AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1064. 



Jerusalem. Where we were received by the most 

 reverend, aged, and holy patriarke Sophronius, with 

 great melodie of cymbals and with torch-light, and were 

 accompanied unto the most divine Church of our Saviour 

 his sepulchre with a solemne procession aswell of Syrians 

 as of Latines. Here, how many prayers we uttered, 

 what abundance of teares we shed, what deepe sighs we 

 breathed foorth, our Lord Jesus Christ onely knoweth. 

 Wherefore being conducted from the most glorious 

 sepulchre of Christ to visite other sacred monuments of 

 the citie, we saw with weeping eyes a great number of 

 holy Churches and oratories, which Achim the Souldan 

 of Egypt had lately destroyed. And so having bewailed 

 with sadde teares, and most sorowful and bleeding 

 affections, all the ruines of that most holy city both 

 within and without, and having bestowed money for the 

 reedifying of some, we desired with most ardent devotion 

 to go forth into the countrey, to wash our selves in the 

 most sacred river of Jordan, and to kisse all the steppes 

 of Christ. Howbeit the theevish Arabians lurking upon 

 every way, would not suffer us to travell farre from the 

 city, by reason of their huge and furious multitudes. 

 Wherefore about the spring there arrived at the port 

 of Joppa a fleet of ships from Genoa. In which fleet 

 (when the Christian merchants had exchanged all their 

 wares at the coast townes, and had likewise visited the 

 holy places) wee all of us embarked, committing our 

 selves to the seas : and being tossed with many stormes 

 and tempests, at length wee arrived at Brundusium : and 

 so with a prosperous journey travelling thorow Apulia 

 towards Rome, we there visited the habitations of the 

 holy apostles Peter and Paul, and did reverence unto 

 divers monuments of holy martyrs in all places thorowout 

 the city. From thence the archbishops and other princes 

 of the empire travelling towards the right hand for 

 Alemain, and we declining towards the left hand for 

 France, departed asunder, taking our leaves with un- 

 speakable thankes and courtesies. And so at length, of 



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