcs, mighr
lc:m a littlc to thc opinion of formcr
Afl:ronomcrs, ío as ro place thcm in rhc
twclfch Dcgrcc~ of rhc Si¿;ns.

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DoU. publifh the Lun:.u Cyclc of ninctecn yc~us.
'1' en:. ub!cn-cd thc Summcr Solfiicc, in thc yo:
L.¡. e~ of NrtÚ01tr!ffitr 3 r6, thc ycar bcto!c the
2l'S.
']-'clo¡o;;mjúm w~1r bcg:m; and C'li''i;,:;.
~' Colu- lrz * rclls us, that thcy pbccd it in the
mcl. cighth Degrec of Cm¡ccr, which is at kJn
l.y. c. k ven Degrccs bJ.ck wardcr than at firfi
') ¡·
14-1 1!1. Now thc Equinox, afrcr the ratc of a Dc-
1 I~.C.
grcc in fcv~nty :md two years, gocs bJ.ct·..
1).
wards fevcn Dcgrccs in )O-f yc:~rs : cou!::
back.\vard<> thoí~ ycars, from rbc ~ ¡t):··
yc1r of 1Va/;o¡¡a_[{ar, :md thc .Ar~(O/:.··:.':.
Expcdition, will úllupon thc 4+/ b :·e::
aftcr thc dc:nh of Solomo¡¡, or rhcrcaboii~.
as aboYe. And thus you fce thc tn:rh ( ¡'
what wc citcd abo ve, out of Acbii!cs 7;!.
· tiu.r; viz. Tlutf:.')mC anciently pbccd r:1c
Solf1icc in thc cighth Dcgrce of Crnt:'i',
o thcr" about che twelfth Dcgrcc, and oth~:~s
abont. thc fiti:ccnth Dcgrcc thcreof.
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r:1ring his o\rn Ob1cnations with rhok or'
fórmcr Aflronomcrs, concluded flrft oLlll\'•
m:~n, tlut thc Equinoxcs had :1 mution
back\L1nls, in rdpett ofthc fixt St:u·>: :1:~d
l1i'> opi11ion \\':1', that rhcy wcnt b:1ckwan!,
onc Dcgrcc in about an hundrcd ycars. He
nudc his ol11Crvarion..; of thc E(]UÍIJ:l:\C~.
bc:t \\'e en t he y c:us of JVdÚO!I rr_(f;zr, 5 ¿: rí .. md
(¡ r ~~ : thc 111.iddlc y car is IÍ02, \\' hich i ;.
2 ~ () yors :1ficr rhc aforcL1id obf~·rv~uil)n (.\
Ju'cto¡¡ ~wd Eut/c;;¡o¡¡; ami intbdc y e ¡r..:,
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he Equinox: muf1:. ha'/C gon~ back~VJY,l;
· our Jc.•rces, and ío ha ve bccnm the tourth

'cl-u.r, ~md by confcqucncc ha re thcn go¡1c

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: lnckcleven Dcgrees lince t JC Al'go¡¡aut:·c
'Exp~dition; that is, in 1090 yc~us, ac-
corLlltw to the Chronolo..'!:y of thc .mci~·:¡t
Grc . ~ thcn in ufe: ~l!Jd th; is .dú r rhc:
r;1 tc 0fabout 99 ycars, or ill thc r•c!,t rourd
IHII11 1,,er. an hundrcd y·c:us to J.Dcgrcc, ;l.:;
Wl~ then íb.tcd by Hippt!rcbl!s. But it
1cally wcnt ~uc\ a Dcgrcc in fcvcnty ::l.lHl
rwo ycars, :.md eleven Dc;rccs l!l 7lJ:¿
years: count thcfe 792 } c.uc; bac:.:.. \l';trt.L
fromthcyearofiVctúonr((/á¡·úo-:, rhc yc:H
from which \Ve conntcd thc 2grí yctrs, ~1w.l
thc re::k0-ning \Vill pbc-: thc ./b~<!_OIJtl!i! ic
Expedítion, :ll'nut 43 ycars after thc dc:1~h
ofS'olomo<T:1• Grtcl:..r ha ve thcreiórcm:dc:
rhc ArgoJJautic Expedirían :lbout thrce
hundrcd years ancicntcr than thc tntl~h, anJ
rhercby givcn occaíion to th~ opinion or-
thc grcat Hipparclms, that thc Equínox.
wcnt backward, aftcr the ratc ofonly a D<.>
grec in :.111 hundrcd ycars.
1 f((iod Lells us, that ft xty (bys :¡f[er tl; L
wintcr Solilicc thc Star ./!n't'm·us roi~ iutt
at StmiCt: and thcncc ir ioll<)\'.'S, Llut fk-
fod flouriíhcd .lhtHtt :m hundrcd years aítcr
thc dcath of Sot'.!~!J{I1J, or in thc CcllCI'Lnioll
r r Agc, ncxt afccrthc J)·q_j.w wal', a<; 1/.-
_(od h imfclfdcd;¡r~s.
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F ro m all rhefc circumít:ances, groundtd
upon rhe coarfe obfervations ofthe ancient
Aíl:ronomers, we may reckon ir certain,
that rhc Argonautic Expedirían was nor
carlier th::m rhe reign of Solomon: :md if
thefe Aíl:ronomical ~ugumenrs be :1ddcd to
the formcr arguments, tak.en from rhe mean
lcngrh ofthc reigns of Kings, according ro
thc courfe ofnaturc; from thcm all we nuy
fafely concludc, rhat rhe Argo11autic Ex-
pedition, was aftcr rhc death of Solomo¡¡,
and mofl: probabl y that ir was about -t3
ycars afrer it.
The TrojaJJ war was one Gcncration bt-
er than rhat E xpedition, as was fa id abo ve,
fevcral Captaíns ofrhe Greéks in that war
being fons ofthe Argonauts: and rhe an-
cicnt Greeks reckoned .Afem1101t or Ame-
nopbis, King of Egypt, to ha ve reigncd in
the times of that w ar, feigning him ro be
the ion of Tithomts, the elder brorhcr of
Priam, and in the end ofthat war, ro h:1vc
come frorn Sufa ro the afiiíl:ancc ofPriam.
Amenophis was therefore ofrhe Ümc agc
with thc clder children ofPriam, and wa'>
wíth his army at S11[a, in thc hil: ycarof
thJt war: and aftcr he had rhcrc finifl1cd
thc Afemno!lia, he mighr rcturn into E-
'~J'J'f, and adorn ir wirh Buildings, arid Obc-
li 'lks, and S u.tucs, and die thcrc about 90 or
9) ycars aftcr rh~ dcath of So tomo¡¡; whcn
J1c lud clctcrmincd and ictrlcd rhc bcgin-
llin¿ofrhc ncw Eg_ypti,11J ycJ.rof 36) dil)'S
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upon the Vernal Equinox, fo as ro defcrve
rhe Monumcnt abovc-mentioned in memo-
ry rhereof.
Rehoboam was born in the laíl: year of
King 'lJavid, being fi. years. old at the
Death ofSolomoJt, 1 Kmgs, xtv. 21. an({
thercfore his fathcr SolomoJt was probabl y
born in rhe I8th year of King 'David's
reign, or bcforc; an~ two or thrcc ycars be-
fare hís Birth, Vavzdbefieged Rabbab thc
Mcrropolis of thc Amrnonites, and com-
mittcd adultcry with Batbjbeba; and the
year befare rhis íiegc began, 'Da~·id van . .
quifl1ed the Ammo1lltr:s, and thcir Confe-
derares, the Syria11s of Zobah, and Rehob,
and Ijhtob, and Maacah, and 'Dmna[ctts,
and extended his Dominion o ver all rhdc
Nations, as far aq to the entring in of Ha-
math, and thc River Euphrates: and be-
forc this war began, he íinotc Moab, and
Ammo1t, and Edom, and madc thc Edo-
mites fly, fome ofthem ínto Egypt with
thcir King Hadad, then a littlc child; and
othcrs ro rhc Pbil~(lims, wherc they forti-
ficd Azotb againíl: lfrar:t; and othcrs, l
think, to the Perjicm Gttlph, and othcr
pbccs whither they coulJ ckapc: and bc-
forc this he had fcvcral Battles w ith thc
Philijlims: and all this was after the ciO'hth
:?
year of his reign, in which he c11ne from
Hcbro¡z to .7crufltlem. W e cannot crr
thcrcfore abo ve two or thrcc ycars, if w e
pLtcc this Viétory ovcr Edom, in the elc-
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\'enth or twelfth year ofhis reign ; and thar
over Amnzo1t and the Syrians, in the four.
teenth. After thc flight of Edom, thc King
of Edom grew up, and rnarried Tahapbem~
or 'Dapl111is, the fiíl:er ofP haraoh' S~Iccn,
and befo re the Dcath ofVavid, had by hcr
a fon, called Gemtbab, and this ion \\'JS
brought up among th~ children of Pbara.
oh: and among rhdc childrcn was rhc
chief orjirjt bont ofher mother's chitdrcn,
whom Solomon marricJ in thc be inning of
his rcign; and hcr littie Jijler w JO at tlut
rime hadJtobrcajls, and hcr brothcr, ~·.0o
rhen jitclzed the breajis of bis motbcr,
Ca1tt. vi. 9· and Yiii. I, 8: and of abour
thc Ümc Age with rhefe childrcn, wa s Se-
foc or Sejojlris; for he becamc King of
Egypt in the reign of SoJom01t, I Kings xi
40. and befo re he berran to rcign he warrcJ
undcr his father, an w hilíl: he was nry
young, conqucrcd Arabia, Trogtody•tica.
and Lib;·a, and then inradcd Ethiopia;
and iuccccding bis father, reigncd 'ti U rhe
fifth year of A fa: and therdore he w;¡s
ofabout the í~une age with the childrcn of
P haraob aboye-mcntioned ; and mizht be. ~

onc of them, and be born near the cnd ot

'Da7..Jid's rcign, and be about 46 years old
when he camc out of Eg '}Jt, with a gr~at
Army to invade thc Ea : and by rcafon
of his great Conqucfl:s, he was cclcbr:ttcll
in fC:veral Nations. by fcvcr:d Names. Thc:
Cbald.ea11s callcd him Belu.r, w hich in
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eir Langua e, fignificd t!Je Lr;rd: the
rabians cal ed him Bacchus, which in
· heir Language, fignifi_cd, the Great: the
· hrygitms and TbraCtmts, c:1lled him Ma-
s, }lfavors, Mars, which fignificd, tbe
a/iaJJt: and thcnce thc Amazo1ts, whom
:,he carricd from Thrace, and lcft at Tbcr-
''modo11, cailed rhcmfelv·es rhe &m~hrers of
:)Y!ars. The EgyptiaJts- beforc his Rcign,
:ol!cd him thcir Hero or Jlc:rcttles; and af-
.tcr his death, by rcaíon of his great works
'i<loneto the Ri\'Cr Nile, dcdicatcd that Ri-
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:\nr ro him, and dcified him by irs namcs

~Sihor, .Nitus, and .Jh~zyptus; and rhe
; Greeks hcaring thcm lamcnt O S ibor, Bott
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')'ihor, callcd him Ofiris and B~tjiris. Ar-

:ria!t * tclls us, that thc Arabia 1ts worfhip- * Arri.,
:pcd only two Gods, Ca: ltts and 'D ioll_yfus ; an.l. 7 .
: and that they wodbipped 'DioJtyflts for the
glory ofleading his Army into l11dia. Thc
· 'Dio1¡yjiu of thc Arabians was Baccblts,
'_ :md all agrec, that Bacclms was thc fa me
•King of E ypt with Oj/ris: ami the Crr-
. lus, or ra11us, or JHjJitcr 'Vranius of
; rhe Arabians, I takc ro be thc famc King
: of Egypt with his father .AmmoJJ, accor~
: ding ro the Poet :
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1pl-ace the end of the Re ion of Sefa e upo~
the fifrh year of.d ra, becau e in tharyear A(a
f:>ecame free from the Dominion of Eg}pt,
ío asto be able to fortify Judtta, and raue
that great Army with which be mcr Zc.
rah, and roured him. Ofiris was thercfore
1lain in the fifth year of Jifa, by bis bro·
ther Japetus, whom the Egyptia1zs calleo
Typh07t, Pyth01t, and Neptu1te: and theu
the Libyans, under .'lapetus, and his fon
>jJt/.as, invaded Egypt, and raifed thlt
famous war betwcen thc Gods and Giants,
from whence the Ni le had rhe name of E.
ridamts: but Orzu the fon of Ojiris, by
the affifl:ance of rhe Ethiopimts, prevail·
ed, and rei · ned 'till the r 5th year of Jlfa:
flnd then t e Etbiopia1zs under Zerab in·
\'aded Egypt, drowned Orus in Eridamu,
;¡nd were routed by Afa, [o that Zera~
could not recover himfelf. Zerab wa1
fucceeded by 4me1tophis, a youth of the
Royal Family of the Ethiopia1ts, and 1
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think theíon of Zerah: but the People of
the lo~er Egypt revolted from him, and
fetup Oforjiphtu over them, and called to
~heir at1ifl:ance a great body of men from
Phte1licía, 1 think, a part of the Army of
A fa; and thereupon, Amenophis, wir~ th.e
~em~ins of his farherts Arm of Ethropt·
~ns, rctircd from thc lowcr· gypt toMe m·
phis, 4lnd therc turned rhe River NiJe into
.· pew ch:mncl, undcr ~ ncw bridge which
~ huil~ "ctwecn two Mountains ,· and at
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thefame time he buil,t and fortified that Ci-
ry ao-ainíl: Oforjipbtts, calling ir by his own
nam~, .Ame~toph or Afempbis: and then he
retired into Etbiopia, and íhyed there r 3
ycars; and then ca me back wirh a great Ar-
my, and fubdned the lower Eg)pt, expcl-
ling rhe People w hich had be en callcd in
üom Pb,nJicia: and rhis I r~tkc to be rhe
fccond cxpulíion of thc Shepherds. Dr.
Cajlcl * tclls us, tlur in Coptic rhis Ciry is ,~ In
called Afanphtba; whence by contrldion l\loph.
camc its N ames A!opb, .lvoph.
\V hile AmeJtopbis íbid in Ethio¡ir~, E-
(_O'Pt \Vas in its grcatdl: diíl:raéhon: ancl then
ir was, as I conceive, that thc Grccl:..r he:u-
ingthereot~ contri ved the Argonautic Ex-
pedition, and ient the flower of Grcece in
rhe Ship Ar o, to peduade the Nations u J-
on the Sea oafl:s ofrhe EttxiJte and Ale í-
terraneatt Seas, ro revolt from Egypt, and
fetup for themfebes, as tbe Libyans, Ethi-
opia1ts, and .!e·w.r, had done befo re. And
rhis is a further argument for placing thJt
Expedition about 43 years afrer the Death
of Sotomon; this Period bcing in the rnid.-
dle of thc diíl:raél:ion of E.c;ypt. Amnzo ..
phis might return from Etbiopia, and con-
querthe lower Egypt about eight years at:
terrhat Expedition, and having fcttled hi5
Government over ir, he might, for putting
a fio to the revolting of the eaíl:ern Nati-
ons, ead bis Army into Perjia, and lea ve
fJ?roteus at Mempbis, ro govcrn Eg_ypt in
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his abfence, and íl:ay fome time at su¡;t,
and build the MemttOJÚa, fortifying tlut
City, as the lVIetropolis of his Dorninion
in rlwfe parts.
Androp;cus the fon of ]lfi~tos, upon his
overcoming in rhe .Athencea, or quadrenni-
al G ames at Atbr11.r in his youth, was pcr-
fidioufly flain out of cnvy: and ]lfi,ws
thereupon madc war upnn thc AthniÍtll!J,
and compcllcd thrm to fCnd crery cighth
ycar to Crete iCvcn bcardlds Y ouths, and
as m3.ny young V irgins, to be givcn as a re·
ward ro him thJ.t íl1ould gct rhc V iétory in
thc likc Games infiituted in Crete in ho-
nour of .AJJdro<-~eus. Thcfc Games kcm
to luve been cclebratcd in thc beginning of
thc Q[f acteris, and thc Athe;t~a, in thc
beginning ofthe Tetraet eris, then brought
into Crete andGrcecc, by the Phte1ticia11s:
~nd upon thc third payment of the tribute
of childrcn, that is, abont iCvcuteen ycars
•
aftcr thc faid war was at an end, and about
ninetccn or twenty ycars afrcr rhe death of
..•
• .A11drogeus, Tbejcus bccame Viétor, ami
rcturncd from Crct e w ith JiriadJte, the
Euan-
:¡¡e uaughter of .NliiiOS; and coming ro thc Ji~
thcs a- bnd f.laxtt.r or ?Jia, * .Ariad1te \vas thcrc
ud A- rclinquilhed by him, and rakcn up by Gla!t-
henx~ tus, an E:g_yptiau <?ommander at Sea, anll
~m.). bccamc the miflrcis of thc grcat Ba.ctblls,
P7· P· who at thar time rcrurned from ]¡¡Jitz in

HllS ,'ab. 'Phl)'tts ttnd Ettmedott, who werc Ar:~c

J$· 1ta!l! s·,
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mmts. This Bacchtts was cmght in bell ia •

Phrygia, with VeJJtts thc mothcr of ./f.,'¡ze_

as, according to § Homer; jufl: bcfurc he § Hom~
ome over the He!!eJPo!tt, and invaded cr. 0-
Thrace; and he m:1rricd Arittdne, thc dy{[ 1.8.
daughter of Mi11o.r, accordin'; ro }{~ 1 fod: v. 292..
¡ anJ therefore by the 'J ·dltJWll1 y o r· bo th t He f ..
Homer and 1 lc(tod, \\' ho \Hntc hcforc t he od.
G'reeks and Er¿rptirm.r cnrrllptcd rhcir An- Thco~
tiquities, this 'Aaccbu.r W;t> une (} c:lci·Jtion gon. v,
oldcr than thc ill'f!,f)!!f!if/.f;
'-
:1nd ió bciwr:-J
Y+f·
KingofEgypt atrhc L1mc t Imc \\ id1 StfuF
tris, rhey mufl be onc and thc Llmc Kin(Y: o
for rhey agree ali() in their aél:ions, E.'tcrbus
invadedlfldia aml Grct'CC, :mJ aftcr he \\'a.'i
routed by the Army <¡f TL'rfhts, ami the
war was compufed, rhc Grt!c.lu did hi:n
great honours, and bui lt J. T emp1c tll r i n J.t
Argos, and c:11led it the Tem ,Jc of the
Crejia!f. Bacc!Jus, bccaule A1·i.z ne was bu-
ricd in it, as 'P cwflmias * rclJ.tcs. ./lrúul- # Pau ·
7/ethereforc dicd in thc cnd oftl~e \Var, juíl f.m.l. z..
hcforc rhe rcturn ofSefoJirisinro E,g)}t, c. 21,
that is, in thc 14th ycar of Rc!Job.Mm: S he
was taken from 1Vaxus, upon thc rctttm of
Bacchus from fnditt, ami rhen bccamc thc
:Vliíl:reis uf Eaccbus, and :1ccomp:micd him
m hisTrinmphs; and thcrcfore thc Expc<iiti-
on ofTbefeus to Cretc, and thc dc:uh ofhi'i
iather JE ett.r, was about ninc or ten ycars
:ütcrthe eath of Solomo11. Tb~(cus wa.;;
rhcn a beardlcfs young man, fi.1ppofc about
19 or 20 years old, aml .illldrogc!ls wa.;;
H 3 íbÍI.rA
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· ihin about twenty years before, being then
abom. 20 or 22 ycars old; and bis father
J.fi¡¡os might be about 2) ycars older, and
fo be born about the middle of 'David's
Rcign, and be about 70 ycars old when he
pud~1cd V.eda/us in ro Sicib: and E'tropa
anJ hcr brothcr Cadmus might come into
Luroj-'c, rwo or tlucc ycars befo re thc birth
of J11útos.
_7¡~(/in, in his r8th book, tells us: J rege
Jlj¿·a!rmiorum expug11ati Sidonii navibus
appuljiT)'roJt urbem a1Jte am;um "'* Trqja-
t Stra- 1ite cladis co~tdidcrrmt: And S trabo, t that
bn. Lr6. Arac!us r;.c,·as built by the me1t who .flcd
§ Jü. from Zidon. Hence lfaiah .§ calls Tyre
xxiii. 2. the dattghter ofZidon, the i11habitants oj
12. tbc 1Jle whom the Aferchants of Zidon
* 1 K. harz,·e reple11ijhed: a.rzd* Solomon in rhc be-
e har. f· ginning ofhisReign calls the People ofTyre
v. 6. Zido11Íil1ts.Afy Scrva1tts,faith he, in aMef-
fagc to lliram King of'l}re, jhatl be with
tb_y Scr·va11t s; a11d tmto thee wilt Igá·e
bire for th)'Ser'l-'tlJJt.r, accordiftg to alt t/;at
t hott dfjirejl :for tbou knowejl that there
i.r WJt amo¡¡g tts a11y tbat can skitt to hcw
t imúcr likr the ZidonLms. The new In-
habiunt" ofTyre had nor yer Ioft rhe turne
of,/;ido;ria!ls, nor had the old Inhabitanrs,
if rhcrc wcrc any confiderable numbcr of
t.hcm, gaincd the Rcputation of che new
once;, fin skill in hewingoftimber, as thcy
wuuld ha ve done, had na vi ation becn Ion~
i11uic ar Tyn:. The Art' ccrs w ho camc
•
from
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from Zidon were not dead, and the flight of •

thc Zidonians was in the Reign of'David,

and by confequence m t he beginnin of the
Reígn of .A6i6atus9 the father of iram.
and the firft King ofTyre mentioned in Hi{:
tory. 'David in the twelfth year of his
Reign, conqueredEdom,as abovc-,and mádc
fome ofthe Edomites, and chiefly theMer-
chams and Seamen, t1y frnm rhe Red S::a
to the Phi!iflims upon che ¡lfedí.terrane-

phanus tells us: Ta·;T~V r.,l,~•v ,;_. . . ,:,..:-.--:.o~>"l.,v ""' in A ..

E~uGpa; Aco. ..u~.,, <fleuy.~;·ov. One Of t he .Fug i ti·veS zoth~
from the Red Sea 6uift Azorh 1 th:lt is,
a Prince of Edom, who flcd from 'Da 4

vid, forrifi~d Azoth for the Pbii~flimf

again!l: hirn. The Phitijlims wcrc now
grown very .íl:rong, by the acceis of che
Edomites and Shepherds, and by theit
affiíl:ance invaded and took L~idott, that be-
ing a town ver convenient for the Mcr·
chants who fle from the Red Sea: and
thendid the ZídonÍa?ts fly by Sea ro Tyre
and ilradus, and to other havens in Ajia
Minor, Greece, and Libya, with which.
by means oftheír tradc, they had becn ac·
quainted befare ; the great wars and vid:o-
ries of'David their ene my, prompting them
to fly by Sea: for t they went with 1 grcat t Ca~
multitude, notro feek Europa, as w~s pre- non.
tended, but to feek new Scats, and there- Nar"'
fore fled from their enemies: and when rat. 31• :
lomeof them fled under Cadmtu, and his
· H 4~ bro--.
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brothers ro Cilicia, .Afia mittor andGrcece,
othcrs flcd undcr other Commanders to
teck new Seats in Lib;'a. and there built
*Non- nuny walled towns, a'l .LVomw.r * affirms:
nu~ Di- and their lcader \Vas alfo thcrc called Cad-
onvfi- • rmu, which word íignifies :111 eaíl:ern man,
:;tC. l. 1 ~ .
.. ' , . anJhis wifcwascalledSitbo¡¡i.r, aZidont-
'......,~<-¡;L
)
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tV!. 1\!Tarw
-
from thofc Citics wcnt aücr-
w~uJs w iLb the grcat Bacc!J!t.r in his A r-
mic:s: and by thclc things, rhe taking of /i-
do:;, and thc tlight of thc Zidoniall.J undcr
.Jl/;ibtt!tt.J, Cadm11.r, Cifix, Thafiu, .ll!em-
6/!aritts, .Atymmts, and othcr Captains. to
'f-)'J'e, Aradtt.r, Cilicia, Rbodes, Caria,
• Bi:hyJJÍtl, 'Phr)gia, Ctillijle, Thafus, StZ-
motbrace, Crete, Greect:, and Libya, -
and
rhc building ofTyre and Thebes, and begin-
nin:rl.., ofrhc Rcü.ws
\,.' of Abibalus and CadttJ/IJ
on_-r rhoL Citics, are fixcJ upon thc fif-
tccnth or íixtecnth year ofVa·vid's Rcign,
ur rhcrcabout. By means ofthefe Colonics
<·fPIHrNiri~ms, thepcople of Caria lcarnt
kJ-afhir->, Í!1 fuch ilnall vcfTels wirh o::us,
a-> wcrc thcn inutc, and bcgan to frcquent
thc GJ"Cc.~ Sc,1", and pcoplc lome of thc 111-
:liH.h thcn:in, bcfore thc Rcign of .Afinos:
for Cu!mus, in coming to Greece, arrivcd
fi :!1 .1t Rboclc.r, an I lland upon the borders
(;/ Cni.t, andlcftthcrca Colonyof'Pba:-
'· J. ::.!1/.r, who hcrificcd men to Sttturlt;
~l·:r~ th;.: TddJitil'.r bcing rcpu!lcJ by 'Pbo-
1 ,;;rtlts, re ti red Ji"<1m /h:c:,o.r ro Rhodc:s with
"[!JJJ'v,·:Y, wbu purgcJ tllc IILmd üom S.t:r-
pcnts;

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pents; ~:1d Triopas, thc fon of Phurb~!,
carri<:d a Colony from Rbodes to Carta,
and rhcre poffcffed himfclf of a promonto-
ry, rhencc called Triopium: and by this,
aml fi1ch likc Colonics, Caria was fmnilh-
cd with Shipping, and Searnen, ~nd cal-
led * Pba:nice. Strabo and HerodfJttts t *Athen.
tells us, that rhe Cares wcrc ollcd Lele- 1 +c.
ges, andbecamc fi1bjcél:to .Afinos, and liv- 23~
cd firíl in rhe Inands ofthe Grcck Sca':l, and t Str~t·
went thence into Caria, a country po!Tefl: bo. l.

\rhencc it s probable, tha.t w hcn Le/ex and rod.l. 1 •

'Pcl:JjJns carne firft intoGrcece ro fcek ne'v
Seats, they lefr part oftheir Colonic3 in Ca-
ritl, and thc neighbouring rnands.
Thc Zido!lians being il:ill poíTcífed of
the n·ade of the Mediterrauean, a') far
weíl:ward as Greece and Li6ya, and thc
rrade ofthe Red Sea bcing richer; thc Ty-
rúwstraded on the Red Sea in conjunétion
with Solomon, and the Kings of.'Judah, 'till
aftcr rhe TrojaJt war; and io alío did
the Mcrchants of .Aradu.r, Arvad, orAr-
przd: for in the Perfian Gulpb § were rwo
1
Temples like the Ph!CJticialt; and rhere- o. · •
forc thc Tyrians and Aradia1¡s iailcd thi-
thcr, and beyond, to the Coafl:c; of ludia, _

1trranea!l: and hence iris that liomer ce- xx r. &

T;re. BLlt at lengrh, H 1ll thc Re•gn ot viii. z.o,

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Jehoram King of Judah, Edom revolred
from the Dominion of .'ludah, and rna~c
themfelves a King; and the trade of J udah
andT-yreu on the R_ed Se~ bei~g thereby
inrermpte , thc Tyrta1ts bmlt th1ps for mer·
chandiie upon the Mediterraneatt, and be-
gan thcre to make long Voy ro placos
not yer frequented by the Zi ia1u; í(m1c
of them going ro thc coaíl:s of ..Afrie be-
yond the J)rtes, and buildingAdr;•mctum,
Carthage, Leptis, Vtica, and Capfa ; J.nd
others going to the Coafis of Spain, and
building Carteia, Gades and Taru_[fús;
:a.nd others going further to thc Fortuuate
ljlands, and to Britain and Thule. Jeho-
ram reigned eight years, and rhe two 1aa
years was fick in bis bowels,and before that
ftcknefs Edom revolted, becaufe of Jeho-
ram's wicked Reign: ifwe place that revolr
about the middle of the firíl: íix years, ir
will fall u on rhe fifrh year of Pygmatiott
King of yre, and fb was about twelve or
fifteen years afrer rhe raking of Troy: anJ
then, by reafon of this revoit, the TyrimH
retired from the Red Sea, and began long
Voyagesupon the Mediterranca1t; for in
the fevenrh year of P_y malion, bis Si!ler
?Ji do failed to the Coa of Afrie beyond
the Syrtes, and therc built Carthage. This
retirin ofrhe Tyríans from the Red Sea w
make on Voyagcs on the Mediterrane·
an, toget cr with thc fli ht of thc Edo-
*IÚtl.'s from 7Javú/to thc hitijlims, gavc
.oc~,;,,(¡on
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occlíion to the traditio:1toth ofthe ancient

f¡erjiatJs, and of rhe. ~)hrenicians .r~em­
Jelves, that the P hr.etttétatts carne ong111al-
~. from the Red Sea to the coails of the
') editerranean, and prefently undertook
!liong Voyages, as* Herodottts relates : for 9
He:~d. f.

~ibook, relates, that the P hr.e lttc ta!ts corning mcd1um.

,;from thc Red Sea to the Mcditerra11ea1t,
i and beginning to make long Voyages with
;: Egyptia1t and Aj[yrimt wares, among o-
: thcr place~ ~ame to Argos, and having fold
, thcir wares,feized and carried away into E-
.gypt, fome of the Grecian women who
• carne to buy them; and amongfl: thofe wo-
·' men was lo the daughter of btachus. The
PhrEnicians therefore came from the Red
Sea, in the da ys oflo and her brother P bo-
ronetu Kingof Argos, and by confeguence
ar that time when 'David conquered thc E-
.: domite.r,andmadethem fly everyway from
. · the Red Sea; fome inro Egypt with their
: young King, and others to the P bilijtíms,
~. their next nei hbours, and the encmics of
;'· 1Javid. An this flight gavc occafion to
:· the Phitijlimt, to call many places Ery~
~:, thra, in memory of their being Erythre.-
'i.. tms or Edomite.r, and oftheir coming from
· the Erythrean Sea; for Erythra was the
nameofaCity in Jonia, of another in Li-
bya, ofanother ínLocrit, ofanother in Ere~
otia, of another in Cyprus, of anothcr in
.1/jtotia, of aoother i,u Ajitl oear Chitu ;
~nd

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and Erythia .Acra was a promontory i;1
Libya, and Erythrtettm a promontory 1 ~
Crete, and Er~ytbros a phcc ncar 1)b1tr,
and Erytbúú, a City or Counrry in 'Pa.
phtagonia: and rhc namc l:.'rytbea or EJ~\·
thrte, wasgivcn ro rhe IO:md Gades, pco.
tS:>lin. c. plcd by Phrrnicians. So SolÍJtlls, t In ra.
~~~~ir. pite B tet ic te i1tfida a cont Í¡¡enti ftpt i 11'-~cn.
tis paj}í'!:J!ts memoratur quam 1j'rii a rubro
mari pro_f('[f i Er)·tbeam, P rnti.fua li11,~1td
§ Plin.l. 4· Gadir, id ejl fopcm ¡¡omiJtar:mt. An(l §
c.:n. Pliny, concerning a littlc I0;1nd ncar it;
Erytbia di[fa ejt quoniam 1)rii .Aborigt·
nes eortun, ort i abErytbrteo mari ferc/J,w.
tur. Among t he Phrr1úc ians, \V h o e:1m~
• Strabo. wirh Cadmtts into Greecc, therc were *A-
l 9· p.4ot. rabia11s, and +t Erythreans, or Inh:1oi

t+ Herod. in'[ hrace rhere fettled a Pcople, w ho \Hrc

l.¡. circumciii.!d and called Odomcm!:e.r, rhat i~.
as fome think, Edomites. EdoJtt, Eryt/;t·l
and Phrrnicia, are namcs ofthe famc Jign!·
fication, the words dcnoting a red coluur:
\Vhich makes it probable that the Eryt/;rc··
a1ts w ho fletl from 'Da·vid, fettled in grca:
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numbers in [J/;(J!1ttcia, that is, in all theSca·
coafis of Syria, from Egypt to Zido1t i and
by calling thcmfclves Pb(J!11iciaJts, in thc
hnguagc of Syria, infl:ead of Erythrean.r,
gavc thc name of Pb(J!nicia, to all that Sca-
coaíl:, and to that only. So StrtJVO :
••strabo. -~ Ü•' fJ.''
' y.xr' ll.1 TIJ •<; cflo•vmar,,
' • ' \ o•' .. 1 1 u·
11.~1 Tll t; ¿,;¡JVIIJ; Tll.; Wl!'l "'fLIX; "~"""'
1.1.p.41, !IV4-1.1
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TÚ:v iiV 'f"!J Íl1<t 1 .·(\~J l.f"CC(11, 'X"f:JC1Tt0lv1Gt.; H:d >J ~ T{ cl 6u;a~.; t~<~-
1

... w-,111CTIX._H ~_¡,mla ipvD.i. _Ajjj refertmt f.~a:·

mcer
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. ícu ~ Sido1tios ¡¡f}f/ros fj{e colonos eorum
· ui futtt út Oceano, addentfs ittos ideo vo-
ari Phr:enices [puniceos] qr10d mare ru-
brumJit.
Strabo* mentioning the fidl men who *Strabo (t
:lcft thc Sca-coaíl:s, and vcnrurcd out inro J.p.4a.
tbc dccp, :md undertook long V o :tgcs,
n1mes Bacchus, lfercules, Jafo1t, lyf!es
·:md A!melatts; and faith th:1t the Domini-
on of }.fi¡¡os ovcr thc Sea was cclebrated,
and thc N:níg:1tion ofthe Pba:11icianswho
wcnt beyond thc Pilbrs of Hercttles, and
built Citics rherc, and in the middle of the
Sc;¡-coaíl:s of Afric, rekntly after the
war of TrOJ'· Thcfc " ha:11icia11s t were t Bocha.rt.
thc T'YrÍillts, w ho at tlnt time built Car- Canaan. 1,
tbage in Afric, and Carteia in Spaitt, and ·.c. H·
Gades in the IOand of rhat name without
che Straigbts; and gavc thc name of Her-
cules to rheir chíef Leader, bccaufe of his
labours and fitcceís, and rhat of Heraclea to
rhc city Carteia whích he built. So Stra.
,
bo : § 'E , ~ • • · , , • .,, ...
~.xr.i\:; ~a' IV l:t Y uc 'T1~ Y¡I.J.iTci pct.~ o..-0,:-tT'1~!;' El~ 7'"\1v ::-.CL' 1 oi•
§ Strabo. l.
' ¡;,. ic; n~ro' K.ctl "';ñ; aura K~A\T6 [ Kctpr~f'' J 'lrÓAII ·~ 1a:p.i- v3·.dP· p ¡+~1·
1
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~.'r
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. J<'it.Ctr:;""'.o'¡; a\I:>Aoyo, K-<1 'lfct.?.:xu., v:..·.r:;:x ¡.uv 7rOT6 YIVJfJ.E '11 T -UV Jt;~-
f • u .
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1 •••, r· ' .. , . 1 7 ~ ~ ranl&I.Jl ..
1·'. •m• & ""' H~aKA<H; K IIC(.I.CI. My~r'" :xvT~v, wv "'' K:Xl T.(J.oaGs NO
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1 . ovt1J.LcttrO'tJ:t:
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"retA.LIIJV o"I~VlJO'"J:t'
• .
TE fl.!J'~V 3f9·
f .,,¡íe,Aov, ~ vEwao~Kli,.
Mons C~lpe a_d dextram ejle
.! uojtro marr foras navtganttbus, ~ ad qua-

;: dragi11ta Í11de jtadia urbs Cctrteia vett~{la

.: (ICmcmorabitis, olim .flatio 1~avibtts !Jifpa
u~rum. Hauc ab Hercute qttidam CO!tditam
anmt, iJtter ttos ejl Tim~flbe!Jes, qui eam
antirtttitus Jeracleam fit~({e appetlatam
rt'{~rt,ojle!Jdir¡uc adbuc magmtm 1/Jttrorttm
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circrtitttm ~ 11avalia. This Hercttlcs, ¡,
memory ofhis building and Reigning mcr
rhe City Carteia, they called al1o llldca;·.
~~A Canaan.
tus, the King ofCarteia. Bocbart * \\'rircs,
l. l. c. 34·
f· 6B1. that Carteia was at tirll caiied Melcartri~· '
- from its founder Mekarttts, and by Jn
.i1phttrefis, Carteia; and that }.fdcart¡:;
fignifies .lllatec Kartha, the King of tb~
City, that is, fairh he, of rhe City Tyn::
but confidcring that no ancient Aurho1: rci;;
us, that Carteia was ever called ]lfclcar·
teia, or that Me/cartus was King of T)n;
l had rarher fa y that fo!elcartus, or .filrlc'·
cartus, hadhisname from being the Fou:J·
der and Governor or Prince ofthe city Car·
teia. Under Jtrfetcartus thc Tyria11s hil·
ed as far as Tarte.f!us or Tarjhijh, a pbcc in
the Weftern part of Spai1t, berween thc
two mouths of the river Bmtis, and thcrc
j:~C~~: theytmer with muchfilvcr, which thcy pnr·
chafed for trifles: they failed alfo as taras
Britain before the death ofMelcarttls; for
•.Plin.I. • ... Ptiny tellsus, Plttmbum ex Caj]íteride
¡.c.f6. ~ .
i1Jjitla primu.r apportavit Jtrfidacrtttts:
;tCana:~n.
andl3ochart +
+ obferves tbatMidacritluisa
~. '·'· 39 • Greek name corruptl y writtcn for Mete m··
tus; Britain being unk.nown to the Grnks
long after it was difcovered by rhe P brrm·
. cia1u. After the dcath of Metcart!ls,
!~~Philollra- they * built a Temple to him in rhe Ifland.
tus invita Gades, and adorncd ir with the fculprurcs ol
Apollonii thc labours of Hercules, and of his Hydrn,

·- tia .

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Jcs, King of the B ijtones in Tbrace, to be
devoured. In this Temple was the golden
Belt of Tettcer, and the golden Olive of
PY. matiote bearing SmaragdúJe fruit:
a~ by thefe coniecrated gifts of Teu-
cer and Pygmalio?t, you may know that
it was built in thcir da ys. Pomponius de-
rives ir from rhe times of the Trojatt war.
for Tettcer fe ven years afrer that war, ac-
cording to the Marbles, arrivcd at Cyprus,
being Lanifhed from homc by his father Te-
lamo11, and thcre built S ala miS': and he and
bis Poíl:erit reigned therc 'rill Evagoras,
the laíl: of t 1em was conqucrcd by thePer-
fia11s, in thc twelfth year of .Ji;·!:zxerxes
.lvbtemon. Certainly this Tjrian Hercutes
could be no older than the Troja1t war, be-
caufe the Tyrimu did not begin to navigate
the Mediterranean 'till after that war : for
Homer and Hejiod knew nothing ofthis na-
. \igation, and thc Tyritm Hercules went to
the coafts of Spatrt, and was buried in
GaJes: fo ./lr1robius *; Tyrius Hercttlfs • Arno'tt•
11
fepulttu i1t ji1Jibus Hifpattite: and Mela, · •
il caking ofrhc Temple of Hercutes in Ga-
es, faith, Cur [a1télumjit oj[a ejtts ibi fe·
pttitae citmt. Cartbage t paid tenths to tDochart.
this · ercules, and fcnt thcir payments m Canaa~.
rr d h b
year ly to .1. • ru: an t encc it's pro a e bl l.l.C.lf,
that this ercutes went to thc coaíl: of
/Jfric, as well as ro that of Sp'ailz, and by § Orof.l.r~
. i {' d l 'D . e. 1
hIS ( i coveries prepare t 1e way to tao: Florusl. 3•
J 5'.

Orofius § and othcrs tell us that he built ~¡1 • ít .

Ca.¡)fa therc. J ofcp!ms tclls of an earlier Jug~r~h~.
Her •
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Hercrtles to whorn Hiram built a Tcmrle
at Tyre: and perhaps therc mighr be J!i;J
:an earlicr Herculcs of 1)'re, \Yho icr on
foot thcir trade on thc Red Sea in th·~
days of Vavid or Solomo11.
Tatia11, in his book againíl: the Grffls,
relates that amongfl: the P hrr;ticitms fi"u-
riíhed three ancienr H iíl:orians, TbciJdot I'J",
Hy.ficrates and Mochus, who aU of t ,\·,;¡
delivered i1t their hijfories, tra11jlater/ ;,.:_
to Greek by Lxtus, 111tder which oj' de
Kings bappe11ed tbe rapture of Enr('P:
the voyage o enelaus into PhceniciJ.; ¡:·:d
the leagtte and frie~tdjhip between S'Jio-
mon a1td Hiram, whe1t Hiram gave bis
daughter to Solornon, and furtzijhed hútt
with timber for bttitding the Temple: twd
that the fome i.r affirmed by Menandcr oj
't Antiq.l. Pergamus. Jofephtts t ]ets us know th1t
B.c.1.f.
&1.9.C• the ;Annals ofth~Tyrirms, from the daysof
H··. Abtbattts andHtram, Kings of Tyre, wcrc
extant in his da s ; and that Me1za1tdcr of
Pergamrts tran ated them into Greek, and
rhat Hlram's friend.ihip to Solomo11, aud
affifiance in buildin the Temple, was mcn-
tioned in them; an that the Tero le wa'i
fotmded in the eleventh year of iram:
~nd by the tefiimony of Metta1tder and che
ancient P /;(J!nician hiíl:orians, the rapturc
of Europa., and by confequcncc thc com-
'
ing of her brother Cadmtts into Grecce,
happened wíthin the time of the Reigns of
~be Kings of Tyrc dclivcred in thefe hiíl:o-
•
nc~;
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rie~; and thereforc not befo re thc Reign of
.Abi/;altts, the firíl: of them, nor befo re rhe
Rcian of King 'David bis conrcmpora~y.
Th~ voyagc of MeJtetaus might be J.fter rhe
Jcftrutfion of Troy. Solomo!! rhcrefore
reigned in the times betwcen t~1c rapturcs
of Europa and Helena, and l~!troptZ and
ber brorher Cadmus flonrilhcd in rhc d:1 \' s
of 'David. },Ji11os, thc f(m of E!trofa.
nourilhcd in thc Rcign of S'oiumon, J.nd
p.ut of rhe R~ign of RebobO!lm: and rhe
children of llfmos, n:1mely A;tdro~eus his
eldeft fon, 'DeucatiOlt bis youngcf1: fón :1nd
one ofthc Argo11a1tts, /JriadJte the mil1-refs
of Tbefotts and B<'zccbtts, and Phtedra rhe
wifeofThr:fetts; flourUhcd in thc bttcr end
of Sotomo11, and in thc Reigns of Rebobo-
mn, .Abijah, and Aflt: and1dome!le!ts, the
grandfon of Mino.r, was at the war ofTro]:
andHiram[uccecded his fathcr AbiúalJt.r,
in theth.recandtwcnticthyc:u ofVa·-¡;id:
and JJbiiJatus might found thc Kingdom of
Tyrc'a;bout íixreen or eightcen ycars befo re.
when Zido11- was tak.en by the Pbitiflims;
and the Zido1zians íled from thencc, undcr
the conduét .of Cadmus and othcr com-
manders, to .feek new feats. Thns by thc
Annats of·Tyre, and thc ancicnt Phrcnú-i-
mz Hiil:orians who followed thcm, dbiba-
tus, Af::ym1tus, Cadmus, and Europa, flcd
from Zidrm -about rhc fixtccnth ycar of
'lJavid's Reign: and the Ar 01rautic Ex-
pedition being later by about ~ uee Genera~
I rions,

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'
rions, will be about thrce hundred year;
Luer than whe re rhe G reeks ha ve placed
•
H.
Afrcr Navig~nion in long íhips with fail,,
~nd onc ordcr of oars, lud bccn propagatcd
from /:.,~'{J'Pt to 'Phrnticia and Greecc, and
thcrcby thc ?:idonitms had extended rhcir
t1 .Hle ro G rcr·cr, ;md carricd ir on about :111
hundrcd and !lfty yc:us; and rhcn thc T_\-
J'ial!s hcing drivcn from rhc Red-Sea by
t he L'domlu s. lud hcgnn a ncw tradc (;ll
thc 11/editerranctw with Spain, ./lfric.
RritrlÍ¡¡, and othcr remo te nation<> ; thcy
carricd it on about an lmndrcd and íixr\· o

improvc NaYigation, by building )igger

f1lips with tl1rce ordcrs of oars, called Tn
-1
'
Thucy,\.
.
·remes. For t Tbu(ydides tdls us thattk
l. 1> ¡ir.itiO. Corintbimu wcrc rhe firfl: of rhc Grceü
Full.b.
Chr. \\' ho bui lt ftich ihps, and tl1J.t a í1li -Clrpcn·
rer of Cori71tb wcnt thencc to amos. a-
bout ~o o ycars betorc rhc cnd of the PetG-
pomujúm \\ ar, and built alio four ihips for
t he Smnitm.r; and that 26o years befo re rk
cml of tlut \\·ar, that is, about thc 29th 0-
lympi;td, therc wac;; :1 fight at ka bctwccn
t he Cori11t hiaJts and thc CorC)'rrt~n.r.
which w:1~ the oldcfl- JCa-fight mcnrioncJtn
¡,¡qorv. TIJliCYdides rcllsus ti.Jrthcr, thlr
t !1<: f! ,·n col(>ny''w hich thc GrNks 1Cnt into
l\iuly, L'~ll11C fro~n Cbaicú inl'.;u/;a:tZ, unJcr
tli\: t:(,ndttcr ofT!JIIcics, ami built Naxu.r;
;_¡_¡j(j t he Jlt.:X( \ c:.~r ./b·c!JiaJ c.unc from Co-
• 7'1/J{/;
 II)
ri ttthwith a colon y ,and builtSyrac!!ft, J.nd
rhat Lamis camc about the Eune time into
Sicity, with a colony from ll!cgara in A-
chaia, andlived firflatTroti!ttrn, and rhcn
ar Lconttni, and dicd at Thapjits ne~u L\y-
racuft; and that aftcr his dcar h, t hi <;e don y
was invired by Hybto ro J1!cKara in Slci{v,
and Ji ved rhere 24~ yc:.us, :md \\':J.'l thcn cx-
pelled by Gc!o King of Sirt(Y. Now Celo
f1ouriíhed about 78 ycars befo re the c1.1d of
the PetoponnrjiaJt WJ.r: count back. ward-;
rhc 78 and the 245 years, and about r 2
vears more for thc Rcign of Lamis in Siri-
• -
b', and the reckoning \\·ill place thc buill!i11g
of Syracttft about 3 3 5 ycars befo re thc cnd
of the Pt:lopomz~(tau w·u, or in thc tcnth
Olym iad; and abont that time Ettfi·bitt.r
and ot ers place ir : but ir mighr be nv cnry
or thirty ye:us hter, the antiL¡uities ofthok
days having bccn raiicd more or Id~ by thc
Greeks. From thc colonies henccronv~ud
fcnt into Ita/y and Sicily carne thc rumc of
Grt!!cia magna.
Thucydides * tclls us further, that tbe
· ·¡
Gree k s began to come into S 10 .:Y ~l. mo 1 fl: lf Thucv<-~,
·

vaded t hat Iíhnd w ith an arm y out o f 1t a-

ly: fuppofe it 2go ycars after, and the
building ofSyracuje 3 Io years befor~ the
end ofthe PelopomtejiaJt war; and rhat in-
vafton of S ici!y by the Sicuti will be 590
years befare the end of that war, that is, in
the 27th year of Solomon.'s Reign, or thcre-
1 l. :<I.J0UL
 II6 H·R O NO LO G Y
"'A¡'u.l about. lfclla11ints * tclls us, that ít wa-;in
f)I!Jil V L l.
lf'.lf.
•
thc thirJ Gcncration befare theTrqjan \l·ar:
and in thc 26th yc~u of the Prieílhood a:·
A!rú·oc, Pricfl:c:L of J11no Arxh·a: anc
'[ b i li.ji ilt.r o f Syí·ilc
. !f.
(e, that ir was 8o Hlr\
.
bcfm ~ rhc Troj -
a¡¡ \\·:11 : whcncc ir follo1n
rkn thc TrojaJJ \Ltr and Argol!alitic Expc·
c~ition wcrc btcr th::tn thc days of Soio1!Mf: 1

: .Ih.1 R c!Joboaw, and could nor be much car·

1

licr than \\ bcrc \\'C han: pbced thcm.

t J Irrod l. Thc 1\.ingdom of )'\l.zcedon t was foun¿.
b.c.r;7. cd by Crtrtoms :md 'Padiccas, who bein·2
(Jf tl~c Racc of Tcmoms King of A1~~o.r~
flcd from Ar~~os in thc Rcign ofPbidon the
hrothcr of Caramts. Tcmmus was one ct'
rhc rhrcc brorlv~rs w ho lcd tbe Elcraclide;
i:lto 'Pelopo¡¡¡u:flts, and ilured the conquclr
Jmon\~ thcmfCI ve c.: he obuincd A1~f!,OS, and
J.ftcr him, anc.l his fon C'ifus, thc Kingdom
c,f Ar·gos bccamc dividcd among the poik
rir y ot Tcme1/1!.r, unril 'Pbia'o¡¡, rcunitcdit,
cx¡.dlin:!, lw; kindrcd. 'Pbidott grcw potenr.
~:p¡"ci¡;:-cd \\'Ci~~I1Ls and mcaiures in Pc-
/;¡>J.::·M:fiu, aiH~ coincd filvcr moncy; :111d
rcmoving thc '? ij;t'tlJts and Eiea11s, p1:ef1·
dc~1 in rhc O 1y m pie ~ames; but was foon
a ftL'r ii1bducd by thc L:,'lca¡¡s and SpartaJIJ
i 1L': o,!. l. f{(')'odot Jt.r .j: reckons that 'Pcrdiccas \\'lS
)l .
thc ({ríl- K in~~ or J1/tiCCc/OJt; btcr wrircrs. 3)
Lt·L~V, 'Pa11jcwia.r ~1nd Suida.r, -makc Ctz·
1 rll/t!J !:11c firíl: l\ ing: .'/Jtjtin callsPcrdi:cas
t he J1tccdl(lr or Ca,·cowJ·; and Solúms íairh
r l!.n 'P crdlaas iucceeded Cartmus; and
\\' JS
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•
•

o the RE E K S. II7
W:tS the firíl: that obtaincd thc na me off\ i ng.
It's probable rh:1t Carcunts :md 'Perdircas
wcre contemporarics, and f1cLl about t he
J:une time from 'P!Jidott, ami ~lt firtt
creéted iln:1ll princip1lirics i11 Jll/;cedo-
11ia, which, at'rcr rhc (k~nh of Caril-
7/í!S, bccamc onc undcr 'Pn·diccas. Jie-
rodottts :¡: rells us, tlut aftcr 'Ferdiccru, :¡: ficro.l.
rci·.,.ncd
~
./!rteus, or Anrrrl!s, 'Pbi/itJ,
<..'"l
/E:ro- 1 :Lc.IJ9
1

¡::.r, Alcftas, Alilyllttts, ami .Air:xandcr,

Juccdlively. .Aicxandc¡· \'.'JS contcmpo-
r:!ry to .-:Ycr:as hing of 'Po:;.<:, and
1 All
( , ..... L
~~·,,c· • 4 . Ol)·,-,., -o7, .....·Jn'l , ... ," f·c-
t. l~ . / '-.t. \ 4\._. L\

cccdcd by 'Pcr.:/J:·r:!.r:. ~1·:,l be by his iun

Archelaus: :wd Thtt~ydi dn 1· tcll s Lh rlu:: t Tlc· .l.
rhcrc werc cighr K in:::;" of ]\/acedo;¡ b.~fóre 1:1 rrop.:
. A 1 l l ' .
r1ns rciJ{: atts: now )y rCCi\..OHlng ~; r)\'C '~· · b tnA .11
. -
forty ycars a-piecc rn rhde Kingc;, Chrono-
'

logers ha ve mJ.dc 7_.J bido;¡ and Caí·a¡m.r old-

cr than the OlympiaJ"; \\·herc:J.s if wc
fl1ould rcckon thcir H.ci:)'ns lt abour r g or ,"')

28 years a-piccc onc with anothcr, th~ fi dl

JCven Reigns countcd bJCk. \\'J.rd~ from thc-
dcath of this Alcxa¡¡do·, \i'ill p!J.cc thc
<~ominion of 'PbidoJt, alld ll1c bc~inni11¿; ()r·
e¡ '

thc Kingdom of .A!accdo;t undcr (Pcrdi('-

cas and Carmm.r, upon thc ..¡.fíth or -t--tl,
Olympiad, or thcrc~lbout. lt could k~H-:-e
be carlicr, bccauíC Leocides rhc fim ofP !JJ-
do?J, and !11egt~cics thc f(m of Al~,:;;;tt'oJJ., :lr
onc and thc hmc time courtcLl A._c!,arUI<'t,
thc tbughtcr ofCtijlbcllcs K in¡~ of S't'n·oJl,
a5 HurodotJts § tdls us; ami tb•:.dmiJÍJi!/y-
.1.' - § Hcrod.
} 3 07/S, l.6.,·.12~.

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 II8 ~HRONOLOGY
•

OJJs, by the advice ot Solo11, rnade Afc.

1tlttOn, and Clijthe7tes, and Ettro!ycu.r Kir.;
of Tbej[a{y, commanders of rheir armr~
in their \V~H againfl: Cirrha; and the Cir.
rbemtSwereconquered .d1t.2. Olymp. f
arcording to the Marbles. PhidoJt ti1Cre·
fore and his brother Caramts were contcir.·
por;uy to Solon, Atcmtt!Olt, ClijthrJtes, ani
Eurob'ctts, and flourilhed about the -t-8t)
and 49th Olympiads. They werc ~1110
contcmporary in thcir hrer days wCrrrfw,
for So/o¡¡ convedcd \\'ith Cnrfits, and ¡]/¡.
1/ltfOJt entertained and conduétcd the mcl~
icngcrs whom Crrrfits fent ro confi.Ilt rh:
Ür;lclc at 'De/phi, An. 1. Olym J. )6. JC·
cording to thc Marbles, and wac; cnt for by
Crá:{:ts, and rcwardcd with much richc~.
But the times fct clown in the l'vhrblc\
bct(ne thc Poflrm Empire bcgan, bci:1g
collcétcd by rcckoning thc Rcigns or
Kings cquipollcnt to Gcncrations, and thrce
Gcncratiuns ro ::m lmndrcd years or aborc;
and thc Rcigns of Kings, onc with ~morhcr,
bcinp. fhorrcr in rhc pro orrion of about t<.1ur
tn lC\'cn; the Chrono ogy fct clown in rh.:
l\1;lrblcs, until thc Conc.¡ucfl: of Meditz by
(rrus,A:z. 4· OJymp. 6o, will approach rl1c
tmth mnch ncartr, by fhorteningthc tÍll1l'".
l,c·i(,rc th;lt Con,lucft in rhc proportion r~t
lr1ur to Íe\'cn. So thc CirrheatJs werc ((jll·
quered A1t. 2 OJymp. 47, according ro thc
Marblr<>, t h:1r i'l ~ ...¡. ycars bctore thc Co!J-
nudl of Jl!c di a; and theie years ocing 1J¡ut-
• •
• . tC!ll'Ll
 o the RE E K S. II9
tened in the proportion offour ro fcven, b~­
come 3I ycars; \\'hich IltblluC.h:d from An.
4, Olymp. 60, pbcc thc Conqudl ofCirr-
ba upon A11. I. Olymp. ') ~ : a.nd, by rhc
like correétion of thc J\.Llrbk:;, Alcm<t·C:t
cntertaincd ~nd condt~étcd rhe nKITcu.~cr..;
"·hotTI Cra:Jits knt to coniidt ~:1c O rae!~ ~v:
'Delpbi, A11. r. Olymp. ')8; tlut i-;, tour
yc,us
.,
bcfore thc Collqudl ot'Sm··d::.r bv
"'
Cl'-
-.
rus: ·.1nd thc Tvr.mny of '/'i¡íf/r·,dus,
which by the 1\L~rblcs ·bcg;uJ ~lt ~1í /;{'Jif,
A11. 4, Olymp. '):",., by thc likc corrn'ti- ..
onbeg::tn./lu. 3· Olymp. 57; .lndhy conk-
yuencc Solo!! dicd//u. + O l y mp . .:i-:. T J¡ i :->
mcthod nuy be ukd ~llouc, whcrc othcr Jr-
•
guments are wanting; but w hcrc they ar~
not wanting, thc beíl: argumcnts ~u e to be
prcfcrrcd.
Ip!Jitus * prefided both in rhc Temple nf *Str"~~­
.'/ttpiter O~ympius, and in the Otympic l.S.;ff·
Gamcs, and fo did bis fi.tcccfTors, 'till ri1e
26th 01 ym piad; and fe) long thc vid())'S
were rewardcd with a Tri pos: lmt thcll thc
'Pijtf'a11sgctting aborc thc Hl·a,u, b::~1,:lll
to prdid.e, and rcwardcd thc vidor,:; witl1 .t
Crown, and iníl:itutcd thc C,v·;¡('tl ro .lp~,f-
lo; anJ continucd to prdidc 'till PhiJ';;¡ iiJ-
rerruptcd rhcm, that is, till about thc ri:::c of
thc f<)th Olympiad: ft)r i i.n rhc +~rh 0- 4 P.tu!Jn.
1ympiad, the H!ca;¡s cntcrc(t thc coumry l.ó.cu.
of rbc 'P~(:ums, Jidj)edin~~ thcir d;.:(Í_¿ps.
but wcre prcvailcd upon to return h(l!ll.::
(.1 uied y ; ail:c rw :1 rd" t' he ·p zj;e an s con k d ·..>
1 f l.ll~'Ll
 120 O the HRONOLOGY
ratcd with feveral other Cree k natiom, :111~
made war upon rhe Eka11s, and in the cnd
wcre beaten: in rhis war I conceive it \L!~
that Phidon prdided, fuppofe. in rhe 4<)th
tPau&n. Olympi~td; for t in thc )oth Olym zad, t()l'
J
!.¡. '·!l· putrmg . an en d ro t I1e conrentwns
. et\rcen
rhc Kings about prdiding, two mcn Wlre
chofen by lot out of the ciry E/is to pn.:-
1idc, and their number in the 6)th Olympi-
aJ was increafcL! to nine, and aftenvards to
ten; and rheie jud~cs werc called He!lc-
nodicte, judgcs for or in thc na me of Grrrcr
P attfonias tells us, that thc Elcaus calleJ
in PhidoH, and rogethcr with him cclcbn-
red the 48th Olympiad; helhould ha ve bid
the 49th OlympiaJ: but Jferodottts tdl~
us, tlut 'Pbidottrcmoved rhe Elemts; anJ
borh might be true: rhc E/ea1u might e:.dl
in P hido;t again11 rhe P~(tt'a11s, and upon o-
vercomin(?; be rct'lrfcd preliding in rheOlym·
picgames by PhidoJt, and confederare wiLh
thc Spartans, and by thcir ailifbncc ovcr-
throw thc Kíngdom ofPhidott, and rccovcr
rhcir ancient righr ofprefiding in the gamcs.
:l=Stro.ho l. StrtibO :~ rens us, tlut T!Jit!ott was thc
8
S.p.3f · tenth fi-om Tcmettlt.r; not thc tenth King,
ii1r bcrween c;¡its and Phido11 thcy reif~ned
not, b11t thc tcnth from fathcr to Ion, incltt·
dingT'cmclltts. If1-7 ycars he rcckoncd ru
a Gcncr:1tion by rhc cldcíl fons, thc ninc in-
rervals will ::unounr nnro 243 years, which
countcJ back from rhe .,.8th Clympiad, in
whic:h 1 /;idon f1ouri1h::d, will pbce thc Rc-
1

tul'll
 the . RE E K S, 121
tnrn ofrhe lleractides about fifty years be~

bovc. But · hrono logers reckon abour '1)

ycJrs from rhe ~eturn ofrhe Herac.tides to
the 48rhOlympiad,:md ac:count PhtdoJt the
íevcnth from Tememu; which is after the
rate of8) years ro a Generation, and there-
fore notro be admirted.
Cyrtts took Babylo11, according ro Pto~
fomy's Canon, nine years bcfore his dcath,
A1t. Nabonaj[. 209. An. 2. Olymp. 6o: and
he roo k Sardes a littlc bcfore, namely A11.
J. Olymp. )9· as Sca!iger colleéts from So~
jí'crates: Crrejiu was rhen King of Sardes,
Jnd reigned fourreen years, and thercfure
began ro reign An. 3, Olymp. 'i 'i. After
Sofo11 had made laws for rhe Athenians, he
obliged them upon oath ro obíervc thofe
bws 'till he returned from his tra vels ; and
thcn travelled ten ycars, going to E'-(!,JPt
and Cypru.r, and viíiting '1 hales of .A1tle-
tus: and upon his returrr to ./lthens, Pifi.f
tratus began ro affetl: the Tyranny of that
(ity, which madc Solofl tra vel a iecond
rime, and now he wao;; invited b Crreflu to
Sardes; and Cr({'jil.f, before 'olou viíited
him, had fubdued all Afia minor, as ü.r as ro
thc R iver Hatys; and thercforc he received
tharvilit towards thc bttcr part ofhi·;Reign,
and we may place it upon the ninth year
lhcrcoC A11. 3. Olymp. 'í7: and rhc lcgifla-
tut·cof Solon rwclvc yc;.u.s carlicr, AH. 3.
Olymp. ) .¡.: ami that of 'Drac() íl:ill ten
years
 122 HRONOLOGY
An. I. Olymp. )2. AfterSo-
years earlicr,
lonhadvilitedCrm{tts, he wentinto Citi.

Plut. in ~i- travels: and thts was the fecond ycar ot

111
t:l Soloms. the Tyranny of 'Pijijlratus. Comias \LJ\
Archon when SoloJt rcturncd fi'om hi3 firn
rravels ro Athms; and the ncxt year lk
gejlratus was Archon, and Sol01t died be-
fare the end ofthe year, An. 3 Olymp. 57,
as above: and by rhis reckoning rhe ob-
jeétion of P ltttarcb abov~-mcntioned is re-
moved.
W e ha ve now íl1ewed thar thc PhrrJ!ici-
tms of Zidon, undcr rhe conduét of CzJ.
mus and oth~:r caprains, fJying from rheir
enemies, carne inro Greece, with lctrcrs
•

and orher arts, about the fixteenth year of

K in 2)avid'sReign; that Etwopa rhc fifl:cr
of admrts, flcd fome days befare him from
Zido11, and carne ro Crete, and rhere be-
carne the mother of Minos, abour rhc 18 rh
or 2oth year of7Javid's Reign; rhat Scfo/
tris and the grcat Bacchus, and by conJc-
quence alf() bjiris, were one and thc Lun~:_
KingofEtyptwirhScfac, andcamc ourot
Egypt in rhc: fifth ycar of Reboboam ro i~­
va.dc thc nations, and dicd 2) yca.rs afr~~r jo-
lomo1t; tha.t che .!lr~~onatttic expcdítion \\ ;lS
abour 43 ycars a.frcr rhe dcath of Soiomoll_;
thatTroy wa.s rakcn about 76 or 78 y c:us Ji-
ter thc dcath of Solomo¡¡; rhar rhc Pbrr11:
cimts ofljre wcrc drivcn from the Rcd-St.t
by thc Edomites, about 87 ycars aftcr the
dc;¡rh
 o the RE E K S. I2j
death of Solomo1t, and within two or thrce
years b~gan to rnak.e long voyages, upon
rhe Mediterranean, failing to Spain, and
beyond, under acornmandcr whom for his
indufrry, conduél:, and difcovcries, rhey
honoured with the names of Melcart11s and
Hercztles; rhat the return of rhe lleracii-
des in ro Peloponnefus was about r 58 ycars
afrer the death of Sotomo11; that Lycurgus
rhe Legifb.tor reigncd ar S parta, and g:lVc
rhe three Difcs ro rhe Olympic trcafm ',
.An. 1. Olymp. rS, or 273 year<;afrcr t1c
death of Sotomon, the .~uinquertittm bcing
atthat time addcd to the Olyrnpic Games;
that the Greeks began foon afrer ro build
1riremes, and ro knd Colonies into Sicity
and ltaJy, which gave rhe n:1me of Grtecia
magna to thofe countries; that the fi.ríl
Meffe7tian war cnded about 3 50 ycars af-
terthedeathofSo/omon, Alt. t. Olymp. 37.
that Phidon was contcmporary ro Solo11,
and prelided in thc Olympic Gamcs in the
49th Olym iad, that is, 397 ycars after the
death of So omon, rhat 7Jraco was Archon,
andmade hisbws, A11. 1. Olymp. 52; and
So!OJt, A !t. 3. Olymp. ) 4; and tl-ut So ion
viftted Cra'fiu, Alt. 3. Olymp. 57, or 43 3
ycars ati:cr rhc death ofSotamon; :1nd Sar-
des was takcn by Cyrrts 4~H ycars, and Ba-
by ton by Gyrus 443 ycars, and Echattme
by Cyrtts ·H5" yc~lf'i afccr rhc dcarb of Saio-
moJt: and thcfc period'i beincr kttlcd, rhcy
peco me a toundation for bui ding the Chro-
nolngy
'

nology ofthe ancient times u on them; a~d

nothing more remains for ettling. 1uch a
Chronology, than ro make thefe Periodsa
lirtle cxaél:er, ifit Clll be, and to fhew how
the reíl: of the Antiquities of Greece, E-
!.)'Pt, AJ!yrta, Chatdtea, and Media, may
iuit rherewith.
WhiHl: Bacchu.r made his expedirían in ro
India, Theftu.r left Ariad~te in the Ifhnd
Naxu.r or Via, as abo ve, and fucceedcd hi)
father ./Egeu.r at AtiJe1ts ; and upon che Rc-
turn of Bacchu.r from India, ./lriadne be-
carne bis miílrefs, and accompanied him in
his triumphs ; and this was about ten ycar'i
afrer the death of Solomon: and from th:u
time reigned eight Kings in A-thetts, vi.r..
Theflu.r, Men~ heus, C))emophomt, Oxylt·
te.r, Aphida.r, Thymtete.r, Mela1tthtts, and
Codrtt.r; thcfe Kings, at 19 years a-piece,
one with another, might take up about r 52
years, and end about 44 years bcfore thc
Olympiads: then rcigned rwelve Archons
for life, which at I4 or 1 5' ears :1-piece, rhc
State being unfb.blc, mig t rakc up about
I 74 years, ::tnd end Att. 2.. Olymp. 3 3 : rhcn
reigned feven decennial Archons, w hich
are ufuall reckoned at fevenry yc::trs ; bur
fome oft em dyin in rheir Regcncy, rhcy
mi ht not t::tke up a ove forry ycars, and Jo
en abour J11t. 2. Olym!J 43, abour wl1ic~1
time began the fecondMej{nritm war: thdc
decenni::tl Archons werc followed by rhc
annu::tl Archons, amongll: whom werc th.::
tcgin;l-
 o the RE E K Se
Legi-flators, 'Draco and So/011. Soon after
rhe death of eodrus, bis fecond fon N eteus,
uot bearing thc Reign of his lame brother
fifedo?t at J1thens, retired into .A_fia, and
was followed by his younger brothers A1t-
drocles and Cyareftts, and m:any others:
rhek had the name of lo1Úa1zs, from ion
rhe fon of Xttthus, who commanded the
ann of the .llthenimts, at the death of E-
·rec'Jthetts,andgave the name ofl,o11ia to
rhe country which they invaded: and about
2.0 or 2) years after the death of Codrtts.
rheie new Colonies, being now Lords of
lo11ia fet u over themfelves a common
Council cal ed Panio11ittm, andcompofCd
of Counfellors fent fi·om rwclve of their
cities, Milettts, Myus, Priene, Ephefies,
CotiJpboll, Lebedus, Teos, Ctazomente,
Pboctea, S amos, Chios, and Erythr~ta:
and this was the lo11Íc Migration. d
. · e Vi .Di~
Wh en t he G r·ee ksand L att1te s were 10r- nyf. Hali-
ming thcir Technical Chronology, therc carnarr:J.
were great difputes about thc Antiquity of LP·H-+>·
Rome: the Greeks made it ruuch older than
the Olym iads: fome of them faid it was
built ·by 'ueas; others, by Rom.tu, thc
fonor randfon of .!Eneas; orhers, by Ro-
tmu, r e fonorgrandíonof Latinus, King
of the Aborigittes; others, by Romu.r the
ion ofVf:yjJeJ', or of A canitu, or 0f Ita-
tus: a:ndiomeofthe atjue.ratfidlfell.i-n
wíth the 0 inion of the Greeks, faying
that.it was uilt by Romutru, rhc fon or
gtandfon of .dim:as. Timte1ts Sicu14ts ·re-
preknted
I26 . . . HRONOLOGY
prefented it built by Romu/us, the grand-
ion of .!F11eas, above ::m hundred years be-
fare rhe Olympiads; and fo did Ntevitu
the Poct, who was twenty ears older tlun
E1tnitts, and ferved in the ríl: Ptmic wa"1
and wrote the hiíl:ory ofrhat war. Hithcr-
to nothing certain was agreed upon, but a-
bout 140 or 150 years afrer the dcath of A-
/e:'<:a1tder thc Grear, they began ro íay rlut
Ro me was built a fecond time by Romttlus,
in rhe fifteenth Ae:c after thc deíl:ruétion of
'-
Troy: by Agcs thcy rneant Reigns of rhc
K ings of rhe Lati1zes :lt Alba, and reckon-
cd the firíl: fourteen Rcigns at about +P
years, 1nd the following Reigns of the te-
ven Kings of Rome at 244 years, both
w hich numbers made up the time of about
6 76 years frorn the taking of Troy, accor-
ding to rheíc Chronologers ; but are m ueh
too long for the coude of nature : and by
this reckoning they placed the building of
Rome upon thc fixth or fcvcnth Olympiad;
J7arro placcd ir on the firíl: year of the
:fevenrh Olympiad, and was rhcrcin
eneralJy followcd by the Romans ;
ut rhis can fcarcc be reconcilcd ro rhe
courfc ofnaturc : for 1 do not meet w1th
an y iníl:ance in all hiíl:or y, lince Chro-
nology was certain, whcrein feven King~.
mofl: of whom werc flain, reigncd 244
years !n continual fucceiiion. Thc tour·
tecn Rcigns of the Kings of thc LatÍllCS,
at twcnty ycars a-piecc onc wirh another.
amount unro 2~0 ycars, and thclc ycars
counrcd
 o the RE E K S. 127
counted from the taking of Troy, end in the
38th Olympiad: and rhe fcvcn Reignco; of
rhc Kings of Ro me, tour or fi ve of rhcm be~
itW {bin and onc dcpofcd, may ata modc-
rafe rcckoning amounr ro fifteen or fi xtccn
years a-piecc onc wirh another: lct thcm
be rcckoncd at fcvcntccn ycars a-piccc. antl
rhcy\vill amount unto 119 year'l; which
bcing countcd backwards from thc Rcgi-
fngc, end alfo in thc 38th O 1ympi~Hl : and
by thdc two rcckonings Romc was bnilr i11
thc 38th Olympiad, or thcreabout. The
180 years and the 119 cars togcthcr nukc
up 399 years, and the ame numbcr ofyears
ariíes by counting rhe twenry and one
Reigns at ninereen ycars 2-piccc: and this
being the whole time between thc taking of
Troy and thc Regifuge, let thefe ye~us be
counted backward from the Regifuge, A:t.
I, Olymp. 68, and they will place rherak-
ingof Troy about 74 yc:us after rhc dcath
of Solomott.
When Sefoflris retnrned from Tbrace in-
ro Egypt, he lcft .IEctes wirh part ofhis ar-
my in Cotchis, to guard tlut paíS; and
'Pbryxus and his fifier Helle flcd from l11o,
the daughterofCadmus, tok:etesioon af-
tcr, in a fhip whofc cnfign was a golden
ra.m: l11o was thcrcforc alivc in thc four-
tccnrh ear of Rcboboam, rhe ycar in
which tjojlris rcturncd inro 6~(>pt; and
by confequcncc her fathcl' Cadmus flouri-
ihcd in theRcign ofVavid, and not bcf()re.
Ct1dmus was rhc fathcr of 'Po!ydortts, thc
hther
 128 HRONOLOGY
father of La!Jdactts, the father of Lairu,
t-hL> ~•t-hnv '"'~.' noÁ;Illl r t-J-.r> ~...... J-.n.- l""'fo• f..,'fno
L1J\... ~41.LJ.J\...1 \J'.l '-'t. c,¡.¡.r¡,,_..,' '-&.J-.... JC1.L1J'--.l V . l .L ..d- e, v-

eles and Pol)'liices \V ho flew onc anothcr

in their youth, in thc war ofthc fcvcn C1p·
tains at 1he6es, about reu or twelvc •vcar-; •

after thc Ar~oltauttc Expcdition : :111d

Therfander, r'hc ton of Poly;tices, warrcd
at Troy. Thcfc Generations being by the
eldeíl: fons who marricd young, if rhcy be
reckoned at about twcnty and four yc:lr~ ro
a Gcneration, will place the birth of 'Po{r-
donts upon thc 18th year of 'Da·vid'$
Reign, or thereabout: and thus Cadmtts
might be a youna man, not yet marricd,
\V hen he carne fir into Greece. At his firll:
camina he filil'd to Rbode.r, and thencc ro
Samot 1race, an Ií1and Rear Thracc on rhc
north fide of Lenmos, ::md therc marricd
Harmon ia, the íiíler of Jafius and Varda-
tttJS, which gavc occafion ro the Samotbra-
cian myfieries: and Pot ortts might be
rhcir ion, bom a ycar or rwo after thcir
coming; and his fiíl:er Ettropa might be
then a yOtmg woman, in theilower of hcr
age. Thcfe Generations cannot well be
ihort~r; and therefore Cadmu.r, and bis ion
Pof:)'donts, wcre noty·oooger than we ha ve:
reckoncd them : nor can thoy be much
Ionger, without making Potydorur too old
to be born in Europe, and to be thcíon of
HaJ.nonia the íiílcr of 'Jafits. Labdtteut
• wac:; thcret(>re born in thc cnd of 7Javid's
• Rcign, Lai11s in thc 24th year of Sotomon's,
and Ocdijm s in thc ícvcnth of Reboboarn's,
()l'
•
 o· the G RE E K s.·
()r thcrcabout: nnlds you had Llthcr f1y,
rlut Polydorus was bom at ZirhJ!!, bctore
hí.;; C1thci· ome imo E'.rn·ope; but his n.1m<:
'Pol}'dOrtls i'l in thc bm~uagc of Gn·l'cl!
'IfJlvdortls marrictl },_Tytfcú, rhc dan:2J1~
tcrof~'V_yc7t:11S11Uti·;co-f Gn·rrr, and dy-
•

in•rJ )·oulw·,
0
lcfr h i·.; Kin0:dom
'- ¡
~lnd )'OUIW !(Jí1 ..._)

L(tbdam S und~r thc ~llimi!littr~nion or .iV\' . •

f/{'1u. Thcn Fpofots Ki11~; or A·.girz!:u,

:1.ftcrwards ollcd Sino!, íl:cJk ,}•¡t],;pe th~
• •

d.wghtcrof1V,rdcu.~. :fl and i\_1ii'ou therl..'- ~i'at•f.1n.i4

upon maJe \1 ar npon him, and in :1 b1tck .z..c. ~-.
'' hcrcin N)'fl crts onrcamc, be: h \\·er;::
1·.·oundcJ. and Jicl.1 i~)on aftcr. 1Vr!'í .?.'H ~

jdr thc tuition of Labdams, and :ldmini-

Hution ofthc Kingdom, to his br11thc<· !,_y-
:-us; and Epopcu.r, or, a" Hygi.'ll!S t c.llls tHygía~
him, Epav/j;u rhc SinoJ!Ú!J!,
1 ~
lcft hi.; 1\.in<J._ FJb.¡.
~8 ...,
dtlm ro Lamrdun, \\ ho prckí1tly end:d tri~ ~ ~ ·
w.u, by íCnding bnme ..riat iopc: ~liH.l íhe. in
rcturnin~~ homc, brmq;ht rorth Amp/;iCJz,
:1nd Zetbtts. Lr1úd.1Ctts bcitw orown no, re-
.. ) .. ) 1

~·civcdrhc KingdomfromLyc/ls, ard Íc)na

~Jccrdvinn·lcCt 1t :P:tin ro hi·:; adminilh:tti-
• C) ~~

ün, for his vouwr. -, i(m Lai11s. \\'hcn Jlm-

~'

_phiolt an(i .Zctbtts wcrc ~lhont twcnry yc~lrs

old, at rhc infli~ation of thcir moth.:r Ali-
/Jopc, thcy killcll L_)'c!t.r, and nudc f~t~ú:s
11cc to 'Pc!op.r, and JCizcd rhc ciry ThdH.r,
:tnd com¡uílcd ir \\·irh a \\'a\1; and Amphi-
úll nurricd Ni o/;¿• rhL· fiflcr of ·Pch¡JJ·, ~lnd
by hcr had kvcrJ.I chtldrcn, amondl wlwm
• . 1

w.r-; CIJ/o¡·iJ, thc mnrhcr of 'Ft'J'irfJ'iilf.'iJltr

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the .Arg01zaut. Pelops wa~ the fatber 'Jt
Plijtbctte.r, .Atreu.r, and Thyejles; andA-
gamemtt01t and Mnzc la tu, the adoEted fons.
of .Atretts, warred at T1·oy. IEgi]lhtu, the
1on ofTIJ)'Cfles, flew /lgamemno¡¡, the yea~ ·
aftei: the taking of Tr~ ; and .dtretu died
juil: betore P aris fiole Heletta, ·which, ac-
§ Homer. ccrding to § Homer, was twenty yea!·s be-

1-ly~in .. of Mi?JO.r, t w;¡s a1i .Jrgo11a11t; andTaietiS

go1zatets; aud Idomcitctt.r andMertotte.r, the
g,randfons of Mi1r0s, were at the Troja11
war .. All thefe things confirm the ages of
Cadmtt.r and Ett~opa, and their fferity,
abo ve affigned, and place the deat of Epo-
pcusor Epaphus K.ingof Sicyo1e, andbirth
· of 4mphion and Zetbtti, upon the tenth
year of So ; ati_q.the takin of Tbehes
b Ampbio11 and Zethru, and t e flight of
. aiu.r to Pelops, üpon the thirtieth ycar
of that .K ing, or 'thereabout. ..Ampl!iO!t
migbt marry the íiíl:cr of Pelop!, the íamc
.ycar, anq Pc/.op'.r come into Greccethrcc
.or four years before that flight, or about thc
.26th year of Solomon.
In the days of Erecbtheru King .of A·
thc11.r, :md,.Ci-lcu.r King of Eleujis, (:eres
camc into .Attica, aml cducated Triptole·
1/JU.r the f6'n of Ce/.eu.r, and taught him ro
•Homer. íow corn. S he •la with Jafion, or Jafi-
Odya:E. tl.t, .the brother of
Di~dor.l.
armo1tia, the wife oJ
S•P•:Z.J7• ''tJtbmlf ; otnd prefentl y aftcr her deatb, E·
rechthctiJ
 •
•

the 1t E E K S.
tecbthetu was fbin in a w:1r between the
'Athettia11s and Eteujiuiatts; and, for the
benefad:ion ofbringing tillage in eo Greece,
rhe Eletifinia S aera, were inil:ituted- to
het· f with Egypt ia1t ceremonies, by Ceteu.r f Diodor';
and Ettmotptts; anda Sepulchre or Tem le · t.p. ~ 17

was ereéted to her in Elettjiuc, and in t is

Temple the fárnilies of Celeru and Ettmot-
ptts became hcr Pricíl:s: and this Tem-
ple, and that which Et1rydia ereéted to hcr
<laughtcr 'Da11ae, by the name of J;mo .dr-
givil-, are the firíl: iníbnces that 1 meet with
i11 Greece ofdcifying rhe Dead. with Tem-
ples, and Sacrcd Ritcs, and Sacdfi.ccs, and •
lnitiations, and a Succeliion of Pricfl:s to
perform them. Now by this hifrory it i'i
manifefi: that Erechthcru. Cc!c11.s, EHmot-
jtls, Geres, .1nJl;u, Cadmtts, Harmo1tia,
.Ajleriu.r, and Varda1zus, the brother of ·
."fajitu, andonc ofthe founders ofthe King-
dom ofTroy, were all contemporary ro one
•
•

·another, and flourifhedin their youth~whc11

Gaámtu came firft into Ertrope. Erech-
thetu could not be much oldcr, becaufc hi!~
daughtcr Trocris convers'd with Millo!
King of Crcte; and his gt·andfon ThtJPi.r
hadtifty&mghters, who lay with Herct~-
ler; and bis <laugbtcr Orythia was the mo-
ther ofCalais and Zetes, two of the Jlrgo-
1tauts in thcir youth; and bis ion Or11eru • •Paul:!.n:
was the fatherofPeteos, thefather of Me- l.~.c.:a.r.
11ejfhe11.r, who warrcd ~tt '(roy: nor !T'UCh
yow1gc:r, be,aufe his fecond ion Patu/j~,,
K l. ... WhQ
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:l32 HRONOLOGY
who with the Metiottides his eldet
brother Cecrop.r, was thc of .tEgeru,
thc f:1.ther ofTbefetl.!; and Metio11, auother
ofhis fons, was rhe fathcr of Eupalamus,
the father of'Dteda/tts, who was older than
'] hefeus; and his da hter Creu a married
Xttthtu, the fon of eJte,J, and y him had
twofons, Jlchtttts and Jo¡¡,; and lo11 com~
manded rhc army ofthe Atbe1tia1u againfl:
the Eterifitziatts, in the battle in which his
grandf:1.ther Et·echthett.r was ílain: and this
was jufl: befo re the iqílitution ofthe Eterifi·
1tia Sacra,and before the ReignofPa11dio11,
thc fathcr of.!Egetts. Erechtheus being an
Egyptimt, procured corn from Egypt, and
for that bct,efaél:ion, was made King of A·
tbe11s; and ne:.1r the be~inning ofhis Reign,
Ceres. c:.1me into Jltt'lt:a from Sicity, in
quc11: ofhcr daughter Proftrpina. We can-
not crr much ifwe mak(! Hetle11 conrempo·
rary ro theReign of Satel, and to tha.t of'Da·
·uid at Hebrott ; and place the beginning of
thc Rcign of Erecbthetu, in tbe 2-;th-ycar,
rhc coming ofCerc.r into .Attic.a in the 30th
ycar, and thc difperfion ofcorn by Tripto-
lemtts about thc 40tl1 ycar of Va·vid's
H cign ; and thc dcath of Ceres and Erecb-
túett.r, aml infHtution ofthe F.lettjiltia Stt·
tra, bctwcen thc rcntb and fifceenth yc;¡r
ofSolomo1t. -
Tc:Jcer, 'Dttrda!lrt.r, Ericbtbcmitu, T1·o¡,
lttu, Laomedo;r, and c-Priamtts, rcigned
1ücccfli vcl y ~t Ti·oy; and thcir R.eigns, at
. . abo ue
•
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•

. RE E K S. 1~3
ibont twenty years a-piece one with ano·
'ther, attmunt unto an hundred and fortv
years : which counted back from the ta(-
íng of Troy, place the bcginning of the
Reign of Tetecer about the fifreenth year of . ...
the Reign of King 'David; and that of
·vardamts, in thc days ot Ce·res, who hy
with Ja./itts thc brothcr of Vardamts:
whereas Chronologers reckon that the {i;,c
laft ofthefe Kings reigned 296 ycars, w hiclt
is after the ratc of 49} years a-picce one
with a11other; and that thcy began their
in the da s of Mofts. CJJardtlll1ts
the daug 1ter ofTeucer, the íon of
Se der, and fuccccdcd him: whcncc
Tettcer was of about the fame agc with 'Da-
vid.
Upon the return of Sefojlris into Egypt,
his brother 'Da11atts not only attemptcd his
life, as above, but alfo commanded his
daughters, who were fifty in number and
had married the fons of Sefo.flris, to 1b.y
rheir husbands; and thcn flcd with his
danghters from Eg;'}Jt, in a long fl1ipl8f fi f~
ty oars. This Flight was in the fourtcenth
year of Rehoúoam. 'Danatts ca me firfi to
lit~dtu a town in Rhodes, and therc built
aTemp e, andereél:ed a Statue to .J!lilter- •
1
•

va, and Ioft three of his daughtcrs by a •

•

plague which ragcd there; and then failed

tbence with the refi. ofhis daughtcrs to .Ar-
&os. He came to .Ar o.r therefore in the
fiftecnth or fixteent 1 year of Re/Jobo-
K3 a111 ••
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am : and at length contendin there with
Gela1ror the brother of Ettryft eu.r for the
crown of .Argo.r, was chofen by the_peo le,
and reigned at Argo.r, while Ettryji 'letu
reigned at lrfycetzll! ; and Eteryflheus was
• Apollo- born • thefameyear with Hercttles. Ge.
dor.l. :,
~ta. t· Ja1ror 2nd Eur_yfthetu were the fons of
Sthellelru, b Nicippe the daughter ofPe-
Jop.r; and St '1ttzetru \Vas the fon ·of Perfe-
fiS, and reioned at At"gOS; and Vmram,
w ho fuccec ed him at ilrgo.r, was fuccced-
cd therc by hisfon inlaw Lynceus, and he
by bis fon Abas ; that .Abas who is com-
monl y, but erroneouíly, reputcd the father
of Acri{itu
•
and Prtetils. In the time of
the .ArgotJatJtic ex edition, Caflor and
Potlu~ were beard efs youttg men, and
thcir fifters Hele11a and CJytermzeflra wcre
children, and their wivcs Ph11be and ltai-
,.a wcre alfo very young: aU thefe, with
· the ArgoJtattts Ly11cetts and 1das, werc the
grand-childrcn ofGorgophorze, thc daugh·
ter of Perfetu, thc fon of 'IJatrae, the
daughter of .AcrijittJ. and Ettrydice; and
'Pl'rieru and OebaJtu, tbe husbands of
Gorgo;ho1tc, were thc fons ofCy1tortes,the
fon óf AmycJas, the brothcr of Ettrydice .
.flfejloror Majlot;, t11~ brother of Stbe11e·
Jus, married Lyjidice,another ofthe daugh·
ters ofPeJop.r: and Pelops. rnarried /lij·
1_oJamia, the dau htcr of Evarete, thc
daughter of .JJcri w.r. .AJcmetta, thc me·
the_: of flcrctlle.r, w~s the daughtcr of B·
: . leflryo;
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leélryo; and Sthe11du.r, Mejtor and Elec1-
ryo,were brothers ofGorgopho;ze, and fons
.ofPerftu.sand .Attdt·omcda: and thc; ..dr-
grní~tttic iEfttt!apirts was the grandíon of
Le~tcipptf.S and Phlegia, and Lettcipptti
wasthe fon of Periere.r, the grandfon of
:Jmyctas the brotJ1er of Ett1)'dh·e,. and
J~yclar and Ettrydice were the childrc1t
cfLared¡emou. and S¡ arta: and CapaJJ.etts,
ene of:. rhc feven Ca tains againíl: Thcbe.r, •

was ti~~ husband of tJad;u the d:iúghrcr of

l;hi.sr the fon of Eteéfot·, .thc ion of
;Anaxág()ras, thefon of J.y!cgtlj!J1!tbcs, th:!
::fon:.of PrtettlS thc brother·' or Jlcrijtits.
}~low· from ti~ efe Generations it 1nay be ga- •

:.-, tflered that Perftru,_ .Periere.r, and Altax-

. - ~ oras. were of aboilt the fa me agc ·w ith
. ÍIJ.OJ, Petops, .!Egeus and Sejac; and
that .llcrifirt.r, Prttttu, Et~r)1 dicc~: ami A-
myctas, being two littlc Gencrations older,
wcrc _ofabout the fame agc wirl_i King 'Da-
'Vid and Eret:htbctes : and thlt l;.hc Tc1!lple
of.'Jt~tzo Argi'VIl was built about thc iame
time with thc Temple ofSolomo1t, rhefame
being built by E11rydice to her d3.nghtcr
1Janae, as above; oras fome fa y, by Pira-
fits or p iraltthtts, thc fon 01' ru~L:eífor ~~- .
.Argtu, and gl'eat grandfon of Pboro11etts;
.for thc firfl: Pricf.l:efs of that Goddds wa~
.CaJiitbea the daughter ofPiratttlms; Cat-
_Jithea was fi.tccccdcd by Atcmoe, abo<lt
tluee Gcncrations befare the taking ~f
Tr~y, tb:lt is ~bout thc middlc of Solowou.'s
K 4 Reign;
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Reign: in her Pricflhood the Sictdi paflé'd
OUL ur ltaty Íil[O Siri/y: ~lrrcn\ aJds lh-
- - -
_l'rntmeflra the daughter 0f VaT?alt.r, l'C'·
Cl.ml' Pricfld~ ot" chis Guddd< and iJJe n(J:¡.
rdhecl in rLc times next bcf(ll e thc _/¡.
r;o:.'iW!Íc c>:¡~c:cl!ritJn: and -"Jdmrtd, rhl.'
(d.l!l) ]¡ter o!L'IIrvf¡'htí!-.f, was Pri·:ítch ur! ).~)
', -.
_'tiO:cO ;llJ(!J1[ thc timr.s or rhc Trrya!! \Y.:!
A1!dr%·;,-·dd thc wifc of 'Fn/ht.rr \L1~ 1i:
1
1 ,· r' r
c.~u~.1~ ::-:- ·:·r ~....tpnnJJ ;in
¡ · - ¡
~/.!. rptli!ll, r 1c 11 ,¡
•
'Hcrod.
{. 1· nflJtJ¡¡ s, ;;¡:c~Jrding ro * 1-I!'rorh: !!.f ; :l::d
'-
rLc Ev >_:,¡ j,;:-' Bcl1u w~ts . /liilliJfJJI: 'I't'F-
( ,_ 1

fc:ts roo k h'~T from j 0/J/Jd, \\ hc;-c Ccj!Jtit.r,

J rh i11!: a!~ i:1íin:tn ofSo!oJJw:/s Quecn. rc{¡-
dcd in th(: <-i.ly•; of Solomo;¡_ /kri¡í>fJ' ;:111d
'Pr,rtits \V ere thc fóns of .JJÚa.r: bnr this A·
las \\'J. S nor thc hme nun with Abas thr
!!'·:mdírm of 'J)mzatts. bm a much o)¿·¡
'PriJtcc, \\·bo bttilt: _¿J/J.ea 111 Pború, :111J
mÜ',ht he tbc rritlCC from \\'hom thc 1fLu1d
't Bocbrt. Eii6ú. tl ¡· was ::1.ncicnrly ca!lcd Jibtmf i.r. JI:d
7

Can:1:111.
:pa~t.l. e. tl:c pcoplc rhcrcorA¿,Lt,!/('J': fór ../lpo.'/1;1 1 :-
q. tu RlNIIfJ' § tclls tts, tlur thc JJreoJim/t
~A pollon.
,,
Argonáur. Ctm t !m .r \Li o; t hd<.m o f Ca 11 ctb 1' J., :1.11 d tl ut
j. L V. 7 "(. Crmt! ¡j;u \VJ'> ofthc poílcrily <'f _
•
_,1Úrz.r: .1 !~d
rhc Crn:1mcnt~:ltlr npPn./fpol/.w!ll.r tcll.;, 11,
f:u-rLcr. 1 h:tt írom rhis /l/Jr1s rhc inluhiLlll ; 1

or l>l-r:'r'/ \\ere :tncicnrl y ollcd .A/}(!í,'/ '

T h i ·; Ji¡, r2 .r l he rd ( n e l1o ui· d he d LlJ 1-e e o r t, 1 : ' •
( i e 11er: ;r i o 1, <; be:: ' , e rhe //¡ ~ ~ o11 ti/1 / : .- n ¡ll · 11·
ri:;n) :~rld ¡,, mi:'.itl be t !te LciJcr cr A//o·,j.¡l' f.
tl1c :lllcdlors <·lÍ . .Atrl/íú.r \\Crc accou::~ .,¡
f..:r~ Y_/titw.r O\' •
thc G1 ~ d.r, ~wd t be:· m::,_¡11
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come from E_yypt nndcr Al;ru into Etlh{('a,
and frorn thcncc into 'Pr!opM!!!~flts. I do
not rcckon P!JoriHzs and hi...; i(m Tri opas a-
mong rhc Kiílgs of.A1~~os, bccJ.uiC rhcy llcd
from tlut KingJom ro thc llhnd R!Jodc s;
nor do I rccko~1 Crolol:t.r ;trnong rhcm, bc-
C:ltile he \\"Cnt from _~-h·r.:.os, ;llld built ;t ncw

airat.JlJ
l ,.l[CS.
\Vcf~úd th;lt Tr!op.r omc into Gn't'te a-
bout thc 26th yc~n ofSrJrmiOJt: he t r.1me t r~uran:
thirhcr in rhc d.q'> of An·i/t'.'ts, and in dwí~ J.; c. 1.
ofE11d1'í11tOJI, :l!ld ofhis i(mc:;, ;1nd Ll)()k ./fj'- (pollodor,
,. :' ..1
to.ta from .ú:. ro tts.
¡ E J . , . 1. c. 1,
11 )JtllOJt \Llc; tnc
ion of ../¡¡:r IJ!ill.r, thc Ít)J1 of Protocrz.Ci:ia,
thc fiilcr of lldlci1, and &u~:)'htcr
,..., of 'J)ot-
ralirm: P bri.'ots ami f id/e, rhc chi!drcn of
.Atbamas, thc brothcr of S(f''/JÚ!ts a:u{ ion
of..;Eo!us, thc i(m ofllcflt•!t, íkd ii o m thc:ir
fl:cp-mothcr /¡¡o, thc dJ.u~hrcr of Crdmus,
to .;Eetcs in Co!dú.r, prciciJtl y ~lft-cr thc rc-
rurn ofSef~flris into ~~~~ypt: and }tl}lm rhe
.llrf!,OJJattt \\':l.'' thc ion of .A:,((m, rhefon
ofCretbcu.r. rhc ion of JEoiN.r, thc fon of
l!cllen: ~md Cdya w:1~ rhc wifc of Jl(:th-
•

litts, and mothcr of R11dymiOJJ,- :md d:m~~h-

.
tr.r of Jf,o/;u, and ftilcr of Crct ht!IS, Si (j-
¡;lms and Athm;~cu: and bv thcll' circum-
fhncc'l Cn:thtiiS, S){lph.'Ú and .AibtmJcu
11ourilhcd in thc lattcr p.lll oi' thc l~cign of
So!onJ011, and in thc Rcin·n t)f N.chd;urm1:
:")

./!Nbtius, ../bO!!IJ, Xttl bus, '/)ontJ, 'li:w-

(a/,u, o.nd 'lJ.mv~c wer-.: ¡,:o¡ttc~1:por~~ry m
E.?·: cb-
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Erccbtbel!.r, _'lt1_(/us and Cad-mtts; and !Jd.
1 ..
~ ~ 1 _ _._ _ _ ·- l C7 l . . .., .... - 1
tt:lt \\' :Lj aUUlll UllC, <lllU J.Jt:ln UHVIf
~, 4.
~ L . .
~tlJI!ltl

two G eneLltion·! oldcr tlun Erccbt bti!.:·.

They could nut be m u eh oldcr, b€U'.d~
•PauLn. Xttthus rhc youngdl ion of llel!cn * rmr·

nor could thcy be much younger, bccmr:

• Cepbczltts thc íon of 'J)cúmeus, thc it>ll '>l.
~l"aufan. /r."olus, theeldcflfonofHctlot, .§ nuni:.\
l. x. c. 37· Pron·i.r thc daughcer of Erccbt brtts: ~ld
~
a . l. 1
o. e· P .
rocrts f1 ed í' -
rom 1
1cr l 1
1usoan d to ~] ·
J, t.'Jo"··
9
U pon thc death ofHelit'll, bis youngcrr k;J
· Pauían. .Xuthtts t was cxpcllcd Th((Jczfy by hi~ lm>
.• 7· c. '· thcrs /Eolus a~d VortLs,and fleJ to Ertd'·
thrus, andmarried Crcttjtz the daughtcr nt
E'recbthctts; by w hom I1e had two 1(:¡:'~.
·.Acbt:t:!ts and 1 o¡¡, thc youngcfr of \\' hic\
grcw up bcforc thc dc~lth of Ercc!Jt Íu'iJ.r,
aml commandcd the arm y of thc At /;c;::-
mts, in tbc \\'ar in which Errcbthcus \\ J~
:thin: and thcrcforc }Jel!cJt dicd about onc
Gcneratiou befare Erecbtheus.
Sijjphtts thcrcforc bnilr Cori11tb abour
thc lattcr end ofrhe Rcign of So!O?i/Oíl, or
rbe bcginning of rhe Rcign of Rcboúo¡/J/1.
Upon rhc flighr of 'Pi.JJ)'Xtt.r and llc!!t',
rhcir fathcr Atbamas, a littlc King in Ra u-
1 ia, wcnr dillraC1cd ;tnd {]cw his i~m Ll'i!i'-
clms ; and his w ifc /11o rh rcw her klf IJJ~'>
tbe lea, ro\rcthcr
o
\\'ith hcr OLhcr {()n ii/t'f.;.
tcrtus: and rhcrcupon SU'ypb!ts in1lirut cd
1he ffl!mtia at CM·iJtt h to his n.cphc\\' ¡\/t'
Jiart lt.J. T his was prdcntl y aftcr Stjrj
1J'i J
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tr·is hall left lEttL'S in Calcbis, r think irr
rh-.: (i trcc:nth or (i xttr'nt h vc~u of Rd;:J!>o-
.~

a;,"l: fo tha.t Athamil.l, thc l(m o!' "',jj·?l'! r

ard :.2LlnJion of He! ltJl' a.nd [;)(} tbc d:.lu ,,rh-
~ )

tcrofCadmrts, ílomiíhcd 'tilí :1bout thc {ix-

tccnth ycu of RchoúotiíJl. S~fypbtu· :1nd
his il:cccilurs On;1'f ion, 'Fboas, '/)c.woo/)()7!.
~ J

'Fropodas, 'J)oridtls, a.nd 1 /yam!Jirl,r.:

rci-"ncd
:-o illcceí11 vdy :1t Corintb, 'till thr~
rcturn of rhe }/cracfi.Jcs imo Fdapomtc-
(tts: tbcn rci~··ncd thc 1-!t'rdclirit'.r, Alctr.r,
. ~'
lxioJt, Ac~rlas, 'PnmmiJ, llt~crlús, ./~~e-
las Il, E!tdarJ/I!s, ..~J'rifiorlm:::.f, :md 7clc(
• •

tes ll!ccci1lvely about T 7') yc:ll'S, and rhen

Corinth \V3.S ,~;orcrncd by . 'PJ')'/(mes
. or :Ul-
nual Archons abom 41. yc:tr."~· and ati:er
them by Cypfelus ~lllJ PtTitwder J.bout 48
ycars more.
Ce!cus Kin~ of EIL'!~/ú, \\·ho w.1~ c:m-

RI.Mrtts, rhc ion ofCrtmtus, rhe íucccl1or in J,p[.u;,

ofCccrops; ~md in thc Rcú;n of Cra¡¡,-n;s,
'Dcuca!io1t í1cd wirh his ion e; 1 lci/:·;: :uHi
Amp!J)'[f io11 from rile llood w hich rhen o-
ycrf1owcd Tlu'Jf(¡{y. and \Ll'> c.1llcd -¡)¿·¡¡_
tal!'on's Dood : thcv ílcd in~o Attir.;,
and ::hcre 'Deuct'llir;lt ~!icJ ho11 aitc:·; ~:il~!
'Pt!l~{fwic1.r rclls us clur bi-; JCpukhrc \\ h to
be f(·cnilt•ar .Al bo!J'. H ¡,~ cldcll j(¡n 1lc!-
h.'lt1llccet:dl:d him in T!Hjj':dy, ~llltt hi-; oi:hcr
Jon Jlmjil~¡d ioll nurric~l l·;lz: tbugbtcr oi·
Cn¿!/ll!l.r, a n d Re i ~'
o ni! 1"
,. . ., :l r 'lb o·¡;¡ 1J !) }'/. t,
r. .J

cn:(t<:d thcn: rhc .dm_l!J__yC/ Jo¡¡Ú' C•Jr1ucil;

:EtJ
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and Acri(tus foon afrer creétcd thc like
•

Council at 'JJrlpbi. This i conccivc '"~1)

done when ilmpb]rfio1t and AcrUius wcrc
aged, ::md fit ro be CouniCllors; iuppoic i:J
thc latter half of thc Rcign of 'David, and
beginning of thc Rcign of Soiomo11; ~l!JJ
~oon atrcr, fi1ppofC abont thc middlc of rhc:
Rcign of So!omoJt, did 'Pbemono¿; bcc(JIJlc
thc flrfl: Pridl:ci~ of Apoi!o at 7Jelplú, aihl
garc Oraclcs in hcxamcter vede; ancl thcn
was Acrifi!ts íhin accidentally by his
grandion 'Pcrfá:s. Thc Council of 1/it·;·.
mop)'lte includcd twclvc n:.uions of thc
Greek..J, wirhout Attic,1, and thcreforc Aiil-
phyl'! ion did not thcn rcign at At /x;¡s;
l1e might cndcavour to fi.ICcecd Cra!lct.':.r,
his witc's fathc1·, and be prcvcntcd by E-
rec bt betts.
Betwecn the Rcigns of Cranatts Jnd E
1·ecbtbett.r, Chronologers place alfo J~'ric/J­
tho1!ius, and his úm Pa11dio1t; bur r c~!zc
this Ericbt h:JtÚtts and tbis his J{m 'P aJJdi-
mt, to be rhc úme wirh Erechtbclts, and
his fon and ii.Iccclf<w 'P a11dioll, rhc ¡u me->
bcing onlyrcpeatcd with a littlc variatinn i:1
thc liíl: ofthcKing<> ofAttica: forEr/c!Jt!JO
1tit.ts, he that was thc ion ofthc Eart h, nur·
fcd up by Afútcrva, is by liomcr ollcd ¡.;
!i Thcmiíl. recbtbe11s; and Tbcmij!itts * re] le; us, tlu:
•

Ora.t.r9. it \Vas .Ercchtbeu.r that firíl: joyned a ch.1·

't p;;¡to in riot to hodcs ; and Pitlto t alludin~ to rhc
!olub.l. 1, fiory of h'richtbo11itts in a baskc'r, hi'rh.
1hejcople ofma<~'ta11ÍlJJOJt s Ercchthcu" ú
bt·,.u;.
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/;eatttiful, bttt it beborz_·es us to bebo id him
-
takm out: Erechtheus thcreforc immcdi-
arcly fiJCceedcd Cra11aus. while Ampb)'Ü-
ion reigned at Tbermopy!tt. In thc Reign
of Cra11atts rhe Pocts place thc flood of
'Dcltttdiort, and thcrcforc rhc dcarh of
'Deuca!ion,and thcRci~n ofhis i(m.;;lfcl!en
and Amph)'tl ion, in Tl;c¡¡;tfy and Tbcrmu-
py!tt, wa'> but a fcw ycars, li.1pp:1lc cight
or ten, befo re thc Reign of ErcdJt bcus.
The firft Kings ofA1'Cadia \\·ere fi.¡ccef.
1ircly * Pda[tJ,1tS, Lycao!l, .i'\)·c7irmts, Ar- "' Pau fan;
l.S.c. 1, a~
cas, Clitor, kgyptus, Aleus, Lycm~~us,
3·+·.f~
Echemus, ./J,gapcnor, I-lippothous, ~g_yp­
tus II, Cypfcltts, Glceas, &e Undcr L),tl-
p!!ls thc 1-lcra~·iiaes rcturncd into Pdo-
;om¡cjits, J.S :1bovc: /1'1, apenor \V J. S onc of
rhoie who courtcd f!c/cna; he courrcd hc:r
beforc he rcigncd, ami aft:cr\\'J.rds he \\"Cnt
ro the war at {roy, and thcncc ro C_ypr!!.J.
:1nd thcrc built Paphos. L'chnmts í1cw
l[yllí!.r thc {on of flr-rcuüs. L_ycm~~!!s,
CrpiH'!IJ, and AuKe, \\"Crc t thc childrcn of ·r P~uí..n.l •
.11/cu.r, thc ion of.Jlpbidas, thc i(m or Jlr- s...c._.¡..
.
fft.r, t l lC i011 O
f'C ¡¡· J l J f'L At 01
on.
a ~¡tO, t lC ( :wg ltCr O . '}'- A1·gotuur,
fJ

C(lOil: ./htrrc by \rith !lt·rc!tlc.r. and ///!- lr.v.r6zl

'--"' .
rlf'Tts thc íon of Lycm;(!ts wa.;; ::m ./!r,f!,o-
1/r!lt!, and his unclc Ccpbots \\":1S his (in-
vcmor in tlut Expcdicton; ~ncl ]~)'C!t1;~n.1·
fLnJ 'd :H homc, to look aCrcr hi-.: :1:.:cd ')
Ltchcr
/lnu, who tnk.l!r he born :1bout ¡:; rc:lr:->
hclilrC t hat Ex¡)cdiri,ltl; and his ~·r~1ÍHlLt-, 1

t hu .L1n·11 J' mi g bt be born about l he: cnd () f

t!J ·.:
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thc Rcign of S,m/, and L)'CilOJt the gr:.lnd-
hthcr of _/lrcru mi·rht ,.., be rhcn alivc, a11Li
d y e bc1()!'(: thc rniddlc of'J)a·I'ÚI's Rci~'.ll;
and his youn~~n ii>11 Omotrtts, thc _7rti11Js
of thc LflrtJJL'J, mi:.-;ht gro\\. up, :111d lc;ld .!
colon y in ro ltr1.~V bcünc thc H.ci~n or Sr;/;.
" F:mGn. ?JJO!l. Arc<~s rccci\'cd * hrcHl-corn fr:::~¡
l. S. c.+
Triptolt'lfi!ts, and Llll;!,ht his pcnplc to nu~~
brc~H.l of ir; anJ ló did F11mcíu.r, thc li1:l
l\ ing o fa rcgion :-tftcnLHd-.; ollcd Ac/),Ú:t:
and thcrdore .Jirc.u and Eumrl11s wc:c
contcmpor<u-y to Tri¡tofcJmts, and ro h:;
bthcr Cc/:'!:.r, a:1d to l.,'rcththctts 1\. in·~ d
.At/J{'¡¡s; :md Cailijlo to Rhants, and' kr
farhcr L-}CaOJt ro CraJir!tts : but Lw:il7:t -
dicd bebrc Cra:uws, io asto lea ve wn!:l
for'l)cuctdion's t1ood bctwcen thcir dc<Hh\.
Thec1c\·cn K in(~ e; of Arcadia,bctwccn thi;
~

Flood ~'!.!1d thc rcturn oftl1c llcrariidcs ilt-

to 'Pdopo;¡¡¡ejits, th~lt is, bcrwccn rhc
Rcigns of L_yrrz.m and c_ypfd!t.r, afrcr rk~
Lttc ofabout t\\'Cnty vors ro a Rci~r¡J on.~
el ol .._}

\\ it h ~ln (Jtbc r, too k un :.1bo u t 2 2 o y l':H~;

' .
~md thcic ycMs count:cd back from rhc !2-
turn ofthc l!eraclirlcs, place thc F!ood ol·
'J) eu c_tdi o¡¡ u pon t he fo mr :..'ciHh y c~tr o¡·
'J)d":.-'td's Rci;!n, or thcre~Ú)O~lt.
~)

t Hcrrcl. lkrN/rJ.' 1·:.r ·¡- tclls u.:;, th~lt rhc 'Jl/J_~·

l5 e >-:3. 'JÚrtdl/.1' w:Jo cuw: \\'ith c,u/ntllS hl (l !'; !~
1 1
•
1'
nLu1y l ''
O:l~.rr11w';
.
I!llo (' •.
~rcecc: 10r amn11 · ~
1 hu k'1 -'h:L'Il ici u·;¡ J w e re ~d(nt of m en CJ 11.., l
C;:re/ ~·.r, \\ ho wcrc :.;kilkd in l he A rr'.. !:,J
)!!'~''l,

:liJ.l
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:md • fcrtlcd fome in Pbrygia, wheec they •s•rabol.
6
wcrc callcd Corybtmtes; iómc in Crcte, 46y,4GCi, to.p + 4·
whcre rhey wcic c1llcd 1 d.:ci '....Vt~ézyli;
i(mH~ in Rbodcs, whcre thcy wcre called
'[e!cbi11e s; iome in SrmJor'hracc, w he re
thcy wcrc: Clllcd eabiri; iomc in EuiHetl,
whcrc, befo re thc in ·:cnrion of iron, t he y
wrnught in coppcr. in a ciry thcncc C1llcll
Chalris; iómc in Lc:tmos, whcrc rhcy ar-
1iftcd Vukan, :111d J!m1c in lmbnu, and o-
thcr pbccs: and ~l confidcr.1blc numbcr of
rhcm íCttleJ in A:..'tolia, which was rhcncc
olicd thc country of thc C~tretcs; nntil
.!l!..'toltts thcf(m ofJ:¡¿dymion, haviq\~ Jhin
.Apis King of SiC)'OJ!, i1cd rhithcr. and by
thcaíTifbnce of his bthcr inv~1dcd ir, atHl
from his own namc callcJ ir ,;f:,tohz: and
by the an1íb.ncc oftheíc artit!ccr.' Cadmtu
fÓund out gold in thc mou!ltJ.in P a;;gá'-
1!s in Tbrace,and coppcr at Thcúcs, whcnce
cnppcr ore is il:ill clilcJ Cr:dJJúa. W here
thcy iettlcd rhcy wronght flrfl in coppcr,
'ritl iron was invcntcd, and thcn in iron;
;md w hcn rhey had nude themfel ves a1-
mour, rhcy d~tnced in ir ;tt thc hcrif]ccc;
with tumult and cl:unom, and bclls, :liHl
pipes, and drum'l, and J\\'ord..;, \\' ich w hich
rhcy Hruck upon onc anot:hcr's armour, in
nm(ic;tltimcs, appc~mít?; ié.:i1.t:d \Vith a d1·
-, inc fmy; ;1!ld rhi-.; is rccknlled thc origin.tl
ofmufick l!l Gracc: ío Solintts, .~ St11di §~: 0 ' 111
1tíll rtmjú: u m i 11 df' Ctl' f' t :nn elllll I d,c j '])a ( ( r- 1',,: l !,ttt.
li:~.'Jod:dustFcpi!!:G tilmittt tfl'Ú c/¿}FC- L',l'-

/; t'/1 ~
 14-4- 0 t IJ e C H R O 0. O L 0 G Y
bcJlfos itt r¡_·cr_(ificlim ordú;cm tnu~f/11/i¡i'.'
- I fidor.
• • ent: and * f(t(/orus, Studium tmt(ic!f;;¡ tlU
ong,mum.
lib.xi.c. 6.
Jdá'JS _1 ·f.
. ,LHifl)
71
u c.rptttJtl. A /'- !
po 1-0 21ll thc
Muks wcrc two Gcncrarion" btcr. C/c-
tC!cm, fi?Cl/S t calb thc ldtri 'J)df(yli OJrb;lrotl';,
Strom.J.I. tlut i-; f1r.1ngcrs; :1nd flith, th~1.t thcy \\ c:·c
rcputcd thc firf1 ,,·iic mcn, to \\'hom both
rhc lcttcrs \\ hich rhcy cdl .E:phejt:!!!, ~:·;d
• thc iin cntion of mufical rhrmcs are rcL-:·-
-
red: ir iCclllS rlut \\ hei1 the Pb!l'!Útid:; :,·~-
tcrs, akribcJ to Ca{bnus, wcrc brou:_:;;r ::;.
'
to G?·eccc, they \\Trc ar rhc f1m:: !i::~c
brourrht into ;P!Jrrritt
~ _,, ~1nd Crctc, b·~·. rh.:
Cm·etcs; who kulcJ in thufC cotm::·ic'.
and c:.1lled rhcm Epbeji,1íl, from thc cil y F-
Jh((íts, \\he re thcy wcrc firíl taught. Thc
Curetcs, by thcir nunubéluring cnp~:c¡
and iron, and nukina :->
r\\'orJs, :.lr:d ~um:ll11
1
and cdgcd rools tür h c\\'ing J.nd ClrVJn; <·
wood, broughc into Em·opi! a nc \V \Ll.}' (!~­
fip.hting; and g~n-c J'liJIOs an opportunir:,· 11:
buildiiw0 a Flcct, and '-'~ainin!!... , thc domini1,!:
of thc feas; and icr on fóot rhe track.:; (i:
Smiths anJ c~npcntcrs in Greccc, \\ hic:1
are rhc fonnJ1rion of num~;.ll tT:hks; tl:c-
~ P:1uíln. J flcct of l1/i JJOS \L1S \\ ithont Llil-;, :llll;
1
l.9.c. r. 'DttdaJJts flcd from him by adding biJ..; to
J¡is vclfcl; ~1nd rhcrcfore 1hp' \\ ith üils
\\ere not ukd by rh~ Cree/u be rore tk
f1ürht of 'JJ<'t:!rtl;t.r, anJ dcath of }1/i//')J,
,1

\\' ho \i' :te;; 1hin i 11 pm fi 1in g hi m t o .Yi n {v, lll

thc R ci~n of RdJOÚO.:tJJ'J. '}),tdr~litJ :111d
his uc_t;licw T~:!Jts, in th:.: httcr p.ut of tl1c
ltugn
 •
•

D t!Je RE E K S.
Reign of Solomo11, invcnrcd thc chip-ax,
ancl. hw, ar~d \\'imblc, and pcrpcndicuLu,
;mcl. compals, ami tmnin~~-Luh, a:1J glcw,
and the portcr's w hccl; and his ütk'r E,,_
prt!am!ls invcntcd thc :mchor: and rhcl~
things gJ.vc a bc~inning tu nunu:1l Arts a1Hi
Tradcs in L'uropc.
Thc Cwrde s, * \\' ho thm introduccd Lct- * Stn!'o I; •

tcrs, and 1\1utic, ~l!ld Pocrr)r, and Dlrlcin·r, Jo.p.+P·

o 47 3.D1od.
and. Arts, and attcndcJ on th~ S.lcriíicc-;, !.¡.C.f.
\\erenoldsadivc;,¡bout rdi:_jiou·; iiJ!li~n~i­
ons, and for rheir sk.ill and knO\\·Icc1:!,e .lllcl
myf1:iol prJ.cticcs, ,.,·ere J.ccountcd ''· ik
mcn J.nd conjurcrs by rhc ndgar. In 'P!Jry-
gia their myil:erics wcrc Jbout R!JNz, u!kd
Jf,zgna lv!tZter, and from rhc 1Llcc-s \rhcrc
íhc was wodhiprcd, Cyúc!c, fcrcr_y:¡t!J,:,,,
Tcj]if11mtÍtl, 'Di:uí_y¡nti!f, ltfJ~~r/oi!Úl, :md
ldti!a Phrynia: and in Crctc, :1nd tk~ Ter-
- 0
1·a Curet!!JtJ, thcy wcre about .f:.'j'Íta 0-
úmpitts, thcf(m ofthc C¡·ctan Rbt:t: rhcy
rcprcicn tcd, ·¡· t hat w he n ] 11 pit er \V :1 e; bu rn i Strabo l.
Jc.p +óS.
ÍJI Cr·rft', hi:; mothcr Rbc.z c.ll!kd him t\l h:2
+7 l.D:o-
cducatcd in ::¡ cn·c in moLUJt IJ1, u:llL.'r ,;ur.l.f.l.
thcir ca re and tuition ; J.nd ~~ t ha e l he y d:ul- 4·
-¡: Lucim
cccLb )L!t him irr armour, with ~~r\.'.tt nnik, d~ Í:ICrili.-
'
ríut his bthcr J'tJt IIJ'lt mi~rht not hc:u him cJis. Apu[.
~' luJ.l 1. c.
cry; anJ whcn he was ~rown up. afiillcd J.ll:ct.3.
him in conc¡ucring hi~ Llt:hcr, :1nd bis h- & IJ. 1..
id:t. 1.
thc/s friends,:11JJ inmcmory ofth::Jc things
ll!Íbrurcd t hci r rn y ílc ri e·>. R och.1r t -~· b1i 1~\ s § I3o~h.in
c.u\.1.\ll l.
thcm frcm I\¡fcjhu·, :tnd l'hi!lk'> tlut thcy 1 e 1; .
h~td tbc na me o.f Cll J'f( ~·.r üo m r lt ~ pcoplc
L ;.t!llllll;j
 136 O the HRONOLOGY
among the Philijlims called Crethim, or
Cr:rethites: Ezek. xxv. 16. Zepb. ii. ).
1 Sam. xxx. 14. for thc 'Philiflims con-
quered Z idol!, and mixcd with the Zido .
•

JltilllS.
Thc rwo firíl: Kings._
ofCrete, who rcig!l-
'
td after the coming of thc Cm··etes, wcre
.Ajlerius and Afi11os; and Europa was rhc
~¡ccn of .Aflerius, and mothcr of .Mi.
?tos; and the ldtemt Curetes wcrc hcr
countrymcn, anJ CJ.me with her and hcr
brother Al)•tmtus into Crde, and dwclr irr
thc ldtea/1. cave in hcr Rclgn, and thcrc c-
duo.tcd Jupitcr, and found out iron, and
madc armour: ami thcrcforo thc!e tlucc,
Ajlerius, Europa, and ]1/ÍJ:·os, mufl: be rhc
Satllrll, Rbea and }!ipitcr of thc Crc-
ta!ls. fi!iJJos is uÚ¡aJly Llllcd thc fnn of
.fupitn·; but this is in rcbtion to the tJ.ble,
rhar .'J~tpitcr in thc fh~1pc of ~l bull, thc En·
fign of thc Ship, carriL·d awa y Em·op,z
from Xidott: f(H· rhc Pbrrllicians, upon
thcir firfl: coming into G';·cect', gavc r!Jc
n.1mc of Jao-patcr, .'Jt~piter, to cvcry
King: ~nd rhus both ./1/i¡¡os and his Jitbcr
\\·ere .'fupitrrs. Fcbl·¡;¡,:;¡('s, an ancicrH
~ Athrn .l. aullw r CJ red by Ar IJC!I ,r //.r, * Í:1i d r lu r fif¡-
13 p.6o1. 110.r \Lls rilar :fttpltf'r \\'ho committcd r/Jc
Rape 11pon C't!lljlllf'dt'; r hough otbcr.~ !~lid
more nuly rlut it: \\.l'> Talltttl!tJ·: ]IJ¡;;OJ
~1kmc \LlS tlut ]11/JÚcr who was nwf1 Cl-
mous among tlH.: Grctk.J· ior Dominion :.wd
Juílicc, bcin~~ rhc grc~ndl KiD:; i:1 :1/l
(r t't' {' ( i'
 the GREEKS. I 33
Greece in thoic d.1ys, and thc only lcgifh-
ror. Pltttarcb tt rclls ns, tlnt rhc ¡1eonle
r
tt Plu-
urch. 1r1
of Nttxru, contran· ro whar othcr~ writc, Thcii:o .
•
pretended thar rbcrc \\·ere t\\ o L1filzos'~, '

;md two Ariadnc.r; ::md th:n thc fir:t Ari- •

ac/ne mJ.rried BtLccbttJ·, and thc Ll11 W;l~

· d ·¡ 1 '}' 1
c~uTJe awa y u y ot o: s : )Ul + ~
l. ¡ L J1
, ·-·mn·, V:.¡ ,_ ..
; .!: Homc;·

l/e.fiod, T!Jt:rydidc·s, Jfc¡·~:,d:H/If, :mJ ~~·(J.i/1': ·,·:

Strttbo, kncw but of onc ;1/iJJos; ;'t:Hl 1!!J- ~T.
merdckribcs him ro be rhc iclll of fit/J.;:.¡'f'
.md Europa, anJ the brorhcr of JNu.-.':r-
mantlms and SarpcdoTJ, and rhc Clrh::.·r uf
'Dmca/ion thc Argo11.1!tf, ~1nd ::r~l'ldLtthc<·
of Idomeneus who \LHrcd :lt Tu1v, - :1:1J
rh:.1t he was the lc•,.iOJtor
,..., of Hcll: 1hrJ-
dot!ts ** nukcs ¡\finos and Rhad.!iil.?'Jtb!!.r ~· Il:::·od.
rhc Sons of E11rop::, comcmpor.ny ro . e ..

by, that Almos, rhe bthcr ot A'J:kogc'- H:::;:n

us, Ariadt!e and Phcdr·.-t, \'.'.lS thc L)!: of F"l)+~,-P·
Jupiter and Europa, :1nJ Lr0Lb~r of N. !J.!- +"· ~. 17

drtmrmtbtts :md Sarped~ilt.

LttciaJt * lcr; us kr,o·.v tlut Euro,IJ/t thc * L•.:.:w
' J··Ll·J····
mother of J1Ji¡¡os wa'.l \vorlbipped by thc: 11 ~. ' , , .•
mmc of Rbca, in thc f;mn nt' a \\'tli1Utt
fitting in a chariot c]rJ\Vn bv lions, \\'irh ~t
drum'in hcr 1::1nd, :md ~t C;.::OI'•l I!IJ'l'it:t 011
hcr hcad, ¡¡;,e /l(hi·t' ,· :lil·.l ///1· ; :tnd che
Crct mts t ~mci:..·~Jtl_'( íh~~·.v:..'l! thc lrouk t f)_.,,!·.>r.

Rbodius rlut St!t :ti''!, \\·hile he

Lci(; ll'>, u tu~.~-~.
r:'i~ncd O\c:r thc 7/:',l!/.r i:1 0/r.'l.'/l::.r, a v.Il)'J.
' - '
BWuutain i:l CJ :/,., ;tnd ~fi·..:_'littr \'.'~ts ct1't-
L : :. 1..' .l L ,' ._¡
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HRONOLOGY
cated by the Cttretes in the Crctan cave,
deccived Rbea, :md of 'Pbityra bego:
Chiro¡¡: and thcrcfore thc Cretmt St!tu;.,
and R !Jea, wcr~ but onc Gcneration oldcr
rhan Chiro11, and by ccnicqucnce not oldc;·
th::m.Afl~ri.us and Europrz, thc parcnts ot
}\fi¡¡os ; ÚH CbiJ'OII livcd till aftcr thc
. ArgoJJautic Expcdirion, and had twn
grandion<; in that E xpeuirion, :md Elt-
·ropa came into Cr·ctc abovc an lJUn-
drcJ yen~ befare tlur ExpcJiritl!l :
~ Luci;>n.
-ce úcnli- LuciaJt § tclls us, that thc Cretans did JH:c
•
e 11s,
only rcl~1.tc, that 'Jttpittr was born and h\l-
ricd among thcm, bur alfo íhewed his JCpul-
**Por- clnc: ami fo¡-p/;__¡·r)' * * tells us, th1r 1~~­
phyr. in vi-
u Pytlug. tha~oras wcnt clown into the ldteart cm',
,. ClCcro de to ice his fcpulchre: and Ciccro, *in n~m~­
1-.::~r. Dcor.
J. 3•
bcring threc 'Jt!piters, Üith, that tbe rhird
\\·as thc Creta¡¡ 'Jupitcr, Satunt's hn.
\V hoJC kpulchrc was ihcwed in Cretc: :--c~h!

t Calli- rí1e Sclwlüil npon Ca!!únac!Jus t lct ~ 1:;

m::c. kno\\', rhat this \LlS thc i~pulchrc uf )/¡.
J lvrnn,
1/0S: his \\'Ords are, •.:v K.'7-r~ ;7rl -:-::.. -r.:~" ce·.
1.
y.
' 8.
;"I)'É;. :t..,i:, !ll!>:OOC TOT LIIOC': T ·\<!OC:. T~ ;.'_;ó,,; -'
M.·v~o; Ú-:""?,t\i.-;'0;:, W;:: r.r;II\6.~A!;~:tl, O OC 'I'J\cl oc:. ;'A 7H -:\! ~·..,

i!:uu "¡,.-, ¡:,,;;-¡¡; 'T~v Crct.c t!f'Oit

"-,i:p.w -rH- Cuo;. l1t
tbcSrpu!c/Jrcof :MinOS\Á-'f/S'I.f.:rittc;¡, :Vl:-
nois J ov is kpukh rum : /mt ÚJ t imc 1\1 j¡¡o!\
':{'ore out, jo t bat t bt'J'L' n''llltÚI!f'd 011(\' }1
viskpnlclnum,a11d t!Jmcc tbe CrcLlll'; r.:.'
Jcd it tbc fcpukbrc ~( Jupitcr. By S..·-
' un1, et {'('}'o, who \\' ~l" a La t 11u·, Ulll !-.·: -
Hucd thc S<ttltrJJ iü cJ.lled by the Lati!ll':r:
{ L1l'
 o the RE E K S. 149
für whcn Sat11rn was expclled his King-
dom, he f1cd from Cn·tcby íe:1., ro Italy;
•

:md this the Poc:ts cxprcfl: by hying, that

Jupiterc:J.ft him down to 'J'artants, that
i~. into rhe Sea: and bccauk l1c by hid in
Jtaty, the Latines ca\lcd :1im Satm·Jt; and
!tal;·, Saturnia, :1nd LatÚIJN, and thcm-
ielvcs Latines: 1;) * CyprÍilil; ./1iltrum • Cypr. de
Jovis Ífl Creta ·vi{t'tttr, 0 jÍ.'/J1f!cúntíJJ t'j:tS Ido\o,un\
o(!enditttr: G ab ca Siltltr:mm (urrar·um v•m\~tc.
. '
r!Je manifcjl mtu:ft : t!ll de La/ ittm de f.,zt e-
ha ejus 1wmc:¡ r:rtcpit: !Ji e litn·as impri-
mr:rr:, !Ji e jt"(ll ,n·t JllfrJmJfJ .r in 1t ali a pr j-
mus i:Jjtituit, t!Jit!t ,crari!!m Satun:i TO-
catur; G5 rijli:it,;t,:.r l1ir r!!ltorj;¡¡t, i11dr:
_f:z!cr:m jt'l'Clls.fi';Jt'X piil¡.fltwr: and J,Jj¡¡¡¡-
tius Fclix; Sa!iii'JJ,'t.r- Cr<:ta _profitgu.r,
ftafiam met!t f/fij r::c·¡_·jc¡¡tÍ.r rLCCt'((ér"·t, (;)
ja1ti fitflcptÚs IJrjpit io, ¡·,:tdcs iÚJ.i brmú-
7tt's (S' agrejle.r multa doo:it, :tt Gr,an/;u
Gpolit!ts, literas imp1·imerc, nm::mos_(¡_'t;-
11arc, i¡¡jlntiiJC!!I ,z ro¡~fi·are: Íití{J!IL' la! t'-
úrawfitam, r¡uodtutu !ati!ijjá, r;,:octZri í.>J.L-
Iuit LrttilmJ, G 1/i.¡'t'm Satm·11irtm riL' jita
J:o mi¡¡ e. *"'* J~'j 11 .rfdi us .'/ ílpi ter Crc t tt' i' .\'
rf.r¡.frj pm·catc n:ru:;n;it, i!lir obiit, i!/icf-
lios !Jabuit; aclh:Jc alltrum ,7o'L·Ú 7.·i(i1 ¡;r,
Gfepnlc!JrltíJJ ~jtts o(lntdit ur, G ip(ú I•--
n-i.r.fil ÍJ h;muJil it r!l i.r rn :.z. íf i tu r : ai al Ta--
n:/1/a¡¡; ·j· {'-'
(')!tfmll/111 J'i'l'ií/JJ arvnmcnta
,, dv- t T..r.
l'Oit, 11 !j(ptt!J!J J/l"L'L'/1 io _f¡'dcfir;r;t fJ !WNJ rl- Apo~• g ·t.
1
t .-!d ip_f/n /) 11 {¡/i ¡{m ' i 1t q11 rl S:J! 1/J' !! 11 S .fi r..¡/ e. o
o

IIJ!:/triJ íiX}CtfJri()li{'.l', f!Oj/q!le ./Jtf iC1l /lrj~

• •

L .3 iJI!.!
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132 HRONO~O(JY
••
pitia conftdit, exceptus a!J· o41tO, vet Jm;e
ut Salii voltmt. Motu t¡t4em incotrterat
Sa~urttitu diflus: civitllJ t!epala-
verat SatUr1JÍ4 ufq.ue IIU1JC r.fl. Tota de-
1ziqtte Italia pojl Oe1totriam Satttrnia cog-
. j;¡a!Jatur.. OAú ipfo primtt.m tabttlte,
~ im4gilze jigrtat's , C§ itzt!e ttra-
rio pt·tejidet. By Satur11's canying lct-
ters into I ta[y, and coyning money, and
rcaching ao-riculture, and making infi:ru-
ments,and uildinga town, youm~y know
that he tled from Crete, aftcr letters, and
rhe coyning of money. and manual ~r~s
\\-ere brought into Ettrope by rqc Phrzmct-
mu; and from .Attica, after agriculture was
brought into Greece b Ceres, andfo could
not be oldcr than A)eritts, and Ertropa,
:wd hcr brother Cadmus ; and by Ita(y's
bcing called Oenot1'ia, befo re it was called
Satttr11Ífl, youmay know that he carne in-
ro ltaJy after Oe1totrtts, andfo was not ol-
'-icr t1laH thc fons of Lycao11. Oenotrtts
c:uried the firíl: colon y of the Greeks into
Italy. Satur11. thc fecond, and Eva1tdt?í'
thc third; and thc Latittes know nothing
oldc.r in Ita/y than ]amts a.nd Satttrtt: ami
d1ereforc Oe11otrtts was the Ja¡JU.t of the
LatÍit~s, q.nd Satttr1t was contcmporary to
thc fons of Lycao11, and by confequence al-
in to Celetts, Erectberu, Gere.r, and Afie"
1'itu: for Cere.s cducated Triptolenms thc
fon ot'Celeru, in rhc Rcign of Er·echtbe11s,
fllld cl);n taught l~inl to pJow and fow corn:
• ' o .AtC1t.r
o
 •

ll E E K S. 11
,4rt4.r,thefon of CaJJiflo, and grandfon of
Lycaon, received corn _from TriptoJemu.r,
and taught bis peo le to make bread of it ;
and Procri.r, tbe aughter of Erechtheru,
fled to Minos tbe fon of.Ajleriu.r. In me~
mory .of S,aturn's coming into ltaty by
(ea, the Latine.r coined tlieir firft money
witb bis head on one fide, anda fhip on
the other. Macrob.iu.r * tells us, that ~Macro'..
Altar to him, with facred rites asto a God,
and inftituted the Satuntalia, and chat hu-
mane factifices were offered to him; 'till
Hercules drivit O' the cattle of Geryo11
through Itai:Y, a oliíbed that cuftom: by
the humane facrifices you may kQow that
Janus wás of the race of Lycao11 .¡ which
charaéter agrees to Oe11otr.u.r. Dionyft__u.r
Halicarnaj¡enfi.r tells us furtber, that Oe..
'1otru.r having found in the weftern parts of
Ita/y a large region fit for pafturage and til-
lage, but yet for che moft pare uninhabited,
and where it was inhabited, peopled but.
thinl ; in a certain pare of it, purged from
the ia1u, he built towns little and
numerous, in the mountains; which man~
nerofbuilding was familiar to tl~e ancients;
~nd this was the Original of Towns iq
úab. .
Pattfotlia.r t rells us th~t the peopte of P f.l

retatedthi.r to have !Jee11. the OrigitJaJ of c.•3· 1+·

' Otr;ymptt
t tJe . Games: tt:Jat
' SatUl'll r~tgne
. d &l.tt.c.,,
l. + Jirfl,
 •
r

•
IS2 HRONOLOGY
jirjl,andbadaTemple!Juilt to him i1z o.
Jympia hy the me1t of the Gotde1z .Age; tt1td
that whell Jupiterwas newJy !Jont, his mo.
ther Rhea recommended him to the cat·e oj
thelda!iDaétyli, whowerealfo caltcdCu.
retes: that afterwards five of them, ca/.
/edHercules, Preonius, Epimedes, Jafius,
mul Ida, came from Ida, a moutttailt in
Crete, ittto Elis; attdHercules, calted alfo
Hercules Idreus. beittg the old~fl of thcm,
itt memoryofthewar !Jetwee1i ~aturn a11d
Jupiter, itzjtittttedthe tlmeofraciltg, a11d
tbat thc vi[for jho11Jd e rewarded witb a
crou•tt ofoli'l-'C; and thcre ercéted an altar
. to Jttpiter 0/ympitts, and callcd thc!c
gamcs Olympic: and that fome of the E-
leaus iJ.id, thatJupiter C01Jte1tded bere ':L·ith
Slturnfor tbe /(wgdom; otbers that Hcr-
cules Idxus hiftitrttcd theft games i1t me·
mory of tbeir viélory over the Titans: for
tt- P:~ufan: the peoplc of ..Arcadia t had <l tradition,
l. S.c.19. that thc Gi:mts fought \\' ith thc G od'l in the
valJcy of Bathos, near thc rivcr Jllpbclf.l'
Dkdor. and thc fountain OJympias. :f: Bcforc the
f·P ss3. Rcign of .Ajlerius, his father TetttmíJits
cune into Cretc with a colon y from O!J'71J-
pia; nnd npon the ilight of JJjleritts, iomc
of his fricnds might retire wirh him into
rheir own country, and be purfücd and bc:l-
tfll there by the ld.tfalt Herctt!es: thc.Ek-.
• flllsl:dd :dio that ClymemJS thc grandlon ol:
r.bc 1d.te a11 }{ere11k s, abo ut fi fry years ~i.f-
1

tcr 'Dc11calirm's tlood, coming ü·om Cretc,

' ce ..
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celebrated thefe games again in O ia,
and ereéted there an alrar ro J zmo O
pi a, that is, to E 11r·opa, and another ro
tbis Hercttlcs, and the refl: ofthe Cttretes;
and · in Etis 'till he was expeUed
by · , * who thereupon celebrated • Paufanl.

expel ed .Aitolrts the for, of Endymio1t ; and

fo alfo did Hercttles the fon of .Ak11te1ta,
and .Atreres thcfon ofPetops, and Oxylrts:
tbey might be celebrated m·i~inall y in tri-
umph for viélories, firft by Hercreles ldte-
1ts, upon rhc conqueft of Satttrtt and the
Titatts ; and then by ety·memu, upon his
coming to reign in thc Terra Cttretttm;
tben by Etz.dymio1z., upon his conquering
Glymemts; andafterwards by Pelops, upon
his conquering .k:tolru ; and by Hercrtles,
upon his killing Aregeas; and by Atrcre.r,
upon his repelling the He1·aclides; and by
Oxylus, upon tbe return of thc Heractide s
into 'Petop01mejiu. This 'Jttpiter, to whom
they '~ere iriftituted, hada Temple and Al-
tar ereétcd to him in Olympia, whcre the
games wcrc cclebratcd, ::llld from thc place
was callcd 'Jrtpiter Otympitts: Olympia
was a place upon thc confines of P ifa, ncar
the river .Atphcus.
In the * Ilhnd Thafos, whcrc Cadmres • Rerod.t.
left his brother Thajiu, the Pbretticialu 2..c.44.
built a Temple to llercre/es Of:ympi11s, that
Herc'llles, whom Ciccro ·~ calls ex ldteil tCic.de
'lJaflylis; Ctli iltftria.r a,!ft:r/11/t, Whcn naturaJ?e-
. l orum. lab•.
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the m fteries of Cere.t were iníl:itoted i1t
EJeit u, there were other myíl:eries infl:itu-
red to her and her and dauO"hter's
husband, in che 1 SamfJthrace, y the
Phtz11icia1z namesofVii Ca!Jiri .Axteros,
.Axio.~erfo, and .AxifJit.erfts, that is, the
•
great Gods Ce res, Proftrpina and P lttto :
~Diodor. for + 'l_ajitts a Samothracia11, whofe fifl:e.r
JU:&J. marriedCadmu.r, was with Cere!;
and Cadmrt.r and ]ajiru were bÓth of them
initiated in thefe m ficries. 'Jafiru \vas
thc brothcrof 'Dar anus, and married Cy-
bele tbe da ah ter of .Jfeo1zes King of P hry-
..cria, and by 1er had Coryba.r; and after bis
dcath, 'IJardattu.r, Cyhete and Corybas
went into P br;'gia, and carried thither the
myíl:eries. of rhc mother of the Gods, and
C)'bele called. rhc goddefs after her own
namc, and Cor;'ba.r caHed ber priefi:s Cory-
bmztes : thus 'Diod!Jrus; but CJJiottyjitu
r DionP, iaith * that Vardamt.r iníl:ituted the Samo-

fo.r Jcarnt them in Arcadia, and tbat ldtetJS

thc fon of 'Dardatzus 'in!l:ituted afterwards
the myficrics of the mother of thc gods in
PbrJ'gia : this Phrygian Goddcfs was
dr:1w n in a chariot by Lions, and hada co-
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ro;ta t11rrita on hcr hcad, and a dnun in
her hand, likc thc Phtelticiatt Goddcfs .Af
• tarte, and thc CoryiHmtes danced in ar·
mour at her ftcrificcs in a furious manncr,
.;&:tucian. likc the ldtei 'lJaEiyti; and Lttcia1t tells
d:Cutaci- us that fl1c was the ·crcttlft
•
Rhea, t at is,
Ettropa
 europ•themotherofAfinor:andthusthe
Phrenici••r introduced the praétice of dei-
f ing dead men and women among the
ree/u and PhrygiatJr; for 1meet withno
inítance of deifying dead men and women
in Greece, before rhe coming qf Caámur
and Europa from Ziáor1. ·
From thefe ori inals it carne into fafhion
•

:~mong the Gree r, x1•prt•~~~, parentare, ro ce-

lebrare the funerals of dead arents with fe-
ftivals and invocations and acrifices offered
to their ghofl:s, and ro ered: magnificent fe-
puleh res in the form of temples, with altars
and ftatues, to perfons ofrenown ; and there
to honour them publickly with facrifices
and invocatioJ)s : cvery man might do it ro
his ancefi:ors ; and the cities ofGreece did it
to all the eminent Greelu : as to Ettropa
the fifter, to Atymnur the brother, and ro
Minos and Rhadamanthtt.r the ne hews of
Cadmur; tohis da?ghter bto, an her fon
Melicertu.r ; to Bacchre.r thc fon of his
4aughterSeme/e, Ariflarchu.rthe Imsband
of liis da ah ter .Attt"01toe, and ]aJiu.r the
brorher of is wife Harmonia; ro Hf!rcttte.r
a The1Ja11, and bis mothcr Alcme1uz; to
'Da11aethe dau<Yhtcr. of Acrifiru; ro .JEjcu-
lapitts and Po emocrates the fon of }.fa-
cbao11; toPtl1tdiot~3.ndTbefetes Kings of A-
tbens, HippolytttsthefonofThefttts, Prm
the fon of PeneJo e, Proftrpilta, 1ri_pto·
, Celet~s, ropho11itu, Cajlor, Po/,..
(11x, H~l~tJa, MetJelaul, Agamemt101z,
. J1HJ~

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Amphiararu and his fon Amphilochru,
Hellor and .Aiexmtdra the fon and daugh-
ter ofPriam, Pborolutu,OrphtusProte-
{ilaru, .Achilles and bis mother Thetis .A-
:jax, .Arcas, ldomeneus, .frferiones, .tEa-
cus, Metamptts, Britomartis, .Adrajfus,
Jo/aus, and divcrs others. They deificd
their Dead in divers manners, according ro
their abilities and circnmíl:ances, and rhe
merits of the perfon ; fome only in privare
fa.~ilies, as houlhold Gods or Vii P te111l-
tes; others by ereding graveíl:ones to thcm
in publick, to be ufed as altars for annual ¡¡l·
crifices; orhers, by building alfo to thcm
fepulchres in the form of houfes or temples;
and fome by appointing myíl:eries, and ce~
rcmonics, and iet facrifices, and feíl:ivals,
and initiations, anda fucceffi on ofpriefts for
performin thofe infl:itutions in the tem-
ples, and 1anding them down to pofi:criry.
Altars might bcgin t~ be ereél:ed in E1trOJ.C
a Jirtic bctore thc days of Cadmur, for f:t.
crificing . to the old God or Gods ofthe Co-
* .Arnoh. lonics, but Temples began in the days of
adv.gcm. Solomott; for • ./T!.'actts thc fon of eJEgi¡¡a,
· ·P· r • who was two Gencr~tions oldcr than thc
16 31

Tro ·a~J war, is by fome rcputcdoncof thc

fir who built a Tcm le in Greece. Ora·
eles carne firfl: from gypt into Grccce a-
bout the fame time, ~s alfo did thc cuil:om
of forminO' thc images of the Gods with
• their lcgs ound up in thc íhapc of thc E-
f..'YPtia7t mummies: for Idolatry bcgan in
Chaldtea and EgYjf, andfprcad thcnccin-
ro
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to Phre1zicia and the neighbouring court·
tries, long before it came into Ettrope ; and
the Pelaf!,ia1ts proJ>agated it in Greece, by
che díélates of the Orad es: The countries
upon the Tigri.r and the Ni te being cxcecd-
ing fertile, were firíl: frequented by man-
kind, and grew firft into Kingdoms, and
therefore begin firíl: ro adore thcir dead
Kinos and Q_ueens: hence carne thc Gods
of aba1t, the Gods and Godde!Tes called
Baalim and .Ajhtarotb by thc Callaa1Jite.s,
the Dremons or Ghoíl:s to whom thcy facri-
ficed, and the Motocb to whom they offer-
ed their children in thc days of .Mo.fes and
the Judgeso Every City iet up thc worfhip
ofits own Founder and Kings, and by alH-
ances and conquefts they 1pread this wor-
fhip, and at len th thc PhtE1zicia1u andE-
gyptiatu broug t into Europe the praétice
of Deifying the deado The Kingdom of
the lower Egypt began to worfhi their
o · before the days of Mo.fe.r; an to this
the tecond commandment is oppo-
fed: w en the Shepherds invaded the lower
E pt, they checked this worfl1ip of the
ol Egyptiatt 1 , andfpread that oftheir own
Kings: and at length the Egy_ptia1ts of Cop-
tos and Thebais, under Mijpbra mttth~(is
and .Amojis, ex ing the S 1epherds,
checked the of the Gods of the
Shepherds, and in their own Kings ·
and Princes, propagate thc worfbip of o

twelve. of them into their conquefi:s; and

made
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made rhem mor~ univerfal than the falle
Gods ofan y orher nation had be en beforc,
fo as ro be c::dlcd Vii magtti mqjonmt ge¡¡.
tittm. Sefoflris conquercd Thrace, ~nd
.ilmplú{fyoJt rhe fon of Promethetts broughL
thc nvclve Gods from Thrace into Greece:
* ~erod. l. lierodotus * tclls us thar they carne hom
:z.1mtm. E
gypt; and by the names of the citics ot"
Egyptdcdicated to mjny ofrhcfcGods,you
may know that thcy wcrc of an Egypt i.m
original: and thc l,~c:,yptiatu, according ro
tDiodor. 'Diodorus, t ufi1ally reprdcntcd, thlt aftc1
8
l. r.p. · rheir Satunt and Rhea, rcigned ]11pita
and Jtt110, thc parcnts of Oj/ris and lj/s,
thc parcnts of Ortts :111d Bttóa}e.
By all rhis ir rnay be undcri1ood, that :J.\
the Egyptians who deificd rhcir Kings. bc-
gan rhcir monarchy with rhc Rcign of rhci1
Gods and. Hcrocs, rcckoning 111e11es rhe
firfl man \\.ha rcigncd aftcrrhcir Gods; e,
the CrettmJ· h~1d thc Agcs ofthcir Gods and
Hcrocs, cal!in~ 1 thc firil: ÚHtr A~cs of rhc1r
L) ~~

dcincd King': and Princcs, thc Goldcn,

*Hefiod. Sihcr, Br~ucn, ::" 1 y,._,;1 Agcs.
'
Hc¡íod"'
.
opera. v.
~
ddcrihin!! rhdc t(lt:r A:.:csof rhc GoJs :llld
L' ~)
1
" · Dcmi-Gods of C;·c'ca, rcprcknr<:t thc:11 t"
be t(n¡r Gcncratiuns of mc11, cJch of\', h: ..-:.
cndcd \\ hco thc mcn rh.:n li\ ÍIJ'"::; urcw u~· ~
1

a11d dropt imo ¡)¡,· g;·,wc, a1~d tcll•; ue; ! k.L

t !l e tcJ m t h e 11 de d \\ i l /¡ t l:e \v~l r.-, o f ·¡ 1-·, I. ·
anJ Troy: and ¡;, IJLlllY (iL'IlCULions lik'I...:
· wnc, from rhc con:i1Jg of thc 'Fha:;¡.ú·t.J':s
a.ud Gurctcs \\ itl1 Cttdrmu Jnd Lto·o}Jd i'l ·
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 RE E K So I 37
to Greece, unto thc dcfl:ruél:ion of Troy .
.Apollonitts Rbodius faitb, thJ.t wh~n the
Ar~~o11attts camc to Crete, thcy flew Taltts
a brazcn man, \\' l:o rcnuincd of thofC that
\rcrc of thc Br:.1zcn A Ec. and L'UJ.rdcd tlut
\.' 4.)

p1fs: Ttzlu.r \\';:te; rcpurcd + rhc lun ofA!illOs, :f Apol!on.

and thcrci(Jrc rhdons of ¡1/úo lt ved in rhc Argooaur.
J+ V,
Brazen Ar,c, ~md J\Jincs rci~11cd
• •
in tbeSil- IÓ+J.
ver A~c, ir \ra; thc Sil ver Agc ofthcGrccks
in w hich tlH:y bcg:1111 o plow :1ndío\v Corn,
ancl Crrcs, that L4ught rhcm ro do it, ilouri-
ihed in the Rcign of Cl'!ots and ENciJt hetts
;~nd Ali11os. J\Iytbolo~~)fts rcll us tlutthc
bfl: Woman with whom ]upiter by, \\·a'>
AlcmcJJa; and rhcrcby tbcy ié.Tm to put an
cnd ro thc Rcign nf ]11piter among mor-
uls, th;lt is to thc Silnr Agc, \Yhcn Ale~
'tJZCJla \\':.lS \\'ith chilJ of Hcrcufr.:s; who
rhercforc \LlS born ~1bont thc ci:·hLh _.., or tcnth
ycar ofRciJoboc~m's Rcign, atllt \vas about
34 ycars old at thc time of rhc Argo1uf.ttic
cxpcclition. C/Jiro1t \\'J.S bcgot by Stztunz
o~· PbiJyra in thc Goldcn Agc; whcn ]u-
p¡tcr \Va<; a child in thc Cí'etdlt cwc, as a-
hove ; aml r h is w~l'' in t he Rci:·''n of Ji(:'
.
ai :ts
1\.ing of ('¡·r'/ r : ~llld thcrcfurc _¿1j/aiu.~
rcig11cd in e,-, .'t' in thc Goldcn Agc; and
rhc Sil ver A~c bc~':m whcn Cbirolt was ~l
\ } ~ )

child: if Cbiro:t \LlS born abont thc 35th

.H;lr of (j)(r:.-'id's Rcü•n, . he will be bu m in
')

thc Rcir;11 o!' .A./Icriu.r, whcn Jupitcr WJ'>

J child in thc Cn'ltm cave, ::t11d be abont g~
ycar'-' old in thc time of tbc .•:!'lj,Ui!t!ll tit: cx-
pcdi l ion,
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pedition, when he invented the Afterifms;
and this is within the reach ofnature. The
e-olden Age, therefore falls in witb the
eign of .Aflerittr, and rhe Sil ver Auewich
that of Mi1101 ; and to make the e Ages
much loncrer than ordinary generations, is
to make • hirott live much Jonger than ac-
cording to the courfe of nature. This fa-
ble of the four Ages feems ro have been
madc by the Guretes in the fourth Age, in
memory ofthe firíl: four Ages of rheir com-
ing into Ettrope, as into a new world; and
in honour of their country-wornan Ettro-
pa, and her husband .Ajleritls the Satttrlt of
the Latines, and ofher fon Minos, thc ere-
tan 'Jupiter, and grandfon Vettcalio11,
who reigned 'till the Argonatttic expediti-
on, and is fometimes reckoned among the
.Argo1zattts,andoftheir reatgrandfon Ido-
menettswho warred at roy. Hejiod tells
us that he hirnfelflivcd in thc fifth Agc, the
Age next aftcr the taking of Troy, and
thercfore he flouri1hed within thirty or
thirty fivc years after it: and Homer was
.. Vita Ho- afabout the fa me Age ; for he • lived fome
sneriHcro- time with Metttor in Ithaca, and therc
dotoad.lcr. lcarnt of him man thinO'S
b
concerninO'
o
Vlyj(es, with whorn . e11t·or had bcen pcr·
íonally acquainted: now Herodotus, che
oldefl: Hifioriau ofthe Greek.s now extant,
t Hcrod. 1. t rells us that Hejiod aodHomer wcre not :t-
s. bovc four hundred y-ears older than himíclf,
and therefore they flourilbed within 1 10 or
· n.o ycurs
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t1.o years after the death of So/omon; and
according to my reckoning thc ta!dng of
Troy was but onc Gencration earlier.
Mythologill:s rell us, that.JVioóe the
dauO"htet of Phoro11e1ts was the firft woman
\vit 1 whomJttpiter lay, and thatofher he
hegat Ar tt.r, who il.tccccded Pboro11eus in
the King om of Argos; and gave his n:11nc
to that city ; and thcretorc .Argtts was bora
in the beginning of the Sil ver Ag~: unlefs
you had rather fay that by Jt¡ptter rhey
might here mean Ajtcrim; tor rhe Phre-
1ticia¡zs gave thc na me of :¡upií'er _ro cvery
K.ing, from thc time of their firft coming
into Gre¿ce with Cadmtts and E11ropa, un-
tilthe invadino· ofGreece by Sefojlris, at:td
the birth of ercttles, and particubrly to
the fathers of Mi11os, Petops, Lacedtc·
mon, .IEacttt, and Perftti!.
The four firil: Ages fucceeded th~ flood
ofVettcaliotz ; and fome tell. us that Vntca.o
liotnvas tl1efon of Ptomethe11s, thc fon of
'Japettu, and brothct of Atlas: but this '.vas
anorher Dettcalioll; for 'Japet11s the fathec
of Ptomethetts, Epime'tbeus, and Atlas,
was an E, yptian, thc brother of Ojiris,
and flourif 1Cd two Generations aftcr the
floodof Dettcatio1i. •

1 have now carried up the Ghronology of

the Greeks as hi h as ro the firfi: ufe of lct-
ters, the firíl: owing and fowing of corn,
the firft manu aéturing of <:opper and iron,
the bcginuing ofthc tt·ades oí Smiths, Car·
· M pen.tcrs,
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penters, J oyners, Turners, Brick-makcrs,'
Stone-cutters, and Potters, in ~ttrope; the
firft walling of cidcs about, the firil: build-
ing of Temples, and the original of 0-
t·aclcs in Greece.; the be inning ofnavigati-
on by thc Stars in long 1ips with [lils; rhe
creél:ing ofthe Amphiélyo1tic Council; the
firíl: Agcs ofGrecce, called the Golden, Sil-
vcr,Brazen, and lron Ages, and the flood
of Deuca/io1t which immedLltcly prcccdéd
thcm. Thofe Ages could not be earlicr
th:m the invention and ufe of the four me-
tals in Greece, from whcnce thcy had thcir
namcs; and the Jlood of Ogyges could not
be much above two or tluee ages earlier
than that of Dettcaliott: for among .filCh
wandcrin · pcople as were thcrr in Ettrope,
thcrc cou d be no memory of tl1ings done
abo ve tluee or tour ages beforc the firfi nfe
oflettcrs: and the expuUion of the Shep-
hcrds m1t of Eg)'jt, \V hich gave tbe firíl:
()Cea !ion to thc comisg of people fi'om E-
gypt into Greae, and to the building of
houfcs aad villages in Greece, was fcarcc
carlicr th~u1 thc days of E ti and Smn!lcl;
for .Afa;tctho tclls us, that whcn thcy wcrc
forced to l]uitAbarisand retire out ofE,~ypt
they wcnt through the wildcrnefs into 1tt-
d,erz, and bnilr 'Jcr!!falcm : 1 do not think
wirh lv!tmctbo, that they werc the Ift·ac-
Jites undcr Afofts, but rathcr bclicvc rhat
they were Cmttta!Jites; and u Jon lcaving
Aba1'Ü miiJglcJ with thc Phi ijlúns thcir
ijCXt
 • •
the G R E E 1\ S.· í6i
a1ext neighbours: thou~h fome of thcm
might aíiiil 'Drn;id ami Solomo u in building·
Jerrefalem and the Temple.
Sartl wa:; madc King; * th:1t he mi:~ht re- • 1 s.,m;
fcue /(rae/ out ofrhc lunJ ofthe 'Phildf- ¡~:.16. &
ims, who opprdfed rhcm; and in the 1e- xuJ.,-. 9• 1

~ond ycar of lii> Rcign, thc Pbit~(!ims :o.

brought into tbe ficld a3ain!1: him tb/rty
thollpmd c!Hzriots, tmd.fiv tboitfimd Ú.?tfi'-
mm, a11d peojJ/e tU tbe flmd ·ü.:hicb ú OJt
the (ea jborefor mu!tit!!de: rhc Cmrza-
11Ítes h:1d tlv:ir hm fe:; from E:'!._~'ft; ~nJ yct
inthcdaysofJllofe.ra[l t!l~ cluriots ofE-
g;pt, witl) whích Pb.11'aobpnr!ltcd lfrac!,
werc but lix hundrcd, E.\:od. xiv. 7 From
thc grcat army of thc 'Pbilijlims a2~1iníl:
Sattt, and thc grcat nurnber oftheir horlcs,
1fecm to gathcr that thc Shcphcrd; ha.d
newly rclinquilllcd Eg;'Pt. and joyncJ
thcm: thc Shcphcrds might be bcatcn at&d
driven out of thc grcatcfl: part of 1:.-~~Y,;)t,
andfhut up in .Abaris b J.Jifpbn~cr.mutiJJ­ 1

fisin thc lattcr cnd oft lC da)"' ofE'/i; :tnd

iomc of thcm fJy ro the 'PhilUii.íils, anú
1hengthen them againil ljhrd, in thc L'LH:
year of E ti ; and fi'om the 'P !Ji J~í! i.ms .fome
of the S he )herds mi:rht go ro ,Z¡t(~Jit, ancl
from Zi 011, by fe~ to 4f/tt ?JJi;Nr anJ
Greece : and afr:crwards, in thc bc1J,in-
uingof thc Rclgnof Sa11t, tiiC Shcphcrd'»
who fl:ill rcmaincd in E~~)'fl míght b.e for-
ccd by ·¡ etb;?;o(i.r or Amuji.r, tbt: fon of
llfi.j}bragmuti;o(ú, to lc~1.ve Abarú, ~md
M , reü1·~
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retire in very great numbcr" to thc 7J!Ji!i¡7.
i.rd.r; and up')ll thdc occa(ion.;; rcvcr,lÍ ¡,('
thcm, as 'Prlrl(~us, 17,-ar/m.r, Lc!cx. C·-
crop.r, ~md /1/;rzs, mip.ht come \rirh ti:~!:
!'c0pk by fCJ from J~>.!.Xf.J! ro /.id?:: ,l'H~
('rpnt.r, and rhcncc to ./((!:, miiltJr ·'''l!
c·n·!'rt. i11 rhe cLlys cr Lii, lS'twmc! ~L\l~
St:.:tf, .l!·!d thcrcb) bc~in tu opcil ~l (llill
l'<~r-.::: :)\ lc.1 bct\\ cen /:ido¡¡ and (¡'¡'(,., t'.
t~l..:ltm2 ti1c I'C\ o;í: of Erfrnn from }i!.l.l'ri,
.1nd tk: tin:1l comiu~ of rhc Pln·¡iiciii/IS
; · 1 . 111 r he Red- Se a.

Fcir¿/¿~11s rci::;,ncd in ./!í'rtlditz, and ,._ J·~

tl1c Luhcrof L_yct!Oll, according ro ·fl/J¡·¡~·
.o:·Lio -"·it bCJ!l(;'J~(i.r, :111d L_;-rczOJL Jicdjt!Ít h ·
l;l;'C tbc ílood of 'J)c!fralioJt and rhcrc-
f¡JtT ];i·~ bthcr PcJ¡z(glls mighr come int¡)
Crra[' about t\\-o Gcncrations bcforc (.'.,J
1;1:t .r. () r i ;1 l he Lu ter en d o f t he cLn· e; (}! }./; :
"
I,)'Ct!vll hcriGccd childrcn, and rhcrci; n' 1
-
hi..; fnh~-r mi~ht come\\ irh hispcop!c l'rom
thc Shqlhcrd-; i11 l,:f!,_TjJt, and pcrh.'¡J, 1-r()n~
thcrc:~irlt¡-;of//c//'ljJdiJ, \\·hcrcthc: :.t',ll
/i,:cd Il1l'!,, 'rill ¿-!J.'Joj/r ~1holiíhcd th.lt cid1-
rlm. J11Ufl.JJ'.-,'(!,J!l1it br.~(/.r l he Llt.ltcr 1lf _.¡_
;;F~(~·~ tlr<J\C th..: Sh'-·phcrd-; our o!' ;t:,i,·.J
:·.1rt ot' 1'·.: 1/JI, ~liHl ihtt thc rcnuiiitL'r ::;'
;.1 ./.,'!J,o·ú ~ ;li~d thcn ~~rul numbcr..; mi·Jt
' .
<·: t": 1pe t,) C~· n 'a r ; 1~) !lli..' !'r u m l he re::, i: 1i 1" 1 '~
! ll'flo¡'Jr;/i_r under Pclr~(~!!r ,and orl{n.; (¡rl;il
~·~.·~·;i:f'hú :tnd mhcr phc'•;, umLr ot hc-1
( '.:¡),·,1i11';: ~111d hc-net: ir ;Li;~hr com~· tn \1·d'
: it.H Ll1c 'Pdu·(iria,-¡
. .-'
r \'.ere :tl Lhc (nfl H' 1 .'
 o the RE E K S. IG~-
nmncrous in Gr('('rc, :111d Jj1a!ze a di:Terc1;r
hn;ua~c from thc Gn·ck., and wcr-.: th--'
rin_0,-lcadcr" in brin~',ing i:1to G1·cccc th:
woríllip ofthc (!:::-J.d.
11! ([ clm s i .:; c1llc d t he i(J n n f () t 1' a r¡ 11 .r, pe:·
I1ap-; bcc:t~dc he e 1:~1c ro C'racc h) L.l: h.·
mi~',ht come \rirh hi~ p.<J¡)Ic ro .A<::'H !'rtlJ•l
}~~_ypt in thc d.l) S or L/,:, ~1!lll L.l[ hirni--:i~
upon thc l'Í\Tr flltlC !JI! S, J~l 11-l'lll.'d (r\J:n hi:ll,
:111d kaYC his tcrritnric:·:. tO !Ji•, f '1S J'/n;·u
7/ftts, A·> irr!eit.f, ~tlld F !Jt:rc:.'J, Í!l i h ~ d.l \''-;
....-"' \. ) .1

ofSarmtd: for Car rhc Ju¡¡ or ·J)h);·oaei:.r

built a Temple ro ('c¡·ts i¡¡ .J:\ft:(!_m·tt, ~wd
rhcrcforc \\'as cmJtcnnt)r~::·\
, •· to LJ·cc!Jt ht-
tts. 'P!Jo¡·ol!c!!s rci:)l·.·d :lt AJ:(o.r, an.l
~giakus at Sú)?ll, ar1d f{lUIH.icd thok
Kingdoms; anJ yct ./l~~~i~.lcru i·; nudc :l-
bovc firc hundrcd •ycars oldcr tlun 'P!Jfn·o-
1/CUS by íon1c Chronoln~crs: buc * .An~(/- ,. ('.~.t~ll1 . .~ ! •
/:t:ts, t A11ticlidc.rand .~ Pl,to, ~1C-:()antcd ~~l O!ll, I.
p 32 l .
'F !Jo}' o1! ett S t he o 1den 1\. i 11 . )' i ;l (¡' i 'r u·(' ' ~l11 d ' .
·;t:l:l.Lj.
:): Apoltodont.r rclls us, .. ~L,~údut.r \\'a·; tlt·: ~
. ¡· t
':.ltll i 1'
Ti m.,:~>.
brothcr of '})/J())"¡JJJ!'l!J. v-Lí!,i !l:·tf.f dicd .. .\ ('U .,IJ- ~
'
w i t h()ti t in ll (', a 11 d :1 ú e r hi lll rl' i -~,!1 ed J: it - J •
~
l!\.1 .. '¡ ....
'

·rops, Tctc/;!T!, Apú, 1.rnm.·dúJJ, Sic_'\o:r, \..,l.

To~}'ÚJtJ, Ar/r,¡(/:t.r, a1~d A,t;.nJJ:'i.l/l!OI!, c;;c.

a n d S úy o11 .._~ :1 \ ~•h i s rL'.. m~ r' > l 11 ·: l ,_ i ¡1~ dn 111 :
f 1CJ' OdO/ f .r' j t Lt i t lt 1 lU 1: "~ //' .: .1' i 1\ 1. h .· .( ; í", 'e/.: ¡ ; l In· oe: .
1

T o nn u e i -; l .·1 f! IJ lw J ; ~1 ¡H 11h ¡r .: 11 •i. r, " "' L h;¡ t !11JJ•.r,i·l,

¡-'! . ~ )
1

Ep·tpiJ::s 1 he ,<'ú~Y'~!'i.m gur ..3 ·;! ,;,)/'·! ,,,.;t\1 u, :·

eh il d : h m t he b tt '-'~' C' r <', · · .r h.1 ·: ·: 1~ 1 .tl L- 1 \\'u
1
1
m en ()frhc t ''o :Llm:..··; , .FiJ :1!1l] 1-.'pt!/ 11/1.1' or 1

E;opc:t.r, J.lld L1c''\ cc11 Lhcut t.:ic·n•:-1 t;..

\l 1 ¡·\.¡ .t¡("d
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fcigncd Kings of Sic_yo1t, who made no
wars, nor did any thing memorable, :md
yet reigncd fivc hundrcd and twenty ycars,
which is, onc wirh anothcr, above forty
and rhrec yc:us a-picce. If thde fcigned
Kings be rejcélcd, and the two Kings Ajlis
;tnd Epopr11s be rcunited. &gialt:us will
beco me contcmporary to his brother 1)bo-
'1'01/etts, as he oughr ro be; for A pis or .l:.,'po-
pc:u, and N._yéft?lts the gnardian of Labda-
~1ts, were fbin in barde about thc tenth
•

ycar of Solomo11, as above; and the fidl:

fonr Kings ofSicyo11, vEgialetts, Ettrops,
Tekhút, Apis,aftcr thc rate of about twcn-
ry years to .a Re!gn, take up about cighry
ycars ; and thcfc ycars counted upwards
from the tenth year of Solom01t, lace thc
~eginning ofthe Reign of e/Egia etts upon
the twcltth ycar of Sanwcl, or thcrcabout:
and about that time bcgan the Reign of

fi. .¡Jdrojltts King cf ./b:go.r; but Homer t tclls

t H?mcr. us, that he reitrncd íi ríl: at Sicyo11: he W:lS
11. 1 •vcrs.
s1i. · . I fi íl: '=' . (\. rrz h
111 t 1c r waragatntt.J. o~ .et. Some acc l
Ja:ti;¡7:tts and 'P !Jrrjitts bctween Potj'btu
and Adra.fltt.r, but\vitbout any certainty.
LeJe.\" might come wirh his pcoplc into
LacoiJia in the days of Eti, and lea ve his
tcrritories to his 1ons 11y!e.r, Ettrota.r, Cte-
fo:t, aml Pol)•c:ao11 in thc days of Sanme!.
.fr'.(yles ict up :.1 qucrn or handmill to grind
corn, and is reputed thc firíl: among thc
fJrcck.r who didfo: but he flotuii~1cd befort;
. ' . . '., . . . . ' rripr:
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Triptolemtu, and feems to have had his
corn and artificers from Egypt. EttrotaS'
the brother, oras fome fa y, thc fon of Af)·-
let, built Sparta, and call'd it a.ftcr the
name of his daughter Sparta, the wife of
Lacedtem01t, and mother of Ettrydice. Cte-
f!u was the father of PJ'las, the father of
Sciron, w ho marricd thc daughter of P au-
dio¡¡ the ion of Erechtbl'tts, and co11tended
with N~fiu the fon ofP a11dio11 and brother
of &getu, for the Kingdom; and uF..ants
adjudged it to Niflu. Polycaon invaded
lvl~{[ene, thcn p<.:oplcd only by vilbges,.
called it lvleffc¡¡e afrer the name of his wite,
and built citics therein.
Cecro;v.r carne from Sai.r in E/zypt to Cy.
prus, and thence into .Attica, and he might
do this in che days of Sanmel, and marry
.Agratele the daugh.ter of Jléftetu, and filc-
eeed him in Attica Íc>on afrer, and leavc
his Kingdom ro C1·anaus in the Rcign of
Saret, or in thc hcginning of the Rcign of
CJJavid: for the flood of VerecatioJt hap...
pcned in thc Rcign ofCraltatts.
Of about thc famc age wirh Pelt1jg1ts-,
lttacbtu, Lelex, and Ac!teus, was OgJ'ges,
herei ned in Breotia and fome ofhis people
wcre etege.r; and either he or hisipnEJeu-
fl.r built the city Eteujis in Jlttica, that is,
they built a few houtcs of cla , which in
time rew into a. ciry. Ao~ dtlzts wrote
that e: bPrOtJetu was older than Ogyges, atl(l
Ulat Ogyges flourifhed IOl.O ycars bctcJre
M-+ th'!

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thc firí1 Olympiad, J<; J.bovc; bnt .Act~{tlam
\Ll'> an ¡Jrgú·c, and teigncd thcfc thint!,s in
lwnnur of hi..; count1 v: to cal! thin~s O~ y-
.. ..._ ... o.'

p ldll lus bccn :1 phr~tlc amon~ rhc ancicnr

(,'rt'c!u, lo fl~11il}' tiJ~lt thcy ~1rc JS old a'> th~
Ji d1: mcmory ofthings; and io hi~h ,,.e lu' L.

Ji(J\V curicd up thc Chronology of t1~:·

C ,•·ce f:.s. ht a e!J:iJ 111 i~,h t DC a S ol d ~l ') () ~-~
tc.r, but .Ao~/t'lll!ts and his follnwcr'> llLlrk
thcm kvcn hundrcd ycars o]dcr thJn th.
trnth; and Chronologcrs, to nukc out tlr;
'
rcck.onin::;, h:1 ,.e lcngrhcncd thc r:1ccs oftlh
h.inf..:s of ~I,gu· and Sir_yon, ::rnd clun~cd
icYCL11 (:nnrcmpor:1ry Princcs of.¡J¡~c;os JillO
:f(ICcd1i ,-e 1\.inss, and inJ~ncd nuny fci~m··!
]\in:-:" in ro thc rae e oftl1c 1\. in~s ofSizyr;;!
h:,:d~!.'s bad ICh·ral ions, who rcL':L\l
''
in fe,·cr~ll parts of Pd~~p:;:m(f/:-o~·, :1nd rhc ~
huil~ To\\-n5; ~1s 'Phm·o¡;c;ts, who bllílt Ph~·
'í'OlÚC lli71, attcn,·ards LdlcJ ../l;~~O.i, from
./lrg íf s h i-; gr;mdJon ; /l:J:)a Ir us, w ho bt: i i¡·
v1:,g i a le a, :1ftcnv ards ~~1! lcd Sic)'IJJJ, (r<' m
(_\icyon thcgrandlon of Flccht/Jctls; Pbt-
f!rlts, who built 'Phcrrctt, aCL"crwards ullcd
" e'>
'J~¡ophi.r, fro1n 'Pfop!Jis thc d:mghrcr oJL_ r-
'[rtOJJ: ~111d thcic wcrc thc oJJcH to"'llS ill '

'fJd,Jf'om¡r_(i!J: rhcn S~[i'pb1ts, rhc fc>n of

.. Fo/.'t . r :md l~randlclll nf!ldiell, builr /·,'t ·v
1

:r,z, ,¡frcnLl¡-d~ callcd Coí·ilttb; and _¿J¡:f ¡,¡,..

Jt.r, tht; f(-m of r:-.llYJÍrts, hui!t h'lú: and b'"·-
Jorc rhcm Cccrops built Ct:cropirz, rhe e ir
íadcl of At!Jnts; and LVCtZO!t - builr J.~yro/;,
. -
.
f(J, r~dwncJ bv lome thc; olddt to\\'11 '"·
{ ,¡! 1' '!(
 o t!Jc RE E K S• I69
./]rcaditz; :md bis fons, who \\·ere at Ica.f1:
tour and t\\Tnty in number, built cach of
rhcm a rown; cxccpt thc youngcH, cal!cd
Gcnotrlls, \\·ho grcw up afrcr his úthcr's
dcath. :1nd L1íkd into Ir (l(J' \\'ith his pcnplc.
and tltcrc kt 011 foot thc building of rmrm,
;:tnJ lJCclmc thc J.t u: Y t'f thc LatiJIN.
'Pborotu·tts lud alh k\·ct:ll rhildrcn amJ
~rand-chtldrcn, who rci·:,ncd in iC\ cr.1l
' '
placcs, and builr llC\r to\\ 11~. as CrZ;·, .1l pis,
&c. and llttiJJ?Jt, thc i(Jll of 'Pd:y:~us.
rcigncd in llá'lllOl!Úz, afrcnLlr . .is c1llcd
'1 b(f/ll~V, and hllilt tnwns thcrc. Thi·; di-
,·iíion ~md íitb-diviíion lus nudc grc1ccon-·
fuíion in thc hiftory oC tbc ([rll I\.ingdoms
ofPclopo7!:![:fits, ::.nd thcrcby givcn occafi-
flll to rhc \ ain-glorious G!·Ct'/:.J, ro m~~ke
thoíc kingdoms much oldcr tlun thcyrc,l:iy·
\YCrc: but by a11 thc rcckonin~;s :lbO\ c-ci'.:ll-
rioncd, thc firfl: civilizing; oflhcGrc:·Á·s.:liH.l
rcaching rhcm ro Jwcll in houks and CO\\ ns ·
;1.11d thc oldcíl to\\'J11i in/~'m·opt',cou!d k:ucc
be ~boye t \\'O or tlm:c ( iC!lCr~ltinns nL:~:r
rlun thc comin0, ' ..
ofCt!riJ:J.rt.r !i·om ZidoíJ i!l-·
ro Grccce; ami 1111~h'.: mdl prob~1hly be- n·..:-
~afioncd by thc cxpuliinn of thc s:~erlw~-d~
Ont of E,gypt in thc dJ. y) (\r E!i ~lnd s,m:lt-
fl, and rhcir flying into (,'n?cc in confi .1c~
nblc munbcrs : bur it.:'s di!Iil··:lr ro il·!- ri ·' ht
'

thc G cncalogics and Chroiwlogv or rhc l::l-

bulous Agcs'nfthc G'rccl.r, ancH !cave thck
things to be furrhcr examíncd.
J.?dorc; tht,' ~¡>/){eJiicifntr intrvduccd rilo
dcify üw
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dcifying of dc:1.J mcn, thc Grrd.r lud .1
Ccnncil ofEidcrs iucYery to\\'n l()rrhc"l•-
''crnmcnt thcrcot-, ~111d a j1l.lcc w hcrc ¡J¡l'.l'i
der.; andpeoplc\\orlhippcd thcir(iod\IÍih
hcri ftccs: and \Y hcn nuny ll( rhn!c tn\\ lh,
f(lr rhcir cnmmon JJ.kry. unircd undn .1
•
common Coum:il, tbc\r crccJcJ a P r1.' .n. ,._
-
'UJ/'J or Court in onc ofthc to\\ n.;, \\ hcrc rhc:
Council and Pcoplc mct at ccrtaintJ!lK<;, ~~)
confldt rhcir commm~ úfct\·, and \\ ():!~1;·) - 1

thcir common G od \Yitb Llcrihcc'i, ~tnd t:)

bu y :md kll: thc to\\'nS whcrc rhck Cnun-
-
e i 1<; m e t' t he e J' ((' 1:. .r ull e d :.'u ., ' pe() plc -; () r
commumties, or Corpontion To\\'n-;: JJ!d
a.tlcngth, whcnmany ofthcic;;1nfor thcir
common f1.fcty -
unitcd by- conknt und:r
onc common Council, thcy crcdcd a 'l i:\· 1

fr¡¡zem;z in onc of thc :'5-f'-"· for the comn11 •Ji

Council ofPeople to mcct in: ~md to conlÍIÍL
nnd wodllip in. and fcafl. and bu y, and ícll;
a.nd this ~;,po; thcy •
wallcd ahnm for it-; Lllc-
ty. and callcd .,.,-:.· ..,.¿,,v thc ciry: :tnd rhi-; J
take ro h:wc be en t he ori~in al of Vil h•p;,
J\1:-lrkct-Tnwns. Cirics, C<'mmon Col!ncil~,
Vdbl Temple-;, Fcaf1-; and F,lirs, in F1r-
,.oj't, tll<_,•p,ytrmrmn, "'"'~ TJu.•i·,~, \\a'' ~l Cor1r1
\\ ith :l phcc ofworibip, :1nd a pcrpctn:d fi1:.:
kcpr rhcrci11 upon :tn Airar fórLtcriflciiJ~:
from thc \\·ord 'r'.c;u, fi re. c1mc rh~· IL1Illl'
F{jltl, which at lcn~rh rhc pcoplc turw:d
inro a Goddt+, :liH! 1(> hcc1mc llrc-\\ odl !jl 1

pcrs likc tlw :l¡H·icnt 'PnJ¡~ws: and '' 1)('11

·thck CounuJs m J. de \Ltr upon tl!ci r nt·'!-~\¡ ·
btllll '.
 • •
o the REEI\S. .J 7 .~
honrs, tl1cy had J. general comnundcr to
lcad rhcirarmic-;,and he bccamc rhcir Kim?;·
So Tlmnrlidcs *te!!" u·~. that ltl!dtr Ce- "Thuryd.
cropsa!!dt/;nzn.:-icllt A'i11gs, í!lt!ii Thc!C- ~2.PI~.Ilo.
11-;; Attíu ·-:.::·r!S a/-:.;_·fl\'.1 j¡¡/¡rzúircd ciry úy tmh.in
rit_y, cHIJ /J¡¿-v·i'!if, ¡\f¡igU!J·,¡ l'.r ru1d p;·yc~- Thdco.
11C'J: l!c'it!)('J" did tl}{:v conJirlt thto killg, ·
hm t /}('{'e ,....;,_·a .r 11 o fr il r of d. m,~ n·, IJff t
r...;,_·

PrtdJ il}'m·t t~dJJ,'t,'fzj!ud 1/Ji'Íf'O-:.;_·¡¡ CUJllJ/!01!-

·:.;_·tttf! h. t1 '1 a bi! r.l 1 /; n r o:::·n (o lf!t c/1, illt d
r·:·Cit fomf'tinh'.f w,r/lc·::·ro· i!.r t!JC Fkufi-
Ili.ms ·-;;.;ir h Lt:noln:1" did rrDt...., ai 11. (1 E rcch-
1

rheu.:;: Úí!t ·0:·/JCit Th2kth. a pritdi':!t rllld

por e11 t JIU' t o/; t ai 11 ed r /J r !<.' i 1· ~ :/9 J '1. IH 1 :·o k
tl -.;:, ·tl V t /J f' CO!tí ·! J' a 11 d 1\ f, l cr Ú[¡ ·, lf eJ Oj t IJ {'
- ... .
) .
ot!Jcr citil'S, and 1iJ.>dc 1 hcm af! .:.'li'N
ÍitOl!eCoullcilalfd Pr·.-t.lncum •
r!t Atltcns .
'Poicrno.:z, a" he i.:;citcd bv t Straúo. rc!J-; i· Srraho.l.
11~, tbrZt illtbúúodv~( A.Úiet. thrrc~·crc Y·P·3~ · 6

r7.; :;;"',, o11r of .-..:_.¡Jic!J ~·,zs r.lcu1i ~: a11d

'PhifocbfJr!iJ' ¡ rcl.:ttc~, rlur ·:;_'/Ji'!! ArtiL·.l ~-."pud.
·:;:,;rz.r in{ejlcd úy (t'fl a:d l,;.:llf /;y !/ir.: C:HC'i Scr:J..t•o-
) · ·. e. / ,. ,.· . ncm.l.9.
tlll dl )o:ort, ccrop<; 1 .JL'} l'¡f ~~ 1 tf!'Y tJM!! P· 3'J 7
¡·cd11ced tl}r nm/t i! 11d1·, rlur i·; t h:: 1 · '
to\\'n.:;, i11t0 t-:.;_·d:·c titú·.r, r:.::·r~ 1Jji: 1/.'l!.>!t'.r
--:;_·ere Cccropi;l, Tct·r.lptlli·,, Ep:1. ·ri.l, l)._'c::-
liJ, Elcufis, A phydtu, Thtli!Ct¡;, !h u:r. "1,
Cyrhcru·;, S¡1hcrrtt;, Ccphtfli.l, t,/'!r.' l'i11:c-
ru..;; rllld r!wt Thc!cth crJIJ! ;·.zt/ol 1/;~. ¡i·
•
/r:.;.·th·t rir in Í!!lo úl!t', ·-:..:·/Jic/J ·-:_::'(/.1' /\ rh . .·n'.
T he o: i~' i tu 1o r r 11~· 1\ 11", d,): 11 1 , r •: k: .Ar-
' 1 ~-~

<( j l (' .) \\ :t" llll te h alt ,'\' r 11 l.tlll•.: 1!1.1' ! 1J(' ~- : ro r - r r:

1
•
~ JU.:m.
'_fa!!(iwi:tS ~- tclls LlS, UJ,t: }'lJuJvllCtl'; //JI' l.lC!)•
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172 HRONOLOGY
fin of TI!Khusr;.;.·as tbt:jt'1jl r.;:.:hogatbcrerf
into rmc C01Jl71Jl/JIÍty t be Argivcs, r..;_•bo 't ,¡t
tbm --w·crc ¡¿·,zttcrcd, and lá·ed c-¡_·r·;y
~·berc apart; rmd tbe place r;,;.·IH'J'C t f¡t.'y
u·crc ~¡·ft a({i•JiJblcd ~·as callcd Phnrcn1i
f Strabo.l. · .1' . ·· . .
iY·P·337· cnm, t!Jcc¡tyoJ Phoroncuc;; and jrrtd;r;"
obkrvcs, that Homcr calls al! 1 be pl.n1'J
u·!Jicb he recf.o¡¡s up j¡¡ Pcloponndu·;. il
fi:·-...v ex cep te d. 110 t eit i c.r bu t 1'CJ!. i. o¡¡ .r. Vt'
umji· eacb ~j' t bcm co1~.fijled ofa COllc'I'Jit wz
()fmany ;c.~u·'"fi·cc t o··:.;.: lis, out of ::_·biL'/J ..)·
tcr:.;._·ard 11ob/e eit iL's '"'U-'rrc bu ilt rwd (i·c- •

qllrlltcd: Jo tbc Argivcs compojl'd J\J.l¡:ti-

na:a i11 ArcadiJ out offive tor;.;.·11s, a11d Te-·
ga on t oj'11i11e ~ and out offo man r;.;.·as H x-
rca built by Clcombrotus, or ry Clcony-
:mus: fo alfl iEgium was bttilt out ojji.··¡.:clt
{)(' cigbt tO:L-'JlS, Patr~ O!tt of.fevcll, c1Jid
Dymc out ~fcigbt; andjo E lis r-..;_·as ere{/ !'ti
V)' tbe co11jl!!x of ma11y tou·¡¡s into OJ!C cit_v.
~ P:mün. 'P rmfclnias t tclls us, that thc Arctldl·
(.::l.c.x.:t.. a¡¡saccountcd'Pelajgustbcfirfl: nun, allli
that he was thcir firíl: Kina; and taugbt t/)1'
j,g¡¡oraJJt /NOjJ/e to bui/d J011fl's,jrn· a{ji·nd-
ing tbetr:Jelvc s .from bcat, a11d cold. rwd
·nún; and to mal:. e them garments ofsk.ill.r,
tll!d inflead of berbs and roots, r..:_·bidJ r,;/n·r
(rnnet imcs nox io11s, to eat the acorH.r o(r !u·
·/.;,·r·ch t rrc ; and that his ion L;'Cfron ·budt
rhc nldcíl:- ciry in all Gracc: he rcl!~i u·; al·
i(), that in thc <hys of Leic.x· thc Spra·f¡¡JI.\'
livcd in vilb!~cs apart. Thc Cra/.-.r rhcrc·
tare bcgan ro builJ houíCs ancl vilL~gcs in
rhe
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thc cb.yc:; of:Pi·lt~{fTJ!.r thc ftthcr of L_rr.1Dít,
~nd in rhc Lb y s of Ltlc.\· rhc fu hcr of 1\~v­
/rs, anJ hy confc,¡uCilCC ;lhnt:t t\\·o nr thr,.:c
(j cncurinnc; bd(nc thc l·l<~( 'd of' ·¡ Jntr,,:!i-
01!. and rhe Cü!1Ú1J<l or Cttd!IJ'I:.r; 'ríil thCil
;:'1

t he y * 1i ved i" \\·o mis J nd e are·; Lh '· o r ~ h •r::n ·•·ff

1 - (l ( ¡,

T he f1 r11 ho ult.·:; \\ ere o r e' j y . . t i ll 1 he b r n- c. ;6.

rhcr<> ¡.,_·ttrrallls Jnd 1h <·¡·/J/h.> Lu >ht
- • J ...,

thcm ro lurdcn rh:.:: cL1 .\ !lito bric!.,·~. :l.IH~ to

build thcrC\',·irh. l11 rhc d.1 ys (Jf O·.;r.;I'J, ' . .
'Pc!rzfstts, A~zcttJ, lnac/Jít.r :11:d Ll'!t·.\~.
thcy bc~.1.11 to build hnuiC~ .llld ,-,lLt:~~:; or·
cby, 'J)oxills rhc itlll of ('rrltt!' .ClL·hin'' ;:-l

thcm todo it ; and in thc da\'> uf /,) r.túlt,

Pbonmnt.r, A:''!,itt!l'liJ, P/;c(ror.r. Fi~TottZs.
]1.1;· /c.r, 'Po ~yozo n, a nd ( 'cr /'f! p.r, ;ttld r l: e ir
<..J ' '

fi.mc:;, to a!Tcmb!c thc \ ilb'!CS '

in tu · ) .. ;mJ
'

thc ;,~u.·, inro citic'1.

\V h en OeJ! ot nt s r he ¡;m c. t' L vr.; ') :; '· · 11'1 1-
C(laColon)' inrn/tdr. ¡/¡:• •r ·;¡¡~/:'h.:!() (l¡'- -¡_. 1110np.
~
TY ,.,

t'l·-yfor t!JC rlJojl part tll!i;JI;¡u}irctl; t.':'ál. ~.p.l:Y'l-

'",..:..:bcrc 11 -:;:·as inh,túircd. tt'r,fJ/,·J ¡/;_'/ t /j//..'- 1
, 11 •
; •
ílfl/.f{t'·¡·
LJ
-~ ¡'¡¡tr
-'
1 ! .. , ; ¡, 1 t/
~o,. t .. f'IJ 1'!'1 '( r f¡· j ;l. ., /•IL·· U~~.~.. /• ·....._..".''....\
~/ • tl .

intb:·mo!lnfri/,J.>. !i:'//r rn:,! lt.'ni!l'i ,;:t.r. ;:.~

:1bovc; rhclc tll\\·us \\e:· e '' 1' lw'.tt \'- :l~:-;;
but aft~r thi<> Colon y ~rC'.\ Ill!Ll ro11 :, ;11d
bc~;lll to \\';l!lt room, 1/.Jr:y r.\'j'i'fit'd iht· Si-
culi, comfirlf11·d mrmy rú li'S ':..:;:dt'-·,
::._·¡¡/¡
tmdúccr/lllt'po(fi:fJr~( a/t //}{· !t'JTitOJ'V 11(·-
tr.;_·ccn t!Jc t·;;.)o l'Í"JrT.r
I.in-. rz;t:/.riLrL.: ;¡:11l
1t ¡._, to be undcrftood t!ut 1 h1)k cit 1 ~·, Jud.
thci r C ounci ls ~l.ll d 'P n' t.t ,, r.t ;1 rr ·~· r t he m.t · t-
Dt'r ofthc (inds. iür 'DioJ~\:fÚtJ t rdl. 11S, t Diony f.
l. l.p. uG.
L!J~t
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r he ncw K i m~dom o f Ro me, :1 s R rmn:-
t h::n •

/;u lc!'r it, cntdillcd of thirry Couns <''

Council·:, in thirty ro\\ n-;. CJ·:h \rirh rl.·_
bc·rcd flrc kc¡1c i!l. rhc Pl)'f,u;c:mJ ot' L·i!.'
Court, h>r thc Scn~l!:-ors \\ ho mct thcrL ¡,¡
p:.:rtorm S.tcrcd Rir-_·.::. :~f.cr thc nunnn 1.1
thc Grcch; Ú!tl --:_:__btiJ ~~'!11U t /J{' (ittlc/¡' .. ,· •

o( R nmu!tt.'-i ¡·cif!_,lltd. !Jc /:·,¡---._·j¡:v t /Jr· (<':,-

• ..._ +) •

nzJ /t'ro in t/Jtií· o::__·¡¡ Cr.'m'!.r, ¡,._,¡i/i¡:í,·J

• •

C1lC COiii?JilJ!/ to 1 /;,·;¡¡ r!l! ,11 Ro me: \\ k~i e·.:

R'J me ·;; ::; not ~l ellllltJ lcJ.t ci t y L)c í~nc l;, L
1 . .. ' r
'¡····
<..~...\ ,-, ()Í' . . ._'_ \ ,,, ./¡~'
, , '{ •
••

\V hcn 1u \ i~~~ltinn \Ll s ió Cu- imprc·. cJ

tlut th-:.: ·j'J/;t~';:icitZ:iJ hc0,:111 ro lc:t'.'c: rhc lu-
1horc, :md Lil through rhc Jllcdi: n·¡·,ti.l' ,-.: ~

h y t he- hc!p o fth e iLns. i t nuy be prc1 1_1; 1d

tlut thcv . bc:..';.l'l
'
ro diko\ cr thc iíbnd·; cf
thc J!cd:·n-;:-.D:r·.w. :1nd for rhc Lt 1,c ()t.
tuflcrohiiJ-;[u:ts Gn·ccc: :1nd thi; ,,_1;
nor Ion~~ bcti11·c rhcy C.lrricd ~1\'. ay lo. rhc
d.ul~'htcr nf l:ItJr,0i:.r, from /ln:o.r.
~ ,_,
'j ,,e
Ccn-·c.r iiríl iJJ!(:llccl th~ Cn·c/..: k.t<; \\·iLit 1'1-
lJ~'y, ~md thcn .J.1!itJ 1Js thc Ion of hill'!1/·J
f ;<,L u 1)
1
•

:t pnr·::1t 1
!tC'-T,
1 . , 1
:111t Jcnt out (. <>>~!·
•Di,hlm. lliC": íi>r "/Ji,Hh;·;'J * rc;ls us, th:tt tiH: ( 1
L> p. nh rf11,k ll1:uJds, tlwL·ncu ('¡·('/(·, \\en: :liliiiL
l.lf, + • ~.kli)l.trc :1nd uni11lubitcd ~ hut ¡\flilo.r h.t\--
2 0

¡11:--', 'l po l'C 11 t !le e r' kn t lll.lll y e() 1() 11 i l'" () ll r

oi'('n•í (', .1!1t! rcnrkd nur: y of t he m; :ll1d
p.trl it·td.t; l; llui l hL· Ilhlld Ctl'/'t!lb!t.l' \\ ,¡·;
{¡ r ll 1( i / ed h y 1 he 1() l, h· r--, o f ¡\¡';mu : S\ ; ·:·
Ltv \\':tlk .111~Í (L·I(>Lllc 'r i!l T1·iojJ.r L·:llm·-JIIi-
tiJ-Cr \Vi t Jt :t Ce: b !l j uudcr ('/¡¡);,, I/ j '1.1' :
Si /'UJ/g)'/ 1;
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Stro11~_y!c or .1\TtZXtt.r WJS ftd1: ink1bircd by
t he T Jxn! eitw s in r he d .1 y s o f /:o r t a.r, a lit ti~
bcfon.: thc ¿Jt~~oJtrwt ic Expcdition: J',¡;¡;os
\O~ at llrfl:dclcrt, allll inhabitcd onlv l)\c :1
crear multiwdc of terrible\'. iU bc.l!L, 'till
- "

:\l,uTti!S pcoplcd. it, a" he dicl ~lll~l thc i-

ilJillb C!Jius and Cu.r. IJrsÚ?s hy \Lll1c J!lll•

dcl(>bte 'rill .\"t!!!f bus hikd thi~hcr \\"ith :t

Colony: ToJcdus by dclrll.ltc 'Lill ·¡ t'l'!:'C.r,
a littlc befo re rhc T7·o¡,w \\. ~lr, bilcd thi-
rhcr from T7·oas. J11·i (!.:t:ts. \\ ho nvTricd
•

AutOJJOC rhc d:w~h::cr of Cu/m,:ts, cnri..:-J J.

e

Co!ony írom T!JcúCJ into C.rll, ~m ilhnd nnr

i!'hahircd bcrorc: thc i1Lmd Rbodc.r \\ :l, ~"l,­
firfr c1llcd Opbii!j:t. bcin~~ fuil of iCrpcnt<::,
bct~>rc 'PhorúrrJ. :l Princ: nf A;-~r;.r, \\Cilt
thithcr, and mJ.¡1c ic h,tbtub!c by l~-.::f1:ruy- -
ill~~ the icrpcut~, 11 hich 11 J.S ab~Jut the Cllli
ofSolumu;/s Rcic;n; i:1 mcmorv. of \\ hich
~

j¡ C i 'i J el i ll Ct t C d i 11 l h C h :. ' ~l\ C ll-; in t !J...: C o! 1 ·

ilclLltion uf()¡,/JJ::c:tJ. Thc dikovcrv 11L.
rhi'í and l~m1c- ()thcr ill.uld" nudc a n:il:trt
rlut thev• ro k ou:: th~ <...;(':1: iJt ¡J (t~l '/)i'/:JJ"
()r
•

Cllt<'J/tt, t·~ 1/.;i'i"<t, (:) .J:;,:p/H, (.i) R!Jod·r.r,

Luth * At/li!Úi!!I.'IJ: .lilll .~- F/f;~v; c/,'J"tf' "'A 1111 ;¡·.r
.J";'lf'rij<'JII i,!_(/tl.i', '}Jdo.r 0 RIFJdrJJ 1Jtt'- L q.~.:
JWJ!'Jd' j'roJtJ.'tio· t'ilit!d', p~(ltt! mi11on·.r, ~-'~·~<u
u!tuz !lhh!! ¡J¡:,:p/J<'. it;tn· Lt'.'!Ji/ifliJ G ,.
1/dk(j;rm / 1!:!1 . \',·.;, ¡11! n· LdxJi¡,¡¡ G 'Jc-
ú /! ¡ J,¡ ¡, )jf ('' ('..:. ~·.

'/Jiodont.r -¡ rcll·.; m :til;l, tluL t he kv'"·n 1 ILdor.

iil.l!ldsc.tilcd ,y''J:oiúfc.~·, l)l'l\\CCil ftt~IY :111d l.i·l'lut.
Sici!y, w<.:rc dck1c ,tnd uniniJ:tGi:cd 'till le•+·
•
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'

Lipparlls and .A'JtJJru, a little befo re tl1é

Troja1t WQr, went thither froJll ltalj_, and
peo led them : and that .A-falta and Gmd11s
or attdlt.r on the other ftde of Sici!J, were
firft by P hrEttil'ia11.r ; and fo was
M. without rhe Straits: and Homc;·
writes that Vtyffes found the ItlandO )'!,ia
covered with wood, and uninhabite , cx-
cept by Cabpfo and her maids, who Ji ved
in a cave without houfes ; and iris not likc-
ly that Great-Britai1t and li·eta1td could
l>e before n~vigation was propagar..
ed eyond the Strazt.t.
The Sica1tea1t.r were tcputcd the firfl: in-
habitantsof Sicily: they built little Vil-
Jages or Towns upon hills, and cvery Town
had its own King; and by this means they
fpread over the country, before they form-
ed thcnúclves into larg-er ~overnments with

•~~r.l.
. ,..... they were tra1tJPiattted i11to Sicily fro?lt
,-.p.. 1 the River Sicanus itt Spain ; mtd 'Di011Jfi-
:Lo

•Dionyr. tu, • that they were a Spaniíh peopte ".L'h(J

l.•·P·'7· j!edfrom tbe Ligures Íft Italy"; he means the
1.•·1'· H· returned from hts ex edttton againíl: Gery-
3+· 011 in Spai1:, and en eavourcd to afs the
.Atp.r out of GartJ into Italy. ercrtles
that year got into ltaly, and m3de fome
conquefts there, and founded the city Gro-

bis flcet from Erythra .in;¡ Spain, failcd ro

Sici!J, and there left the S· ·: for it 11./~s
/JIS
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his crt]lom to recr11it hii army witb CO!t- -

quered peo¡Je, and ajicr the_y bad a.f!iped
bi11z i11 núkiltg uew t.'Oiltfttejts to re~·ard
tbem tre.·ith 1tewftai:s: this was the Ec;J'P:i-
a1t He~·cule.r, who had a potcnt f1e~t, .md •

in die days ofSolomo11 Eüled to thc Str,;títs~

.md :1ccording to bis tuíl:om fer üp pill:lrs
rlicre, and conl1uered GeJ)'Olt, and rcrurncd
·ll:.tck by lta(y ánd Sicitj' to Eg1'/Jf. and was
by the aJ1cicnr. Gauls c~llcd O~~milts, ~!1d
by the E'-f{)pttau.r * Nzlus: for E;:ythra •Ptoi.He·
and the country of Ge1')'01t wác withour ph:d.l. :.,
rhc Straits. CJJionyjitts ·r rcprc!cnts rhis tDionyf.:
Hercttle.r contemporary ro Ev,wder. l..2..p. H·
· Thc firft inhabitanrs of Crete, according .
to :Diodor11s, * wcre callcd Eteocrctáíts ; ~ Dlodor~.1 ,

bur whencc die y wcrc,'and how rhcy c:.tme ·>·P· ::. . 3

thither, is not 11id in híflory : thcli Cülcd
thithci· a Colony of Pi:la.[giaJts froni
Greece ; and foon after Tenttt,"!z:u, thé
randfatherof ilfit~os, canicd thithcr a Co-
ony of Voria11!' fi-om LacOJIÍ!l, and tl·om •

the territory: of Otympia in Pelopomtcfia:

and thcfe feveral Colonies ftxtkc fever~l
Jan ages, and fed on the ft1onr~1neous ti·uits
oft e earth, and livcd quictly in caves and
lmts, 'till the invention of iron tools, in the
days of Ajlerirts the fcm of Teutawu.r; and
at lcngth wcrc reduced into onc KingJom,
andone People, by Mi1zos, who was rheir
firfl: law-~ivcr, and built mCJ.ny rownsand
ihips, and introdnccd plowing and fowing,
anain whofe days theCttretes conquered
N his
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l1is fathcr's friends in Crete and Petopomte-
§I!l:rrap- jiu. TheCttretes § facrificedchildrento
ud Por-
hyr.abft. S d d' B
atttrlt, an. accor mg to octJart werc
l t
.2..f.;6. Phitiflims; and Ettftóius faith tbat Crete
t!:~:~~:r· had its name from Cru, one of the Cttretes
l.c.t¡. whonurfedup.'lttpiter: but whateverwas
rhe original of the ifland, it feems to l1arc
bcen peopled by Colonies which fpakcdit:
fcrent laBguages, ;till rhc days of A.fleritts
and Mi110s, and might come thither two or
tlnce Gcnerations before, and not abovc,
for want ofnavigation in thofe íeas.
The iíland Cyprtts was difcovered by thc·
Phte11icimu not long bcfore; for Et'tltof-
t Apud. the11e.r t tdls us, tbat Cy rus wa.r atfirjt.(o
Snaboncm overgrowtt witb r:.:.·ood t 'Jat it cozetd not be

woodfor the mettitt ofcopper a11d jitver,

a11d afterwards w :1e1J tbey begmt to foit
fofo/y ttjJ01t the Mcditcrrancan, that is, Jrc-
fcntly aftcr thc Trtlja1t war, tbcy bttiJt j. ips
aud C't'C7t ttavies ofit: a1td whc11 thcy cottld
110t tbus dejlroy tbe wood, they gave every
matt lea,.vc to cttt dow1zwbat wood he plcn.f
cd, a11d to poj[efs alt the grotmd wbicb he
t·!earcd ~( wood. So alfo Europe <J.t ftrft
aboundcd vcry mnch with woods, onc of
which, callcd the llcrciuia11, took up :t
great part of Germatt'Y, being fullninc dlys
journcy broad, and above fony long, in
:Jutitts Ctefler's days: ami yet thc Em·opc-
alrs had becn cuttingdown theit· wood~ to
makc l'OOlll tor 111anl~ind, evcr fine e rhc •in-
ven non

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vention ofiron tools, in the daysof .Ajlert-
,u and ltfittas.
All rhcfC foodl!eps thcre are oftl1e ~ríl:
eopling of E;trope, and its Ií1ands, by fea;
efore thofe days it fcems to l1avc bccn
thinly peopled from the northern coaíl: of
the Ett)(ine fta by Sc_ythimu ddccndcd
fi·om Japhet, who wandcrcd without hon-
fcs, and fhdrered themfelvcs from r:\in ::m:l
wild bcafrs i11 thickets and caves of the
earth; fitch as wcre rhe caves in mount Ida
in Crete, in w hich lditws was educated and.
buried; the cave of Cacus, ancl rhe Cattlr
combs inltaly near Rome and Naples, at:
r7n~ards turned into burying-placcs ; the
Jyrmges and m:1ny other ca.ves in the lides
ofthe mountains ofEgypt; the caves ofthe
Trogtoditcs bctweea E~ypt and the Red
Sea; and thofe of the Pbaurufii in Afric,
meutioned by • S trabo ; and thc ca ves, aud • Straho:
thickets, and rocks, and high places, and l. •7·P· ·
pits, in which thc lfraelites hid themfdves S2.S.
from the Philiflim$ in the days of Saut,
1 Sam. xiii. 6. But ofthe ft:atc ofmankind
in Ettropc in thoíe days there is now no hi-
ftory remaining.
Thc anriguiries of Libya were n<'t much
older than thofeof Ettropc; for Viodorus
""tclls us, that 'V;·amts the father of Hypc- • Diodor:
rioTt, andgrandtather of Hetjus and Setme, 13·P·•l'¡
that is .Ammolt the father of Sefoc, was
their firfl t:ommon Kil:g, aud cattftd the
people, w!Jo 'tiJt the1t W4tzder·ed ti} mul
N 2. doum,
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180 HRONOLOGY
dow11, to du,·elJ i1z tow1z.r : a11d Herodottt.r
·tilcrod, t tells u';, rhat all lt1edia was peopled by
~. ' .
l
~/.f.!.O:, towns without walls, 'till they rcvolr~
ed from thc J1ffyria11.r, which was about
267 yearsafter rhedeath of Solomotz: and
thlt aftcr that revolt they fet up a King 0\'Cr
them, and bnilt Ecúata11e w irh walls for his
fcat. rhe firfi: town which they '"·allcd a~
bour; :1nd abont 72 years after thc death of
§ 1 King. So/omou, Belllhxdaa King of Jyria § had
>.x. &6. two and thirty Kings in bis anny againíl:·
· .Ahaú: and w hen .Jofhtta conqucred thc
land of Ca!llla?t, every city ofthc Ca~taa­
'1tite.r had its own King, like the citics of
l:Jtrope, befórr thcy conquercd one ano~
tller; and onc ofthofc Kings, J1do11ibezek,
thc KingofBe.7.ek, hadconqucred feventy
orherKingsalittle bcfore, .}ttt{(!,. i. ¡. and
thcreforc towns bcgan to be built in that
bqd not man y ages bciorc thc days of .7o-
jhuab: for thc Patriarchs wandercd thcre
in tcnts, and fcd thcir flocks whcrc-cvcr
they p!eated, thc ficlds of l'hte1Úcia not be~
ing yct fi.tlly appropriated, tor want of pco-
plc. Th~ countrics firft inhabitcd by m:m-
.kinJ, werc in thoíc days fo thinly pcoplcJ
,.Gcnrf. that * iour Kings from the coafis ofSbi1ta1',
~.:v.Dcur. aml Efam. invadcd and fpoiled thc Rc-
J;~~~~:;,, P~':tim~, and the inhabitants of thc coun-
tnes of .flloaú, JlrnmOit, Edom, and thc
Kingdomr. of Sodom, Gomorrab, Admah
:tnJ Zeboiltt; and yct were purfitcd ancl
bcaten by .livraham with an armcd force of
only
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the RE E K S. I8I
cn1y 318 men, thc whole force which A-
hrabam an~ thc princcs wi[h him con!d
raifc: and E:gypt wac; fo rhinly pcnplcd bc-
fore thc birth of 11/ofi·s, that 'Pbm·(wb bid
ofrhe Ifraelites; * bt!botd tbe peopte ~ftbe •Exod.r.
cbildre¡¡, of lfi'J.el tll'f 1/JrJl'C tmd '~~~·~{btic1' 9.n.
tbait':J)e: andtoprcvcnr thcir mlllti;)lying
and growing too íhong, he cauícd thcir
· malc children to b~ drowned. ·
Thefc footficps thcre are ofthe firíl: pcop-
Hng ofthe earrh by mankinJ, not Ion:~ hc-
fore rhe days ofAbrabam; anJ ofthc o¡·cr-
fprcading ir with villa~es, towns and ciric._,
and thcir growing into Kingdoms, ftn1
fi11aller and then ~rear,r, unlil d1c rile ofthc
Monarchies of Eg)jJt, Ajf)'ri,'l, litzkrfo;¡,
Media, Perfla, Greece, and Rotm?, the
firíl: great Empires on this íidc India. ./1-
hrabam was the fifi:h from Pelcg, and all
mankind livcd togcther in C!Jcddt!a under
thc Govcrnmcnt ofNo11b and hisfons, un-
til the days ofPele._C{: lo long they wct·c of
onc languagc, one tocicty, anJ one religi-
on: and then thcy dividcd thc carth, bcing
pcrhaps difl:urbed by thc rcbcllion of Nim-
rotl, ~nd forced to lcave off building thc
towcr of Babel: and fi·om thencc they ·-
fi1rcad themíelvcs into thc tcveral countrics
w hich fell to thcir iharcs, carry ing along
with them thc laws, cuiloms and reli~i.~m,
under which they had 't-ill thoJe days~bccn
cducated and governed, b No.1h, and his
~ons and ~lis grandfons: an thcfc L.lw~ \v~re
N3 '
handeq
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182 HRONOLOGY
handcd clown to .Abraham, Melchizedrk,
~nd Job, and thcir contemporaries, a.nd for
fome time were obferved oy the judges of
. obxxxi the caílern countri~s : fo t 'Job tciJs us, r.h~t
r !. . adultery was fl11 hemotts crtme, yea 411 11l1-
fj11ity to be ptwijhed hy the jttd es: and of
• Jobxxxi. idolatry he* f.--¡ith .1f I behetd t r;e flm wbm
~6. it jbitJed, o1· tbe moon watlú1tg Í1t bright-
1teft, andmy hcart hath bee11 Jecrctly mti-
ced, Oí'' my motJtb batb kij{ed my ba11d, tbis
alfo t¡,¿·ere mz iuiqttity to be pu11ijhed by the
jt:dge: for 1 jhould have denied tbe God
that is abo·ve: :md thcrc bcing no difi utc
bctwccn Job and his fricnds about t 1cíC:
matters, it may be prcfumed that they alio
with their counrrymen were of the fame
rcligion. J.fetchzzedeck w:ts a Prieíl: of
the mofi high God, and Abra'ham volunra-
I·ily paid tythcs to :him; which he would
· fcarce have done had they not been of onc
and thc Í:1me religion. The1iríl: inhabitants
of the land of Cauaa1t fcem alfo to havc
hcen originally of thefamc religion, and ro
havc continucd in it 'till thc death of Noab,
. and the days of Abrnbam ; for erttjaletn
:t:. Chron. was anciently t callcd 'Jebtts, an its people
1

~.sam.v. Pricfl: and King : thefc mttions rcvoltcd

'' therefore after the days of Metchizeded:.
to the wodl1i offalfe Gods; as did alfo the
•
pofierity of marl, Eflm, Moab, A·mmo11,
nnd that of bra/:urm:by l<:etttrab : and the
·· l raelitf.J th~mfclvcs wcre very nptto rc-
•
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volt: and one reafon w hy Ter ah went from
'Vr of thc Chaldees, to Hara1lin his \va y
to the land ofCa11aa1z; and why .Abraba11!.
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aftcrward lett Harau, and went into thc
land of Ca11aau., mighr be to avoid the wor-
fhip offalíe Gods, w hich in rheir days bcgan
in Chaldea, and f¡Jrcad cvcry way fi·om
thence; but did not yct rcach into thc land- •

of Ca!laan. Several of thc la.ws and prc-

ce ts in which this rimirivereligion con·
1i ed are mcntione iq the book of ./ob,
cha~. i. ver.;, and chap. xxxi, viz. 'JJOt to
htafpheme God, 110r to wo1jbip the Smz or
Moo1z, 1tor to kili, 11or fleat, 1zor to commit
adttltery, 1zor trttfl iu riches, 110r opprefs
the poor or fatherlefs, 11or curfe;•om· e?te-
mie.r, 110r rejoycc at their misfort;mes:
btJt to be frie!tdly, mtd hofpit-able a11d mer-
cifttl, and to rclie'oc tbe poor and ?tccd)•,
tmd toftt up 'Judgcs. This was the mora-
lity and religion of the firfi ages, ftill called
by the :Jcws, The prccepts ofthe fims of
Noah: this was thc religion of Mofos and
the Prophets, comprehcndcd in the two
great commandmet1ts, of loviug tbe Lo·rtl
our ·God witli1 aJt ottr heart a;Jd [otttaJtd
mh1d, mtd ottr 11eighbottr as ottr ftlve.r:
this was the religion enjoyncd by Mofts
to the uncircmncifed ftrangcr within the
gates of lfrael, as well asto the lft·aelitcs:
and this is thc Erimitive religion of both
ews and Ghríjii~1u, aud ought to bethe
.tla.o.ding religio~ of all nations, ~t being for
N4 thc

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tre honour of God, and good of mankind:
and },fofos adds the rcccpt of beiltg nu:rci-
jitt C'Vfi/. to ,brute eafls, fo as 110t to fu.~
ottt tbr.ir blood, 110r to cttt off their flcjh a-
' th•e'i.r:itb thcbloodi11it, 11or to kill thc;;,
jcr t bc.f/zl:e r.{ t!Jf' :r btood, 1101' to J?ran¿;lr.
rhem; bttt i11 k.illi11g them for food, to lct
~11t tbeir btood attdjpittit 11po11 tbegrotmd,
Ge11. ix. 4· and Lc .vit. XYii. 12. 13. Thi5
hw was ancicntcr rhan rhc days of },fojrs,
hcin~;given to .J.loah and his ions. lonf; bc-
forc rhe d.1ys of Abrabnm: and therciorc
when
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the A oíl:lcs and Eldcrs in thc Coun-
~il at J Cl'll ale m decbrcd that thc G cnrik•
werc not obligcd to be circumcifcd and
J~ecp the l::tw o'f· ldo.fl:.r, thcy exccptcd thi·:
' la\v of abjlqi11i11g from blood, aJtd tbi11g.~
.flran,~!ed, ~s being ~n ~a~lier law of God,
i mpoicd npt on the fons of .Abraham onl y,
~mt on al! nations, whilc thcy livcd to~c­
thcr inShiuarunder' '
thc dominion of Nortb:
and ofthe (une kind is thc law of abj/r:ini.'i,~
ft·or;¡ 1'1tetets. of(e;·e4 f() 1 dots or fiz!ft GodJ",
·~mdfrom_{orllit:ation. So then, thebeiicl:··
illg that ~.:he ':oorlt! ~·qs .f1'amed by o;:e.frt·
pr·eme God, 41td ~s , over~·¡ed kY bint, r:uJ
tbe to·vhtg a11d ~·o;· 7.,ippi11g him, mul /)1}-
?IOIIriTIL~ 01trpareut's, tmd lovi;¡g Oítr 7Jti,í:/.: ..
(;o1tr tl.l' Ottr ft/-ve.r, a_¡u/ be i11,~ mcr·c ~(/1 f, :'·
7Jetttohrttte beaJis, isthcoldcíl: of ,-dl rcl1·
gions: and thc Original of lctrcr.< agricul-
ture, navigation, nnr!ic, arts :lnd fcknccs,
¡uctals, 1il1iths and carpcntcrs, towns an',{
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1 ' ., ' ' houfes,.
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o thc REEKS.
houfes, wa5 not oldcr in Ettrope than the
days of Eti, Smmtetand 'David; and be-
torc thofc days the earrh was ío thinly peo·
plcd, ::md fo overgrown with woods, that
m:mkind could nor be much oldcr th~n is rc-
prcfcnted in Scripture.

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HE l:~r,_l}t j_¿:2.r :1!lcicntl)· hcuncd of

a\ '-'ry ~~reaL J.nd !.1ll in:; J~::1¡~irc undn
t hc1 r 1\ i ll~~s L1li!1IJ.'JJ.', O(;? ·ú, !Jt:"C
·-
CÍJIIS, S~joj/;·;¡·, 1lcn.-:tli's, Aft'iJ.'JiOJ!, &e
n.:achii,g cdl\\ ,u,·l co ~he J¡:r/it'.r, ~md \\·en.
\\':trd to l he j.¡¡ /ti!///( O:L'.ll!; ;lih! Oilt ()e
'::mity !uve nudc this ll1tliLHl~hy ¡;ll11C
LlwuL!nd·; ()f )T-ll •; ol,~~r tlun rhc \\'ílrl,\:
Jet u.;JJO\\' rt \'ro rcélil \' thc l'hrmlO!n 'V ()r
.' - ... .-"l.,

I::í;·vpr. hy (il11lfl.ll m~ rhL albirs 11f /,'.:_ypt

\\ ¡¡]¡ l;Jc f'\ n,·hr•liiil.ill'' a~l:tir.; ol ·thc-
_, .._1

G'n·t' r. r :1Jll! 1k{,n· :.:.:s.

llu"a.'i:t.r rhc t'nlt ,lt!CIIlr lll\ cd t\\·o \\'n-
. \ 1. 1 ¡· 1
men , l e/11/ .r :1 1H ~ ~, ; 0 ! rlli e : ,•¡¡ 1t J \\ · .L l 1~
miflrcl~ o!' //iith~p.r and (,'l!!yr,-¡r, .111<1 lll:l-
liJcr of./L'm:,u, \rllu all Jiy~·d 'l;jl tll'.' dc-
tlm(ti;>n
 O- the E 1\I P I R E
f1m{hnn of71·oy: and thc fons o[ n,~rr!·rts
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a11d At'iad:Jc \\ere • .fi·r'OIItlt/is, a" ahnH':
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and l hcrcíiJJ-c t he ~rc:u- Baa!m.r llouriJhcd
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htt O!lC ( i CllCLll ÍO!l bcf(>re tlJc .11-~0it.'t/J:! i:

<t 'Vide cx¡1cdition. Thi·, Hatr!Ji!J * was \)r,~C'll .n
llcrmip-
pum :tpuJ Jea, conquered c1f1\\':ud as f:lra;li:d:d, rc-
At h,·n,c- rurned in t ritimph, brou~ht hi.:; army o\, r
um.l.I,
rhc 1 lrlirfpútJt ; cnth1ucrcd Tbrao'. ¡,. ~·
m u {i e, Lbn ci ng, :llld pocrry rh ere ; k!!:,,:
L--1·o11 ·r:, 11 .r 1\. i 1w o t T !J raer, ;1 n d P n:! 1:1 : ·. ·
(._ (. "')

rhc gLlndlon of Czr!mtl.r; ~~;n e thc l\ i;, '.-

l lo m o f L_ynn~( 11 .r t o Thrt ro?-'- ; ;111 d < ''l ·. • <

hi" minfhek C.llkL! br rhe Gn·d.-.r, Cu:'/; ·

opc, to Oear:,n:.r 1lw loi1 oJ'Thttrops; ;l:Hl r>l.
(.

Oc{l.~r!ts :1lld Cil!!lopr \Lt:; h()rJJ ();·p/Hít ,._

"!Jo Llilcd '.\'Ít h thc JlJl,O:J,t!!l s; thi·; 8,1;
tlw.r \\':.1<; thcr.:tcnc contcmpnrary to .\'1:/r_._;'-·
tris, a11d both bcíng Kit1~~c; of lig_ylf, ;1II·i
putCIJt at fea, :md grc:u conqucrrn·~. :1 ild
orry ing on thcir C'mqn•.:fls in ro lnd1t? :l!;d
1hrtld', thcy muf1 be onc and thc f¿llll~'
11 un.
Thc ancicnt Grf'rl:s, who m:1dc tiic f¡-
hlco:; ofrhc Cind·;, rcbtcd t lur Jo! he d.ut~J¡ •
.
t cr ufh:.u·/J;t.r ,, ..1" carricd imn FgrjJ!, Jllll
1hcrc bCL·:1me Lite Fgvp1 i,m l(ú; :uHl LILtL
Aj'i.r rhc ¡;lll or 'i 1JOrOIJC/I.!' :lfrcr dc:l~h h·:
1

cune tl1c G()d Sn·tl¡"Ú; ;l'ld lome hi~l rlut

1; ji rtp!JII .r \L1 ·; 1 he 1ó11 o f Jo : ,\·, ·1 t1/'Ir J '1 d
F/Jrtpf,lt.r :11-r (!(l'ri.r, :1t1d rhercJ(,rr l/i~;· :\ill;
q(t'rl.r, in thc opi nion ofrhc :1llCIClll ( /¡ ,·:·/ ;·
\\' ho made rhc Lthlc ~ oJ' rhc (i ()d..;, ,~,·et-c Jl()l
:tbovc rwo or threc ( j ,;ncr;uions oldcr tlu!i
t!IQ:
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Aí ·e:>1 ,Ji! .z¡; tic e\ n~'di L·iun. ']) Ú'tl'.1J'r!Jit.r,
t lr.::
1
a'> he i-; citcd bv thc kllt,liJicu¡l~Jn Ap;/lo-
. '
ui 11.1, '~' rc:pr::·knt~ t h;.:t>1 !i\ o Ci cncurions ~ ' .. •ro- .'\ ¡ ~

ll.llll.
oldcr rlun S~(~)t:'rú. Ltyin~ Llut afrcr Unts .1 ,' .\'. -,-· ......
rhc !{m of 0//rú :uJL] 1-(ú, rcit2;ncd '
SI'¡FJiJ-
.
rbo(Ls. He Jl.·cm·~ to ln \e t~dJo\\ ctl thc o pi~
· ·
Jll011 ¡· 1
O l lC ' r .,,
p::()p!C o: J tl.'.'!/.1,
1
\\'dO l
IIUt.C
Rr~a!Jit.r t\\ o (i~,.·¡¡cr,;~i~·n·; o!l!..:r tlu:t ThE'-
(I'ItS, :ln,: ¡;n rlut l'l1l] lCÍ·',I1Ccl [\\o J/iJ."jJ\ .
-:md t\\ o A;·i.'!d!!c'::; f())' [l.,· thc C<lllknt ot'
ali ;¡:;t¡quit) 0}/·,.:,~ :utd J(:rcb.IJ \',;,:re onc
:ti~ Li r he ii m e K in g o f F ()'/' t : t: 1i) i ·: :l !11 r m-
ci.l by rhc F_í!._~ll Úii!S, a'> \".-c]J :1..~ by thc
G n'{'l. s ; aml Jo m e o r t h e :1 n e i ~~· 1: t ~. T' t h. d r J-
!_!jf1.;, :.1'> 1~'/JiJC~/J,'f.f :llld 07'¡''/'{','!.f, --~ Cl 1lcd i· !),;'.,;-.
~ l 1 . ¡ . -1 • '
·~
Ofris by rh2 Jumcc; of})io;njit.r :1.11': Jl¡·i-
1/S. O(t'ris ·':J'> !\itl~! of al! L:~vpt, :llh! :l
grcat CUI1'-j L!CI'\H, :111d Cll11C ll \ Cr t h 2 fJcf!::f-
. 1 1 •• ¡
pol!t 111 tilC c:.ty :; nt 1nplo t:'litíts, :.liJLJluuuu-
1 ., '

cd 1 ln·!lu'. ~t:tJ chcrc kiJlcd Lrcm;r,z,us; J!1d

thcrcf(¡r<.: hi·; cxpcdition tJI!s in \\'ith tlut of
rhc ~;,rc.tt RrZtcbiis. Oj;J-is, Hczccbl!s J':tl
~\.<(ojhú li\'Cd Jbnut rltc Llmc tiiJlc, :md ¡,)'
r he re Ltt in n o f !11 !l u r i .ltJ·:; were :1ll o f r h¡_·m
1\ i ng-; o L1ll 1~: r.zvp t, and re i ~4ncd :lt 1/.JcÚc.r,
and Jdomcd tlut ciry, and \\'CiT \Crv ¡:()-
tcnt hvJ bnd and k:1: ~di thrc-: \\'ere ·~·rc.t:. ' )
e ()J1 que m r ·;, :111 d e 11 1 i ed o n r hL i r e u :1q ue fl-;
h. Lu1d L!Jr<Jtl~·h . /1.
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(·~t, :l'> Ctr ~1·; illr.'l,,-: ~t11
tltrccc.tmc o\cr thc l!dllf}Jo¡if, :lild \\L'I'C
rhnc in danucr of lofitl''0 tl!cir ;l!'lllj: :1!!
l.)

~lm-c conqucr:.:d ·¡ /;raCI', :111d rh..:rc pur :1

11 up tu tllcir \ idorics, anJ rci.ur11cd lud;.
ltOII\
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from thcnce into ~~:(!,__vpt: al] tluee Jcft )J r.
lars \Yith inkriptions in thcir conquct ., :
and thcrcforc :1!1 three mufl be onc ::md tk·
ümc 1\.ill~ ofh~rzrpt; and chis King can k
no othcr dun Sr:fi?c. All I:c~!jJf, iucludin~·
T/;c!Jtlis, Etbiopitt and Liú')'tt, lud no com--
rncn 1\. in;;; bcforc thc ex pul fion of thc Shcp-
hcn!s \\' ho rcigncd in rl1e lo\\'cr Eg)'lt;
1
n \) l'n 111_; ucmr o f S-t'í'i
1 J
d, !11 r. Ú!, .A/úz
.
nÚ;¡o 1'
:l11d 7/J;·au·, hct(;rc St(ár; and thc bcrcd
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h i! le r y ~lt~!! 1it s cf no L~_(Vf' :' irw conq u ero r

of'Palcjiú;c b·::-l-(>rc tbi-; King.
'".1\ ... ~:,i ni- 'll:p;;ctcs * \\ ho \Ll'l cC'n~cmporary t(l
' l. 0Fpbci:s, and wrotc a pcci_\· cJllcJ PIJJ)·
e..~t:uri.!!IJ
.. ..., l . ü
.'l''1' (!Í:t, oft1lc :1.c(bons of BclCC.iJI!s, in ycrv uld
~' .
L!n~tugc
..__, ....
::md. cÍl;uJctcr. bid that Baab!:J·
haJ Lilraí: women in bis :::rmv, J.mon~tl
-..-' ~ ..
,,. hom \LlS fl!i.:Jer-r·c? a \VOm:ln born in Li ·
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l;ra, 11c:u thc rircr 'J ?·itcm, :u: J. rlnr Bt!í·
chiis comr:undcd tbc mcn, and ld!na·;,·.r-
1fliodor. thc \\·omcn. ':J)¡r;,·/;}rtt.r i" c:1lls hcr J.iú:y;¡,,
lj.p.l)l.
antlúirh tlur flJc \Ll'> ~rccn of rhc ../hi. ·-
::::.o¡;s in Ll/;y,,, ~i.Inl thcrc conque red tbc ¡Jt-
/,-11!1 úlr:.r ~11;d C:'úi"(Ol!J", ~nd .thcn nudc :1
k:t~uc'
\'. irh Or11; che ion of 1 .
f/s, fl.·tJt ro
· hcr by his Llthcr Of'}··is or Rtttdms for rhat
pmp<;ÍC, :111d p.11lin:,~ through 1~~~)1Jt lil~ll~tt
cd thc .AJ·,;bit!ll.r, ;lnd Sp·itt :md CJ!Jtlti.
-
:111 d c1 nw r !1 ro u~ lt I' b 7) ~~ i 1 , ' -- i;:::,. in r h <.: .11 -
1
1

my nf lidL·cbl!.r, ro thc J1kdúnT,u:t.!il;

but p~11Iin~'; O\ er into F11J'Oj't.:, \\';t'; O.lilt
wirh nuny of11cr \VOJ!lC!l hy thc TL ,,ti~:·;;x
a¡~J j'r)/ l;i,m.r, uudcr tbc conduct ;,.d Sil)'-
- lit 1"
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l!ts ;l Snt IJ úw, and /.f.J¡'JJit.r :1 71.n·,1C i ,m,
w hom 1--'-ycm:gus King o!' T/;; ·:tCt' 1~.lll bJ-
nillicd. Thi:-; was rhat Lycín;~t!J' \\ ho op-
pokd thc ln!It;~c of Brzcc/Jlt.r o\·cr thc 1/ci-
t(~ffo;¡t. :wd \\':lS tóon attcr conque-red by
him, :md lhin : but ath~T\\·:nd.; Raccl.J?t.r mct
\\'ith :l rcpu!k from thc G¡·¡'('i:.r, lJ!Jdcr rhc
t:onduét ofPcr(L~ltJ, who fL:\\. llLl!l\' of bis
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\\ omcn, a:~ Pa11Fmias * rcl.~tc-;, ;111d \Ll'> al-

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fi!lccl bv thC' Scrtbia,I.r ;md '[1;;·,::-:·w.r un-

dcr rhc. condu2t of Sip.rl:,rs and "'~!o;J!!s;
,,·hich rcpulJCs, rogcthcr \\·irh a rcvolt of
]¡j·.; hrnthcr 'Drl!ltli!J' in E_r:,)·pt, put :1 ftnp to
J1is viclnric·;;: :.md in rcturrlin:~• hnmc he lcfr
¡urt of his mcn in Cok!Ji.r a:1d ;lt ¡1fo¡n¡t •

Grwca.fils, undcr .!L'~·ttJ' aJ;d ·PrrJil!Ct br:.'ts;

J.nd hi:.; \\'omcn npon thc ri \Tr TiHrm-?tiOlt
Jll';lr Colcbis, undcr rhcir nc\V Que en" !1/m·-
!IJi:f/a and Lmnpcto: t(n· 'Diod()!'lt.r i fi)c.Ü;.- ·•' Di. T 1
u~.t. ~

ing of thc A·ma~OJJs ,,. ho \\ere fCJ.ted ::n: l.;.pl)"·

·ll<>'..
IJ.
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Tlxnnodo!!, hith, that thcr. d\\Tlt ori~ill~ll- ~)

Jy"" in Liúytt, ami rhcrc rci•rncd ovcr thc l. :. .

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.//tlttltt idcs, :md invadiwr, rhc1r nei~hbour..;

t:om¡uered as br as F11r;Jj'C: :1iHi ~JJ¡u;zi,t-
1:/f.r, § rh.1t thc :mcicitt ./iJJJtt::,o;;s hrcJkin·~ §A:nm ·m.
throu;_.jh many natio11s, attack'd thc ..1/1 !J{;~ LH.c.o.
J!Írms, and rhcrc rccc¡virw;:l~l,rcar: ILui,_~!Jtcr
j.Jt•fl:inl.
: Jlclc ..1/m,¡-::.,o¡¡s had ~lt {¡rlt, he mc:Jw; Jt 2. (, +·
tltLir llrll comin~~ to 7/JcriJ/odoJJ, t\\ n
(tuccns wlw ullcd thcmkln.:s d:ut•!hrcr·-; uf
¡\1ill'S, and LIUt Lhty COI1ljt!CrCd p.t;·t oi' /'.,'/!-
~ ·o,'Jt', J.HJ i ume ciLic:s of ./Jjt'tt, ·z..·i -~~ i 11 r he
l(ci.)ll
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Reign of Mitterva, and thenfent back pa1't

of thcir army with a great booty, under
thcirh'lidnew Queens; andthatlV!arthe(ta
being afterwards flain, was iucceeded 'by
l1er daughter 0'rithya, and íhe by Pnttheji-
tea; and rhat Thefeus c:iptivatcd and mar-
ried .Atttiope the íiíl:er of Orithya. Her·-
ctt!esmadewarupontheAmazons, and in
the Reign off?rithya and P e~ztbejilea thcy
camero the Tr&att \var: whence the firf1
'
wars ofthe Amazotz.s in Ettrope and A_(i'a;
and their fettling at Thermodott, were but
one Generarion before thofe aétions of
Hercu!es and Tbefezts, :md but two before
the Trqjatt war, and fo fell in with the ex-
pedition ofSejojlris: and fincc they war-
red in rhe days of Ijis and her- fon Orzu,
and were a part ofthe anny of Bacthzts or
Ojiris, we have hereafurtherargument for
mak.ing O.ftris and Bacchzts contemporary
to Sej~flris, and all three one and the hmc
King with Sefac.
~r-he Greeks reckon Ojiris and Bacchtts
to be the fons o(/ztpiter, and rhc bgypti~
an nam.e o.f]upiter is.Ammo1t. Mattetbo
in bis IIth and 12th 'Dy1za:flies, as he is ci~
ted by Jlfricamts and Ez~(ebitts, namcs
theie tour Kings of Egypt, as reigning in ar-
der; A·mmettemes, Gefo;zgejes or Sefim-
cboris thc fon of Amme1temes, .AmmetJC-
me.s who was ihin by bis Eunuch5, and Se-
fo.(lris w ho fubducd all Jljia and part of Btt-·
ro}e: Ge..flmgejes and Sejb1tcbori.s are cor-
ruptly
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rüptly written forSefoncbofis; and the two

firi1: ofthefe four K.ings, .Ammerzemes and '
Seflmcbo f/s, are the fame with the two laft,
Jlmme1temes and Sefoflris, that is, \Vith
.JJ-mmoJt and Sefoc; for "Diodo'i·tts f.'lith * ~~' Diodor:

temple to his p~úcnts 'Júpiter and 'Jttno;

ancl two othcr temples to :Jztpiter, a larger
to 'Jttpiter Vra:tizts, anda lefs to his father
'Jttpiter ill'nmo1nvhoreignedín that City:
and ¡Thy&tcetés above-mentioned, w ho wá.s t Apud
conternporary to Orphézts, wrotc cxpreíly Diodor.1;
141
that the father of Bacchtts was .Ammo1z, a 3·P· !
l(iúg reigning ovei· part of Libya, that is, a
King ofEgypt, reigning·over all that patt of '
Libya, anciendy cálled J1mnio~tia. Stepha-
útts +iaith rrx-ru: ~ [l¡f3Ú'1 t!''rw; l~tcO.si'ro &r.o ''Ap..p.r;;.o;. Att :j: Step.i"
Libya was mzcietttb éalledAmmoniafr'om 'A¡;.(J.¡¿.,m,.
Anunoh : this is thát King of Ec..'4.:YPt from
whom Thebes \vas callcd 1Vo- .iJ;mno;"'t; and
.Ammon-1zo, thc city of Jlmmott, :.md by thé
Greek! 'DioJPolis, the city of Jttpiter
.Ammo¡z: S~foflris built it fi.unptuoui1y, ancl
calkd it by his father's name; and from the
f:une King the § Riv~~· called .Amttt07t, the §Piin.l.ó~
people called .AmmoJttt, atid thc ** prori1on- c.:t8.
tory JlmmOJÚttm ili Arabia fieli:>c had ~~, Prol.l~
rheir names. ·e, 7•
The lower pai·t of E,_r!.ypt being ycarl.y
overflowcd by thc Nilt•, w:.ts fcárce inlubi~
red befare the invcntion of corn, w hich
~nade i~ u{cful: and thc King, who by this
~nvcntton firfr pcopled it and rcigned ovct:
1t1 pcrbaps thc King of thc city .ldefií'
O whet~
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w hcre }.fempbis 'vas aftcrwards built 1

fcems to have been 'voríhippcd by his fub-

jeéts aftcr dcath, in thc ox or calf, for this
bcncfaétion.: for this city ftood in the moít
convcnicnt place to people the Iowcr E-
~;pt, and from its being compofed of two
p~utsieatcllon cach ficlc of the rivcr 1Vile,
might givc thc n::unc of_lvlizrai1lz to its
íoundcr and pc:oplc; unlds you had rathcr
1·cferthc word to thc doublc pcoplc, thofc
abovc thc 'lJeJta, and thofc within ir: and
this 1 takc to be thc íl:atc of thc Iowcr E-
lZ')'fJt, 'till thc Shcphcrds or Pbfl!1Úcia11.r
w ho flcd from 'Jo}buab con quered it, and
bcin0" aftcrwards con quered by, thc Etbio-
pim,~, ílcd into ./.!frie and othcr placcs: for
'
rhcrc ,\·as a tradition that fome of them flcd
•tJ. Augu- into .Afrir:; :md Sr. Attjlitt * confirms this,
fiir:_. in ex- by tcllinrrus that thc common pcoplc of A-
:~dRom. . D • '
iub initio. Cbatttmt, that is, Cmuzau t tes. In t C't''I''Ot¿, a-
ti r~tjlici 1tajlri, üirh he, qttidjitJt, Pm~icr
refpo!ldel.'tes Cba;umi, corrttjJta fl·iliat
~'Of:e.fic:tt i:: talibus folct, fJ1Lid ati11d rc,f
jjo¡:de;¡f qttam Cha1Jaa7ttti? Procopitts al-
i Pro.cop. fo ·¡ tci!s us of two pilbrs in thc weíl: of A-
t1c bello fi · · ¡ · r · · {j 'f · 1
v.. nllal.l.:!.. ·r¡c, 'nt 1 ll11Cl'lpttons 1gm ymg t 1at t lC¡
c. 1o. pcoplc wcrc Callatmites who flcd üom .7o-
C! jh;:ah: ~1nd Euftbius t tclls us, rhat thde
huilt T1·i_polis in ./1f'ric; and thc ]erll.{alr1ll
"'Gc;m:.r. G'cmara, :j: that the Gerge(ites ilcd from
:a\ ¡¡,,Shc· J' ..!/. , . A{' .· l p
L1jth c. 6. · OJlJtta, go1ng mto "'j n e : anl · 'ro~o-
pms
 •
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G YPT. I9S

'. , 1 ' , , • 1 ••
~ •• • , ,. r .. ' , '
t:;.~~::tc;;tv E;, ~~ Aty~.:- ov c,u.:l';tl u .:Y,; a;.;::.if~C'.tv. '·"'~ ~~.LI,..:,., )j ~~.:•·X
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l!~uJHI / Kttvov r ttJi-"'
• ¡:,oeuc:.:oe-acc:"t'
» ' e • 1•·:, t-;:1,
.. ' 'v_. :1q'ví
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'7'~}.t·.t~·t·;.!t.J~l:t' uc
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-;:-a.A::CI~ 't" 1~ A.ta..,Y,v fJ.Z',(,Pl 'i~,,:t:\1 TU.:Y ::.c:u,.~~; ;. ... XJV "" ...·t~ ·'TI
x;, i'; l(.4l 7'1:t <1.JOIVÍUW~ 'Í)W>\Jad ',(.{::!.~'.6101 ~·::~>':':CI. [i~tflí/ do
ltfrwros ?JOs bijloria det!~t.\·it, co;tgrttelts
11os e.-.:po1tere tmde orta ge!ls iu .A.frica ft·
des.fixerit. tto tcmpore egrcffi ~gypto
Hcórtei jam prope Pal~fli!Jte .f/;¡es 7-'CIIC·
ra11t, morttms iói klofts, virfopie:u, dN.".(
itiJreris. Sllcce.f(or imperii .fafftts 'Jr:flt.r
J.Vavee jititts Ílltra 'Paltefli¡¡am dttxit po-
ptttarittm agmetJ; ~ virtttte t!flts fitpra
hmna1tmn modum, terram ocCttpavit. gell-
tibtt.fque e:t:c~(is ttrbe.r ditio11is fitte ji:cit,
(!) i11virli .famanz tttlit. lvlaritima o1··a
qttte a Sido1te ad Egypti Jimitem exte1ldi-
tm·, 11omett haóet 'Phr.e11ices. Rex •ttlltts
[Hcbrreis] imperabat ttt Ofl'J/1 CS' q!11 1'l' S
02. Pht!!·

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196 1\'IPIRE
Phomicias ftripftre cd11fllltirmt. l1i CIJ
traélatrt mtmcroftt! ge1ztes era11t, Ger,([e-
ftei, 'Jebttjtei, qtrofqtu atiú ttomiuihtts He-
brteorum tlltltales memora1tt. Hi homilu·s
1tt impares ft veíÚc11ti imperatori videre.
dereliflo patria: folo ad fittitimam pri-
nu!m ve11ere ./Ji,_(!,)'fJttmz, ftd ihi capacem
ttmtte nmltitttdilús tol'tmz 1J01t repcrim-
tes, erat e;JÍm vEg_ypttts tzb a11tiqt10 fa:cim-
da popttlis, ÍiJ .A/ricam profcéli, mttltú
co;tditis ttrbib:ts, om11em eam Hercttlis co-
lttml!as ttfqrte, ohtimtermzt: ttbi ad mea;n
tetatem ,(ermo11e PhreTticio ttte11tes habi-
•
tmtt. By the language n.nd extreme po,·er-
ty of thc .1\ loor s, dckribed al! o by PrQco-
pitts, and by thcir bcingunacquaintcd with
merchandiíc andfea-atfairs, you may know
that rhcy were Ca:taa11ites origínally, and
peopled .i/fric befare the Tyt·ia;t merchant~
c~tmc thithcr. Thefc Ca11aa11ites c;oming
'
fi-om rhc Eaíl:, pitchcd their tcnts in grcat
numbers in thc lowcr E,gypt, in thc Rcign
4- M:metho ofTimatts' as* Mmtetho writes, and ca mV

:1pudjofe- fcizcd thc country and fortifyit1o· Ptlfl l¡:

phum ' . o .JI
cont. Ap· tttn, t!1cn callcd .Aóarts, thcy crcél:cd a
rion.l. r. Kingdom thcrc, and reigncd Ion~ undcr
10 9
P· 3 • thcir own Kings, Salatis, BteO!t, Apacb-
1ta.r, Apophis, ]_a1tias, .Ajfis, and othcr.->
fitcccni vcly: and in thc mean time thc up-
pcr part of Eg·)'jJ t callcd T'hebais, and a~·-
t Herod. cor~lingto t llerodotus, ./]j~'!.J'Pttts, and, 111
l. 2., Scripturc thc land of Patbros, was unncr
othcr Kings, 1·cigning pcrhaps at Co}'to.r.
~md
 G Y P T, • 197
and Thcbes, and This, and Sve:te, and * • Jcr .....,.~
'./ 1 E7.ck
'P4thro.r, ::md Etephatttis, and Heracteo- 1 9. •+· ·
poti.r, and Mejt'r, and orhcr grea.t '-itics, till
they con\.1uered onc anothcr, or wcrc con-
<.Jnercd by the Etbiopiatt.r: for citie~s grcw
grcat in thofc days, by bcing rhc leats of
Kingdoms: h!.lt at lcngrh onc ofthcfc King·
doms con quered rhc rcfl:, and nudc a hfl:-
ing war upon thc Shcphcrd~, and in rhc
Rcign ofits King Afifpbrtt~;tmtb?fis, and
his fon Am~(is, callcd alfoTethnl()ji.r, Ttttb-
111~/ts, and Thomofis, drovc rhcm out of E-
c..f!..YPt, and madc rhcm fly into Afrif: and
Syria, and other pL1cc~, ::md tmited all E-
gyptintoonc lVIonarchy; and under thcit: '
next Kings, .Ammo;t and Se,.(rtc, enbt·gc~
ir into a grcat Empirc. This conqucring
pecplc wodhippcd not the KitlO"S of the
ShephcrJs whom thcy conquct;c and cx-
pcllcd, but * aboiil11cd rhcir rc!igion of fa- • M 1
. fi . d e, l • l r. anct 1~
en cmg mcn, ::m :t1tcr t 1::! nu,nncr of t 1ore apud Por-
agcs Dcified rhcir own Kings, who foundcd phyrium
rheir ne\v Dominion, bcginning rhe hi!lory i'?!~r~~~;
ofthcir Empirc wirh rh_c Rcisn aud grcat ff· Et Eu-
aéts of thcir God<.i and Hcrocs: whcncc ~eb.Pre~.

and T1trea; O.firi.r a.nd lfis; nrus and

Brtbafle; and rh_cir Sccrctary TbrJtb; and
Gcncrals Herc:tles and P aJt; ami Admíral
.1ttpettts, NeptttJ/e, or TypboJt; wcre all of
thcm Th~IM!Js, :tnd flouriJhcd ,lftcr rhe ex:.
pulfton of the Shephenk 1-lomer place~;
Thd;cs_ ~n ~tbiopite, and the Etbiopitms
. O 3 rcportcd.
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}.1:
t Diodor. rcportcd that t thc Eg;'jJtiatts wcre a colo-

thcncc ir camc ropa(<; tlut moll: ofthe laws

of Eg;pt werc thcflmc with thofe of Etbi-
Of'Í1,and that thcE'-optiaus learnt from the
Etbiopimu the cuitom of deifying thcir
Kings.
\Vhcn ]ofeph enterraincd his brcthrcn in
E~)'jJt,thcy did earat a rabie bythcmfelvcs,
and he did e~lt at anothcr table bv•
himfclf;
and the Eg)'}timu w ho did c:1t wirh him
wcre at anorhcr tablc, beC-"ai!ft tbe Egyp-
tians migbt· 110t eat bret!d u·ith tbe ...He-
brcws ;for thtzt was au abo7?tillatiolt to tbe
E~yptians,
Gel!. xliii. 32. Thefe l:gyptitws
who did eat wirh ]oftpb wcrc of thc Court
•
ofPht1raoh; and thcrcforc Pbaraoh and
11is Court werc at this time not Shcphcrds
but genuinc E.rJ..YPt!rws; and thclc Egyp-
tiaus abominatcd cating Brc:1d 'vith thc
Hebrew.r, at onc and rhc f~m1c tablc:
and of rhcfc E([rptiaJJs
'-·
and their fcllow-
fi1bjcds, it is iaid a little aftcr, that e'l:ny
Sbejherd is mt abomiltatiolt to the Egyp-
tians: Eg)'}t :l.t this time was thcrcforc un-
cler rhe gov~rnmcnt ofthe genuinc Egypti-
a!ls, and not undcr thar ofthc She hcrds .
•

A lrcrthc dcfccnt of 7acob anc his fon"

into Eg;'pt, .7~fe.pb livcd 70 ycars, nnd fo
Jongcontinucd in favour wirh thc 1\inp;s of
¡Jgypt; and 64 ycars afrcr his dcnth Jitlofc.r
was born : and bctwcen the dcnth of Jo-
jiph and the birtl~ ofJllloft.r, tberr ar~¡é 11p
. •

. . ~
 o G Y P T. I99
a 11ew Ki11g over Egypt, 'wbich k11eow Jtot
Jofeph, Ex odo i. 8. But this King o~ Egypt
was no tone ofthcShcphcrds, for he ts called •

Pbaraob, E.\·od i. II, 2.2.: and .L1Joftstold

his fi.Icccffor, that if thc eople ot lfraet
il10uld íacrifice in thc hn of Eg;'jJt, they
jhoutd fltcrdz'ce tbe abomi11.1tion of tbe E-
o-yptians befo re tbeir lJt'.r, rwd tbe Egypti- .
~ns wottld Jlo;te tbem, Exod. viii. 26. th:lt
is, rhey íl10uld [KrHi.cc fhecp or oxcn, con-
trary to thc religion of E'-~ypt. Thc S hcp-
hcrds thcrcforc did not rcign ovcr Egypt
whilc lfraet was thcrc, but cithcr wcrc dri-
vcn out of Ec:·,ptel befare Ifi·act wc~1t down
thithcr, or did noten ter into Egypt 'till af- •
tcr J.lofts had bronght Ifi·act from thencc:
and rhc lattcr mufl: ~be truc, if thcy wcrc
driven out of Egypt a little beforc thc build-
ingof thc temple of Solomo!!, as llfa¡zetho
afhrms.
'Diodvrtts * h1ith in his 4oth. book, tbat • Diodm·.
·tft E<ry¡)t ttJere
1
v.:ere fi
onJW1'PY 1
mí' ¡ J
t1t1tues
o apud o
Pho-
o
j:' o •• • tHIIll lll ,
~f jrra¡¡gers ~f ftoveral 11att01ts, ':.-.'-oho 1tftt! l3iblioth.
foreig:t rite.r a11d cercmouies in r..:;o¡fbip-
pi¡¡g thc Gods, for o-;;.:bicb tbey wcrc c.\"jJet-
led Egypt; aud tmdcr Danaus, Cadmu.;,
a11 d otb.er s kilfltl c~rmJltl ~ttlers, t!ftet· g1·c:<f'
bartljbtps, eame wto Grcccc, ar;t/ ot hcr
Jlaces; bttt thc l/'L't?tr.jl pdrt ofthem cail?C'
wto Jud~a, 110t jitrfrom Egypr, a corlilt1}
theu tmmhabited mttl dt'ftt·t, bci:lg colt-
dtté~ed tbither by O!Je M olcs, rz r::.:i}~ aut! o

valta11t mmt, 1tJho afler he htzdjJ~(/ijl him-

0 4 . .fi·f:F
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•

ft~f of the. c.o(ll~try, ptber t~i11g.r

Ótti!t Jerufalem, a;rd the Temple. V~odo 7
rtts hcre mifl:akcs the original of the ![rae-
Jites, as Ma11etho had Clone befare, con-
fonnding their flighr into the wildernds un-
der rhe conduét of .frlofos, wit~ the flight
ofthc Shepherds from Mi.fphragmtttbo]is,
~nd his fon Amojis into P br.e1ticia and .Aj-.
tic; and not lmowing that Jlldtea was in-
habircd by Ca11aa:tites, beforc thclraelites.
undcr lvlofos came thither: but howcvcr,
he lcts us know rhat thc Shcpherds wcre cx-
clled Eg)'Pt by ./lm~fis, alirtlc bcforc thc
. uilding of Jerufalem and the Temple, and
that afrer feveral hardfhips fevcral of them
c~me into Greece, and othcr places under
~he cpndutt of Cadm11s,and otherCaptains,
but thc mofl: of thcm fettlcd in Pha:1Jicia
.'(lCXt ~g)'ft. \Ve may reckon thcreforc
that thc expulfion of the Shcpherds by
thc Kings of Theb.ais, was the occalion
that thc Fbiiijlims wcrc io numcrous
~n the day-s of Sa11l; and ~h~t fo many'
men camc in tho1ctimcs witll colonicsou~
pf Egypt and Phmrticia into Greecc ; as
Le/ex, btacbtts, Prlaf:gtts, /E.ze11s, Ce-·
crops, Ll:igial.etu, Cadmus, 'PI?te1tix,llfem~
ótiaritu, Alytmtus, Abas, Erecbtbctts;
Peteos, Pborhas, in thc days of Eli, Sa·
tmtet, Saut and 'JJavid .~ fome ofthcm 11cd
in thc days of Eli, from Afi.f}hragrmttbo-
.fis, who cont1ucrcd part of thc lowcr E-
gypt' othcrs rctired tl:om bis tuccciTor A-;
. ·.. ·· · · · · mofs
'
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G Y P T. 20l
'llofi.r into PhtE1ticia, and Jlrabi.-z Petrtea,
and there mixed with the old inhabitants ;
•

who not long afrer bcing conqucred by

?Javid, fled from him and the ::J..)hitijlims
by fea, under the conduét of Cadmtt.r and
other Captains, into .Afia Mi11or, Greece,
and Lihya, ro fcek ncw fcats, and thcrc
built towns, creéted Kingdoms, and fet on
foot the worfl1ip of the dead : and fome of
thofe who remaincd in 'fudtea might affiíl:
Vavid and Solomo1t, in building ]entfoleflt
and the Temple. Among the forcign rites
ufcd by the ftr01ngers in Egypt, in worflJip-
ping the Gods, was the fi1crificing of m en;
for Amofl.r abolif11cd that cuíl:om at Hetio- '
polis: and therefore thofc fl:r:mgcr.s were
Ca1zaanite.r, fuch as fled from Jo]htta; for
theCattaaltites gavc their feed, that is, rheir
children to Motoch, aJJd brtrllt thcir fo¡r.r
tmd tbeir dattghters i:t tbe jire to tbeir
Gods, CJJettt. xii. 31. Ma;utbo c~lls tl1cm
Phre1Jicia11 íl:rangcrs.
After .AmoJis had cxpcllcd thcShcphcrds,
and extended his dominion o ver a!l-.6"'gj~pt.,
his fon aud fuccefTor ÁliJ?JitliJemes or Am·
moít, by much grcatcr conqucíl:s bid the
fonnda.tion ofthc Eg;v¡'JtiaJt E1_npirc: for l~y
thc afi¡fbncc of his youn~ ton Scfo.Pru.
whom he brought up ro hunting and othcr
laborious cxcrcifcs, he comjucrcd. .Arl':bi,-..
Trogtodytica~ :md LibJ•a: and from hi:l1 all •

Libya wac; ancicntly c.1.Ucd AmmaJJia: ~md

after his dcath, in thc temples crcél-cd t~
llim at Tbcbcs, and in ./lJÍilltO!IÍa and at
· JJfcroc
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.ffleroe inEthiopia, they fetupOraclesto
.him, and made the people worfl1ip him as
the God that ad:cd in them : and rhcfc are
the oldcfi Oracles mentioned in hiíl:ory ;
the Greck.r therein imitating the Egypti-
•Herod.J. a1u: for tl1e * Oracle at 'Dodo11a was the
;:~ oldefi in Greece, and was fct up by an E-
g'Vptia1z woman, aftcr thc cxarnple of thc
Orade of Jttpiter .Anunou at Thebe.r.
In tl1e days of Á111nJ01t a body of thc E-
Jomite.r fledfrom 'Davidinto Eg)'jJt, wirh
their youncr King Hadad, as above; :md
carried thit 1cr their skill in navigation : and
this feems to have given occafion to thc E-
gyptia;u ro build a flcet on the Red Sea
near C~pto.r, and might ingratiate Hadad
with Pharaoh: for thc .A1iditmite.r and
Ifh11Jaelite.r, who bordered upon rhe Red
Sea, near Mott1Jt Horeb on the fourh-fidc
of Edom, wcre mcrch::mts from the daysof
Jacoú thc Patriarch, Gc1t. xxxvii. 2.8, 36.
and by thcir merchandile the Midia1tites
aboundcd with gold in the days of A!oft.r,
M · . xxxi. 50, )I, p ... and in thc days of
rhe Judges of lfraet, becattfo they ':!-'ere
.Iíhmaelitcs, 'Jttdg. viii. 24. Thc fjbmf!e-
lites thercforc inthofe days grcw rich by
mcrchandifc; they carried the;r mcrchan-
difc on camcls through Petra to Rhiuoto-
lttra, and thence to E 'J}t : nnc.l this trafic
at length camc into t 1e lunds of 'Da'vid,
by hisconqucring thc Edomitc.r, and í!:lin-
ing thc porrs of che Red Sea callcd JiJotb
:uJd
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G Y P T.
~nd Eziolt-Geber, as n1:1y be undcrfl:ood
by the 3ooo talents ofgo!d of Ophir, w hich
2)avidgavc to the Temple, 1 Chro1t. xxix.
4· The EgyptiaiJ: having rhc art ofmak~
ing linen-doth, rhey bcgan about this time
to build long Ships with üils, in tbeir port
on thofe Seas ncar Coptos,and havinglcarnt
the skill ofthc ]:;domites, thcy bcgan now
to obfcrve thcpofi.tions ofthc Stars, ::md rha
length ofthe Sohr Y car, for cnabling them
to know rhc ofition of thc Stars at any
time, and to .lil by thcm at all times, wir11-
out fighr ofthe limar: and this g:.1,·c a bcgin-
ning to Afl:ronomy and Navigation: for hi-
1

thcrto they l1ad gonc onl y by rhc fhoar

with oars, in round vcffcls of lmrdcn, firíl:
inventcd on tbat ll1allow tea by the poflcri-
ty of .Aórabam ; and in affing from ifland
ro ilbnd guidcd thcm!c ves by thc fight of
the ilhnds in tl1c da y time, or hy thc ti~ht
of fome of thc Stars in the ni<.?;ht. Their
~

old ycar was thc Lunifolar yc;u·, dcrivcd

from Noah to all his po!lcrity, 'till thofe
days, and conftí1cd oftwclvc months, cadt
ofthirty d<J. ys, according to thcir calcnd:1r:
and to the end of this caicmhr· rc~ll' thcy
now addcd .fi ve days, aml thcrcby made up
thc Solar ycar of twclvc months and five
(bys, or 365'days.
Thc anc~cnt Egyptia!JS fcigned :j: tltlt Plutarcb
Rhea lay iccrctly with S:ttltnt, and SoJ eitide.
H'f·
praycd rhat lhc might bring forth neirhcr iodor.~.
in any moutlJ, nor in thc vcar; ~t!td that •·P·S'·
J AJ'crcttry
 l\I P I R E
.Afercmy pbying at dice with Ltma, ovcr-
came, aml took from thc Lunar ycar thc
72d p~ut of evcry d:1y, and thcrcof compo-
fed fi ve clays, and added thcm to the ycar of
360 days, that 111:! might bring forth in
thcm; and that the Eg_yptiaJts cclebrated
thofedays as the birth-days of Rhea's fivc
children,Oftri.r, Orusfenior, Typbo11, lft.r,
and Nephthe the wife of Typbo1t : and
thcrefore, according to the opinion of rhc
ancient Egy_ptia1ts, thc five days wcre au-
dcd to the Lunifobr calcndar-ycar, in thc
R.eig11 of Sat11r1t ano Rbea, rhc parents of
Ojiri.r, lji'.r, and T)'pho;t; that i::;, in thc
Rcign of .Ammott and Tittea, theparents of
the '/ itatts, or in the btter half ofthe Rcign
of David, when thofc Tita;u werc born.
and by co!lfegucnce foor~ after the flight of
thc Edomztes from 'Davzdinto Eg_ '}t; but
thc Solflices not bcing yet fcttlc , thc bc-
ginninrr of this nc;w year might not be fix-
cd ro t 1c Vcmal Equinox bctore the Reign
of Ame~topbis tl1c fucceiTor ofOrres junior,
thc íon of O..firi.r and Ifis.
\Vhcn rhcEdomite.r flcd from'Davidwith
'

thcir young King Hadad into Eg;pt. it is

probable that thc carricd thither alfo thc
t1fe of lcttcrs: for ettcrs wcre thcn in ufc a-
~1ong the pofl:crity of Abrabam in .Arabia
~Petrtta, and upon thc bordcrs of the Red
Sea,the Law beingwritten thcre by M ojc..r
in a book, and in rabies of fl:onc, long be~
forc: forMoft s m"-rrying thc daughtcr o~'thc
. ' rri.ncc

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ptince of Midia1t, and dwelling with him

fofry ycars, lcarnt thcm am·:mg thc .k!idia~
11ites: and Job, w ho hvcd * anion3 their *AuguRio.
ncighbours the Edomite.r, mentions the de ~iv .
. f d f d , .
wnt ng own o wor s, as mere m tue 111 c. 47 • r. . Dc1.J. aS.
his. days, 'Job. xix. 2 3. 2+ and thcrc is no
infi:ancc of lctters for writinz..... do·.vn iounds,
bcing in ufe befo re the days of 'Davu!, i:l
any other nation bc(idcs thc poíl:.::riry of.A-
braha111. The Eg_yptitm~· afcribcd thii
invention to Thotb, the fccr~tary ofO.firis,
and therefore Letters began to be in ufe in
~gyptin thc days of Tl~otb, ~hat is, a littlc
aftcr thc flight of thc Edomttc s from :J)a-
vid, or about thc time th~ltCat!mtts brought ·
thcm into Ettrope.
Hdladitu t tclls us, that a man callcd t Apud
Oes, who an earcd in the Red-Sea with Pho:ium,
the tail ofa fij 1, fo thcy paintcd a fca-nun, c. ::. • 79

taught Afironomy and Lcttcrs: and ~n;i-

mu, § thar Ettúad!tes, who c::tmc out oftl1c § rab.lH·
Sea in Chaldteataught thc Chaidtetms At:
trology thc fir!l: ofany man; he means At:
te s t1s ro m ero ít.r. t ut mm es taa~; 1t <.;h,·ou.
thc Cbaldteans Lcttcrs, l\-1:1thcm:.1ticks,
Arts, Agriculturc, Coh:1bit;1ti~111 in Ci 1:ic~.
and the Coníl:rnél:ion ofTcmplcs; :.:tnd rh~1::
fcvcral fuch men ca me thithcr iiiccc!1i vch.
Oes, Ettbad11e.r, and Omme.r, 1ccm to G::
rhc fa me namc a littlc varicd b corruption;
and thisn:.:tmcfccm5
~ . to havc >CCJl pin:n i11
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í'ommon to icvcral ica-mcn, \Ylw c~unc rhi-
th~r
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ther from time to time, and by confequence
wcre mcrchants, and frequented thofe feas
with their mcrchaPdife, or elfe flcd from
their enemies: fo that Letters, Aflrono-
my, Architeéhue and Agriculturc, came
into Chaldtea by fea, and were carried thi-
rhcr by fea-men, who frequented the Per-
Jia¡~ Gttlpb, and came thither from time to
time, after all thofe things wcre praétiff:d in
other countries whcncc they ca me, and by
confequence in thc days ofAmrJJ01t and Se-
.(ac, Vavid and SolomotJ, and tbeir fuccef-
fors, or not long befo re. The CbaldteaJts
indecd madc Oamtes oldcr than thc flood
of Xifittbrtts, but the Eg;'Ptiatts nude
0./iris as old, and 1 make them conrempo-
rary.
The Red-Sea had its namc not from its
colour, but from Edom and Erytbra, thc
names of E.fatt, \vhich íignify that colour:
•Piin.l. 6. and fome * tcll us, that King Erythra,
c. "3• 2.8. meaning E (att, invcntcd thc veíTcls, rates,

buried in an Hbnd thcrcofnear thc Per.fimt

Gttl¡b: whcncc it follows, that thc Edo-
mites navigatcd that Sea from thc days of
Ejatt ; and thcrc is no necd that the oldcíl:
Oatmes ihonld be oldcr. There were boats
upon rivers bcfore, Ú1ch as wcrc thc boats
w hich carried thc Patriarchs o ver Ettpbra-
te.r and .'Jorda11, and t he ftrft nations o ver
many other rivcrs, for peopling thc carth,
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íccking ncw fcltS, and invading onc ano-
thcr's
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rher's territories : and after the example of
fuch velfels, ljhmaet and Midian the fons
of.Abraham, and Efott his grandfon, might
build la raer veffels to go to the iflands upon
rhe Re -Sea, in fcarching for ncw feats,
and by degrees lcarn to n3.vigate that fea,
as far as ro thc Perjia11 Gttlpb : for fllips
were as old, evcnupon theMediterra¡¡eaít,
asthc daysof.7acob, Ge1t. xlix. 13. 'Jttdg.
v. 17. but it is probable that the mcrchants
of that fea were not forward to difcover
their Arts and Scienccs, upon which their
trade depended : it fecms thercforc that
Lcttcrs and Aflronomy, and the trade of
Carpentcrs, were inventcd by the mcr- ·
chants ofthe Red-Rea, for writing down
their mcrchandife, and l<eeping their ac-
counts, and guidincr their {]Ji JS in thc nio-ht
by the Stars, and uilding í lips; and t 1at
they wcre ropagatcd from Arabia Pe-
trtea into pt, Chaldtea, Syria, .Afia
mi~tor, and urope, much abour one and
thc fame time; the time in \Vhich 'David
con quered and difpcrfed thofc mcrchants:
for we hear nothing of Lettcrs bcfore the
days of'IJavid, cxccpt amono- thc poíl:erity
of .A.bt·aham; nothing of A ronomy, be..
t<n·c the Egyptia1ts undcr .Ammo11 and Se-
fac applicd rhcmíel ves to thar í1:mt1,, cxccpt:
thc Coníl:ellations mentioncd by .Jo/;, who
livcd in .Arabia Petrtea arnong thc mcr-
chants; nothing ofthc tr:1dc of Carpentcrs,
or good Architeéturc, berorc So/o;nrm fcnt
to
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to Hiram King ofTyre, to íi1pply hhi1 ,\-ith

fi1ch Artificers, faying that tbere were
1tOJte hz Ift·ael wbo cozttd skitt to bew tim-
•

ber like the Zidonians.

~ Diador. 'DiodoruJ * tells us, that tbe Egyptians

tozmtries; a1zd tbat Belns, the flm of Nep-

rune a-nd Libya carried co!o;zies thericeitz-
to Babylonia, arzd ftatitzg himftlf on Eu-
phrates, i:¡flitttted priejfs free from taxes
aJtdpttblick expe¡¡ces, after tbemamzerof
Egypt, who wer·e called Chald::eans, attcl
wbo after the mamzer ~f Egypt, might ofJ-
*Paufan. fer-ve tbe Stars: attd P attfattias f. tclls US;
2
1.·4.c· 3· tbat theBelusofthe Bábylonians had bis
name from Belus mi Egyptian, the flm of
t Apollo- l.ibya : and Apollódortts ; t tbat Belus tbe
~~~:1. :1., jb1t of Neptune a;~dT ibya, tmd l<i1tg of E-
'
' gypt, was the .fatbe-r ~f lEgyptus a!ldDa-
üaus, that is, Ammón: he tells us alfo, that
Buflris tbe fo;z of Neptune aJtd LiUanafú
[ LibyanaíEt] tbe dattgbter of Epaphns,
was f{iltg ofEgypt; and Eztfebitts calls
this IGng, Bufiris the flm ofNeptunc, mul
~f Libya tbe t!att,gbter of Epaphus. By
thefe things the latcr E<-{'YPtians feem to
l1ave maclc two Beltts's, the onc the i~1thcr
of Ofi'ris, Ijis, and Nept1t7te, the othcr thc
i(m ofNeptt-t?te, and fi1thcr of.lbgypttts and.
'Dmtatts: and hcnce came thc opinion of
thc peoplc of J.Vaxus, that thcrc were two
Mi1tos's and two .Ar-iatbtes, the onc two
ücncrations older th~1n. the othcr; which
wc
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we have confuted. The father cif .lfji,yp~

ttts and 'Daruuu was the father of Ojifis,
Ijs, and Typho1t; and Typho1t was not rhe
grandfather of NeptttJte, but Ne_pttme him-
f~l( . . '
Sefo.(tris being brought up to Iiard Iabo'llr
by bis father .Am'l1ion, \varred firfr undet bis
father, being the Heroorl-lercttlesofthe
Egyptia1zs during hís father's Reign, · and
afterward their l(ing: under his farher,
whilfl: he ,W<1S very.young, be invaded and
conquered Troglod_ytica, and thereby fe-
cured the l1arbour of t.be Red Sea, near •
Coptos in Egypt; and then be invaded E- '
tbiopia, and carried on his conc¡üeít fouth-
ward, as farasto theregion bearing cinn;J~
mon: and bis .f.1ther by the affifrancc of the
Edomites having built a fleet on the Red
Sea, he pnt to fea, and coafl:ed A1·t16id •·
Ftetix, goingro the Perjia1t Gutph and be~
yond, and in thofe countries fet upColumn.'i
with infcriptions denoring bis conquefls;
and particular! y he fet u a PiJlar at Vira,
a promontory. in the raits of the Red
Sea, ncxt'Ethtopia, and two Pillars in l1tM
dia, on the niountains near thc n1outh of
thcriver Ga;tges; fo t Violtj{ttts: +Dion. in • •
Perle, v,
110'
I-V C<i 'l'S >¡;¡1 c¡ifMu,
" 011G:li¡'EVEO~
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L\tOWctft Ói3·
'Ec;Ücrtv 'II'U(..tárolo 'll't~:p..'G MJv 'nu 6l'l:voio,
•z. VoWV
~. tlCjC(.TiOict'IV
, " IV• " "l. TG fa:'r YW;'
• ¡¡piel'
•V EVU!<
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J\6uuav ~~op Nuaaa:lov 27!'? ?ri͡,TCGf..tw~a !<tJi\(v!JcJ;

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'Vbi etiam1utm cotumttté Thebis ge1titi

11acchi ·
StaJtt extremijttxta fluxum Oceatti
Ittdor·ttm zt!timis ÍJt mo¡ztibtts: ubi é§
Ga1zges
Claram aquanz Nyffteam ad ptanitiem
de·votvit.

Aftcr thefe things he invaded Libya, and

fought tbe Africatts with clubs, and thencc
tFab. ,. 75 , is painted wit.h ;- cl~1b in !~is h~nd: io t !-Jy-
, gt1ttts, /lft·t Q) .!Egyptttprtm~tm fitjltbtts
aimicavenmt,pojtea Beltts Neptzmi jitius
gladio belligeratzts efl, tt1tde bettum diCfttm
efl: and after the conqueft of Libya, by
wh.ich Egypt vvas furnifhed with horfes,
and furnií1Jed Solomo1t and bis friends; he
prcpared a fleet on the Mediterratzea;t, and
\Vent on \vefhvard upon the coaíl of Afric,
•
to fe::trch thofe countrics, as far as to ::he
Occa:n and iíland Erythra or Gades in
~ sa.turml. Spaitz; ::ts Macrobi1ts * infonns us from
l.y.c.zx. ".Pf1lt'Ytt{ts
. and Pberccydcs:
- and therc he
•
cnm1ucrcd Geryo1t, and at thc month of thc
Strcúts ict up thc í~unous Pillars .
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:¡: Lttc:an. · l Vc1zit ad occafitm mtt7tdiqtte e:.:trenza

l. 1 o. . Sefojlri.r. ·

Thcn he rctmncd through Spaitt and tbc

f(mthcrn co:.tfl:s of FrrtJtceancl Ita!J, with
thc cattd ofGeryott¡ his fleet attendiug hhu
1 by
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· by fe¡_1, and lefr in Sicily the Sicatti,. a peo-

plewhich he had brought from Spazn: and
after his father's death he built Temples to
him in his conqueíl:s; whence it came ro
país, that J:Jpiter .Jlmm.o1t :vas worihipp~d
in Atnmo7tta, a.nd Ethzopta, and .Arabta,
and as far as J¡z di a; according to tbe * *Lucan.!~
Poet: 9

uam·vls .I:EthiopttniP:Jf'1ilis, /!rahtt1n ...

que beatÍJ' .
Gc;ztibtts, atr¡tte lttdis mtzts jit Jztpite~
Ammott.
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The Arabitttzs worihipped only nvo God~,·

Creltts, otherwife called OttraHus, ot Jztpz-.
ter Vra~titts, and Baccbtts; and theie \Ver e
1ttpiter .Ammott and Sefoc, as abo ve: ard
io alfo tl1e peoplc of Mero e abovc Bgy)'t t t I-Icrod.íJ
wor111ipped no other Gods but Jttpiter acd t.
Baccbtts, and had an Oraclc of ."f:tpiter;
and thefe :two Gods werc 'Jttpiter AtnmC1i
and Ojiru, according to thc languagc of
Egypt.
At length Sefojlri.r, in thc fifth ycar of ,.

Rehoboam, came out of Ezyptwith a grcat

anny of Libya1zs, Troglodytes and Btbio-
pia;zs, and fpoiled the t'emplc, and recluccd
Jttdtert into fcrvitudc, ani.l wcnt on con ..
qncring firfr cafhvard toward l1tditr., w hich •

he invadcd, and then wcfiward a'; fu as ·

Thrace:
.J •
for God had
¡
r!Ívett
o hún tbe ,~j¡¡rr~
,-.
ti01m~oJthec:oti!Jt'rtes, 2 Chro11. xii. 2.. J, 8. •

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•Diodor. In* this Expedition he fj1ent nine yeJ.rS, fct-

2 c.1o2, conqucí1s, fome of which rcnuincd in cS)-

103' lcó. ·ría 'till thc tbys of llcrodut11s. He\\ JS
a.ccomp:111icd \\·irh hi~ Jón Orlls, or .A¡ollo.
and \\'Írh fome íinging womcn, callcJ tbi'
..il!!!fi'.r, one of \\ hich, callcd C,zifio¡c, \L~s
thc mothcr of Orplx11s an Atif,Ollfl!lt: and
th::: t\\·o top~ of rhc mounLlin 'Par¡¡a_[!!t.r.
•rauLn. \\·hich \\Tre vcry hi~h, \\'Crc dcdicated *
10
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Sui,bs in
thc onc ro rhis Bacr!J!!s, and the othcr to
rr o _ '· his Ülil J·Jpd!:J: \\ hcncc LucaJt; t
t Luc:m l.;.
• 'P ar!!a({!ts '-~nJ!ÍI!O pct it á'tlxra co!lt',
.1.VfJJ1s 'Pbttúo, Bromioquc flzar.

In thc fourtcenth ,-ctr of Rchoúoam he rc-

ru:·ncd bJd. in ro E~r!,J'Pt, lcaving .lfi.ctcs ia
(),/(/;i.r, and his ncphe\v 'Pl'OíJ'lct!Jr¡¡s at
llWlli'it C.u:ct~(it.r, \Yith p:ut of his :.1.rmy, to
d:..:fc11d rhc conqudls fi-om rile Se)'! bitu1.r .
§Argo- ..// /Júlh.'t ¡,;.r ~ R !Jodúts and his fcholiafl: tcll
1 ,\)

Il~ut.l.+· u..;, rlut Srjimrbo.fí'.r 1\ i 11 :~ of al! ¡:;'-~}'P t, t h ,lt:

V.171.
i-; Sr_{rtc, inrading al! Ajú, :md a ~rc:H ¡un
(1:· L:n·oj't, pcnplcd nuny ciries \\'hich l1l'
to~;k.; :111d Lh:lt .~l:·~t, thc Mctropolis o(Col-
tbl.r, J't'J/J:ÚJ!td f/d;/t•
c·L'Cr •
(Úitr' bi.r rltrr
•

-~~-lt /1 r/){' p~f/¡·; ·!:_y ~(t /Jt'0'Et-•,yrri:llls ·-:.;_·hlr/J

l·r· ¡'•/.¡red 1 /,~n·i', tl!id 1 lu! t bey pn'(i·rz·t'.:'
f'Í//.¡:·.r u· li!Úit'J' /;; r;;:_·/Jic!J t~!f 1bt·jo;n·¡Jit',
tt:.·d 1 ht úo:¡;¡Jr of' (r.~t rm.i /,m,/ ·:. :.·r·¡-:·
• •

t!~·J<·; JJttf,j¿¡· 1 /;e Nfl' of t /Jcm 1!Jit/ -~:_·tri' 111

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~o aJ~Y ·~·bither: thcfc rabies thcrciorc g~l\·e
\ bcoinnin o1r to G COPL1j)h)··
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Stfo./iris upon bi'l rcturni~1g homc + di- ~:!!ero,!.

yidcd h~í!,_rpt by mcaittrc ~lnwngf1 rhc }:,~~yp- l. 2..c. 9· 10

tia11.r; and this gavc ~l hcgitlning toS un cy-

iiw ~md Gcomctry : and .~· Jmnú!int.r de- , 1 .
V . .. ~ j' [ .. 'll1Yltl
ri\T" tht'l tl\ 1 lÍion o! ·,g\'fl, :111d K'glllmn:; i'ytiJJg;. 6',
nf () comcrry, from thc A!'C of thr~ (j od-; of 1 'J·
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E~vpt. Slf4h'i.r :llln '~di\ idcd I:f.!,_rpt in- ~niodor.
tl;-_:Jí i\ro¡;:r·.r nr CoitlHÍC~, Jnd dii~', ;lClllali. r.p. 30.
from thc A'!!r: to thc hc1d c:ty of c-.-cry
JVomt', ~1nd \\'ith thc CJrth du r out cf ,"')

ir. he cndcd rhc 'ur1H!lld '

cf thc ciry. to b2
r:likd hi~~hcr, :111d builr a Tct11¡)lc in C\-cry
city t()l' thc worih¡1 ofthc .No:m·, and in thc
Temples JCt up Ouclc'l, 1im:'2 of w hich rc-
nui¡¡cd 'till thc (hys of í fo·ct!Jtits: and by
this mc~ms thc l:~f!.)~/Jt i,Z/l-1 of crcry Nowr:
wcrc induccd to \\ orll!:p tllc :~rclt mcn of
thc KinL;dom, to \\·hn:n che .Nowi', rhc City.
~

and thc Temple or ScpuklJ¡·-::: íi~· thc Gcd,

\LlS dcdicw:d: f(Jr cvcry Temple lud it.->
propcr Ci od, ~md m<Hlc'; of \\·uril:ip, :l!ld an-
nual tdliul-;, :lt \\ hich thc Council :md
Pcoplc of thc JV,JJ?Jl' ;~Jet :lt ccrl:lill rime'> ro
bcriflcc, and rcguLnc thc aíEtirs of thc
JVomc, and ~1dminillcr juflicc, and buy :l!!ll
fCll; hut Sc}'tc ~111d hi'l Q:tccn, by thc tu me·;
of q(lris and ~(ú, \\'Crc \\'or!hi¡)¡)(:d in :1\l
h:c:.)'f't: and bccank Srj{¡c, lo I'CIHkr thc-
_Nt/e more uli.:ful, dii'...~ clunn(:J-.; i'rlllll it Lo
all thc capital citics o.f ¡,_,:g)jJI ; t lut ri \ c1
was coníCcratcd to him, ~llld he \\ .t;; ollc,i
1) )' b"¡
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by itsnames, /Egypttts, S iris, J.Viftts. Tli-
:~on~~ onyfitts * tells us, that the Nile wa.s called
bi~. tu r S iris bythe Ethiopiatts, and Ni!tts by the
people of Sie1te. F1·om the word N ahal,
w hich fignifies a torrent, that river was cal-
Diodor, lcd Niltts; and CJJiotlor1ts t tells us, that
·· J.p. 39, Niltts was that King who cut Egypt into
canals, to make the river ufefu), in Scripture
the rivcr is called Schichor, or Sibor, and
thence the Greek.r formed the Vi ords Siri.r,
Siritts, Ser- .Apis, O-Siris; but P lzttarch
§ Plutarch. § tells us, tha.r the fyllable O, pu. c before
!ieif:dc& the word Siris by the Greelu, made it
Pfüldc. fcarce intelligible to the Egyptia;zs.
? I have now told you the original ofthe
Nomes of Egypt, and of the Religions and
Temples of the Nomes, and of the Cities
built there by the Gods, and called by their
~Dlodor. na mes: w hence Viodortts +tells us, that of
l. x. P· ~· al! the Provi;zces of tbe l//7()r/d, there
wer.e Ílt E¡6ypt mzly mmty cities bttitt by
th,¡ aJtcie;zt God.r, as by Jupiter, Sol, Her-
•
mes, Apollo, P~n, Eilithyia, and maJty
+L . otbers: and ~11-cirm tt an Ajfyriatt, who
ri~· · tclls us, that the Temples of Egypt ~ere
"iJery o/d, thoft in Phceniciabttitt' by Ciny-
·ras as otd, mul tb~íe il;, Affyria a!mojf as ottl
as· tbe former, but 1wt aftogether fo old:
whicb íhcws that the l\1onarchy of JJ.f!Jtr·ia ·
roie up attcr the Tv.fonarchy of Eg'Y_pt, as is
rcpn:;lcnted in Scripturc; and rhat thc Tcm . .
· i:!lQs 94:, fiXJ.lt thcn D:~wding, werc thofa
t ~.. ~ b~il~
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built by SefoflriJ-, about the Jame time tl1at

the Temples of".PbreJticia and Cyprzts were
. built by Citzyras, Be;¡hadad, and Hira1n.
This was northe firJ1 original of Idolatry, •

· but only the eretting of much more fiunp-

tuous Temples rhan tormcrly to the foun-:- · •

ders ofnew Kingdorns: for Temples at firfr

\V ere very finall; ·

Jttjiter angujta vix tottts jtabat i1t &etle.

Ovid. Fajt. l. I.

Altars were at firfr ereé:ted withont Tem-

ples, and this cuíl:om continued in Ter(t'a
~rill after -the days of I-lerodottts: in P !Jre-· ,
1ticia they had Altars \Vith little honfes for
eating rhe facri.fices mueh carlier, and thefc
they caJled High Phces: íi.1ch was the
.High Place where Sam7tel enrertained
Saut; fuch \Vas the Houfe of 'Dago1t at
Ajhdod, into which the Phi/i(iims brougbt
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the Ark; :md the Houie ofBaal, in whiclt
Jehzt f1ew the Prophets of BaaJ; and fi.1cb •

were the High Placcs of the Ca;zact?titeJ·

which Jl!ofes commanded lfraet 'to de-
fl:roy: I1e * commanded lfrttei to dcfhoy 'l\'IZ~oJ • .
the Almrs ' Imao·cs n '
1-Iio·h
. 1::> ·
Placcs '
and xxxlv, 13·
Numb.
Groves of the Cmzaamte.r, but maJe no x:dii . .fl.
mcntion of their Temples, as he would Dc~1t.~.ii.
3
have done had there becn any in thofc days. r.&:xu. '
I mcet wirh no mcntion offumptnous Tem-
ples beforc thc days ofSoto:J7t01t: ncw King-
doms begnn thcn to build Scrulchrcs to
P 4 · thcir
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thcir Foundcrs in thc form of fumptnou"
Temples; and }[¡eh Temple.;; 1/iram built
in T_:¡re. St:fi!c in al! h~~]f'l, anJ Bcliba-
d,:d in '/)mn,,(i·;r.r . •
.. 1 s~m.
Fnr \\ hcn 'lJ<'n·iJ * iinotc f!dd,td-f,'::::,n
viti.to.&
1 King. ;..i. 1\ !ll~T
.' nf XoÚt!h, ;'l!ld flcw thc S\'i'ÚZ:IS
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l 3. 'J)d!;ir'{c~tt.r ,,·h:) c.t!11C ro ailiít him, Rc::::.o:t

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1 hrfo/1 of' l: 1i .l',Llh _¡/1·d fi·cw bú h rd Ha dad.

Fl.cr,t?:hl'!,tfl;o·cJ;¡N'll
,, 11//!0 h/,¡J r!!!d Úc-
c_'t!Ji.'i' C. 1
17t:ÚJJ O'lX/' fl Úal!d, ti/Id n·i~~ jl'rf
Ji! DJn~JlCLh , o·l.'t/' Sni;l:
. he is c1llcd !le-
:::.ÚiJ, I A'i:trz..
x\·. 1g. ;1nd hi-> fl¡ccciT(w>
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Jl1Ciltioncd in hi!tnry \\·ere TrlÚi'ÚJJDJ!, flrt-

dt?d nr Bc:¡!Jadtld, lfC!!badrtd 1l. 1/r!;::_:m'/.
Ro.'h:tdad lll. ** and Rr.::.i.:J rhc j()J1 of
Taúrflb. L~rrirt bccc11C 1\:h_icél ro I<~z ~'f't
1;¡ thc Lbys f!fTa/;¡·i.í;Jf;:J, :tnLlrccoYcrcd hcr
lih~·rry undcr Rni/;,¡d.u! l ; ~md in rhc da)·;
<lf !<ti:b.'!drtd fll, tllltilthc 1\cJ~'n •'
ofrhc ia!l
},'t' :.Íi!, rhcv bcumc Juhi\.'d lo 1[j·c!d: ~1n.l
i !1 l 1J l' J1 i 1l 1:l.)' Cl r o ( f fr;_/f J-(' t7 :\ lll :-~,O f} í 1 tft ¡/;.
·¡ i,c;l :th 1-~J//r:fá 1\in~<;f ,·/f~)·i'itt C;lptiLnc.l
tl1c ,\_'l;·i,::Js. and put ;m cnd ro ti\Clr 1\ i~1::.
i illlt!' l. (hm: :~<:'.'. 'jo/i·tJ/•!tJ "te]!..:. u'>, that flj{' S\·
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! lut jc; / /,¡(/tf.-1 or nr:dl.tdt!d, t!l!d /;is .fi!(-
( 1'/!i!J' ~ l ,,I,ld ,u God.r, (r,;· / hc'li" !Jt'J!r(;u'/,:- • •

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Lit:h h~', ¡ii/'V tlt!d~· ;.,./I'Úí':t/1' (ólclJJJ:')! In
1'.' hr.'l!.<'l:'í' (f//Jt:fi'·¡,·,~i.~l', rl!.'d Úot~jl /!){·,;r
o JI f /, .j':'/J! 1', í/·Í / l: 1/0·-:;_· i ii,,(T / /}(f ( //)('Y- ({ J'{' Jf{¡-

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ycars ago. J r fcems thcfc Kings builr fiunp-
ruous Sc¡mlchrcs for thcmlcl\cs, anJ wcrc
woríhippc:d rhcrcin. jr~flilz * calls thc firl1: "*' Jufiín.
ot rhel~ rwo Kin~~s 'iJmmzfttt.r, byin~ tlut l. 3 ·
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t/Jc city bar/ ú.r Jlflllll' frow bim, tll.'ll 1 btlt

tbc S\:'rians i11 boi!Oif'l" (J( bim rwoJ:/f,ippcd
hi.r r:.,::~¡i· A r.tthcs t!S a G'oddc.fs, ttj/11g bcr
Stptt khn for rt'/ tJ/JjJ IL'.
Anothcr ínlb!lcc \\e havc in thc King-
dom of HJÚ!!!s. In rhc t Rci'2;I1 of J1li- tDioJor,
2 8
uo.r 1\.ing of Crct(', \\·hcn Rbadrzma¡¡t/ms l.;.p. 3 •
thc brothcr of}./i;toJ· ct.rrícd colonics from '
Crctc ro thc G'r{'{'/.:. i lhnJs, and g~1vc the
1fhnds ro his ca¡)rains, he ['"ave L~·,mw.r ro
~· •
Tborts, or Tbeitu. or Thom1te.r, rhc Elthcr
of f(yp_f;'pylr, a Cí·rfajJ workcr in mcrals,
and hy confCqucncc a dikip!c of rhc Jd,t' i
'JJaf(rfi. and pcrhap·.; a 'Pha::ticia¡¡: for
thc lt!tri 'lJr?!Ir!i, :111d Td:-/;hc.r, Jr:d Co-
-~

·riúaJJ/('s brought thcir Arts and Scicncc'>

from Pbrnlicif¿: and l Sítidas Ltirh, tluc i suíd1sin
he \Ll e; dckcndcd ti-o m P btZJ ·:¡ rzci's l\. in g o f ¿' c·x·.:.o-

·lon ot .JtZ:IdrJdl/!.r a,~ V?"ltll!; ~l~Jtl ./!ji?!!o:!l- l. 3·

11.rRbodius, t-~r rlut H yrfipy le g<~-:._·c jJ(Ón "t Argo-
t be pm;ic dual:. r:.,:·/Jic/J t!Jl' (; ucc~:; mf!dt: mut.l+
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110s: Tboí!.r marrrcd ** Ctt~vropJ.r, thc rno- v.L·; 6 ~~.'-
rhar of ./nl/('tu, :1nd d:lrJ:'Illcr
., nf 0/J"tlt.r :HJl-~~
l\ingof P!Jn'f!,Út,
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and fn1~ hi·; ·d.ill ()11 thc ~rrnm1.
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i1.1rp \\':1<; callctl CII/Jl"fU, :l!Hl '.\ :1-> d:tid ro be v,·r:•1rm.

pcn.dirr~)y bck·\ c_:d by Ont.r: ~'. fJ,·rrud.
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the gre:u Barclms !O\ül hi~ wifc, anu bcinrr
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causht in bcd \nth hcr in P!Jn'g itt ap¡):,1lcd

him with winc, and compofCd thc nurtcr
by mJ.k.ing him King of/~yúlus J.nd ('ypnt.r,
·and thcn CHnc o ver rhc 1/dk./;~o;;t '' it h
his army, antl conqucr-.:d Tbrtu·r: and l-:J
thck thing'> thc pocl'> alludc, in fci~ni:; ~
t!ut f/¡¡fctl.i.' fdl from he~n·cn into Ltl-'!:Jc:,
>fPaufJn.l. anJ. thatBatc!JitS * ~lppcaJCd him \\'ith \\ i11C,
l,C.lO, alldrCJUCCd hi111 hJCk ÍlllO hCJ\'Cll: h2 re:!
fwm thc hcJ\TI1 ofthcCrc/an God-;, ,,·hc!t
he \\·cnt from Crl'tr to Lrm¡¡os to \rork. i'1
mcrals, :md \LlS rcduccd inck into hu\ c~1
\\'hcn Racc!Jlls ma'ac him 1\.ing of (~p;·/.'J' L

and B_yúlí!s: he rcigned r.herc 'till a vcry

great age, liring to rhc times of thc Tr~j::.'t
war, and becomine?; cxcccdin·~ rich: and ~1;~
t Clem. ter thc deJ.th of f1i-; witC Calicr;pis, t h..::
AI.Ad-
mon.ad b f d
uiltTcmp~csrohcrat'Pt!p JOS, an ../711:t- 1
Gcnr. p. t h11 s, in CyfJrtts; anJ :lt B_.l'bius in S)Titt ;
Jo.Apol- and iníl:itutcd Pricfts ro hcr \\'ith S:1crcd
lodor. J. 3.
c. 13. Pin- Ritcs and lufi:ful 01~~ia; whcnce il"Jc bc-
dJ.r. Pyth: camc thc 7)ca Cypria, and rhc 'De a. S)'ritt:
Odc l . He- l . ~ ' [ .o. l h . h j.
fycb.in anc hom 1 cmp C'> crcu:Cl ro er m t e e
K"-'"'-~h- ancl othcr pbcc-; íhc \\':1'-> ali(> cJ.llcd 'Pr1
Stcph in 1 · ¡ /1f.' ' ¡) 1 ¡ · ( • 1 \' ¡
".,,.~ .•~. _pot.1, .LJJilftl Jl(¡ta, í)'tJ 1a, )'lon·ctt,, ,¡ ,;.
5trabo,l. mi11Út, ('¡;idict, Er·ycÍ//tl, 1dtdirt. J.:mu
• · P· 7ff· tra dit a Cú~yrtl .fiu:nz t mtJ vd ;~fl ~[;':· ,'/J/IJIJ
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Papbú.' Vc!!t'J'Í.r ttJJijJ/;mJ, '])('(tJ/If.J!!t' ip-

fam COl!{('jJ t aJI/ 711/li'Í b1/C ajJ/J TI ~(tt J!J : '[;¡(' f
• JJUI. l. 2. c. 3. Frorn her J:tilitl~; !'l'<lm
'Pbl)~~Út lo tbc ifbnd C_ylt'JtJ'rl, aud !'te;¡¡¡
t he ll cr.'
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bv rhc CrpJ'/,m.r, ro be born of thc
{r~oth of rll~..· k:1, and ,,-~1'> pJintcd hiling
up_nn :dlrcll. c:,.~)'J't!.i" t_kiflcd _alfo his i~m
C !11(!,1'1.1, by thc !Ul11C of ,'/dO.'IIJ; :llld tor
:tf1ifl in~~ rhL· I:C.!J'f'l i:t/JJ' '' irh :mnnur, ir i'>
proiubk tlur he> himJCJf ''a-> dciflcJ b) hí':i
hiCIHh rhc 1·>.:1'/J!ÚTIJ.r, bv rhc Jumc of Bct-
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tl 1-Ltllli!tlll, ur
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¡¡,tri/!: tnr i /.'!.'.'1/ \\·a.;;
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cclcln.trcd prirJcip.Illy hy rhc l:,()/1 Ú'iiS,

and \Lh :1 /\ ir1·~ .
:tcumlin'~ tn 1 Jo.·¡¡~'i'·, and
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rci ~'ncd ÍIJ Lom;o.r ~ :llill Cii.'l'1'.?.r
- \Ll'; :l!l
in\cntor o( :trr-;, :lJhl"' l~nllld ut.IC c<;p¡1cr Ííl *'Clcm.
G)/'1'1/.r. and rhc L11ith:; lummcr, and ::m·il, A:. Ad-
:wd row S. :111d /C.l\·cr; and im¡1lcn cd \\·or!;.- 1c;.wn.Jd
• p - 1('1]'
m en in nu.'.,:ing Jrmnnr, :mJ orhcr rl1 i;l '_;;;
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of 2 t. ¡;¡ 10••

bral~ and íron, and \Ll'; rhc nnl y K in_~ cele- l. 7· c. 56.
bratcd in hífl:nr\· 1(¡r \', nrkin!_.; ii~ mcu'!<>, :md
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Fc;;tts, :1!! \\' hic'1 :.rL· rhc ch,uadcr.; ot' 1/';tf-
cat;: ~l!ld rhc J.' ·r' '1 ,;_'f//S abour che rime cf
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thc dcuh ot.Cil:: /'Jr, "''i::.,, in rhc RL i_·n of

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Lllcir l\ iri.!~· /hittin·jJ/;i.r, huilt :1 \-cn· hmp-

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uroth Tc;n¡)lc ~tr ,1/t'rlljJ!Ji.r ro 1 1!/L:tl:;, a~·~d
nc;u i~· :1 l:n:til:r T··n¡¡)lc tu 1 ,l'lllJ.r 1lrj/'.:1,,-,
JlOt :1.'1 t:ntt irtl.' \ronun hur :t f<hí..·i~ncr.
not 1ldl'i/,:1, lmLI·;l/;·,./1/~ Ft'l/.'!.1': l{:r-/- }}!' .. ·i fkroJ,
1'0:/(}/ :t.r tr JI-; u.;, rlur tht' re ·.i.\f¡ r.nrrJd ;¡. l. l.
bout L¡,¡.., Tcm¡)!c \\'.!': ii:Iu!,it·~·d hy Tvi',·.,·::
'Fl•ru;ÍCÍt!/J.r, :tntl rh.11 1 (.~!/!ÓI(¡'·.¡:,ni 11 ,r¡ 11 _ /lkroJ.
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tmd crtJ'lj ctúout ill t be fort-}'rtrt of t bt'ú
'"Boch:ut.
Can:~an.
S!:ip.r i11. t bt'·form ~(·J~v,g,mie.r: and * Ro.
J. l. c. 4· chrzJ·t LliLh c;frhi-; Voms llcfpittz, 'Pbrr::i.
t'Ítfl/1 f ri'i/O'i'í/1 Út .i]'.~'{_,Vjto pro pcn~~rif¡,z
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·ri:n!J in thok d.n·<> dcif1cd thcir 1\.in·'" atLI ~

Pri!lcc~, i(l tqvm·t he ir comi n:~ into Ji!t ./1//1

7iúl' ~tlltl
Cn•tcc, thcy . Llu~' ht rlwk J!:ttio¡¡-;
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ro do rhc likc, a~ lurh bccn Jhc\\"Cd :lbo\·,'.

i Jl thc,lc eh\''> thc \nitlll
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of thc T/1,·/;,.¡;¡s
a!1d 1:-'thiopirn!s \Lt'> 111 hicro~~lyphick':
:l:íd rhis \Ll)' ohniting kcms ro h.l\T Ji)lT.hl
inro rhc IO\\"Cr LY:,)'/Jr bcforc rhc days e{
..r'l~fes: f(n thcl!CC camc.; rhc woril1ip of
rhcir G od'> in rhc \'~tl·ious flupes of Llird",
Bc~dl..;, and FiJhcs, t<Hbiddcn in rhc iccond
comnundmcnt, No\\' this cmblcnuriul
\\'a y of \\' ri ti ng ~:1 ve occaíi on ro th e Tlll'-
httiJS and /·,'rbiopia1l.r, w ho in thc d.1 \'S of
.Ytmmcl, 'J),r~.-·id, Solomo¡¡ and Rebobutlil!
comtucrcd ¡,_~c:,_·vpt, aml thc nations rou1d
~bout, :llH l crccJcd a grc:lt Empirc' [() rcprc-
:cnr and il~nify thcir rolll]UCI'lll~ l\1n~,,-; ~·lllll
Pri!Jcc·;, llilt by \\'ritill~!;' down rhcir n~lllll";, .
but ¡,_v m:lkin;~ v:uiotJ<-; hicroglyphicll lt·
gurco.;: ~h by ¡):lÍJJtilw .Ammon \\'ilh R:ll!l\
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lw rn ~ , ro 11 !-',11 i (\ · r he K in g w h o en n q 11 e ·-·'! 1

/,i~)rl, ,l CCllllll ry ahounditlg \\·ith lllll'll;

J¡is ru iiCr ./!m~(ú \\'ll'h a Scithc, to lt:',illl)
rlur h. in~ ,,·J¡o co!lljliCrcd thc lo\rcr J~g·v¡'J/,
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1·is hy ~nOx,bccmfc he un:'~1lt rhc C'()11C]'1C-
rcd 11~1tion<> ro plnw \\ írh nxCil; f~,~,·rh::r
\\'ilh lhtlh h!liTt-; for l l~c Ll:nc r: :t!~'Il, :¡·~;)
,,·ith CrJpcs bccmJC he u·t:~!¡c t;J,: !'.~~ i l':;
ro ¡lbnt \ itJC<;, and t:t'lflll :1 Ti.~cr hr·.-_,,1-: h·-
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iitbthtcd li!r!ltt; Ont.r che ¡;ltl ()¡'().::> i .. ·,_,;,;·'1
a !--Llrp, ro tl~·úfy rhc Pri r¡cc \\' h :J '.'..n Cl~~ :-
llCl,tly s~:..il!cd on rlnt inthww:r.;:; J': ,.,i '•'i'
upon ~m L,l~~lc tn li_~11i!'y thc Jiil:;i,:.i·) ¡:,·;,¡;
tlnt11111iOI1, and \\ irh a Th!!rltL rh ;)t ro rc-
prcknt him :1 warrior; 1 'oli!J i·1 :l C:u1 Í·1:
., f) J 1
drl \\' n \\' 1t 11 t\\- o o \'l'·.;, ro rcnrc,
1
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mnrous and lu!l:ful; ;\',•p! //!!!' \\ i~h :l Tri-
den r, ro fi ·~ ni t\r t he eo :n !: u ~ L 1: r () f :l :k:.: r
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(]iant, \Yith 5':! hcad·;, and :l'l 1¡;::1-.!~·c..l

J1and<;,to (i~nify J\T!'jJ/!tl!t: \\ irh ]¡¡-; JllCil i;1 :1
fl1i p o~· fi fr y oar:-; ; T/Jo t b \\'ir h :l J): l( ·; h·:~d
~nd \\in~-; J.t hi<> can :1nd fC,_>r. a::d :t Cr./í;rt'-
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tt.r wríthcn ~1bnat \\ ill1 n1.·o t)cri1cnt·~. , u :i . -- ~

nify .-lm:ln ofcralt, :llld J.tJc!lll'Ji1~JJ:q· ,,.¡lél

rcconcilcd t\\'o contcnding ILHÍoJh; •,'.Jti't
with ~t Pipe :1nd thc le:~'-' ,¡';l (; c.lr, to (i .!ni-
fy anun dcli~hrcd i11 pii'Í!J:: :1 'd d:1~Jci:1~~;
and f!trnt!t.nrirh Pil/.;;·> .tnJ :l Cl,!b, k·- •
cwk Si:f~jlris kt up pi: !:tr; i!l :111 !J¡·; C()ll-
{¡ucí1", and t(mQht :l.'.lÍ11fl l 11·~· L//; y !.'JJ' 11 i',h
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clt1h-;: rhis ís th:u 1/n·c:do, '' h J, x(·lr-

din~ to * h';f(/0.\'1/S, \\'.r.; !hi11 hv Fr.'ÓiJ.'I; ~Apu-1 A-
and :tccordi11g to 'fJto!otJ/tl'!t.r / f/,.¡.¡'¡,f'< r;·,!J/ 1 t l"·"x"n1
l 9 p ~y~.
\\':l'> c.1: lcd A' il11s, :.llld \\'hu Ct li :· ¡· !~ t¡.:,l Ct- ¡ l'wl. 1 ~.
'l_·¡·o;¡ l'.'ith his rhrcc Ji>ns in jj'.J¡,:¡f, :u!.! Jcr
11p rhc i:lmous pilbrs Jt tbc tli<Jlll /¡ nt' r he
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"DioJ.l. 3· Strait.r: for 'Diodonts * mcntionill'.~ thrc,·· •
p. 14)·
l!crot!t·J· 's, t he l~~f!.)'P ti t1 ;¡, t he 'l)ri,m, :111 d
thc fón o[ JiOlllilfl, f:tith tlut t!Jt o/rft"/!
.f/rmrijhcd tWIOIIJ!, tÚ{' E~ypri.1n "· a¡¡) ¡},·:
iilg C01J{jlll'J'{'(/ ft grc.1t ji:lf't r~f' 1/;e r:,:·or/./.
tVlf. Jet 11p t!Jc pi!l.-n·y Í;! A..t'ric: rl!ld t·~((I'!J.r. :
Chron. thar Oj/ris, ullcd alto '/)ioJ~}jÚ!.r, um.'t i.:-
Hifp c. 1 o.
to Sp~lÍil a11cf CO!Ujl/('J'('r/ (1Cr)011, tZ!ld ·::· .. '
t!Jrfz'Jj!-::·/;o Út'Oít,~/it JdoJ.,¡tJ:y Í!!tO S¡~.l:'
§Sn:1!~ol. S!J·abo .§ rclls uc;, rlut thc Et!JiojJÍ<ZiiJ u:
lcd ¡ifq[.abars t(Jught '' ith clubs: and i(¡¡~:·_·
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+ flomcr. nfthc Gr~·c,~s ]·(.:id
, ln 'till rhc ti:ncs of t!L
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c1l \L1 y ohni ti 11 ::; í t o meto p1f s, Llur up~ '::.

thc di.,·ií]on of l:~f!.)'}Jt into 1Vomes hy S1 .
fójlris, thc grc~lt mcn of thc Kingdom ro
'.\"bom thc 1\'orhCS \\-ere dcdic1tcd, \\Trc rc-
prdcnrcd in rhcir Scpulchcr-; or Temples of
thc .lVomcs, by ':arious hicro~lyphicks; :h
b,- an Ox, aCat, a 'Dorz., ;1 Cdms, aGoat. J
lyo¡¡, Sun·tzÚá'!tS, an Íc/;;¡c¡m¡o¡¡, a Crot(j-
dltc, an IiippopotmtJN.r, an O."t_')'ril!r!m.r.
:111 Ibis, a Cro·::;, :1 llcr:.J.:f., a Lec!:, a~:d
wcrc \\·orí11i¡)pcd by t he ;Vomcs in rh.:
úupc ofthcJC crclturc-;.
•• Diodor. Thc ** .At irwtidcs, a pcoplc uponmount
1.3-P rp . .Atids C011ljtiCrcd by Lhc E~·vptúms in rhc
1
33· Rci<rn
o
of AwJ!lO!I, rclatccl tl;:lt 'Vral!i.'.r \\ JS
rhcir firíl 1\.ing, and rcduccd rhcm fro111.t
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• bY:l!.',C comiC of JiJ(_', and caukd thcm to
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dwcll in rown<1 :1nd citics, and by up .ll1d
uiC thc fruits ofchc cnth, and thar he rci.2,11- •
cd over a grctt pJ.rt ofthc world, ami by hi'>
\\ ik
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\\ it-c Tittftt h.1d cighrccn chil,!rcn. :1mnng
\\-hich \\·ere J fl'/'tl'iun ~1:1d Hr~(dtil tlll~
p~ncnr·; cf llditt.1: and Sdou:; tlut tl1c
brnthcrs offb'/)('?"UJJJ nc\Y !JIIll. :Ind dro¡•,-¡¡
cd hi...; Jón i !dl!!.r, tbc 'P!ldd0/1 ofrhc ~lllci­
cnts, in thc JYifc. :llld dividcd his K Íll\!;clorn
~

amonr)"il ~
rllcrnkh-cs; and rhc cuunrrv - bor-
dcring upnn rhc ÜCC:lil fe!! ro thc Ior of /1!-
lfls, from ,,·]Jom rhc pcoplc wcrc c1!!cd ilt-
l·mt idc.r. By "Urt!llits or j11pitcr 'i)r:'/Ú-
1/J', 1Ú'f'rrioll, !Jrr(t'fcrz, 1ldius :md Se/:·;:,-·,
l und crfbnd ]11jJ it rr Jl li2 mu il. (!/·} ·/_r, 1 jú,
Onu and h':tb:zjlr; and !)y thc ilL::iw~ cf
t he 1\. in~~d:)¡n of l{yptrúm ,1mr;u~·.f1: hi ·; Lro-
thcrs thc TittiJIS, 1 undcrf1:1!ld thc di1 iÍton
of thc carth ::tmong thc GoJs r.Jcntioncd in
rhc Pocm ofSofoJJ..
For Soh11_having trarcllccl into F:g_1.pt,
~1m! convcriul \\ ith thc Pricfts of S.:is :1-
bout thcir :mti~.¡uitics, \note a Pocm of
\\-bar he lud lc:mlt, but did not fii 1 i!l! it; * * p; 1toin
and rhis Pocm fcll into thc lunds of ·p Izto, T1n1xo.
\\' ho rcbrcs out of ir, rlu~- :t~ rhc nwt1rh of ~~ Ciitü.
thc S't1'tÚt.r IlCJr h'n·otlo\ PilLu·-; thcrc
\LlS an Ilhnd ollc,J Al /,n//.;_r, rhc pcopk of
"'hich, ninc r!wuh:Hl \'CJr·; bcJ{lt-~ r he (b v"'
of Sololl, rci:~rwd
,
ovc·r LiVl'-'1
- :1s J:tr :1s ¡~·-
<c;vpt, ando ver Fin'tJfH :1" Ltr :1s rhc Trrr/Jt'-
;Ú·lC:l; and al! thi·; t~m:c cnllccrt-cd i1~r\) <>IlC:
l)ody invadcd 1\r!,)/Jf :lndC'n:'l'{'C, :111d \\. h:tt-
cvcr \\'a<> conraincd within thc PiiLu·-; of
1 lrrotfc.r, but wa'> rcfillcd :l!ld i1opt by thc:
Atbmim;s and othcr G'rcc/.:s, and Lhcrchy
thc
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thc rcfl: of thc nations not yct conqncrcd

''-ere prcicrvcd: he Ltith alfó tlut in thok
dav:' thc God'>, lu\ing flniihcd thcir cc;J-
<.Jt{cíl:'>, di\ idcd thc ,,.)wlc carth amon~'.íl
thcmfdvcs, 1urtly into brgcr, p~utiy i11to
{inallcr portíons, and infl:itntcd T cmplc-;
~nd Sacrcd Ritcs to thcmJclvcs; and rluc
thc Ilhnd At la11t is fcll ro rhc Jot of J.'!tp-
ttmc, whomadc his cldcí1: f(m . Atfru Ki11~ •

of rhc ,,·holc lfhnd, a part of which \\ ~1-;

c1l !cd Ga dir ; and t h:1 r i 11 t be /J ~(lo 1_" y of! /;~'
Jaid --:.;:_·ru·s tiU!JJt io:¡ r:.:·as riJa de ~f" Cccrop'>,
Ercchthcus, Erichrhoniu'>, al1d otbcrs IH-
fore Thclc¡¡'), rmd alfo ~r tbc r,_:__'OJ!JC11 r:.:·bo
G'tl'l'rCd r:.:·it/; tbc mCi!, a¡¡d oftbc IHzúit rnd
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flt7tlie of1V1incna, tbcj!udy of~·ar ÍJt tbofe

drl)'·' úcing commoJt to Jtlm a~:d ~·o1JJCJJ. By
all thdc cin.::umfbnccs it is maniidl tluc
thcfc Gods ,,·ere thc 'J)ii ma~r¡¡ n
i malJ·onwt
g('!JtÍ!mz. and livcd bctwccn thc agc of Ct·
crojJs and Tbcfi'l!.r, and that thc w~ll'S \\"hich
Scfo..flris with his brothcr JVcpt twc maJe
u pon rhc 1utions hy bnd :md Jea, and thc
rcflfhncc he mct \\"ith in G'rtccc, and thc
follo\\' ing invafion of F;gypt by iVcp!!t!U',
are hcrc dckribcd ; ami ho\\' thc captains
of Sr:fNiris lharcd his conqucfl:s amongll
thcmklvcs, as thc captains of .Alcxrmda
rhc G rclt did his com¡ucí1:s loncr o
aftcr, a11d
irlftituting Temples and Pricfl:s andiJ.crcd
Ritcs to rhcmklvcs, cauJCd thc Jl:ltionsro
woHhip thcm aftcr dclth ~1s God·>: and tlur
rhc Jfhnd Gadir or GrulcJ·, \\ Lrh all Libyil,
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. fell to the lot of him who afrer dcath wali
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\~ deified by thc name of Ncpttme. Thc

\ rime rhcrefore whcn thdc things wcrc done
:' is by Solo1t limircd ro thc age of Nept!tJJc,
rhe farhcr of Atlas; for ]!ottleí' rclls ns,
· rharV&JTesprdcntly afrcr the TrojrZJJ \Llr
found CabfJfo thc daughrcr of Atlczs in thc
Og_yg im1 I nand, pcrhaps Gadir; anJ thcrc-
forc ir was bur rwo Gcncrations befo re rhe
Troja1t war. This is tlur J.Vcpttme, w ho
wit.h Apollo or Onts f(Jrrit1cd [ro_y \\·irh a
wall, in rhc Reign of LaomedoJt thc flrhcr
ofPriarmts, and.lcft nuny natur:1! childrca
in Greece, fome of w hi eh \\·ere /};:._(!,Oll a11t s,
ami othcrs wcrc conrcmporary ro thc ./!r-
go;tattts, and rhcrcforc he f1ourif11cd but onc
Gcncration befo re, thc ArJ,Oitazttic ~xpcdi­
tion, and by coníequcncc about 400 ycars
. befare So!oJt wcnt into Eg)'}t: bur thc
. Vricfl:s of Ejpt in thofc 400 ycars lud nug-
. nificd thc fl:orics and antiquiry ofthcirGods
. ió cxcccdingly, asto makc rhcm ninc rhou-
f:lnd ycarsoldcrtlunSo/o;t, andthc Jlhllll
At!antis biggcr tlun all Aj1·ic and /((l~l to-
gcthcr, and. full of pcoplc; and bccmíe in
rhe tbys of Solott rhis grcat Iíbnd did no e
appcar, thcy pretended rhat ir was iLmk in-
ro thc fea with all its pcoplc: rhus great was
rJ~~ ~·aniry of thc Pricíl:s of Eg)1Jt in nug-
mfymg their antiquirics.
Thc Cr~ta11s t aflirmcd that Ncpt111te t Aputf
u•as the fzrjt rnrw ''1.:bo Jet out a jlcct, ha- D:odor l.
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vi!tg obtained this 'Prd'jr:{/ttrr: ofhis fi- >·P· •
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tber Satí1rn; w.hetJte pofierit.Y_ retll.oned

.thirtgs done ÍfJthe fia to6e 111~/er hisgo-
't~erttment, atul · ~ ho110tJrld him
witbfocrifices: the inventionoftall Ships
Pauí:m.l. firft wodlripped in Africa; as Herodottts

2..c.;o. that provmce· : for hts eldeff fon .At·

Jas, who íilcceeded bim, was not only
Lord of the Iíland Attanti.s, but alfo
· · rcigned ovcr a· part of A frie', giv·
ing his namc to pcople callcd .Attantii,
and to the mount~n .Jitta.s, and the .A.tlaiJ·
:t Plutarch tic Oteatt. The t outmoft arts of thc
11\ Ifidc. l d . d
eart 1 an promontones, an w atcver or· b
d~red upon thcfe:rand was wafued by it, thc
· Egypttans called Nept,ys; and ·on thc
coafi:s of Marmoricaand Cyrette, .Bocharl
and J1rite.r Montamuplace the Napthubin
a pcoplc fprung from Mizraim, Ge11. x
I 3 ; and dience Neptttt~c and bis wife Ne}·
tysmi ht ha ve thcirnames, tbewords Nep
irme, ept,'.s, and Naphthrthim, li .,.nify
ingthe Kin , Q..uecn, andpcople of t e fea
€oafis. T e Greelu tcllus tlt~t .1apettl
was thc fathcr of .Atlas, and: Bocbart de
rives Japetrt.r o.ndNepttme from rhefam
. ol'iginal : he and his fon AtJit.r ate celebr3
tcdin tllC ancicnt fablesfOT makin«Y waru~
~ turiori on thc Gods of E:. 'YPt; as when · ttcia11;

thc fight of Sot ancl Ntlttt1Jt, thatis, of ~

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¡otto ~md Py.thon .. or Ortu a.nd Typ/Jon
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ind where Agt~thartiáes i relate~ liow .the :f:A~~'i:'

Gods of Bgy¡t fled from the Giants, 'till tir.m. .-.
the Tita.n.rcame in and fáved them by put-
Neptt~lle to ílight, and ~here H'Ygtntu .
r !t elle \var between theGods o feAS jyfJt, *flygin;
-andtheT;talucommandedby .AtJar. The Fab.lfci•
Titans are the ofterity of 1'it~Ett, fome of
whom uuder erct~Jcs affifted the Gods;
others under Nepttme ~nd Atlas warred a:
gainfl: them : for which reafon, faith P Ju-
tarch, • tht friefls of Egypt a!Jomi1uited •t'Iutarcf\t
l·the fta, a1id had Neptune 111 no honorer. By in Uidc~
Hercules, 1 undetíbnd hcre the g~neral of
the forccs ofXhe!JaisandEthiopiti whom
men of Eiypt callcd t<;)
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:thc Gods or
:their .atiiftance;- ~ainíl: th~. G iants or grelt
menof Li!Jya, who had fl~in O}Iris and in- . .
vadcd Egypt: for V iodo rus t faitl1 that 1t Oiodor~
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whe11 Oliris . his expedition .o·ver thé .r.p, ·"
fWDrld, he Jeft bis lt.infma1z Herculesgette-
raJof his forcer over att hi.i do11Ji1iio11.r,
allt/.Anta?.usgoventor ofLibya altd~thio-
pia. Átltttlls teigned over all .Af1'ic to
the A~Ja1ttic .Ocean, and built Ting)r or
ITangters: P111dar • ~ells us tl1át he reibfied ~Piadlt7
~t'lritfit á town of Li~'ja, where C'j_rene Py,h.c><Ui

CUld Thtba11 ; for he was bearen by Herct~·

les and tbe Egyptiani near Anttta or Áll'* ··
t4Dpoti.r, a rown of. The!Jais; :tnd V iodo~ ·
rns t tclls us that this tow11 bad.it.r ~11111ie
rrom Antreus,. H~rcules J!ew i11 /he •· p• .t.~l
i4)'s ofOliris. HercttJet QVerthrew him
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fcvcr:ü times, and every time he grew
Hrongcr by recruits from Lihya, his mothcr
carrh ; but 1/ercu/es interccptcd his ::-c-
crllit~, and at lcno;th í1ew him. In thdc
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wars Hcrctt!c s too k thc Ltbyan world from

.Al !:ts, ::mJ mJ.de il t !tts pay tribute out d
his gol den orclurd, thc K in~dom of Afrie.
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Jillt tf1f.r and Atlas wcrc both of thcm {(ms

of N~'ft!tJU', both of them rcigncd O\U
al! Lit~ va arHl /!.frie, bctwccn lllomzt Jlt-
fils and thc }.lcditcrranean to thc vcry 0-
ccJn; buth of rhcm invadcd Egypt, ami
contcndcll witb Jfcrcu!es in thc wars ofthc
G od'.;,:md thcrcforc thcy are but two name:s
ofonc ~llld the Ümc man, and cvcn thc name
Atiu ia thc obliquc cafcs !Cems to baye
bccn Cl)mpounded of thc name .ilJ!tttus·,
;~!1•! hmc othcr word, pc1 h:1ps thc word
A 1,d. cu1 !Cd, pm befo re it: the invaíion of
J<rz_1ptby _~.1llttttt.r, Ovidhathrcbtionunu
\\ h•:rc he nukcs llrrcuü:s by,

sd'·vor¡ut ,¡fiJmmt a parent is

.Ailt,co o·ipt:i.

'This \Ltr wac.; at length compofed by thc il;-

rcrvcntion of ./lfcrcury, who in mcmory
, t hcrcof \\':1':> hidro rc'.:oncilc two conrend-
itl~; Lrpcnts, by clf'l:in~ his AmbafTJdor\
n1d b~twcc:n thcm: ~lllll thus mnch conccr-
n~ n g l he ancicnt íbtc of l:~f!,)'ft, L,;ybú1, ;tnd
G'rc.-:e, dckribcdby So!NJ,

Thc
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The mythology of the l,rc.tatJs di!tcrc.d
in fome things from tlut of hg_ypt .m el I t-
!Jya: for in thc Crrt tllt m yrhology, Ca: l1t . r
'• and Tcn··a, or'OraJJl!S and Tifd'rl, wcre thc
p:trenrc; of j¡¡ffif'!t and Rbt:t.' _:md. Srttttr~t
~md Rl•ra wcrc thc p.ucnt'> ot- J!t¡'Jttcr an~i
_7mto; and ~ypcrÍOil, :f<'Jpct!ts :1nd :h_c T~­
trws wcrc onc Gcncrati!m o!dcr th.tn .Jtt¡?t-
tcr; and Satur11 \\':1'> cxpcl!c\_l hi-> 1\ingdom
and c:lfirltcd by his Jón }upitcr: \\' hich
üblc luth no pbcc in the myrholo2-y of E-
g)'jJt.
During t he Rci¡;n of .5'(/;'lC, ]croboLJJ'lJ bc-
:ing in Íttbjcdion tt> E,!,)'} t. lCt up thc C_odo;;
' of A~rzypt in 'Da¡¡. and Bctlxl; and Ilracl '
.· -¡;_•as ru:Jitho11t the tnte CfJd, and·"ü-'Ú IM!tt .1-
teachil~C!, rpri~(f aJJd r:.::.;it!Jout i.1.·-...... _.: ilil.Í irt
t boft times tbcrc ·:::..·as no pcru.:c to /.úm tbtZt
':Vf'llt O!tt, 1101' to !Jjm t/.Mt ((!1)JC Íll, Ú!tt

u
rrrcat ve:1:<1tiolls '".AJcrc tlj'JOJJ ,¡¡¡ rÍJc inbabi-
t rm t so f t he ro mJI rics ; rmd 11 tttirJ 11 ·-:J.-1tl s d t'-
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jlroycdof¡¡atio!l, a11dcity~(ci(y :for Cud

dic!·vcx tbcm witb a/! rzdz:cr(try, 2 CbroJ!.
xv.3, '),6. lhtinthcfifth)·c~trofA/fzthe:
bnd of JudrdJ bccamc l¡uict from \\';ll', and
from thcncc lud quict rz:.·11 yc:us; and /1}-'r.
rook away thc alurs of ílun:rc Ciods, a11J
l. ·'
cr:1kc Jo\\'n rhc lma;cs, and lHtilr rhc iCn-
ccd ciric.-; of ];tdtlb willt \Ldl~ :lnd tnwcr<;
~nd g:1tc<.; and bars, luving rcfl: on cvcry
iidc, and got up :m ar;ny of s-~oooo mcu,
W ith \\' !J ich Íll thc (i l'rccnth )' C.Lr of J1 Í '>
.H.cign he mct .Zerttb thc L't!Jiolicm, wlw
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carne out againft him with an army t>f a

thoufand t~oufand ~thiopian.r and Liby.
1ms : the way of the Libyans was through
Egy'f't, a.nd thereforeZerahwasnow Lord
of Eg_ypt: they fought at },farejhah ncar
(;erar., ~etween ~gypt and 'Jttdea, and
Zerah was beaten, to that he could not re-
eover himfelf: and from all this 1 feem to
gather that Ojiris was flajn in the fifth ye:u
of Afa, and thercu~n fell into civil
wars, being invadcd by Lib)'att.r, and
defended by the ~tbiopiatJs for a time; and
after ten ycars more beinO' invaded by the
Ethio ians, who flcw rtts the fon and
fucce or of Ojiris, drowning him in tl1e
Ni ~e, and feized bis Kingdom. B thefe
civil wars of ~gy¡t' the land of
reft ~en years. ·ojiris or Se · reigned
Ma"ethofaith 48 years; and by rhis
rec he hegan to rei n aboutthe 17th
year of · · ; and rtts his fon was
(!rowned in the 15th year of .Aja: for p.¡¡.
t 6. 11 t tells us, iorum IJeJii.r attrita cfl
F·'-9.~ · · th!opia, v · "tatJáo ftrvie11·
~oque, elara pote11.r etiam tt[qt~e ad'!rq·
. J.llll~ /JeJJ.a MemnotJe t•eg_~Jantf. Ethzopta
fervcd Egypt ~till the lieath of Seflflris,
!Hcro4. ~· and no longer; for HerodfJttts *- tells· us tbat
t·~· ~ • he alone eltjoycdthe
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· ofEthiopia:
then t~e Et"hiopians became free, and afr~1
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When .Jfo by bis viétory over Zerah be-
fafe. from Eg1 t, he affcmbled all the
and they o eredfacrifices out ofthc
and entered-into a covenant upon
to {eek the Lord; and in lieu of rhc
taken away by Sefac, he brott{bt itl-
the hortft of God thc thitr .r that ~Ji.r fa-
had dedic:ated, a11d t 'Jat he himftlf
deáicatet/, SiJver a1tá Gold, attd Vef-
',_ Chro11. xv.
Wl1en :Zerab was be:1ten, fo that he
not rccover himfelf, the people t of t M:1n~tllo

. ' and cal.led.in to their affiílance two cont,

dred thoufand 'Jew.r and Catraanite.r; Apion. ,
l ¡; ¡; l p. lO)l.t
undcr t he condud of one O'Jor 1tjJtJtt.r, 1on·
Priell;of Eg'Vpt, callcd Vforthoti., Ofor-
, Oforchor, and Hercitle.r ./Egyptirts
y MaNetho, caufed thc Ethiopiafl.r now
ltfemtrotz to retire to Mempbis : and
Mem1101t turned the river Ni/e into
ne\v cb~n11el, built 3 bridge over it and
fied that pafs, at¡d tbcn wcnt back into
l1iopia: but afrcr thirteen ycars, he and
young fon Ramejfes carne dowh witb
army from Ethiopia, conqucrcd thc
er Egypt, and drove out the 'Jews ancl
h~11itiiiiiS'; and tbis aéHon the Eg~'ftiatJ.
and their followcrs call the 1ccond
xpulflonofthe Shephcrds, taking Ofarfi-
hu.r_ for Moft.r.
T1t·honru a bcautiful youth, thc cldcr •
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~cing carried thither among many captivc~

by Sif~¡lris: ~md the Cree/u, bcforc the
cbys of Ile(iod, tci¡.Sned that Afenmon was
hi" f(m: Afem!lO't rhcrcf(Jre, in thc opiníon
ofthoic ancicnt Greelu, was one Gcnerati~
on yo·111ger tlu.n TirfJ71t't.r, and \\·as horn
aftcr thc rcturn of St{o/lri.r int(') Rr;;_1'/Jt:
ft1ppok abont 16 or 20 ·year'> :1ftcr rhc dcJth
of Sulomo:z He is Lid to !uve livcd vcry
1on~, and Jo mi,;ht die :1bour 9 5 ycars ah:cr
Sohmo11, a<> \\'C rcd.oncd ab:n·c: 11is mo-
thcr, c1llcd Cif!ia br ,-1-~(drdtts, in a ihtuc·
·~ ol ' ...-'

, Diodor. crcél:cd ro her in E_opt, * \va.;; rcprcfcntcd

¡,¡.p. 31. as thc daughtcr, thc \\·ifc, and the morhcr
of :1 1\.ing, and ~herdórc he was rhc 1<m
ot a King; which makes ir probable rhat
Zcrab, whom he fucccedcd in thc King-
dom of Ethiopia, \Vas his f:tthcr.
,.. l,
Hiflorians t a;rcc tiut fife¡¡es rcigncd
in FJ!...YPt ncxt ::tíi:cr thc God", ::tnd turncd
thc rivcr into a ncw clunncl, aml built :t
brid~c oYcr ir, and bui]t ]lfemp!Jis and thc
m:1gnificcnr Temple of f/Nltrw: he huilt
.fifetn¡'J/iis o ver- a~:1iní1: thc pbcc w he re
Grafl(/ Cairo 110\V í1ands, callcd hy thc /l-
1·abia!t bií1or;ans li,Jc(ir: he builronlv thc
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Body ofthc Temple of!/11/crm,and bis be·

ccfi())'., Ramr./Jt's or Rhawpjilút!!s, J1lá'-
A.fi;cbis, and .Pfrunmitio:.r, budr rhc
'J''Ú, :;¡
wdl:crn, northcm, caflcrn, ::t!Hi J(Juthcr.l
1orrico's t:hcrcof: 'Pjúmr.11 io1.r, \\ !J,)
)liÍIr thc la11 )(>rtico of this Temple, rci:.:,II-.
fd tlucc hun red yc:.us Jftcr thc vidory o!
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. fija over Zerah, and ir is nor likely that
_,: this Temple could be abo ve rhree hundred
.: cars in building, orrhar any .A1utes could
. e Kin\! of ;lll Egypt befo re rhc expulíion
. ofrhc Shcphcrds. The lall: ofrhe Gods of
EJZvpt was Ortts, with his mothcr Ijis, and
· fiíl:cr Bt~baJie, ::wd iccrctary Tbotb, and
une! e T'_ypbott; and the King '" ho rcigncd
ncxt aftcr all thcir dcaths, and turned rhe
rivcr and 0uilr a briJse ovcr it, and built
Jlfempbis and the T cm pie of Vttlcmt, was
¡1[cm!I0 t or Ame11?Phis, callcd by rhe E-
1

g)'ptia¡¡s Amenopb; and thercforc he is

Jifc¡¡es: for thc n:1mes .Jlme;JOph, or .A1e-
1tOfb, :1nd fifenes, do not much diffcr; and
from Ame;topb thc ciry .lltcmphis built by
]l{eJJes lud its Eg ptian names .Afopb,
.lvoph, .Afn·opb or 1owf, as iris fiill called
by rhc .Arabiatt hifiorians: rhe ncccíiiry of
f<nti fying this pbce againil Ofar./i¡hus
g:1vc o::calion to the building ofit.
In thc time ofthe rcvolt ofthe lowcr E-
gvpt undcr O,(tnJipiJ!ts, and thc rctircment
of Ame~topbis into Etbio~>ia,r Er!YPt
e~.
bcirw a
thcn in the grcarcfl: diíl:raétion, rhc Greek.r
built thc lhip Ar~~o, and fCnt in it thc flowcr
ofGreece ro .lEetes in Co/chis. :md to ma-
ny othcr Princes on thc co:1ils of thc f,'lt.\'-
il!e and Meditcrraltea¡¡. fcJs; and rhis fhip
w:ls b~tilt a.ftcrthe ¡uttcrn ofan h:gyptiait
llnp Wtth fitry oars, in \\'hich "fJtlttatts \\'Ítlt
l1i-> fifty daughters a fcw yc:1rs bcfi>rc llcd
ftom Egypt into Grcccc, a'ld was rhc firíl.
lon3

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long fhip \rith hils built by thc Creef.s:
and iuL í1 ::m imrno\ cmcnt of ILl \ i'..!.atiniJ,
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with a Jc(i~n
•
ro fcnd thc llo\\-cr of Grarc
to m:my Princc<; upon thc k~1-coafts of thc
..EttXÍill'anJ }Jtditcrrtl!/Crlll k:lS, \\as tno
grcar an undcrtakin~ to h2 fer
on foCJ:,
withour rhc concurru:cc ofrhc Princcs ;1'1'.1
Su.tcs otGrccti, and pcrhap-; thc a¡!p:-ok:.-
tion or rhc /lmphú~yO?:ic Council; t(H ¡~
'Ll" don e by thc diébtc of rhc O r:tclc. T h ¡.;
Councii mct C\-cry h:tlf yc1r upon fbtc-
afElir~ for thc \\·L·Ibrc of'Gn·1 c·c, ;~nd rlh.::·~·­
forc knC\v o( this c:-;pct;iLin:l, a1:d mi;:h~
knd thc Ar,r::,fJ:!rz:/t s upun :111 cmb;tJTy to th~
hiJ Princcs; J.nd íor concca!In'!, thcir t:c-
1isn mi~~ht 111:i.kC thc Í:1bJc nf rhc ~O]l;~-1\
flcccc, in rcbtion w thc ihip of'P bí'i Y. i.'.i,
\V hoic enfic:n \Y as a t,o1Jcn r;tm : ::u~cl¡mJ,_:·
< - e
bly theirdc!1gn \·,·as t\J nutiry thc diílrac~l-
()llof'Er::,)pt, anJ thc invallon thcrco!' 1)\·
the Et !J~Ójialls ami 1fraclit l'J, to t hL J J,¡
Princcs, anJ to p.:ril.1~1de thcm to u>,c L l. .. ·
opporcunity to rcvolt from Lr:,ypt, ;l..IHl ki·
up for rhcmJCI ves, and nukc ~~-lcJ.~uc "Il :1
~he Grcc~.r: f(n rhe -"1J:~C7!d!t/J \'. u1:
• Stt:l;IQ l. throuf!,h ·~ thc Kit1gdomof Co/dlis h\' 1.;:~:1
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to r 1e .An;!t/iitw.r, :md th rouL' h Jl¡·;;/i'/.''·-'
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to thc Jl!cdt,_r; \\ hich could nor ha\ e Ll', 11
done ift!Jcy Jud 110( l1l:lélC rrieiJdíJJi¡ J \, ¡, it
t he ILl ti o n ·; l h re u; :.h \\ h i e h t h e y 1JJ (~ • i :
thcv \ifltcd ;llln /,,;r;;.J.:t-do:¡ hiit" (,¡· r:1.
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Tr~jrm.r, 'P/JÓC!!.f h ir1~1; of thc TIJ¡·r¡n,'/iY.

( )::::.ictt.r l\in:..,,)1· ()hile 'J)ofio¡¡cs, Lyc;t.r
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of rhc ]l!arial!d)'!ti, tl1c coafl:s of ji{y(ia
and Tartritfl CbéJ:fim~(its, thc n:Hiom~~~r>­
on thc Tm;,;is, rhc p~opl~ J.hou~ R.rzt"mti-
1/JJI, :mJ rhc coaíls ot hj)ll'fts, (__r)Jf¡ca, Jlfe-
/ittl, ltrzlv, Siri!)', StZrdúlit!, :llld Gct!/ia
llj)Oil t he -.1/editci?·¡meaJt; :111d frnm thLncc ,
rhcy * crniTl.'d rhc fCJ ro Afj·ic. :nd rhcrc • r_\nJ~r.
. j . j l' . 1 i·. f'l' P)ul.üde
COilfCrtTt \\ ll 1 L.'Jf!í'lfl'~.'f.! 1\, 1!1~ O v)'l"('JJ(': 4 .
:1nd + S.'l't!~rJ rclls u<> th:lt Í.!I Arn1C11i:umd
~\1 cd! .1, tZ !l ¿ t !Je ¡¡e i,..,-r bbo 11 r Úl (!' (J lte N, t bt'rc +l.pStraho.l.
1.1,
r;_,:·cn'.fi't·JíiCllt moilí!li!Cll! s oft be cxpctliti- 4.f, 46.
011 ~(J;¡I; 111; as r,·f:(o czbo11t Sinopc, a!ld its
_(t·tZ-tMjl.r; t!'r Propontis a¡¡d tbc Hcllcf-
pont. rwd ÍJ! t be -:\'IcJircrranc:.1n: ~uHI :.lnv::f-
iJgc by rhc tlo\\·cr of Craa to fe> many
n:1tions couiJ be on no orhcr account rhan
fhrc-pol ic y ; rh.:k n:.1rions lud be en in \'ad-
cd by - thc F~
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rPtiaJ;s, but afrcr thi-; expedí-
.
rinn \\'C hc~u nn more oftbcir conrirming in
L:!': cCli on ro i.:r;,~rp t.
Thc"' E :r/Jt!tlJ!.r orL!;irulh-]i,·ctl on rhc • o.odor.
" e "
t'ruit:; of t:i~ c~u-rh, and úrcd lurdl), ::md !. ·P· 1 ~'· 1

:l!)ILincd ! ro;;¡ :llll:~1J!-;, :n-..d rhcrc1-(¡rc abo-

mi!Utcd S!1cp:1c:·d,: Jl[n¡c.r Lltl'~ht rhcm ro
.tdorn rlJ,.:ir hcd-; :111d Llb~c·; ,,_.¡;fl :<eh furni.
rmc and c.:··¡¡cr.-;, a:Ll brou.!;ll~ in amOJ'·-:;fl ·
rl1cm :t iu:npruou-;, d~iicim-¡-; :'..nd vCJltr,tu-
1

ou-; 1 ' :l)' ()¡·¡¡¡~-'. a:~·l :~:)!J~:t :1!1 IHrn,;rc:J) ~:1rs

i! 1 ,_.r lJ,.; <L::ll'h, (,'. :(1 /ut?bí.'J" or1c of his
1
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h\·l-cllí)J'; e:¡;·; :.J ~1i:n t~.>r it. .llld tn rcd.tcc
1 h . · lll',•;:., Pl. L(;':f'i'. c.ud>d rh·.' e: de rn be
, .. , •. , . 1 · • f ·J · ' ·~ ~• • · ,r t
~~l..~- 1 ~~~ J;}L;:c).. c:;:l"·C' pr •../ ,/,:~¡;:
4
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hes; and by this cnrfe rhc honour of .Afemt

El,yptimu.
wac:; diminiíbcd among rhe
Thc Kings of EJrypt \\' ho cxpclled the
Shcpherds and tltccccdcd thcm, rcü;ncd l
think firfl: at Coptos, and thcn .lt Tbchc.r,
and rhcn at Afn¡¡p!Ji.r. At Copto.r 1 place
Mijpbragmtttb~(i's and Am~(t's or TIHw:·í-
fiswho cxpcllcd thc Shcphcrd-;, J.nd ;lb()¡¡ .
:ihed thcir cufl:om ofilcrificing men, ;lJ:: l é.'X·
tended thc Coptic Lmguagc, and thc m•11t
o f.".':< Kó,~tl, .hg_yptus, ro thc conqucfl. Thcn
Thebes bccunc rhc Royal City of ÁJJii'JW:!.
:111d from bim was c1.lled 1\'u-..Ammon, a:~d
hi-; conqucfl on thc wcfl: of Eg)'Pt v,·as e J!-
Icd Ammonia. Afrcr him, in thc hmc ci-
ty of Tbebes, rcisncd Of/ris, Onts, fi!cl!rs
•
or Amenophis, and Ram~[[es: bur A!rm-
phis ::md hcr mir:lclcs \\'ere not ycr cckhr;~-.
red in Cree({', for l!omrr celebrares TbrútJ
as in its glory in h!s da ys, and nukcs 110
rnention of i'viempbts. Afccr llfe¡¡cs lud
builr Afcmpbis,Alrrris rhcfl.tcccncn ofR:t·-
-mej[es adorncd ir, and madc ir rhc icar (lf
thc Kingdom, and this was almof1 t\\'o Gc-
ncratiom aft:cr thc Troj .
a JI. war. Cúní·,.,.r,.
./

thc f/tdcmt \\' ho marricd Vt.:lJJts, :111d UIH~n

thc Kings of E~e;_ypt rci~ncd ovcr C_'1jJJ'i.'J
:.1nd part of P!Ja:¡¡ icitz, and madc :1rrnour li 1r
tholC Kings, livcd 'till thc time'> of rhc 'f'ro-
jtw \\'Jr: :.1.11d upon his dcarh ]1/('JJt.l" tlt
A!nnttOJJ mi~,ht dcify him, :tnd fot111d thc
f:1motr'i T\.'Illplc of V11/cr111 in th:1r crt_v í(IJ
}Jis wnrlhip. bur not li ve Lo flnilh it. r11 .)
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phin >~~not fu from fifemp!Jis are m::my

1in~ll1 Pyr:1mids. 1aid ro be builr byVc¡¡cp!Jr:s
or F11cpbcs; ami 1 fldiJcét rlur Vou:p!Jc J'
:111 d h'!!ep!Hs !uve bccn corruprJ_r \nitren
for J\/cJ;('f/JCs or Jlmcnopbis, rhc lcucrs
A.1Vbcin\r ::-. almoft \\ orn out in i(mJc old
. ma-
nukript: lúr :1Úcr rhc cxamplc of rhc!c Py-
r:l.mi\1->, rhc follo\\·in~ Kin~s, llla'ns and
his fiH.:ccfTors, huilr othcr-> much Lugcr.
Thc pbin in\\ hich thcy wcrc built was thc
bury ing-pLlcc of rhar ciry, :1s appcus by
thc 1\1ummics thcrc found; and rhcrct(Jrc
thc Pyramids wcrc thc kpulchul monu-
mcnts ofthc Kings ::md Princcs oftlut city.
and by thcic and iiiCh likc works thc ciry
grc\V bmous foon afrcr rhc days of !1omer;
who rhcrctorc f1ourilhcd in rhc Rcign of
Rrwl~(/fs.
}/crodot !ts i is rhc oldcfl: hiflorian no•v -~! Ioroi,
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cxtanr w ho \\"rote of thc anriquitics of L- '

í!.YjJt.
(- and lud \\' lut he \V rote from rhc
Pricfl:s ofrlurcounrry: :liH.fDiodorHs, \vho
\note ~lmofl: +Oo ycars :1fter him, and h.hl
hi-; rcLttions a!Jc) from thc Pridl:s of Er!ypt.
pbccd nun y namclcls 1\. ings hct\\-ccn '"r'hok
\\ lwm flcrodotlt.r p!accd 111 continu~lllltc·
ccllioll. Thc Prie!ls of IJ:r;_ypt had rhcrc-
J_or_e, bct\\'ccn rhe da ys of 1hrork!fl.r :mtl
'1Jto1oru.r, out of vanity, vcry m ueh iiJ-
crcafcd rhc numbcr oCthcir K ing-;, :111d ,,. LaL
thcy did alter thc d:t ·; of lfc,·o't!ot?t.r, rhcv
bc¿;:111 tu do bcfon: lis da y s ; for k· te lis t;'>
th:tt rhcy rccitcd to hirn o~1t (\r tl1cir books,
thc ll<lll~cs uf 330 1\ÜJ :J0 S \\'llo rci1011lC·l aflcr
J1lcJJL'J ..
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.Afc¡¡cs, but did nothing mcmor1blc, ex '
cc1~t i\'itocris JnJ 1Va'l·is thc bf1 of thCI!l:
a!J' thdc rci~ncd Jt Tbtúcs, til! .J!a?·is tr.l:;·
e

:fhrcd rhc J{_·ar of rhc Empirc from TIH/;~·_c.

ro Aln!Jj'/Jis. Afrcr ./lla·J'Ís he rcck().l,
S(f~flris, 'P!Jo·oJJ, Protnu, RbamlFli-
tlts, Cbcop.r, Ccf'I.J¡·c¡!, ll{rrai!Jits, J((;·.
c!Ji.r, //;nfú,
-
Sr!Úr!C0/1, .AIIYjí·~r
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0
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thon, 12 contcm¡1oury . K in~:<;,
...... 'PJ~ÚiJJJJf.'. l.

ch1::, iValms. '/~(itl!!r!JÚ, .Aprir.r, J·/,;Jr!/ ,·_

and 'Pjfmll!lCJÚ! íl s. T he h/f:)P ti a!l s lud 1·.·
forc rhc da ys ofSoioJt madc thcir m:m :m. :: .
902:J .ycars old, :111dnow rhcy- rccko!i'd L;l
~

1/rrorlúttt.raí c..:c11ion of) ~o 1\.in<r<;

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ii~01(nlnn\·Cicncrations,tlut i~ :1boutr 1,:._ . J

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vc:U.:j bcforc Srjojlris: hntthc J\in<rs \\ ~1,)
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rci~.2,ncd lnng bcforc Srfojtris mighr rci:::1
ovcr iCvcr~ll littlc Kingdom'> in ic\-cr .. !
p:ltTS of i',:f!.)'}t, OCÚHC thc riJC of thcir 1\ Í.l·
11archy; and by coniCc¡ucncc bci(nc 1:. ·
d:r.·-; ofFü and St/Ji!!ld, :.l!l(! ];) are w;t t:':
,/

c.kr nur confidcL1linn : ~nd thck Jl.l!!~ )

may lLl\ e bccn mulri¡1licd by cornmri:,:¡;
and 1(llllC (J f thcm, :::·> A t IHJ t!Ji' s or ·1¡,,_! /,.
rhc kcrcu:-y of q(iJ.·i.r; TÍ!fort /JJ'/.'s ' i
./!fht!r~p Íii s;l P hy (J cian \\' ho i 11., en tcd 11[ 1 i, ·
(: i 11 ~; \\ · i t h 1~ ¡t w-c fl elll e e; ; a n d T /m r; ;· n r P, ··
i')'/J!!s
..
thc htJ',klnd of Akrli!drt!, \\ere:¡;¡¡/·, .
1'¡ : w ·'- ·s (1 ¡" ¡.; '.!, \·1u1 . Jf \\ Í l h /Jo' Ur(u/ //. r 11 '
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o 111 i t t k· 1l:llllc-. o f r ho IC K i 11 ~~.., w hn <~ i t 1,, · ,

r hi 11 :; 111 e 111 o r:lb le, a ml en n (¡ d-.T e ni y tl :·,: :
w hc~J{_· ;H~l í~ ;¡¡..; are rccordcd, :u:d \\ ·lto k::
fi)\~111!id 11!111\l!:ncnts of thcir h.1\ i1,!~ rci;;nt·d
oycr Lsl/JI,iúchaswcn.:Tcmpk~, .Sratlll·~.
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Pnamid.;;, C bdi e; k e;, ::nJ Pahccs dcdic:1ted
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ot~ :1k1 ihcd r\) thcm, rhdc h. in~-; rcduccd in-

tn ¡:()()d <1! •.:cr \\ ill !_!,ivc us all or almo!! .11l
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rhc l\iiJ:_~; <•r· /'·~1pt, (rom r!Jcd.l)'" ofrhc
<:\]''~¡(;,;:: <~( r·h·-· S!JC'J'k···l!· ami f()UiHling of
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tk· \fíl!L':· . . ~¡', ,:. )\\ !1' .::·~_;_.~:o rhc con,¡uc!l
o1I:~\j''l h; (~il •;¡: ;¡(·. •. J(l:· Yr(O(!J·is rcigncJ.
in r j¡ :: .-\ ';_' () r! 11·~ ( j ()' ; e; ()tI:' (Yp! ' k: i ll ~ d ~ i-
[¡ C¡\ )l '.. l )J ~· J l.! ' ~ }'/_r . ( fcr O! / L' S :1 l H}
1 ·: _ • ' ' , • (,: •
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1Jim; J/1'1/t.r, Jnd hi~ f()Jl R:tttJr.1/(·s re: :r:·~J ~)

nc\t ;lftcr rh: God ~. :111d rhcrcforc J\fit1rris

~1r~d J1ir:'l'i.r rci ::·¡·ncd J.ftcr Rt!mc({es: •. }.fa:rú
í~ kt t!mrn immcdiat2ly bct~liT Clxops,
rhrcc times in rhc Dyn:-t:licc; •
of rhc· Kirwsof0
I~:!.)f'!' compoi2d by EJ'f!t?íi!Je;;es, <1nd
once in thc D\"f1~111ic.; of )Jrnrth'J; and in
thc bmc D\·n~•{hcs JVitorri.r i'; !ct afrcr rhc
hui1dcr..-; o{ thc thrcc grcar Pyr::unids, ::ud
accordin~ rn f!n·odotl!s hcr brothcrrcigncd
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bct(JI'C hcr, :1Ild \Llc; fhin, and lhc r-crcL :cJ
}¡j..¡ dcath; :md accnrditi!~ tu .J)'!!tdlit.l' n'~
bl!ilt rhc tl1ird gr\.'at Fyr:unid; :wd rhc· bllil-
dcr.., ol· thc Pyr;lmid·.; rcin·ncd .1t i1ltmólús, ¡ ,"1

~llld hv cnnll-~!t!Cilcc
-' . afrcr /1/a:ris. N()\\'
fi-r>Illllitf~· rhilJ~<.; 10n:Hher rlutrhC J\inrn; nf
~} ~

I~: ~-···¡ rw·¡¡tinn~~d by 1 !t·roriM l'.r ('U!.!., lit ro

1H: 11 ~ ~ i 11 r h r ·; r : r ¡_¡__, r ; St ("· (h ·i.r, 'P /J t ro 1!,
1:: ,•

'/) 1 ·o t' ·:.' .r, illn/r' r, R !u ltJ/J /Í;'J i t i!.r, .il 1a'r i .r,
( , '/JI'0/'.1', Gf'.
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. ; \' J!OCi"t.r,
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A/jc ¡,;·.r, A,l)}t'.r, Sttúclco¡¡, ..dro'(;:r a.~.. 1i'1,
SethoJT,
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Sethon, rwclvc contemporary Kingr:,
Pjammitichtts, Nccblts, Pfommis, ..-l
pries, Amajls, P.fitJnmeJtitus.
Phcrou is by Hcrodottts [lid ro be tho:
f(m and íuccc!Tor of Sej~(!ris, He wa" dc1
ficd by thc name of Orl!s.
'Protctts rcigncd in the lo\\'cr Eg 1'/ t 1

• Herod.l. w hcn P aris fJ.iled thithcr; that is at thc

3.,
cnd of t he Troj au \\·ar, accordi ng to * 1fe-
rodo tus: and :rt rhat time Ammopbis \Ll'>
Kii:g of Eg_ypt and Etbiopia: but in !11~
abfcncc Protcus mighr be govcrnor ofiomc
p:ut ofthc lo\\'cr Eg_vpt undcr him; for llo-
mer pbccs 'Protetts upon thc iC:1-coJf1,.
and makes him a fea God, and calls him tire
fcrvant of Neptzme; and Herodotus bith
thar he rofc np from a!Tlong rhc commou
pcoplc, :.md rhat 'Protetts was his name
tr:J.níb.tcd into Greek, and bis namc i11
Greek fignifics only a Prince or Prcfidcnr
He filcccedcd Phcro1t, and \V:lS fl.¡ccccdcd
hy Rbampfinittts according to I!erodfJOtr,
and fo was contcmporary ro .ÁííJL'IiOpbis.
Amenopbis rcip~ncd ncxr aftcr Orlls :ltlll
l.fú thc lafl of rhc'GoJs; he rci~ncd Jt lir!t
ovcr all.fr:,_ypt ami thcn o ver ldcmpbis .111d
thc up JCr p:ur<> of E,'l,ypt; and by conquc-
ring J}tajip!J!Is, wlw had rcvolrcd from
hirn, b<.Y~lmC K ing of'all Egypt again, abo:tr
5' 1 yurs ~lt'tcr thc dcath of Soiomon. H~
huilr 1Ucmpbi.r and ordcrcd rhc \\'orll:ipot
thcGods offc;ypt,:J.nd built a Pabcc :lUI~r­
dtls, JllllLhc'AtemiJOIIirt at Tbis anJ J';U''·
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'and rhc m:1~~níficent Temple ~f Vúkttn in
· .A!eJJJpbis; the building wirh f,luarc í1:onc-;
bcin<r tound ottt befare by Toforthnts rhe

ofhi-; ILlmc ullcd J\fc¡¡es, filmes. fi/m.c-

1/.r, J1Ji 11 tlts, J1/i 11 i es, ]Jf¡¡ev is, E'¡¡rpbu,
·Vo;c¡;bc.r, 'P bamr nophis, Ojjma11t !~y as,
()_(/ma:~tks, ljilttlltdcs, !mandes, Jl!nmJOl!,
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Amct1opbis \L1sfuccccdcd by hi~ion, ol-
lcd by 1/erorlotus. Rhampfti!Ít;ts, :mJ by
orhcrs Rmnjcs, Ramifts, Ramcfts, Ra-
1!u:fll:s, * Ram~fles, Rhampjes, Rcmphú. *'A m mi.
V )011 an Obcli.')k creétcd by this King in :m.l.17.
C. .f.
· 1 diopolú, :1nd Jcnt ro Rome by rhc Empc-
ror Cr;:~flmJtÚts, was ~m inkription, intcr-
pr~rcd by 1Jr:rmapiott an EJ!,J'Jtia!t Pridl,
exprciling rbar rhc King wa<> long Ji ved, and
rcigncd ov..:r a grc::tt part of thc c::trth: ~md
StrdFJ, i ;m cyc-witncís, tclls us, tlut in i· Str.1l>o. L
thc monumcnts of thc King<; of EJ!:ypt, :1~ 17·P·817 .
borc rhc ¡\Je;m!oJÚitm wcrc inkriptions up-
on Obclisks, cxprc!Ilng thc richcs of tbc
l\.in~s. and rhcir rcigning as fJ.r ~l'> SC)thúz,
Brzdritz,];¡dia a.ndlonia: and Tat~it;u * t Armal. l.
teJL; lh from an inkription iCen at Tbeúu 2,(. 6".
by Cd~{tú· Cr:nnallictts, and intcrprctcd ro
him by thc E~i!,'Vftitm Pricfh, tlut rhis K in~
Rr~Jmj/ú lud :ln army of 7ooooo men, :lJl(l
l'ei;..;ncd O\'Cr Libya, Etbiopia, Media,
·. :f!?er/t~t. Ral!ria, Stytbia, /Jnnmitt, Cap-
}J"tloritz, Bitl:,vi!Út, and Lycítt; whcncc
<.fhc 1\J onarc hy of./lj[yria was nor y cr rilen .
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Tf1is King was very covctous, and a grcar
e o llcétor of taxes, and onc of thc richcf1 ot
~ll rhc Kingsof Egypt, and built thcwcf't.
crn portien ofthc Temple of Vulcan.
J)[rrris inhcriting the riches ofRamt~[ji·s.
built rhc northcrn portico of that Temple
more 1Ll!nptuouíl y, and madc the La ke ni
.l'vfrr¡·iJ, with two grcat Pyranüds of brick
1n thc midít ofit: a!H.l for prckrYing thc di-
Yifton ...
of F~vpt
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into
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cqual fharcs amon!.;~ \._

thc íoldicrs. this King \note a book of íur-

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Yc\·in~. which gave a bc¡},inning to Gcomc-

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try. He is c:tllcd alió Mrrrís, JH;ri.r,

Jl.fn·e s, lviarrc s, Smarrc.r; and more cor-
ruptly. by changing J\T into A, T, B, :.
YX, ..l. Qic. Ayrcs, T_yri.r, B;ircs, Soris.
"Vcbornts, Lar:!Jarcs, Labarís, &c.
•] ¡:l'l:rr
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'Diodorus * pbccs 'Vc!Jorctts bctwccn
l.1p.32· OJ)írlrnulnas and Myris, tlut is, bcn\"Ccn
_¡]rJJCJ!ojJhis and Ma:ris, and Üith that he
built McmjJ!Jis, and fortified ir ro admiratl·
o:J with ~l mighry rJmpart of carth, ~111d .1
bro~t.d and decp trcnch, which \\·as fillcd
wiLh thc water oh he LVitc, and madc tllClc
~ L1fl ~mcl dccp Llk:c for rccciving thc \LHCr
ofthc i\'1/c in thc time of its o,·crllo\\·in::.'
~nd hui ir pahcc'> inthc ciry; and th:u r!J¡;
pbcc \\'~ts h> commodioully fCatd, tlur
moft of thc 1\ ings \\ ho rcigncd alter h1111
prcfcrrcd ir bdorc TIHbt:s, and remo\cd
t he Court from thcncc to this pbcc, lo r:1.1t
l he nu~~nificcnce of ¡bcúc.r from rh~n rj¡nc
hc~>lnl~.> dccrcaic, anJ that of Jr1cmpbi.r tll
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.iíncrcafc. 'rill A!cxaJtrkr KiiJgof Jl{acttf,l!J
lmilr Alexa¡¡dritl. Thck grc~lt works r.f
CUchorrm.r and tholc of Jli(l'ris f:n·our e,¡··
·tlll e :llJd l he Lune <rcn ius, anJ \n·rc cero i! >!Y
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done by 011 e and r he Ümc I\ in;..;. diílin : ,li i; lJ- 1

ed into rwo by a corruprion ofrhc n:1m.:: :1-:

aborc; {or rhis Lakc of 'Ut!Jorn:.r \\'.l'> c~...:·­
tainly rhe bmc wirh rh~1t of J'Hrn ú.
Afrcr thc cxamplc ofrhc t11·o hric\. Pyr.l·
111ids nudc by J1f{!'rÚ, rhc th:·cc JH.'Xt
King-;, Cbeops, Ccpbrcn and .ll,~y::ri.?/1: ... ,
built rhc thrcc grcat Pyrami,J.> :lt ..:1-ft'iiJíJ/;i r,
anJ thcrcforc rci0:ncd in rlut cir1·. C/J.",~·,"s
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. fh1t up rhe Tcm Jlcs ofthc .Vumo. :11hl ¡m~-

.hihitcd thc wori 1ip of thc (iods of JJ:'!._r,!J:',
dcli~ning no doubt to h~t ve b2cn ,,. urilJip-
Ecd himiclf af:cr dcJ.rh : he i-; callcl! aiJo
CIJembis, Cl;emmis, Cbt!JJJJÚ, I'bn)s, . . ·.'-
patbtts, Apap¡ms, S~tpbi.r, St?oj!Jis, ,S_'y-
pboas, Sypbaojú, Suipbis, Svp!Jm·ú, ./l;¡o-
. ·tpbú, A!to~(t's: he huilr rhc; bi/,;:,dl: of rhc
thrcc ~rc::tr Pyramid" whi·_·h fb11d ro:~crk·r,
ánd hi 'i brother Cephrc 11 o r Ce r¡; hr }'¡ ·,~· h, ri! ;:
thc lccond, and bis t(m ¡\fyari¡¡;;s l~;u:1d ..-. J
th e t h i rd : t hi s b fl: 1\. i n g \\ ·; t" e e: 1:.: hr~r-·, ·d h r

.~ody of his c.hu~htcr in ;l lwll()'.\' n\. :1 ~· l

taulcdhcr to be worihippcd d.til:· '' ir:1 rl
doms: he is callcd ::tlb Cbrrc.r, ('/n;·i¡¡;t r .
. ic!JC'rc.r, .A1oftbcrr.r, Ail'!Jd•t'J't'.r. llL'
:. 'cd bcforc thc third l'yr:1mid \Lts lir!i!lr·:(!.
d his fi11cr and litcccifur N itr;n·iJ· liiliJlJ .
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Thcn reigncd A_f3'chis, who built th~~
e.1flcrn portien of thc Tem )le of V!! leila
'· cry 1i)lcnclidly, and among t 1c finall PyL\-
rniJs a largc Pyramid of brick, madc r:i
mud duv; ont of thc Lak.c of Ma'l'Ú.
~

:lllll thdc ~trc tbc 1\.ings \vho rci~ncd .Jt e •

.:llcmj'hi.r, :md r cnr thcir time in adornin~:.

rh:u cit\·, until t 1c E't biopirws and thc .11/
ji J't({J:.r· and othcrs l'C\·oltcd, and l\,(lf!
loil :di hcr dominion abroad, anJ bcc-1m::
J:':Ún
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diyidcd into kver:ll final! Kinc,do111·;
e
Onc of thok Kin!_!,doms wac; I Lhi!lk .::
.l: /c¡¡¡ p!Ji s. und cr Gn>p bct él us. :1.nd h j ~ ¡; 11:
:1nd luccc!Tor Bocc!Jo¡·i.r. /lfrictll/!!J c.1ii-.
!?uccboris a Saitc; but Sais at this tim~·
lud othcr 1\.ingc;: G'11l'pbac7tts, nthcn\ 1k
c1llcd J\'c,x!Mbú and Tálmatis, curJu:
J1lcJ!C.r fnr hi; luxun', and uukd th(: c.::J~
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w be cmcrcd in rh~ Tc!llplc of .'J¡¡pifa r
T!Jcbt.r; :111d thc:·cf(>rc rci~'JJCd ,J
O\ cr J.\
/;a is : :111 J h' oa.b o¡· .<r k 11 t i 11 ;:l \" i 1d bi1 ll ¡; ¡'
<'1: Lhc God },j¡¡c¡__ ·i.r \\ hirh \Ll" \\·orJ!Jip¡xl:
at lldio¡'-'oli.r. All<>LllL'r ofthofC Kinpdot>>
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\\'.l'.; :1t _¿};~¡}·:r, or 1 fttl/l'.r, ((<:t. x >·.x. + liJ.
du i r .-; 1\ i 11 '·...,.. A ll. \'.(/.J o r /l m o.(t s; a r J¡ i í' d \ .. t • .u
St~ú, utHLr S!t'p/J.t!i"! his, Nt•tbtpfú.r, ,¡;)
.A.'¡·chit.r; ;11Jd a t(ntrth \\ :lt: T~¡;:,:.r <1r /-
,¡•;
.~¡.;, n·:(ll'l' 'J'¡•f¡¡/J<Fl'.r, q((;n'f~~'J/ ;~!1d -/'(:i·i
¡¡¡J.r: :ll\tl /';: ~,·; h·i:·•l \\ l\tklh:d !··\' 1 ]¡,' l.l
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vifinn. \\ ;h IIJ\:l~:..:\1 :tíld L'lJil·.jiiCrl\i h; 1i::
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.1·,¡ /J¡, / /d//.í liiH,Cl' d:.',.li!!'0/1, \\ 10 Í (\\' J·,;t·
, . l \' ¡ ¡
u.·,n·u :l'll J l'C!.'i/.1·, .\IJ( nut e .Jiii\'¡IJ 1·\
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, tttha(lc.r, and rhc /l:'nz of l\!aÚOJM(!ar in
· ihe ~2d ycar ofthc Rcisn of Boccború, ;lc-
corclimr to A{;'it,.lllit.r; and rherctore rhc
<tivdio~~ ot"I::i_}'/'1 inro m:my KingJom<> bc-
~an bcf(lrC thc O 1ympi:ld.;, bnt not ab~l\~
che lcn•rth o
of two h.inlrc;
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Rci'rns
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bcforc
them.
Afrcr thc fludy of Aflronomy \\ :1siCr on •

foot for rhc u le ·or lLl \ i -~ tuon,- and rhc J~-

'-rz.._1ptirm.r by thc HcliJl~:tl Rilingsancl Sct-
rin;;,'> ()frhc Star'; Jud clctcrmincd rhc lcngrh
O fl ! 'C ~.; n b r ) Cl r o J' 3 6 :; d J) S, a 11 d b)' O t hC r
obLrv:lt in 1; ~; h.1d fi:.: cd t he So lit ices, ::md
1ormcd thc JI :.;r Sur; into Aílcrilin<>, all
\'. bich \Ll'> t~om.' in thc P.ci::;n of ArmnJJI,
Srjác, Onrs, ~wd Ltfom;o¡¡; ir may be p:·c-·
fLHncd rh:n tbc ;· continu(d ro obkrvc thc
motion-; of rhc Plancts; for rhcy clllcd
íhcm afrcr thc namcs of thtir Gods; Jnd
j\!crbrp{ru or 1Viapfi;s K in::; o f ..Ytl ú, by
::he ~l(!i !l ;1J1Ce of'P ctoj/ris a P ric!1 o f 1~_()'/J 1,
1
Íll\'Ciltcd AflroJoo)c U'~ oroLJ!lt linn·
_ , it LJ!)O'l
. thl:
aliKcls of rhc Pbncr.;~, ancl th~ Llll:l.liric-; nf
r he m en an d \\.o mCJJ ro \\' h o m t he y ,., ·e\':.:
dcdic:.tcd: and in rLc bc~'ÍIJJlÍIW of rl1~ .._¡ .. -.,

Rci~n or NrrÚOJJrtf(;¡¡· J\.j¡¡tl of !1rrb)'/o.'.'. :l-

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iHn¡t \\'!JiciJ rime r he /·,'¡ /;iopit!J!.r 111Ídu S·t-
IM eo11 in v :u.lc d Fg_yp 1 , t h() IC E rz:yp 1i ./:/ s
',\ lw flcd rrom !Ji 1:1 to B:tb y/o;¡, urricd th i-
Ihcr rbc h~f!..Vplirm yc~tr <·)r 3G) tby.;, :l!ld
I "e n ud y () r A fl ron() IJl y ~111 d A n;-o 1()~'.~· ,
:111d f'ou11dcJ rhc /J:'ra of JVt~Úo;;¡fjj{tr; d.11-
in~~ ir fru'n thc Jidl vcar uf tlut J\ Ítl~\·~~
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R·eign, which w~s the :u.d year of Boccho,

ri.r as abo ve, and beginning the year on the
famc day with the :SgypttaiU for the fake
1t0iodor. of thcir calculations. So 'Dioáoru.r * :
l.a.p. f'·
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tbey fo.y thai the Chald~ans i11 Babylon,
heilt~ Ct.¡tl1tie.r of th.J Egy~i;tns, /;ecame
fom~lts for .Ajlrology, havi1rg learnt it
frotn thé Priefts ~f Egypt: and Hcj/itetll,
wqo wrote ~1 hiíl:ory of Eg_yp_t, fpcaking
of a difafi:cr of the invade~ Egyptiatu,
Jofeph. fiirh t that thc Priefl.r who forvived tbis
nt.l. 1 •
• difojlcr taki1rg'witht theSacraof Ju-.
~+
• pi ter Eny:1;lius, canu to Sennaar itt Bah lo-
Jlia. Frqm rhe 1;th year of Afa, in w lich
Zerab was beaten, and Me1re.ror Ametto~
jbi.r bcgan his Reign, to tbc bcgin.ning of
r.hc /Era of NabortP;{far, wcrc 2.00 ycars;
and this intcrval of time allows room for a~
bout nine or ten Rcigns of Kings, at about
twcnty years to ~ Rci:rn onc with anothcr;
ttnd fo man y ~ eigns t 1crc wcre, according
to theaccounrfctdownaboveoutof Hcro~
(ir;tu.r; and th~rcforc that account, as it is
thc o1dcil:, and was rcccived by HerfJdotrts
fmm r~c Pricfl:s of Th:úe.r, Memphis, :md
[lctiopc4is, thrcc ~rincipal cities of Egypt,
a3rccs ~lfo \Vith rhe courle of nature, and
1e:l ves no room for rhc Reigns of the man y
{l:lm~lcfs Kings which wc bavc omitte~.
-1 hde omitt~CI Kings ed bef~rc lrlter~!
~r.d b confcquence ar .r; for Jrltens
fr:ln ~;red rhe feat .of rhc Empire fr?m
f'heúe.r ro .Jfemphu: they reigncd after
~~?rf~.fl(.r; ~o~ R:a~zeffe.r w~s t~~c íon nnd
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fuccelfor of ~, who reigned -next af-

ter the Gods. Now Menes built the body
{)fthe Temple ofVulcan, Ramejfes the firft
fOrtico, and M teris the fecond portico
thereof; but the Egyptianr, for making
their Gods and Kingdoms look ancien.t,
have inferted between the builders of the
firft and fecond of this T e,
three hundred thirty Kings of s,
that thefeKings reigned eleven
years; as if any Temple could
ftandfo long. This being a manifefl: fiélion,
\ve have correéted i,t, by omitting thofe in-
terpofed K.ings, w~o did nothing, and pla-
cing Mrcru the bmlder of the fccond por- 1

tico, next after Ramej[e~ the builder of the

firft.
In the Dynafties of Mattetho ; Sevechru
is made the fucceffor of Sabaco1z, .heing bis
fon ·; and erhaps he is the Setbott of Hero-
' w o became Prieftof Vttlcatt, and
ne leéted military difcipline: for Sabaco11
is t at So or Sua with whom Hojhea King
of lfraet confpired aaainft tbe .Aj[yrimu,
inthefourthyearof ezekiab, .4mJoNa·
!Jonaff. 2.4. Herodotu~ tclls us twicc or
thrice, that after a long Reigu of
fift ears relinqui1hed tpt voluntaril y,
an t at .411'/fo~ who fled rom bim, return-
ed and reigned again in the lower E. '}t af-
ter him, or rather with him : and t a.t Se-
tbon reigned after Sa!Jaco11, and went to
Pelufium the army of ScmJacheriú,
and was yed with agreat multitudc of
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micc, which c::tt thc bow-Srrings ofrhc A/
j)'ritm.r; in mcmor ofwhich thcíbtuc ol
ti-Ierodot. Setho!l, icen by fcrodot11s, t was mad(
i.2. · c. 1 4 1 ". Wlt - h :1 M Oll 1·C 111 . 11:111(1. A M Oll fC \\";1'
. ltS
thc ~~~ypticm fymbol of clcílruélion, and
thc lVTouiC in rhc h~nd of S'f'lho:t fignilic~
only th~t he on·rc:1mc thc A_(!jriatts \\ ith .t
~~
ilrcat dcfl:rudion. Thc Scríllturcs infinm
ns, tlut w hcn SC!macbcrib in \'adcd ]udttt!
and bcficgcd Lacbi)h and LiúJlah, w hich
\Lls in rhc Lf-th y car of 1le ::::d' i ..-b, Jl¡¡¡¡o J\'<i-
úoJJaj¡: 34· rhc Kíns of :Jutf,ó rruttcd upo11
'P ht~rao!J K ing of Fg)'ft, tlur ic;·upon Sc-
thoJJ, ::tnd th::tt Tirhaf.ab K in:; of Et !Jiopi1!
C1mc out alfó to flght af!,ainH: Srm¡aciJCrib.
2 Ki11g. xviii. 2 r. and xi>... 9· which nul\c;
ir probable, that whcn Snmachcrib hCJnl
ofthc Kings of Eg}pt and Ethiopia coming
;_¡g::tinfl: him, he \VCnt from Liúllril; to\L1rl~;
~j'>eJ¡~(im¡¡ to oppok rhcm, ::tnd w~1s thcrl'
ÜirpríLcd :md fCt upon in thc nig,ht by thcr·1
hoth, and routcd w ir has grc:H a fhugh ter J;
ifthc bow- firings ofthc A_{fj'í'Íai!S had bccn
e::ttcn by micc. Somc rhink. tlur che Al:>"
·riatJS wcrc finittcn by lightnin~, or h:, .:
J1cry \\'ind which fomctimcs comes (,·o.;¡
thc f(Juthcrn parrs of Cbt!IJ,r,?. A rrcr t :1:,
yiétory J ir!Jtd:.a!J Ü¡ccccdcd .~'('/ Úo!t', CliTi-
cd his anns wdrward throu:•,...., h I,i,&)'t!- ~l!ld A-
_(rir: to tbc mourh of thc S!J·,úf.r: b11t l!t-
r·ot!ottts rclls us, thar thc Pridb of J<<.l/i
reckoncd Sct!Jo¡¡ rhc bfl: K iiJ'r . ~
of .
J,(l,· ~·-' .
\Ylw rcigncd bdorc thc divífiun oC l.~\·/'.~
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. into twclvc contcmporary Kingdoms, an(l
· by conkqucncc beforc thc inv~11ion of E-
nypt by thc Af!_j·riaJtS.
(..,~ For ./ljferbrtdoJt King of .A.f/j'ria, in thc
68 ycar of Nabo11a.f[ar, afrcr he had rcignc¡l
~1bour thirty ycars ovcr A([)·rirz, invadcd
· rhc Kinrdom ,-, of Bab·vfo¡¡,
J :wd rhcn urricd
, into c1priviry man y pcopk from HabyJo¡¡,
:mJ C111 bab, and /17.-·a, and 1-lrtmath, and
Sepha'J''[:aim, placing rhcm in rhe Rcg,ions
otSmnflria and'Damrljou, and from t k:ncc
thcy carricd into Bab)'iOJIÍa :.1nd .A([yrút
thc rcnúindcr of thc pcoplc of 1frae! ~m¡l
S)'ria, \\' hich had bccn lcfr thcrc by Tig ·
!rttb-pi!t:jer. This c.1ptiviry \Lts 6 5'
ycars after thc fir!1 ycar of Abaz, 1fa. vii.
I' 8. & 2 A' i ll,f!,. X V. 3 7. & X Vi. 'i. :1.11 d by
conkqucncc in rhc twcnticth yc.u of j\Jfl
utz(fd;, il!!!IO Nctbo¡trz(¡: 69. and thcn Ttlr-
taJJ \\·as icnt by Aj{crbr1doll '' ith an army
again!1. Aj/Jdod or A;:::,ot!J, a t0\\'11 ~lt tlur
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time iubjcct ro ]!td.ca, 2 Chro¡¡. xx \·i. ().

and rook ir, lfo. xx. r: ~llld this pofl Gcin_~~
iCcurcd, t he /U{yrirtJls bcar thc Je·~·s, :ltld
Clpti \' ~ncd J¡ 1rmrz[[cb' :llld fltbd ucd ]udtt' il :
and in thdc \Lus, 1¡;rirz/J wa~ f:l\\''d ::dLmd..: ;·
i)y rhc comnund oi' _¡Vtm,z[{eh, for prophc-
iying :1~:1infl him. Thcn thc A({j'rir1:.'.'
IIl\adcd and 1itbducd h~C!,Yft and fj't!Jiopi.;,
:111d urricd thc E'.[J'f'l irt~;.r :111d Jjf!Jiopi.~i!S
into upti\ Íl y, ~u;~¡ 1hcrchy pm an CIJd to
1 he Rci~',ll or l he Er biopirws o ver 1·.'{\'jJI.
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23. & xx. + Inthis\varrhccity No-Am-
mo¡z or Thcbcs, which had hirhcrto conri-
rinucd in a f1ourifhing condirion, was mi!C-
rably wafl:cd and lcd inro captiviry, :1') i·)
ddcribcd by 1Vabum, clup íii. ver. 8, 9,
10. for llahm;t \note afrcr thc Jafl inyafi-
on of.'Jttdtetl by thc .ilj/)'rians, dup. I. ver.
I 5' ~ and thcrcforc Jdcribcs thi-; capririty a-;
frcfl1 in mcmory : and rhis anJ ot hcr tól-
Jo\\·ing invafions of Egypt undcr Neúlt-
chadJtezzar and Crzmbyjes, put an cnd to
rhc glory of that ciry. .J1j[erbado11 rci~n­
cd ovcr rhc L:optiaus and Et!Jiopirws
rlucc ycars, lja. xx. 3, 4· thar is until his
tlcath, \\ hich \Ll'> in the yc::u of Nabo11aj
far 8I, and thcrcforc invadcd .Fg_ypt, _and
put an cnd to thc Rcign of thc EtbiofttliJS
o ver thc Egyptia!ls, in thc year of J.Vaúo-·
uaj[ar 78; io tlut thc EtbiopiaJts undcr
Sabaco11, and his fucccffors Setbon and
Tirbak.ab, rcigncd orcr Egypt about 8o
ycars: llerodottts allots 50 ycars ro S't!Úrz-
t'O ¡¡, and ./(frieamts f{mrreen · cars ro Je--
t !Jo¡¡, and cightccn to Tirbaka 'J.
Thc divilion of Egypt into more King-
doms than onc, both befo re and afrcr rhc
Rcign ofthc Etbiopialls, and thc coJlLJ!ICÍl
ofthc EJ!,)'Ptians by A_f!á·brtdou, thc no:
"'lfai. xix. phct ljcllt!b *_lccms te~ alludc unt<~ in nck
1, 4 ,11, words: ].--..:_·¡JJjct,Lwhhc, tbc Egrmath
q,2.3. tlKaiJJjlt/.;c Egyprians, rJtu!tbty )htt! j;gbt
c·vtry oJJc rrgttilljl bis úrot bcr, al/d t''L'L'l}
O!/L' rrgtti;;(/ bis m:ighúo11r, city a~<·zi;~fl
~ llj.
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/\:~... o G y p T. 2 S9
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· city, rm.d.I<ilt dom at;aildl l~i¡¡gdom, a1td

the Sptrtt o Egyprjhaflfati.---- A1td the
E~ypti:ms rw·iil) gi·ve o·vcr Íllto thc hattd
o{ a cr11el lord [ riz. /l.fferhadoJt] a11d a
•
~á-ce /( Í7J(l L~
jbat! L
rcir!,lt oru·cr tbcm.---Sttre-
¿vthe Pri¡¡ccsof/.oan [Tanis] are foo/s,
t be cotmfd ~{tbc ·:.;_·ift Cotmjalors of Pha-
r;wh ís berowc brut Ub: !Jo~· loliK fizy y e ttJt-
to Phar.wh, 1m;¡ tbc jrm ~( tbc aJtCÍfltt
]{ íng.r.---Tbc 'Pr úJces of Z oan are beco me
(uois: tbe 'P¡·/¡¡ces ofNoph [\Icmphis] are
·dacá·cd,----Cu'CJJ tbey thflt ~·ere the Jtay
o(tbe tribcs tbcrcof-----ln tbflt day thcre
/hall be a higb_r::;t~l' out of Egypt Í!lto Af-
1yriJ, a11d the Egypríam j!'tlli Jl'r'T/e the
Alfyrians.
Aftcr the dcath of .il/J~·rhczdoJJ, Egypt rc-
nuincd fi.Jbjcél: ro nrelrc contemporary
1\ings, w ho rcvoltcd fror:.1 thc . /!J!jrialls.
:111d rcirrncd roncthcr f1ftccn )·cars · includ-
~ ::::> ,

ing l think thc tlucc ycars of /JJferbadoJt,

bccauk thc El{J'Jf itms do not rcckon him
JllJnngthcir 1\ings. Thcy * built thc La- "'Hcrod.I.
byrinrh adjoining to thc l.~li\.C of Af(J!rÚ, ¡.c. x+S.
\\.hich was a vcry magniliccnt flruelurc, &c.
11 ith twclvc 1-L:tll<> in ir,' f(;r rhcir Pabccs:
;lnd thcn 'Pfommil id7!u, \\ ho \\'J.'> OllC of-
thc twclvc. conqucrcd Jll che rdl. .He
htidt thc bfl: Portico ofrhc Tc;il , )lc of Vú!-1

r "'~, lolindcd by ¡lfnJc.r ~t!)()t:~· 2-ó; yc:n;

l:c.l(JJT, and í-cigncd ).f yc;~rs, im:hdin~ thc
1!i 1e l'II y e:lr -; (J r J¡ i S F. e i ~ 1l \\ i l ll l : l (.: [\ \ 'C l \'e
!\ :11;\ s. ·nll'IJ rci0;tll'll J\'c:/'.'~)h or JVt-
.. c/Jlf.r,
 260. MPIRE
•

chus, 17 years; P fommir lix ears ; fl'a-

pbres, Aprier, Eraphitu, or ophra, 2.5
ears ; ¡lmaji.r 44 years ; and P ·
t x: months, according to Herodotu.r. E-
•· ·pt wasfubdued by Neúttchadnezzar in
t e laft year but one of Hophra, .Anno Na.
ho1raf{. 178, and remained in fubjeétion to
,Bahy_lo1J forty year~, 'Jer. xliv. 3o. and
;Ezek. xxix. n,, 13, 14, 17, 19, that is,
~lmofl: all the Reign of .Ama{i.r, a pleheian
• fet over Egypt by the conqueror: the for-
ty years ended with the death of e rrts;
•
for he reigned over Eg'Ypt and Et 'Jiopia,
•
accordin to Xenophort. At that time there·
fore tho e nations recovered tbeir liherty ¡
but after four or fi ve years more they wcre
invaded andconquered by Cambyfts, ~11110
Na!Jo11aff. i23 or 224, and have almofi
ever ftnce remained in fervitude, · as was
·prediétedby t'he P · ets.
The RcignsofP "tichtt.r, Nechtu,
-,¡ammi.r, Apries, .Amajis, and Pfomme·
nittts, fet down by Herodottu, amount un·
'
to 146~ years: and fo man tbere
were from the 78th year of , in
which thedominionofthe Ethiopiimsovcr
Egypt carne to :¡n end, unto the 22.4th ycar
of Nabot1ojfar, in which Cambyft.rinvadcd
~ 'ft, and put an end to that Kingdom:
•
w 1ich is an Argument that Herodotus was
.circumfpeét ano faithfi.d in his narrations,
·and has given usa ood account ofthe anti·
·'.luities of Egypt, o far .as tbe P1·iefi:s· of E·
. ~~11
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26:I
gy}tat The!Je~, · , ~nd J!eliop~~is,
and the Carzan:r Ionzan.r mhabltmg
~gypt, werethenable to inform him: for
he confulted them all ; and the Cares and
the Ionian.r had been in E :¡_pt from the
· ofthe Reign ofthe twe ve contempo-
r Kings. . • .
litiJ * tells us, that the Egyptzan Obe· Plln.J. .

inThcbais, and that the firft Obelisk was

made by Mitres, w ho reigncd inHeliopoti.r;-
that is, by Mephres tb_e predccefTor ofMif-
. hofis; and that afterwards other
m~de otbers: Socbi.r, rhat is Sefo~
,
chi.r, or Sefat', four, eacb of 48 cubits in
length; Ramife.r, that is Ramej[es, two-;
, Smarres, thatis Mteris, one of 48 cubits
·. in length; Erapbius, or- Hophra, one of
48; andNeélabis, or Neélenabis, onc of
8o. Mephres therefore extended his do~
minion over all [he upper Egypt, from S y~
e1Je to Hetiopolis, and aftcr him, M}¡:.
pbragmtttho]is and Am~(is, reigned .A1!1~
mon_and'Sefoc, who ereéled thc firft grc<l.t
Empire in the world ; and thefe four, Amo~
jis, Amrnon, Scfac, and Ortes, reigned in
the four ages o.f the great Gods of El{_ypt;
and AmetJophts was the Menes who reign·
cd uext aftcr them: he was fitccecdclby
Ramcffcs, and M~ris, andfomc time attcr
by 1/ophra.
'1Jioáor11.r *recites thc f.'lmc KinO'S of E- •DioJor.

eu
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2 O the MPIRE
ed orJcr, and rcpeats fome of thcm nvicc
or oftener, under various namcs, and omit,
orhcrs: his Kings are rhdc; :Jupiter Aw.
mo1t and Jtmo, Q_(i"ris and Ifis, Hor11s,
A!el!es, Bt~(/ris 1, Buft'ris IJ, Ofymrmd;,.
as, 7Jchoretts, Afyris, Se.fo~(ú [, Sc(O~{ts
JI, Amajls, /lt7ifa¡¡es, AJe¡¡des or Alar-
rus, Protetts, Rempbis, Cbembis, Cc-
phreJt, ll(yccrimts or Cherimts, G1tejbt7c-
ttts, Boccboris, Sabac01t, rwclvc conrcm-
porary Kin6s, 'Pfommitichtts, ** Aprin,
Amafú. Hcrc l rakc Sefoojls I, and Srfo-
ofis II, Bt~;(t'ris I, and B t~{tris II, ro be t he
ürnc Kings \\'ith Ojlrisand Orus: alio O-
JJma11dttas to be rhe famc with Amowpbi.r
or fifc11es: alfo Amafis, and Arliflmes, an
Ethiopiatt ,,·110 conquered him, ro be thc
f:tmc \\·ith .AilJ/is and SctbacoJt in Herodo-
t!ls: and Vchoreus, Afe!!des, Afarr!!s,
and lvfJ·ris, ro be o ni y {cvcral names of one
and rhe Ümc King. Whcncc the catalogue
of 'Diodonu will be reduced ro this .'lttjÍ-
tcr /httmolt and 'JttJtO ; O.f/ris, Bt~{tris or
Sr.foofi:r. ~liH.! l.f/.r; Hortts, Bt~(/ris JI, or
Se.foofi's JI ; }lfe~tes, or Ofvmmtd!ias; Pro-
teus; Rcmpbis or Rmnej{cs; 7Jcborctls,
J.le¡¡des, AfarrttS, or Af_yris; Chcmbis 01
Cheops; Cephr('!t; }lfyarúttts; * * Gllc-
pha[/h11s; Bocchori.r; Amafl's, or A11_yf.r;
Aéli(imc.r,
•
or Sabacort; * twclvc contcm-
porary Kings; P fammitichTts; * * .Apries,
.Amají's: to which, if in thcir propcr plxcs
you add NitocriJ, Jl.fjchis, Setho11, Nc-
t:hus,
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''.
'
i. ch11s, ;:md 'Pfammis, you will !uve thc ca-
··. ulogue ofl-lerodottts.
Thc Dynaflies of J!anctho and Era-
to(lhmes iccm to be fillcd wirh m:my fi_rch
namcs of Kinc;-; as llcrodut11s omirtcd:
whcn it {hall be nudc appur that any of
thcm rcigncd in Egypt aftcr rhc expuHi-
on of thc Shcphcrd-;, and \\·ere diffcrcnt
from rhc K ings ddcribcd abo\-c, thcy m ay
be inícrtcd in rhcir propcr pbccs.
Egypt was con quered by thc Et l,¡_
opia11s nndcr .J_abaroll, abom thc bcgin-
, ning of thc kra of Nabo11a_ff(zr, or pcr-
~ hp.ps rluce or t(mr ycars bcfc)J-c, that ¡.,a-
bout rluce hnndrcd •yc;.us bct~nc 1-lcrodr;-
tl!s wrotc his hiftory : and abont cighry
ycars aftcr that conqucfl, ir was COIH¡ucr-
cd again by thc Aj[yri.111s undcr Ajfér/Ja-
do1!: and thc hifl:ory of Eg_ypt fer do\\'n by
Hfrodotus fi·om thc time of l1is bil: con-
qucf1, is right borh as ro rhc numbcr, and
ordcr, and namcs of thc K in~'>, and a" ro
~-

thc lcngth of thc:ir Rcigns: ~11llt thcrcin he

is now fóllowed by hifl:orians, bcin~ rhc
nnly author who hath givcn u.:;¡;, g()od a
hifl:ory of Eg)'pt. l(lr tlu~ imcn :·:! ~lftime.
Ifhis hif1ory of th~ c:Hk·r ti J!C" he Id~ :le-
curare, it was bco,dc rh,_· .lrchi-. C" of R-
g_vpt had íi.tf1crcd Jm1ch d·¡:·i::'; LJJC Rci~~n
of rhc ]~'¡ hifJpia11s ami ./1!} }·J·ir/il.! : ~mJ ic ís
not líkcl y rhat rhc Pridh of Fnl/. \\ l!D
li\ül nvo or thrcc huddrcd yctr~-afLcr rile
íl.tys of llcrodotlls, couJd mcnd thc 1111r~
u:r l
'

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ter: on thc contrary, aftcr Camby.fes IL)J
curicd ~1w:1y thc rccords of f;_,~rz,)'jJt, the
J)ricíls wcrc d,úly fcigning ncw 1\ ing<;, to
makc thcir Gods and nation look ancicm;
as is nunitdl: by comparing 1-lcrodot/is
with 'Diodonts Siculus, and both of thcm
with \\' hat 'P fato rcbtcs out ofthc Pocm e/
So/o¡¡: Which Pocm makcs rhc \rars oftL.:
grcar G ods of Egypt againft thc G'rctk.r.
ro ha \C be en in rhc lbys of Cccrops, 1>
ra!Jt !Jcl!s and Rricbt!Jonius, and a !in:,·
befo re rhoic nf T!Jcj{·us; rhcfc Gods at rlu:
time inlbtutingTcmplcs and S.:.crcd Ritc\
ro thcm!Cl ves. I lurc thcrctü:·c clwfcn tlJ
re! y u pon thc ílorics rclatcd ro 1/n·odot:u
by thc Pricfts ofE\ypt in thok d.ty.;;, :1n,!
corrcétcd by tbc Pocm of So!on, i() a~ ro
nukc thcfc Gods of .6g)jJt no oldcr tlun
Cccrops and Erccbtbctts, :1nd thcir li.Kccl-
j(¡r Afe¡¡cs no oldcr than Thr:f:tts and /lltn:-
1/011, and thc Temple of Vúlctt71 not :1b01c
280 ycars in building: rathcr than ro C(l:-
rcél.:l/o·odotus by llfanctbo, Ertt/r~f/bt'I.'O,
'Diodortts, and othcrs, \\ ho livcd a !"ter tk
Pricfts of r. :~_yjJt had corruptcd rheir All~l­
quitics much more rlun chcy hJ.d Jouc Í'l
thc lbys or 1!trodot /IJ_

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' S theGods or ancient deitledK mgs and
Princes of Grecrc, Bgypt, and Sy-
. . ia of 'Damaflus, h3TC bcen maJe much
•· ncienter than the trurh, fo h:tvc rhoíC of
, a and Aj[yria: for 7JiodfJrtts *re lis ~ DioJor,
. t hat w11en .nt-exaltaer
A' J h
t e Grcat was m . l.l.r.s •.
~

Z#Jia, thc Cba!dtea!ls rcckoncd -1-nooo

·\ c:trs iincc they firíl: bcgan ro obfcrrc thG
·. tars; and Cte(tas, and thc ancicnr Cree k
j1nd Latilt wt:iters w ho copy fi·om him,
::'~ave rnadc rhc .A.ffyrialt Empirc a'> olJ a'>
:,'lf:loa//s llood wirhin 6o or 70 ycars, and
~cll us the namcs ofall rhc Kings of //([yJ'irt
'~ownwards, from Re!tts and his fci~ncd f(lll
:·Wimts, to Sardallrtpaitts thc lafl: '"King of
:}hat Monarchy: but thc n:1.mcs of hi'i
· ings, cxccpt two or threc, !uve no afTini-
1; Ywith r.he nam~s ofrhc A.ff)'ritms mcmi-
1
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266 SSYRIAN Em ire.
oned in Scripture; for the .ilj[yrimts were
ufually namcd afrer rheir Gods, Be! or
P'tt!; Cbaddo11, Hado7l, .ildo11, or .AdoJiis;
.flfetecb or Mo!ocb; .iltfitr or .Aj[ur; Nr:-
bo; Ner(_~at; .flferodach: as in theic ¡umc'l,
Ptt!, Ti,glatb-P11!-A_[[ur, Sa!man-A/[tlr,
.Adra-JI.lefccb, Shar-A({ttr, Affitr-HtZ-
do!t, Sardanapa!11s or A(fitr-Hado!l- Pul.
Naboua_[[ar or 1Vebo- A don- Affitr, Bc!-
.Ado!!, Cbi1tilado1t or Cbe1t-EI-Ado!1, J.Ve-
bo-'Pul-A[(ur, Neúo-Chaddo~t-A({ttr, Nc-
¡j it zm·badou or JYcúo- AJ!itr- Ado11, Nn;~ td-
//jjitr, Ncrga!-Sbar- Aj{ltr, Labo- Jljjltr-
,dttcb, Sbrftb-A(J!tr, Bc!tes-Ajfttr, .6',.L'i!-
JJLcrodacb, Sbanzgar-Nebo, Rabflzrics or
Rrzb- -'1(¡;-n,·, Nebo-S bajhúaJt, A1ardoccm-
j)(td or JJJcrodtZcb- E mpad. Su eh wcrc thc
.A(J)'riall 1umcs; but rhofc in Ctejtas are
of ;lnothc:r Jc)rt, cxccpt Sarda¡¡apalus,
whoie n;lmc he had mct wirh in flcrodotl!s.
He makcs Scmiramis a.;; old as thc firfl: b\·-
/¡¡s; but I lcrodottts tclls ns, that íhc \LlS
bur fivc G cncrations oldcr tlun thc mothcr
ofL,z~y!lrttts: he rcprcknts tlut thc cicy
Nhm.r was 1oundcd bv •
a nun of thc Llmc
namc, and Bab)'to7t by Semirrmús; whcre_-
as cirhcr JVimrod or Ajfwr foundcd rholc
and ot hcr citics, without baivinrr o his m\·n
Jumc to 1ny ofthcm: he mak.e--; rhc /ljlr·
1'Ítlll Empirc continuc about 1360 yc;w;,
whcrcac;; 1lcrodottts tclls us that ir Llflcd
only yoo ycars, and rhenumbcrs of 1/cru
dot 11s conc;cruin~ thoie anciem times are :1ll_
ol
 O the SSYRIAN Empire. 267
ofrhem roo long: he nukcs Nú;e·-vch de-
firoyed by thc .Alcdes :1nd Btt~)'i01lÍrL!!.r,
t!ucc hundred c::trs bcforc rhe Rcign of
·.· ./lflibt~rcs lnd J ebllcbttdJ;c,::::;;:::,¿¡J' who de-
7

.·, ll~oycd ir. and icrs do\\'n rbc ILU1Jes ofic'vcn

· ,\ or ci~ht fcigncd K in~s of J1!cc/Jt!, bct\rCC!l
·. rhcdcfhnétion ofJ\TiJ¡e¡x/; and thc Rci~ns L·

, ofAjlibares and Arcbltcbad¡¡ez;:::,m·, as if

·: the Empire ofthe Afec!c.r, crcel-cd upon the
: ruíns of rhe AJ!J'rian Empirl·, lud bflcd
.. JG:l ycars, whcreas ir hfl:cd but ;2.: :l!ld rhc
· rruc Ernpire of thc A¡¿vria:JS dci<.:ribcd in
· Scriptnrc, \V hofc Kings \\'C!·e :P 111, Ti,'!)tlf !J-
pilcfllr, Shalma¡¡rfer, SC'!madxrib, A/-
fh'bado7t, &c. he mcntions not, tbo' m ueh
ncarer ro his own time~;; whic!1 ihc\\·s that
he was ignorant ofthc ::mtiquities of the Af
.fjútms. Y ctiomcthiug of truth rhcrc is
in thc bottom offomc ofbis ílorics, :1s thcrc
ufcs ro be in Romances; as, tlut J.\'"i¡¡cz_,c/;
\r::tsddl:royed by thc .LtfedcLmd Bab)'!OJii-
a¡¡s; that SardaJutpal!!s \Ll.S thc Ltíl: King
ofthe A//j'riaJt Empirc; and rlut Ajtiba-
n:s and A./f)'ttges were Kings of thc
},Jedes: bur he has made all rhing'> roo JIJ-
cicnt, and out ofv:lÍit-glory tJ.k.cJ.t too grcJC
a libcrty in fci(rrlinl'·
D D
namcs and ftorics to
pleafc his rcader .
. Whcn thc .7ews wcrc ncw 1y 1 ctum..:·J.
f.rom rhc Ba~yloJJÚl!t ca 1ti viry, l bey ce,¡¡·
fcfTcd thcir Sins in t 1is manncr, J.\' o·~·
therefore our God,-----1!1 110t al! 1he trou-
/;Jcjéem littlcbefore tbce tbat /Jc¡t/; come
S '). 1-Jf{,'¡¡,
268 O· the SS IAN Em ire.
ttpo1z us, 01t our lúllg s, 011 ottr Prillces,
• a11d 01t ottr Priefls, and 01t ottr Prophet:,
and ott ottr Fathers, a1td on all thy peopü,
jtitcr: the time of the KiHgs ofAffyria, tmto
this day; Nebem. ix. 3 2. rhar is, fincc thc
time of thc K ingdom of Ajfyriar or lince
rhc rife of rlur Empirc: and rhcrcforc the
.A(!)'ritiiJ Empirc aroic whcn thc Kings of
A¡¡yrirz bcg:.1n to affliét thc inhabirants oi
P a!cjli!le; w hich was in thc days of Pul:
he ami his fi.IcccíTors affliétcd 1ftae !, and
t("onqucrcd rhc n:.1tions round about rhcm;
:!IH.lupon thc ruin of manyfmaii andanci-
cnt Kingdorns crcétcd rhcir Empirc, con.
qucring thc Mcdes as wcll as othcr nati·
ons : but of theie conqucfl:s Ctejas:
J.;.nc w n ot a word, no not fo m ueh a;·
thc namcs of thc conqucrors, or th;u
thcre \'Vas :m A/!jrimt E mpire then fhnd·
ing·; for he ii1ppoics rhar the Medes Icígn·
cd at tll:.1t time, and rhat the AJ!yriatt Em·
pi re \\':ls atan end abo ve 2 )O ye:.::.rs befo re
ü bnran.
~'
Hm\·cvcr \\·e mufl: a!Jow that Nimrod
foumlcd J 1\ ingdom ar BaÚ)'IOll, and pcr·
.~ups extended ir into /1 yria: bur rhi5 ·.
l\.ii1~dom was but of fmall extcnt,ifcom¡u· ·
red \\·irh rhc Empircs which roic up aftcr· '
wards; bcingonly wirhin rhe fcrtilc plains
ofCba!drea, Chalottitis and A!fyrifl, \\';1-
rcrcd by thc Tigrisand Ettpbratcs: anJ
ifit ktd bccn grcatcr, yct ir was but of ihorr
('OllC i !l uaucc, it bcing rhc cuftom in rhol:
carly
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. ;

·. , e~rl-y ages for evcry fat.her ro divide his ter-

. rirorics amongft bis fons. So Noah wa.;
: Kinat) oLllhhe world, and Cbam \Va'> KinLJ.:-.
···. oflll.Afric, and 'Japbet of al! Ettrope and
· Afia mútor; but thcy lcft no fhnding
. Kingdoms. Aftcr thc days of Nimrod,
~{ we hcar no more of :m AJTyrian E mpire 'rill
·~ rhcdaysof:P~ti. Thc fnur 1\ings who in
~ rhc days ofJlúrabam inLHicd rhc f(mrhcrn. •

~!
t eoaíl of CaJtaaJt cune from lhc countrics
i. whcre Nimrod lud rcigncd, ;H1cl perhaps
~ wcrc fome of his poílcrity w ho had Hurcd
: his conqucfts. In rhc rime ofthc J udgcs o!
lfraet, Mejbpotamia \Lts undcr i1s own
King, :rrtdg. íii. 8. and rhc Kíng of Zo-
bab reigncd on both fides of thc Rívcr
Euphrates 'rill ']),¿vid conqucrad him,
2 Sam. viii, and x. The Kingdoms of
L

lfraet, Moab, AmmoJJ, Edom, 'Philij!i./f

ZidoJt, 'Damafctts, and llamatb the grcJ.r.
continued flrbjctt ro orher Lords rh:m rhc
.A{/Jrians, 'till thc days ofPuland hic; fuc-
ceffors; and {() did rhe houic of E den,
Amos i. 5'· 2 Kútgs xix. IL aml !!fl-
ratz· or Cttr·rbce, Ge1t. xii. 2 KiJtf!S xix.
()

12. and Sepbar·vaim in Afcjbpotc:mit:t. ;:-.nd

Cai1Jehnear Bagdad, GeN. x. ro. lj.1. x
2. 2 Ki11gs xvii. 3 r. Sija"~ ~mJ Afem-
110Jt wcre grcat conqucror'>, and reignrd
ovcr Chnldtea, A yrí.1, and 'Pcrf;~1, l>ur: ÍI\
rhcir hiftorics therc is not ~t word o!'any np·
polition maJo to them by an ./h)ri,nt Fm·
pire then fianding: on the cont r::ry, St~/1~~·
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270 O the IAN Em ire.
1ta, Atedia, Perjia, Baffria, .Arme11ia,
Cappadocia, &c. were con quered by them,
and · continued fi1bjcét ro thc Kin~s ofh'-
gypt 'rill afrcr rhc long Rcign of Rame "cr
tÍ1e fon of AfetmtO!t, as above. Homt'l'
menrions Btlccútts and Afomtoll Kings of
E:f!,ypt aml 'Pnf/a, bur knew nothing of an
Jljjyria;¡ Empirc. .fOlldh propheficJ whel!
lfi·ad was in allliction undcr the King of
S]ria, and thic;; was in rhc l:Htcr part ofrhc
Reign ot .Jrboaha:::,, and firil part of rhc
Rcign of]or{/h, 1, ings ot)/rrtcf, and I rhink
in thc Rcign of¡1Ja'rÍS rhc ii.rcccffor of Ra-
1JU¡'lts K i 11 ::-; o f E"'!J'P t, ami about fi xty
yors
. befare rile Rcign
~
of 'Pul; and Nim-
~·eh was tl;en a ciry ofbrgc extcnt, but full
. '
ofpafl:ures f(>r cattlc, {o rh.1r ir conraincd
h1t about r 2ocoo pcdons. It was nor y ce
grown fo grcat and potcnr as nor to be tcrri-
ilcd at rhe prcaching of jo JI ah, and ro fcar
bcing invadcd by its ncighbours and ruin ce!
within forty days: ir had 1om e rime befo¡-::
got free from t he dominion of E,_r;ypt, :md
lud gor a Kins ofits own; but its King \ras
r:ot yct clllcd King; uf .AJ()'ria, but only
Kin~ of J\li;'¡c·z:cb, .JOllrt!J iii. 6, 7- and
hi~ pmcbmarion tür ~1 faft \\':1S not publiihcd
jn icvcr:1l nanon ..;;, nor in all .A.fjj?·ia, bur
only in Ni11e·vciJ, and pcrhaps in thc \'i!Lt·
gcs t!Jcrcof; bl!r I(>On aftcr, w hcn rhc do mi·
Jlion of J\lú;cu·cb w:t'-l cíl..tblilhcd at /wmc,
:;¡_nd cx.1l red o ver all A ')Tirt propcrl y ¡;>
{::J.lkJ, :wJ tbis ¡{iugdom bcgan to 11Uk'~
.., r
\\ ~· ..
l •

í
!r SSYRIAN Ernpire. 27I
1'
war upon rhc ncighbouring narions, its
Kings were no longcr callcd Kings of Nlí¡c.
·vch:-bur began ro be callccl Kings of -'1;;)·-
•
na.
Amo.r propheficJ in thc Rcign of ]e,·o-
boam rhdon of]ory/1 1\. iug oflfi·aei, í(Jon
afrcr ]croboam had h1bducd rhc Kingdoms
of7Jctmf!ft!!S and f!tltllrttb, tlut ¡.,, ~1bout
tenor rwenty ycar5 beflHC thc Rcign of
Pttl: and he* rhus rcprovcs lji·rzci f(n be- "Amos vi,
ing iifrcd up by rhofC conqucfts; Te ·-u.;bich 1 3' 1 +·

r~}oice in a thi11g oj uo11gbt, ·~'-'.bicb jity,

ha'i./e r:1.,·e 110t takcu to 11s !JorJts by Ol."f'
jtre11gtb? But úchold 1 :~·i!t raije up a-
gaiJJjl yo u a 1lfttioll, O bol!.fc-' ~f11i-ael ,jtútb
the Lord tbe Godofllojls, twdtbey _lhalt
ajfliff yott j1·om thc ri·-.;rr eit'tri11g ill of
Hamath unto tbc rh·n· of tbc ·z:;i/der¡¡rfs.
God herc threatcns to raiic up a naLion
againft lfi·ae!, but w lut n:1tion he namcs
not; tbat he conccals 'till rhc ..Aj!jr/m¡s
ihouldappcaranddikoYcr it. In thc pro-
phelies of ljaiab, ]crn;úab, Fzc/;.id,
Hofi·a, llficab, NabltJ'!J, LcpbtZJJiah <lml
Zabariab, which wcrc wriucn afrcr tl!c
Monarchy grew up, ir is op<:nly Jumcd
upon all occ;:¡fions; bur in thi.:; of //!)Jos
n,ot ?ncc, rho: tbc capriviry of l¡i·tzct and
jyna be rhc fubjctr of tite prophcry, :tlld
rhar ofljr·aclbcofrcntlirorncd: he only
bJth in general th:lt l~)ria lhould ;~o inro
captiviry unto ]{ir, and rlur J¡;·,¡d, nor-
withflanding hcr prckm grcJ.mcls, Jlwuld
S 4 ~o.
~)
272 O thc
go into captiviry beyond Vamafltu; and
thar God \vóald raile un a nation ro affliét
rhem: mcaning rhat 1c would raife up
abo ve thcm from alowcr condition, a na-
tíon whom thcy yet fearcd not: for fo thc
Jic6rew \Vord ~iiQ fignifies when applied
ro men, as in Amos v. 1-. 1 Sam. xii. II.
'PJ~1J. cxiii. 7. Jer. x. 20. l. 3 2-. Hab.
í. 6. Zecb. xi. 16. A" Amos names not
che .AJ(j'rtatls; at rhe wnting of rhis pro-
phccy rhcy madc no grcar figure in the
world, but werc ro he raifcd up againfi lf
1·ael, and b confcL ucncc roic up in rhe
days of of Ptd and ís fucceífors: for af-
ter 'Jeroboam had conqucred 'Damafctu
and flamath, his fuccdior lv!nzahem de-
ftroycd T'i.pb ab with its territories upon
}!.ttphrates, ecaufc thcy opened not ro
him: and rhcreforc Ifracl continued in its
grcatnds 'ritl Ptt!, probably grown formi·
dable by fome viétoríes, cmkd Mntahem
to bu y his pcacc. Pt-t! thcrcfore rcigning
prefcntly aftcr the prophecy of Amos, and
bcing the firü upon record who bcg:m ro
fuliil ir, may be jutlly reckoned thc firít
ronqucrnr and fonndcr ofthis Empirc. For
God.f!irrcd ítp tbejpirit ofPul, a11d tbc
.ftirit ofTig!ath-pildcr King ofAfTyria,
1 ChrNJ. v. 20 .
•

Thc fune Prophct Amos, in prophdy-

~ng againft Jjl·ttd, threatncd rhcm in rhis
~uanncr, \V\th wh~r h~1d brcly bcbllcn ()··
· thcr
 rher Kingdoms: P afly e, * fairh he, ttnto • Amos vi.
Cllneh andfle, and from the11ce go y e to :.
;. Hamarh the ~reat, thnt go dowll- to Gath
. ••
•
•
••

;: theft Kittgdoms? Thefe Kingdoms werc

· not yer conquered by the /lj[yria1u, ex-
cept thar ofCa!tteb or Cha!ottitis upon Ti-
gris, betwee11 Baby!on and Nitteveh.
Gath was newly vanquiihed t by Vzzíab f1Chroll~
Kingof']udah, and 1-Iamath t by 'Jerobo- xxvi.~.

in rhrearnmg l.frae! wtth rhe .il_f/;•rzalts, in-

llanees in detolatíons made by orher nati-
ons, and mentions no other con~1uefl: of
rhe Al(yria1ts than that of Chalonrtis ncar
1Vi1reveh; ir argues that rhe King of NÍ!te-
vr:h was now begüming his conquefl:s, and.
had not yer made any grcat prog;refs in rhat
vafi care:er of viél:ories, w hich wc read of a
few years after.
For about fe ven ycars after the capti vity
oftheten Tribcs, when Sem:.acheri6 war-
rcdinSyr·ia, which \\':15 in rhe r6th Olym-
piad, he§ icnt this mefT..'1ge ro rhc 1\.íng of § 1 King.
'Jttdab: Bebotd, tbot-t hafl bem·d ~·h,'lt thc .x1x. 1•.
Ki!!gs ~f Affyria ha·vr: do11e to td! !Jtwds kY
dejlr~yitt~ tbem tttter{v, tuuljha!t tbou be
(/eli-vere ? 1-1ave 1be God.r of t be nat ions
dr!i·vered tbe·m whith the Gotú ~( n~y fl-
tbers have de_flr~ytt!, tU Goz~m 17/UI H arln
tlltd Rdcph, mtd tbe cb·ildreJ! r{ Eden
·~J.-·hicb werr: i1t [rhe Kingdom Clll TlJcL!f:
u·~ lf/f.Jcn'Ú tbe K.ing'"~(H.\Jllí1lh, r.zHd
tb:
 274-
the King of Arpad, cmd tbe J(¡,,g ~ft/J(' ri.
~)' ofSeph~uvaim, and of Hcna and I \ah 7
'fifa.x.S. And I[ttiah * thus introduccth rhc King oi
.A_{[J1·ia boafiing: Are not m_ y Princr.r al-
to,r¿etbera.r /(j¡¡L~s '! ls11ot Calno [orC1!.
11eb] as C:.uchcmdl1? J.r 11ot H anurh 11:
Arpad'? Is 110t S amaría as Darn~'..kus '! )"·
m_y ha11d batb frnmd tbe Kingdonu of tl:·
1 dols, al!d .-.x:bofl' gra1Je7t lmages did t.m'.'
t hem oJJ crufalem a¡¡d of s~lnuria; jhal! 1
1/0t as f !Ja'Ue done 1!1lt'O S~l!D:l.TÍJ. mh/ /:tr
ldol.r, fo doto Jerufalcm a!ld ber Ido/sí
A ll t his dcfobtion i.;; recitcd as frefb in I~1~·
mory ro tcrrify the 'Je·-;¡_,·s, and theic 1\in~·
doms reach ro thc bordcrs of Jif(jria, a1i~
to ihcw the Lugcncis of thc conqud1:s rhcy
are called all lands, that is, aH ronnd J-
bout .Afj)'ria. It was thc cufiom of tk
Kings ofJJ/}yria, for prcventing thc rebcl-
lion ofpcoplc ncw 1y conqucrcd, to Gtpt:·
vate and tr:1nJpbnt tholC of icvcral cou:J-
trics into onc anothcr's lands, anci intcrmix
• :~hron. thcm varinnfly: and thcncc it appcars'
v .•'r. • that 1-lctlrtl;, :md l!~bor, and lfrznt, :dld
,_ . , In f! . . . . .
:xvi.9.& Gozrw, :md thc Cltle'> of' thc .lllrdcs, Jnrn
11 6
:xv • • w hich G ali!t•t' ami Samaria wcrc rr;1nl~

w as tr:l.nljJl:lll tcd ; an d B ab·vlo 11, ~111d Cl!! b

nr rlw S!lj.:¡;;c/Jilc.r. aJJd./ l!mtui/IJ, ::n1l
J}c'tl, :1ll d Scp b rl r·z:a i m, :lll d t he e/) i li ai 1t'J.
anc: rhc Jlpbt~r:/lr!Útts, :md thc <Tn(t'·
lit c.r. :1lld rhc JJ¡·clwz:itt:.r, :.llld rhc 'J)¡•/:,;-
''-'il !'J, Jnd rhc 1~ 1rtm itc.r, orP cr(t(w.r, p:Ht
•
1
l' 1
 275
.'
., ·.. ofall whích nations werc l~d capti\'c by
· ' .Afferbadon and bis predcceí1ors inro Sama-
., ría; \V ere all of thcm conquercd by rhc
':.: Ai,jrialls not longbeforc.
· · 'In rhefC conqudl:s are involvcd on thL~
<wdl: and {ourh fidc of A((yria, rhc K ing-
: doms of J11ejopotamia, w bofe royal icars
'; werc }[araJt or Carrhte. and Cr!rcúcmijb
::. or Circ11tittm, and Sephar'l/aim, a ciry up-
··'on Et.tphratrs, bcrwccn Bttby/o¡¡ and Az-
uc'TPeh, callcd Sipparre by B{'rofi!.r, /!Ú)'-
.:~ dcmts, and Po~vh~flor, and Si¡,p.hrtra ~)y
:iVPto!omy;
, ~-
~1nd rhc Kin~c!oms
\._
of Jyí·j,¡j(_>;lt-
-
. ed ::tt Samarict, Vraltt~jots, GatÍJ, /1,1-
:mtttb, Arpad, allll Reji'jh, a city pbccd
:hy Tto!omy near Tbrzpfczc¡¡s: on r he iourh
: fidc :md iourh-c::tfl iide wcrc Brzb]!O?l ::md
· Ctd¡¡c/J, or Cal!to, a city whích was foun-
ided by Nimrod, where Bagdad now
~Hands, and gavc rhc na me of Cbt!IOJI it is to
'a hrgc rcgion undcr irs govcrnmcnt; and
. The!a.far or Talat/;,1, a ciry ofthe childrcn
~· ufEdm, pbced by 'Pio!DtJ,~}' in Btz~du!IÚ,
.upon thc common fhc:1m of TiL~ris and
!Et~pbratcs, which w;¡c; thcrct()rc rhc river
. ol PandiJc; and t !te _,~!Fd'r''Z-'Ítcs at Are-
• t.7 or FJ'ccb, a ciry lHtilt ¡,y J\'lmrot! 011 rhc
;e:lft-fide of Pajúi~1·i.r, bctwccn Apa;;?Í;?.
:~n~ rhc ;PC1j1~m C'¡¡/pb; :1nd thL .~!(/lll-
1/11f~'sat Cutb, or S;~{t:l, thc mctrn¡1()li'i ut'
<~ 1t(¡ ana : on tlt e c:1fl \\'e rl' /·.'/\'JIJI! ú, :111 d
11·ll1C citics ofrhc il!t·ck.r, :1JJd j\ ir, * city .. rr1, nii
,¡¡¡J largc rcgion of _VcJi/r, bct \\e en l~'(i·. ó .
•

1//,,'/J'
•
•
 276 O the SSYRIAN Em ire.
mais and .A.I[yria, callcd Kirone by the
Chaldee Paraphraíl: and Latitt Interprctcr.
and CarÍ!te by Ptolom : on thc north-cafi
wcre Habor or Cha ora.r, a mountainous
region bctween Aj[yria and Media; and
rhc Apbarfochites, or men of /lrrapac!Ji.
tis, a regían originally peopled by /ir.
phaxad, a.nd placed by Ptotomy at the bot·
com ofthe mow1tains next .il((yria: and on
che north between AJ7Jria and rhe Gordi.
tean mountains was Halah or Cbalac!J, rhc
mctropolis of Calache11e: and beyond
rhdc upon the Cajpianica was Goza11, etJ.
kd Gauza¡¡ia by Ptolomy. Thus did
rhcfe new conqueíl:s exrend evcry \ny
from the province of Afjjria to conftdcra·
ble diíl:ances, and makc up the great body
ofthat Monarch : fo that well might rhe
King of Aj/yria oafi: how his armies had
.f 2.
•
King . defiroyed all lands. All rhefc nations'
:XVI. 2.4,
)O, p. & had 'rillnow their feveral Gods, and ca eh
...
XVlll. 33> accounred his God rhe God of his mrn
l4-3f· land, :md rhe defender rhcreof, againíl: the
;a Chron.
..
;r:xxu. 1 f. Gods of the ncighbouring countries, and
particularl y againíl: thc G ods of A(fyrttl;
and rheretore rhey werc never 'rill n?w
unitcd nnd~r thc A,llyria1'l JVIon:uchy, dpc·
ciall y lince the King of Ai!j1'ia dorh ¡~ot
boafl ofthcir being conqucrcd !Jy the A/
jY'l'Út!S oftnCr tha~l OBCC : OUt thcJC bCIP~
Ünall Kingdorns rhe King of .///yrÚt .c:l(rly
:;¿Chron. ovcrf!O\vcd rhcm: lútow )V..' 110t, bith t
:nxii.r3, Se1111.1rbcrib ro thc Jew.r, '"'.f..;•hat 1 fltlll
1). 1/1\'
•
•
 SSYRIAN Em ire. 277
111 ~fathers bave do11e tmto all tbe peopü
ofother Jands ?-----for no God oja11y 1tari-
; o1t or kingdom was able to deiiver bis peo-
pte out o mine hand, a¡¡d out ofthe baJtd of
my fat ers: how mHc!J lejs jha!l your
1
God detiveryott ottt ofmine ba11d? He and
his farhers rherefore, Ptt!, Tig lath-pilefi'r.
and Shalmane(er, wcrc rcat conquerors,
and with a currcnr of vi orics had new Jy
overflowed all nations round about A;:Y-
ria, and thercby fet up this Mon:.uch y.
Bcrween the Reigns of Jerobom-n TI,
and his fon Zechariah, there was an inrer-
regnum ofabout tenor twclve ycars in rhe
Kingdom of /frac!: and thc Prophet Bo-
fia * in rhe time of rhat intcr:rcgnum, or • Hob ...
foon aftcr, mentions thc King of il,f(yria J3- &x.6}
1
by thc namc of 'Jareb, and anothcr con- +-
queror by thc name of Sha!ma1t; and pcr-
haps Sha!maJt mighr be the firfi part of the
namc ofShatmm~t:{rr, ::md Iareb, or Irib,
for ir may be rcad both wa ys, rhe bf1 p:1rt
ofthc namc of his fi.tcccffor Se;macherib.'

but whocvcr thdc Princcs wcre, it appcars

not that they rcignctl bcforc Shalmanejt>r.
'P11!, or Bcltu, lccms to be thc firfl:: \vho
carricd on his corll¡ucfl:s bcyond rhc pro--
vincc of JJ__f/)'ria: he conquercd Calm:h
with its tcrritorics in thc R ci(ln
:::J
of •
7crobo-
am, /!mus i. l. vi, 2. ami lftl. x. 8, 9·
anu invackd Ifi·ad in rhc Rci,l!,n of Afe11a-
lwm, 2 Ki11g, xv. ry, bur fbycd not in
thc land, bcillg bo~1ghr offby fife¡¡a!Jem for
~
 •

SSYRIAN Em ire4
a thoufJ.nd talcnts of íilvcr: in his Reign
thercforc the Kingdom of A.!JYria was ad-
vanccJ on this ftde Tigris; for he was a
grc:lt warrior, and íccms to ha ve conque red
1-!artut, and Carcbemijh, and Reftpb, and
C,zl¡¡eh, and Thc!afar, and mighr found or
enLugc rhe ciry ofBabylo11, and built the
old pabcc.
HerodfJtus rclls us, tl1:1t onc of thc g1rc;
~HeroJ.I. of Brtbj'!On wac; * callcd thc g~ltC of Sc-
111.c. ff· 11Úramis, and rhat ihc adorncd thc walls ot
1

thc ciry, :md thc Temple of Bcl!!s, anJ

tHerod, 1. thar lhc t was fi\·c Gcncrations oldcr th.111
i.c. 184. Nitocrís thc mothcr of LabyJtittts, or Nt·
bo;medtts, thc Iaíl: King of Babylo11; and
thcrcforc ihc flourifhed. four Generation'.
or abont 13 4 ycars, befo re Nebucbad11c;:::,.
zar, and by confcquence in the Rcign or'
Tiglath-pilefer thc iiJccefTor of Pul: and
the followers of Ctejitts tcll us, t hat Jhc
built Babylott, and \\ ~1s the wido\V of rhc
íon and fucccffor of Bcl11.r, the foundcr of
rhe .Afl)'ria?t Empire; rhat is, the \rido\';
':):Berof. ofoncofthefonsofPttl: but + Ber~fit.r:l
apud Cbalrltr:an blames thc Grceks tor akribinj
Joíeph. thc building of BrtÚ)'lOJt ro SemiramiJ;
contr Ap. L •

pion.l. r. and othcr :wthors akribc thc buildi1_1g ot

this city to Bellls himfClf, that is ro 'Pul:
§Curt.J.s. fó C11rlÍ11s § rclls ns; S'emiranús Bakyfo·
c. 1 • 11Cm co¡¡t/iderttt, 'vclut pürtqllc crcdidt'Jt'
Rcl!t.r, o) tu n;~irt ~jlc11ditm·: and A~)'·
dt'll!t.r, \\·ho had hi'> hiíl:ory ti-om thc anct·
cnt mo11umcnls ofthc Cf.,aidtetWJ, \ni res,
 O the SSYRIAN Entpire. 279
'* A;oud
- Euié::,_
Ttl".t.c:u ó: ,;t.:....'Jj; Nxt3•f .~~!.~J:J·~ ;)
' ' ' &(-11.xvJj'G;
-r 1.:l;. l'w ' .... • •
r,xp.L 9·
'·' ¡;./;.:;• ,-~.; M.t><EÓO>f:.>, apx,>j.; k>¡J.~·'·'v ·~~ ;(:U.<Í"CC.\>V, 'Tt S c ..p .
., rrported that ~el u" c~mpt!(f'ed B.t~yhn
.; ':.:..: i t /; a r;_;_,· td1, --:.;.,• bu: b 11t t uJJ e ·-:.;. · rt s abo l 1 jf¡, ·d,
'attd thtzt Ncbnch8.dnezz~u ttji:a:¡_/di'd.)·
. bttilt a 7/C-..;; r..lJalt o-:.:::itb bra:::,r11 p,t:tcs,
:· r.:.·bicb jlood 'ti lt t be ti me~/! be ]\hc..::dun i-
.. an Empire: and j() 7Jorot1Jcus 1 an anci- r Doroth .
.· ent PoetofSidoli; a;.>ud ]u:i- •

um h1m~
cum.

TbeaJJcieJtt city Babylcm úuilt /;_?· tbe

. Tyri:m Bclus ;

Tlur is, by the SJ'rian or AJ;)·¡·za!l Br/i:.~;

thc words TJ'rian, Syrúm, and A·/)'ria:t,
. bcingancicntly ufed promiicuouíly for o: te
·. anothcr: Herenius + rells us, thar it \\':15 ~ rTcrcn.
· built by rhe fon of Belus ; and rhi~ fim a¡~ !;;r,¡':.·
1
mighr be IVabonaJJar. Aftcr rhc conqudl w JL
ofCalnch, Thelafor, ~mJ Sippm.. re, Bef.!ts
mi·~ht ícize CbaldtCa and bc•J in to build

foral! rhc Kincrs of BabyloJt in rhc C1rH>Il of

)! o . '
']
I~?OilJY are called .Aj])'naJu, :1:1d Nrun-
7!a.Jar i'l the firfl: of rhcm: :1nd Nch!!tb.-td-
7/czzt~r § rcckoncd himiClf dclCcfllkd ~~ -\l,, ',,·,
1 I'i,
f rom j>)L' l 1ts, t1at . trom
. ·'[;/' .
JJ __ ')'n_alt
•j> 1 ;q•¡;,j ¡:..
11: ¡;_,: •. r'~v-
!

:J.nd thc bnildin<r of B~tbrfo¡¡ i·> :1kribcd l•) l.!l ·· 41.

rhc Ajf)'riaJt.r ¡y * (fitirtb: j)('/J·;/t!, hid, •r1·1.
he, t!Jc /a¡¡c/o(tb,, ClulJc:lllS: '{/Júj-nfl:- >:u·'
•

' lJ .
r....... r
280 O the SSYRIAN Em ire,·
was 110t 'tilt the AfTyrian fotmded it (ór
them that dwell Ílt the witderneft, [thar
is, for rhe .Arabians.] They flt ttp the to::;.
ers thereof, they raifed u the paiaces
thcreof Fro m all this ir eems thcrcfore
that Pttl foundcd rhe walls and rhc palaccs
ofBabyto1t, and Ieft the city with thc pro-
vince of Chaldtea to his youngcr fon Na-
bo7!ajJar; and rhat Nabona;;ar finifhcd
w hat his farher began, and ereé:ted the
Temple of 'Jt~piter Belus ro his fJrhcr:
and that Scmiramis livcd in thofc days, and
was thc Q!1ccn of Nabottaj'far, bcc;núc one
of rhc gatcs of Babylo1~ was callcd thc gatc
of Scmiramis, as Herodottts affirms: ~bm
whether ihe continued to rcigu rhcre afrcr
her husband's dcath ma, be doubted.
Pul therefore was ncceeded at 1\rine-
"Veb by bis elderfon Ti latb-pilefer, atthe
fimc time that he left ab-y/on to his yo un·
gerion Nabonaffir. Tiglath-pitefer, rhc
iecond King of.ll/bria, warred in P hrEni-
cia, and captivated Gatilee with thc nro
Tribes and an half, in the days of Peka/;
King oflft·aet, and.placod thcru in Haiab,
and Habor, and Hara, and at thc rivcr Go-
:?Ja7t, places 1ying on.the_ weíl:crn bordcr~ of
Medta, berween .df!Jrt.a aud thc Caj}Jalí
ka, 2 KilJ.g. xv. 1-9. & 1 Chro11. v. 26
tmd about che fi.fth urihcth car ofNabo·
1taflar, he camc .to thc atfi ancc of rhc
King of .7udab againfi thc Kings of lfrac~
and Syria, and ovcrthrcw thc Kingdom of
Syria,
 •

SSYRIAN Empire. 28I

Syria, which had been feared at 7Ja:nafl:us
cver fince thc days of King Vavid, and
carried away rhc Syria;u ro Kir in Me-
. dia, as .Amos had prophdicd, and pbccJ
:¡ other natíons in thc rcgions of 7.Jam./tjhu,
; 2- /{ j n . X V. 3 7, & X\" i. ) , 9 . ~Jí!J OS Í. ) .
) Jofep :; . .A11tiq. l. 9· c. r 3. \Vhence it
; kems that the ~Jedes were conqucrcd be-
: fore, and that the Empire o[ the -'-1'([yritWS'
was now grown grcar ~ for the God ofitr~ltl
: jlirredttpthefpirit ~f'Pul J(j;;g ofA!I):-
ria, attd the fpirit ofTiglarh-pikier Killg
o[Affyria ro make war, r Chrort. v. 26.
SbabnaJJefcr or S,zlma11aj{er, cdlecl E-
uemejfar by Tobit, inL1ded * all PbcE!licú, * Tobir.i.
took the city of Sttmtzria, and captivated 13· Ann.l.

Cbabor, by r 1e rivcr Goza1t, and in rile ci- Anr.L9.

ties of rhc Jlf.edes; and lloje"1 t iecms _rn ~·;1 ~r,~.:r.
fa y that he too k Arbela: and his fucccllor If·
Se1machc,-·i6 faiJ. rhat bis fathers had con-
quered alfo Goza11, and Hrl'ralt or Can/Jie,
and Reflpb or ReftJJ, aod rhc chilJrcn of
Edm, and ilrpad or thc Aradú, 2 AiNg .
•
XIX. I2.
Semtacherib thc fon of Sba/manr(h· in
the 14th ycar of 1-!e zckiab inv2dccl 1' brra
11icia, and too f;. icvcral cirict; of /Hrlrz!J, and
artcmptcd Egypt; ~nd S'ctbo¡¡ ~r Sc·u·tc!Hts
J\.i~1g ?f Egypt and Tlrúa/.:.ah Kit~g ofF·
tbtopta, coming-~n?:ainíl
.._,
.... )
him, he loíL in o:H';
nigh t r 8)o o o m en. as 1ome E1 y by a pLtgu~,
or perha_ps by lightning, or a ficry wi11d
T which
 o· the SS
-
w hich blO\VS fometimcs in tbe ncighbomi11~
dcferts, or rarher by bcing fi1rprizcd by <.L·-
tboJJ J.nd Tirbakab: for thc Egyptia11s i:1
mcmorv of tbis action crcé1:cd a fL-
~

me ro Sttbn;¡, lwldim~ in his Jund a mouk,

rhC' Lf._rttial¡ i)'mbol of ddl:ruélion. Up()n
rhis dctc,1t Se;mr!Cbt'riú rcturncd in haflc ro
11 'Tobir.i. j'\'i!!tU'l', ancl his"' KingJom bc:camc tr<liJ-
!f. bkd, io tlHt 'I~úit c0ulJ not go intoMcdi,:.
tlh:: J11rdt'J l think at rhis time rcvolrin0,:
'
and he \'.'J.'~ J~)Oll ~1ftcr {hin by t\H) oHi~
illm \\ ho f1:d ii1to J[rnu:¡¡Ífz, and his 1(:!1
_¡J f{ába{/r;¡z {[¡ccccdcd bim. At rlut ti!llC
·'
d1d Jdrí'odr!c/J Ba!adtlil or J!;1r 7 rdoccmprzd
1\.iug of J]r.'~\'¡,J,J fcnd :1-11 cmb.11T)· to llc~c­
/:.iab King of]ttdtlb.
tTobf i. .J~[!á/Jadon t clllcd S.1rcbr:do!1 by Trúil.
:! l.~ 1\.:ng.
:xi~.. n.
r.: .¡ t l J l
'-r "\.' "J/'
JlJ&rr,tl!l lY t 1c _, .... _'\.)
11 · 1· ·
::me 11 .-rraa¡¡¡ In
Pw::ca- '/-'tofo¡,;~> 'J- CJnon, bcg;m bis Rcign at Xi-
flOu. 1ir-:..·('b, in thc year of Nabona_((ar +2; ;l!1d
j¡¡ rhc ycar ()g extended it ovcr Bahk11:
rhcn he carricd thc rcmaindcr ofthc Srrm.:-
rJ! fll!S j¡¡¡-o c1.pti riry, :md p::uplcd SalJ/ti-
J'itt \\ it h c1pti 1·cs bmn;~ht from kvcr.ll¡1:1rr~
ofhi" l\ÍII~~dorn, thc '])ÍlJtÚfl':;, thc Jlph.:T-
Jicrb;!c.r, rhc Tt!Jpclitc.r, thc ..dpht1i'f,-: o,
rhc Arrbt"vÚr.r, t he Bahy!otúrmJ-, t h: S:t-
}'mcbil c.r, thc 'Dcbrn•it{·s, thc h'!rn;:Í!l'.r .
.E:::.r.r i\-. 2, l). ::nd thcrcforc he rá~ncLI
1:\ cr al! thcJC ¡urions. 'l~d:dJ :md /Ú:.-./!r
K i ¡¡g<; o rSmJJtli'Ítt and '·Da rJltljCIIS' in \':l (kol
' / ¡¡ d,[' a i 11 t he ft r!l y C;lr o f_/1 brz;:::., :1 n d \\' i 1i1
i116) yctrs attcr, LÍ1~1L i3 i!l r he ~ 1il yc:u 1 '~"
¡\}t!-
 lA N E.vnpin: .
. Mrmajjeb, Amw f,tttbollf(/}. 69. ,)díJ!aFitz
:; by thi'i captivity cc::dcJ to l:c ~l pcop!c, /jrt.
· úi. 8. Thcn ./~UI·rbtZthll 111\ .1dcd 7;11/.:·.t,
roo k .Azoth, cJ.rrícd if1ant~f/dJ c1pt in~ r()
, I lt.XX.T.
.
B·tbyJoJJ, :wd * c1pri rat:.'..l :tll(, f,:zl/JI, 1 /i¿'-
bais, and Et biopitt ~1bcl\ e Tbt·f;_¡¡_r: .l!H l :)y
rhis\Llrhckcmstoha\cput ~1:1 C11d ro ri1c
Rci,rn
b
oftbc EtbiopÚt!IS m cr ¡~·::.V/'!,
... -
in Lll·.:
~...~

yc1rof1VrlÚ011rz({rtr 77 or ;8.
In thc Rcic;n of Sc¡¡¡;,?dJc;·j'; :111d ./!rji·:·-
• • •

!Jadon, thc A_j[_}rian Empií·c kcm-.; arri\:.:J

at its grcatncl s, bci ng un i Lcd und'-' r on e ~\ 1· )-
narch, and conuin ing /l_fD·rúz, JL'cd i t!, _/l-
(oi/O!Úatis, St(/t'ancz, C!Midá'<l, )1.J,f}p.7t.:-
íllia, Ciíicia, S]ria, 'Pbrnúcia, h~!!,_V/'t, ¡~·­
t biopia, an J ¡x11T of A l'ft /; Írl, ~mJ H.\K]¡ ir 1· r
. ::J
c:.lf1:w:lrd into El)'mrus, :mJ ·p arrt!rla:;c, :t
proYincc ofthc JVIcdcs: and ifCIJ<'d.1c!J J.1H.i
UJ.1Úor be Colc!Jis and Júrrit!, a·; L:~1c
think, andas nuy kcm prob.1blc fro:n ¡ l1c
circumcilion uíCJ by rlw1c 1Lltions 'rill t!1c
lbys ofllcrodotu.r, \\'C are J]J(J t() add t l!:-lc
t11 o Provinccs, \rirh thc t\\·o ..t"fl"i'N':/,; ..~· :,
Po//t!lsand Cttppadocitt, :lS br as ro r.hc ri-
\·cr l lalys: J()r t 1 Jo·odot 11 s tcll-; ;_¡<;, t lut
rhc pcoplc ofCap}'rulocitl a; L1r :t'; ro r)Lt~ ri- "
l.(.jl.~\:

\Cr wcrc callcd S)·J·irw.r by thc Gn·:·,~.r, L?.C.6)·

borh bctc)rC and afrcr rhc lÍ:l.y-; or CrJ'!i.l",

.11_1d rlut thc .Jl(j)·J·i,JIH \\'ere ~lil(J ullc.d c\j.
nal!.r by thc Gn:d~.r.
•
Yer thc Mcdc.r J'C'\·ol:cd from t )¡e //(fi'- • • • 1

1'/tl!ls in rhe bncr cmi oft he Hl'Í~n oí' St"l-

7/tlrbcrib, 1 thiuk unon thc 11.tu:~lll,:r o( !Ji-;
[ 'J

T 2. army
 SS IAN Em ire.
army near E(_~ypt and his flight to Nine.
ve/;: for at thar time the efhte of Sell!la-
t/J{'rib was rroublcd, ío that Tobit could not
go into Media as he had done befare, Tobit
j_ r;. andiome time after, Tobit adviíedhis
ión to go into ]Jfedia whcre he might cx-
pcét pcace, whilc Nineveb, according to
rhc prophdy ofJo~tab, íhould be deíl:roycd.
Ct~(úu \note that Arbaces a Mede being
admiued to iCe Sarda11apallts in his pahce.
and oGkrving bis voluptuous lite amongfi
womcn. rcvoltcd with the Medes, ::md in
conjum.'tion wirh Betejis a Babytoniall o·
vcrcamc him, and cauíCd him to fct fírc ro
I1 is pala ce and burn hirníClf: but he is con-
traJiéted by other authors ofbettcr credit;
~Ap:.:J for 'D rtr is and * rnan y others wrote th:~r
Arhenx- Arbace su pon bcing admítted into thc P:l·
oml.xii.
\'· p8.
lace of Sardanapatus, and feeing bis cAe·
minare lite, í1cw himfclf; and Cteitarcb11s.
th:.1t Sardanapatus dicd of old age, afrcr he
}ucl lofl his dominion ovcr Srria: he lolt
ir by thc rcvolr ofthe weíl:crn nations; anJ
t l-Jeron. l. 1-ftrodotlts 1- te lis us, that rhc Me des re vol-
~.c.96.
&c.
red flrfl, and defended their libcrty by furcc
oLums :.l.~~liníl: rhc JJffYrians, \\'Íthout con·
qucrin:1; rl1cm; ~ü1d at thcir rcvolting lud no
K in:;, l)tlt aftcr iomc time fct up 'Dr:Jow
O\'Cr th:._'In, :1nd bnilt Ecbata11e for his rcfi·
den ce ; and tlut 'D~joccJ rcigncd only o\·cr
JHtdi.r, Jnd h:1.J :.1 pcaceablc Reign nf í·i
y c.H'i, bur hi-. J(Jnand fi¡ccdf<H· 'Phraortt'f,
nudi.: w.tr up:m his neighbours, ami con·
qUCiúl
 SSYRIAN Empir·e. 2 8S
~ quered Tcrjia; and rh1t rhc Syria11s alfo,

~ red from thc Affyria!JS, bcing cncour.lc:,cd

rhcrcunto by the cxamplc of thc 1.Vedcs;
and rhat Jftcr thc rcvolr of rhc \vcflcrn n~~­
rions, Phraortes imrJdcd thc A_(JjritwJ·,
burwasnlin by rhrminthar war, ~1ftcr h::
had reigncd t\\·emy anJ two ycJrs. 1-I.:
was fi.¡ccccdcd by ilfh't:,(r.r.
Now A[fl.'rhar/o¡¡ fccms to he thc S.rrd,r-
1Japalus who dicd ofold agc J.ftcr rhc rcvolt
of Syria, thc namc Srzrdai!ap.1l!ts bcin:.; dc-
rivcd ii-om Aj)'frbado11-'Pu!. St~rda;ta-
paltts was thc ion * of Allac_wzdarllx is, •Athcnx-
Cy;tdaraxis, or A11aúaxari.r, Kint; of Af- us l.Il.p.
j)'ria; and this namc 1ccms to h~1vc bccn P- • o. 9 53

corruptly writt.cn for Somacberiú rhc f1~

rher of AfferbadOlJ. Sardanapalrts builr
Tarfits and .ÁJtcbiak in onc da y, and thcrc-
fore reigncd o ver Cificia, befe) re thc rcrolt
of rhe wcficrn nations: anJ if he be rhc
hme King with AfforbadoJt, he wa<> j[¡c-
c.eeded by Saofll!!chúms ín thc yc~u of ¡V.t-
boJtaffar 8 r ; and by rhi-; rcvolution JtJ,t-
1wjfeh was fct :1t libcrry ro rcttrrn homc .l ;1\l
t?rtify Jerlljafcm: and thc E~~)'jJI Útl!.r :t!-
Jo, aftcr thc Aj()'ria11s lud lururTcd h'gJj'f
and Etbiopirz llucc yc:.us, 1}t. x x. 3, +
werc fer ar libcrty, :J.nd conrinucd liiHkr
twelvc contcmporary Kings or thcir 0\\'1)
11:ltion, as abo ve. Thc /ljj}Tirllt.r IJJ \'ackd
and com¡ucrcd thc EKypti~ws thc flrl1 ol'
thc thrce ycars, ami rcigncJ o ver tbl'!l 1• t'\'. u
T ~ ' .\. e· J. r ~;
 286 SSYRIAN Em ire.
,·cus more: thcfc n,·o yc:us :1rc the in- ~nd
{crrC!!lll<tn
,_ \Yhich Ar"ricamts, from A/a¡¡c.
t!Hl, pbccc; ncxt befo re thc twclvc Kin~'·
Tl1e S:·ytbians of To!tr{t!t or Turqut(fr,:1
bcYond
. thc riYcr Oxtts bcg:1n
'
in tholc <.Lll;
.
to infdl 'Pn:¡Í~l. and by onc ofthcir inroJds
111i~·.ht
,
~~iyc
'
occ,dion to rhc rcvolt ofthc \rcl-
•
1t r 11 11 ~111 o n <;.
b thc y1::1r of ¡Ytlb011a(]'rtr ror, SaoJ!it·
ri,; ... ,, ·1l'e¡··11"'~
/. • '• o • .. .. L ! l ... 1.. • '
··¡··
l :-, 1 !1 0Í.t\\''~!1tV \'C"f'
\,_ J e/ &.l :_..,'
\\ •¡·)
f: ·ccccLkd Jt B::hvlon . bv C!Jinilr~dun, and 1 ~

11:::·.!~ ~lt ,.·\·,::lr'7.·r!J al! o, fnr I takc Cbyni/,:.

ti·::,- to be tlur ;.\Tcb11cbodon(!(or w]w i-; mct~- •

t i;¡ncd in thc bnuk of'Jíldif !J; for thc hi!ltl·

ry. <'i'th~n 1\ir~:.!_Juir·;
'
bcfl: \\'ith thcfc ti;:···;:
for tbcrc it i -. L1iJ t!Jrtt NcbuchodonrJor
ii.i:i_~~(tht: AíTyri~ms r::_·bo rcig!!ed at \i-
nc,·ch, thatgrct7trity, intbc t··:;.:clftb)'r,¡r
~( /Ji.r Rr,;'-r¡_1: 1JJ,;:r/c r:.;.·rtr 1rpon Arph:n;~d
}."/;,~::, ~(tiH .i\1cdcs, ~md \Ll<:. thcnlcft ~done
l•\· :1 dcfcétion of rhc ~1m.:iliarv natinn.; of
Cilii'Ír!, 7)r!.'ilrt({:l!.r, S}•riil, ']'!Jfl'J!ÍCÍ:t, ifr; .
•

üÚ, .<1/u,n;·¡, :1:-,d L~r.,vj't;

and \\·itlwtit rh.:ir
hr!¡1 r\ltircd thc ~lrmy of rhc Ji!rr!r.r, :''·''
f)l'\\' / 1 ,!,' / ,.\ . i J'_¡.
~·.,,.,, V
(t. ~111 ( l ·/¡-¡JI; .
_,( · .• / t . \ . i1( 1 ¡'.
.., 1 1'1'· ·,..
·

L::,[! o !L~\ e h1ilt Lc/;f!/JJ!r, ~11ltl 1 he· r·: :.>

\'.. !' •.-ir]¡~·r 'J)rioro 0r hi-; ion Fh·,¡r'; /1·:,
. ' •

\\ f ' \ 1 11 i ·.:. hl r: ll i1 i l t he e i ~ y fn t! li de d b y hi :'l

)/ 1 " . • ,
¡ rrr_r"d t 1•.'1' : ·' ,,j * 1/n·,¡d•J!/:.t· rcll 'i l he hmc 1! •):·:
a K::! ':~ o f .t!'.!
1
11•i t1, \ \' h o ro u red · >··
1
.. · " (' =• n f (
.. .
11.'. ·..',·.~·. :111d í\'\'. thcir l\ing 'P!JrrlfiJ'Ii•;
l • 1
:1;:,1 l,tilntl!:!t i!l tl!(· u me cfthis \V;u r 1c ,·_¡
. 1 1 !'
•

h'i'ÚIJ!J \'. r·rl..' lC:t al(lr.C bv thc dcfccbon ot

··- J
l l! (.
 O: tJ;e ?. S¡
he :mxiliary .n~1tions. bcin:~ othcrw;[c in
.·.. ood condií·inn: !lí'jlbaxad r;a<.; tl.u·cfür~
·_ ,;r, e ;Phraorlt.r <,flicí'odotz!.r, J.nd by con-
b¡~¡cncc \no.; fhin nc~r rhc bcginnin2; of
· ri 1c I{ci_~n ol'}cf/d;; l(Jr l his \LH \LlS nude
\.ücn FIHl'!!Ú':-.1, A!Ct!/.;, //.·;Ji/,()/:, a¡;d L_t;~pt
'J 1, .
..,-, . . 1''(-···c~3 .,.,:
.;.:.1t.tJ\..llllO!,Lí"·' u"'''' ¡··, ,.( >. ¡1l \..i , ¡l , 7. /t'l~tl'·
••t .J,
.·. ' 1 1
1 . ~' 8. I.J. anc: )y n,¡¡,c.r:·-·nc<~ aít'.r tht:
iJZci<.;n uf A¡j(•¡-/J:L:!ul! \\Le' t,í¡·¡tk1cd thcm:
. ' . l ,, .
it m ~1'•. e \r 11'· rt t ~ ,_. j ,--,-_ ..- \1. r: ; e 1' e ·.- ¡y
\ \:1·.;
,Fturncd from ~..:~1p'i'.iry, ,¡,'1(/ tL· 1 ·,¡(d.r
' ·¡· f . .., . /., 1
j:n:..,·,! ¡:Cr. a¡- (.
d 1/
.r;:¡ / tdl' fllid u,J/': {' :.:.:.:
-
1 ,,
~

J¡'J' the pr~{ul!atio;t, }lli!;¡iJ iv. 3. th·J.t i.-

ic~o~J alter }¡f,ma_{j(.',!J rh..:: ir Ei ;1:-; L.d beca
cmi.._'d upti\C to ¡:;,,b)I:;:J by _.(-¿)"'::·rb:u/o;, -,
~nd t:i)on rhc dcath of rlut 1\.irl'.:, or iu;n~
. .'
othcrcha:1:~c i11 rhc Ji_[lj-í·úm l:mpire, luJ
h:::cn rclc.:ticd 1' ich rhc Jc·~·s from rL~~n í..:~·~;~­
. ~i1·iry. :md lud rcp~1ircd thc AltJ.r, ~md re-
. j(orcd thc hcriftcc:"' Jnd \\'mihip ofrLcTc!!l-
:plc,lChro!l.xxxiii. rr, rC'). JnrhcCn·cJ~
\crf!onofrhcbook of]í!di!IJ, cL.I¡J. v. r~ .
·ic is bid. tlur tbe To11/Jt ú( C'od -~:_·:~.r ra¡l
' .
11ot!Jc G'rol:,-¡J; L t~ r!¡i; lS tt(IL Lt:..! in .fe~
nm·s vcr{íon; :1.1:,1 i1t r:1· (/n·t-l ) crfton,
.. ¡ . !·\, . _,, . <!·'¡] l i ·-. '¡··· l .1. '·, 1. . ..,- . ) . :"
.Cl ,.l.) 1. ' • l ' ¡'··1,1':
) ' ( .•

tlut t!Jf. 'i-if/d.r. ¡¡;,) tbc ri!:.u·, tllld //)e

' ..
_/¡~:jc :;,_·n·c.ft;¡¡(/.f, d ti(i,·;· t!Je /'• <')·hrt!ltl·
1:1 :; , ~lll d i 11 L, e ' L 1, u ( (" ; · , t' ]¡ .t ¡ ,. i \' . 1 1
.rhc Tcn•'l't· '¡Lo...l:,... I'l'IJ!'"ii·r¡l ,., '¡ ,-,
J.
L ... tt .. - ,.t¡I·J ,.r
~ l ••
~ )
·
ACrcr thi::; '.\-~,r 1\'ii/./11 lr,/,,,,,·l~,· 1\ 111!!; of
Afh'J'Ítl,
. Ílllhc 1 .
n:, "c.t1
,.,
,)f Li.-;. t(Li< . 11, ·-ac- )

.cording to die YC! í~<;n <1i' :f•~-f¡ili, k:1t his-

T 1 C.íil: -~¡¡¡
•

288 SSYRIAN Em ire.

c1pt:1in Holofcrnes \Víth a gre:.tt army to
avenge himklfon a!l thc wdl: counrry; bc-
C.luiC rlJcy h:1d Jilobcycd his command-
mcnr: and }fol.?fcrlles wcnt forth with :1!1
~rnn' . of nooo horic, and 12ooJo foor ot
..J1./[}'ri,1lJS, ./1/cdes and 'Pcrjia11s, and rcdu-
ccJ Ciliria, Afefopotamia, and Syria, and
~rll!lrljhts, and part of Arabia, ::md Am-
mon, and. Edom, and A1adian, and rhen
ca me a:~J.Í!Jfi: ']11dtea: and this \'i as done
whcn rhc go,·ernment \\':15 in rhc lunds of
'
thc Hi~h-Pricft and Ancicnrs of lfracl,
.7ttditb Í\'. 8. and vii. 2 3. and by con-
fequencc not in thc Rcign of Mana_f{eb or
.An-;olJ, but when ••jo(tab w;t<; á child
•
Iu
rime<; of proiiJcrity thc childrcn of J.fi·acl
·wcrc art ro go aftcr ülk Gods, and in times
of:.tffiiélion to repent and turn ro tbc LorJ.
So Jlfa¡¡affch a ver y wickcd K ing, bcing
captivarcd by the .Ai[yriaJt.r, rcpentcd; and
bcing rcleafcd from capriviry reftorcd rhe
\vcd1líp ofrhc true God: So w hcn wc are
told rhat 7~fiah i11 the eightb year oj bis
Rci~~Jt, r¿c·hiJe he u;as _}et _young, bt•grw to
ftek after the God oJDa vid bú fatber, rmd
in tbe t'lf:)e~fi b )'ear ofbú Rcig11, D((?;tlll to
pur,'e Judah tmd J crul::dcm jl·om 1dottl!J)',
tltl to dej!r~y the 1/ig!J-'Piaa.r, aJI(/
,Grove.r, and.JJJ!ar.r, a¡¡d J¡¡u¡gcs oj'lbl.t-
:am, 2 Cl.:ron. xxxiv. 3· wc may undcr·
fiand that thdc aéts ofrcli-'ion
:"
wcrcocu(¡.
oncd by impcnding d:111gcrs, and cka¡x~
f;tom da11gcr. W htn fJo/ojá¡¡es c1mc J:
l,!aiulr
·.~
 O the SSYRIAN Ern ire~
, ·,::' oainít the \vcfl:en'l nations, and fi oiled
~hem, thcn were the Jews terrifie , and
·.: rhey fortified Jttd~a. and cryed tmto God
. 'iJ.:ith great ferve~tcy, and bumbfed them-
: (elves ÚJ fackclotb, a11d put ajhes on their
-heads, and cried 1111to the God oJifracl that
be wottid not give tbetr wi"L·es a11d their
chiidre1t attd cities for a pre , and the
Temple for a profa~tation: an the Hi,~h­
priejl, and aJJ the Pri~(ls pttt 011 fackr:Jotb
tmd a,/hes, and offered daily burrtt offer-
Í?Jgs with -vows a1td free gifts of the peo-
ple, .'Jttdith iv. and thcn began .fojiah ro
ü:ek.after the God ofhis fathcr 'David: and
aftcr .'luditb had flain Hotofer:u:s, and the
J1J!jria11s wcre flcd, and thc Jews w ho
puducd them wcrc rcturncd ro ]erufoiem,
they worjhipped thc Lord, aud offered
bllrflt ojferings and gifts, a11d coJttiJtttcd
feafliug before the fanc7uary for tbe jpace
ofthreemonths, 'Jttdith xvi. 18. and then
did 'Jofiah purge .7 ttdab and J erttfolem
from JdoL~try. \Vhence it ieerns ro me
thatthc eighth ycar of J ojittb fell in with
the fourtecnth or fiftcenrh of Nabuchodo-
1JOfor, and tbar the rwelfth year of Nabtt-
chodollojbr, in which 'Pirraorte.r was flain.
was thc fifth or fixr!J ot Jo(iab. PhraortN
Jcigned 22- ycars, accordi¡1g to 1-IcrodotJJs.
and thcrcfordiJccccckd hi-. Luhcr 'DejoccJ·
:1hout thc 4oth year of .llfrma_(/i'/J, ~'hmo
NttbO!Jfl/[. ~ 9, and was 1hin by thc .A¡¡y..
nrws, and lüccecdcd by Jlj~)'age s, /hmo
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Nabmajf. I Ir. 'D~joces reigncd ) 3 yc:H'l
:according to Herodottts,and thcic ycar-; be.
gan in the r6th year of Hezekiab; \Yhich
makes it probable that the Jl1edes da:cd
rhem üom the time oftheir revolt: and :l:.:-
cording to all this reckoning, rhc Rci~n of
Nabucbodo?tofor fell in with that of Ch-di-
tado71; which mak.es it probable that thcy
were bur two names of one and rhc !J.m~
King.
·H~rod. SoonafterthedeathofPhraortes * th~
1. u.xo3. Srytbians under A!ad)'es or lliedus innd-
~~~,~.~;(::. cd Jv!edút, and beat thc }.fedcs in battle.
· ./hmo NaboJtaJ/. I 13, and wcnt thcncc rn-
wards Egypt, but wcrc met in 'PIJa.'llÚia
by 'Pfommiticbus and bought off, and rc-
turning reigned o ver a great p::ut of Afa:
but in the cnd of about ~8 ycars wcrc cx-
pcllcd ; rnany of thCir Princes a~1d cor;l-
mandcrs bcing ílain in a feafi by t he J11edc~·
undcr the conduéf of c~·axrn·e S, thc JllCCcJ-
lor of ../1_/lya~es, juíl: bét(Hc.rLc. !cfl ~·';c'hon
o f Nineveb, and thc rcft: L~tng ioon :ü:
ter torced ro retire.
tA!cx~nJo In rhc yc:u of Nabo7la.ffar I23, i· ATt!Ú(I-
Puiyh;n. f'JOÜ!(Jar the commander of thc force'; d.
npud Eu- -, · . .. . . . .
úb.in Cby11ziadon the l\m~ of .djl)'na 111 Cbaf.
Chron. P· da:r:t rcvoltcd from hlm, a.lld bccamc 1\ in:~
4Ó,/::C3pud
~ynrcl-
·¡) 1 /.
ot )flfJ_) .o¡¡; an d e>/ ·¡ d . l
t~y¡¡¡ ti 011 \\''J.. S e11 1n
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lum. P· rhcn, or ioon aftcr, ii!Ccc.cdcd at NiJJc'·c·d,
210
' by thc lafi 1\.iug of 1~/(yri{/, called Sarrtc by
'Poi:J'bUior: and at lcngrh NdJilchadil('.;-:,.
Zflr, rhcfon of Nt!ÚO}'oJr~fjár, marricd ~1-
11.'\'lit'
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m\'ite rhc daubhrcr of ..Aflyages and fifi:cr of
c'\:lxares ; and by this marriagc thc two
úmilics h:wing contraétc~ affiniry, thcy
conipircd J.::;ain11: rhc .Ji.f[Yna¡¡s; and Na6o-
jJu/r?{t'J' bcing no:v g!0'\'11 old andAJ{yage.r
7

kir, dcad. rhc1r fon'> JVebuchadJtezzar

~wd C)'axaro lcd rhc Armics of thc two
1 ~.1·ion"a~ainfl: Nilwveh, ncw Sarac, de-
i1roycd rhc ciry, and fharcd rhc Kingdom
cf rhc L1jjyria11s Thi" \ iétory of the
)'t-,__··s rcfcr LO rhc C!Jaidd'aJIS; thc Greeks
ro rbc !lfedc.r; Tobit, Polyhijlor, 1ofl-
fÚíts ::lt'd Ctejias to borh. Ir gavc :1 bc-
~.inning ro rhc grcar fi¡cccffcs of Ncbuchad-
7/f;:_.::::ar and C)'a.Yarcs,and bid thc foundJ.-
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tion of rhc rwo colbrcral Empircs of the
Bab)'h'Jia!ls and !llcdcs ~ thdc bcmg bran-
chcs of rhc AffyriaJJ Empirc : and rhcnce
thc rime ofthe hil of rhc AJJ)riaJJ Empirc
is dcrcrminccl, rhc conqucrors bcin.'~ thcn
i:1 rhcir yourh. In thc Rcisn of '/~{ttlh,
\\ hcn Zcpba11iab prnphcftcd, LViJ¡e·veb
:1nd thc K ingdom of ¡J f(j·¡·ia wcrc fbnJ ing-,
::nd thcir Elll \\,as prcdidcd by thatProphct,
XrjJb. i. r, and ii. 13 and in rhc cnd ofhis
lZci~n, PhrrrflOÚ i\'cc/Job 1\ing of ~~~f,_TfJf,
thc fLtcccff<H· of 'P.fromnititlm.r, \H'Ilt up
:l~.~lÍ·1ft thc 1\.ing nfJJf/)"rÚt ro thc rircr ¡~·ít­
j'1Jrtztc.r, to fi:~hr :1:;;liníl: Cttrc/;Cíi!t(b or
( / 1'C!tti:tw, anlt in hi~ ''~y t l!ithcr flcw 7o-
'1·th, 2- k'iiJL~.r xxiii. 29. 2 C'Ú7'0JJ. x·..:·..:\. 20.
:1'HI t·hcrcf()!'C tbc !afl Ki11L',.
., of /1[(1·rúz
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was
Jroi •yct fhin. But in rhc rhirJ aud iinuta
ycar
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ycar of Jchoiakim the fucccfTor of ]~(tal,
thc two conqucrors having takcn NiJJc;:c\
;.:.nd finiihed thcir war in Afjjria, profcet:·
red thcir conqud1:s wcfrward, and k:tdit;~
rhcir forccs againi1: thc King of Eg_¡p:~
asan invadcr ofthcir right of con<.]ucf1: thcl'
s ,_ Kings bcat him at Carchemijh, and * took frot~
x.xiv.7. him wharcvcr he had ncwly taken from thc
]er..xlvi.
'-· Eupolc-
A'Jíf.:. . d h e
j)'Ttatts : an t cre1orc we cannot crr .¡.
musapud bovc ayear or two, ifwe rcfer thc dcfl:ruc-

c. Jf· Empire, ro thc iccond yca.r of Jeboitlkili:.

Amzo Nabonan: 140. Thc namc oftl~e
lafl King Sarac might pcrh:1ps be contr~lct·
cd from S4rcbcdott, as this namc was fron
.A.!flrhadon, .Afflrhadon- Pttl, or StZrd1:·
11apalus.
While the A.!JjriaJtJ reigncd at Ninc·
"<-'Ch, Terfta \Vas divided into fevcral King·
doms ; and :1mongi1: othcrs thcrc \rJs J
Kingdom of Elam, \vhich flourií1lcd in tbc
days of J{ezekiab, MatJaf(eb, 1~ft'ah, anJ
~'l ehoiakim Kings of ,7udab, and fcll in the
(b.ys of Zedckiah, .7er. xxv. 2). and xli\.
-~4· and Ezck. xxxii. 24. This Kingdom
1ccms ro ha ve bccn potcnt, and to h:1vc h.lll
wars with rhc King of Tourmt or .S_'tylm
bcyond thc rivcrOxus with various fucct+ .
.ami at Icngth ro !uve bccn fitbducd by tk
J~feck.r at~cl Rttúylo11ÍtZJtJ, or onc of r!Jc¡¡¡
For whilc i\!tÚIJtbaduc;:::,zrtr\v~uTcd ll1 r~;~
wdL CJtl.''t.:d'J"C,r rccovcrcd thc ..1~/~in.t:>
provillC<.:S of /lrmcllia, 'P(}lltlu, and Cdf'·
p ¡({¡'0(1',1'
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padocia, and then they went eafhvard a-
gainít the provinces o!· 'Perfi~ and 'Pflr-
thia. Whetherthe 7_-J¡(c!Jdadtml.f, whom
the Perjians reckon to ha ve bccn their ol-
dcfl: Kings, werc Kings of thc Kingdom of
f)am, or of that of thc A.ffi'rÍaJts, an<l
whcther Elam was con quered by thc A(-
Jjriatu at thc fJ.mc time wirh Ba~yloJJ.ia
and Sujiana in thc Rcign of Aff?'rhadoi:,
andfoon aftcrrcvolrcd, T lcavcrn be cxJ.-
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Kingdoms of thc BctÚ)'IUlltt!íl.f atHl
¡\ft·dcs grc\v grcat and poten l. Thc Rct.~n ~
ofrhc Kinn·s of Bttbyio¡¡ are fbtcd Í!l Pto-
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ICiny's Canon: for undcrfbnding of w hich
yoa ateto note tlut cvery Kin;;,'s Rcign Íll
tlur c~mon bcg;m with rhc Ldl Tbotb of hi"
prc-lcccffin 's Ú. ei~rn, as J ¡_rat h cr by com¡u
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ri:J:c;thc Reigns of thc Romalt Empcrors in

rlw Cu1on wirh thcir Rci~~ns rccnrdcd ir1
. yc.trc;, months, and days, ~by othcr Au-
rhors: '' hcnce ir appcJ.rs from that· C:-tnoll
rlur: dj(á·bttdo!l dicd in thc ycar of NabD-
u,~f]itr ·~ r, Sa~fdttchi mu li i s f ucccffor in
thl')'CJr xor, CI?)'JJÍiadoJt inthcycar 123,
Nabo- ·
Nabopolaf!arin the year Iff· and Neú11.
chadne.7>zar in the year r 8 7. All the!c
Ki11gs, and fome others mentioned in th~
Canon, reigned fucceffively over Babylo11,
and this laíl: King died in thc 37th yeJr oi
Jechoniab's captivity, 2 Ki11g s xxv. 27.
and thcrefore ]ech01tiah was captivated in
thc 1 5oth year of NaboJtaj(ar.
This ca riviry was in thc eighth ycar o:·
]\:."'cb11cha JJezzar's Rei n, 2 K i11gs xxil'
12. and clcventh of ']e oiakim's: for rhe
:firfi ycar of lv."'ebttcbadtteZ.7.ar's Rcign wa;
thc tourth of'Jehoiakim's, 'Jer. xxv. r. ad
Jeboiakim rcigncd eleven years befare rh:i
captivity, 2 Ki11gs xxiii. 36. 2 C/Ji'Oil.
xxxvi. ). and ']ecboni.ab threc month1.
ending with thc captivity; and thc tcnth
year of ']ecbo11iab's ca tivity, \ras rh:
cightccnth year of ebttcbadm::::;;::,ds
Rcign, Jer. xxxii. I. and thc clcrcnth
ycar of Zcdekiah, in w hich Jertt.falt'íJJ 11 .li
takcn, was thc ninctcenth of ¡Vebuchal
nezzar, Jer. lii. 5, 12. and thcrcfrr~
NebttcbadJJezzar bcgan his Rcign in rhe
car ofNabonajfizr 142, thar i.s, t\\'O yc.ui
d(nc thc dcath ofhis Elthcr Ntibopoifl¡j;;r.
he bcing thcn madc King by hit> ürhcr:
and Jeboiakim íi.ICcccdcd 'bis· ürhcr ."fo(¡;¡·
in tbc ycar of NtzÓOllaJ{tzr r 39 , ami F
ntji!lnJl \\':lS ukcn :wd thc Tl~mpk
burnt in thc ycar of .l'{a/;o¡¡a(!;,,. 16:,
abour twenty yc:us afrcr thc dcíl:méhon
of Niltr:'treb.
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:·\~ The Reign of Darius H~(lafpis over

>~ p¿rjia, by the Canon and tiJe conJcnt of all
\ Chronologers, and by fcvcral Eclipies of
·; rhe Moon, bcgJ.n in ipríng in thc year of
JVabonaifitr 227: and ÍJt the fo!lrth)'ear of
]\íNg Darius, itt tbc 4th dtty ~(the !tÚJth
moJitb, whicb is thc mo11th Chif1cu, whe1t
tbc ]cws had ftllt tt11to tbe ho11jc ~f God,
frt)'i!lg, jhottld 1 weep iJt tbefftb mo11th as
1 have do11e thefe fo many;·ears? t !Jc ~·ord
ofthe Lord carne tmto Zcchariah, fl!Jillg,
¡peak N all the peopic ~fthe La11d, a11d to
the Priefls, jtzyi11g; ~·hr:Jt yc f~:fled and
rnottrned Í1t thejijtb aJtd fe·vmth mo;¡th e-
vntthoftfeve¡¡tyycars, did)'c at alJfa(f
Tinto me? Zecb. vii. Count bxk wards
rhofefevcnty years in which thcy Ltftcd in
the fifrh monrh for the burnin~ ofrhc Tcrn~
plc, and in the fevcnth forthe ~dc1th of C ~,­
da/ia!J; and tbe bumina~ of the Tcm.1lc
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ami
dcarh ofGedatiab. will f:rlt uoon rhc :1 frh
andfcventh Jewijb rnonths, i1~ rhc ye:u vf
Nabo11a_({ar r 6o, a'> abo ve.
As the Cbatdtean Afl:ronomers countctl
the Reigns of rheir Kings by rhc ycars nf
N_abonai[tzr, beginning wirb rhc m::mó.
Tbotb, lo che Jews, a<> rhcir Author..; rcll
us, countcd rhc Rcigns of rhcir.s by rhc
yearsofA1ofr~, beginningcvcry yc:u wirh
d~c monrh Nifall: fór if an y King bc~:m
l11s Rcign a few days befo re chis month bc-
gan, it was rcckoncd ro him for a wholc
year, ami thc bcginning of tbis month was
U :.lCCOllll•
 accountcd thc bcginning of thc fecond yc1r
ofhis Reign,; and accordi?-g ro this rcckon-
ing rhc firf[ year of Jehq;akim began \rirh
thc month J!l,tiflm, A11no Naóona_([. I ~t¡,
tho' his Rcign míght not rcally begin 'rill
fiYc or fix months afrcr; and thc fourth yor
o (]ciJo irzk.irn, and fi r11 ofNebuc bad11 ezz,¡r.
according to thc rcckoning of thc Jc·-..::s,
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bcg:m \\' irh rhc month Nifa¡¡, A11110 A't~IM-
tu~({ r..p. ; and thc fir11: yc:u of Zr:dckiiih.
and of Jr:coniab's captiviry, and nimh
yc:u of Ndmcbad¡¿czzar, began \\'Íth rhc
month ¡\""tj:w, in rhc ycar of NtlbO!la(lar
1 )O; and the tcnth ycar of Zede!útZIJ, :lllli
J Urh oftVcbuchadllezzar, bcgan \\·irh rhc
month .1\.Ti¡;m in thc ycar of Naúolla_(l;t'i'
1 /\9. Now in the ninth year of Zedrk.ird;,
A'cb!íc!JczdrJe zzar invadcd Judtea ami thc
cit!CS thcrcof, and in thc tenth month of
tlut ycar, ancl tcnth day of rhc month. he
and bis hof1: bdicgcd Jcr11jidcm, 2 A j¡¡r¡·
:xxv. T Jt'r. :xxxi v. I. xxxíx. T. and l1i.
+ From rhís time to rhc tcnth month in
l he iixond ycar of'Darius are jufl krcnry
y c;r", ~111d accordingly, 11pon ti.Jr: "2.-t/ !J cl<v.
rft bt• dr·vr 11 tú t!JO!lt b oft I.Jc_(l:col/ d _\'t'l! r o(
' n~Hil!S, t be .-..;_•urd o( tbe Lord Crlí/Ji' 1!!1!0
Zccluri;lh,----- alldthe .//;t'-f!,rloft!H J,(li'f/
Jcli rl, () !J Lord ofH oji s, how fo11cf!, ·:.;_· i.ltl/',;1:
¡¡ot /J<t7't mercv 011 J cruülcm, a!Id 011 t lt o-
tinrdJudJ.h,-tl,(!,iiÍlljl·vJ.Jic/; tbou !J¡(/1 l1"t!
i 11 diJ!, "ttl i o11, t IH:fe t brcc.f{·o re rw rl 1t'l!
)l'iiJ'J', Lt·cb. i. 7, 12. So thcnthc ni1tth
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Nifoil in the ycjr ofJVd;oJJa/(ar r 58 ; ::111d
the clcventh year of Z edekidb, Jrhl ninc-
recnrhof Nclmcbrtdtle;:::,;:::,rtr, in \\·l;:L'h th::::
ciry was rakcn, and thc Temple bumr,
commenccd wirh rhc monrh ;..\'if'm in rhc
ycar ofNabo11a/[tzr r 6o, as abo\ c.
By all theíc cluraétcrs thc yc~tr'> nC]d.JtJi~
akim, Zedek.iab, and JYclmcb,u!:Jc.::,.:::;.1r,
fccm ro be iidEcicnrly dcrcrmincd, anr!
rhereby thc Chronology of thc .r~·:.:.,·.r in
thc Old Tef13mCnt is conncclcd \\ i ::h rlur
of htcr rimes: for bct\\·cen rh:: d2:1rh of
Solomo!l anJ rhc ninrh ycar of ZrJck.itd.J,
whcrcin NebucbadJJczz1r invadcd .f:Jdtf(f,
and bcgan the Siege of Jen~(:t!em, tkrc
\\·ere 390 ye1rs, as is nunitdl both by rhc
r.rophely of Ezelúel, chap iv. and hy
lnmming up the ycars of th:: Kin~~" of J:I-
dab; anJ from thc ninth yeJr of.l t:de~tilb
inclufivcly ro the vnlg:tr . /}.:.r,l of Cbri/1,
thcre \\'ere )90 yc~lt''l: ~llld uorll thclc
numbcrs, wirh lulf thc Rcign of Soh-
JJ/Oil, make up .1 rhoubnd yejr~.
Inrhc* endofchcRci~n ~)J',7J(i,J,, A'~NJ ·)trcr:g,
NrlbOI!a/J. 13 o, 'P/;,u·ttob Acrboh, rh.e iuc- ~..\11 1 l'J•
ccJfor of 'Pja'mm i t ic/J;u, c1mc \\' i Lh :l !~IT .l r :: ...:.
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:11:rny ont nfEg_-ypt :1g:1infl_rhe 1\ ifl~; uf .3 1/~'-
na, and bcin;~ denicd p:dLt:~c rhrcn~~h .'J1t-
drea, ben che Jcws <lt ¡lfc~iJ/o or ¡1/,<<r.h-
Jus bcforc t:gypt, ncw ]';jút!.J thci r 1\ ifr~,
U 1- m ::ll\.: 11c. d'
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marchcd to Carcbemijh or Circutittm, :1
to\\ n of A!efopotamia upon Euphrates,
and too kit, poíTeíl: himiC!f of thc citics of
Syritt, fcnt for Jeboabaz the ncw K itw of

rhcrc .. Jll;ldc 'Jeboiakim K ing in thc room

o(f~(¡a/.J, and put thc K ingdom of]udtt/; ro
rributc: but tl~ King of A yria bcing in thc
mean time bcficgcd ano ÍLibducd, and ]\?'Úif:-
'VC!J dd1:roycd by A!fuerus, K ing of rhc
J.!edes, ami JVcbttchadnezzczr King ofRa- ~

f~}'ion,and thc conc¡ucrors bcing tbcrcby cn-

titlcd ro thc counrrics bclonging to thc K in~
of Aj[yria, thcy led their vi¿torious Armic~
againft the King of Egypt \Y ho lud iCi1cd
p::utofthcm. For Nebttcbad¡¡ezzar, al1if.
!f Eupo~e- red by* Ajtibares, that is, by /lflivar{'S,
mus3pud A,ucru.r, Ack.f.;:..:ere.r, A:,:ere:, or Cy-Jlx-
Eukb. ere.r, King ofthc .Afedes, in t thc third yc:1r

:1. King. lo11 Ítl!IS, Afcdes, Syrians, Afoabitcs anJ

"XXIV 2 7 1 b f' l
-t·D. ' . ..nlJJ1/lO!IItCS, to t lC 11l1111 Cr O 10000 C Uri·
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~ll.J,J. .
ots, :111d r 3oooo foot, and 12oooo horlc.
.tnd bid wat1c Samaria, Gaiiiee, Scytbopo·
lis, and thc Jc·"W'S in Gal~zaditis, and bc-
ficgcd Jcruflt!rm. and took King ]d;oiil-
:fDan.i.:t1' i.:im alivc, aml t bound him in cluin'> f(>r J
:1. Chron.
xxxvi.6.
· 1 · d }') /_ f '1\ · j
t1111C, ~lllt LHrlC to )auy 011, .J_/a!/IC ;1!1t
1
othcr.;; ofthc pcoplc, and part of what G old
aml Sil ver ami BraiS thcy found in thc Tcm-
§Jcr.xlvi. pie: and in J thc fnurth ycar of 7c/Joiil-
1.,
l:im, which w~t'l thc rwcnticth of JV,¡úopo-
¡,,g;tr, thcy rourcd thc army of 'Pblll'tl·~¡,
Na!Jo/ 1
N echoh at Carcbcmijh, and by purfLiing thc
\rar took from the King of E'--rz._ypt what-
cvcr pcrtaincd ro him from thc ri\'Cr of 1~-
~vpt to rhc rivcr nf ¡._,·upbratcs. This
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J'atr·apa of 'l,)'fl, ~......~e- i)'rJa, arH ' oa:- pu. o-
fc:ph. An-
t!icia; and rhis 'idorr o ver him put an cnd tit¡.l. 10 ·
ro hi-; Rci~n in Ca'k-J'yritt :tnd ~P/Jrrnicia, c.ll.
\rhich hc-lud nc\\'ly -inr:1dcd, :111d g~wc a
bc<rinninO"
==" 0
ro thc Rci<rn
J
of A'L'Ú!tcb(zc!Jte ;:::,-
:::;ar rhcrc: and br rhc conquc11s o\ cr A/
J3'ria and Syritt rl-ic lin:lll Kingdom of Ba-
b)'!OJt was crcdcd into a porcm Empirc.
Whilíl: ).7\JebHcbadllez;:::,t¡r \LlS ac'ling in
Syria, t his úrhcr Nczbo_polaj[rzr Jicd, hav- t Berof.
ing reigned 2 I yc~us; and J.'!cúucbad¡¡cz- 2pud Jo-
zar u on thc nc\\·s . rhercoL haviJw ::7
ordcrcd lcph. Anr •.
J.¡Q,C,ll,
his :1 airs in S_y na rcnuncd ro Bab)'tOJt, lca-
ving the e;1ptivcs and bis ~mny wirh his íCr-
rant'> ro follow him: and from hcnccfor-
\Llrd he applicd himJCif iomcr imcs ro war,
conquering Sittaa1te, J'¡~(¡(ma, Arabia,
Edom, Egypt, and fome orhcr countrics;
and fomctimcs ro pc:1cc, aJorning thc Tem-
ple of Be/¡¡s \\'Íth rhc liJoils rlur he lu.d ra-
ken; and rhc ciry of Bttbyfo¡z wirh m~wni- ::J
ficcnr walls and garcs, and fbrcl y palaccs
and pcnfilc gardcns, a') Berojits relates; a1H.l
amon~fl: othcr thinQs he cm thc nc\Y rivcr'>
Nttarlnalcha and '.Pal!tJCOjJas abo ve BtZb)·-
/o¡¡, and built rhc ciry of TercdoJJ.

u ~
•
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]ttdtEtt wac; now in fervirude undcr the

1\ ing of Bab]l01t, being invadcd and illbdu-
cdinthcrhirdandfourth years of Jeboitz.
J:im, rmd Jchoiakirn ftrved him tbrce
)f'ars. aJZd tbc1t tllrllrd cwd rebe!!rd. 2
](ill(. xxiv. r.
(.
\Vhilc ~leb!!cbadl!t::::.::..t~r
~utclrhc ~umy of rhc Cbaldtea!!s continucJ
"
i11 j_\ria, ]ehoia/.:.im \LlS undcr comptd(¡.
011; 1~·rcr thcy rclllrned ro Baby!on, Jclni-
(r/·ill'l Cl.llltinucd in fidcJity thrcc ) CU'.
tlut i<>. during rhc 7th, 8th aml9th yen~ of
lti~ Rcign. ,-
and rcbcllcd in thc tcmh: \rhcrc-
u¡xm in rhc rcturn or cnd of rhc yc~H. th.lr
*:. r.:::r·g, i-.; in JiJring. he fcnt * and bcfícgcd Jtruft·
~XiV.I:, j cm. C1!Jtt. LltCt ¡r:t j
. 1
CCO!IItl/J t 1
1C j Oll aiH
jj tiC·
L¡.. • 1
2 Chrnn. cciTor of ']e!Joútkim, JiJoilcd the Tcmp!c,
>.),AY!. Jo. ant! c.trticJ a\LlY to B<'thy!olt rhc PritlCC\,
erar: "me:1' iiniclis, and ali rlut wcrc f1t h
\'.•l~: ;lnJ, \\' hcn 11011C rc:mained but th·~
t t Kings ponrcf1 nf thc pcoplc. nudc t Zcdi'Úrt'J
i. ~-,\: ?.; ¡. 1
t he ir K in:;, and bo und h i m upo n o~lt h ro
; 3, 1C•, I:J. krrc rh::: 1\.in~ of fl.zh]lrJJt: thi·.; \i':lS ir¡
k·t i11;~ in rhe cnd nf rhe clcn~nth yc:H ní·
'f:/;,:¡
.
. t/..:.n:J, ::111d bc·•inniiw
0 o of thc )'C.H ot'
1\'t'!/'I¡JJ!I{¡'(tr ljr).
:fF::.rk. />·lck.i . dJ nonyirhn :llHling hi11 o:nh j re·
;,;;r:. 15, voltz',\, ;lnd nudc :l CD\TIUIH \\ith thc l\i1J~ •

of F.;yp!, ;md chcrcforc iVt·á¡¡c/)(tdllc.-:::.:..-:..n

§ = K ,, · i 11 r k: n i 11 r h y e;l r o f L f' Jd Út b J i 11\ .t• ~ d 1

,.,v. 1· ¡, ~/iu/.t.z ;liHl 1 h.c citil'" thcr;:ol", :111d i11 t t~ 1

~ .r r" . . l t' '11 : 1 } !' ;_;.: ~ f/; 1110 111 IJ () f t JH C ',' Ca r bCÍ! ;_' ~ · ,\
Í.~: .\;.¡.,_,. 'jtFl.j,:/n¡¡ J•_:.!Íll, :111d ill thc clc\'Cillh) '· 1•
1 "'1 .....

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a onians and 303

of Zedekiah, in the: 4th and 5th months,
afrcr a ficge of one ycar and an halt: too k
and burnt the City and Temple .
.L\.rc6uchadnezzar, alter he w:1-: madcKing
by his úthcr, reigncd ovcr Tba:JJicia an~l .
C'rrk-Syria +5 ycars, ami* arrcr thc de.uh I:~Jnl?n.&
, . ro .
of his fathcr 43 yc:1r'>, and t afrcr rhc capri- -¡- K1ng 2

viry of Jeconiab 3 7; and thcn \Ll" Júccc2- xr..v. 7· 1

dcd by his Úm E·vi!JJU'J'Oddcb, callcd 1 Í/t-

arodtuntts in 'Ptolc;;~y\ c~11wn. .7L'romc t t r1:cron.
rclls us, tlut Evibm:rod,.¡ciJ rci:.:;ncd iCvcn mlil. };:v.
19
vcars in his üthcr's lifc-timc, whilc his ú- '
thcr Jid C:lt [!:rJ.fS
~
\V Ít h OXCl1, anJ aftcr h ÍS f.t-
rhcr's rcíburation w:1s put in pnf(m \\-ith
.7cconiab King of JudtZ!J 'rill thc Jcarh of
his üthcr, ::md thcn fi.Iccccdcd in th-:
Thronc. In thc fifth yc~u of .fL'CO!li:zb'.:,
optivity, Bel(ha.zzar \\·as ncxt in di~~nity
to his tJ.ther .LVcbttcbadncz.-:::,ar, and wa-; d2-
Ji~ncd ro be his 1uccdTor, Rarucb. i. 2, r '·
TI, 12, 14. and thercforc l~·vilmerodt~cb
\Ll" e ven thcn in difgLlCC. U pon hi" com-
ing to thc Thronc .~ he brought hi-; Cricml § 2 King:
and comnanion ,- J{'COJJidb om of J'riJÓn on xxv.
2
7·
¡y, G.c,
rhc 27th (h y of thc twcl frh mo11t h : In t hat
Ncúucbctdnc-:::,zar dicd in rhc cnd of \\in-
rcr. A11110 NáboJut ( 1 8;.
h'7; i lmerodi!c b rci~ncd tw o y c:us ~1frcr
his fathcr's dcJt·h, :mJ ior !Ji-; lt1Íl and n il
!11:11ll_Jcr_s \Ll> fLtin by his fi!l-:-r's hti-;Ju,,J
J\'1'1'1,'!, 11 'lar, or N!!; ;í!, rd.-r¡J.'.·r, l\'.t Úoii. ~(( '

r~ '·J , ~:e ~_·o rll, i'w ro t he C. m, 1 J 1.

~ •

u i- 1:\'.'¡'•/
\' ~ . •
L 1
 Nerigli rar, in the name of his young
fon Labojordttcbtts, or Laboaj{erdach, the
grand-child of Nd;uc!JadtJezzar by hi\
daughrcr, rcigned four yc:us, according ro
thc CJ.non and Beroflts, including thc lhort
Reign of J--aboaJJerdacb alone: for La6o-
a!ferdach, according to Beroflts and }ojc-
pbus, rci~ncd ninc monrhs aftcr thc ckuh
cf his bthcr, and rh~n for his evil manncrs
was íhin in :1 fC~1íl, by thc confpiracy of l:is
7
fricnds wirh J\ r!bou11edus a Baby/otliaJJ, to
•

whom by confcnt thcy gavc rhc Kingdom:

but thck ninc months are not rcckonc-J
apart in thc CJ.non.
J.Vabo;medus, or Nabo11adius, according
to the Canon, began bis Reign in thc ycar
of Nab:ma ·4r 193, reigned íevenrem
yC'ar~. and endcd his Reign in thc ycar of
.Nabo11a ar210, be!ngthcn vanquiihcdand
Ba~rlo11 takcn by C)·rtts.
Eler()t!Ot!ls calls this lafl: Kina of BabJ-
]ott, Lti~~·,:itHs, and fays that e wa-> rhc
fon of a formcr Lab)'J!Íttts, and of Nitc-
cris an cmi11ent ~1ecn ofBakylo11: by thc
[:1rher h~ fCems ro undcrílanJ rhat Labyl!i-
t.ir, who, :1shcrellsu'>, \\':1Sl\íngof Bab)'-
io11 \Y hn1 thc grc::tr Eclipfc of thc: Sun prc-
diétcd by Tbrtles put an cnd ro rhc lirc
yc:us \\ :1r bctwccn rhc A!edes ami (wl¡-
flll-'.; and r hi~ was rhc grcar l\7cbuchad!,c;>

·· ' · Ju11, Bctj/:a::::.:::::.ar, andLurh rk.1t NL'bttcbt~d­

~tfZ/4./lr \ras his llrhcr: and Jo féji.Jll s rclls
us,.
 a oniansand
us, * rhat rhc lall King of Baby Ion was cal- • Jof. Ant.
Jed Naboande! by thc Baby/o;tÍa1Js, and l.•o.c.u.
reianedfcvenrcen ycars; and thcrefore he is
rh~fame King of Ba!Jy!olt with Naborme-
dtts or Labyttittts; and this is more ao-reca-
ble ro f.1.cred writ rhan ro make Na o7me-
dtts a 1l:rangcr ro the royallinc: for alltta-
tioJts werfl to ftrve Ncbucludnczzar tlltd
•
/lis pojterity, titl tbe ·very time ofbis !tmd
fhortld come, attd ma¡¡y 7tatiOJzs fhould.forve
••

themftlves ofbim, .fer. xxvii .• 7. Beljhaz-

~·
,'·..' zar was born and livcd in honour befare
•••
,.
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rhe fifrh ycar of J econiah's ctptivity.
.•' \\'hich was rhc clcventh ycar of Nebuchad-
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•
uezzar's Reign; and rhcreforc he was a-
: bovc 34 ycars old at thc dcath of E vi/me-
~· 1'odacb, andfo could be no other King rhan
Nabotmedtts: for Laboafferdacb rhe grand-
lon of Nebttchad¡¡e zzar was a child whcn
he rcigned.
Herodottts t rells us, rlut thcre wcrc rwo t Heroa.
fJmous ~ICC!lS of BabyloJt, Semiramis l. r.c.I8f,
and Nitocris; and rhat rhc larrcr \Vas more tS¡.
skilful : fl1c obtCrving that rhc Kingdom of
rhc .!Jfet!es, l1aving Jitbducd m:my citics,
:tnd among othcrs JViJJC'7;cb, :wa'> bccnmc
grc;¡t and porcnt, inrcrccprcd :llld fortificd
rhc pafTagcs out of Jl!cdia in ro Rrtby/o¡¡ia;
and rhc rivcr which bdorc was araighr, íhc
madc crookcd wüll grcat \\'indings, tlur ir
mi~ht uc more f<xbrc, ~1nd Id~ apt ro over-
flow : and on rhc fidc of thc ri ver abn\'C
Brtbylrm ~ in imitation of rh e La k. e of J11rt'-
•

ns
 306
ris in Egypt, fl1e dug a Lake every \LW
forty miles broad, ro reccive the water Óf
the river, an_d kecp ir for watcring the land.
S he built alío a bridge ovcr thc river in thc
middle of Babylott, turning the íl:ream into
the Lake 'ríli rhe bridge was built. 'Phi.
• •
loflrattts
.
íaith, * rhat íhe made a brid~e
'
¡n V Ita
J\pol 1onií.
under thc river two fJ.rhoms broad, mcan-
J,.J.C. lf. ing an archcd vault ovcr which the rim
flowed, and u~dcr \V hich thcy might \Llli;
crofS the rivcr: he calls her M~'úa, a Affde.
Berofits rells us, that f,l.ebucbad;¡ez:::orir
built a penlilc gardcn u )011 are hes, bcc.1ulc
bis witC was a liJe e anJ dclighrcd ia
mount::linous profpcéls, fi1ch ::!S abcmndcd in
]lfedia, bur were wanting in Baúyio!!Í.t:
fhc was .A;;~yite rhc daughtcr of Aiyagu,
~nd fiíl:cr of Cyaxeres, Kings ofthe JVcdc.r.
Nr:bttcbad11ezzar married hcr upon :1
lcaguc benvccn thc two flmilics againf1- rk
King of.AJ!)•ria: but Nitocris mi~ht be J·
nother woman who in thc Rcinn o of hcr J(m
Lak)'!Jittts, a voluprnom :1ncl Yicion.., King.
too k cuc of hi" atfairs, and f()r kcuri11~ hi~
J(incrdom
:::;J
arrainfl:
0
thc }Jedes, did thc 11 mi\~
a hove mcntioncd. This is rlur Quccn !11Cil·
tioncd in 'Daliirl, chap. v. ver. rn.
[
t l o . ron t. •
7 ofl'P ~'/ts t relates out of rhc Tp·i.'lll re·
. . . J 1 ·¡ ··
Ai•i"n.l. 1. conh, tlur 111 thc Rc1gn o{' t ooúrt ,·u h.lll:~
'·
2
1. of T__)•rc, rlut city w:1s bdic~cd by J\'d;!:·
c/Jru/;lc::::.::::,ar thirtccn )'Cll'S to0cthcr:
' ,
inth·:
cnd of th.tt lic::,c .lt/;o/)(¡J¡¡,r thcir 1·( iP:~ ':·ti
ib in , E;::,; ek. x x vi i i . ~ , 9, 1 u . ~l!l d :ti i ~ r
j¡;,:l¡
'!"
 a onians and
l1im, according ro thc Tyria1t rccords,
'• •.
t
,.•
rcigned Baat ten ye:us, Eotihaltts and
'.·
'
•
Cbel6es onc ycar, Ab6artts thrce months,
•
•
'•
,·
llfytgomtsand Cerajlrattts fix ycars, Ba-
iatonts onc ycar, ldi'J'b'tzltt.r tour years,
•

and Irormts t\\·cnty years: and in thc four-

rccnth ycaroflroJJms, C1y the Tyrian rc-
cords, rhc Rcign of C)ru.r bcgan in BtJb)'-
fo¡fia ; therctcJre thc ti cgc of 'l)re bcgan
48 years :md lome months befo re thc Rcign
of C)'J"ItS in B-·li;)'/07tia: it bcgan w hen Je-
1'!1[tt!em had bccn ncwly ta!\.cn and burnt,
\rirh the Temple, Ezek. xxYí. and by
confcquencc afrcr rhc clcv~nth yc.u of ¡e-
ro.úal/s C:1pti\'ity, or r6:::Jth ycar of lV.abo-
1htf{"ctr, and thcretorc thc Rci:;n of Cynts
in Baby!onia bcgan aCter thc yc~u- of Nabo-
JJaHctr 208; it cndcd bcforc rhc eight and
nrcnticrh ycar of ¡ec01úal/s caprivity, or
176th ycar of N;z/;o¡¡afttr, Ezek. xxix.
F. and rhcrctorc rhc Rcign of Cyrlts ia
Bttb)'!ol!ia be~::m bctorc tbc ycar of Nabo-
JJa'jtZr 2 r r. By rhis argumcnt thc firf1 ycar
of C)nu in Btzbylo;Jia\var:; onc of rhc two
inrcrmcdi:ltc yc~ns l'J<), 2 ro. Cyrtts in-
Lldcd Bctb_y!onia in thc yc~lr of NrtÚú!ta '(
nr 209 ; * BtZÚ)'lon hdd Otlt, ami thc ncxt '~'llcrotl,
)'C~lr \\'as takcn, r¡cr. Ji. 39· )7. by divcrr- l.r,c.I89,
in~ thc river lj't~pÚrtltcs, and cntring rhc ~~;)~~~·
ciry rhrou·!,h rhc cmpricd ch:tnnd, :llld by 1. 7· p.19o,
Co¡¡iz:,¡ucncc Jtlcr lllidJiunmcr: f-~)r thc ri- Ed.
'.9'·Pam.
'9l·
V~r. by thc mclring of thc Jiww in Arme-
1!J.tr, orcrnu\\-; yc,!rl y iu thc bcginnin~ of
ium-
 308
fummcr, but in the hcat of ftunmcr grO\n
*Dan.v. low. * And that night was the I<mg oj'
30, 31'
Jofeph. Babylon jlai11, attd Darius the Mcdc, or
Ant.l. 10. Kittg of the Medcs, too k the Kingdom, bc-
c. 11,
ing about threeftore and two years old:
io rhcn Babylott was rakcn a month or t\I'O
after thc Ütmmcr folfl:icc, in rhc ycar
of NabotJajjar 210; as rhc Canon J.l!o
rcprefents.
Thc Kings of thc .kfedes befare C)'rus
wcrc 'D~joces, Phraortes, Ajtyages, C)'·
axeres, or Cyaxares, and 'Daritts: rhc
three firíl: rcigncd befo re thc Kingdom grcw
grcat, the nvo laíl: wcre great conqucrors,
and ercétcd thc Empire; for .di.fcby!lts,
who f1ourifl1cd in rhe Rcigns of 'Dari11s
Hyjlafpis, and Xerxes, and dicd in rhe
76th Olympiad, introduces 'Daritts thus
complaining of thofe w ho pcrfuaded his ion
t A:fch. Xerxes ro invade Greece; t
Perla: v.
761.
Toty.fp orcJltv tpyov :::;)v :~Etpyru ¡.tÉvov
•
Mqr::;ov, «IEJf.L>'1::;ov
, • T
orov ¡¡ ' o<
" '
-x-w,
Te o' éf.::;u Et!' qwv óEeHaÍvwqEv?rtq5v"
a ¡¡TT6 TIIJ.~V Ziv~ ~
ava:E ' " ' "W'lrCltfiv,
T>jVO '

'Ev' av~-a 1ráq~t; 'Arnáoo~ f.L>;Ao-rpó1)l¡¡

Ta:ytTv, txov1a qHq7r1pov tu'Ouv1~p,ov.
MAóot; yiip ;v ó ?rp.7.-rot; ~Yf!J.WV c;p:t.TII-·
"AM1<; o' ÍKEiv¡¡ ..,.-ai.; -r6o' tpyov .jwq,·
4>p6v,, yCt.p avTH- Bu¡.¡.~v
ola:Ko::;pt1)lHv.
Tpi-ro~ a' a-r' auTH- Ki:ípo·, ¡0axí¡J.WV Úv~p, &e~

They bave do11e a wor k

Tbe greatejl, a11d mfJjt memorable, jitcb ,as
tJe·ver happe~t' d, hr
Mm.
l.
~

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''•
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<J
..,
1' • 1
••
a oniansand 309
'~
~~; Por it bas emptied tbe falliJtg Suü:
;, From tbe time that King J upitcr grtlJttcrl
tbis !Jo¡¡ottr,
TbatonemaJtjhottld reig11 07Jer all frt:it-
fttl Afia,
Havi1tg tbe imperial Scepter.
For be that firjt led tbe army was a M eJe;
7be 11ext, wbo was bis fim, ji11ijht tbe
'Xork,
For prudence dire[/ed bis fout;
The third was Cyrus, a bappy matt, &c.

The Poet hcre attributes rhe founding of

rhe Medo- PerjtaJt Empire ro rhc two im-
mediate predeceffors of Cyrus, thc firfl: of
which was a .Afede, and rhcfccond was his
fon: the fccond was 'Daritts the Me de, the
immediate prcdcccíTor of Cyrtts, according
ro 'Da~tiel; and rherefore rhe firft was the
farhcr of2Jctritts, rhat is, /lcbjitertts, il/ftt-
ents, Oxyares, ¡Jxeres, Princc Axeres, or
Cy-Axeres, thc word Cy fignifying a
Princc: for 1JaJtiet rclls us, th:lt 'Darius
ILls the íon of Achfltertts, or Ahafiu•nts,
a~ rhc Maforetes crroneoufl y call him, of
rhcfccd of thc Afedcs, rhat is, of rhciccd
royal: this is that A_[/1terus who wgcrhcr
\rirh Nebuchad11e zzar roo k and dcflroycd
Nineveh, accordina ro Tobit: which acti-

:Jnd by E11polemus to /ljfibttres, a name

pcrhapc; eo rrupt 1y \vri tren tor Jllflterll.r. By
rhis viétory o ver the A,,yrim;s, and ftdwcr-
vcrfiun
 • •

r e Em ires o t d
fion of their Empire feared ar Ni!teveb,
and the enfuing conqueíl:s of .Arme;tia,
Cappadocia and Perjia, he be an to cxtcnd
thc Reign of one man over a 1 ..djia; and
his fon 'Darius rhe Mede, b conquering
thc Kingdoms of Lydia and abylott, fi!li·
fhcd rhe work: and rhe rhird King was Cy.
rtts, a happy man for his grcat íi.1cceffcs un-
der and againíl: Varitts, ánd largc and pea ce.
ablc dominion in bis own Reign.
Cyrtts livcd fevenry ycars, according ro
C icer·o, ::md reigned nine ycars o ver Bczky-
úm, according to Ptofemy's Canon, :mJ
rhcrcforc was 6 r ycars old at the raking of
Babylo1t, at which time Varitts thc .A!ede
was 62 years old, according ro 'DaJJief:
and rherefore 'Daritts was rwo Gencrations
youngcr than Ajfyages, the grandü.thcr of
*Herod. Cyrtts: for Jljlyages, according ro borh *
~·:s.~:~~J: 1-lerodottts and XeJtophotz, gave his d~wgh­
phon. Cy- ter lvla1tda1te to Camb_)'.fes a Princc of Per-
rop:cd.l.I. jia, :111d by them bCC:1illC thC grandfathCr Of
3
P· ' Cyrtts; and Cyaxeres \vas rhc ion of .Ajl_y-
iCyropred. ages, according to t ){e;tophoJt, and g~t\C
l. !.p. l.l. bis dauohtcr ro c\'J'IIS. This daun hrcr,
e ro- . . :::. 'J ;::,

p. ;:~.8, handiome, and ufcd ro play Wlth (_y1:11J

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19
when rhcy were both children, and tu hy
rh~lt í11c would marry him: and rhcrct(nc
_thcy wcre much of rhe bmc agc. XtJlU-
pbo7t Üith rhat C)nts married hcr afrL'r thc
cak.ing of Babylo;t ; bnt lhe was thcn Jll old
woman: ir's more probable that he marricd
. ht:r
•
 a onians and
herwhileihe was youngand lu.ndiome, and
he a young man; and that bccatdc he \vas
rhe brother-in-law of 'Daritts rhc Kimr, he
~

Icd the armics of thc Kingdom untíl he rc-

volred: fo then .il./IJ'ac~e s, CJ'axere s ami
'])ar itts reigned 1úccc[IJ ve 1y o ver t he
¡\Jedes; and C)'rus \\':lS thc grandlon of A.f
tyages, and nurried rhc {¡flcr of 7Jarius,
andfuccceded him in thc Thronc.
Herodotus thcrdorc * Iuth in verted the * HaoJ~
orJer of thc Kings Ajlyages ami C_yaxerrs, L x. c.¡~
makingCyaxeres ro be thc ion ::md li.tccciT<Jr
ofPhraortes, and thc hthcr and prcJccd~
f(Jr of Ajlyages thc f:nhcr ofJ1fa¡¡dallc, ~111d
grandfarhcr uf Cyr!ts, and tclling m, t11J.t
this Ajlyages marricd Arú:11e rhc danahrcr
of JJ.lyattes King of Lydia, and \vl'<> at
Jcngth takcn príioncr ami dcpri ved of his
dominion by C_yrus: ami P attfimias harh
copied aftcr Jlerodotus, in relling us tlut
/l.flyages rhc fon of Cyttxcre s rcigned ia
J\fedia in the days of Alyattrs 1\ing of LY4

dia. CyaxereJ·lud afon who nurricd A-

rime the daughtcr of Af)'fltfe¡; but rhis
f(m WJ.s not the hther of Mcmda¡¡e, and
gr~wdfarher
e
of Cyrus,
-
but of thc Ümc a;rc
.::>
ll'ith Cyrus: and hi" rrue namc is prcicncd
in rhc name of rhc Varic s, w hich upon rhc
conL¡ucfl: of Cra)fusbyrhc conduct of hi-;
Ccl!cral Cyrtts, he coy ned out of rhe gold
:~nd filver of tl1c conquercd L_ydtd!ls: hi)
IJ.Imc wa-. thercforc Darúts, a..; he is Cll-
hl by 'Dattirl; for 'Dmúcl r.:dls us, rlur
th i:o
 312 O the Em ires o th~
this 'Darius was a Me de, and that his fJ.
ther'snamc was Ajfttertts, that is Axeres or
Cyaxeres, as above: confidering thercforc
that Cyaxeres reigned long, and that no au-
thor mentions more Kings of Afedia tlun
one called Ajlyages, and that .11!-Jcb)'irts
who livcd in rhoie days knc\V but of t1ro
great Monarcbs of lvledia and Perjia, thc
tither and the ion, older than Cyrtts; ir
fcems ro me rhar Ajlyages, rhc father of
Martda11e and grandfathcr of Cyrus, \vas
the father and predeccffor of Cyaxeres;
and thar the íon andfucceffor of Cyaxeres
was called 'Daritts. Cyaxeres, according
•Hrrod. ro * Herodottts, reigncd 40 years, and bis
l. J.c.1o6, fucceífor 3), and Cyrtts, according to Xe-
130· 1tophott, fcven: Cyrus died Amto Nabottaf
219, according ro the Canon, and thereforc
Cyaxeres died An11o Nabotzaj[. 177, and
began his RcignAnno N"1botta{f. 137, anJ
bis farher .Jjlyages reigned 26 ycars, bcgin-
ninrr his Reign at rhe death of Pbraortes,
wh~ was flain by the ..llj[yria11s, Am1o
Nahotta/f. r 1 r, as abo ve.
Ofall thc Kings ofthe Medes, c_ya:arcs
tHerod. was rhc greatcfl: warrior. ~Ierodortts t f:lith
l ••. c. 3· rhat he was much more valiant than his :111-
10

cefl:ors, and rhat he was rhc flrfl: who di1 i-

dcd thc Kingdorn into provinccs, and red u-.
ccd rhc irregular and undiíCiplincJ torces ot
rhc Medes into difciplinc and ordcr: and
thercforc by thc tdl:imony of Hcrodot:'·~·
he was that King of the Me des whom A·.j-
cIJ)'Ius
 •

a 3I 3
rll)'ftts nnkc:, rhc (i dl: conqucror a11d ;·. '11-
lkr of thc E m pi re ; inr 1 lr'f''Jtl;! !t 1· re¡ · -.·-
. knt.:: him and hi Jo;¡ to lLn e :h:-.._·¡¡ t ~\.' t'". o
immcdi:1rc ¡wcdccc!Í<Y'i of Cvn:.>, e;-¡ i¡¡.;
only m tl!c 1umc of thc !(m. Aj~y:?gn ~!:J
- '
norhin::; g!o1 i(ltt'>: in th~ bc·;in!JI'l~ vf hi::>
Rcign :1 ~.rcat body of S't]tbitws c.>nmun-
ccd by .-td\'C.í, * lll\'adcd JJr:dia J.nd par-
•
1
j' '· [ !croJ. ib,
thia, as ~l~·--.vc, ~md rci:rncJ .' Lhu·c abo~t 28
ycars; bur at lcngrh his fon C)'axercs cir-
cumvcntcd and 1lcw thcm in a fcaf1:, and
madc rhe rcfl: fl •v ro thcir brethrcn in Par-
tbia; and immcdiatcly aftcr, in conjunc-
, tion with JVebucbaJ;¡czzar, invadcd a!ld
iubvcrtcd rhc h ingdom of ./!Jfj'riiz, ~llhl Jc-
fl:rovcd J.Vine"v·c/; .
.1

ln rhc fourrh ,-eJ.r nf .Jcbr;it?!·im, "ili·.:h

' the ]cr:.:.:s rccko.n to be thc firll: of J\'L·.'m-
.: dJrldltr!::::;_z,ar. OJtiiW his Rci,rn ti-om hi·.;; b~-
• o o
l. in~ nudc Ktne!; by his L!thcr, or from thc
1, \ ~ ..

'.• mnnth 1\:.ifrm pt-cccdllE~, w he n rh ~ vi éln r')

: had nc\\'1 y Jharcd th-:- Empirc of th2 .L/f(Y·
• I'Úlils, and in nrokcuting thcir vidor\' Wl!'C
l ·- ~

inLlding ,\)ritz J.ttd 'P/;rnúcirt, :tnd \\'2rt.:

r\'adv to ltlvadc rhC' n:1rion-; round ~1bout;
noli· rhrcJtned rlur /;1' ·--.;_:ordd ftl~i! rlli (/!(' '- ¡ ... .,,.'
1 J ..... ·~

.('ilú/ics o( t!Jc N'lr~h, rlut ¡o;, thc J!Wi :·~

of rl1" j)~1-r·//"r t'JJ'I N··l)"··h.lL1l..,., lJ" ,.1, ·
1,.. .LI(~
1
_. ~ j "- \..,,.__,¡¡, '• ,./,, '

1\.iJ!g of Ihbylnn, rtlld lnt'-'.g rh~·'tt t/.;.t,; 1'!

}lld~~l, tl!ld avt:i:;f/ tÍJc llilflr;'i 1 "'iil'' / .t-
't:r;uf. cn¡rf rtrft'l.¡\'
. . )
dc/t'rov th.-,J{• :;.:,-¡,l:u,
<~I!Jmfl!.:r.·tbcmr~ÍJttjlr:,,;¡¡JwJL'!t! ,::1d f.:/'i ~
clcjvlrt!irm, aud c,i:tF' .rhei/J (/¡; ·u J. - · ~
• •
X tllt
 314- O the Em ires o the
tbe witte-cttp of hi.r fitry; and in parricn.
hr, he turnes the Kiltgs of Judah tmtl E-
gypt, a1td tboft of Edom, attd J\'Ioab, rll!d
Ammon, a1td Tyre, aud Zidon, a11d t /;¡'
ljles of the Sea, and Arabia, a1td Zimri,
a11d att tbe Ki11gs of Elam, and aü tiJI'
J(in~s ofthe Medes, and att the ]( ings of
the North, attd the Ki11 of Sebe; and
that after ftve1Jtyyears, Je woutd alfo pu-
1tijh the King ofB<J.bylon. Here, in num-
bering thc nations \V hich fl1ould fuffcr, he
omits thc Jljfjriarts as tallen alrcady, and
namcs thc Kings of Elam or 'Perfia, and
St'foc or Sttfa, as difrinéf from thofc of thc
Medes and Bab)•lonimu; and thcrcforc thc
Perflans werc not yet fubdued by thc
lrfedes, northc Kingof Sufa by thc C!J.1!·
dcea1ts: and as by thc puniihmcnt of rhc
King of BabyloJt he means the conqucfl: of
Baby!o1l by the }rfedes; fo by the punilh·
mcnt of thc ]Jf.edes he kcms to mean thc
conqucíl: of the Me des by Cyrrts.
Aftcr this, in the bcginning of thc Rci~n
of Zcdrkiab, tlut is. in thc ninth year of
· Nc!J!!cbrldllezzar, God thrcatncd that he
u·otdd give the R iJtgdoms ofEdom, J\1n:!b.
aJJd Ammon,aJtdTyrc, a11dZidon,i11tO f~,·
h:wd of' - Ncbuchadnc:z.zar Ai11cr
( \
o('
. lhh\'-
~

lt'n, andtbrtt alt tbc 1/f!tion.r jhonfd_fi'r'c,'

/Ji m, t111 d ¡.¡ .r jh JJ, a11d bis .flm '.r .fb¡¡, ,·; ;¡ t 1!
tbc 'L.'O') tin:c of !Jis la11djhou!d romr. ti:ul
rJJ al! y 1: ;, t io 11.r a 11 d gret.z t K i11p;.r jho 11 !t!Ji'i ;r
! l· nr'./d ~ ·c.r '~f /Ji m, J e r. x xvi i. .t\ :~ d :1l ' l¡L'
j , ~. :
 a
f 1me ti:')JC God thus prcdiéted the :lpproach-
ing conq\1cfl of -r:1'- ·p..c_,:f.I!';; hy t~1~ Jl,fr:dcs
\ and rh::ir confederares: Brho/d, Ll.tth he, 1
'
:· r;¡•di break the bow ~{ ELlm, t be c/Jirf of
· their mig IJt: a11d líjJrm ELun rz.;:·/ !tI briNg
tbe four ·-.;:,:úJdsfrom tbe fu m· r¡~tartt.''J :f
bea-ve11, altdr.J.,:il/fctdtcr t/)('m !o·~·ards ait
thoft r,;:·ittds, aJtd tbere jbail lx 110 1ut iut
::.:hither the O!ltcaJfs of Ebm jhd!/ ¡¡r;t
come: Jor 1 wiil crwfe Elam to b(' difm-~y­
·~·d befo re tbcir C!JCtiÚcs, a11d /;(ftJn: tban
that flek tbeir lijr; aJJd 1 r;.;.·i!/. brim!, cvit
ttfOlt them, e·ve11 m_yfz'ercr twgcr, frlit b the
Lord; aJJd I ,..~·i/1 ft¡¡d the f:;._·c¡·d aft e·¡·
rhem 'tilt I have co¡¡f/am:d thcm; a¡¡d I
·::;i/tfi't 11¿y tbrone i!t Elam, aJJd ·-..;.,•i!J de-·
Jiroyfrom tbma tbe ]{j¡¡g a¡¡J thc Priíl-
t'CJ', faith tlx Lord: b11t it jhll!f cotnc to
pafs itt t!Je latter da_ys, viz. in thc Rcign of
Cyrus, that l·will brút.(!, a({ailt t!Je Ctljti-
. ~Jity of Ebm, .frtith thc l .. orrl. Jcr. xlíx.
3), CEJe. The (Perjirms wctT thcrcforc bí-
thcrto a free narionundcr rhci r own K ing,
butfoon afrcr this wcrc in' ~Hk,i, Júbducd.
c.tptiv:ltcd, Jnd dilj>crkd into rhc tLHÍo!IS
round abour, and contínued in fen·itud,, un-
ril thc Rcign ofCyrtts: and finct thc A-L~·d~·s
and ChatJ,ealls Jid nor cotH¡ucr the Pn·-
jt~ms 'till aftcr thc ninth ycar of ~Teb!ltbttd­
nczzar, it givcs us oc¿·:1fion to cnq uirc
what rhat aéhvc \\'arriot· C'Yttxerc.r wJs do~
ingnexr aftcr rhc ulongot" NúJt:'I.H:h.
X 2. \Vhcn
 •

316 O t he E'm ir es o t e
W hcn Cyttxcrc s cxpelled thc Scythiallr,
• Hcrod. * fome of thcm madc thcir pea ce with him,
)Le. 73>
74·
and ílaid in Afedia, and prckntcd to him
d:lily iomc of the vcniion which thcy toq!\
in hunting : bur h:tppcning onc da y tn e:r eh
nothing, (;_,yaxeres in :.1 paílion trcatcd th:m
\Vith opprobr~ous bnguagc: this thcy re·
fcntcd, ::md foon :.ütcr killcd onc of rile
childrcn ofthc Medcs, drcUcd ir likc vc·1i·
ion, and prcfcntcd it ro qyaxerc s, and rhcn
flcd to .;1/yat tes King of Lyditz; \\·hc11cc
t'ollowcd :1 \\·::tr of fivc yc:1rs bctwccn thc
t\ro Kings C)axrres and A!yattes: :tEJ
thcncc 1 gatber ~lut thc Kingdoms of th·~
Ale des and Lydtans wcre now contiguou;,
:md by conicqucncc that Cya:xerc s, foon :1~:
ter the conl1ucí1: of Nútevcb, feizcd 1he r~·
gions bclonging ro thc ./lj])'ria11s, as fu ,¡;
to thc rivcr ila~y.r. In thc fixth ycu ot
this war, in thc midfl: of a bartlc bcn\''''.'n
t he nv o 1\ ing", t he re \Va" a total E r Jipi;' ni
t llern,1. rhc Sun, prcdiétcd by Tbrzk.r: t J.!H.l r)¡¡s
ibid. Phn.
J.1.C.J1.
.Eclipk fcJl upon thc 2gth of J1ftty, .A·¡;;o
·",raúo11a.{¡: r6 3, forty and leven yc:u" be·
forc thc uking of ]3aby!on, and put an CJJd
to rhc bartlc: and thcrcupon thc t\ro /\in~~
madc pcacc by thc rncdiarion of Ncúur!Jad·
1Jc;::,:::.:rtr K ing of Babylo11, ami Sycii!JI'(..r
1\.inb of Cilicia: and thc pc~lCC \Lt'> r;~tiÍic:~
hy a m~lrrÍa!_!,C, bctwccn 'Drtri!ls thc Ion 'd
()rzxn·e.r ~l~Hl Arienc thc (hughtcr of A(\·
Mio: 'J)m·itts was thcrciurc fifrccn u
•
{l .''l''
. \,. ~"1
 a onians and
ii.xtccn ycars old at thc time of this m~rri-
3ge; for he was 62.. ye:us old ar the taking
of Babylo11.
In :he clcvcnth ycar of Zcdck.itzl/s
Rcign, thc ycar in which Nebuchrzd¡¡czzar
rook ]crttjizlcm and dcí1:roycd thc Temple,
Ezekiel comparing thc Kingdoms of rhc
Eafl: ro trces in thc gardcn of Edcl!, thu-.
mcntions thcir bcing conllUcrcd by rh..:
1\inp;s of rhc ]jJedes and CbaldceaJJs: Hc-
hold, ilith he, the An~yrün was rz Ccd.u· i1t
Lcbanon .-..c:itb fair /;ra¡¡ches,--------- bis
beigbt ~·as exalted aÚ07.-'e a!/ tbe t rNs o(
tbt fwld, ------a11d ltltder hú fhado·:v r/:;.:dt
•

aUgretzt 11atioJts,-------ttOt tlli_Y rrcc Ít! t he

garden of GfJd was likf' 1/JJto !Jim Í/! bú
/;eauty :------b!tt 1 /;tZ·vc dcli7.:crcd /;j¡¡¡ j¡¡_
to tbe hmtd o( t!Je migbty 011c of tbe !H:tt-
thell ,-· -------1 m.-tde the ttatioJts to jbakc at
the fou¡¡d of hi.rfall. \-V'bn;] ca.fl bim do·v:..·Jt
to tbe gra1.-·e u·it/; t!JCJIJ that dcfl:c71d i11to '

tbe pit: aJJd al! tbe trccs ~( Edcn, tbe

choiceaJJdbt~jlof Lcb:mon, ali thtlf drillk
~·a ter, jhalt lx colil(~'t !t'd Í11 t IJC m·t !Jo·
-
part sof t be cart !J : t !Jf' y -a !Jo r..:. ·e¡¡ 1 do·-:.;_·¡¡
into tbe gra·ve r,;..·>t!J hlm, 1/Jlto t!xmtbtd
úcjlai¡¡ wit!J t!Jc f~·(J¡·d. rwd t!Jr} 1 bdt ::_,·a,·
bis czrm, t !Jtlt é . J:•dt tmdo !Jis jf;t~r/o·:...:-· Í!! •

túc wicljl of 1/;e /J¡·¡¡f !Jf'JI, Ezck. xx.·:i.

Thc ncxc yc:>r E;·:('~icl. 111 ancl!JcT ¡1ro ·
p]¡ cJ )r, t j¡ ll 'i C111 ll) 1CT~ll C "; l hC ¡J r i; 1C Í p.ti ll ~ll 1() ll ~;
wlw 1ud bccu iL1hJuul :~nd Jl.tu~·l¡r-:rcd l.~ y
..\' ! l
l iC

'
 318
the conquering fword of Cyaxeres and 1Ve.
buchadnezzar. Aíhur is there and tdi bcr
compa¡¡y, viz. in }Jades or thc Iowcr p:trt')
of thc carth, w he re thc dead Lo(lics la y bu-
ricd, bis grtz-ves ttre ahout bim; tttl o/thtill
jltúlt, fallen kY tbe ¡:,:;ord, r;;:·!Jid; cat~(i'd
t!Jcir terror iu the ltZJtd of tbe fi.0·i!l(.
7 bc·rc i.r Elam.and all b('r '!JJtdtitudc rotn~d
abo!!! ber grtt'L'C, al!~( them jlaiil. _{t<fi<·:;
~y tbef.;,.ord, 1..:.:bicb tzn· ~o1te do-..:.·¡¡ tmci;-
cu7nc~/i:d i11to the 1:ctÍHr pm·t.r ~( 1\
carth, u:bicb ca ufed t be ir tCJTO?' iíl tbr
lrmd ~~ t!Jc ln.:iízg: _yet lhrüC thr:_y h1n
tbcir jhamc with tbem tbat go dow11 ,::Jh
the pit.------7 here is lVIcihcch, Tuba], a7ld
-i<TiuScy- alihL't' mtt!titude*; h-ergra'&·esareround
thiar.s. auout bim: all of tbem tmcircumciji·d.
f/,zi¡¡ b.J· t beJ~·crd,t hottg h t hc_:v caufl'd t /Jé'ir
·terror Í1t thela!tdof tbeth.:ing.----Thcre
is Edom, ber K.in<~.r, a;¡d ali bcr Pri!lus.
r¡_;_·!Jicb 1.e:ith tbeir mi'!bt u
are taid bv tbCiil
t !:tl t r:.:.:::rc j//zi" by t be fword. ------ Tbtrc br
t/11 f'ri!lrc.rof thr:I'Jorrhallof tbem, twd
a/1/lh' Zídnuians, '"d'bicb r:..cúh thrir to·-
ro r' ,z r (' gr; ;u' d{JY"J•."1/ r¡;. ¡ t /; í /)(' jlú ¡¡' r ;,('k
xx":iJ. .Hcrc hy rhc l'ri;~cc·.;of thc North 1
l' :H ;.·r!land thd(· nn t he t:nrrh of 'J.·:I.t'<'l,
a1:d cl,;.._:]y rhc Fri:.ccs of JlJ·mniit ;\:•·l
Crtppt;tforlr1, who fcll in thc war<; \r]¡:,·h
~.''l'tiYI'f"i'.r 111<H1c in rcdltl:mg tlwk u:u:Hill'~
~.f·cr thc r.¡!:.t:l~ of ¡\'wt¡_·tb. l.'/tíll l'r
'j ·cr¡í >1 w :t ·; ( () n~ ll' ( rt · d h y r h,. }U 1 ·, /, • _r • .1: 11 l
J',!f>uJtl by rJ¡c Ptt~')iJI/t/l/.'.f. .ln n 1:1(
ni!·il'
 a onians and
ninth, and befare thc ninetcenth ycar of
}.Tcb!!ch,•diJezzar: and rhercfore we can-
not en m u eh if we place thefe conqucíl:s in
rhc rwclfrh or fourrcenrh ycar of Neb~t­
cbadne zzar: in thc nincrecnrh, nventi-
crb, and onc ::md rwenticrh ycar of rhis
I{it;g. he ínvadcd and * conqucrcd .Judcea, •Jer.:xxvii.
M1ab, Ammo11, Edom, thc P hilijlims and 3· ~· Ez.ek.
.,
Z túJ!It; an d t l
t 1e ncxr ycar e
h b íi ! XXI.19,lQ,
e 1egcc é-:. xxv. 1.,

T)'re, and afrcr a íicgc of rhirrcen ycars he B. 11.

rook ir, in rhc 3 )th ycar of his Reign; and 1x~~-e:.'&
rhen he :j: invadcd and conquered Egypt, .xxix. '7·
Etbiopia and Libya; and abour eighrccn t~iv:k.
or t\\'cnry ycars afrcr rhc dearh ofthis King, xxix. 1 9 •
2)czrius thc Mede con quered rbe Kingdom &xx."·+·f,
of Sardes.; and afrcr fi ve or fix ycars more
be invadcd and conqucrcd thc Empire of
Baby Ion: and thcreb finiíhed rhe work of
propagating thc }.fe o-TcrjiaJt 1\iiorurchy
orcr all Ajia, as kfl·h)·tus rcprefents.
Now rhis is thar Varitts '\ ho coined a
~ear numbcr of picccs of pure gold callcd
'Darics, or Statcrcs'Darici: for Suidas,
Harpocrat iou, and rhe Scholiaíl: of Ari¡:
topbrmes § rcll us, rhar thefc wcre coincd §Suid.in
not by thc farhcr of Xerxes, but by an car- Ll.LriiKo,~t
licr 'Darius, by 'Daritts thc firíl:, by thc A:zpm!1·.·
llarpocr.
firfl: K ing of rhe Me di' s and "P er:f/a!l.r w ho in .k• kóc
· J l l
comen go c. moncy. T ¡ ít J
1cy werc ampc AnOophl- Scholi30 .in

on onc fidc with thc cfiigics of an Arc]¡cr, uis'E""A~·

~

\\ ho was crmvncd wirh a hikcd crown, lud ~""'··~"-~ v,

598
a bow in his lcfr h::md, a11< an JITO\\' in his ·
ri~ht and was cloathcd \Vito a Ion~; robe; 1
X 4. h.we
•--f'l"!" .
~ . ••

• •
•

320
.., -- ~
e
. • •
. •' •
.
~ave feen one of the~ ~ gold, · and another

value Wlth t,h.e..Atttc Stat~r.orpicce of old

• m.oney 'Yeighing two .A.,ttic d~achms. a.
r¡tu íeems to llave Iearnt the art and ufe of
1non~y from t~t' ~c:»nquered Kingdom ofthc
• Ly_dtatts, and to ~av~ r~cpined their gold:
for t~e.#_edes, b.efore. they .conquereo the
• HcrocJ. L)dtalu, had no money. Hero4,otu,s * te1ls
~·adeCyrus, a
cer.tain. L calted San-
panis ailvifed him, that was. preparí11g
an expedition againfl a natio11 who wer~
• i:loatbedwithleather1z. IJreet:hes, -zt.,.ho eai
not fitch vifluats as they. would~ bttt fiteh
ll.r fheir !Jarren COttntr.'Y, a:fforde4; who
i/rmtk...no wine, !Jut water. onty, w.ho eat fHJ
jg~ 1~orother good . , who had nothi11$
tolofe, hut mi t get much fr.om. t_he Lyd1·
?tns: for:: t. be Perfians, faith He~oáptus, !Je.
[o1·e ~h~ {01;1qt¿ered the L ydians, had no~
tlra.xiii. ~hh~ r._tc.p f!_r .v.aluable: and t 1foiilh tells
~7· us, ~ atthe Mcqesregardednotfit'!Jer, 1tor
'
. delrghted in c~oJq; but the Lydr.atzs and
. · Thrygitmswereexc;eedingrich, even ~o a
:1:? ~"·'~1
prC?vcrb: ,Yida.r~Crwfiu,faith·* PJt1{f,

,a Ajta r~nri] pon4rJ xr.xiv ~zllza t11";lC/te~

'(rtt,prttt:e.r Vtifá ~ttrca aur_t¡,n;que facltJm,
~. itz f!O fol-ia_ ac . . v.itC.t~~qt~e. ua
'
Vtétoria argent! tptingenta m,t~/ta !a e~·
1

r~rum reJort~vzt, ~ e:,r~~;~n:em. ~~~r:n·amt·

f/t.{ ·Cf!Jit.r po1zdu.r t¡U,t!Jrfeczm ta~~~~~o~tml
t"o)Jig't:óat. Talentttm autem ~$J.P.~~rt;n
· .· · · · · · · ·po'~zlu
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ofloginta capere Yarro tradit~
the conqueror did with all this gold
and tilver appears by the. Varic.r. Tbe
Lydia1r.r, accordingto • Herodotu.r, were •uerod;
rhe firfi: who coined gold and filver, and J. '·'·9.+·
(r~tíu-coined aold monies in , cal~
lcd CrtEfti; an it was not that
~he monies of the Kings of ~ydia fhould
continue current after the overthrow of
thcir Kingdom, and therefore 'Dttritu re-:-
(:oincd it with his own effi ies, but without
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alterin the currfnt wcig rand value: he

re.jgne then from before the conqueft of
Sardes 'till after the conqueft of 11abylon.
And .únce the cup of S, · · u as
preferved 'till the conquefi: of CrtEfiu by
'!Jarius' it is not erobable that íhe could be
older than is reprefented by Herodotus. ·
This conquefi: of the Kingdom of Ly-
dia pút rhe Greek.r into fear of th~ Me des:
fo~ TheogNiJ:, wlw lived at Megara in the
ver y thnes of thefe wars, writes thus, t t Thcoga;
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~et tes dri11k, t alki11g p.Jeafont thing.r with

011e altother,
Not [cari11g thc war of thc Medes.
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T•pr.o'ruvo¡ u¡B.fp':! ~ t¡a:T~J Ga:AÍ>:!,
TI.t•ávwv 1· xnroi",, lct.)(,CÚ1Í .,.,, <f~V 7ripl {3o¡;.iv.
. "<)'W)'I ...
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Tbort A pollo dri·ve a·~·ay tbc illjttrious m·.

m_y of t h!? Mcdcs.
From t bis city, tbat tbc pcop!e may r;;;it/.-
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.JOY
St>11d tbce choicr bf'catombs in the f?ri;;~.
'Dr!i.~IJtrrf r;,¿·itb tbe harp a11d chea;ji:l
fi·:~j/j¡¡~,
..A11d r!Jonts's of Pocans and acclamatiow
about tln altar: ~

For trufy 1 am afraid, bc!Jolding !Dr

f~l~y
_.-f¡¡,j .fcdit ioJt of the Grceks, ~·!Ji e/; cúl··
·rup: s tbr: people: l.mt tbou Aootlo,
Be j¡¡g prop it iou s, kcep t !Jis our eÚ)'.

Thc Poct tclls us furthcr that difCord lud

dd1roycd Aia(~7J('_{ia, Colopboll, and Sw_)l'
1111, citics of lo:tia and ;Pbrygia, and \\·OLdt1
ddlroy thc G1·cek.s; w hich is as m ueh a~ ro
fq tlut thc Medcs lud thcn con']UC!Cl!
thok citics.
Thc i1lf'dcs thcrcfiwc rcigncd 'rill rhc
takitlg of Srl'rdt•s ·. :1nd furthcr, J.ccntlhl :~ ,1
to Xt>l;op/Jr;¡¡ ~111d thC'Scripturc:;, th:::y rci:'lt·
n('d 'rill thc tak.in~1 nf Bttbyiott: i<1r -'· r'·
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l.tciror. 1. ur::/>IJOJJ * te lis ll'l, t lut afrcr thc rakin,.; 1,¡

s. B 'tb'\ !:m, Cvnts \\ cnt to thc K in~ o t. ! hl·
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j,{edes at Ecbata11e and fuccccdcd him in
o thc Kingdom; and jerom, * that Babylon "'Com~
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'... and /;is kinfmall C:.·rus: :md thc Scrípturcs
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11 /ltioJt out ~f t be JJOrtb, Jrrem. l. 3, 9,
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4 r. by tiN /\ Íllgdoms ~f Ar.uar l\1inni, or

Annt'J!Úl, tmd Alhchcncz:, or Pbt~ygú mi-
1fúl', ] er. li. 2. 7. by rhc J1!cdcs, f((t. xiii.
1"', 19. úvtbcKiHe;sof tbc':vicJcsa!ldtbr
r,zptai:.'s mui r·,krs tbac~{: a1td cd!
tbc la11d of bis t!cminioll, ja. Ji. II, 2g
Thc 1\in:J,dom of Baby/o;¡ \Vl'> 1mmbrrd
fiiJdfi~ti.fbrd m1d brokc11 a11d gi·vrn to tbr:
'kdcsandPcrfi~l'lc:;, 'Da!l. v. 26. 28. firíl ro
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fhi.2 i1ffde.r undcr 'Dttritls, and thcn to thc

1)cr:fia¡¡s undcr Cynts: for Darius rcigncd
n\ cr Baú;·loJt likc a com]ucror, not obkr-
\in~ rhc laws of thc Bab)'fo¡¡iaJJs, but in-
troduciug rhc imrnutablc bws of thc con-
. qticringnationc:;, rhc fifedcs and Per_(iall.r.
'/)al!. vi. 8, 12, I); :mdthcAfcdes in hi:;
Hci~n are iCt befo re thc Ptrjialls, 'Dan. ib.
\\: \'. 1.8, & viii. 2.0. asthcPcrfiallswcrc
.:!lcnr.uds in thc Rcign of Cynu and hi~
l'lcl'cffors fct bcr(n·c thc ¡lftdc.r, Fjlbrr i. 3,
1¡, r~. H). ']JrtJJ. x. 1, 20. and xi.2.
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hich I!Jc\\·s tiJJl in í'tlC I{ ci~n of '/)¡¡;·i;¡.r
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Jlltc :1/cdcs wcrc up¡1Cnunr1.

· Youmay knm\· ;di(> hy rhc grc:~t lltllllhu
( 1 provincc" in t/¡c 1\ ÍII'.~dom or Dt!J'Út.r,
1l¡¡¡· )¡e \ Ll" K i 11 !.'; o f l /¡e ~~ lf'flf'J .111 d '/) n '//

,, :.r : Ú>r upon ll 1e u) 11 L{llcfl (1 r H¡{ /; }' !.~·¡¡' J¡ e

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fet ovcr the whole Kingdom an hundred and

twe~ty Princes, Van. vi ..1. and afterwards
w hen Cam!Jyfes and Varttu Hyftabis had
added fome new territories, the whole con-
tained but 12.7 provinces. ·
The extent of _the Ba!Jylonia1t Empire
was much the fame with that of Nitte'Veb
after the revolt of the Medes. Berojiu
. firith that Nebtuhadtzezzar held Egipt,
S;•ria. P IJrrtzida and .Arabia : and Strnúo
adds Arhela to the territories of Bah Jo11:
andfayingthat Ba!Jylot~ was ancienr y the
metropolis of .Aff.yrja, he thus qefcribes
the limits of this .Aff.yrian Empire. Con-
lfSrr~b~: tigttotu, • faith he, to Perfia and Snfiana
l.ló.tn•uo. (l1'e the Aff'yrians: .for fo thcy cal! Babylo-
t1ia, andthe greateflpart of the regiott a-
hout it: partofwhicbirAtturia,wbereiJJis
Ninus [or Nineveh;] a11d Apolloniatis, tmd
~md the Elymreans, atzd the Parretacre, arul
Chalonitis by the mottntaitz Zagrus,. aud the
fields 11ear Ninus, a1zdDolomene, a11dCha·
·Jachene, andChazene, attd Adiabenc, aud
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the rzations o M~fopot~mia 11ear t!Je Gor·

dyreans, tf?e Mygdones ahotlt Nifibis,
111tto Zeugma fi./'_01t Euphrates; attd a tm~~c
regio1t 011 tbis ]ide Euph·rates i11habitcd bv
the Arabians mtd Syrians property .fb ca~­
t~d. as far a.r Cilicia a1zdPhrenicia a¡;d Lt:
hy~ altdtbeftaof Egypt mtd tl11e Sinus Il·
(lcus: anda little after dcfcribing thc cxtcnt
of thc J)abylo11iau rcgion, he bounds it on
tbc north, with the .drme1tia11s :¡nd JdtdcJ
· · unto

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nni:o the· mountain Zagrrú on 'the eall fidc; .

with Sufo and Etymai.r and Pdrd!tacc!Jc,
inclufively; .on the_fouth. ~ith the Pet·lian
Gulphand Chaldtea ;.and on the wefl, wit~
tbe''Ara!Jes Sceititte as far as .Adia!Je;ze and
Goráy_tea : afterwards fpeaking of Sttjiana
and "Sitacene~ a re ion between BabyJo¡z
and Su and of artetat·e11e and Co.f{tl!a
and 1. · , andofthe Sagapetti andSi-
loce!ti, two little adjoining Provinces, he
conciudes~ • a1td theft are thc 11atioiu •srr•h.t
whiihinhabitBabyloniaeajlward: to the • ·P·7+f· 6
ttorth are Media a1zd Armenia, exclufi ve·
ly, atzdrwejlward are Adiabenea1:d Mcfo-
potamia, inclufivcly; the greatefl part of
Adiabene i.r ptain, the fi¡1ne óei11g part of
Babylonia: i11 place.r it border.r 011
Armen-ia: for ·the .Medes, Armcnians a;zd
lonians warred frequetttl:)' o;~ o1te a-
110t • Thus far Strabo. . .

· When Oyru.r took Babylott, be dunged

the Kingdom into a Satrapy or Proyince :
whereby the bounds wcre long aftcr
known: and by this means Heroaotu.r t tHerod.
ives. us an efi:imatc of the bionefs of th is 1. •· c. 19~.

jia1u, tel ing us that whitjl every rcgion

()~tr whit'h thc ~( ing, of Perfia reig1zt:~ ;,
hu áays, ·wa.r dijlrzbretedfor the IJOtJrijb-
t of hi.r army, óejide.r the tribrtte.r,
the Babylonian 1·egion 11011rijhed him four
mrnzth.r of the twelvc ilt the yeitr, a1zd dlt
thcrcjlof Afiaeight: fl t~cpo'Zt~er of~h~.
n:gzo11 .
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re,gio11, [üth he, is r:qui·ua/e¡¡t to the thiJ'rl
part of Aíi:.1, and it s PriJtcip,di(y, which
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the Perfi:m" ca/t a SJ.tr.tpy, is Jttr t be bejt
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of•
al/ the 'Provi ·¡ceJ.
J Herod. Babylon * \V:l'> a f~JU:lrc city of IlO fur-
¡.,:·.c·178' longs, or I 5 mil e'> on cvcry fidc, compaffcd
firfl: with a broad :.1.nd dcep ditch, and thcn
with a wall fifty cubits thick, and two hnn-
drcd high. Eupbratcs flowcd through thc
middle of it lourhw::~.rd, a fcw Jeap.1cs on
rhis fidc TigriJ: and in thc middlc of onc
haifwcfl:ward ll:ood thc King's ncw Pabcc,
built by Nebttcbadt~ezzar; and in thc
middle of rhc othcr halfll:ood thc Temple
of Belus, with rhc old P:.1.bcc bctwecn rlur
Temple and thc ri ver: this old Pabcc \\ :>
tifa.xxiii. built by the 4{!jrians, according ro t IJ,,·_
'3· ah, and by conkqucncc) by J..Juf ami J::.;
fou Nabo~ta.f!ar·, as abovc: tb~y Jot::Jd:'d
the ci~y for the Arabians, a11d Jet ttp d:
tower·s tbereof, aJtd raifid tbe P alilc,·.r
thereof: and at that time Sabaco11. thc i>
tbiopian invaded Egypt, and m:1dc gru
multitudes of .6gyptians fly from him inrll
Chaldtta, and carry thithcr thcir Afl:rono-
my, and Afl:rology, and A rchitcdurc, a:;d
rhc form oftheir ycar, w hich rhcy prciCrvcd
rhcrc m thc .lEra of Na.bo!ta({ttr: fór rk
pratlicc of obfervin~ rhc Srars bcg:m i11
Eg_ypt in thc d:1ys of Ammo11, ~l" ~1bu',l'
~.nd W:lS ro )ag:1tcd from rhcncc in I ¡¡_
lZeign of 1is (m Sej(u: imo JJ_f't·ic, }:'m of'c
~md Aji:l by conqucfl ~ :111d rhctJ At/tiJ l1 l:
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mcd rhc Sphcre of thc Libya:1s, and Cbi-
·ron th:lt of thc Grcl'iu, and thc C!Jaldá'rlll.r
alfo m1de a Sphcrc of thcir own. Bnr AJ~
rrolo•ry
o. \Ll'., invcntcd in Eo•pt
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b)r i\ficbep-
(Os, or Necr'/Jfls, onc of thc K in~s of rl1e
·lowcr h-'g_ypt, and Prt~(iri.r hi-; Pricfl, alit-
tlcbcforc thc (hys ofSabaco11,and propa_:~:l­
rcd thencc into Cbald(('a, whcrc ./:fJ't'fJaj/t'r •

rhci.cgiflator of thc . .~fagi mcr \'. ith it: lil

'P au!úttts,
~!Íijlli' magos a'oc!!Ít m_:dltr Ú! 7.'r!iN .._\"t:-
:cpjrJs:

And Viodortts, * t!Jeyfl~y tbrtt thcCI1~1l- •o10.:.·\:.

dxansi11 Babyloniaarc to!o!lics of tbc 1':- P·fl·
gyprians, a11dbeil!g taugút by t!N :Pric/!s
~( Egypt bccamc{tlmous for A(lrohgy. By
the inf1ucnce of thc bmc colonit-;, thc
!cmplc of J!!pitcr Bet.'IS in RrZ~ylo!t
lcems to ha ve bccn crcctcd in rhc f mn of
thc E'-(!,JjJ~ÍaJt PyrJ.mids: f()r i· thi·; Tcm- ;rff:"'c~:·
¡:le was a fokl To\\·cr or Pyumid a fmlon~ ·': '•·:. 7
l.

h¡uarc, anda íürlong hi~h, wirh fcvcn rc-

tuébons, "hich llLltk it appur likc ci.~hr
rnwers il:anding ¡¡pon OilC anothcr, ;t!ld
gro\ring Jcís :wd lds ro rhc top: and i•1 r\~·
l'J~hthto\\'Cr\Ll'>aTemplc \\ith a bcd.¡:¡d
.1~oldcn rabie, k.cpt b.'i a \\'Oil1;ln, :1frcr thc-
~:1.lill_lcr of rbc Eg_yptitm.r iil th:: Tc¡;¡plc ~ ,t
./lf/'1/tr .Amwo11 ;lt Tlxbr.r: ;l'Hl abovc! hL:
Temple \\'~l.., ;l pLln: liJI' o bk rv i 11 ~ t h ·: ) r:u.., .
ll 1cy \H:Ilt up ro che rop of ir by Hcp¡; on
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thc oudidc, and thc bottom was compa1Tcd
with a court, J.nd thc court wirh a buildinn
nv o furlongc; in lcngrh on cvcry íidc. "
The Rrzl?)'itJ1!Úm.r wcrc cxtrc:1mly addiél:-
C:ct to Sorccry, lncluntmC'nts, Aíholo~y ' .
:1nd Di\·inJtion:;, 1.(.'t. xlvii. r;, 12, 11 '

<J)rw. ii. 2, & v. TI. andtothcworfhipl't.

ld\11->, 'jcr. l. 1, u1. and to l(::d1in'r, '' i11,·
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:1nd womcn. l'!ibil !lrÍli.r r'jlt.r rorrttpt!;::

rnoriúu.r. 1:cc ad irritrmda.r illici.t!!dr~!J;·,·
ÍiJ!Jilodicas ·:~~l;tp! df t'J i Jt/lnt/1 i11r. I ¡/;(.
·ros LOl(j ttg ((J11 re JtJJt IJoJp i ti./; :r rjht pro r.?:-
n·, rmdo pn·t ittm jl,t,git it dL·t m·, p::rc;:;'rr
1iltlritiqlfc (Jt!!Ú!l/!1!'1'. CoJ!7JÍ·7.'a!rs l!!d:
tOttt Per_fidr• J'f'c~iúus Jt'tí/'í!i'clf ~(qnc ("¡·/·
.fimt: Babylonii maxúnc iJl. 'l.'iin:m 0 ~;::.::
ebrict al em /t'qmmtttr cj!ltfi flmt. Fif,.•::-
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uarltm COíJ·7.:J·~·w nietmtmm m prn;c:t¡;

modt:fi11s ~¡t !J,1bit:t.r; dei1t fimmuz q::.~ ]"/·
amiC!t!tt cxJI!!Jlt, J':WfatÚ!lJllf' f!l!'lJí'l'.·!
pro_f{m ant : ad 11 ü Útlílm, ho W 1J r!l11' i / .'!J (':'.
irtuz corpont;;J '7..-·c/,zm r:;¡ t <l p r~í icú: ;¡t. ¡\.TI
tJJU'ftricum boc dcc/a:ts l'j/, ¡¿·rf m.-:::·:;Jt. ·
rttm 'VJ.rgiJwmqJI(:, apud qua~- com!t t!J /¡ 1
beturvuf(Jati cor¡')oris ~·i!itas. (·). (,.,¡·f¡
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11s, lib. v. cap. 1. And this lc\\'dtl~ i. (,

thcir womcn, colourcd O\'Cr \'>iLh rh~ r:.,::·.:
of civiliry, \\as cncour:l:_>;cd cvcn 1'_\ tk:
rcligion: 1(Jr it \LlS thc cufl:o•n f(,r t~l\..
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womcn once in thcir Ji k tP fit in rhc "I ,· ·'
plc of Vt:mt.r for rhc uk of' flu:::_:~.. ' ·
\vhich Temple thcy ollcJ S;icrúi ·'1 ¡';,·
11 ot IJ, t he Te 111 p 1e o f \V o me u : .11 ¡.[ , ; 1 · '
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11 any wom~n was once Üt thcrc, t1Jc was not
~ to depart r_illiomc í1:rangcr thrcw moncy
; íntoherbofom,tookhcrawayandby with
, hcr; and rhe moncy bcing for Ücred uf es,
. !he was obligcd ro acccpt of it how littk lo-
cycr, and follow rhc ílrangcr.
Thc Perjia1u bcing com¡ncrcd by tbe
Nedes about rhe middlc of thc Itci•)n of ~
Xcdekiab, conrinncJ in fubjcdion umlcr
rhcm 'till thc cnd of ;:he Rci!~n of 'Dttrius
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thc 11fede: and C1·;·::.r, '' ]¡o wa-; of rhe
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Royal Fam!ly oC thc ·Pe;j;:m.r, might be

S11trapa of "P e,júl, :1nd comnund a bo-
dr of thcir tórc..:s und-.:r 'DtZrÚu; but \\·as '

nÓ~) cr an abf(JJutc ami indcpcndcnr K ing:

. but afrcr the tú.ing of BczóyioH, w hcn he
· luJ a Yiélorious ~mny at his Jc:\ otion, aml
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'J).1J'Íits \\·as rcturncd from E.lÓj'ÜJlJ inw

J/,,ditl, he rcvolted from 'Dczritts, in con·
j!mction wirh thc ':Pcr(t'tms undcr him: * ;¡. sui,!n in
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chcy bcin::r incircd thcrcunto by !lt~r¡'Jtl- '·r--7~ ·n •

AJ J 1~ / 1J ¡ llct od. l t.
· ,.í',ítJlJ~ e e, w 1om ~·\.tllo 1; .70/t ct, s ./~rta- c. u.3 . .:'-c•
1 <-

gofá and A.tdÓt!Zlt.r, Jnd \\' ho lud aliiílcd '

C_¡nts in conq ucriug Cra'flt.r a:lll /!;i~t

mmor, ~md had bccn injurcd by Vrn·úu.
lJmparr, lt.r \\'a 'iÍ C11 t t)\c 'J ),¡J'ÚI .r \\ Í Lh an J r ·
L •

my againll: ('yruJ·, anJ in rh e miL~fl of .1

hmlc rcrolrcd \rirh part o( rile ~umy ro
C)ms: Dtll'Út.r :.1,ot up a frcJl1 ~lrm~;, :ulli
rhc ncxt yc:tr thc r ,\·o armics Ltu~)Jt ;l·
~~a1 n : r ]¡ i ~ 1a lllut tic \Ll. o.; tough [ J r I' ,,jt.tl'-
gttd((' in Pnjt~l, aLcording ro -¡ ,.\'tJ ,¡/)(); anJ -r Srr:~bo~
rbcrc 'Dttl'ÚIJ \\as b;:-arcu lnJ t.tk..:Ll [oril~)- 7l. ~u,i·P·
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n-cr by (_yrus, and thc JVIonarchy wac; by

this viérory tranfhtcd to thc 'Perj/rm:.
Thc bfl: Kiug of thc A!t:de.r is by Xmopbo; 1
callcd Cyaxrres, and by }]e,.odoftu, /,.¡¡,_
tl'Z_fS the f~t:-!Jcr of ]1/a¡¡da;;r: but tJlcJc
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K ingo;; \\·ere dcad befo re, anc.l 'Da!! id lcr~ m

knov.r rhat 'IJari:u \Ya'' thc truc tu me ofrhc
~Herod. hfl: Kin:;;, and 11crodotl!s, * that thc 1.1!1
l.t.c.Il7· Kingwasconqucrnl bv Crntsin thc m.ln-
&c. ncr JboYC dcfcribcd; aÍ1d thc Dtzric.r cnin-
€d by rhc lafl: King rcilify tlut h's 1um~
was 'lJari11s.
This vitlory oycr 'DarÍíts \\·a:;; about r·:,o
ycars after thc taking of Bakylo1l : for rhc
Rcign of J.Vt1b01medtts thc bil l\ ing o( thc
Cbaidces, \\- hom ']cJt~jJIJ!ls call Naúoa;¡tf.,.¡
and Beijhazzar, cnJcd in thc yc::n of X.;-
bona.:'ar 210, ninc yc~1rs befo re thc dcath ni
Cyrtu, :.1ccording ~o thc Canon: bur afr2r
the traníbtion , e thc Kin!Jdom of rhc
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.ftfedtsto thc pe, . /Úms, C'Jir1!srci!2nCdonh·
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t Cyrop.l. fcvcn ycars, ac~ordi n~ ro t )(e ;¡ol,)o!l; ~1.nJ
8
·P· :1.33. fi1cndin•T
t o thc kvcn \\'ir1rcr months ;·carly
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at
Bab)'i011, thc tlucc t¡win~~ month~ ycarly y
Suja, and thc t\vo Íliimncr months at I.t-
bata1Je, he cune rhc fcvcnth rime in ro ;Pn··
ft'a, and dicd thcrc in thciiwing, aml WJ'i b\I·
ricd at 'PajrlrKadti!. By thc CJ!l011 :li:,
rhc commun coniCut uf :1ll Clnonolo~cr' '
he dicd in thc ycar of Nt~/JU/1.7(/tlr 7.. Ji)
• and rhcrcforc com¡ucrcd 'J)m·ms in th 1

•
year of Naúo11ajJar 2 12, iCvt11ty :md n'.c
ycars aftcr the defl:ruélion of l\J7!e,·tfl:
~llll
• • ••
 a onians and
fl.nd bcat him the firfl: time in the ycar of
Nabolta(/ar 2rr, and rc\·oltcd from him,
and bccamc King of rhc 'Poftws, círhcr
rhe famc ycar, or in rhe cnd of the yc2r bc-
fore. Ar hi<> dc~uh he \L1S kvcnty ycar~
old according ro 1-lrrodotlt.r, and rhcrcforG:
he was born in thc ycar of !Vttbo11a!far I+Y·
his mothcr Ala!!drttiC bci11:_~. ~-he fi((cr of Cy-
-
axeres, at rlut time :l 'r uu•1 r ,;¡Jn, and alio
•

the ftfier of /hnviu

- Lhc \\'Ji(· uf iVc!JIIrhad-
7tezzar, and hi-., fathcr (a¡¡¡by(l:.r bcing of
the old RoyJl FJm.ily of tl 1 e Pn:fiat!s
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De cri tion o the Clll) e o

So 0111011,
'

HE Temple of Solomo?t being de- SeePlatcl;

fl:roycd by the Bab)'foJtians, it rnay & li.
not be amifs here ro givc a dekription of
rlut edificc.
This * T cmple looked eaíl:w:.1.rd, 1nd ~Ezek. xl!.
!1ood in a f~uarc arca, callcd rhc Separa/e ' If. 13
'Place: ~mdtbcf()re it fl:ood thc JI!tar, in thck.\l.
rhc ccntcr of anothcr il.¡uarc ~uca, c1llcd + · 7

rhc lmu:r Court, or Court of t/;e Prú:fh:

~md rhdc rwo Í~luHc arcas, being p:.1rrcd on-
ly by a marblc raíl, madc :m arca 200 cubir'>
long from wefl ro c:1fl:,and 100 cubirs broad:
rhis area wa-; compal1cd on thc wefl: \\'ith a
wall, t and on thc orhcr tlucc lides wirh a :¡:F.zck ..'.L
pavcmcnt fifry cubits broaLl, npon \\'hiL·h !<J, Ll• 3°·
fiood rhc bui!dinos o f(H rhc: Pridls, \\'tt l1
Y -~ ..:lo,. tlcr~.
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cloyfl:ers nnder thein : and · the pavement

wasfaced on the infide·witlt:a marl>Ie· rail
before the cloyfters : the \vhole m~e 'an a~
rea·-:z.·ro cubits long ·from weft to :~aft, and
ioo broad, ·and wás with an
Watd Court,' called Great CtJNrt, or
!'Jtt.ek.xl. Co11rt of thePeople, • which was an hun-
!~~~· .2.7~ dred ~ubics-proad op ev~ry fide; for there
:íxi.~~a. were but two Courts hUiltrby Solomo11: and
~roo. the outward Court was ah out four cubits
''·~f .. lower than the inward, and was compaífed
on the wcd1: with a wall, and on the other
tEuk. xl. three fidc;s t with a pavement hft cubits
.is¿~¡,ú. broacl, \Vhich flood the buil ings for
. ~xvii~~~~. the . ~- :All this was the t Sanflttary,
~~- ~1. alid a.fquare area ;o':) cubits ~~~' and
··t ;1 ;~-a~"' 5,00 bro~d, andwas co111 ~ífed wit~ a walk,
1

· · ' ~alled the Mountfi~" o t~ Houfo: and

this walk being 50 cubits ·broad, was com-
• • aífedwitb a wall fix cubits broad, and fi>e
..' ·. ' . igh,'~nd ftx hundre4 long oi1 every lide ~
~!1;,¡i·: . ~n(i the ~ubit wasabout 2I·i, or ~lmoft 21.
•. :-~:,. ·. · inches of the Engtijh foot, being the fa~
··:· ~red cubit pf the 'Jt;ws,, which Wí\S í\n hand~
'l>re~dth, or the ftxtb part of ~ts len,gth big-
g~r ~ha,n the common cu~it .
.· The Altar .ftood in the center of the
w hol~ , and. in tbe buildiu s of $ both
J~xxi,, King. · · • ·
1 . , Cour{s over againft tbe midd e pf the .A?.
:.. · t,ar, cathvard, (ourhward, anq northward,
· · \vúc· * gatc_s 2.) cubits broad ~etw, ce_ ~1th~
·~zck.:d, l u d 1
· ',., · ; .. Jui·uillf!,$, an 40 ong; · with porc 1cs o l f
.: t ~n ~uhits more, lool,ing towards thc Altar
• · "' · • • v ·· ·· · Cortrt
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OLOMON. 3 3 S. ·
Court, which made the whole·lcngth of
tbe gatés fift cubits arofs the pavements.
Evcry gate 1ad two doors, one at either .
cnd~ .·ren cubits wide, and twenty high,
with pofts and threfholds fix cubits broad: Platc ll~
within the gates was an area 2. 8 cubits long
bctween the threfholds, and 1 3 cubits wid e :
on cither fide of this· arca were three
fts, each fix cubits fquare, and t\venty
. igh, with are hes five cubits wide between
them: all which ofl:sandarches filled the
2.S cubits inlengt between thc th relhold5 ; •

and their breadth beina added to therhit·-

teen cubits, made the w ole breadth of rhe
gates 2.5 cubits. Thefe pofl:~_we.re hoHow, 1

and had rooms in them wirh· parrow. w~n­

dows for the porters, anda · befo re them
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a cubit broad: and the . · - of thc or-:-
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ches beiri fix cubits thick, were alfo. ol- • •

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low for 1 everal ufes. At the eaft gate of P' r.

the Peoplcs Court, called the King!s Gate, .:u~ • :
• were fix porters, at the fouth ga.te we~~ .~~ 1 ~luon~.
four, and at the north aate were tour:: ~~C.·~xvt .. 1· .
1

ly for the King, and in this gate he ate the>xiiv/:áij~ ·::-

Sacrifices. There were alto tour oatcs or : ·: · . r
•

doors in the wefl:ern wall of thc omttail~

.of the Hoteft: of thefe § the. moíl: nor- § 1 ch~o~~~
thern, called Shallecbetb, or thc gate of.xxvi, •r·
the caufty, led to thc King's palacc, thc ' 7•'a
16 1

valley bctwcen bcing filled up with a c.:m-

fcy : the next gate, called P arbar, led to
. Y .¡. the .

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crt tton o the
the fuburbs Mi.ll:J: the thir(l and fourrh
gatc<;, callcd A.fitppim, led rhc onc to Aiit-
Jo, thc othcr ro the city of Jcrt((rt!cm,
thcrc being f1cps dO\Vll Ínto thc V~1Jlcy ar·1d
tlp:lgJiú intothccityo At thc garc S!J,l-
lccl:ctb \\'Crc Ú"'ur porrcrs ~ at thc otkr
t hrcc f'_:ltcs ''ere fix porrcrs, t\'.-o ;lt c~:·,·h
i>;:lt~: thc houk of thc poncrs \\·ho h~t.d ~];,:
(·h:~rgc of thc norrh p;:ne of thc "Pei'Jt!j(·s
o L I
Co1irt, h;:d alfr) thc char~e of rhc garc·; ~ '
ShoclfL,.,r/:ct/J ar;d 'P!lrbm·: and thc honk e¡·
thc pnrtcr" who I1Jd thc chargc of thc l(>r.:; :1
E~E-:? of thc 'l)eojJli'' .r Co!!rt, had alfil t :1~
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0..... of' t d-....~r,; c"·lllc·U""'-·J··_r
(··¡·,,ll'·'·" 1 1
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'"l' t\\'') <.'·)res· .f(ut¡_
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T ;¡f'y
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C1 !T1C t h rou~h o
l he four wcn (í !1
.. F:.ccko-:d. g;"'.tC<> in~o th2 Al'Jit/iftÚ!t r~f' t!Je flcu_/1°, ~
22 ,6, 31, a:Hl \\ cnt up from thc lvhtmtain ~( 1r'·r:
34-· 37o 1 /(J!.'jl:, U> thc gatcs of thc I)cop!e',r Co!ti't
hv 1l ven fiero..;, 111d from tbc 'Pe,;j'!/s
Pl•'c r~:::-: Coart ro thc l~:H-cs of thc 'P1'ic/l'.r Co1:Jo h ~­ 1

lli. ci:,ht íh'pc;: ~~n.J thc arcbcs i1~ rhc flt:<-··: <:t'
' J

1 he ~:HC" of horh Comto.; lcd into cJoync 1)

t 1 K:!' .... i undcr a douhk buildi1•g, il1pportcd L.v
6
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C'- rh 1\(' ro\\'S of m:ublc ¡1ill.nc;, \\' hirh butrcd
F·tork.xl. di;<Ul_\ q>cn thc r:Jiddlcs nf tl1c J.,¡tu~·~·
.J7,l1io pr·(h,JlH.lran ~1iong from th<:IH:C upcq¡tl!•~
·o
1
¡:: t e¡ 1: ~, lli e; ro\\' a rus 1 ¡e eo rn er s o 1 t ; ; e:
1 1. '

( 'ou1 re;: rh: :-txc..; of rhc pilhrs in thc ¡ni,l-

,!1: rLW hci11:~ ele\ en ct!hit·~ (liíbnt i'rci!l tlt:
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;¡~;~'~o ! t 11l' j\I¡J.tr'> Illl 1c ot iCr [\\'O ro\\~; <·!1

( irltcl ha: d; ;u;d thc hurllÍiilg juini11;.2. 111

thc (¡,!es ot rh~ ::.ate~: thc pillars \\ere t:t:·(o~

culJi~ 'i

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O LO M O N. 3 3 íl
cubits in diamctcr below, and thcír ba!Cs
tour cubits andan half E1uarc. Thc gates
anJ buildings of both Courts wcrc alikc,
::llld * flccd thcir Conrts: thc cloyficrs of "Ezck,xl.
:1ll rhc b~1ildins~• and rhc porches of all thc ;~: ' '
31 34

ITJtcs 1ooking to\1/ard-; thc .Altar. Thc

!tcrsadbcrcd to nurblc \Lllls, which b:..nu1- Pbte r.

dd thc doy!l:crs and iLipportcd thc b:Iild-

\ ;Óovc thc cloyficn, and t wcrc iupportcd t 1 Kiog.

1 Íi1 cach of thoic fl:orics by a row of ccd:1r vt_- 3 ~
6

• tllc miJdlc row of thc nurblc píllars: thc

. buildings on cirhcr ftdc of cvcry gare ofth~ ,
i ~Jcople's Com·t; bcing I g 7 ~ cubits long,
• 11crc diílinguiihcJ i nto fi ve clu.mbcrs on J.
! J1oor, runi~íng in Icngth from thc g;ttcs ro
! rhc corners ot· thc Court::;: thcrc ':¡: bcing :¡: Ezck.::I.
irull rbirry clumbcrs in a ftory, whcre thc 1 7·
Pcoplc ate thc Sacrit1ccs, or rhirry cxhc-
dr:t<;, cach ot'which containcJ rlucc cham-
bm, a low-cr, :1 mic.Lllc, ::md anuppcr: cve~
rr exhedra was 3 7 ~ cubits lon;, bcing Ítlp-
porreJ by tour )ilbr-> in c~1ch ro\\', who1c
h.tlé:-; wcre 4; cuoits I(JuJ.rc, and thc difbn- PllteiiJ.;
r:~ bctween thcir lu!Cs 6 :• cubits, and thc
J¡j[:tnces betwccn rhc axc:; of'rhc pilL1r~ clc-
\Cllcubirs: and wh2i'C two cxhcdr.t"> jnyn-
d, thcrc thc b:llc'> of rhci r pilbrs joyr:cd;
thc axcs of rho/c two pilhr~ hcing o11l y 4 i
cubits diíb.nt ti·om onc ~1:wthcr: ~ll!d pcr-
h.!p:ilur fl:rcn'rthuiJh! thc buildin~. rh.: J¡ucc
:;) V L L
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A De crt tton o the
betwecn the :1xcs of thcfc n,·o pilbrs in th~
fr0nt \Y~ls fillcd up \Vith a nurble column +;
Plate I & cubit<> fquarc, th~ rwo pilLu-; fb.n(lill~~ lult'
ll .
• out on cirhcr íidc of thc f~¡uJrc column. Ae
:f Ezek. t he cnds o f t hdc bui! di ngs, * in t he to· tt·
:x.lvi. 2 r,
:u. corncrs of rhc 'Peopü's Com·t, wcrc lirtlc
Comts fifcy cubits il.]uarc on the octfidc nf
rhcir w~1lls, J.nd f{)rty on rhe iníide thcrcof,
li)r ILtir-c:J.ks to the buildin;·:>. ~nd kitchim
ro bakc and boil rhc S.:tcrificcs for the Pco-
plc, thc kitchin bcing thirty cuhits brnad,
and thc ihir-c:11C ten. The buildin:J;s on ci-
rhcr filk of thc ••~ates of thc Priefl's Co!!rt
wcrc alió 3 7: cubic') long, Jnd cont.1incd
eKh of them onc !rrcn ch:1mbcr in :1 ll:nn·,
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fubdi vidcd into iinaHer rooms, forthc G rot

Officers of thc Temple, and Priuces oftÍll!
Pricíls: J.nd in thc fouth-cafl: and north-caf1:
corncrs of this court, ac the cnds of rhc
builclings, wcrc kitchins and íl,lir-caks !iH
thc Grcat Ofiiccrs; and pcrhaps rooms for
hying up wood for thc /Jitar.
[n the cafl:crn gatc ofthc 'Pcoplcs Com·t,
Üt a Conrt of J udicatnrc, compoicd of 2 3
l~ldcr.'1. Thc e~1í1:crn ~ate of rhc 'Prit:(ls
Com'l, \\' ith thc buildinps
\'1
on cithcr íidc,
wl1o wa~ Cor thc Hi:;h-Priefl, aml!Ji-; de·
pury rhc Sagrttt, and'ror thc Stmbcdrim ~)r
Suprcmc Court of Judicaturc,
compolu[
ihak.xl. o!'!Cvcnty ~
Eldcrc;. +
1
The buildin<r
~
or ex he·
4-f· (11·.1 on thc caílcrn ftdc of thc lr)ttrhcrn ~J!T.
w as f( >r 1"1 1e P ri eíl:" \\' ho !u d t he ove r íi ·. ,· !1 t ll C
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t he el u rgc·o f thc Srll! [/ uro:y w ith i r:•; r rc.t·

ti1ric~i:
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[ furies: and thc1c wcre, firft, two Crthof;_
' kim, who werc High- Trc::diners and S>
creuries to the High-Pridl:, J.nJ cx:m1i~1cd,
íhrcd, and prepared all ads and :lCconnr.-;
ro be iigncd and fealcd by him; thcn k ven
Amarcholim, w ho kcpr rhc !Zcy ., of rhc ic-
rcn locks of evcry g<ltc of rhc .fn¡Cf¡¡rzr ·,
and thofc alio of thc tiTJliirics, :1nd }ud r 1e
ovc:r-fighr, dircc'tion, :~nd Jppointmcnt of
all rhings i11 thc SrnJl!!!tl'i'J; thcn thrcc or
more Gi.rbtlrim, or undcr-Tr-::dníCr~, or
Rcccivcrs, who kcF rhc Holy V cíT:l•:, ;md
rhc Publick Moncy. :md J-ccci\-cd or ddi>()-
kcl ofíi.IC h 1tllll" ~" \V ere hrou:;h r in 1~' r 1: 1e
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knicc of thc Temple. ::md acc:>w~~-cd f:r '

rhcümc. Al! rhdc, \rirh rh·: Hi·.:h-! .

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:!-ft, '

compokd rhc Suprcn1c Co~1ncil ~(n jl~.i.na-

gin,J; rhc affJ.irs ofthc Temple.
Thc Sacrificcs * wcrc kiilcd o!~ ri1e no!·- .. . "J
Y'¡',··k -' .
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thcrn fidc of th<::" /!l!ttl', <11ld tk:1'd, CIJt Ítl •

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picccs ~111d J.drcd in'thc nnrrhcm g~1rc of thc

Temple; allll thcrcfcrc rhc buildin~ (Jr cx-
hcdra on thc calh·rn fid,:: of thi" ~~~~re . •
, \\ .lS
hr Lhc Pridb \\ ho lud rlic· o\-crl! .;hr < ·fthc
clunrc o( rhc .Aíttt;·, :1.:1d D.1i: ,: Sen iL-c:
. ) .J

.llld thc:1c 0 J1-iccrc; \\'Crc, fL: tlut r:.·c~.·i ·. ~· .l

lllO!lC)' ¡;J"Lhc PcopL J{Jr purclufitJ:'• t!l!:1:'>
¡;lr thc SJcri/ic~_".;, ~ltlll !..~-lVC out l ic·· L'l" t'or
thcLIInc; 1-!ctlurupot~ fi:',htnftli:.: tic·i,cr~
tkli., crcd r!Jc \\ i11c, ilo\','Cr :1nd ov-' l .;·l~rl !d ·
rd; 1h· tlur \\ .t'> o\ cr tlt·~ lor:;, \\ ll·T:_·I,.,- t'-
v í: r y Pr i ~· ll :lt Le 11 ti i ll ~·. o 11 t he A 1.: ,/1 · h 1 ' : hi ;
~ur)· alli~;lll·d; He 'tl1.lt upo11 f:)11 lli t i1.:
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 34-0 A De cri tion o 1

purch:1icd; He that adminiíl:red pbyflc to 1

thc Pridls .l.ttcndi!1g; He tlut \Vas o ver thc 1

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W;ltcrs; He that was o ver the times, and ,
did the Juty of a cryer, calling the Pricl1s
and Levite~ tt) :H tcnd in thcir minifl:crics;
He that opc1trll thc ga.tes in the morning rll
bcgin thc len iu:, and ilmt tbcm in thc cvc::-
in·¿; \\ hc;1 thc lerricc w:1s done, and tor tiL.te
'
cnd rccci \·cd thc Kcys of thc An¡a¡·c/;o/fi,¡,
and rcnr. .,. l rhcm whcn he Iud done b!s
dury; He ~;,.-.r viíitcd thc night-\Lttch-
cc;; He rlut :) y ~ Cymh;1l callcJ thc Le-
vites ro thc;r ~l.1tions f(>r íinging ; .He
r bar appoir~"''_·:l L. he H y~1ms :.md ~fct rhc
Ttmc; ~l:!~.l I k t::!:1t: te• .;z. c.uc of thc SllC\1··
Brc1d: rlt·.:rc \\'crcaLu Oriiccrs who rook
\..'.re of thc Perfume, tb~ \-cil, ami rhc
\. ·:udrobc nf r he Pricíls.
Thc cKJ¡c,_];-a on thc ,,·..:f:·~rn fiJe 0f thc
fomh natc, :1.1;d tL.tt on thc wcftcm íid~ nf
;::)

t!1c norrh g::nc, wcr2 for rhc Pri1:ccs cf l:12

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fom and rwcnt\' courks of thc Pric 1 1~. r·nc

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cxhc-du for twclvc of rhc Princcs, ami t:;e
rlatc Ir. ot hcr ex hcdra to r thc ot hcr t\\' eh· 2 : :l!ld up-
e t1 thc parcmcnr on cirhcr (idc oh he Sc/'t?-
:- · ·.· '.') !t~ce * wcrc othcr buildings \'. ithnut
'lr<i
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1 2, 3, <. • .' : . . ~ '>,
for t lC four :111(! t\\'Cnty courh
4-.6, s, 1 3, ofthc i' tiLíls ro C:lt thc ~i~lcritlccs. J11d ).¡y
¡,¡.. up rhcir g;~ndcnts JIH.l thc mofl hol y rhiw:~:
c.· eh p:t \'l' i'1t.:llt hcing 1 o o cubirs l( ll~~~· .t:·d
5') i;r... d, lud bui!tliiJPS ;'")
on cithcr lid~ n(!C
t\V<..'li',j cuuits broad, with a\\ al k nr :dky
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 OLOMON. 34-1
ten cubits broad bcrwcen thcm : the build-
ing which bordered upon thc Separa/e
Nace \':~1s an hundrcd cubits loi~<J., ::md tlut
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ncxt thc 'Peoples Cottrt bnt fifcy, rhc orher

fifry cubits wcfbvard * bcing for ~l fbir-caiC *,Fzrk.
and kitchin: thcfc bnildin;" t \V ere thrce ~¡~·~· ' 19

norics hi,~1 h, and thc middJc i1ory \1/J.S ll:.lr- t F."·k.h

.1 J•·

roi\'CT in thc frcnt tlun thc lowcr l1ory, and Xlll. i· -'·
rhc uppcr i1:ory fhll naiTO\\-cr, to ·nukc
room tor g1l !críes for rhcy haJ ~\a! icrics bc-
t(¡rc thcm, a·1J undcr the ~:1\lcri-:s wcrc clo-
fcrstor byingnp thc holything~, and thc
~:1rmcnts of rhc Pricf1:s, and rhdcgallcrics
11crctowards thc \\'Jik orallcy, whichraa '
~erwccn tbc bnildiu:_rs.,.>
Thcy \vent np from thc 'Pri~fls C'owrt to
rhc Porch of thc Temple by T o Stcps: and
rhe t Houic ofthc Temple \\';lo; rwenty cu- t 1 King.
l'its broad, and ftxty lOJw_.,. within ·, or thirt_,. E·,
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brrwi, and ii..'vcnty lnn:r, ,.., i;H:lnd;n ,¡· th~ 2,f, Jl•
l'rllls; orkvcntycuhitsbro:1d,and nincty 3·l.J.· 1

Ion~, inclnding a buildin~ oftrc~lÍLli-e-clum-

bcrs which ":l" twcnty cnbil's broad en
thrcc fidcs ofrhc H onlc; and if rhc Porch
bcalio includcd, rhc Temple \LlS .~ an hui> ( 1 v ,..,
drcd cubits Ion~. Thc trctfúrc-clum!>cr'; ~'· ,.· ·"·
11crc built ofcc~b.r, bctwccn rhc · .. ;1 ~)fthc ~-:,.,,. x<:.
Temple, ~1nd anothcr wall \\'ithont: thcy '3·
ll'crc * built in t\\TO rows thrtc lt· .·ic~ high, *E,.. k x;i,
~nd o¡H.:ncd door againf1 door inr', ~1 \'. :dk. ·.lr 6, 11 •
~.dlcry which ran ~ilon,~· h;:twccn t;ll'lil, and
ll,h li ve cubits hroad ir~ C\'cry flor y; Jll t h~1t
!1c brc:.tdth ofthe cll~ullbt:rs OJJ CJthcr fidc
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of
 De cri tion o th~
ofthc gaUcry, including thc breadth ofrhc
wall to which they adjoined, was ten cu-
birs; and thc whole brcadth of the allcrr
and chambers, and both walls, was 1ve an~l
*. r King. twenry cubtts : thc clumbcrs * werc Ítn·
vi. 6. cubits broad in the lower íl:ory, fix broad in
rhe middle f1:ory, and ícvcn broad in thc up-
er f1:ory ; for the wall of the Temple \Ll~
milt wirh rctraébons of a cubit, ro rdl: rhc
timber w on. Ezekiet reprcfcnts the clum-
bers a cu ir n:nrower, :md the \valls a cubir
rhicker th:w rhcy wcre in Sotomott's Tcm-
i Ezek. plc: there wcrc t thirty chambers in a Jt,).
xli.6. ry, in all ninety chambcrs, and they wc:·~
t2Chron. five cubits high in cvcry íl:ory. The :j: Porcl1
.üi. 4· ofthe Temple was 120 cubits high. and it.~
lcngth from fouth ro north cqu::dlcd rhc
breadrh of rhc Hou1e: rhe Houfe wa" rhrcc .
fiories high, which maJe rhe heighr of the!
1-!oty P ttZcc three times thirty cubits, and :
rhar ofthc }.fojl Ho{y tluec times rwcnty: ;
rhc uppcr rooms werc trcafure-clumbcrs ; ~
:>(-r King. rhcy * wenr up ro thc middle clumbcr by '
9
i.S. \Vinding íhir3 in rhc iourhern ihou!Jcr ~
of rhc Houk, and fi-om thc Iuiddlc into ~- •

the uppcr. .'

So me time afi:cr this Temple was built, :'i
§1. Chron. thc .Jc~·s J addcd a New Court,on rhc c~il- :.,
:xx. >· tcrn fidc ot' rhc 'Pri~fl.r Cowrt, · bctorc rile :
• 1_K ng.
1
1\útt's .~'1tc, :llld thcrcin built *a covcrc ·.
XVI. ül. t'or t lC.S~wDat
1 ' . eourt was not me·1· :..
11 : t l11s
fi1rcd by Ezckict, but thc dimcnfinn~ ·
thcrcof mJ. v be gathcrcd üom rhok o.f rht:. :
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Jrometts Gottrt, in rhc fccond Temple, •

built aftcr the cxamplc thcrcof: for whcn

Nebttcbad~tezzar had ddhoycd thc f1r!t
Temple, Zerttbbaúc!, by thc commifllons:
ofC'yrus and 'Dari11s, built anothcr upon
the ilmc arca, cxccpting thc Ottt~·ard
Cottrt, which \\·as lcfr opcn ro thc G'c/t-
tiles: :1nd this Temple* \\'J.S lixty cubits '~'E:z:ra vi;
long, and íixry broad, bcing only rwo ílo- 3•4·
rics in height, and having only onc ro\\. of
trcafi..u-c-chambcrs about ir: ::md on cirhcr
fidc ofthc Pricjts Cottrt wcrc doublc buil-
Jing" for thc Prid1:s, built npon thrc~ rows
ofnurblc pilb.rs in thc Io\vcr í1ory, \\·irh :1
row of ccdar be:uns or pilbrs in thc 11orics
abo ve: and thc cloyílcr in rhc lowcr ílory
lookcd towards thc Priefls Court: and thc
Separate 'Place, and Priefls Co11rt, wirh
theír buildings on thc north :md fourh liJes,
and thc Jf/omc¡¡s Cottrt, at thc c::tf1 cnd,
took up an arca. tlucc hundrcd cubirs long,
and two hundrcJ broad, thc Altar ibnding
in thc ccntcrofthe wholc. Thc ff/omms
Com·t \\·as fo namcd, hcc:wfC rhc womcn
camc into itas wclla~ thc mcn: thcrc \\e te
gallcries tür thc womcn, and thc 111CII \\'or-
fllippcd upon thc ~ronnd be lo\\ : :111d i 11 thi'>
fiare thc tCcond Tc!llplc cn:tt ¡¡;¡¡~'d ;lll rhc
Rcign ofthc Pcr:/t~u¡s ~ bm J!"[cn'.·;~:-tl..; J[¡(".
fe red fome altcLttiuns, cliJC:ci~rl 1y in r.hc
days of fiero d.
This
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3+4 A De cri tion o the

This de.fcription of thc Tem . le beinO'
::;,
taken princrpally from Eze kte 's Vifton
thereof; and thc ancicnt Hebrew copy fol~
lowed by the Scventy ditfering in fome
rcadings fi'om thc copy followed by rhe
cditors of thc prefent Hebrew, 1 will hcrc
- fubjoin that part of the V ifion w hich re-
lates to tbc Out'I.L'tzrd Court, as I luvc dc-
duccd it from the prefcnt llcbre:v, and th;:
vcrfion of thc Scvcnty comparcd to¡;c~
ther.

./11Jdbeholda "..oallo7t tbe out(idc o(t/1c

~late I. Hol!ft round about, at thc difb.ncc ot~ fitty
cubits from it, a a b b: mJd in tbe mcZI/s
hal'Jd a meajitri11g í·ccd Jú: cttbit s lo!!,~ ~y
the cubit, andan hmtd-hrfatb: fo be n;ctz-
jitrfd t he breadt /; ~ft be bu ildi¡¡g, or r..:._·¡¡ 1!,
otte rced, a11d the height o¡¡e rad. 7/mt
Plate Ili.
eame he ttnto t he g ate of t bt Jloufl), r;;_·/Jicb
looketb towards the eajl, and r;;_·e;tt 11p tbc
féuen jtcps tbere~f: A·B. t!l!d mrr~(itrtcl t bt'
t brc)hold of t he g ate, e D. ~·!Ji eh ·~'f!J OJJ{'
rt'cd úroa d, a:¡d t he Portcrs lit! le cÚt!JtJÚi'i',
E F G, OJU' recd io11g, tmd o¡¡e rccd brotid;
aud tbe archedpr~f!at,e bct.-..x.·ee¡¡ thc /itt/1
c!Jtanbcrs, F H, .fi"ue cubil s: and t IJcjáol!d
lit tic cÚrlttibcr, H I K, tt ¡·a ti úroad fl}/f/ t1
1·ccd lon<-c;; rmd tbc ardxdpr!Jjitgc, l L,_(¡';·l'
cubits: tmd tbt· third lit tic c!Ji!illbcr L 1\l
!'\
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N, a rced tottg anda recd broad: ll?td tbr.
r!Jrcjhold ~F the grztc Jle.\~t thcjJorc!J of th~
(ii!C ·::.-·it!JiJ¡, ÜP, O!lt rcecf: and !Je 1'/lr.a.fitr-
fd the porch ~ftbe gate, Q R, eight cubit.r;
Jl!d the pojls thercof, S T, s t, t::.·o c116its;
aiid the porch uf the '-~ate, Q_R, 1-oas Í1t-
r:..ard,or towart! thr: in\)¿•ard co1tJ'f;a11d tbt
littte chambcrs, EF, HI, LM, ~ f, h i, lm,
were outward, orto thr: eafl; tbJ'cc on t his
fde, and thrr:e O!t that Jide of tbe gatc.
Theí'e was o¡¡e meafure of tbc thrce, antl
one me afore of thc pojls 011 thú f/dc, rmd o1r
tbat jide; and he mcaflrrcd the brcad:h of
the door of tbe gate, Ce, or D d, te¡¡ ot-
bits; a1td the breadth of tbe gate wit!Júr.
betwee!t tbe tittic: chambcrs, E e or F r:
tbirteeJt cubit s; and t he timit, or mczrg ÍJJ.
orftep before tú e titt te chamber s, E I\1, o;¡c
mbit OJt this fide, alld the jlep, e m, Oí!C
mbit OJi tbe other jide; a!ld the tittlc
chambers, EFG, HIK, LMN, e fg.
hik, 1m n, werefi:-: cubits broad 011 thú
fide, mtd fix cttbits úroad OTt that jidc:
and he meajitred the ·7Á)bolr: úreadtb of tbc
gate, from the furthcr walt of onc lit-
tic cbambcr to thc fitrthcr r;.;;rdt of ano-
tbcr tittle chamber: the brcadtb, G V<T,
or K k, or N n, was twenty aJtd fz'vc eu-
bits througb; d?or, F H, a.~ai!ljt door
fh: aJtd be mcajitred tbe jJ~jts, E F, H_T,
altc/ L M, e f, h i, a¡¡d 1m, twCJJt·y nt!JJts
bi;b; a.1:d rtt tbc pojls tbcre r;;.,·~'J'c ,r:,,ltr:.r,
or tll'Cbcd prljj;!_Jts, F H, I L, i'il, i 1,
z 1''0ttiid
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_A De Crt tton o the
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'J'CWid aúoní; a11d _(;·o;;¡ túc ca(lcrn fw 1;,,

e{ t!JC <~ate at {/;(' f!J/rtl!ICC, C C, (O t/; 1 ~;~
--.:;rjlcnt fúc of 1!:e porcb ~f t!Jc gtU{¡
.-:.¡_·ifhúl, T t, \:.'iTt .(/(i·rcubits: . . tllldth{it: ·-

r:.;_·crc 1/tZJ'f'O·:;:.: ·-;.::-·i¡¡ Jo·-:..;_•J' {O t he fitt /e c!Jt!hl•;.

h'i·s, an r! t o t he rt;t;rc /; '4;:,:it bi 11 t lx r.r rr!. t·:?' <."'

í'Oíu:d ttÍ·O!!l, tl!!d !i/.:.c-:..;_·~(i' to thi' pof!.r;·:

t'I·c:¡·:;:;iado::.·.r ·::.·en· J'O!tJLd rtbo11t ·-.;:;ithi:¡:
tlltd 11po:t ctzc!J pojl --..;_·n·e pa!m trre.r. ~ ·.
Tbc11 he brou bt rtJr Ílito tbc Oílt".;.:arl.
Coílrt, rwd lo t Jcrc -:;.,·ere: cbrtmúrr.r, r!I!J:; •

a JtZI.Xllltllt r;_;._·it/J jJÍÜdí'S lljJOll it lll ¡j¡'(

co?trt r·otmd aÚOí!t, tbirty cbtwl.0cn ,¡~t
Piate L fengtl~ 1tpon 1 be pa·t.;c¡¡¡c¡¡t, jiljJport cd új,;
tbe pdfar.r, te¡¡ d)(lJJiÚcr.r on C'l-'Ci'Y firlfi>
n:apt t be r:;._·cjlcr!l: tn:d t /;e prá·cmc:{:
únt tcd llfJOil t be jho11/arrs or f/dcs ~(! b'(
rr,atCJ be/o-:;.,·, c·vCJ)',garr ba·&'Ú!f!.fi'·"·c thtni~'i:'.
!Jcrs o;· c.'\·!Jcdra Oll ti/ bcr .frfe. /!;;r/ /}~
1J1 {'(tj;n· (' :! rhe úJ'{'fl dt!J {)f t he o !1 t ·-..:.;11/'~
Cr);¡¡·t, .fj··o11z t /){· jon:-f1·J;¡t ~r tlx !v._:_· .
.~.'!.'e, tu tbc jurc-froJJt of tbr: i¡¡::.;ar
U;to·t, rm h.rmdrcd c11hit s cajl--..;_·ard. ,.
T br ·¡ /;e [;'O l.'/!, lit 11n: 1:ort b--:.;.,·ard, a. ·
t lxí·e ';;.:a.r a e( f!! e 1 bflt loof.cd t o·""u:-'rn· · ··.
í be ¡¡ort !J; !Jc 7'JJC'a_(¡n·cd t IH /r¡¡sr !JthL'i ,
(J·, m:d tln· ÚrNitÚÚ lbcrc~f; rwd t!JI'ii,.·"
¡fL' rhr:mln·s 1 brrc~¡: t bree 011 t hi.r _~;;, ·. ·
t71! rl tln· ce o" 1 /; .-1 t .fl'dc, a11 d t lx j' r; ·,
: /;r·J·c~(; a;¡r/ 1 be p.íJ'tb t hr.rcof, llíitl · ·
~'-'tr.r accon!i.l!g 1o t be 1l1L'tljit ···c.r r~f t /J1j •,
.r~·i¡f l'; il.r /c11gt b 'Z:.-'tl.r jíjry rubit.r, rlíid , ,
IJrc:u/tiJ '~·')rtJ" Jt'vc tllld twnJ!_y : rmd ! . ·
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<lLOMON. 3f7 ••

u•i11dows thereof. aJld the porch aJJd the

palm-tret:'S thereof ~·ere accordúrg to the
meafitres of the gate ~·hich !ook.ed to the
ea.fl, a11d tbf_y 'Z.oe!!t ttp to it by ftve1f.
flt!ps: a11d its porch r.::..·as before them,
that is inward.. /htd there was a gate
of the ÍJtWard court over again.fl this
gate of the north, as Ílt the gates to tbe
túe we.flward: rwd be mcajitredfrom gatr:
to gate a11 btmdred cttbits.

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T R 'U S luvim;, tnnnarcd thc Mo-

1urchy to thc 'Pcrfia!JS, ::md rci~ncd .
fcvcn ycars, was il.lCcccdcd by his íi.1n Cmn-
byfcs, who rcigncd íCYcn ycars Jnd fivc
months, Jnd in thc thrcc bfl: ycars of his
Rcig11 {i¡bducd Eg)1Jt: he \VlS fuccccdcd
by l.tardíl.r, or S¡¡¡erdis thc Afagtts, who
fcioncd himfclf to be Smerdis thc brothcr
"
ofCambyfl·s.
Smcrdis rcigncd fcvcn montlts, ::t11<l in
the cighth month bcing difCovcrcd, w~~s
íhin, with J. grcat numhcr of thc Alil1~i; io
thc 'Pcrjians c1llcd thcir Prid1'l, and in mc-
mory of this kcpt ::m annivcrbry <hy,
which thcy c::tllcd, 1/Je Jlattgbtr:r ~( the
M~1gi. Thcn rcigncd Jv/araplJI!s ancl A1·-·
t apbcnu:s J.ii:w d:1ys, and aft:cr thcm 'Da-
'J"Úts thc ftJn ot H_yjlaf}Hs, rhc ion of .dr-
.falJJCIICJ", of thc ü.mily of Acbttme¡¡es, ~
Z 3 'Pc1·~
 3 so
Pel.fia¡¡, being chafen King by the neighing
•valer. of his horfe· : befare he rcigncd bis * namc
Max.l.9.
c. l.. was Oc bus. He feem<> on r"his accation to
ha ve rcformed rhc confiitution of thc .fofa-
gi, making bis father f{)~{/afPes their M :1ft-
ter, or Arcbim<'zgtts; for Porpbyri!ts rclh
t Porph.
de Ah{l¡.
us, t that the Magi 1cere a fort of 1JJC11 .fo
nentta,
•
.... CIJCrttb!c amo¡¡gjl t he Pcriians, t!Jat D::t·
,. b
.J , 4~ rius tbe fln ~( H y ílaiiKs .-.:.,·rote OJt t !H mo-
11111llfllt of bis ¡;zt!Hr, amonQ,fl: othcr
thing<>, tbat be bad been tbe ./lla.flrr ~F tbe
J\L1:j. 111 this rcform:1tion nf thc .11/lrlJ i,
li_y(lafpes was afTifl:cd by Zoroaj!res: ¡;,
/JL~athius; Tbc Pcrlians at tbis day .fa)'
jtl'lP[Y t!Jat Zoroafl:rcs !i.t·N/ twder H yfia!".
pes: and Apuleitts; Pythagorctm, aúmt,
j¡¡tercapti·<>·osCamb~(te Regís [ex iEgyp~
to B~1by loncm abduétosl do[forcs babuijjc
Pofarnm JVagos, G prtecipue Zoro(~(
trem, ormzis di·vilú arca11i /J¡¡tijtitcw. By
Zoroajlre.r's convcr.ling at B.zkYiOII, he
fCcms ro lu ve borro\\'cd h Í'i ski ll f1 o m thc
Cbald,erw.r: for he \\·as skillcd in Af1rono-
my, ::tnd ufed thcir yur: ió f!.: C11rr i!Ls,
=FQ.<::urt,
Ltb.w.
tb ]lf,rgi
,
¡n·oximi prztrim;¡ CllJ"i!JL'iJ CtlJJL'-
. r.J · · ·
c. 3. tlllt: ]\¡[ll<~os 1rcL C/lt t ~..::J jL'.'<:ilf./.JIJt a qu¡;¡.
t¡ttf_Jit'L'l'ttc.r_fl'rptL'Úrt:Jt m·, p¡¡¡¡ tci.!Ís tlJIJÚ:li-
lis 7./tlati. dicúlts tot itts anni pan·.r 1Jtt1Jit'-
1'0: :tnJ J]JiJJIÚtl/J!ts; SciCI!tirc Jll/1/ta C."(
•
C/J,dd,rorllm r1rr il!! is Bt~é! rir1 !lit s addiclú
Lr;r·or<'j/ro· From hi•; conrcrli:JL; in E:vc-
ul pl.in..; he Í'l rcckoncd :1 C!JaiJ,er/11, :lll
~.1J{jri.w. J. J/cr/~·. a 'FoJ/(l/!. ;t lJ,t[/; ¡,,:;
' l.~ /,' !
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S 11 i dtt s calls h i m* :l 'fJ ofo- Me de, and Eüth • Su:dJ> in
tlut he \LlS thc m~ft .r/.:i!jitl of .Jljlro!lO- :'":o:i;:•;'·
mr:rs, aJtd.fi'rjl twtbor of tbe 1/il'I'!Je ~f tÍN
M~1gi rccei-z:cd r!J/JO!Jg tbem. This skill in
Aflronomy he lud dciubtlcf; from rhc Chaf-
rlá'rlliS, hur Iú/!t.Jpn tLlvclled into ]¡¡r/ia,
to be infl:ruétcd by rhc C)mnoflf!Jd!s: ami
thdc twn L'OIJj()y ni•1~~ thcir s~~ill :!nd Juthn-
riry, inf1irmcd Jll~\\. kt of Pridb cr .J!d-
gi. ~111d idlruéL:J t!Icm i11 1iiCh ccrc~nonics
ami myi1crics of Rc!i:~ion :md Philo1(,phy
,1.:; they rlwu~h~· lit to cfl:ablilh for thc H.eli-
~Tion :1nd Ph iloJ(,phy of that Fmpirc; and
rhclc infln:dcd orhcrs, 'till from a Jln~lll
mm~bcr thcv g:-c\\' ro :1 ~~rc~lt nmltitude: ÚH
"' l.- L

Suidrts tcll:; w;, tlut Zoroa/h·c.r J

rrttvc
(.)
rt.
(_) to tÍJ~' ;¡m;;e of'
Úctri:!aÚI'!
.._, ') tbc J\!Llni:
o a11d
Ebtlttcilms; rlut l·c J'tfo;·mcd tlx rcfigio1t
~( t!JC Pcrfi~ms, r.;.JJicb úcfore ·::v·as di·vidcd
i!lt!J 'JJhli~)'jNl s: and ./1'-:¡;atbias; that be ÍJt-
1rod¡¡ccd t be J·cJ<~ioJt ~f' t be Magi amo¡¡--~
1 be Pcr (i ~ln s. c.6,wg i 11g t hrir a llr i CJJt fltcrcd
·ritcs, a11rl úr/¡¡L~!IIg iJt j(··vcrai opinio;ts:
~1nd Am;;Úr!I!!IS ¡· tcll:) us, Alagiwt r:l}(· di- tAmmi~
• · · r7 • ¡ · · an 1 2. '
7.'1//0}'/WI 1//COJ'í'iljJt~(¡!Jill!í/1 Clf flfJJJ, Ci(JíiS c.Ó.· >'
ji'ii'Jiti,t.f/·u:!i.r priji'i.r m!tlla e:.: Cba!cttl'O-
'J 'í/111 ({ J'(il/1 iJ ]?,.:{¡ rÍtll/1/ S a ddidit .ZO?'Orl r
•

tn·.r: rll'il!tk 1 ~1jlr~(pcs Rcx· pr.'tdc¡¡tijj/-

?JJ/ts 'J),¡;·ii jJrt/11'; r¡ui quum Jltpcrioru
1 11di,t Ján:t ttjt'dcnt Í!ts pmct¡·m·ct, ad 1/C·
'f!J?roj.:;;·¡. r¡umrult~m vc!IL'rrtt joiitlldi!!cw,
r ltJII.r 1r.t!l'f 11 i 1/ú Jt'!cntiis prá'Ci'~fitBracb-
• •
J/:-t.t:or:;irJ 111 gonrt pot W!lllll'; t'OJ'I!J'/1fjlll!
•

Z ·~ 71101ÚI!t
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monittt ratio¡¡es tmmdani mottts ~ fidc ..

rmn, purofque facrorum ritus qttantum
cotligere potuit erttditus, ex his qttte didi-
cit, afiqtta [c11jihtts. J,fagorum infitdit;
qutC iffi Cltm diflipl/¡¡iJ prá!ftntielldi fu-
t!tra,pcr fitaJJJ quifqtJe proge;Jirm, pojlc-
ris d!tatÍÚlls tradtmt. ~Ex ro per fceculrl
'l'lll!ft¡:z ad prtC(ens, 1/Jla cadanq11r pro-
.f'tpút mlllt it urlo crcata, 7Jcor1tm cult ibu.r
dcdicatnr. Fcnmtquc,jij11jhmt rjl ere di,
l'tiam ig;:cm ca'littts f,-zpfttm apttd fcfcmpi-
tcrnis foctt!is cuj?odiri, cujtts portiOllfJJi
exigttam ttt.fattjlamprtC~((c quo11dam A_{irl·
tins Regiúus dictmt: ~Ittjus originis rz.
vud ~·ctercs 1tltn'JCrtts crat exi!is, tju[q11r
~'lJfl,;riis Pcr.ficce potcjlatcs i11 fitciclldi r
rcbus di"'·itzis fo!crmútcr uteúa¡¡tur. Errzt·
•
'!fltC piacttlum aras adirc, "'·d hojliam co;¡ .
trerfarc, a¡¡tcqttam .A1ttglts conccptis prc~
catio7'1ihtts !ibtzmcnta diffimderct prtecttr ..
foria. Verrmz auéli prztt/!atim, Ílt am-
j'litudi1lem gcnt is folidte co¡¡ajfertmt ~
1/IJ?nClt : ~·il!afque i11babitalltrs 1tttl!rt mtt
-:;·or¡11nfirmitudi71cconmumitas, ~ !cgiúu.r
jitis ttti pcrm¿l]i, religio11is rcfpef!lt jiwt
/Jo¡¡orttti. So this Empirc W:l..S at firíl: com-
ofcd of mar:y nJ.tions, c:1ch ofwhich Iud
1ithcrto its own rcligion : but now lly¡:
tajj;cs :1nd Zoroaj!res col1cétcd wlu.t thcy
concciv~d ro be bdl, cfb b!iíhcd it hy l.aw,
and taught ir to othcrs, ~.nd tiwíi.: to ot!Jcrs,
•rill rhcir diki¡)lcs bcc:.lnlc 1~umcrol:::; cnouP1:1 h
for thc PricHhooJ of thc wholc Empirc;
aud
 o the E R SI A N S. 3S3
~nd infl:ead of rhofc various old rcligions,
they fcr up thcir own iníl:itutions in thc
whole Empire, much aftcr the nunner that
Numa contri ved and iníl:iruted the rcligion
of the RomaJ:s: and this rcligion of rhe
'Po:fia11 Empire was compoícd part1y ofthc
iníbturions of thc Cba!dtt'a!l.r, in which
ZoroaJtre.r wac; wcll skillcJ; :md p~utly of
rhe ínflitmionc; of rhe ancicnt B·rachmrms,
w ho :u e ti1ppofcd to derive cvcn thcir 111m e
from the .Aúrabamans, nr f(ms of .Aúrabam.
born of his fcconcl wife Kctttrah, iníl:ruét-
cd by thcir fathcr in the woríhip of O N E
G O D without imagcs, and fcnt into thc
cJíl:, whcrc Iljjlaj)es was infiruétcd by
their fuccdfors. About the famc time wirh
l!y.flaJl'e.r .1nd Zoroaflres, líved alfo Ojta-
;w.r, anothcr cmincnt A fa tts: P lilty la-
ces him unJcr Varitts !!)' t!f}cs, and tti-
d,1.r m:-tkcc; him rhc followcr of Zoroaflres:
he camc into Grecce wirh Xr:rxes, and
fccms to be thc Otauesof I!erodot!!s, who
difcovcrcd Swcrdis, and formcd rhc con-
íi)irJcy againfl him, and for that icrvicc was
ho110urcd by thc conf})iLltors, :1nd cxcmpt
fromfiibjcétinnto 'Daritts.
In rhc ftcrcJ commcnt:uy of rhe Per-
fia!!. riLl'; r.I:clc words are afcribcJ ro Zoro-
7,11rt)s •, "'· U 0ív~
4.:JI , v
t;"l HE'-t''{~¡\"lv
.,
EX:.UV hp:~:.n.;.
., ., "
H~ T:l;
• •
'.;-IV o• -
7rp:;.;.,
"Eufcb •
•mo _,':' , , • , • ,
'To.;, a"Y ~t,;To.;, ü., oJO;, cq·,:;~To..;, ct;'J..W,J~.;, u..o¡J.';tO r.xro;, '1vwxo~
Ptxp.
E ¡ 1·
_ , . ~ vang. . •
'ira~ 1o; ~-tA~<, <t·i.V¡lO~vu~TVS', áy.x0.vv ay.xDwrara;, 4J,,OY'f.I.WV 4>po1'1f.L"-•
-4 • , •

e, uJt.
-a TO!J' .
·~ vG;t 1:&
•, )LJ' --:rar"lp
' ' '
'vvo¡J..a~ ~
X.J' o1Ha10~--v~;,
• • ~ •
:croo,o.XK 7
-t~
o.:, '+'u,n ..
t<o:, x) TiMw;, x~ ~tcjlo;, ~ :Qrl:t 4Juctml1· ¡.t./vo; >~;.•r~;. 'Dett.r
t'
~fl
35+
~fl accifttris capitr:: bic ~(t }71'Ú!Jtts, in~
corruptibi!is, tCtenms, il!gelli!!tJ, Jti;e
partibus, OJnttibus aliis d~l]imi!ti·mu, wo-
deratoromnis bo11i. du!lis llOJl c,1pirndus,
bo JJO rllm 0/J t úmt .r, p; 11 rl e11 ti um pru de ll t ij~
fimus, lc~<¿,i!m teq iÚ!rtt is a e}11(/ ir ite ftlre;¡s,
ipjc fui doflor, p!~)'(/c11s 03 j'ojcé7us G
.ftljlci!S (:} jatri jJh)jt(:i 1!i!l[ 1/S i!t'VC/l(Ol' :
.1nd thc lime was raught by O.flal!t.r, in hi,
boo k Cllled O{/ a u uc!Jrt .r. T hi-; w:l. S thc
Ancicnt G od of thc 'P erftrm JVla,z i, and
thcy ,,·orihi¡Dccl him by kccping a pcrpctu::d
f1rc for S.tcri ces upon ~'.n Alur in thc ccn-
rcr of a round arca, con1pa1Tcd with :l
ditch, withoq,t any Temple in rhc pL:cc,Jod
\Vithour pa ying .111 y wodbp to rhc dc.1d, or
' J.ny inugcs. Bur in J. fhort time thcy dccli-
ncd from the worlhip of this Eterna!, Invi-
fiblc God, to \Yorlhip thc Sun, and thc
hrc, and JcaJ men, J.nd inn!_';c:;, as thc E-
l[)j'tit~JJS, 'l'!Jl'JJÍciatiJ, ::l!1·d CbrzfclteaJJs
lud done bciórc: and from thdc ÍLIJ1Críl:i~ i-
on"' ::md thc prcrcndin[! to pro~nof1icll ion';,
thc \\'ord'i MrtÚ and ¡1J,-z'lta, \\'hich fi~;1ify
(.1 (J •

r he: P r i cfls :111 d Re li ~) ion o f t be 'P ojt'illl .r,

~)

C.lll\C to be u k en Íll :111 i! 1j:~ nír,:.

'J)arilt.r, or 'DarflÚ, hc~:,m hi·; Rci;;n in.
lpring, in thc ftxtccnth yc:tr c¡f thc Empirc
o f t IJ e 'Po .'(¡'rw.r, Jl/m o ]\..~tú r; 1: r,.(j.'
- 2. 2 7 , ,1IJ d
f('Í~ncd 3<Í ycar), by tbc li1W1imoll'i conknt:
of all Chronolo~crs. f11 Lhl· kcfJnd yc.n
of hi'> P.. cign thc .'JI'·-;,;,·.r lJc:',,m lo bui!d thc
Temple, by che proplid )'in~~ of 1!t~g.~a.:
alld
 o the pE R SI A N S. 355
-and Zcc!Jariah, and finiihed it ln the fixth.
He foughr rhe Cree/u ar JJ.1aratbo7t in Ofi-
ober, AmJO NaboHa{{. 2 s·8' ten ycars bcforc
che bJ.ttcl at Salamis, and died in rhc fifth
ycar following, in thc end of wintcr, or bc-
~inning of 1pring, A 1m o NaboiJ,1/. 26 3.
Tbc ycars of Cawbyfts and 'Daritts Jre
dcrcrmincd by rhrcc. Eclipks of rhc M oon
1CCO!llcd by 'Ptof&my, {() t!ut thc:y C.ll1!F)t
. -" ~ ..
be JdpurcJ: ami by rlwJc EclipJc-.;, and rhc
Prophdícs nf flttg,~tzi ~llld Zccbarirtb com-
¡urcd togcthcr, iris m~mifd1t h:1t thc yors
of 'Darin.r DC:2::11l ::tftcr thc 2.~th dJy or thc
c!c\ cnth ./ r·-:.:.-'~fh month. and bct~nc rhc
!. )lh cby uf Alril, ::l!1J by conic,lucnc:.: in

J1!rli'tb or AJriJ.
) . .'crx c.r, Ac!Jfc hi ro_(c·b, //e b.f-;,:.,·cr·os, or
0.\Jrlí'CJ, fi.¡ccecdcd his bthcr 'J)ariu.r, and
J;,)cnt rhc firft fi,-c )rcars of his RciC'n, J.nJ
¡ - '
jomctlJin~; more. Í11 prqurariom for his cx-
r::-di.rion J:.;ainf1 rhc Creck.s: J.nd r!Ji.; cxpc-
dltinn \Lh in rhc time nf thc Olympic
(j J 111 eS, Í 11 t J¡ C b C~ Ji llll i1L!
.._) ).
e f t !J C Íl r f1 ) C
-'
~H o f
thc '7·\lh Olympud, Ctt!litu bting _,ú·cbo;t
J t .//1 .6 (')¡_r ; a S :111 e h ro ll () 1()" e r" ;l ': re e. T he
' J ~ 1

grcal lllllllOcr ()¡' P'-~npk v;hich he tire\\' Ol!t

(lj' Sufi t<l im ~1Jc GnL'tl', nud~ .:Jj¿·/Jj!:.'s .. .-;;~: r•.
1 he Poct Í:l)': >~< l\:rt..: v•
. . r, •
1 . .J

/1 CJI!jJ/Itri!IJl'fid//;¡Lr;ci~}'()_( S11h.
Tht Jl:lfh:->.c ur hi'> arllly m cr thc 1!d-
lt(¡:·,.o/1! üc~:lll intll(: cnd of thc i't)urth yc;tl
ol
 O the Enz irt
of thc 74th Olympiad, th1t isinJu;te, .A1t~
1to NaboTtajJ 268, and too k up :.1 month;
and in a.utumn, a.ftcr threc months more,
on thc r6th day of the month .lv!tmycbio1t,
at thc full moon, was the battcl at Satamis;
and a lictlc afrcr that an Eclípfe of the
lVIoon, w hich by thc C:licnbtion fcll on
Ofiob. 2. His firíl: yc:w thcrcforc bcgan i11
ipring, .Antw Nabonaj( 26 3, ~1s abovc: he
rcígncJ almofi: twcnty onc ycars by thc
conícnt of atl writcrs, and \Y as mnrthcrcd
by Artabamts, captain of his gu:ulls ; to-
w:.uds thc cncl o( wintcr, _¿J:mo .:...Vczbo11ajJ.
2 8-f .
.ArtabamtJ rcigncd ícrcn months, :1nd
upon fuipicion of trcJ.Íon ag:liníl: Xer:xcs,
was íhin by Artaxerxcs Lo11gimamts, thc
ion of Xcrxcs .
../lrtaxerxes bcgan his Rcign in rhc au-
tumnal halfycar, berwccn thc 4th ::md 9th
'jewifhmonths, Nehem. i. 1. & ii. r. &
v. 14. andE.:--:ra vii. 7, 8, ~.andbis2oth
ycar fcll in with thc fourth y( ar of thc 8 3d
"Apud. Olympiad, a e; ./Jfricatms * informs us, and
Hieron. in
D~n. viii.
thercforc his firít yc.u bcQ;J.Il w itbin :1 mont h
or two ofthc autumnal Equinox, A11110 Na-
•

bottaf{. 284- Tlmcydidcs rchtcc; that thc

ncws of his dcath camc ro ./lt!Jc¡¡.r ín \\·in-
ter, in thc ícvcnth ycar of thc 'Pr:toponllL'·
j/rm w~1r, th:u: is.Att. 4· Olymp. 88. and by
thc Canon he rcigncd forty onc ycars, in-
cluding thc Rcign of his prcdcccffilr Arta-
baftlt.r, and di e<) ;~bout t he m iddlc of win-
tcr,
 '

o the E R SI A N S. 3 S7:
ttr, J1m10 Nabonaj{. 3 2) Íftetmte: thc Pcr-
jia1Js now call him Ardfchir and Baha-
ma11, thc OricntJ.I Chriíl:ians .Artctbaftbt.
Thcn rcigncd .Xcrxr:s two months, J.nd
~-

Sogdialt fcvcn months, and Varitu No-

!!J!ts, thc bJ.fhrd ion of .il.rtax,_'r:x:es, ninc-
rccn years \Llllting tour or fivc months; and
:Daritts dicd in fummcr, a littlc afrcr the
cnd of rhc PelopomtejiaJt war, and in thc
fm1c Olympic ycar, and by conklJUCncc in
ft[t~y or 7wte, Am1o NaboJJafl 344· The
I -~ th .
ye~u of hi-; Rcign was coincidcnt in
~

wintcnvith thc :!.cth of thc Pelopomu:fialt

\Ll.r, ami thc ycars of t1nt w.u are íhtcd by
tndd~mt~lble cluraétcrs, J.lld agrccd ?n by
all Chronologcrs: thc \\"J.r !Jcgan in fpring •
.ilmt. 1. Oiymp. 87. laftcd 27 ycars, and.
endcd r. 14 . .il.ll.4.0lymp. 93·
Thc ncxt Kiug , \LlS Artaxcrxi's .L1!nr:-
mo11, thc ion of 'lJaritts: he rcigncd forty
1ix years, and dicd .fl.¡wo Nttbonajf. 390.
Then reigned Artaxerxcs Oc/ms nvcnty
onc ycars; .A1j¿·s, or .ilro(~lts, rwo yc::us,
~md 'I.Jaritts Codowttlllltts íour yc;.us, unto
thc battlc of Arúcfil, \\' hcrcby rhc 'Pafúm
Monarchy \\':1S rranfhrcd to thc Gred:.s,
Oélob. 2 . .1111. NtzÚ0/1(~¡¡: 417: but 'Dt~rius
was not fhin umil a ycar anJ fume monrhs
;.lftcr.
1 luvc hirhcrto fbred thc rimes of this
Monarchy out of thc Cree!: ami L11tilt
writcrs : fór rhc 'Jcu's know norlli1~g more
of thc Babylo11úm and Mcdo.Perjlfm Em~
- - •

pires
 -
O the Ern ire
ircs than w Iut rhcy h:wc out of rhc fa e red
ooks of tbc old Tdb.ment; :md thcrcforc
O\VIJ no more Kings, nor ycars of Kings,
rh::t~l rhey can find in thofc books: rhcKings
thcy rcckon are only JVe6!t(:Úad1te zzar,
Eí,;iimcrodacb, Bc~/hazzar, 'Daritts rhc
Mcdc, rynts, A!Ja_(itcrus, ami 'Darius rhe
'P n:fí(m ~ this laf1: 'J)aríus thcy rcckon ro
l)c rhc Artaxrrxes, in \\·bofe Rcign Ezra
~nd Nebcmiab c1mc to .7 cr!!foicm, ac-
counting.._ Arta.Ycr ......:fs :1 common namc of
thc 'Pt'rf¡~z¡¡
- Kin~s: iVcúucbad¡¡czzrtr,
~

thcyüy, rcigncd forty five ycars, 2 1\útg-

'-XY. 27. Re~jhazzar three ycars, Va1t.
viii. I. and thcrefore Evilmcrodach twcn-
ty thrcc, ro makc up thdcvenry ycars cap-
tivity; cxcluJing thc firfl: ycar of Nebtt-
dJr!dJiczzar, in w hich rhcy fa y rñe Pro-
phd)' of rhcíc,·enry ycars wJ.c; givcn. To
Dari11s the Me de they ailign onc yc:u., or
~t mofl but rwo, 1Jall. ix. I. to Cyrus
rhrcc yc:us incomplcre, <JJa!l. x. 1. ro .A-
bafrtcr:t.r rwclvc ye:1rs 'till thc cafl:ing of
~Plir, Ejlh. iii. 7 onc ycar more 'till thc
o

7cws fino te their cncmics, Eji!J. i x. I and o

onc ycar more 'till .E,jlbcr and filordccai

\note thc fccoml Ietter fi.)r the kccping of
P11rim, l~Jib. ix. 29. in al! fourrccn ycars:
~111d to'Dari 1/J' thc 'P cr:f/a¡¡ thcy allot th i rty
t\\'O or rarher thirry íix years, Nc!Jcm xiii.
6. f() tlnt thc'PnjíiwEmpirciioom thc build-
in:~ of rhc Temple in rhc fcconLl ycar of
?J:rri;·¡s 1-(vf!a_fj)cs, ilourifhcd only thirry
ióur
 •

o· the ERSIANS. 3 59
¡;,ur ycars, tmtiL1/c.\·,z;tder thc Great ovcr-
thcN ir:: t hm rhc 'Jc·-.;._·s reckon in thcir
•

!p.':Hcr Chroniclc, Scdcr ()f,zm Raú!JtZh.

'
:/ fJ_fcplms, out or rhc Ltcrcd and othcr
books, rcckom o ni y thcfc 1\ ingsof'Perjúz ~
G)í '.'t.r, C't! 111 ~>:fú, 'f)m ·Út s ll_y(lajj; is,
. . Yrrxc.r, A1·1 t?xl'rxc.r, J.nd 'Darius: and
taL;. i 11 ,..,r r h i 'í ')) I7J. i íl.f' '\. h o \\':1 S 7] {{ J' i ¡¡S N f)-
t b !t .r,- re be <: ¡1e :111 d r he L1I11 e 1\ in g \\' i t h t he
1.1[1- '/)¡,'i'JrtJ, wi10m A!txalfdcr rhc Grcar
o-. crumc; h\- .. mc~111<> of this rcck.oni!1~
~
he
1~u!.;.cs Sa¡¡/;,-71/at ~111d 1add!ta :1livc ,,·hcn
AltxaJtdcr che GrcJ.t O\Trthrcw thc :Pcr-
ji(m Empirc Thm al! thc .Jc-.;._·s concludc
thc Pcrjia;t Empirc \Vith Artaxn·xcs Lo¡¡-
0
"ÍJ!Jall1ts, and '1Jari11s Not!Jlts, allo\\'irl·:rna
~
more Kings of 'PCJ)Úl, than rhcy found in
thc books of F,-:::;ra ::md iVci.Jemiaf,; and rc-
fcrrin:~ ro rhc Rcigns of rhi" /lrtaxcr-~:c.r,
.and this 7J¡zrills, \\ hatC\'Cr thcy mct \'>ith
in profmc hítlory conccming rhc t()llowin~
h.. in~c;
•
of rhc hmc Iumcs: Jo a<; ro rakc Ar-
1 ttxcr.\·c.r Lu,.¡g imtll!tt.r. Artaxcrxcs Allle-
'J!!OI!, ~llld /Ir! ttXrl' Yt.r Ocb!l.r, t()r onc .and
thc hmc /ll'lil.\'CJ'.'Y.'t'.r; ami 'Dari!i.r JVo-
tbí:.r.alld '/)arÍíls ('or!.Whl!J:!!t.r, t()r onc J.nd
thc hmc '!Jt!rÍ!t.r; and ],zd(:'llrt, and Siiii('(JJ!
j;'(!!l.r. f'nr orlC' ~11'd r :1c hrnc H i~h- Pricl1.
']'IJ(,Jc Jc· ....r\\ lw roo!\. /-Jcr./dfor rhc Jllt:f
•
fí>d,, :1:;d \\·ere rhcncc calicd 1 hror!itm.r,
kcrn to h~1rc '-~rol!ndcd thcir opiriÍ<lil 11 )011
thc ic\'Cill \r \\·cck...; oJ' ycar<;, which t 1cy
J(,utHl bct\':·ccnthc R ,_.¡,,·,~ ) . ofCynts
- :.mJ tlur
ul'
360
of He roe!: bur aCrcnv-ards. in appl ying the
Prophcfy to Tbeudas, ~ltlll .'Jttclas of G_aJi-
lcc, and at lcngth to Barcbochaú, thcy icctn
to ]uve fhortcncd thc Rcign of thc King-
dom of 'Pcr!ia. Thdc accounts being vc-
ry impcrfctt, it was nccc{[uy to havc re-
caude to thc rccords ofthe Gree/u and La-
til:es, and to thc Canon recitcd by Pt oiQ~
P.JY, f()r íhting thc times of this Empirc.
\V hich bcing done, wc ha re a be: ter ground
!(1r undcrfbnding thc hiíl:ory of thc _'lews
tCt down in thc books of Ezra and Nd;c~
mi ah, :md ~ldjufting it ; for this hifi:ory lur-
Ülgfuffcrcd by tin~c, wants fome illufl:rari-
on: and fi dl: 1 fiull fl:arc the hiíl:ory of thc
.1ews undcr Zeruúbabel. in thc Reigns of
é)rus, Cmtb}fes, and 'Darius HyJta.fPes.
This hii1ory is conuincd p:utly in the
thrcc firfl: cluptcrs of thc book of Ezra,
and firfl: fi ve vedes of rhc fourth; and part~
1y in thc book of 1Vc!Jcmiab, ti-o m thc ;th
verle ofthc kvenrh chaptcr to the 9th vcrk
of thc twclfrh: for .1._Vthcmiab copicd :tll
r h i-> out of r he Chronic les of thc .7 c·-;;:;s,
w rittcn bcforc his days; :1'>. nuy al)PC~tr by
rcading rhc pbcc, anJ coilltdcrin~~ tbat thc
Pricíh :md Le\ irc..; who í\.:~l!cd rhe l't 1\ c-
IUnt 011 thc 24th lLly of rl1l' l~\'C!Hh n~:_lltth,
J.\'d;n;t. x. wcrc th~;; ver\' ::une '.~ ith thof(..:
\rho rcturncd from c~)Li\·iry
.1 '
i:1 t!1 ~ íirll
'Cll" <Ji-' ( '·¡-•r¡s 1
f\r " ! l .,.., .,.!-; " 1· 1
1 t 1 ·.¡· ·1ll
'-
ti¡. . '\ ' . 't .... t 1J . ~
'

-· ) 1 , . ( 1 l \.

t bofe who rctt~rtt.:~i k.tk·J ;r: ri:i" will h.:.:

pt!CCi\'1:-c\ hv l !J j; ,~J.;\\ i"~'. C'Jl1ll~.li·iLm <;¡'
1.;

th...:ir ll~l\11..'> · ·· ·• '[';::;;

 • - .
o the E R SI A N S. 361
'
The Priefis whore- The Prieíl:s who fea-
turneJ. lcd.

J..YdJo;;i ah. E z rtt

• •
11. 2.
St:rtzjflb. Scrctjah.
•

* A ztZJ·i ab.
']rrrm i ab. 'Jae mi ab.
_E;:::,rct Lzra. J'(chcm. 8.
* P aJhur.
./lmariah. Amariab.
J11alt?tcb: or M~· Malchijczb.
lictt, Neb. xii.
2, 14-
Jfttt t ujh. Hatttt!h. ~

Sbec!Ja¡¡iab orSbe- J'hebanitd·.

baJJiab, JVeb.
• •
:X 11. 3, Lf- .
* •
}.Jaliucb.
Re!Jifm, or Harim, llarim.
ib. 3, 1).
J.fcrcmotb. ]\feremotb.
Jddo. Obadiah or 0/;dia.
* 'DaJJict.
Cúmetbo: or GiJt- Gitmet!Hm.
uethoJJ, Neh. xii.
4, I 6.
* Barttch.
* lt!ejhulfam.
'Aúijab•
Abijab .
•

¡t/it111JÍ"' ]tfij (IJIJÍ 11,

•
 O t!Je Ern ire
__, ra :1 i ,1/7.
(l Maazíab.
Pi~~rtb . B i!gai.
•Yhnn t?J ab. Sbr:majab.
'
-¡ l'/h !! /l. ]cjhtta.
p iJ:lllfÍ. J? Út 1t1tÍ.
Aadmit''!. K admir!
,\ f¡rrc/; itt/; ;'\':.11'/J S!xha¡¡ iah iil~:Jlll
r/1:
. f'
cf,.- b: o r I!odacz.· za/),
.. Q ••..
flodtjtziJ
. >Z.; 1! !!. +') ('(., 111, 9·
~ ·, ~ ' ,u;--.-,
....... • 1g
('(' {¡ f ., ...
.L

T he Lr~,t~ :-, ]1jhua, 1\arfmicl, :md !:~·;

7

d.n·ia/; or .'f;•tdab, hcrc mcntioncd, are l"C•-.

l.oncd chicfüthers among thc pcoplc w ho
Jctmncd with Zcruúba&cl, l·J·zrrz ii. 4" .
. uu.lrhcy::rfTiílcd8.swcllinlaying thc foun-
(btion of the Tcm le, Ezra iii. 9· as in
rcading thc la w, an making and icaling thc
covcnJ.nt, Nehem. viii. 7. & ix. 5. & x
9' 1 o.
Comparing thcrcfore thc books of Ezra
and Nebemiah togcthcr; thc hiíl:ory of thc
.'!C';;..'S unckr Cyrtts, CambJ'ftS, and cnari-
1/S 1-f)jrlljpis, i'l rhar rhcy rcturncd fi-om
optivity ·under Zerubbabd, in thc ftrn
yrar of c_yr!fs, wirh thc Holy V dlCls and
a commiflion to build rhc Temple; a1h\
el m( ro Jcrt~(ct!rttt and .711da!J. e\ cry onc
ro his city, :md dwclr in thcir cicics l!Ili il rlt~·
icvcnth month; and thcn coming to 7cnt
{c'dl'w, rht~y firil built thc Altar, ~llld on 1 h:
íiril.
 •

o the ERSIAN S.
firfl: da y of the 1eventh month begau to oi-
fer the daily burnt-offerings, and r~ad in the
book of the Law, and they kept a folemn
tlfl:, :.md fealed a Covenant ; and rhencefor~
ward the Rulers of rhc people d welr at J e~
rufalem, and rhe refl of the people éaíllots
ro dwell onc in ten at Jerufolem, and rhe
refl: in the cíties of 'Judah: and in rhe fe-
cond ear of their corning, in the iCcond
monr 1, which was fix years befare the
dearh of Cyrus, they laid rhe foumhrion of
theTem le; burtbead,verfaries of Judlh
trottble tbem út buiidi11 , and hired cotm-
ftllors agai¡¡fl tbem aii t Je days of Cyms,
and Ionger, eve1r 1mtil tbe Reig1t of Darius
Kittg o/ Perfia : but in rhe fCcond year of
11is Reign, by the prophcfying of Haggai
and Zechariah, thcy retnrncd ro the work,
and by the help of a new decree from 'Da-
·ri11s, fini1hed it on rhc thírd d::y of the
month ildar, in the Ílxth yc~uofhis Re1~n.
and kept thc Dcdic:J.tion withjoy, and che
PafTovcr, and Fcaf!: ofUnlcavencJ I3r~~l.i.
Now tbís 'Daritts W:lS not v.a·:us ]\Tu-
tbus, but Darius llyjlafpis, as Jg:1tbcr by
contidcring rhat the iecond ycar of tlús
Darúts was thc fCventieth of thc indigna-
tion againfl: .ferujaft>m, and thc citi~'i of
Jl!dah which indignation commcnccd \\ irh
rhc invafion of Jcrttjtdern, aml rhc cirics of
]11d1th by Nebttchctdllez::::,ar, in thc ninrh
ycnof Zcdr:kJilh, Lecb. i. 12.]cr. xxxi·,·.
1. 7 ~ 2. z.. & xxx.ix. 1. anJ Lbat thc {(ntn h
A a 1. ycar

,\
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ycar of t his 7Jarius, was the fcventieth

-'
from the burning of thc Temple in thc elc-
vcnth ycar of Zcdek ia,b, Zccb. vii. ) . &
'fer. lii. 12. borh \'i'hich are cxaétly truc nf
~)m·itts Hyjla_fpú: ~:nd thatin the fccond
YC~u of th1-; 'Dar~us rhcre wcrc mcn living
~\·lwluJJCcn ~he hríl Temple, Hagg. ii. 3.
"·hcrc::ts rhc iccnnd yc:u of Dm-itts No-
t!Ju.r \\'a e; 166 ycars aftcr tl1c dcfob.tion of
rhc Tc11lplc ;nd Ciry. And furthcr, ifrhc
finiiJ.in~ of thc Temple be dcfcrrcd ro thc
fi,th ycarof Darill.r Notbus, Jr:jhurz and
/~Cl'!!bbrtbcl muf't h:wc he en thc onc H i()o h-
Pridt, thc othcr C aptain of the pcoplc ;w
Jmndrcd and cightecn ycars tog:rhcr, bc-
f:dcs thcir agcs befo re; w hich ís furcly ton
Ion~: for in thc firfl: ycJ.r of Cyrus rhc chicf
Pri~í1s wcrc So·ajab, Jtremiah, Ezra,
Alllariah, .Alrzlittch, Shrcba!!iah, Reh!tm,
J11cn:motb, lddo, Gúmctba, .Abijab, l~lia~
min, Alaadiab, Bi~rz,ah, Shfntq}tlb, Joia-
riú, ]edaiah, Salttt, Amok, Hiik.itdJ,
Jcd~úab: thc:fc wcrc Pricils in thc days
of Jc.fhua, :1nd rhc cldcfl: fons of rhem aÍL
itfc¡·qjab rhc ion of Sr:rajah, Hananiab
l he fon of ]cremúb, Me/h!tilrtm thc fnn
o

of Ezra, &c. wcrc chicf Pricfls in thc

{bys of Joialúm the ion of Jc/hlla: ]\ t 7 7

/Jun. xii. and rhcrcforc thc Hi~h-Prid1·

hood of Jt/1.-ttt~ was but of an ordir~.'t"/
'
lcngth.
.¡
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 o the E R SI A N S.
1 ha ve now fbt:?d thc hifl-ory ofthc ."/e::_·s
in_ thc Rcigns ofC)rus, Cmnb;fe.r, :md 'Da-
'J"/IIS 1~}'/lttjpes: ir rcnnins that l ftatc thcir
hifl:ory in rhc Rci·.rns of .Xerxc.r, :.llld Ar.
. ·'
taxcl'xc.r LoJigútlfl!Jlls: f(H 1 pbcc rhe hir
-ton· ofE;:::,í'tl a m! J.\"l'ÍJt'!túa!J in t he H.ciun oC
. ~·

thi-; A7'frt.Yeí·xcs, :111d not in tlJ~lt of Ar·

taxerxes JJIJJemou : fór during :",!1 t]J('
'
"Pcrfúm . 1\lonarchv,
~
until rhc LiJt7JtZrllt.!
mcntioncd in Scriprurc, \\' hom I Ll~\.C ro be
'Darius 1Vot!ms, thcrc \\'Crc fix Hi,)h- ~,

Pridls in contÍiHu.l l uccciTi on of hrhcr ~liHl

1ón, na me! y, jc/h u a, .'J oi abrtl, Eii ,zjh i/;,
1r;i,zda, 7úl/atbrtll, 1rzdd!ta, and rhc k-
Ycnth Hi¿,h-Pr\c11 \\'~ls Q¡¡ias the ion of
'-
1addua, and thc cighrh \Y as Simcolt ']1jfus,
rhc f(m afOnías, and rhc ninth \vas Elea::::.-
/1.'1' thc youngcr brothcr of Siweo!l. Now,
at a mc:.1.n -rcckonin¡;, \\'C ílloulJ allow about
2 7 or 28 years onl y ro ~1 G cncration by rh~
cldcft ions o fa Lunil y, oncGcncLltion wi::!1
anothcr, as abovc; but ifin rhis utc \\'C :t!-
low 30 yc:us ro a CicncLttion, ami nuy ft1T-
thcr fi1ppofe rlur }(/hu a, at thc rcrun; ,)fthc
capri\'iry in thc íirfl: ye.u of rhc Ernpirc ot·
rhc 'Pn:/tim.r, \\':t'-: abour 30 or 40 ycarsold;
joia/;.int \\'ill he of abour rlur ~tgc.: i:1 rlw
1 Gth ycar uf 'J)m·lu.r I{~jltlJ?N.r, F'-l!tt//uiJ
in rhc tcnth yc~u of.Xl'J'.\.'C.r, ]o!tzdtl i :t ti!(~
19th ycu of Al'lt!X(r·:u.r Loli,~JJJiilllliJ,
.7011at btlll in thc gth yc::n of 'J)arút.r J\'o-
t bu, .7addlttl in tbe 1 t¡l b yc.t,· oLArt :~xn· ..
."\
,1._ "
...... '' .\' {' J
••
 xes lvbtemon, 011iasin thc 3d yearof Ar~
taxerxes Ochus, and Simeon Jufltu two
ycars bcforc thc death of Alexander the
G rcat ~ and this rcckoning, as it is according
to tl1c courfe of nature, fo it agrees perfeétly
we' i \\'ith hiítory ; for thus Eliajhib rnight
he High-Prícíl, andhave grandfons, before
rhe icventh year of Artaxerxes Longima-
tttt.r, Ezra x. 6. and withont exceedíng thc
age which many old men atta in unto, con-
ritme H igh-Prieíl: 'till aftcr the 3 2d year of
thatKing, Nebem. xiii. 6, 7.andhisgrand~
fon Jobtuta1l, or ]OJtathan, might .....
have a
charaber in the Temple in the fcventh year
of that King, Ezrtt x. 6. :md be High-
Prieft before Ezra wrotc the fons of Le"ví
in rhe book ofCbro!!icles; lv.'cbem. xii. 2 -~.
and ín his High-Priefihood, he might fby
hi'l younger brothcr Jeftts in the Temple,
befnre the end of thc Rcign of Artaxerxc_r
)v!Jtemon : 'Joftph . .A m iq. l. xi. c. 7· and
Jadrc'tta might be High-Pridl bcforc rhc
Lieath of Sattbaliar, Jrdcph. ih. :md bcfóre
the death of Nebemiab, Nrf,em. xii. 22.
and alfo befare the cnd ofthc R cign ofVa.
rtts Nothus ; and he mit;ht thcrcby givc oc-
caÍion ro Joflpbus and thc lattcr Jews,
w ho too k this King forthc bíl: Darius. to
fa11 into an opinion that .Sa11bal1at, Jad-
dua, and Mrma.fleh thc younger brother of
Jaddua, 1ivcd till thc cnd ot thc Rcign of
thc 1aíl: 'Dariu.s: Jofc¡;b. ÁJttiq.I. xi. e.
"7 !,.)
1 • o o)

•
 •

•
o the
7.,~. ::md the [üd fi1ana_!fcb might m1rry
.i\.tcajf; thc daughter of Sa11batlat, and für
rlur oRen ce be chaíCd from Ncbcmiab, bc-
torc thc cnd of the Rcign of Arta"yn·xt.'j'
LollJ!,ÚiJfums; NebeJ!l. xiii. 28 . .fofi'Pb
.A11tir¡. l. xi. c. 7, ~. and Stmbal!rtt migl;:
1t t!ut rir:1e be Satr.1j'a of .J'mnm·i<T, ::md in.
rhc R cinn of'Dm·j us 1.\'ot !Jll.r, or foon :üh::·,
{1

bui:d thc Temple of thc S!lmm·ita;: 1· in

Jl!ou¡¡t Gerizim, t~Jr hi" i<m-in-Ll'.\' Jfc~-
1ta,/e!J, thc firít Hi~h-Prid1 of tlut Tcm
'
pk; Jofi:pb. ib. ::tllL~ 0'liih'UJJ yu(lti-' mi~:li
be High-Pricíl: "·hcn rbc ·Pn:(itn! Lil~l~¡:·,·
wasinL1dcd by ./Jk:v:m/Jtr rhc Cir'-\lt". ;l;
rhc .'Je"'..l.-·s re m.:-i(nt, .'Jom,t fol. 69. 1. L ibcí·
Jucba.fis. . Gedrz/iczb, &..::.. anJ. t\.n that
rc~lfon he mighr be L1.kcn by fome of rhc
]eu·s for the fa me Hi .Jrh- Pricíb.vith J.zd-
d11a, and be dcad fom(' time b:::-forc thc book
ofErc lcfia.fl itu.r \V ,le;; writ i11 Hcbrcr;;; :1t Jc-
ruflzlt'm, by thc gundbrhcr of him, w ho
in the 38th ye:u of thc ~~~vptirm lEr::t of
7JiOl(~f/lfs, that is in thc 77rlÍ ye:.lr alter rhc
dcarh of Atcxa11dcr thc Grcat, mct \\'itb ~1
copy of ir in E~e;ypt, and rhc1c tranlhrcd í::
in ro Grrek, Ere~h:/I~l)l. eh. 5·-=-'. 0· Út -I' n; 1ú,~ .
and Elc:a:;::,m·, thc youn~cr brl)thcr ~lnd fi¡c-
c.c!Tor of Súm'oJJ, migln C:ll!!C r he L:1 w ro
be traníhrcd into Grcek, in thc bc~l,inninL;
o f thc R cinn of'P tolcmá' lf s 'P bi/rzdcto!J¡¡.i:
b r
.fofcpb. /lntiq.l. xii. c. 2. anJ OJJias r:1c
fon ofSiJm:o11 J!!Jilfs, wlw w;¡s J chil~l :u h:·~
A a+ LJ.thcr;
 fathcr's dcath, and by confcqucnc~ wa¡;
~orn in his fathcr's old agG, ~11ight be fo o!d
jn rhc Rcign ofPtolemtetts Ettergeu s, as ro
ha' e bis follics cxcuicd ro rhar King. by rc-
prdcnting tlut he was rhcn grown childiJh
\\·irh old agc, 'Joftph Alltiq. l. xii. c.+ I11
r hi s nunncr t he ad10ns of all t hcle H igh-
Pridb ii.Iit with thc Rcio·ns 0
of rhc Kings,~ ... •
\rithout :ll1y itraining from the courlc ol
naturc: and ;:tCCordin~ ro this rcckoning thc-
d.l\·s of Ezra and ])..."'d.Jcrnitth fJ.ll in with
.1

thc Rcign ofthc firfi ./lrt¡zxaxes; for Ez-

,.a and :j'\rbfJJJi,¡/J f1ouriíhcd in rhc H igh-
rricflhood ofE!i,dhib, E:::n1 x. 6. A'eb. iii~
I. & xiii. 4· ~8. But if Eliajhib, Ez·ra, md
NcheJrtird.J be placcd in thc Reign of thc 2.d
'.Artaxerxc s, fine e rhcy livcd bcyond thc 3 2d
year oL1rt axerxt'S,f.. eh. xiii. 1-8, thcrc muíl
1

iK at lc:1íl u)o ycars allotted to the thrcc

fidl High-Pricíls, and but 41- ro rhe four or
fiyc lafl:, :1 di\'ifion too uncqu:1l : for the
High- Pricfl:hoods of ,7r}h11a, .'loiakim,
and 1~/iafhib, wcre bur of an ordin:1ry
lcnf',th, thJt of }fjhua fcll in with eme Gc-
ncrarion orr¡1c chicfPricfl:s, :1nd that of 7o-
ittl:am with thc ncxt Gcncr:1tion as \\'C IÚ ve
ihcwcJ alreaJy; Jnd tlut of Eiiajhib tell
lll \V ith thc third e cncration; f(n at rhc dc-
dicarion of rhc wJI, Zl'Cbrtrirzb thc l(lll of
_7o¡¡a! ha~t, tbc f(m of Sbcmaiah, \\'JS onc
ofrhc Pridl:-;, ]\TI'!Jcrn. xii. 3 ). and Jr}ffathmt
:1ll d h i s ú t he r Sb l' J;uú t1 ¡,, w e JT e 1 ) 111 · • 111 po-
nrics ·Lo Joitzkiw. ;:l!ld bis üdJcr jt/l'rt,.,.
J\.'cb.
 •

o· the E R SI A N S.
:.'7eb. xii. 6. I 8. J obfcrve furthcr that in the
firft yc:1r of C)'1'tts, J~fhua, and Bani, or
R imm i, wcrc eh icffat hcrs of thc Le'vitc.r,
;'\!e IJ em. v ii . 7 . I ) . & E::::, r a i i . 2 . 1 o . & i i i . 9 .
..1nd tiJat 'fozabad rhc ion of Jejbua, and
Nottdittb ·rhcfon of Rúmui, werc chicf Le-
vires in rhc fCvcnth ycar of ./lrt tt.Yrr.\·-
n, whcn E'zra camc ro 7r:rllfltlcm, E'zra
viii. ~ ~. fo that this Artaxcrxc.r bcrran his
p ' ·-· -""!

Rcign befo re the cnd ofrhc 1ccond (; cncL1-

tion: and tlut he rcigncd in rhc rime of thc
third Gcncration is confl:·mcd by rwo in-
fbnccs more. for Aiclf,l!!!m;¡! he ion nf He-
•

'l'fC !Jia!J, th e fon o f .fi/ejhc .::..:abe ehm d A Z/l-

Tiab rhcfon of J1faafria¿, rhc fim of /llla-
1tiab, v:crc fathcrs of thcir hodcs :1t rhc rc-
p::liringofthc \\'all; J\'c/J{'m. iii. 4, 23. :1nd
rhcir gr::lnJLlthcrs, lricjha:::-abecl and 1-la-
1lflllirtb, illbkribcd rhc Covc:unt in rhc
Rcignof(yru.r: JVc/Jrtr!. x.21, 23. YcJ.
J\'t!Jl'JIIttdJ, rlns hmc NdJL'JJJittb thc fon of
J-f¡¡c/;¡¡/itl!J, \Lts rhc Ti;jh.zt!M, and íiio-
icriucd ir, Ncbcm. x. r, & \'iii. 9, & Ezra
ii. 2., 63. andthercforc in thc 32.d yc:u of
.JI¡·taxl'r.\'L'J" ]lf¡¡cmrm, he wdl bc~tbuvc: r8o
ycars olJ, an .l6C ftm:ly too grc:lt. Thc
hmc nuy be Ldd of l:_;:::...rrt if he \\'.lS rh 1c
Pricfl and S.:nbc whorcad rhc L:-tw, JVL·-
/J('m. viii. for he is thcftln of Scr.1Jtb, rhc
f(m o fA ;..jrtJ ·i.d;, t he fón o f Iii il:. it1/J, t he Ión
<~rSbtt!!rwJ, &c. F.zr,1 vii. r. and this Scnt
ja!J \\'Cill it1to et¡)tiviry :.lt rhc burnin~ of
thc Temple, aud \LtS thcrc JLtin, r (),,·~,,._._
'. !. . I ..1' .
 •

vi. 14. 2 King. xxv. 18. and from his De~th,

to the twenricth ycar of Jlrtaxer.-.:es .Ai;;c~
mon, is above 200 ycars; an agc too great
for Ezra.
I confider furrher thatEz. chap. iv.namcs
Cyrtts, * Daritts, AhafiterttS, and Artax-
'
erxes, in continua! arder, as fucceffors to
one another, and thcfe names agrec to Cy-
rtts, *, 'lJarius Hyflaf.Pis, Xcrxes, and
J1rtaxerxes Lo1tgimamts, and tono other
Kings of Perjia: fome rakc this .Artaxer-
xes to be not thc Succeffor, but rhe Predc-
ceífor of Darizts Hyjlafpis, not coníidcr-
ing that in bis Rcign thc .7ew.r wcre bufy in
buildin the City and thc Wall, Ezraiv.
12. an by conicquence had finilhed rhe
Temple befare. Ezra defcribes firíl: how
the people ofthe bnd hindered the building
of the Tem le all the Days of Cyrus, and
further, unti thc Reign of Dariu.r; and af-
ter the Temple was built, how rhey hinder-
~d the buildin of the City in the Reign of
!.Jlhafuerus an Artaxerxes, and then rc-
turns back ro the fiory of rhc Temple in
the Rcign of Cyrtts and Daritts; and this is
confinncd by comparing the book of Ezra
with thc book of Efdras: for ifin thc boa k
of Ezra you omit rhc íl:ory of Aba fltcr!i.r
and Artaxcr:'(:es, and in rhat of J·,jdrcts
you omit the hmc fiory of AJ'taxcrxcs,
and that of thc tluce wiiC mcn, thc rwo
book<:~

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...
the E R SI A N S. 311
~ooks will agrce : and therefore the book of
bjdras, if yo u except the frory ofthe three
wife men, was onginally copied from au- .
thentic writings ofSacrcd Authority. Now
the frory of Jlrtaxerxes, which, with that
of Ahafoertts, in thc book of Ezra inter-
rupts the íl:ory of Daritts, doth not inter-
ru t it in the book of E[dras, but is there
in erted in ro the íl:ory of Cyrtts, between
the Ifi and 2d chapter of Ezra and all the
reft of the ftory of e rtts, and that of
Darítts, is told in the ook of Efdras in
continua! ordcr, without any interruption:
fo that Daritts which in thc book of Ezra
precedes Ahafiterus and Artaxerxes, and
the 'Darius w hich in thc fa me book follows
rhem, is, by the book of Efdras, one and
the fame 'Darius; and 1 take thc book of
Efdras ro be the befl intcrpreter ofthe book
ofEzra, fo the'DarittS mentioned between
Cyrus and Ahafiterus, is 'Darius Hyflaf-
pú; and therefore Ahafiterzts and Artax-
erxes who fi.¡ccced him, are Xerxes and
.ilrtaxerxes Lo11gímamu; and theJews
\vho carne up from A·rtaxerxes to Jerufo-
!cm, and bcgan to builJ the ciry and the
wall, Ez·ra iv. 13. are Ezra with his com-
r ::mions: which beino·
n
underfl:ood, rhe hi-
íl:ory of rhe yews in the Reign of rhefe
Kings will be as follows.
JÚrer rhc Temple was built, and Darius
1-{y(lajpis \\'~') dcad, rhc cncmies of the
Jc·~<-·J· ia thc bcginnine; of thc Rcign of hi.c;
· · fuccelfor
 fücceífor ..A!.Ja(¡ttTtts or Xerxes, wrore un~
to him an accubrion o.1gainíl: them ; E:::::;r(z
iv. 6. but in rhdeventh year ofhisfucceíTor
Artaxerxes, Ezra and his companions
wcnt tlp from BabyloJt with Ot1crings and
Veffcls for thc Temple, and po\\·er ro bc-
fl:ow on it out of the King's Trcafurc wbat
:íhould be requifitc; Ezra vii. whcncc thc
Temple is faid ro be finifl1cd, according to
tbe comma11dme11t of Cyrus, and Darius,
and Artaxerxes Ki11g of Perfta: Ezra Yi.
14. Thcir commiilion was alfo ro ícr M:tgi-
:fl:rates and Judges o ver the land, and thcrc-
by bccoming a new Bod y Politic, thcy cal-
Icd a great Council or Sanhcdrim to icparatc
the pco le from íl:range wives; and thcy
\V ere al o encouragcd to attempt thc Luild
ing of Jer11fizlem with its wall: and thencc
Ezra hith in his praycr, that God bad ex-
tended mere)' unto them in tbe jight of tbc
Ki11gsojPerfta, a11dgi·vcn them tl r·e·vt·viJ¡g
to jet up tbe hor~(e of tbeir God, fittd to
repair tbe defolatious thercof, a11d to
give tl:em a ff/ AL L itt J udah, ecv·c;t
itt Jcrufalcm. Ezra ix. 9. But w hcn
thcy had bcgun ro rcpair thc w~ll, thcir
encmics wrotc againfl: thcm to /lrtax-
erxrr: Re it k11owu, íay thcy, uuto tbc
Ritt'<,, that tbc ]cwswhicb came
( . ttp jl·rJm
tbce to tts, are cometmto Jcrublcm, úuit-
dillg tbc rebettious mrd tbu bad ot_y,
([Jtd
 o t !Je p E R S I A N S.· 37~
-· .
(/!!d !Jave Jet ttp thf' ~·atls tbere~(, attd
joim:d the fo1t1ulrztions, &c. And the
1\.ing \vrotc back that rhc .fc·:;:.:s ihould
ccak :1nd thc city not b~ bui!t, nntil a110-·
rhcr comm1ndmcnt lllí)Uld he gi\·cn from
him: whcrcnpon rheir cncn1ic' :::_·~'Jtt up to
Jcrub!em, rwd Jil(!de tbcm a~lf' by fartt?
tllld power; Fz¡·a iv. bnr i:1 c:1c rwcn-
ticth ycar of rhc Kin;. A~·f,ti'J11tlh h:.::Jr-
ing rhat rhe Jc-;.;.,·s \\Tn~ tn ~·:rL'lt 2!1-1 ich. ,;¡
awl diihcf._, :1nd rlut rlt1: \1·1!1 of ·-:t,'í·t!··
J

fidcm, rhat \\'all which lud !'CCil 11C\\' :y

rc¡uircd by Ezrtt, -:::..·tLs úrrúf'·-' do·::.:¡¡.
a•.d tf,_· (_}(rates therc!Jf"
j
Últl'li! ·:;.:i//; (irc;
he obt:1inc( !cave of rhc 1\ inl~' w ~:,o :u~<l
1
~ -
huild thc ,:try, and rhc Govcrnor's houk,
J\_.,.ehem. 1. 3· & ii. 6, 8, 17. ~md com-
ing to Jerufolcm thc Úmc ycar, he con-
rinucd nvclvc ycars, ~md built thc w:1ll ;
and bcing oppofcd by Stmbal!ttf, To!naú
aml Gcjhcm, he pcrfiftcd in thc work
"ith grc:1r rcfo{ution ami paticitcc, unril
rhc brcachcs wcre m~1Je up: thcn SmJ-
I){zfht and Gcjbem fCnt mc!Tcngcrs unto
him fivc times to hindcr him from fet-
t ing up thc doors upon thc ga.tcs: bur
notwithfianding he pcrfifl:cd in thc \rork..
until rhc doors wcrc allo fct up: fo th(·
\Llll w~1s f1nilhcd in thc cight anJ twen
ticth ycar of thc King, J(}JZ'Jb. AtJtic¡.
l. xi. e 5'. in rhc fi \'C ;md rwemierh
J:l. y
374-
day of the monrh Elttl, or fixth month,
in fifry and two days after the breaches
were made up, and rhey began ro work
upon the gares. While the timber for the
gares was preparing _and feafonin , they
made up the breaches of the wal ; both
wcre \Yorks of time, and are not jointly
to be reckoncd within 52. days: this is
the time of rhe laíl: work of the wall, the
\vork of fetüng up rhc gates after the tim~
ber wasfc:úoncd and thc brcachcs made up.
When he had fer up the gates, he dcdicated
the wall with great íolcmniry, and appoin-
tcd Officcrs ovcr the chambcrs for tbc
Treajitre, for the Ojferút:gs, for the
Firji-Frttits, a1td for the Tztbes, lo ga-
tber into them out ~f the fields of the
citie.r, the portions appoi1tted by the law
for the Priejts and Levites; a1td the
Singers a11d tbe Porters kr:pt the word
of tbeirGod; Nchem. xii. but the peopte
i;J the city were but few, aud the hott-
fes -:L'ere u11built: Nehem. vii. 1, 4· and
in tbis condition he lcft Jerufalem in thc
3 2d year of the King; and aftcr f()me time
:returnin back from the King, he refor-
med fue abuics as had bcen committcd
in his abfence. Nebem. xiii. In the mean
time, thc Gcncalogics of thc Pricíl:s and
Lcvires were recordcd in thc book of the
Chro1Jicles, in thc days of Etiajbib, Joi-
. adab,
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o the E R. S 1 A N S. 375
adah, ']onatha1t, and ']addtta, until the
Reign of rhe nexr King Daritts No-
tbtts, whom Nehemiab calls Dariu..r the
Per(iaJt: Nehem. xii. 11, 22, 23. whence
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ir follows rhar Nebt!miah was Governor

of rhc Jews until thc Reign of Darius
Nothtts. And hcrc cnds thc flcred Hiftory
of rhe ]_ews.
Thc hifiorics of thc Per(ta11s now ex-
t:mt in thc Eaft, n:preícnt rhat the old-
(idl: Dynafticc; of rhc Kings of Perfia.
were thoíe whom thcy call Pifibdadi-
tll!s and Kllia1litles, and thar thc Dynafly
of rhe K airmides immediately fl.ICcecdcd
that of thc 'P ifi:hdadtaJts. Thcy derive
the name I<airmides from rhe word I<ai,
which, they fay, in thc old Perjimt bn-
guagc fign;fied a Gi:mt or great King ;
and they call rhc firíl: four Kings of this
Dynafl:y, Kai-Cobad, ](ai-Ccuts, Kai-
Cofrocs, and Loborajp, and by LohorafP
mean Kai-Axcres, or Cyaxeres: for thcy
íay that Lohorajp was the firíl: of their
Kings who rcd11ced thcir armies to aood
ordcr and dikipline, and flerodottts a rms
rhe hmc thing of C)'axeres: and they
C1y furthcr, that Loborafp went eaíl:-
\\"ard, and conqucr~d many Provinces of
Pcrfía, and rhat onc of his Generals,
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whom rhc Hcbrews call NebuchadtJez-

zar, thc Jlrabúm.r BocktaHaffar, and
others
376 O the Em ·ire
othcrs Raham and Gttdar.r, wcnt wc{[~
ward, and conqucrcd ::dl S)ria, and Jtt-
dtt'a, and took the city of 7tntjaicm,
:J.mi JdlroycJ ir: thcy fCcm to call JVe-
bttc/;ad1lezzar rhc GcncrJ.I of LohorafP,
bccauiC he afTifl:cd him in fome of his
wars. Thc fifrh King of this Dynafl:y,
they call k)j2'/;tajp, and by this name
mc:ln fomctimcs Dari?ts ldcdus, and
iomctimc') Darius 1-{yjlafpes: for thcy
hy t_!ut he \LlS contcmpor:lry ro,... Ozair
or .l!.zra, ~1nJ to .Larad!!JI or Zoroajl-
-rcs, thc LcLlifhtor of thc G/;cbers or
L)

firC-\\·orfhippers, and. cíhb!ifhcd his doét-

rincs throughout ~..11 PnJút; ::tnd bcrc
tbcy take him for D.1rius ll}jla[pes:
rhcy hy alfo that he \Lls conrcmpoLu-y
ro Jeremia/;, ::md to Drm id, and tlur
J1c \LI.Srhc ion ami fúccdTor of Lobo-
t·ajp, and l1crc rhcy ukc him t(H Dari-
tts thc lv!ede. Thc íixth 1\.ing of thc
1\..aiaNides, rhcy c:1ll Bahama11, :1nd tcll
n,;; tlut Baúama;t wa'> .ilrdfd.úr Diraz..
tlut is Auaxerxes Lo11g úna!ln.r, fo c;Il-
lcd from thc grcat cxtcnt of ht-; powcr :
and yct thcy üy rhat Ba/)(wum wcnt
wcfl:ward into .111cflpotamia and Syria,
and COilllucrcd Beljhazzar thc J(m of ]\.,.e-
lmchad¡¡czzar, and :->aavc thc Kingdom to
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Cvrus
- his Licntcnant-G en eral o ver 111c-
di a; and hcre t bcv . takc Brtbmnmt f()r
Da-

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'Darius Afedus. Next aftcr Ardfcbir·
7Jiraz, they place Homai a Quccn, the
mother of Daritu I:t."'othus, tho' really
1hc did not reign: and rhc nvo ncxt and
lail Kings of thc 1\aianides, thcy call
Darab thc bafl:ard fon of /lrdfi·hir Di-
raz, and Darab who \Ll" conqucrcd by
A[ca?tder Roumi, that i.s Darilts No-
thttJ', and DariJ(s \\' ho was conqucred
by Alexandcr thc Greck: and thc Kinas
bctwecn thefc two Daritu's they omi~,
a'> they do allo ()1'!!s, Cambxfts, and
Xerxes. Thc Dynafl:y of thc R aia-
?Jides, was rhcrctorc thar of thc Medes
aud Perjia11s, bcginning with thc de-
fcétion ofthc .Afedes from the /I(J)'rialts, ia
the cnd of thc Rcign of Scm;acberib,
and cnding with the conqucfl: of Perjia
by .Alexatider thc Grcat. But thcir ac-
<.:ount of this Dyna11:y is vcry irn crfcét,
1iJmc K ingc; bcing omittcd, and or crs bc-
ing confounded with onc anorhcr: and
thcir Chronology of tbis Dynafi:y is fiill
wor1e; for to rhc firfl: King rhey affign
a. Rcigu of 120 ycars, to the fccond
a Rcign of 1 ;o ycars, to thc third a
Rcign of 6o ycars, to thc tourth a Rcign
of n.o ycars, ro thc fifth as much, and
JtO the fixth a Rcign of 1 1 2.. ycars.
This Dynafl:y bcing rhc Monarchy
of rhe Medes an<l Perft'altJ· ; rhc Dy-
nafl:y of the 1_.Jiflbdadimu which imme-
diarely preceded ir, rnufl be that of thc
no ~Uy~

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· AJ[yrim1s: and according to the orien~
tal hifiorians this was the oldefl: Küw-

vino- a thoufand years a-piccc, and onc of

rhcfn reigning fivc hund.rcd ycars, ano-
thcr fcven hundrcd ycars, and anorhcr a
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thoufaad ycars .
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W e nccd not thcn wondcr, rhar the
Egyptiat?s luvc maJe the Kings in thc
ñrft Dynaf1y of thcir 1\1onarchy, tlur
\Vhich was fcJ.tcd :1t Tlxbes in thc days
of Da:r..:id, So!omo-1!, and Re/Jobottm, ío
vcry :.mcicnt and fo long livcd; flncc thc
Perficws havc done thc likc ro rhcir
Kings', who begau ro reign in AJl)'rirt,
two hundrcd yc:us afrcr the dcarh of
Solomo11; and thc S;·rúws of Dll?Jltlfcus
havc done the like ro rheir Kings .Adm·
and Hazael, who reigned an hundred
ycars aftcr che dcath of Solomoíl, wo¡·-
jbi¡pi11g tbem as Gods, a;¡d boaj/i¡¡~
their a¡ztjquit)', and ttot kTto-:;:_·j¡¡ , bitÍ'.
Jofephus, tbat tbey 1.i?Hre bttt 1110 o·¡¡_
AnJ ~vhilíl: all rhcfc nations h:.wc m:.Jg-
nificd their Antiquirics io cxcccdin~ly.
wc necd nor wondcr that the Gneks Jnd
Lrztines havc made thcir fidl: K.ings ;l lir
tlc oldcr than the truth.