Executioners of his dark Designs Rulers of the darkness of this world Eph. 6. 12. V. 384. Son and Grandchild both Death because by Satan begot on his fair inchanting Daughter Sin according to the description Bo. 2. v. 817. Dear Daughter since thou claim'st me for thy Sire And my fair Son here shew'st me c. V. 387. Satan Antagâ—nist c. See Bo. 1. v. 82. and Bo. 2. v. 510. V. 393. Of easie Thorough fare Easie to be pass'd through Of Fare Vaeren Belg. to go over to pass Continent Bo. 3. v. 423. Triumphal Triumphalis Lat. belonging to a Triumph Bo. 1. v. 123. V. 402. Make sure the Thrall Be sure to make him the Slave Thrall Bo. 1. v. 149. V. 404. Plâ—nipotent on Earth Appoint you my Plenipotentiaries on Earth constitute you my Substitutes endued with full Power and Authority over the Earth and all its forfeited Inhabitants Slaves to Sin and Death Plenipotent of Plenus Lat. full and Potens Lat. Powerful A Title given to Persons sent with full Power to conclude a Treaty or to adjust all Differences between reconciled Kings and States Substitutes Bo. 8. v. 381. V. 405. Issuing from me Matchless indeed for might for the best of Mankind are often overcome by seducing Sin and all at last conquered by Death irresistible Issuing Issant Fr. proceeding from Of Issir Fr. to flow from V. 409. No Detriment need fear Need apprehend no Harm or Hindrance according to the Charge given to the Roman Consul Ut videret ne quid Respublica detrimenti caperet Detriment Detrimentum Lat. harm loss hurt V. 413. Planets Planet-strook c. The affrighted Stars look'd pale and the dim Planets blasted really lost much of their faded Lustre Planets Bo. 3. v. 481. Planet-strook 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. Sideratus Lat. blasted Real Eclipse then suffered for the usual Eclipses of the Sun Moon c. seem only to bereave and rob them of their Light which by the interposition of some Opaque Body is hinder'd from descending on us Eclipse Bo. 1. v. 597. V. 415. The Causey Chaussée Fr. Calzata Ital. a way made over a boggy infirm Ground of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. a Flint with which it is made firm V. 416. Disparted Chaos c. The dark Abyss divided by the Bridge built over it on both sides roar'd Disparted Dispartitus Lat. divided in two Of Dis Lat. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. twice and Partire Lat. to divide Exclaim'd of Exclamare Lat. to cry aloud Rebounding Bo. 1. v. 788. Assail'd assaulted the Barricado which mock'd its impotent Anger scorn'd its infirm Fury Of Assaillir Fr. Assalire Ital. to leap upon of the Lat. Assilire V. 425. Of Lucifer by allusion to Satan paragon'd Of Satan styled Lucifer his bright Station in the Realms of Light resembling nearest that illustrious Star that leads Heaven's illustrious Herd His Count'nance as the Morning Star that guides The Starry Flock allur'd them Bo. v. v. 708. Pandaemonium Bo. 1. v. 756. Allusion likeness of Alludere Lat. to resemble Paragon'd of Paragonner Fr. to be equal to to be like of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Juxta and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Certamen An exact Idea or Likeness of a thing able to contest with the Original V. 431. From his Russian Foe by Astracan As when the wild Tartar retreats from his Muscâ—vian Enemy over the Snowy Plains by Astracan Russian of Russia Muscovy called generally Black to distinguish it from that Province called Red Russia and Ruthenia belonging to the Poles a vast Country in the North-East part of Europe anciently Sarmatia Europaea now by the Inhabitants Rutz separated from the Crim Tartars Southward by the Tanais Minor now the River Donetz Tartar Bo. 3. v. 432. Astracan is a considerable part of the Muscovian Czar's Dominion formerly a Tartarian Kingdom with a Capital City of the same Name near the Mouth of the River Wolga at its fall into the Caspian Sea V. 433. Or Bactrian Sophi Or the Persian Emperor named Bactrian of Bactria now Corasan one of the greatest and richest Provinces of Persia lying near the Caspian Sea The Kings of Persia are called Sophies or Shaughs of Ishmael Sophie Son of Guine Sophie the Chief of their Seventh Race of Kings V. 434. Turkish Crescent From their Turkish Enemies who bear the Horned Moon the Cressent in their Ensigns The Croissant of Crescere to encrease is the Turkish Arms first born as Justus Lipsius thinks by Mahomet the Great at the taking of Constantinople Ut signum victae Gentis penes quam Orientis imperium esset But GOD be praised this Turkish Moon is waning into a Decrease V. 435. The Realm of Aladule The Greater Armenia called by the Turks under whom the greatest part of it is Aladule of its last King Aladules slain by Selymus the First V. 436. To Tauris or Casbeen Tauris Tabresium Tauresium and by the Inhabitants Tebris is a great City in the Kingdom of Persia in the Province of Aderbuitzan now called Ecbatana â—ounded as the Persians boast in the Year of our Lord 786. Sometimes in the hands of the Turks but an 1603. retaken by Abas King of Persia. Casbeen Caswin Casbinum one of the greatest Cities of Persia in the Province of Ayrach formerly Parthia towards the Caspâ—an Sea where the Persian Monarchs made their Residence after the loss of Tauris from which it is distant 65 German Miles to the South-East V. 442. Plebcian Angel Militant Seeming one of the ordinary Angelic Bands Plebeius Lat. common ordinary of Plebs Lat. the common People Militant Militans Lat. Warfaring of Militare Lat. to serve as a Soldier V. 444. Of that Plutonian Hall Of that Hellish Hall Plutonian of Pluto the Brother of Jupiter and Neptune and Governor of Hell of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. Riches because Hell was supposed to be in the Bowels of the Earth from whose Mines Riches Gold and Silver were dug where the inordinate and wicked Purchase and pursuit of which has with Millions of mistaken Wretches Peopled that dark Dominion V. 446. Of richest Texture Which was placed under a Canopy of State richly wrought Texture Textura Lat. weaving V. 449. Fulgent Head His shining Head and Shape Star-bright as described V. 425. Fulgens Lat. shining False Glitter false fading Light like that of Counterfeit Jewels of Glitzern Belg. to shine V. 457. Rais'd from their dark Divan Rising from their Infernal Council-chamber well liken'd to the Turkish Divan where their most secret Councils assemble V. 458. Congratulant Rejoycing at his happy Return Congratulans Lat. of Congratulari Lat. to rejoyce with Acclaim Bo. 2. v. 521. V. 471. Voyag'd th' unreal Deep Travel'd o'er the empty uncreated Deep of dire Confusion Unreal Unessential contrary to Creation void of Being The Void Profound of Unessential Night Bo. 2. v. 439. V. 474. To expedite c. To make the glorious March more easie of Expedire Lat. to forward to speed Uncounth Bo. 2. v. 408. V. 476.
good Harbour on the Red Sea the ancient North-East Boundary of the Abyssine Empire V. 399. Mombaza and Quiloa and Melind Mombaza Monbaccia is a very great City in Affrica Capital of the Kingdom of the same Name in Zanguelar a Province of the Lower Ethiopia has a good Haven in the Eastern Ocean Quiloa Queillo a City in an Island giving Name to a Kingdom on the Eastern Shore of Africa between Mosambique and Melind South of Quiloa 150 Leagues Melind a City in Africa in the aforesaid Province The Kings of these are called Maritim of Maritimus Lat. belonging to the Sea because their little Dominions lay on the Ethiopic Ocean V. 400. Sofala thought Ophir Sofala or Zofala is a little Kingdom of Africa in the Lower Ethiopia in the Country of Cafraria towards the Ethiopic Ocean taking its Name of Sofala a strong City in the Borders of Zanguebara 50 miles from which there are rich Mines of Gold called the Mines of Manica Sofala by Purchas and others was mistaken for Ophir to which Salomon sent for Gold c. 1 King 9. 28. V. 401. Of Congo and Angola Congo is a little Kingdom on the Western Shoar of Africa in a very fruitful Soil South of which is Angola such another fertile and petty Realm and with divers others formerly made the Kingdom of Congo much harrass'd by the Portugueses V. 402. Niger Flood Niger or Nigir the greatest River of Africa arising out of a Lake of the same Name in the Upper Ethiopia It divides Nigritia into two parts whose Fertility is heighten'd by the Annual overflowing of this River 40 days as Heylin De Terrâ Nigritarum it runs into the Atlantic Ocean at six great Outlets At'as Bo. 4. v. 986. The Poet seems to mean At'as Minor now Errif parting the Kingdom of Fez from that of Morocco V. 403. Fez and Sus The Kingdom of Fez is in the West of Barbary in Africa bounded Northward by the Streights of Gibraltar and the Meaiterranean on the West by the Altantic Ocean South by the Kingdom of Morocco and East by that of Algier Sus Susa another African Kingdom so named of Sus its principal River V. 404. Marocco Algiers and Tremisen Marocco Marochium a Kingdom of the Moors in Barbary 90 miles from Fez to which the Royal Seat and the ancient Glory of its chief City is removed Tremisen Tremisa a Kingdom and a great City of Barbary Algiers a City and Commonwealth of Africa on the Borders of Barbary on the Mediterranean Sea over-against Minorca too well known by its Piracies These are said to have been the Kingdoms of Almansor the famous Moor Heroised by Mr. Dryden V. 405. Europe Bo. 10. v. 310. Rome Bo. 9. v. 671. Maxima rerum Roma AEn 7. V. 406. Mexico of Montezume Mexico Mexicum a rich Kingdom of North America whose Capital City is of the same name and seated in a Lake so called also The unhappy Montezuma the Second was King of it when Francis Cortez the Spanish General overcame him in the year 1521. Adam is said perhaps to have seen this in Spirit because it lay not within the compass of the Earth's Hemisphere nor within his Prospect as to the Site of the highest Mount of Paradise on which our Poet had placed him V. 408. Cusco in Peru Peruvia is a vast Country in South America rich in Gold and Silver Mines whose Royal City Cusco was at the Conquest of the Spaniards since depopulated and ruinous V. 409. Atabalipa and Guascar Were the Sons of Guaimacapa the happiest Peruvian King who extended his Empire to the vast Bounds it now has for which his Sons being at strife Francisco Pizarro a Spaniard of as base Conditions as Birth parted 'em by killing the first and taking the other Prisoners whom after he had ransom'd himself with a House full of refined Gold and Silver the Ignoble Hogherd murder'd V. 410. And yet unspoil'd Guiana And yet unrifled Guiana It is a large Country in South America directly under the Equinoctial Line the most fruitful part of Peru. Unspoil'd Inspoliatus Lat. unrob'd Ibid. Geryon's Sons The Spaniards For Geryon was King of Catalonia and a celebrated Hero Fabled to have had three Bodies because he commanded Majorca Minorca and Ebusa three Islands adjacent to Spain or of the unexampled Concord of his three Sons Gerunda a City of Catalonia is said to have been built and named by him He was overcome and spoil'd of his Herds by Hercules Nam maximus ultor Tergemini nece Geryonis spoliisque superbus Alcides aderat Taurosque hà c victor ageba◠Ingentes AEn 8. V. 411. Eldorado Otherwise Mancoa the greatest City of South America if not of the World Diego Ordas one of Cortez's Companions is said to have entred it at Noon and travel'd all the next day till night before he came to the King's Palace where he saw such abundance of Gold in Coin Plate Armour and other Utenfils that the Spaniards gave it the gawdy name of Eldorado the Golden City V. 412. The Film remov'd Remov'd the Mist from Adam's Eyes c. So Pallas cleared up Diomedes his Eye-sight 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Imitated by Virgil Aspice namque omnem quae nunc obducta tuenti Mortales hebetat visus tibi humida circum Caligat nubem eripiam AEn 2. Film is a thin white Skin or Membrane growing over the Eye-sight Of Velamen Lat. any thing that hides as if Vilm V. 414. Purg'd with Euphrasie and Rue c. Cleared the Organs of his Sight with Rue and Eyebright Enphrasie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. the Herb Eyebright so named of its clearing Virtue Rue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. an Herb whose warmth renders it Corrosive Visual Bo. 3. v. 620. Nerve Nervus Lat. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. Instill'd drop'd into it of Instillare Lat. V. 417. These Ingredients Ingredients are called such Things as are mixed or blended together to make a Medicine or other sort of Composition Ingredientes Lat. as going into one another by the mixture V. 418. Of mental Sight To the Eyes of his Understanding to his Mind the inmost Seat of his Soul Mental Mentalis Lat. of Mens Lat. the Mind Intranst Bo. 1. v. 301. V. 426. Nor with the Snake conspired Nor agreed with the Devil nor consented to the tempting Serpent Of Conspirare Lat. to agree with V. 430. Part arable and tilth Part of which was plowed and sowed Arable Arabilis Lat. of Arare Lat. to Plow Tilth Till'd of Tilian Sax to dress to manure Ground V. 433. Rustic of Grassy Sord A plain Altar raised of Grassy Turf Rustic Rusticus Lat. clownish of Rus Lat. the Country whence Alá Rustique Fr. homely Draughts or Representations of Country Affairs Sord perhaps misprinted for Sod Turf of the Belg. Sode Ital. Terra Soda of Solidum or Solum Lat. But if there be any such word as Sord for dried Earth it must be a derivative of Swart Belg. black from its
excitatas ait ipsumque diem Lampada appellatum In Homil. de Nat. St. Joann In this sense Ahaz made his Son to go through the Fire 2 Kings 16. 3. V. 396. Grim Idol Ugly cruel Grimm Ger. Anger which distorts the Countenance and disorders it hence the Fr. Grimace for an ugly or ridiculous Face Ibid. Him the Ammonitâ— The Ammonites were descended from Lot by his youngest Daughter Gen. 19. 38. who called her Son 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Son of my People 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifying a Nation The worshipping this detestable Deity Moloch is called The Abomination of the Children of Ammon 1 Kings 11. 7. V. 397. Worshipt in Rabba A City beyond Jordan belonging to the Ammonites and Capital of their Kingdom besieged by Joab and taken by David before whose Walls Uriah was slain 2 Sam. Chap. 11. and 12. Her Plains are styled Watry from the many Springs and Brooks that gave Rabba the Name of The City of Waters 2 Sam. 12. 27. V. 398. Argob Was a Country part of the Dominion of Og King of Basan Deut. 3. 3 4. Jair Son of Manasseh took this Country to whose half Tribe it was allotted for a Possession Deut. 3. 13 and 14. Ibid. Basan Was all that Country under the Command of Og the last King thereof lying beyond Jordan from the River Arnon to Mount Hermon given in Allotment to the Reubenites Gadites and the half Tribe of Manasseh Deut. 3. 12 13. V. 399. Utmost Arnon A River beyond Jordan in the Country of the Ammonites being the farthest part Eastward possest by the Children of Israel therefore called utmost outermost as their Boundary on that side V. 400. Audacious Neighbourhood Nor was Moloch satisfied by being so bold a Neighbour to the True God as to invade the Land of Promise and to be worshipp'd in the borders of his Kingdom among the Idolatrous Ammonites but he seduced even Solomon himself to build him a Temple just o'er against God's Holy Temple at Jerusalem on that scandalous Hill c. Audax Lat. bold daring V. 401. Of Solomon The Son of David by Bathsheba 2 Sam. 12. 24. so named of God by Nathan the Prophet famous for his extraordinary Wisdom granted him by God 1 Kings 3. 12. and 1 Kings 4. 29. to the end V. 403. On that Opprobrious Hill Where Moloch's Temple was erected in the Valley of Minnom South East of Jerusalem by King Solomon 1 Kings 11. 7. to please and gratifie his Idolatrous Wives The Hill is deservedly called Opprobrious from the scandal which it gave not only to the People of God but to the Jealous God of his and their Fathers Opprobriosus Lat. repro chful V. 404. Valley of Hinnom This is sometime called the Valley of Benhinnom 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is the Vale of the Children of Hinnom an usual Hebraism Jer. 7. 31. in which the Grove of Moloch stood Throughout the Sacred Text where-ever Idolatry is either reproved punish'd or abolish'd mention is made of Groves 2 Chron. 24. 18. They left the House of the Lord God of their Fathers and served Groves and Idols So 2 Chron. 14. 3. the planting of Groves near God's Altar was positively forbid Deut. 16. 21. as being a part of the Gentile Superstition Ingens ara fuit juxtaque veterrima Laurus Incumbens arae atque umbrâ complexa Penates AEn 11. Ibid. Tophet 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. a Drum the Name opprobriously and by way of detestation of the Grove where Moloch's Temple stood because they made use of many of those loud and noiseful Instruments to drown the dismal Outcries and Groans which proceeded from those cruel Sacrifices Jer. 7. 31 and 32. V. 405. Black Gehenna call'd Hell it self from its dismal Flames This Valley of Hinnon some fetch from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to roar to cry out through excessive torment It lay South-East of Jerusalem Josh. 15. 8. where Tophet stood 2 Kings 23. 10. From the Burnt sacrifices of Infants and the horrid Groans and Outcries of Human Holocausts Hell the Seat of Eternal Punishment and Penal Fire was named Gehenna read Isai. 30. 33. and our blessed Saviour himself so applies it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Matth. 18. 9. Type the Image the Resemblance of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. the Form or Likeness V. 406. Chemos the Idol of Moab Jer. 47. 7 and 13. from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to hide 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 says Philo Judae both importing a behaviour fit to be concealed Origen who search'd the Hebrew Authors confesseth he could find no other account of this Chemos and Peor which are the same but that it was Idolum Turpitudinis St. Hierom on the 9 Chapter of Hosea likens it to Priapus whose Lascivious Deity was worshipp'd by shameful Prostitutions And indeed in Numb 25. 1 Kings 15. 2 Chron. 15. 16. and in all other Texts of Holy Writ where mention is made of this abominable Idol his Worship is attended with and exprest by all the Lustful and Wanton Enjoyments imaginable Of the same Opinion is our Milton who therefore styleâ— Chemos the Oâ—scene Dread of the Moabiâ—es and his Rites Wanton ' But our Learned Selden disagrees and not without sufficient Reason on his side for Idolatry throughout the Old Testament is every where exprost by going a Whoring after strange Gods and by Lust and Abominations as is sufficiently evident Ezek. 23. The Whoredoms which the Israelites committed with the Daughters of Moab cannot be proved to have been any part of the Idolatrous Rites performed in Worshipping this their God but rather the Allurements and Rewards these fair Idolatresses bestow'd on their Admirers by which they ensnared them to bow down before their senseless Deities and to provoke the Living God Read Numb 25. Ibid. The Obscene Dread The filthy Fear the lustful Deity the beastly lascivious God of the Moabites Dread for Deity Primus in orbe deos fecit timor And Ovid speaking of Styx so much reverenced of all that swore by it Stygii quoque conscia sunto Numina torrentis timor deus ille deorum Met. Lib. 3. Obscaenus Lat. unclean unchaste abominable Moab the Father of the Moabites was the Son of Lot by his eldest Daughter Gen. 19. 37. V. 407. From Aroar to Nebo The first a City West of the later a Hill East of the Promised Land whence Moses took his prospect of it Deut. 34. 1. V. 408. Of Southmost Abarim Mountains of Moab bordering on the Desart Southward and therefore wild a Wilderness not far from Mount Nebo Numb 33. 47. V. 409. In Hesebon and Horonaim c. Chief Cities of Seon King of the Amorites from whence he had driven out the Moabites Numb 21. 26. Jerem. 48. 3 4 and 5. V. 410. The Flow'ry Dale of Sibma The Fruitful Vale Dale of the Dan. Dall the Germ. Thall all of Vallis Lat. which seems to spring of the Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to be green to abound and flourish as Valleys
do that are generally more fruitful than the Hills Sibma A City in the Vale of Moab famous for Vineyards O Vine of Sibma I will weep for thee Jerem. 48. 32. V. 411. Eleale Another City of the Moabites rebuilt by the Reubenites Numb 32. 37. Ibid. Th' Asphaltick Pool The Lake Asphaltites so named of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Bitumen there gathered in great quantities It is a black thick Pitchy Consistence sometimes used in Lamps of the Nature of Brimstone This Pool is often in Scripture called the Sea of the Plain Deut. 3. 27. and the Sea of Sodom of its Neighbourhood thereunto also the Dead Sea because no living Creature is or can live there or from its thickness as being unmoveable by the Wind. It is 32 English Miles long and 10 broad and like the Caspian Sea has no Outlet It lies to the Southward of the Desarts of Moab and in it the famous River Jordan loseth it self See Tacitus Lib. 5. Pag. 618. Ibid. Pool Properly a standing Water of the Belg. Poel from Palus Lat. Stagnum as that perhaps of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mud. V. 412. PEOR his other Name and more usual than Chemos which seems to be given this Idol by the Prophet Jeremiah by way of disgrace Chap. 48. 7 and 13. The Sacred Text often styles him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Baal-Peor and the LXX 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Lord of Peor a Mountain in the Territories of Moab beyond Jordan where he was worshipp'd even by the Israelites enticed thereunto by the Beauty and Embraces of the wanton Midianites Read Numb 25. 1 2 and 3. where by the Peoples eating and bowing down Moses means the Sacrifices and Feasts the Heathens made to the Infernal Gods for their dead Friends and Relatives which is evident They joyned themselves to Paal-Peor and did eat the Offerings of the dead Psal. 106. 28. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Apoâ—â—in V. 413. In Sittim The last encamping place of the Israelites under Moses in the Pâ—ains of Moab whence came the Wood of which the Ark was made Numb 33. 49. Ibid. From Nile From Egypt of which this is often called the River Nilus Lat. is a vast River in Africa it had formerly seven Outlets Septemplicis Ostia Nili now reduced to four which run into the Mediterranean Sea on it the Fertility of Egypt depended Gurgite septeno rapidus mare summovet â—mnis Terra suis contenta bonis non indiga mercis Aut Jovis in solo tanta est fiducia Nilo Luc. 8. V. 415. His Lustful Orgies His Lascivious and Wanton Feasts he extended even from Egypt as far as Jerusalem 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Feasts and Sacrifices of the Drunken God Bacchus celebrated every three Years from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. Anger because his Proselytes cloathed in Skins of Tigers and Panthers danced about expressing the Fury of this God who is reported in the shape of a Lyon to have torn the first Giant that assaulted Heaven in pieces Others fetch the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from the Mountains the Heathenish Sacrifices being usually made in High Places 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Theoc. Idul 27. Nocturnique Orgia Bacchi Geo. 4. And Ubi audito stimulant Trieterica Baccho Orgia AEn 4. V. 416. Even to that Hill of Scandal This Hill was East of the Temple at Jerusalem something higher than that Opprobrious Hill where Moloch's Idol-Edifice stood termed Scandalous for the same Reason that the other was call'd Opprobrious And at Verse 443. Th' Offensive Mountain from Scandalum Lat. an Offence or a cause of Offence these were both built by Solomon as appears from 1 Kings 11. 7. And 2 Kings 23. 13. it is said to stand on the Mountain of Corruption in which Chapter there is a large account how the good King Josiah Son of Amâ—n by Jedidah drove these daring Monsters from Jerusalem to Hell V. 417. Homicide Manslayer Murderer of Mankind of Homicida Lat. from Homo a Man and Caedes Slaughter a fit Epither for the Devil the designing Destroyer of all Mankind V. 420. Of old Euphrates now Aferat and by the Arabians call'd Frat is one of the most Celebrated Rivers in the World springing from the Mountains of Armenia Major washing Mesopotamia on the West and South and dividing it from Syria and Arabia Deserta hence by our Poet rightly styled The Bordering Flood It joyns with the Tygris and with it loseth it self in the Persian Gulph Well may this River pass for old since remembred so long ago in the History of the Creation by Moses Gen. 2. 14. compared with whom these are Neotericks that speak of him as Virg. Caesar dum Magnus ad altum Fulminat Euphratem Bello Geor. 4. And Ovid Arsit Euphrates Babylonicus Met. 2. Ibid. To the Brook that parts Some Anonymous River such as Fuller mentions crossing the Desart of Shur and calls a River of Egypt near Rinocolaura entring the Mediterranean See his Map of Symeon Pag. 227. V. 421. Egypt AEgyptus so named of one of its ancient Kings is by the Turks its present Masters call'd Misir retaining something of the Hebrew Misraim It is the most ancient and most fruitful Kingdom of Africa the famous Nile runs the whole length of it and annually overflowing it in the Month of June extreamly enricheth it Ibid. From Syrian Ground From Syria a vast Country in the greater Asia containing Phoenicia Palestina and Syria properly so called V. 422. Of Baalim 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Plur. of Baal By this Idol whose Name expresseth Lord the Sydonians and many other Nations worshipp'd the Sun the seeming Supreme Visible Lord of the Universe Now Baalim is here put for the other Luminous Stars in general as is evident from 2 Chron. 30. 3. He reared up Altars to Baalim and made Groves and worshipp'd all the Host of Heaven Hence Plato derives 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 God from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to run the Grecians as well as the Phoenicians having worshipp'd for Gods the Sun Moon and Stars whose motions are strange and unaccountable Ibid. Ashtaroth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Plur. Hebrew for Herds Flocks Kimchi tells us it was the Name of certain Images in the shape of Sheep which the Sydonians adored as Goddesses But doubtless the Holy Writ does by this word express the Host of Heaven Judg. 11. 13. Judge 10. 6. They forsook the Lord and served Baal and Ashtaroth Baalim was expressive of those more mighty and vigorous Stars and Constellations that govern'd Men as Ashtaroth signified the more weak and Feminine which influenced the She-Sex as our Author well observes Male belonging to Men from Mas Lat. V. 423. These Feminine Belonging to Women Foeminius Lat. V. 424. Can either Sex assume Can take upon themselves which Sex they please Sexus Lat. kind Assumere Lat. to take to or upon ones self V. 425. Uncompounded Simple not mixt and made up of divers and different things
Engagement of the Gods 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 V. 579. And what resounds Makes so much Noise in Stories and Romances of the Lat. resonare to sound or ring again V. 580. Or Romance The German Nations who overthrew the Western Empire did for a long time retain their ancient Language which at last began to be intermixt with that of their Subjects and Larded with Latin words which they call'd the Roman Language to distinguish it from their own In this corruptly mixt Latin Language many Military Love-Stories were writ by the Romans whence they took the Name of Romances in this kind of writing but in their own Language the French are very frequent Ibid. Uther's Son Of Ether Welth for Admirable a King of the Britains or as if 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Happy-Hunter Uther and Arthur and all their Descendants though they gave Noble Subjects for the Histories of the Ages they lived in yet by the gross Ignorance that over-spread those times there is nothing transmitted to us but what is foolishly fabulous and fantastick V. 581. Begirt with British and Armorick Knights Surrounded encompass'd with English and French Men of Mars British of Britain Armorick of Bretagne in France formerly called Aremorica conquer'd by the Britains under Maximus Anno 389. Vicit Aremoricas animosa Britannia Gentes Et dedit imposito nomina prisca Jugo V. 582. Baptiz'd or Infidel Christians or Unbelievers Heathens Baptized of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to dip or plunge in Water as the manner was of St. John's Baptism in Jordan Infidel Infidelis Lat. one that does not believe in the Messias our blessed Saviour Jesus Christ. V. 583. Jousted in Aspramont or Montalban Ran a Tilt of the Fr. Juster to encounter on Horseback armed with a Launce an Exercise frequent and famous in former Ages Aspramoâ—t and Montalban Romantick Names of Mons Asper Lat. a Rough Rock and Mons Albanus perhaps Montanban a City of France in the Connes of Aquitaine V. 584. Damasco Damâ—scus of which see V. 468. Ibid. Marocco A City and Kingdom in Affrica a considerable part of Mauritania Tingitaâ—a extended along the Atlantick Ocean This before Fez became the Capital was one of the greatest Cities in the World Ibid. Trebisond Trabisonde Trapezus the Capital City of Capadocia in the lesser Asia near the Euxine Sea having a large and secure Haven taken by Mahomet the Second Emperour of the Turks in the Year 1460. V. 585. Whom Biserta sent from Affrick The Saracens Biserta the Modern Name for Utica a City of the Kingdom of Tunis in Affrica famous for the Sirname it gave to the Immortal Cato Uticensis who here kill'd himself From this Country the Saracens expell'd the Romans Afric Lat. Africa is one of the four Principal Parts of the Earth bounded on the North by the Midland Sea on the West and South by the Ocean Eastward by the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulph joyned to Asia by a small Neck of Land of 60 Miles long It has its Name from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cold because there is little or none in that Climate V. 586. When Charlemain c. Charlemain or Carolus Magnus was King of France and Emperour of Germany who about the Year 800. undertook a War against the Saracens in Spain where Aigoland Bellingan Marsiles and Idnabala had erected several petty Kingdoms these joyned against Charlemain who in his Royal Army had with him Milon Count of Angiers his Brother-in Law Roâ—land his Nephew Renaud of Montauban Roger the Dane Arnold of Belland c. famous Warriours Subjects of the French fabulous Romances who in that Illiterate Age confounded their Story and cover'd it with much Confusion and Obscurity Aigoland one of these Saracen Kings light upon Milen so advantagiously about Bayon that he cut him and 40000 French Men in pieces entered Gâ—scony and besieged Agen. At another time Bellingand â—lew Rowland and defeated a considerable Army And though this War lasted 14 Years I can no where find that this Emperour was killed by 'em but that by degrees he Master'd them dying peaceably in the Year 814 and lieth buried at Aix la Chapella Ibid. With all his Peerage With all his Nobility Peerage the Priviledge of being a Peâ—r or Nobleman V. 587. By Fontarabbiâ— called by the Spaniard Fuentarabia Fâ—ns Râ—pâ—dus or Flâ—entum rapidum a very strong Town in Biscay in Spain seated on the Shore of that Bay at high-Water surrounded by the Sea and so fortified that at the lowest Ebb not easily to be attempted Charles the Fifth added much to its Strength and call'd it his Pillow V. 588. These beyond compare of Mortal Prowess These Warriour-Angels did as far exceed all Mankind in point of Power and Courage as all the Heroes of old Greece or Troy c. are above the Comparison of Pigmies encountring Cranes Mortal Prowess Human Courage of the Fr. Proiiessc He above the rest V. 590. In Shape and Gesture proudly eminent He in Carriage and Behaviour high exalted above the rest Gesture of Gero Gestus est compositio corporis habitus quem in dicendo aut movendo observamus the Behaviour or graceful Motions of Speech and Carriage Eminent of Eminens Lat. higher exalted of eminâ—o to excel V. 591. Stood like a Tow'r Appear'd above 'em all like a stately Tower that over-looks the humbler sort of Buildings of the Fr. Tour. as that of Turris and this of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. a Tower Thus Virg. describes the Venerable Cybele Mother of the Gods Berecynthia Mater Invehitur curâ—u Phrygias tuâ—rita per urbes AEn 6. V. 592. All her Original Brightness His Divine Shape and Heavenly Features had not quite lost their Primitive first Beauty nor did he appear other than an undone Arch Angel and the hâ—ighth of Brightness dimmed and overcast Originalis Lat first that belongs to one from his beginning Excessus Lat. exceeding Obscured darken'd Oâ—sâ—urus Lat. hid V. 594. As when the Sun c. As when the Sun just up looks through the Air that 's thick near the Horizon bereav'd of all his Beams or by the Moons dark disk Eclipst a dismal Twilight casts on half the World and with sad thoughts of change disturbs its Rulers V. 595. Horizontal Misty Air That is always more gross and thick near the Horizon Horizontal of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Lat. Finiens Finitor the Limiter and is so named because it bounds and limits our sight when we look round as far as our Eyes will reach where the Earth or the Sea and Sky seem to touch and kiss one another Nec sidera tota Ostendit Libycae Finitor Circulus Orae Luc. Lib. 9. V. 596. Shorn of his Beams Bereav'd and robb'd of the Rays of Light that surround his Glorious Head Shorn as if his shining Head had all its glorious Locks cut off and he appear'd bald without his Perruque powder'd with dazling Light of which our Author assigns the true Reason the Foggy Air and grois Mists
Lat. Finire Ibid. When such murmur c. When such a sound was heard through the Assembly as when in hollow Rocks remains the buz of boistrous Winds which all night long had raised and swelled the Seas but by degrees now falling do with their rude hoarse Murmurings incline Seamen whom Danger had bereaved of Rest to sleep whose Skiff perhaps or little Vessel rides at Anchor within a Harbor hemm'd in by broken Rocks the Storm being now blown o're Murmur Lat. the noise of Water running or any such thing Coined of the sound it makes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 says Eustathius Hence Expressive of the Applause and good Liking given by the Auditors to a publick Speech or Action So Virg. Continno vastis cum viribus effert Ora Dares magnoque virûm se murmure tollit AEn 5. V. 286. Retain the sound of blustring Winds Retain of the Fr. Retenir to keep in or back blustring noiseful roaring we call a swaggering vapouring Fellow a Blusterer V. 287. Had rouzed the Sea Had raised and swelled the Sea into angry and foaming Billows had waken'd it out out of its dull lazy Lethargy where it lay sleeping in a dead Calm and stirr'd and toss'd it into a furious Storm Virg. compares the Assent given by the Assembly of the Gods to Juno's Speech in AEn 10. to the rising Wind which our Author assimulates to its decreasing Murmurs Cunctique fremebant Caelicolae assensu vario ceu flamina prima Cum deprensa fremunt silvis caeca volutant Murmura venturos nautis prodentia ventos The one as true on Land as the other at Sea Ibid. With hoarse Cadence lull Words not easie to be altered into others half so expressive the Winds with their decreasing hoarsness hush and lay asleep the o'rewatch'd Seaman La Cadence as the Fr. use it in reference both to Speech and Musick is a round going off of Words a just and proportionate Measure falling from some higher Strain whence it has its Name from Cadere Lat. to fall Lull expresseth a sort of humming and singing used by Nurses to get Children to sleep whence our Lullaby a Word coined of the sound derivable of the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 used to the same purpose of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. to speak V. 288. Sea-faring Men Seamen that travel by Sea of the Ger. Fharen to go to journey Bark of the Fr. Barque and this of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. for a little Ship others of our Bark of a Tree of which divers barbarous People do at this day make Boats V. 289. Or Pinnace Anchors c. Of the Fr. Pinasse a Skiff of the Lat. Pinus the Timber Tree of which anciently they were made and by the best Poets tropically described Ne trepidate meas Teucri defendere Naves Neve armate manus Maria ante exurere Turno Quà m sacras dabitur Pinus AEn 9. Anchors rides at anchor remains in Anchora Lat. of the Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And since this and many other of our Sea-terms are borrowed of the Grecians as well as of other Nations why may we not presume that our Island Ancestors by situation inclined to Commerce might bring home and adopt into their Language many Greek Words as probably as their Sailing-Successors daily transport Foreign Commodities and Fashions Unco non alligat Anchora morsu says Virg. descriptive both of its shape and design AEn 1. Ibid. In a Craggy Bay in a Rocky Harbour A Crag signifies a Rock derivable either of the Welch Craig signifying the same thing or of Crag the Neck broken and sharp Rocks appearing on the Hills in shape of that similitude A Bay is properly the Sea encompassed by a bending Shoar of Bygen Ger. to bend being a crooked or circular Inclosure of the Sea where Ships may ride secure defended from the Fury of the Winds V. 290. Such Applause Such good liking such Commendation was given Mammon at the end of his Speech Applausus Lat. a clapping of Hands in token of Liking or Joy of Applaudo V. 291. His Sentence pleas'd This Opinion pleas'd perswading Peace Sententia Lat. Judgment Councel Advising of the Fr. Aviser to give Counsel to Advise V. 292. For such another Field The Place for the Action the Field for the Battel there fought for such another Fight was more dreadful and terrible to 'em than all their Torments Nulla salus bello pacem te Posâ—imus omnes AEn 11. V. 294. The Sword of Michael Described in the sixth Book Given him from the Armory of God so temper'd with which Satan himself was wounded Read Dan. 10. v. 13 and 21. and Revel 12. 7. V. 296. To found this nether Empire To lay the Foundations of this Infernal State of Hell the Government below Fundare Lat. to lay the Ground-work of a Building Nether of the Sax. Nider downwards below Imperium Lat. Command of Kings Governors c. V. 297. By Policy c. Which by State Policy and length of Time might rise to Rival Heaven Policy of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. for the Government of Kingdoms or States of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a City and thence taken for the Subtilties made use of to support 'em Process of Processus Lat. of Procedere to go on as Time is travelling every minute forward towards Eternity its Journey 's end V. 298. In Emulation opposite In envious Contrariety to Heaven AEmulatio is used both in good and bad Sense for striving to exceed and excel others Oppositus Lat. set against contrary to V. 300. With grave Aspect he rose With Wisdom in his Face he stood up Gravis Lat. Weighty Wise Aspectus Lat. Countenance Looks V. 302. A Pillar of State A Supporter of the Government one on whose Shoulders the weighty Affairs of State might well be trusted able to undergo the burden of Publick Business and therefore fitly compared to Atlas in the following Verses a Metaphor taken from Architecture which under-props mighty Piles of Building by Pillars Status Lat. for Condition and used to express the great Men and Governors of Kingdoms and Common-wealths Ibid. Deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat c. The nice Consideration of Affairs appeared in his Forehead and wary Advice dwelt on his Brow Front of Frons Lat. the Forehead Engraven of Engraver Fr. of Graver to Carve of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. the Grecians having been great Masters in Sculpture we may well borrow their terms of Art Deliberatio Lat. for Consultation an Advising V. 305. Majestick thô in Ruine Awful althô undone Majesteux Fr. Princely of the Laâ— Majestas Sage Wise of Sagax Lat. Cunning. V. 306. With Atlantean Shoulders c. Of vast Abilities fit to undertake the weightiest Affairs of mightiest Kingdoms Atlas was King of Mauritania for his great skill in Astrology Fabled to support Heaven on his Shoulders Docuit quae maximus Atlas Hic canit errantem Lunam Solisque labores AEn 1. Ubi Caelifer Atlas Axem humero torquet stellis
is generally described with three Heads covered over with many Serpents Cerberus 〈◊〉 ingens latratu regna trifauci Personat AEn 6. And Janâ—tor Aulâ— Cerberus Quamvis furiale centum Muniant angues caput ejus atque Spiritus teter saniesque manet Ore trilingui Hor. Lib. 3. Od. 11. V. 656. A Hideous Peal And made a dreadful Noise A Peal is properly the Ringing of Bells and is derived of Appeller Fr. to call because used to assemble People to Church therefore used with Rung but it is used also for the discharging of great Guns call'd a Peal of Ordinance V. 659. Far less abhorr'd vex'd Scylla Those Sea-Dogs that bark about Scylla bathing in the Sea between Italy and the roaring Island Sicily are not so detestable as these Hell-Hounds The Scylla here meant was the Beautiful Daughter of Phorcus beloved of Glaucus and by the jealous Circe who poison'd a Fountain in which she used to bathe changed from the Waste downwards into a strange Monster whereupon frighted with her own Deformity she cast her self into the Sicilian Sea Scyllam quam fama secuta est Candida succinctam latrantibus inguina monstris Virg. Ecl. 6. At Scyllam caecis cohibet Spelunca latebris Prima hominis facies pulchro pectore Virgo Pube tenus Postrema immani corpore Pristis Delphinum Caudes utero Commissa luporum AEn 3. Homer describes this Monster with six Heads each with three Rows of Teeth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 V. 661. Calabria The ancient Appellation of the extream part of Italy called now Terra d'Otranto bounded on the East West and South by the Mediterranean Sea Ibid. The hoarce Trinacrian Shoar From the loud noiseful Shoar of Sicily occasion'd by the furious Eruptions of the bellowing Mount Etna This Island was called Trinacria of the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it s three Extremities by the Promontories Pelorus Pachynus and Lilybaeum shaped like a Triangle Trinacriâ lentandus remus in unda And Praestat Trinacrii metas lustrare profundi AEn 3. Terra tribus scopulis vastum procurrit in aequor Trinacris à positu nomen adepta loci Ovid. Fast. 4. V. 662. The Night-Hag when call'd in secret None so deform'd and dismal attend the chief Night-Witch when summon'd in private and allured by the smell of Infants Blood sacrificed to her she comes flying through the Air to Dance and Revel with her Lapland Consorts while the sickning Moon faints at their direful Charms Hag is by a great Master in Etymologies deduced from the Lat. Saga a Witch by turning S into the Aspiration H as on the contrary the H or its equivalent Aspiration is changed into S as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. super 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sudor Soegn Dut. Hog Of the Flying of Witches the Modern Tasso gives his Testimony in his Armida the famous Inchantress Calca le nubi e tratta l'aure a volo Cinta di nembi e turbini sonori Passa i lidi sogetti al' autro polo E le terre d'ignoti habitatori Passa l'alcide i termini ne'l suole Appressa de gli speri O quel de mori Mà su i mari sospeso il corso tiene Cant. 16. Stan. 70. The Ancients believed Witches able to turn themselves into Bats and Owls when they had a mind to wing it from place to place through the Air and the Italians do still call Witches Strigas V. 664. Lur'd with the smell of Infant-Blood Invited allured drawn by the reeking smell of some poor Infants Blood I find Horace in his Invective on Candia accuseth her of making use of Frogs Blood in her Incantations Et uncta turpis ova Ranae sanguine And of burying a Boy up to the Chin there to starve to death to make a Philtre of his dry'd Liver Quo posset infossus puer Longo die bis terve mutatae dapis Inemori spectaculo Ep. 5. A Lure is a Bundle of Feathers made something like a Bird by Falconers thrown up to take down the Hawk of the Ital. Luro of the Lat. Ludere to cheat V. 665. With Lapland Witches Lapponia and Lappia Lapland is the most Northern part of Scandinavia on the North it has the Frozen Sea Westward the Kingdom of Norway Southward Bothnia and Finia two Provinces of Sweden and on the East the White-Sea the Emperor of Russia and the Kings of Denmark and Sweden are Lords of this Country but the last has the greatest share of it a Nation inhabits it full of Heathenism and Ignorance insomuch that those that are converted to the Christian Faith can hardly be brought to Church but for the sake of a good Soop of Brandy which stands at the entrance of all of them as the Holy-Water does at many other Church-Doors Their Diabolical Superstitions and Vindicative Natures added to their gross Stupidity and the Malicious Imaginations of Melancholy have made them Infamous for Witchcraft and Conjuration an Opinion almost worn out in England with our Ignorance and Superstition the Parents and Faustors of such Fables Quodcunque ostendis mihi fic incredulus Odi Hor. V. 666. The Labouring Moon Eclipses at their Charms The Ancients believed the Moon extreamly afflicted by Sorceries and that Magick-Charms were able to fetch her out of her Pale Chariot to give more Efficacy and Virtue to those Venemous Plants used by those that profess'd Witchcraft That her extraordinory Redness or Paleness and her want and deficiency of Light proceeded from the force of their Incantations and all her senseless Subjects that knew no better came out to her Assistance with all their Pots and Pans of Metal and made a mighty Din to hinder her from hearing those Compulsive Spells that forc'd her from her shining Sphere and they who understood not Eclipses to be inevitable and natural according to the certain Motions of the Heavenly Bodies might well believe all the Old Wives Tales of Witchcraft Carmina vel Coelo possunt deducere Lunam Virg. Ecl. 8. Polo Deripere Lunam vocibus possum meis Hor. Ep. 17. Tot pariter Pelves tot tintinnabula dicas Pulsari Jam nemo tubas atque aera fatiget Una laboranti poterit succurrere Lunae Juv. Sat. 6. Tasso ascribes the same Power to his Armida Quante mormoro mai profane note Tessala Maga con la bocca immonda Cio ch' arrestar può le celesti rote E l'ombre trar de la prigion profonda Cant. 16. Stan. 37. Labouring of Laborans Lat. sick in pain labouring of a Distemper Luna laborans the Moon in an Eclipse of which before Bo. 1. V. 597. V. 671. Fierce as ten Furies As terrible as ten Fiends Furies of Furiae Lat. for Wicked Spirits the Punishers of Wicked Men after Death V. 673. The likeness of a Kingly Crown Death is the only Universal Monarch Conquerour of all who ever have or shall pretend to that unlimited boundless Power so large his Empire
v. 749. Express Expressus Lat. manifest apparent V. 359. Supernal Grace Grace sent from God above Supernus Lat. high Enured Bo. 2. v. 216. V. 367. For I have drencht her Eyes For I have shed dewie Sleep into her Eyes which the Latin Translator mistaking has render'd For I have made her weep Ast Eva interea quoniam nunc ejus ocellos Vox mea compuler at Lachrymarum fundere rivum Dormiat hic placidam capiens per membra quietem Rather thus Ast Evae interea medicata papavere multo Lumina cujus hebent placidum sine serpere somnum Drencht wet moisten'd Of the Sax. Drencan to water A Drench is a Medicinal Potion Foresight the seeing of things yet to come the seeing them before they are V. 373. However Chastning How ere it please to punish me Chastning Fr. Chastier Lat. Castigare to correct V. 374. Arming to overcome by Suffering Putting on a Resolution to bear with Patience and with my Constancy to overcome all my Afflictions Quiâ—quid erit superanda est omnis fortuna ferendo AEn 5. V. 377. In the Visions of God As in Scripture the preternatural Revelations of Futurity are call'd And the Spirit brought me in the Visions of God to Jerusalem Ezek. 8. 3. In the Visions of God brought he me into the Land of Israel Ibid. 40. 2. V. 379. The Hemisphere of Earth It was the highest Hill of Paradise from whose lofty Head half the Globe of Earth plain to be seen lay spread out wide in open prospect round Hemisphere Bo. 3. v. 725. Ken Bo. 1. v. 59. Prospect Bo. 3. v. 77. V. 383. Our second Adam Jesus Christ. The second Man is the Lord from Heaven 1 Cor. 15. 47. The last Adam was a quickning Spirit Ibid. v. 45. In the Wilderness and the Devil taking him up into a high Mountain shewed unto him all the Kingdoms of the World Luk. 4. 6. V. 386. Or Modern Fame Of old or late Renown Modern Modernus Lat. new latter V. 388. From the Destin'd Walls of Cambalu From the design'd Walls of Cambalu a great City in Cathaie a Province of Tartary seated on the River Polâ—sanga numerous in Inhabitants and rich in Merchandize the ancient Seat of the Tartarian Chams thence of Cham Lord and Balu a City named in the Tartarian Tongue Kambalu as Paulus Venetus affirms City of the Lord thence Seat of Cathajan Can. Cathaie was anciently known by Scythia extrà montem Imaum It s old Inhabitants the Cathei of Strabo giving it this new Name Destin'd Destinatus Lat. appointed as not being then built V. 389. Sarmacand by Oxus Temir's Throne Sarmacand is a City of Zagathaian Tartary famous for having been the Birth and Burial-place of the mighty Tamerlain where he kept his Royal Residence thence called Temir's Throne Temir Iron of his hardy Courage and Temir-Cutlu happy Iron c. Tamerlain was the Son of Ogg and by the Marriage of the Daughter of Ginocham obtain'd the Tartarian Empire which he so vastly enlarged that he alone subdued more Provinces than all the Romans had done in 800 years when most flourishing at one time he inriched this City with 8000 Camels laden with the Spoils of Damascus only Oxus a River in Zagathaie famous for the overthrow of Cyrus by the Scythians and Sabacham of Zagathaian Tartary by Ismael Sophie of Persia It riseth out of Mount Taurus and falls into the Caspian Sea V. 390. To Paquin of Sinaean Kings As far as Paquin the Royal Seat of the Chinese Kings Paquin Paquina Lat. Pequin Pechinum Lat. is a vast and populous City of China Capital of the Province of Pekin to which their Emperor removed from Naquin in the year 1404 to reside nearer the Tartars their perpetual Enemies and now their Conquerors Sinaean Kings Emperors of China called to this day Sinarum Regio Lat. where Ptolomy the old Geographer placed the Sinae of which China V. 391. To Agra and Lahor of Great Mogul Agra Lat. Capital of the Mogul's Empire is an Indian modern City rich and populous situated in Agra a Province of India beyond the River Ganges Lahor Lahorium Lat. a great City of East-India in a Province of the same Name 360 miles from Agra where the Moguls formerly had their Residence Mogul so called says Heylin as descended from the Mogul Tartars there being others called Sumoguls Jecomoguls c. V. 392. Down to the Golden Chersonese Down as far as to the Golden Peninsula now called the Promontory of Malaca from its chief City is the most Southern Headland of the East-Indies between Sumatra and Borneo two of the Oriental Islands it was known anciently by the name of Aurea Chersonesus Lat. Chersonese 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. is a Peninsula a Place almost quite surrounded by the Sea of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Earth and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an Island being almost an Island only tied to the Land by a small Isthmus or Neck of Land This of four others very considerable was named the Golden being very rich by a vast and universal Trade V. 393. The Persian in Ecbatan Ecbatana now Tauris and Tebris by the Inhabitants the ancient Capital of the Kingdom of Persia founded anno 786 once ruined by an Earthquake often sack'd by the Turks and ever since 1603 recover'd and kept by the Persians V. 394. Hispahan Or Hispaham Aspahamum Lat. the Royal City of Persia where the Sophies have resided near 100 years extreamly rich and populous seated in the Province of Hierach part of the ancient Parthia Ibid. Or Rassian Ksar in Mcsco Or the Russian Emperour in Mosco Russia is a vast Country in the North-East part of Europe formerly Sarmatia Europaea Ksar or Czar in the Slavonian Tongue is the Title of their Great Duke now Emperor of Muscovy so called of his Capital City Mosco or Mosqua a Wooden City seated on a River of the same name denominating the whole Nation and Empire V. 395. Or Sultan in Bizance Or the Grand Signior in Constantinople of Tartarian Original Byzantium Lat. now Constantinople is a City of Thrace and Capital of the Turkish Empire so named by Constantine the Great who Rebuilt it and made it the Eastern Seat of the Empire taken by Mahomet the Second The Sultan has his Title of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. Dominion which no Monarch exerciseth more absolutely Turchestan is a Province of Zagathaian Tartary so styled because inhabited by the Turks before their inrode into Armenia V. 396. The Empire of Negus to Ercoco The Empire of Negus is that of the Abâ—ssines whose Emperor is by the Europeans styled Prester John by the Moors Aticlabassi and by his own Subjects Acegue and Neguz that is Emperour and King His mighty Territory stretcheth from the Red Sea to Niger ending in the Ethiopic Ocean and almost from one Tropic to the other anciently called AEthiopia sub AEgypto c. Ibid. Ercoco Erquico Erquicium and by Heylin and others Erroco a Sea-port Town of Ethiopia in Africa having a