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?20ple', as is related fully by the Hiftorian Zo- 

 naras. Now I imagine, that this Preparation, 

 or fome fuch kind of Phofphorus, muft be the 

 fecret means of carrying on and fupporting the 

 Ceremony, kept up by the Greeks and Arme- 

 nians^ upon a full perfuafion. That every 

 Eajier-E've^ there is a miraculous Flame de- 

 fcends from Heaven, into the Holy Sepulchre 

 at Jerufalejn^ and kindles all the Lamps and 

 Candles there, as the Sacrifice v^as burnt at the 

 Prayers oi Elijah, i Kings xvm, 38. viz. l^hen 

 the Fire of the Lord fell, a7id confiimed the Burnt 

 " Sacrifice, and the Wood, and the Stones, and the 

 *' Dujl, and licked up the Water that was in the 

 cc 7>^;;^^/» Our Countryman, Henry Maiindrell, 

 who was an Eye-witnefs of this artful Cheat, de- 

 fcribes the whole thus, at page 95, of his Tra- 

 vels, from Aleppo to ferufalem. 



4. *' Coming to the Church of the Holy Se^ 

 " pidchre, at ferujalem, W'C found it crowded 

 " with a numerous and diftracted Mob, making 

 <^ a hideous Clamour, very unfit for that facred 

 *' Place, and better becoming Bacchanals than 

 *' Chriftians. Getting with fome ftruggle thro' 

 ** this Crowd, we went up into the Gallery on 

 ** that fide of the Church next to the Latin Con- 

 " vent, from whence we could difcern, all that 

 *' paffed in this Religious Frenzy. 



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