In which whatever in this Worldly State Is sweet and pleasing unto Worldly Sense Or that may daintest Fancy aggravate Was poured forth with plentiful dispence And made there to aboÌ„und with lavish Affluence Spen. Bo. 2. C. 11. Stan. 42. V. 157. Fanning their Odoriferous Wings Now pleasant Gales waving their perfumed Wings on all sides bestow Natural Sweetness and tell from whence they came rich with those precious Spoils Odoriferous that has a pleasing Smell Odoriferus Lat. Odoriferam Panaceam AEn 12. V. 158. Native Perfumes Natural Sweets such as grow Nativus Lat. Perfume of the Fr. Parfum quasi per fumum made by laying sweet smelling Shrubs on Fire whose Fumes refresh or please the Scent V. 159. Those Balmy Spoils Those Spicy Spoils Balmy sweet delicious of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. the Balm-Tree preferable for its smell to all other Odours growing only in Judea and near to Destruction by the Malice of the Jews at the sacking of their chief City as Pliny relates Saeviere in Arbusculum hunc Judaei sicut in vitam quoque suam contra defendêre Romani dimicatum pro frutice est Lib. 12. Cap. 25. The Juice the Seed the Bark and the Wood it self are extraordinary Perfumes Quid tibi Odorato referam sudantia ligno Balsama Georg. 2. V. 160. Beyond the Cape of Hope Cape de bonna Speranza a famous Promontory in the most Southern part of Africa named The Cape of Good Hope by Emanuel King of Portugal who when it was discovered by Barth Diaz conceived great hopes of finding a passage to the East-Indies Cape of Caput Lat. Head thence called a head-Head-Land V. 161. Mozambic Mosambica is a little Island on the Eastern Coast of Africa near the Continent where there is a City and River of the same Name running into the Ethiopick Ocean V. 162. Sabean Odours High and rich Perfumes like the Pretious Breaths of the Sabeans Inhabitants of Saba chief City of Arabia Foelix Arabie the Blest rich in Balm Cassia Myrrh Cinnamon Frankinsense c. insomuch that they used nothing but perfumed Wood in their Kitchins Non alia Ligni Genera in usâ—â— sunt quam Odorata Cibosque coquunt turis Ligno alii Myrrhae Plin. Lib. 12. Cap. 17. Centumque Sabaeo Ture Calent arae sertisque recentibus halant AEn 1. The Spicy Shoar The sweet smelling Coast the perfumed Country Spicy of the Fr. Espices Perfumes V. 163. Arabie the Blest Arabia a large Country in Asia is known by three Names Foelix the Happy here meant the largest and most fruitful wash'd on three sides by the Sea adjoyning on the other to that call'd the Desart and the Stony V. 165. Chear'd old Ocean Smiles Delighted pleased with made more chearful Chear of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Joy thence used for the Countenance where soonest seen whence the Sea-Salutation What chear How fare you Old Ocean the Ancients both Poets and Philosophers reputed the Ocean the eldest of the Gods meaning thereby that without Humidity there could neither be any Generation or Corruption and so consequently no World 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 A smattering of Moses's Deep Gen. 1. Vers. 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Orp. in Hym. V. 166. These Odorous Sweets These extraordinary sweet Breaths and perfumed Winds a Redundancy Odorous Odorus Lat. that smells well yeilding a good smell as also quick of smelling that has a good Nose as Odora Canum vis AEn 4. V. 168. Then Asmodeus The Name of the Evil Spirit enamour'd of Sarah Daughter of Raguel whose seven Husbands he had destroyed therefore well named of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Fire and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to destroy expressive of a lustful destroying Angel and therefore called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rex Vastatorum Tob. 3. Vers. 8. Fume a Smell of Fumus Lat. Smoak Spouse Fr. Espouse of the Lat. Sponsa a Bride V. 171. From Media Now call'd Servan and Schirvan a Province in the North-West of the Kingdom of Persia towards the Borders of Georgia and bounded Northward with the Caspian Sea Southward by Persia on the East by Hircania and Parthia and West by Armenia and Assyria famous for the Empire of the Medes and Persians once greatly considerable read Tobit 6. Vers. 13 and 14. and Chap. 8. Vers. 2 and 3. Media fert tristes succos tardumque saporem Foelicis Mali. Georg. 2. V. 172. Savage Hill That high Woody Hill Savage Fr. Sauvage Woody wild like a Wilderness V. 179. Th' Arch Fellon Satan the Arch-Rebel the Ringleader of Rebellion Fellon is of the Sax. Felle cruel and Felonia in our Law-Books Ideo dicta est quia fieri debet felleo animo Cooke Inst. Lib. 4. Others derive it of Fehl Sax. a Fault of the Lat. falli to be deceived and in this sense Satan is the chief Felon the Arch-Sinner and Deceiver V. 181. At one slight bound c. With one easie Leap jumped over all its Limits A Bound a Jump is from the Fr. Bondir to leap Bound a Limit as the Bounds of a Field of the word Bind tied up and restrained within its compass Or of Bornes Fr. for the same V. 183. A Prowling Wolf A Ravenous a Preying Wolf Prowling or Proling of the Fr. Proyer and its Diminutive Proyeler to seek after Prey V. 185. Pen their Flocks Shut in their Sheep A Pen is a Sheepfold of the Sax. Pyndan to shut up Eeve or Eve a Diminutive of Evening and this a Derivative of the Sax. Eren or the Belg. Avend V. 186. In hurdl'd Cotes In places hemm'd in with Hurdles wall'd about with Fences made of small Sticks interwoven and plasht together Hurdle of the Sax. Hyrdl though some will have it of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to shut up A Cote is a place hurdled in of the Sax. Cote or the Belg. Kott whence our Cottage and from its use is called a Sheep-Cote an Inclosure made of Hurdles in which they are Nightly shut up either to keep 'em together or to Dung the Ground more equally by removing their demolish'd Mansion V. 187. Leaps o'er the Fence Leaps o'er the Hedge of Hurdles that fences 'em in of the obsolete fendere whence defendere Lat. to guard and secure Ibid. Fould of the Sax. Falad or Fald a Stable a Hedge whence a Sheepfold and place where they are enclosed of the Sax. Fealden to enclose V. 188. Bent to unhoard the Cash Resolute to discover the hid Treasure of some Rich Citizen Unhoord to discover of the Particle un and Hoord to lay up of Hord Sax. Treasure of Hordan to treasure up to hide Ibid. Cash Treasure properly Money of the Fr. Casse a Chest continens pro contento whence Cassier a Cashier one entrusted with Money and Receipts and Payments thereof all of the Lat. Capsa a Coffer by Barbarous Depravation Burgher Citizen of the Teut. Burger both of the Sax. Burgh Borough as Edinburgh the chief Ciâ—y of Scotland V. 191. Climbs Get up by help of
and 8. And the South quarter shall be from the Wilderness of Zin c. Ibid. v. 3. V. 142. From Hermon to the Western Sea From Mount Hermon to the Mediterranean or Western Sea was the East and West Boundary of the Promised Land Hermon a Mountain beyond Jordan on the North East the Boundary of the Tribe of Manasses From the River Arnon unto Mount Hermon Deut. 3. 8. V 144. Mount Carmel Carmelus a Mountain on the Mediterranean Sea fifty miles North of Jerusalem famous for Eliiah's confounding the Priests of Baal 1 King 18 19 20 c. V. 145. Jordan true limit Eastward The River Jordan its true Bounds on the East-Jordan Jordanus now Scheriah a celebrated River of the Holy Land rising in the Confines of Coelosyria from two Fountains Jor and Dan at the Foot of Mount Libanus thence here styled Double Founted Rising on the North of Canaan it runs Southward enclosing all the East-side of the Holy Land Then Lot chose him all the Plain of Jordan and Lot journied East Gen. 13. 11. And ye shall point out the East Border from Hazar Enan c. and the Border shall go down to Jordan Numb 34. 10 and 12. V. 146. Shall dwell to Senir Shall enlarge their dwelling places as far as Senir or Saner a long ridge of Hills call'd of its many sharp Rocks Trachonitis and Ituraea and Petraea on the East of Palestine some part of which was by the Jews named Hermon and Gilead by the Sydonians Syrion and by the Amerites Shenir Deut. 3. 9. Ponder Bo. 2. v. 421. V. 148. All Nations shall in his Seed be Blessed The earliest Promise of the Messiah made implicitely to Abraham Gen. 12. 3. which St. Paul so interprets Galat. 3. 8. Now to Abraham and his Seed were the Promises made he saith not and to Seeds as of many but as of one and to thy Seed which is Christ v. 16. V. 152. Whom faithful Abraham c. Who in due time when he shall be Born shall be called Faithful Abraham His Father Terah named him Abram 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Great Father of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. Father and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. High Excellent Gen. 11. 26. which God changed when he was 99 years old to Abraham 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 consisting of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Father 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 many and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Nation a Father of many Nations Gen. 17. 5. whose Faith is much celebrated by St. Paul Rom. 4. V. 153. A Son Isaac the Son of Abraham by Sarah Gen. 21. 3. Ibid. A Granchild Jacob the Son of Isaac and Grandson of Abraham Gen. 25. 26. who with his twelve Sons went into Egypt Gen. 35. 22. Egypt Bo. 1. v. 339. V. 158. Disgorging at seven Mouths Emptying his seven wide Mouths into the Sea Nile Bo. 1. v. 413. Et septem gemini turbant trepida Ostia Nili AEn 6. Disgorging Bo. 2. v. 575. V. 160. Invited by a younger Son Thus saith thy Son Joseph God hath made me Lord of all Egypt come down unto me tarry not Gen. 45. 9. Sojourn Bo. 7. v. 247. Invited Invitatâ—s Lat. desired V. 163. Second in that Realm of Pharoa Only in the Throne will I be greater then thou Gen. 41. 40. Pharao Bo. 1. v. 342. V. 165. Suspected to a sequent King By their numbers grown suspected to a King that knew not Joseph least when War should happen they might join with the Enemies of Egypt and get them up out of the Land Exod. 1. 8 and 10. Sequent Sequens Lat. next that succeeded the Successor of Pharao V. 168. Kills their Infants Males And by the Artifice of the Midwives destroy'd their young Male Children Exod. 1. 17. Infant Infans Lat. a young Child V. 170. Moses and Aaron The Sons of Amram by Jochebed of the House of Levi Exod. 6. 20. and c. 2. 1. V. 176. To blood unshed c. Their Rivers must be turn'd into Streams of Blood Unshed not by slaying any Creatures living therein but by Moses's Miraculous Rod Exod. 7. 20. This first Plague had relation to the drowning the Innocent Hebrew Males in their Rivers therefore it pleased God to turn their Rivers into Blood For they have shed the Blood of Saints and Prophets and thou hast given them Blood to drink for they are worthy Revel 16. 6. V. 178. With loath'd Intrusion With hateful importunity the Plagues of the Frogs Lices and Flies are Recorded Exod. 8. Intrusion Intrusio Lat. a pressing into Company of Intrudere Lat. to thrust in rudely V. 179. Of Murren Die Murrain is the Name for the Plague among Cattle as if Moriana of Mori Lat. to Die Exod. 9. 6. V. 180. Botches and Blains Imboss Swellings and Ulcers must raise all his Flesh tumid and rank like high Embrodery Exod. 9. 9 and 10. A Botch Bosse Fr. Bozza Ital. all of the Lat. Pusa Pusula and Pustula a Swelling as that of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. a Bladder Imboss of Embosser Fr. to rise in Bunches and great knobs A Word used by our Spencer Felt our feeble Hearts Embost with bale Fai. Q. Cant. 9. St. 29. V. 182. Must rend th' Egyptian Sky A Thundring Storm of Hail mixt with fire and flashing Lightning must tare the Egyptian Sky over-running all the Land and ruining all where ere it roul'd So there was Hail and Fire mingled with the Hail very grievous such as as there was none like it in all the Land of Egypt since it became a Nation Gen. 9. 24 and 25. This fiery Hail is said to wheel on th' Earth from its Rotundity and Orbicular Shape To Rend or Rent is to tare in pieces Of the Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to break in pieces V. 185. A Cloud of Locusts Exod. 10. 4 and 5. A Creature so distructiue that in Africa especially that part of it called Abissina they often desolate whole Countries and force the Inhabitants to dislodge by Famine well Styled by the Prophet Gods mighty Army Joel 2. 25. Locusta Lat. V. 188. Palpable Darkness c. Darkness that may be felt Exod. 10. 21. which by most Interpreters is taken as an Hyperbole expressive of the greatest and most gross darkness not to be overcome by Sun Moon or Stars or the Artificial Aids of Fire or Lamps expounded in the subsequent verse 22. And there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days which our Author says therefore were blotted out V. 190. All the first Born of Egypt must lie Dead It came to pass that at Midnight the Lord smote all the first Born in the land of Egypt Exod. 12. 29. V. 191. The River Dragon Pharao Who opprest the Children of Israel thought to be Cencres according to that of Ezekiel Behold I am against the Pharoah King of Egypt the great Dragon that lieth in the middest of his Rivers which hath said my River Nile is my own and I have made it for my self Chap. 29. 3. V. 194.
in poena sensus the Punishments of more gross sensibility V. 56. His Baleful Eyes His sorrowful sad Eyes weighed down and overwhelmed with Grief from the Dutch Bale a Burden Grief being deducible à gravitate Sorrow is a a heavy Burden and hard to be born So the Baleful Stound F. Q. Cant. 7. St. 25. V. 57. Dismay Astonishment from the old Fr. Esmay an overwhelming Grief and Affliction V. 58. Mixt with Obdurate Pride c. Supported by inflexible Pride and unrelenting Hatred the short but severe and true Character of the Arch-Rebel Satan mixt from mistus Lat. mingled with Obdurate Lat. Obduratus hardened stiff-neck'd unalterable V. 59. As Angels Ken At once he views around as far as Angels Eyes can see Ken to see to discern from the Sax. Cennen to know to discover whence cunning Knowledge Experience V. 60. The Dismal Situation The sad ghastly Seat Situation Fr. the site or standing of a place Lat. Situs dismal horrid dark frightful Dimmel Sax. obscure V. 61. A Dungeon horrible A frightful Prison filled and surrounded on all sides with Everlasting Flames from the Fr. Dongeon the strongest place in the middle of a Fort the last Retreat where the Besieged made their utmost Effort and thence used for the strongest place in a Prison Horribilis Lat. dreadful V. 62. As one great Furnace Like one great red-hot Oven flamed Fornax Lat. V. 63. Darkness visible seems nearer a Contradiction than that Egyptian Darkness sent on Pharaoh which was such as to be felt Exod. 10. 21. But a Mist is often the cause of Darkness that may be palpable though that in the Text was preternatural But our Poets meaning by this Darkness visible is only that from Hell's flaming Dungeon there issued no Light but such a Darkness as through it might be discovered those dismal Scenes and Seats of Everlasting Wo. V. 65. Regions of Sorrow Doleful Shades The Realms of Grief and Seats of Everlasting Sorrow Regio Lat. Country doleful woful sorrowful from dole an old word from dolor Lat. grief The Description of this vast flaming Fuâ—nace may if we consider the gloomy Darkness which our Poet arrays it in admit of these sad Shades without the least allay to its Eternal Burnings though I conceive this Verse and the two subsequent not to relate so much to the Topography of Hell as to the Persons of its hopeless Inhabitants The dark Regions of the Dead are by all the Poets delineated by Shades Ire sub umbras is in Virgil's phrase to die Vitaque cum genitu fugit indignata sub umbras And Hell is so by him described Tum Tartarus ipse Bis patet in praeceps tantum Tenditque sub umbras AEn 6. V. 67. Hope never comes that comes to all Except the Damned who are past all hope which on this side the Grave courts all Conditions and under the worst caresses life Dum curae ambiguae dum spes incerta futuri AEn 8. Ibid. But Torture without end The never-ceasing Stings and Lashes of Conscience that put the wicked to Eternal Tortures assiduum quatiente animo tortore Flagellum Juv. Tortura Lat. Torment V. 68. Still urges Continually presses and pursues 'em Urgeo Lat. to vex Ibid. And a Fiery Deluge fed c. A Flood of Flaming Brimstone which though always burning will never be consumed Deluge from Diluvium Lat. for an Inundation Sulphur Lat. Brimstone latè circum loca Sulfure fumant AEn 2. V. 73. Their Portion set Their Lot their appointed Place from Lat. Portio a Proportion a Share V. 74. As from the Center thrice Outcasts of Heaven banish'd from its pure and everlasting Light and the glorious Presence of God Almighty three times as far as either Pole is distant from the Center An Imitation of Homer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Tum Tartarus ipse Bis patet in praeceps tantum tenditque sub umbras Quantus ad AEthereum Coeli suspectus Olympum AEn 6. In Homer Jupiter threatens to throw any of the Gods that shall dare to aid either the Trojan or Grecian Army contrary to his Command down very far into gloomy Hell where is the deepest Pit beneath the Earth whose Gates are Iron and its pavement Brass as far beneath Hell as Heaven is above the Earth Virg. tells us Hell goes headlong down twice as deep as the prospect thence up into Heaven Our Author says God in his Justice had appointed the dark Infernal Dungeon for these Disobedient Spirits thrice as far from Heavens chearful Light and his own blest Abode as is Earths Center from the utmost Pole Which of 'em has measured the Distance most Mathematically is hard to determine but Milton's Description of this Infernal Region far exceeds both the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the one and the Pallentes umbras Erebi Noctemque profundam of the other neither of 'em having ventured on so large a Survey of that sad Seat Tasso's Description is curt and inconsiderable Itene maladetti al vostro Regno Regno di pene é di perpetua morte Cant. 9. St. 64. Ibid. Center Lat. Centrum from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. the middle point in a Circle from which the Circumference is equi-distant Ibid. Pole The Poles or Vertical Points of the World are two the North and South so call'd from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to turn round because on them the Daily Motion from East to West is made for the same Reason by the Lat. termed Vertices à Vertendo Hic vertex nobis semper sublimis at illum Sub pedibus Styx atra videt manesque profundi Georg. 1. V. 77. Whirlwinds of Tempestuous Fire A Noble Expression of the Flaming Hurricane of Hell taken doubtless from Psal. 11. 6. Fire and Brimstone and an horrible Tempest V. 78. Weltring Wallowing tossing and tumbling up and down by his side from Fr. Veaultrer of the Lat. Volutare V. 79. Next in Power and next in Crime One of his associate Angels the greatest next to himself both as to Authority and Transgression Crime fault Lat. Crimen Sin Offence V. 80. Palestine Palestina Lat. so named from the Philistines its old and famous Inhabitants since Judaea of the Jews who dispossest them It is a Province in Syria bounded with Euphrates Arabia Phoenicia and the Mediterranean Sea called by Christians the Holy Land V. 81. Beelzebub The Lord of Flies of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Lord and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Fly an Idol worship'd at Ecron a City of the Philistines 2 King 1. 2. most probably a Telisina made against Flies in Imitation of the freedom from those Insects which is reported to have belonged to the Slaughtering-place of the Jewish Sacrifices the more remarkable because the constant Effusion of so much Blood must naturally have bred or at least have brought and kept together vast Swarms of those troublesome Creatures Matth. 12. 24. Beelzebub is called Prince of the Devils
Chivalry Chevalerie Fr. Horsemanship Service performed on Horseback and such as perform it from Cheval Fr. a Horse V. 308. Perfidious Hatred Treacherous because Pharaoh after leave given to the Egyptians to depart follow'd after 'em like Fugitives Perfidiosus Lat. faithless V. 309. Sojourners of Goshen The Israelites who inhabited that part of Egypt Gen. 47. 27. Sejourner Fr. to stay in V. 310. Their float Carcasses Their dead Bodies swimming to and fro Fr. Carquasse quasi Caro cassa Read Exod. 14. V. 311. Chariot from Carrus whence Currus Lat. for the same sort of Carriage V. 312. Abject Lat. abjectus cast away cast down lost and dispirited V. 315. Of Hell resounded Rang again Resonner Fr. from resonare Lat. to sound again or to resound Ibid. Potentates Rulers Governours from the Lat. Potentatus a Chief Magistrate as Vossius tells us used both by Caesar and Livy V. 316. The Flow'r of Heav'n Lately Heav'ns chief Inhabitants from Flos Lat. V. 317. If such Astonishment can seize If such Confusion such a Dulness and Stupidity as this can master Everlasting Beings Saisir Fr. to lay hands on to take hold of V. 319. After the Toil c. After the Fatigues and Labours of the Foughten Field to recover the decay'd Strength Repose Some will have from reponere Lat. to rest others from re and pausa of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to ease to rest Vertue of Virtus Lat. Courage Gallantry Strength V. 323. To adore the Conquerour To worship and pay Adoration to our Adversary Adorare Lat. to worship The manner of Adoration among the Idol-Worshippers was Manum Ori Capite inclinato admovere So Job 31. 27. If my Mouth did kiss my Hand So Psal. 11. 12. Kiss the Son that is worship him Thus Hosea 13. 2. V. 324. Cherub and Seraph Angels of all sorts and kinds Seraph is the singular of Seraphim of which before V. 325. And Ensigns With Arms and Colours thrown away from Insigne Lat. for any thing remarkable V. 326. Discern th' Advantage See the Advantage they have got over us Lat. discerno to judge of to know well of dis and cerno to see V. 327. Descending Falling or driving down directly on us Descendens Lat. from descendere to go down V. 328. Thus drooping Fainting and out of heart or with Thunderbolts linked together like Chain-shot V. 329. Transfix us c. Strike through and rivet us to the bottom of this Flaming Whirle-pool Transfigo Lat. to pierce through This alludes to the Fate of Ajax Oileus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 imitated by Virg. Illum expirantem transfixo pectore flammas Turbine corripuit scopuloque infixit acuto AEn 1. Who pleaseth to read the Devils Speech to his Damned Assembly in Tasso Cant. 4. from Stanza 9. Tartarei Numi di seder più degni Là soura il Sole to Stanza 18 will find our Author has seen him though borrow'd little of him V. 334. Rouse Get up a more Northern pronunciation of Rise like the Dorick Dialect V. 335. Evil Plight The sad Condition a Metaphor from Merchants plighting or passing their Words the Commodities often sold unseen are in good case V. 337. Generals Generalis Lat. thence Commander in Chief V. 339. Amrams Son was Moses by Jochebed Exod. 6. 20. Numb 26. 59. Ibid. In Egypts evil c. When her obstinate King provoked God to plague both him and the whole Land It was so named of Egyptus the Son of Belus one of its most ancient Kings V. 340. A Pitchy Cloud A Cloud of Locusts as black as Pitch for the sacred Text tells us The Locusts covered the face of the Earth so that the Land was dark Exod. 10. 14 and 15. as it follows and darken'd all the Land of Nile Locusta Lat. for that devouring Insect V. 341. Warping Working themselves forward a Sea-Term The East-Wind wafted 'em over Exod. 10. 13. V. 342. That o'er the Realm of Impious Pharaoh That like dark Night o'erspread the Kingdom of Prophane Pharaoh this was not the particular Sirname of any King of Egypt except him who bore it first whose Virtue and Heroick Actions made it Honorary to all his Successors as that of Caesar and Augustus was among the Romans till the Egyptians in process of time altered it to Ptolemy in memory of Ptolomaeus Lagus one of Alexander's Captains who after his death succeeded in the Sovereignty V. 343. The Land of Nile Egypt Graphical described by that famous and wonderful River Nilus to whose Annual Overflowings that Country owed its extraordinary Fertility Rich without Rain V. 344. Hovering Flying about taking many turns on the Wing without alighting V. 345. Under the Cope of Hell Under the Flaming Vault the Fiery Canopy of Hell Cope from It. Cappa as la Cappa del Cielo the Cope of Heaven from Caput Lat. Head as Heaven seems to be to the under World Others deduce it from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Canopy such as is hung about Beds in hot Countries infested with Flies made of thin and small Measht Net to keep 'em out from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Gnat. In Testudineo tibi Lentule Conopeio Ju. Sat. 6. I prefer the former V. 346. Surrounding Fires 'Twixt the Flames above below and on all sides encompassing them Nether Underneath from Ned Dan for under surrounding from the obsolete Fr. surronder to encompass quite round to inclose on all sides V. 348. Of their great Sultan The Title of the Turkish Emperours for their Cruelty and Tyrannick Government well enough apply'd to Satan 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. Dominion of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to bear Rule over Ibid. To direct To appoint to give order and direction Dirigo Lat. V. 349. In even Balance c. They light down all at once in exact order of time and place Bilanx Lat. a pair of Scales from Bis Lat. two and Lanx Lat. a Scale V. 350. On the firm Brimstone On the burning Soil Brimstone from the Sax. Brennestone a hard stony Substance apt to burn V. 351. A Multitude A vast Company a mighty Swarm Multitudo Lat. Ibid. The Populous North. Northern Countries abound in People as being more Procreative than hotter Regions and the Inhabitants of Northern Climates are more vigorous and strong than those that lie nearer the South and the Sun whose Heat enervates and emasculates its few and feeble Inhabitants Populosus Lat. full of People V. 352. Pour'd never from her Frozen Loyns Never sent forth from her cold Climates Pour'd relates to the Similitude of the Deluge by which he well expresses the Inundation these Barbarous Nations made upon the Southern parts of the World when streightned for room they left their hungry Hives The holy Text expresseth the Production of Mankind by the same word Loyns Thy Son which shall come out of thy Loyns of Salomon 2 Chron. 6. 9. V. 353. Rhene Rhenus Lat. A vast River of Germany and one of the greatest in Europe arising out of the Alps in
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—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
in her Shield Nata Jovis Gorgoneum turpes crinem mutavis in hydros Nunc quoque ut attonitos formidine terreat hostes Pectore in adverso quos fecit sustinet Angues Met. 1. 4. Ovid relates the Provocation given the Goddess to have been of another nature but I prefer this both as more probable and more modest Româ—ve ferâ— monstra tuaeque Saxificos â—ultus quâ—câ—nque ea talle Medusae Met. 1. 5. Bellumque immane Deorum Pallados è medio confecit pectore Gorgon Luc. l. 9. AEgidaque horrificam turbatae Palladis arma Connexosque angues ipsamque in pectore Divae Gorgona desecto vertentem lumina collo AEn l. 8. This Gorgon's Head was so terrible that it stood the Gods in good stead when the Giants attempted Heaven 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 V. 613. Living Wight Living Creature of the Sax. Wiht an Animal a Creature V. 614. Of Tantalus The Crime as well as Punishment of this miserable Tantalus is diversly related by the Poets He was reputed the Son of Jupiter and the Nymph Plota punish'd in Hell with Fugitive Banquers and Eternal Thirst because at an Entertainment of the Gods he Dish'd up his slain Son to heighten the Festival or as others affirm for disclosing the Secrets of the Gods at a Banquet to which he was admitted or as some would have it for Prating impertinently there Others differ about his Torments telling us he had a great Stone always hanging over and ready to fall on his Head Homer describes his Sufferings without mention of his Offence 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Virgil in a different manner punisheth him with Hunger but omits his Thirst. Lucent genialibus altis Aurea fulcra toris epulaeque ante ora paratae Regifico luxu Furiarum maxima juxta Accubat manibus prohibet contingere mensas AEn 6. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Eurip. in Oreste Tantalus est illic ciroum stagna sed acrem Jam jam potuero deserit unda sitim Tibull Quaerit aquas in aquis poma fugacia captat Tantalus hoc illi garrula lingua dedit Tantalus à labris sitiens fugientia captat Flumina Hor. l. Ser. Nec miser impendens magnam timet aere saxum Tantalus ut perhibent cassâ formidine torpens Lucret. V. 616. With shuddering Horror pale Pale and shivering trembling and pale shaking and quaking with Cold not able to hold a Joint still for extream Cold a Word used in Lincolnshire of the Dut. Schudderen to quake Horror Lat. for Cold and thence for a fright Mihi frigidus horror Membra quatit gelidusque coit formidine sanguis AEn 3. Ibid. And Eyes agast Staring with fix'd affrighted Eyes Agast affrighted of the Particle á and Gast Belg. a Ghost V. 619. Many a Region dolorous Many a sad Country Dolorous of Dolorosus sad sorrowful of Dolor Lat. Grief V. 620. Many a Fiery Alpe They pass'd o're many a Frozen and many a Flaming Mountain Alpes Lat. for the famous Barrier of Hills parting Italy from France and Germany called Alpes from Albedine whiteness as being covered with Snow the old Latins pronouncing Alpum for Album white Alpinas ah dura nives Virg. Ecl. 10. V. 622. A Universe of Death IA World of Death or rather of never-dying Torments Universe of Universum Lat. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the whole World V. 623. Created Evil for Evil only Good Which God on purpose made so ill so dismal and so woful as proper and most fit for the Punishment of Evil Doers Wicked Angels or Men. V. 624. Where all Life dyes c. Where all the Pleasures of Life are consumed if any thing can be called Life there when Martial says truly Non est vivere sed valere vita Death lives Death everlasting lives and reigns well express'd Where the Worm never dyeth and the Fire never goeth out Mar. 9. v. 44. V. 625. Perverse all Monstrous and Prodigious c. Nature GOD's Handmaid is said to breed in Hell all terrible and astonishing Mischiefs perversely as if turned aside and diverted from her ordinary course for as Holy Writ the most Authentick Record of the Creation testifies GOD saw all that he had made and behold it was very good So that the production of the place of Punishment as it relates either to fallen Angels or sinful Men seems a Deviation from the Infinite Good created Good for the chastisement of Evil as before Perverse of Pervertere Lat. to turn awry Prodigious fearful dreadful of Prodigiosus Lat. Monstrous contrary to the common course of Nature V. 628. Gorgons Of this see Verse the 611th where you will find Virgil's Imitation of Minerva's Breast-Plate thus described by Homer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ibid. Hydra's Hydra was a Monstrous Serpent living both on Land and in the Water whence it took its Name of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. Water some say it had Seven others Nine and some Fifty Heads and when any one of 'em was cut off two sprang up out of the Wound Hercules with Fire and Sword tamed this Monster in the Lake of Lerna between Mycenas and Argos searing with Burning Brands the Wounds he gave it Quinquaginta atris immanis hiatibus Hydra AEn 6. Non te rationis egentem Lernaeus turbâ Capitum circumstetit anguis AEn 8. Lernaeaque pestis Hydra Venenatis posset Vallata colubris Lucr. Lib. 5. Pars quota Lernaeae Serpens eris unus Echidnae Vulneribus foecunda suis er at illa Nec ullum De centum numero Caput est impune recisum Quin gemino cervix haerede valentior esset Meta. Lib. 9. Ibid. And Chimera 's dire Chimera of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Goat was a Monster that vomired Fire and had three Heads one of a Lyon another of a Goat and the third of a Dragon as Hesid will have it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Homer says it was like a Lyon before a Goat in the middle and behind a Dragon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 With the latter part of this Virgil agrees Ac bellua Lernae Horrendum stridens flammisque armata Chimaera AEn 6. A Composition so contrary to all the Miscarriages of Nature that it was long since exploded by Lucretius as a most improbable Fiction that une Chimere may well express a Whimsie a Castle in the Air. Qui fieri potuit triplici cum corpore ut una Prima Leo postrema Draco media ipsa Chimaera Ore for as acrem flaret de corpore flammam V. 632. Explores his solitary Flight Endeavours diligently to
very probable but not to a degree so incredible as Barcepha has stretch'd and rack'd our first Parents to for having placed Paradise beyond the Ocean he makes Adam and Eve ford through it From this hint in the Sacred Writings the Gentiles had their 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Homer and Virgil have given good Examples of the sizes of their Hero's by the vast Stones they hurled at one another that with which Diomedes mawled AEneas two Men such as lived then could hardly move 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and that which Turnus threw at the same Person was so big Vix illud lecti bis sex cervice subirent Qualia nunc hominum producit corpora Tellus AEn 12. Of all which hear Juvenal Nec hunc lapidem quali se Turnus Ajax Et quo Tydides percussit pondere loxam AEneae sed quem valeant emittere dextra Illis dissimules nostro tempore natae Nam genus hoc vivo jam decrescebat Homero Terra malos homines nunc educat atque pusillos Sat. 15. V. 465. Though then Renown'd Famous for vain and wicked Deeds that then were looked on as Glorious Renown'd according to the Original Men of Name 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Renommée Fr. Commendation Fame Gen. 2. 4. The same became mighty Men which were of old Men of Renown V. 467. On the Plain of Sennaar After the Deluge Men being diffident dwelt for some time on the tops of Hills for their security but by degrees as their fear decreased drew down towards the bottoms and in length of Time encreasing and finding themselves straighten'd in the Valleys delighted with the prospect and verdure of the open Plains forsook the Neighbourhood of Hills and in their march from the East they light on this famous Plain in the Land of Shinar Gen. 11. 2. a spacious pleasant place of vast view on all sides extreamly fruitful being water'd by Euphrates 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is by the Rabbi's said to have been so named not at the first possession of this place by these new Inhabitants but after they attempted building of Babel signifying Confusion and importing the Judgment sent upon 'em as if the word were compounded of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. a Tooth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to strike out and express'd as much as the place where their Teeth were struck out relating to the confusion of Language that there befel them the Teeth being necessary for the pronunciation of divers Letters in all Languages Of Babel before Bo. 1. V. 694. V. 471. Empedocles The Scholar of Pythagoras a Philosopher and a Poet born at Agrigentum in Sicily He wrote of the nature of Things in Greek as Lucretius did in Latin Verse He stealing one night from his Followers threw himself into the flaming AEtna that being no where to be found he might be esteemed a God and to be taken up amongst them into Heaven but his Iron Pattens being thrown out by the fury of the burning Mountain discovered his defeated Ambition and ridiculed his Folly Dicam siculique Poetae Narrabo interitum Deus immortalis haberi Dum cupit Empedocles Ardentem frigidus AEtnam Insiluit Nec si retractus erit jam Fiet homo ponet famosae mortis amorem Hor. de Arte Poet. V. 472. Plato's Elysium The Paradise of Plato called Divinus from writing so finely of the State and Condition of the Virtuous after this Life He was a Grecian Scholar to Socrates travelled into Egypt and Italy to improve his Knowledge a Man of great Integrity of Life of whom Quintilian gives this Testimony Platonem quis dubitet esse Philosophorum praecipuum Ex quo multum eloquentiae se traâ—â—sse Cicero fatetur sive acumine disserendi sive eloquendi facultate divinâ quà dam Homericâ Multum enim suprà prosam orationem quam pedestrem Graeci vocant surgit ut mihi non hominis ingenio sed quodam Delphico videatur oraculo instructus V. 473. Cleombrotus Not the unfortunate Leader of the Lacedemonians but a foolish Youth of Ambracia a City of Epirus in Greece thence called Ambraciota so great an Admirer of the Writings of the Divine Plato that being thereby both convinced and enamoured of the happy Immortality of the Soul in a higher and more noble Life he leapt into the Sea that he might immediately enjoy it therefore deservedly Ranked amongst the Idiots by our Author V. 474. Embryo's and Idiots Men of imperfect Minds of distempered Brains that lack common Sense which in them like Embryo's yet in the Womb was imperfect and incompleat of Embryon Bo. 2. V. 900. before Idiots 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. for private Men in opposition 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to those that bear the Offices and the Magistracy and also in distinction 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of those that are Learned and in this sense Idiots is here to be understood witless and foolish Men. Ibid. Eremits 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. Such as pretend to more Sanctity of Life than ordinary by retiring into Solitude in Caves and Desarts of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 solitary lovely a cowardly retreating and faint-hearted flying from the difficult Duties Temptations Allurements and Tryals both of Human Life and Christian Conversation and Virtues often pursued by Pride Arrogance Vain glorious Austerities presumptuous Sanctity c. which makes the melancholy Desarts as dangerous as the busie World Ibid. Friers Of the Fr. Frere as this of the Lat. Frater a Brother of their Fellowships and Fraternities according to their Habits named White Black and Gray as of their Saints Founders of their Orders Franciscans Dominicans c. of St. Francis and St. Dominic V. 475. With all their Trumpery With all their Beads Bawbles Tricks and Cheats Trumpery of the Fr. Tromperie a Cheat Deceit V. 476. Here Pilgrims roam Here those that undertake long and painful Journeys to the Lady of Loretto or the Tutelary Saint of distant Countries or with the Mahometans go on Pilgrimage to Mecha have in this wide windy Continent room enough to wander Pilgrim of the Fr. Pelerin of the Lat. Peregrinus one that undertakes to wander on the score of his Religion To Roam is properly to wander as wild Birds do of the Fr. Ramage as Un Espervier Ramage a wild Hawk or of the Ital. Romigare to wander up and down or of Rome the famous place of Pilgrimages V. 477. In Golgotha him dead Who gave themselves the unnecessary trouble to go so far out of their way as Golgotha on Mount Moria at Jerusalem to see the place where our Saviour died who lives in Heaven 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. for a Scull 2 Jud. 9. 35. by which Name the Place of Execution near Jerusalem was called from the Sculls of Malefactors there Crucified Matth. 27. 33. And when they came to a place called Golgotha that is to say a place of a Scull It is in like manner interpreted by St. John ch 19. v. 17. V. 479. Dying put on the
〈◊〉 Gr. cruel like a Tyrant V. 36. From Rebellion shall derive his Name Nimrod 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to rebel as being the Arch-rebel against the Universal Law of Nature which allowed only of Paternal Power This Nimrod is with great probability thought to have been the ancient Belus the Builder of Babylon and Father of Ninus as well from Gen. 10. 10. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel by the 70 render'd Babylon as from Profane Authority Tyrannize Tyrannizare Lat. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. to Govern Arbitrarily V. 40. From Eden towards the West And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east Gen. 11. 2. V. 41. Wherein a black bitumenous Gurge That they found a plain in the land of Shinar Gen. 11. 2. And slime had they for mortar Ibid. v. 3. This Plain of Shinar near Babylon is famous for a great Pool out of which much bitumenous clammy Slime is gather'd Babylone locus est amplissima magnitudine habens supernatans liquidum bitumen quo bitumine latere testaceo structum murum Semiramis Babylonicum circumdedit Vitruvi l. 8. c. 3. Bituminous Bo. 10. v. 562. Gurge of Gurges Lat. à Gyrando a Pool Mater quae gurgitis hujus Ima tenes Geo. 4. This black Bituminous Pool is by our Poet stiled The Mouth of Hell for the same Reasons that the Lago d' Averno between Bajae and Puteoli in Campania was for its Sulphureous Streams mix'd with Sulphur Nitre and Bitumen called Alta Ostia Ditis Geo. 4. V. 44. Whose top may reach to Heaven Let us build us a city and a tower whose top may reach to heaven and let us make us a name lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth Gen. 11. 4. Whose top may reach to Heaven that is of a vast and incredible height Dispers'd Dispersus Lat. scatter'd abroad V. 51. Comes down to see their City Gen. 11. 5. Spoken of God after the manner of Men and denotes in Scripture the greatness of the Provocation and the immediate approach of the Punishment Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great I will go down c. Gen. 18. 20. V. 52. Obstruct Heaven's Towers Before their Tower was raised high enough to hinder his Prospect from Heaven's lofty Towers said in Derision Obstruct Obstruere Lat. to stop up to dam up Strue quadam obstare Derision Bo. 5. v. 736. V. 53. A various Spirit to rase their Native Language In derision of their proud and impious Attempt God set upon their Tongues a various Spirit a Spirit and Breath of Confusion which made 'em quite forget that which had till then been the Universal Language and turned and tuned their Tongues to different Speeches not heard before with which he inspired on the Sudden the Families and Tribes proceeding from the three Sons of Noah Hoc nempe modo Linguarum illa confusio divisio facta est Primò quidem fecit Deus omnes illos homines praeter Heber familiam ejus oblivisci primae linguae quae antea fuerat hominum communis Deinde pro diversitate illarum gentium quae tribus ex filiis Noë proseminatae concurrerant ad aedificationem Civitatis Turris diversos habitus variarum linguarum mentibus eorum insevit Deus Peter in Gen. A Miracle no less wonderful this of dividing the one Universal Languagage into so many and so various and thereby dispersing Mankind over the Face of the Earth than that of assembling all sorts of Tongues and Languages in the Apostles mouths on the Day of Pentecost Act. 2. in order to reunite all the Inhabitants of the Earth into one Faith and Holy Communion as the same Author observes Rase Bo. 1. v. 362. V. 55. A jangling Noise A scolding clamour of Words not understood At the confusion of Tongues strange was the Astonishment and mighty the Mockery and Madness that befel so vast a Multitude in one moment distracted as if deriding one another with their jangling unintelligible Nose Jangling of Jangler Fr. to scold or Jancken Belg. to bark and bawl at one another Well stiled A hideous Gable a dreadful Prattle an astonishing Din. Gable of the obsolete Javioler Fr. of Jayon a Jay a noisie Bird or of Habler Fr. Hablar Span. both of Fabulari Lat. to Prate to tell incredible Stories Hideous Bo. 1. v. 46. V. 58. Not understood That they may not understand one anothers speech Gen. 11. 7. Hubbub Bo. 2. v. 951. Din. 6. v. 403. V. 61. The Work confusion named 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Confusion of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to confound And they left off to build the City therefore is the name of it called Babel because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth Gen. 11. 8 9. Ridiculous Ridiculus Lat. Reproachful Execrable Bo. 2. v. 681. V. 68. Over Bâ—ast Fish Fowl Dominion absolute Gen. 1. 28. God's Donation his Deed of Gift to Mankind and the Delegacy of his Power over his Irrational Subjects Donation Donatio Lat. a Gift Usurp'd Bo. 1. v. 514. V. 71. Human left from human free Left Mankind in full and free possession of their Liberty Rationalem factum ad imaginem suam noluit nisi irrationalibus dominari non hominem homini sed hominem pecori Aug. c. 15. l. 19. de Civit. Dei. V. 74. To God his Tower intends Siege and Defiance The common Opinion is That the Tower of Babel was by Nimrod and his Adherents intended to secure 'em against any second Deluge grounded on that which Josephus has recorded of him c. 5. of Bo. 1. of his Antiq. That he promised them to raise a Tower beyond the reach of the Waters nay such an one as should reach to Heaven and give 'em opportunity of Revenging the Destruction of their drowned Progenitors For which there being no Foundation in the Historical Relation of Moses Gen. 11. our Author thought it fitter to come out of Adam's than the enlighten'd Angel's mouth Gigas ille Nemrod erigebat cum suis popularibus turrim contra Dominum quâ est impia significata superbia St. Aug. l. 16. c. 4. de Civit. Dei Encroachment Accrochement Fr. a hooking in and plucking to of what is another's Right Defiance Bo. 1. v. 669. V. 78. And famish of Breath c. And starve him for want of Breath if not of Bread Some Mountains so far exceeding the Clouds that the Air is there so thin and refined as not to be drawn by Human Lungs at least not without great difficulty and for a short space Famish Starve of Fames Lat. Hunger Famine V. 82. Rational Liberty To destroy the freedom of Mankind as Rational Creatures founded in Reason Original Lapse since thy first Fault and Failing Original Bo. 1. v. 592. Lapse Lapsus Lat. a Fault an Offence of Labi Lat. to offend to slip Sin is often stiled Backsliding V. 85. With right Reason dwells Twinn'd Twisted together with
c. as also gave him what he asked not Riches and Honour 1 Kings 3. 12. 13. of his Building the Temple read 1 Kings 6. Enshrine Bo. 5. v. 272. Register'd Recorded in their Chronicles where their Stories are to be Read Of Registare Lat. to enter into the Publick Rolls and Records V. 343. Babylon thence call'd Bo. 1. v. 717. Believ'd to have been built by Nimrod and named Babel Confusion from that of Tongues afterwards Wall'd by Semiramis and beautified and enlarg'd by Nabuchadneser Dan. 4. V. 345. The space of seventy years This Captivity happened in the beginning of Jehoiakim's Reign whom Nabuchadneser carried with all his People and the Wealth of the Land and the Holy Vessels of the Temple to Babylon 2 Kings 24. 6. 11 12 and 13. according to the Prophesie of Jeremiah This whole Land shall be a Desolation and an Astonishment and these Nations shall serve the King of Babylon seventy years c. 25. 11. As long as she lay Desolate she kept Sabbath to fulfil threescore and ten years 2 Chron. 36. 21. at the end of which Cyrus King of Persia releast them out of Captivity v. 23. V. 347. Stablisht as the days of Heaven Everlastingly firm and as indefeisable as Eternity His Throne as the days of Heaven Psal. 89. 29. Stablisht of Stabilire Lat. to make stedfast V. 350. They first reedifie First they Rebuild Gods House begun in the Reign of Cyrus and by his Decree according to Isaiah's Prophesie That saith of Cyrus he is my Shepherd and shall perform all my pleasure even saying to Jerusalem Thou shalt be built and to the Temple thy Foundation shall be laid ch 44. 28. and finisht in the sixth year of Darius Ezra 1. 2. and ch 6. 15. Reaedificare Lat. to rebuild V. 357. At last they seize the Scepter c. Though the Posterity of Jeconia's viz. Zerobabel the Son of Salathiel were stiled the Princes of Juda and of the Jews as Hagai 1. v. 1. yet great part of the Power remain'd in the hands of the High Priests as is evident out of Josephus Antiq. l. 20. c. 81. and descended down to the Machabaeans Judas surnamed Aristobulus being the first who joyned the Kingdom to the Priesthood which was at last utterly lost the Romans Creating Herod King of Judea V. 360. That Messiah might be Born bard of his Right According to the Prophesie of Jacob. The Scepter shall not depart from Judah nor a Lawgiver from between his Feet until Shilo come Gen. 49. 10. which came to pass in the 36th year of Herod when the Jews after many struggles submitted quietly to his Government Messiah Bo. 5. v. 664. Bard of Bazzè Fr hinder'd depriv'd of V. 362. The Eastern Sages The Wise Men that came from the East to Jerusalem Matth. 2. 1. 2. Sages Sage Fr. Saggio Ital. Wise of Sagire Lat. to be Wise. V. 363. To offer Incense c. Matth. 2. 12. V. 367. By a Quire of Squadron'd Angels hear his Carol c. Luk. 2. 9 13 14. Carol Carolle Fr. a Song of Rejoycing used at Festivals and anciently at Christmass of the Sax. Carl or Ceorl a Rustick sort of a Song as being first Sung to Shepherds or as some will have it of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. Joy the glad tidings of a Saviours Birth V. 368. A Virgin but his Sire the Power of the most High The Virgins Name was Mary The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the Power of the highest shall over shadow thee Luk. 1. 27. and 35. V. 370. His glory with the Heavens Imperium Oceano famam qui terminat Astris Virg. V. 387. As of a Duel As of a Personal Fight Duel Duellum Lat. a Combate between two of Duo Lat. two Recure Recurare Lat. to heal again V. 395. His Works in thee and in thy Seed For this purpose the Son of God was manifested that he might destroy the Works of the Devil 1 St. John 3. 8. V. 402. The Law of God exact he shall fulfill According to his own Testimony of himself Think not that I am come to destroy the Law and the Prophets I am not come to destroy but to fulfill Matth. 5. 16. as appears by those more excellent and spiritual Precepts refined and rais'd far above those of the Law deliver'd in that Chapter V. 404. Though Love alone fulfill the Law Rom. 13. 10. V. 407. Proclaiming Life to all c. For God so loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life John 3. 16. V. 410. Not their own though Legal Works Knowing that a Man is not justified by the Works of the Law but by the Faith of Jesus Christ even we have believed in Jesus Christ that we might be justified by the Faith of Christ and not by the Works of the Law for by the Works of the Law shall no flesh be justified Gal. 2. 16. V. 411. Be Blasphem'd Be spoken of Reproachfully And many other things hlasphemously spake they against him Luk. 22. 65. Blasphem'd of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. to reproach to revile 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to destroy to take away ones good Name or Reputation V. 413. To a Death shameful and accurst Christ hath Redeemed us from the Curse of the Law being made a Curse for us For it is written Cursed is every one that hangeth on a Tree Gal. 3. 13. and Deut. 21. V. 415. But to the Cross he nails the Law that was against thee Blotting out the hand writing of Ordinances that was against us nailing it to his Cross Gal. 2. 14. Crucified Crucifigere Lat. to fasten to the Cross. V. 420. Soon revives Returns to Life Christs Resurrection Of Reviviscere Lat. to live again V. 421. Ere the third dawning Light As it began to dawn towards the first day of the Week Matth. 28. 1. Very early in the morning as St. Mark 16. 2. to which St. Austin applies Prophetically that of Psal. 57. 8. I my self will awake right early V. 427. By Faith not void of Works For as the Body without the Spirit is Dead so Faith without Works the evidence and activity of it is dead also Jam. 2. 26. V. 428. Annuls thy Doom Cancels and Blots out the Sentence given against thee Annuls Anuller Fr. to make void of Annihilare Lat. to destroy to bring to nothing V. 435. A gentle Wafting c. An easie and safe passage to Immortality to Waft is properly to guard as Convoys do Fleets of Merchant Ships of Wachten Bel. to guard to watch over V. 438. To appear to his Disciples Mat. 28. 16 17. Mark 16. 14. Luk. 14. 36. John 20. 19. Discipulus Lat. a Scholar a Learner V. 440. To teach all Nations c. Go ye therefore and teach all Nations baptizing them c. Mat. 28. 19. Mark 16. 15. V. 442. Baptizing in the profluent Stream Washing them in the pure running Stream To Baptize is of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉