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A51638	The Egyptian history, treating of the pyramids, the inundation of the Nile, and other prodigies of Egypt, according to the opinions and traditions of the Arabians written originally in the Arabian tongue by Murtadi, the son of Gaphiphus, rendered into French by Monsieur Vattier ... and thence faithfully done into English by J. Davies ...	Murtaḍā ibn al-ʻAfīf, 1154 or 5-1237.; Vattier, Pierre, 1623-1667.; Davies, John, 1625-1693.	1672 (1672)	Wing M3128; ESTC R23142	128,209	344

time as his enterprize having been observed Men bewared of him and the King heard of him They say that Mechavel God curse him imprisoned Noah 3 years before he died and that after his death his son Darmasel who was his Successor brought Noah out of Prison and commanded him to forbear corrupting Religion and exclaming against the Gods There was among them for their seven great Idols a Feast which they celebrated every year during which they assembled to offer Sacrifices and make Processions about the Idols The time of that Feast being come which is also the Feast of Jagoth the people came together from all parts and then Noah came to that Assembly and having pass'd through the midst of the People and cry'd with a loud voice O Friends say as I do There is no other God then the great God The people put their fingers into their Ears and their Heads into their garments but the Idols fell at Noah's cry which obliged the men to fall upon him and to beat him cruelly giving him several wounds in the head then dragging him along the ground with his face towards the Kings Palace into which they made him enter and brought him before him Have not I done thee a favour said the King in taking thee out of Prison though thou hast spoken against our Religion rail'd at our Gods and forsaken the footsteps of thy Fathers and Grand-fathers Mean time thou comest again to exercise thy Magick against the Gods so as thou hast made them to fall from their thrones torn from their stations and the places of their honour and their glory What hath forc'd thee to this extremity If these Idols replied Noah were Gods as you imagine they would not have fallen at my voice Fear God unhappy Prince turn to him and believe nothing equal to him for he sees you Who is he said the King who has made thee so confident as to speak to me in these terms I will sacrifice thy Bloud to the Idols He thereupon commanded him to be kept in prison till the day of the Feast of Jagoth that he might be sacrificed to him and that the Idols might at the same time be exalted to their thrones But he saw afterwards a Dream which startled him and obliged him to order Noah to be put out of prison giving out among the people that he was distracted Noah being afterwards 500 years of age had his son Sem and after him Cham and after him Jam then Japhet Their mother was named Nouba●he the Daughter of Enos the son of Enoch Noah was afterwards a long time preaching to hi● Nation yet could convert to the profession of the Unity of God but a small company of the meaner sort of people wherefore they made this reproach to him according to what God himself said to him Thou hast been followed by the dr●gs of the people Noah was a Carpenter and those who believed in him were of his own profession He spent afterwards three Ages in preaching always to the people the Religion of Almighty God without other effect save that they grew the more impious and insolent Nay they kill'd some of those who believed in him and rifled their honses and then God revealed to him that of his Nation there would be no other Believers save onely those who had already embraced the Faith Noah despairing of their Conversion began to pray to God against them and to say O my Lord suffer not upon earth any habitation of the Unbelievers Then Almighty God commanded him to build the Ship then he smote them with Sterility as well to the Fruits of the earth as the Procreation of children making their women unable to bring forth and in like manner the Females of their Cattel incapable of generation and withdrawing his benedictions from their Orchards and Agriculture They invoked their Idols but it did bestead them nothing with God Then Noah began to build the Ship and spent three years in cutting down Indian Plane-trees and polishing them in making Nails and Pins and providing whatever was necessary then he set it together in the moneth of Regebe Those of his Nation would needs pass by him as he was at work laughing and making sport at him After he had finished it God commanded him to put into it two pairs of every species Those who embarqued with him of the sons of Adam and his own were Sem Cham and Japhet and the others who belonged to him and were of his family The Angels brought to him Adams Shrine which was in the Countrey of Tehama which is the Septentrional Territory of Meca There was also with him in the Ark the Egyptian Priest Philemon with his family and his daughters The rest were of the children of his Father and of his Grandfather Edrisus After the chastisement was completed by the destruction of the Inhabitants of the Earth that the Heaven had given a check to the Rains that the Earth by the permission of her Lord had drunk up the waters and that the Ark rested on Mount G●edis they went out and built a City which they called The Match of Fourscore and which is at this day famous in its place under the name of Themanine which signifies Fourscore They say that the several Nations though they were not ignorant of the Deluge and that they knew well enough it was to come yet could not learn of their Priests precisely the time of its coming because it was the will of the Almighty and All-good God to punish them The Mountains cast stones at them and they knew not which way to turn to avoid the falling of the Rain and the Stones They say also that the water which fell was hot and corrupted as if i had come out of a boiling Pool of Sand. Some affirm that the Ship continued on the water a hundred and fifty days others that it continued 11 Moneths God knows how it was Some affirm also that the Deluge happen'd in the Moneth of Regebe and that the Ark nested on Mount Geudis the tenth day of the Moneth of Mucharram There were between the descent of Adam and the Deluge two thousand one hundred fifty six years When God would restore the Earth to a good condition he sent a wind upon the water which dry'd it and put a stop to the Springs The ordinary light return'd to the World and the Sun and the Moon and the Night and the Day Forty days after God commanded Noah to open the Ark. He opened it and let out the Raven to see how low the water was The Raven went out and stayed to feed on the Carrions of the dead and returned no more Whereupon Noah made imprecations against her that she might always be a Stranger and never a domestick Bird and that it should feed on Carrions Then he let out the Dove after her She soon return'd with her feet dy'd with the slime of the Earth which was grown hot Wherefore Noah prayed God to

affirm on their behalf that in their Divinations they were inclin'd to Astrology that they invented the occult Sciences and knew hidden Secrets that they made famous Talismans and noble Laws that they were the Authors of speaking Works and moving Figures that they raised high Structures and grav'd their Sciences on the hardest stones which were then soft like Earth water'd or Paste that they particularly excell'd in the Structure of Pyramids exactly built on which they made exquisite Talismans by means whereof they kept their Enemies from entering into their Cities and Provinces by that means giving a clear demonstration of the Prodigies of their Science and discovering the effects of their Wisdom Egypt was then they say divided into fourscore and five Provinces whereof there were forty five in the lower part and forty in the upper And in every Province there was a Governour taken from among the Princes of the Priests who are they of whom God speaks in the History of Pharaoh when he says Send Heralds through the cities to bring unto thee all the learned Magicians he means those Governours They say that the Cities of the Princes of the Magicians were built by Busiris The Priest who served the Stars was seven years in that Imployment and when he was come to that degree they called him Cater as much as to say Master of the Influences and then he sate in the same Seat with the King and the King led his Beasts to the Watering-place and brought them back that is did all his business according to his counsel When he saw him coming he rose up to receive him went to meet him and made him sit down Then the Priests approched and with them the Masters of the Arts who stood beneath the Cater Every Priest served one particular Star and was not permitted to serve any other and he was called the Servant of such a Star as the Arabians served every one his own God and were called Gabdosamse Gabdiagoth Gabdolgasi that is Servant of Samse or the Sun Servant of Jagoth Servant of Gasi The Cater said to the Priest Where is now the Star which thou servest The Priest replied It is in such a Sign such a Degree such a Minute Then he put the same question to another and when all had answered and that he knew the Position of all the Stars he addressed himself to the King and said thus to him It is requisite that you do such a thing to day that you send an Army to such a place that you clothe your self after such a manner that you speak at such a time and so of all he thought fit to be done in all the Kings Affairs and in all the Government of the Kingdom The King writ down all the Cater said and whatever he disapprov'd Then he turn'd to the Artists and said thus to them Grave thou such a Figure on such a Stone and Plant thou such a Tree and to another Make thou a Geometrical Draught of such a Work and so to all from the first to the last Immediately they all went every one to his Shop and beset themselves to do the works enjoyned them exactly following the design propos'd to them by the Cater They set down that day in a Register the Works performed therein and the Register was folded up and kept in the Kings Treasury Their Affairs were dispatch'd according to this order then the King when he had any Affair assembled the Priests without the City Memphis and the People met together in the Streets of the said City Then they made their entrance one after another in order the Drum beating before them to bring the people together and every one made some miraculous discovery of his Magick and Wisdom One had to their thinking who look'd on him his Face surrounded with a light like that of the Sun so that none could look earnestly upon him Another seem'd clad with a Robe beset with Precious stones of divers colours green red or yellow or wrought with gold Another came mounted on a Lion compass'd with Serpents like Girdles Another came in cover'd with a Canopy or Pavilion of light Another appear'd surrounded with Fire turning about him so as that no body durst come near him Another was seen with dreadful Birds perching about his Head and shaking their wings like black Eagles and Vultures Another made appear before him in the air dreadful and terrible persons and winged Serpents In fine every one did what was taught him by the Star he served yet all was but Apparition and Illusion without any reality insomuch that when they came up to the King they spake thus to him You imagin'd that it was so or so but the truth is that it was such or such a thing There was heretofore in ancient Masre which is Emsos a King-Priest named Gancam of the race of Gariac the Son of Aram of whom the ancient Egyptians tell several stories part whereof are beyond all likelihood He liv'd before the Deluge which he by his Science foresaw whereupon he commanded the Doemons who accompanied him to build him a Palace beyond the Equinoctial Line which the ruines of this Universe could not reach They built the Castle seated on the descent of the mountain of the Moon which is the Castle of Brass where are the Brazen Statues in number LXXXV out of the Throats whereof issues the Water of the Nile which falls into a Fen full of Gravel whence the water of the Nile flows into Egypt and other Climats distributed and proportionably compass'd for were it not for that it would spread over the greatest part of the Earth The Spirits having built him that Castle he had the curiosity to see it and make his abode therein To that end he sate in a Pavilion made purposely with much artifice and the Spirits carried him on their shoulders to the Castle where having consider'd the excellency of the Structure and beauty of its Walls with the Sculptures and the Paintings that were about it and the Figures of the Celestial Bodies and divers other wonderful things for in the greatest obscurity of the night people saw clearly without Torches There were Tables set and spread with all sorts of Meat yet none perceiv'd to set them there so all sorts of Drinks in vessels of Marble Gold and Silver which he made use of yet were they not increased or diminished In the middest of the Castle there was a Cistern of Water congeal'd into Ice whereof the motion might be perceived through that part which was frozen as one sees through a Glass what is contained in it Having considered all this he was astonished thereat and immediately returned into Egypt where he left for his Lieutenant and Successour his Son Gariac recommending his Subjects to him and the Government of the Kingdom and then he return'd to the Castle and continued there till he died He is thought to be Author of the Books of the Coptites out of

Worldly concerns came according to their wishes King Saurid having compleated the Structure cover'd them with Silks of several colours from the top to the bottom and caused a great Feast to be celebrated for them whereto all the Inhabitants of the Kingdom came not so much as one being wanting from all the Coasts of Egypt Then he commanded them to make thirty Gernes or great Vessels of colour'd stone which they excellently cast He also ordered covers to be made of the same Every Vessel held a hundred Mules load He caused them to be set in the lowest Story of the Eastern Pyramid and had brought thither precious Stones and Jacinths till the Floor was full thereof He caused the Vessels to be cover'd with their Covers and Lead to be melted thereon then he caused pieces of Gold and Silver to be scatter'd as much as might divert their sight who should look on them Then he caused to be brought thither all he could of his Treasures and the most precious of his Wealth Jewels Plate Precious Stones cast and coloured Pearls Vessels of Emerald Vessels of Gold and Silver Statues excellently wrought Artificial Waters Talismans precious Iron that would twine about like Cloath Philosophical Laws the Nurses of Wisdom divers sorts of Medicinal Drugs exquisite Tables of Brass on which divers Sciences were written as also Poisons and Mortal drinks which Kings have ready by them and wholesome Preservatives and Antidotes and several other things which it is impossible to describe But all this could not secure them from the evils wherewith God afflicted them for their Infidelity In the mean time they imagin'd that their Fortresses would defend them against God but God came to them on the side they were not aware of and destroyed their great Flocks by the Deluge and other misfortunes Praise be to him he is the only and the Almighty God All is perishable save onely his Majesty to him belongs Wisdom and to him you will return After that says the Author King Saurid caused to be brought into the second Pyramid the Idols of the Stars and the Tabernacles of the Celestial Bodies and what Statues and Perfumes his Ancestors had caused to be made by means whereof men had access to him and their Books and what Annals and Histories they had caused to be made for themselves of what had pass'd in their time and of the predictions of what was to happen after them to the Kings who should govern Egypt to the last times and the state of the fixed Stars and what was to happen by their repose and motions from time to time Then he caused to be put into the third Pyramid the Bodies of the Kings and Priests in Gernes or great Vessels of hard black Stone and by every Priest his Book and the Miracles of his Art and Life He also caused to be set along the walls of the Pyramids Idols which held in their hands all the Arts according to their ranks and measures the description of each Art and the manner of exercising it and what was necessary for that and in like manner the Caters For the Priests were distinguish'd into seven Orders the first whereof was that of the Caters who were they that served all the seven Planets every Planet seven Years With the Cater was the Universal Doctor The second Order was theirs who serv'd six Planets and immediately followed after the first degree After that they named that which served five of them and under the following and inferiour Then he caused also to be brought into the third Pyramid the Bodies of the Masters of the Laws with those of the Priests and the wealth of the Houses of the Stars and their Ornaments which they had had by Offerings and the goods of the Priests After that he appointed one of them for a Guard to each Pyramid The Guard therefore of the Eastern Pyramid was an Idol of Jamanick shell black and white which had both eyes open and sate on a Throne having near it as it were a Halberd on which if any one cast his eye he heard on that side a dreadful noise which made his heart faint and he who heard that noise dyed There was a Spirit appointed to serve that Guard which Spirit never went from before it The Guard of the Western Pyramid was an Idol of hard Red stone having in like manner in his hand somewhat like a Halberd and on his head a wreathed Serpent which flew at those who came near him clung about their necks and kill'd them There was appointed to serve him an ugly deformed Spirit which parted not from him For Guard to the third Pyramid he had plac'd a small Idol of Baby stone on a Basis of the same which Idol drew to it those who look'd on it and stuck to them till it had destroy'd them or made them distracted There was also a Spirit appointed to serve it which parted not from it Saurid having finish'd the building of the Pyramids and compassed them with the bodies of Spiritual substances he offer'd Sacrifices to them and presented them with the Offerings chosen for them The Spirits appointed for the service of each Star knew the Ascendant of the Stars they served and they serv'd them according to their rank one after another He distributed and appointed the names under which should be divided the Works that should be presented to them The Coptites affirm that King Saurid's Name was written upon the first Pyramid with the time spent in the building of it Some say he had it built in six moneths and that he defied those that came after him to demolish it in 600 years though it be certain it is more easie to pull down then to build He said also speaking to them themselves I have cover'd them with Silk do you cover them if you can with Linen cloth But those who have reigned after him at several times have seen that they were nothing in comparison of him and that they could not cover them so much as with Mat and with much ado should they have cover'd them with any thing else As to the miraculous stories related of the Pyramids the Author of that Book God shew him mercy says that in the Annals contained in the Books of the Egyptians and their Miracles there is such plenty of admirable Histories that it is impossible to relate them all I shall onely adds he relate some of them and among others this The Commander of the Faithful the Mamunus God shew him mercy being come into the Land of Egypt and having seen ●he Pyramids had a desire to demolish them or at least some one of them to se what was within it Whereupon it was thus said to him You desire a thing which it is not possible for you to have If you attempt it and fail it will be a dishonour to the Commander of the Faithful Whereto he replied I cannot for bear but I must discover something He therefore put

unite you God protect you God make you prosper God raise you to honour God give you peace I I recommend to you the fear of God and I recommend you to the All-mighty and All-good God and I pray him to have a care of you after me O Apostle of God said we to him when will your day be The time is very neer said he behold I return to God and to the Garden of Retirement and the Paradise above Who shall wash you said we O Apostle of God The men of my House reply'd he according to the order of their nearness In what shall we bury you O Apostle of God said we In my Garments if you please said he or in those of the happy Arabia or in the white ones of Egypt Who shall make the Prayer for you O Apostle of God said we weeping Trouble not your selves for that said he God be merciful to you and reward you for the care you have of your Prophet When you have wash'd me and laid me into a Sheet put me into my Coffin which is here by the side of my Tomb then depart from me for a while till my good friend Gabriel hath Prayed for me and after him Michael then Esraphiel then the Angel of Death with many other Angels whom God Bless After that return to me and come near me one after another and pray God heartily to grant me peace and mercy and forbear importuning me with Cries Weeping and Lamentations The first who shall make the Prayer for me shall be the men of my own House then their Wives then you Continue in peace with those of my Companions who are at a great distance from me and with those who have followed me in my Religion till the day of the Resurrection I make you witnesses of the Benediction which I give all those who have embraced the Mussulman Religion This is the Testament which the Prophet God grant him peace and mercy made before his death It suffices for the glory of Egypt that he mention'd it at his death and that he ordered they should bury him in the white Garments of Egypt What greater glory can there be then that The incomparable old Man Doctor of the sayings and actions of the Prophet Abugabdol Mahumet the son of Negaman Gods peace be with him relates upon the credit of him from whom he heard it that the Apostle of God God grant him peace and mercy spoke one day in these terms The hand of God is upon Egypt the Inhabitants of it are favoured with a particular Protection from God and with a happy prosperity The Ancient Abugabdol explicating these words of the Prophet speaks thus That hand signifies Power and Divine assistance Guebad the son of Mahumet Gods peace be with him speaks thus Sitting one day in the great Ancient Mosquery of Masre which God preserve I heard a Citizen who related it as a thing which he had learnt from some great Person that it was on a time asked one of the Sages of Egypt What is the most delightful thing that ever you saw Fruit reply'd he when they appear clustered all about the Trees and Plants like Clouds which closely follow one another What was the best thing you did ever eat What was presented to me said he in a quiet place without trouble and disturbance when I have been very hungry What was the most pleasant Drink you ever tasted The remainders said he of the overflowing of the Nile of Egypt in the Spring time What was the most delightful thing you ever heard The eloquent voice said he of a Person reading the Alcoran and pronouncing it distinctly without Singing and without Artifice In what did you find your self most commodiously clad In Linnen half worn out reply'd he in Summer and in any other Cloath or Stuffe in Winter Do you find any thing better then that Yes reply'd he Health It is related of one of Lawyers of Egypt God shew him mercy that he said I have heard a man who related in the Tent of the Commander of the Faithful Gamrou the son of Gasus Gods peace be with him or over against it as a thing which he had from Mecdad the son of Magdaquerbe the Zebidian that the Prophet Gods peace and mercy be with him spoke thus No man can eat any thing better in this World then what he eats by the labour of his hands For the Prophet of God David liv'd by the labour of his hands 'T is related of Bara Gods peace be with him that he said thus upon this occasion The Prophets and Devout persons have always endeavoured to get their Livelihood by lawful ways Adam Gods peace be with him was a Labourer Seth a Weaver Edrisus a Taylor Noah a Carpenter Cadar a Mule-keeper David an Armourer Abraham a Sower of Seeds others say a Weaver of Lawn Salich a Marchant Moses and Saguib and Mahumet Gods peace and mercy be with them were Shepherds Locman a Taylor Jesus the son of Mary a Pilgrim Abubeker and Omar and Othman and Gali and Gabdorrachaman the son of Guph and Talche were Merchants Trading in Cypres and Lawnes Maimoune the son of Meharam and Mahumet the son of Sirin were also Lawn-Merchants Zebir the son of Gauam and Gamrou the son of Gasus and Gamer the son of Carir were Silk-Merchants Job the Skinner sold Goats-Skins Sagad the son of Abuvacas drove a Trade in Dyers Woad Othman the son of Mahumet the Lachamian was a Taylor Malich the son of Dinar was a Writer Neguim the Deaf God grant him mercy related to my what follows There was said he in the Caraph at Masre a devout man who stood every Friday at the Gate of the great old Mosquey of the same side with Gamrou's House after the Prelate had concluded the Prayer and cry'd out with a loud voice There is no other God but the great God alone without Associate It is he who Reings He ought to be Praised Life and Death proceed from him He ever lives and never dies That which is good is in his Hand To him all things return He is able to do all things All those who heard him repeated what he said till there remained but few persons in the Mosquey then at last he said O Assembly of the Faithful he who abstains from things forbidden obtains remission of his Sins he who is content with what God sends him hath Wealth enough he who eschews evil is in safety He ceased not to do this till God call'd him God grant him mercy He lies Buried in the Cemitery of Masre which God protect against its Enemies and keep in his Holy custody Amen It is in God we hope it is good to wait upon him God grant peace to our Lord Mahumet and to those of his House and those of his Party and fill him with his Benedictions Behold the Book finish'd by the grace of our glorious Lord let him be praised and exalted and glorify'd This Copy