THE PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA ad. 



c. 1580. 



vaine dreames, wilt thou kill him whom so much thou 

 hast desired, and so intirely loved. But Abraham shaking 

 him off proceeded on his way, whereupon the divel seeing 

 his words could not prevaile with the father attempted 

 the Sonne, saying ; Ismael, have regard unto thy selfe 

 betimes in this thing which is so dangerous. Where- 

 fore ? answered ye childe. Because (saith the divel) thy 

 doting father seeketh to take away thy life. For what 

 occasion, said Ismael ? Because (saith the enemie) he 

 saith, that God hath commanded him. Which Ismael 

 hearing hee tooke up stones and threw at him, saying, 

 Auzu billahi minal scia itanil ragini, which is to say, I 

 defend me with God from the divel the offender, as who 

 would say, wee ought to obey the commandement of God 

 and resist the divel with al our force. But to returne to 

 our purpose, the pilgrimes during their aboad there goe 

 to visite these three pillers, throwing away the little stones 

 which before they gathered, whiles they repeat the same 

 words which they say, that Ismael said to the divell, when 

 hee withstoode him. From hence halfe a mile is a moun- 

 taine, whither Abraham went to sacrifice his sonne, as 

 is abovesaid. In this mountaine is a great den whither 

 the pilgrims resort to make their prayers, and there is a 

 great stone naturally separated in the midst; and they 

 say, that Ismael, while his father Abraham was busie 

 about the sacrifice, tooke the knife in hand to proove 

 how it would cut, and making triall divided the stone 

 into two parts. The five dayes being expired, the captaine 

 ariseth with all the Carovan, and returneth againe to 

 Mecca, where they remaine other five dayes. And while 

 these rest, we will treat of the city and port of Grida 

 upon the Red Sea. 



Of Grida. 



THerefore wee say that from Mecca to Grida they Grida a port 

 make two small dayes journey : and because in those ^^^^'^ Mecca, 

 places it is ill traveiling in the day-time by reason of the 

 great heat of the Sunne, therefore they depart in the 



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