in Syria^ Phoenice ^^c. 525- 



it is more probably a Corruption of the prefeiit Name T)eir-dofe 

 which, I am told, fignifies The Tlace of a Church or Con^vent. 

 Provided the Name had any Relation to the Synonymous City 

 in Spain, the Dedudion of It from [x^'una] it's rocky Situation , 

 would have been extremely applicable to it. However, as it 

 lyeth at about half a Leagues Diftance, over againft the antient 

 Aradtis, there is no Doubt, but that it muft be X)\q ^ntaradus 

 of Tliny and other Geographers. 



The νλ-λ\\^Λαάιι^, the y^rpad' of the Scriptures, is called ,^;™f^^^ 

 at prefent Rou-wadde ; which, with ElHammah ', the Seat of a "^^^ ^^^' 

 Turkifj Bafjaw, ten Leagues to the Eaftward, are the moil 

 northern Settlements of the Sons oi Canaan. The Profped of 

 Rou-wadde from the Continent, is wonderfully magnificent , 

 promifing at a Diftance a continued Train of fine Buildings, 

 and impregnable Fortifications. But This is intirely owing to 

 the Height and Rockinefs^ of If s Situation ; for at prefent all 

 the Strength and Beauty it can boaft of, lyeth in a weak unfor- 

 tified Caftle, with a few fmall Cannon to defend It. Yet we 

 are not to judge of the antient Strength of this Place by the mi- 

 ferable Condition it is in at prefent ; for it was formerly fur- 

 rounded with a large ftrong Wall, conlifting of atones of an 

 immenfe Bignefs ; which (as in many other Specimens of the 

 antient Buildings) fo exailly tally and correfpond with each 

 other, that the Archite^: might very juftly eftimate the Weight 

 and Symmetry alone of the Materials to be fufficient to with- 

 ftand the Violence of the Sea, and the Engines of an Enemy. 

 During the Time of It's Profperity, both Art and Nature feem 

 to have confpired in making it a Place of the utmoft Confequence : 

 confiderable enough to juftify the Boaft, which. Sennacherib'^ 

 made of the Conqueft of It. 



The antient Marathus may be fixed, I prefume, at thofcMARA- 

 Ruins, near xSxq Serpent Fountain, which are taken Notice of^""' 

 by y\.t.Maundrell,2ixA make WithRou-wadde and Tortofa, almoft 

 an equilateral Triangle. For Strabo ^ tells us, that Aradus was 



I From whence the Aradite. i Cbron. i. i6. 2 The Hamath of tlie Scriptures. Numb. 

 13.21. zKtngs\7.z^. and 23. 33. Ifa. 10.9. &c. the Metropolis of the Country of the 

 Hamathite, the youngeft of the Sons of Canaan. Amatb'is five Amath, Hetnath, Etiuth ; 

 quam alii interpretantur^?;fici/;M)« magnana, uii Epipban'iam : malucrim ^pam'iam, qua:etiam 

 nunc Haina : propius enim ad Terram promiiram acccdit, nee longe ell ab yirphad hodie 

 Kefoefa. .5<ίκ/. Ind. Geogr. lu ν oct Amatb'is. 3 Rou-waide οϊ ArpaahemgYXohMy aQ.nvca 

 from "l'"i firnuis fait Sec 4 IVbere is tbe King ti/Hamath and tbe King o/Arpad. 2 Kings 

 19. 13. 5: n^iKHTTU <S\' « Apai'if la^aS'os vv@' 1^ Λλι^ψα πΐΐζ^λία(, («ίταξί η Ti ^vm αίιτϊι! I'j -iMsjct^s, 

 Λέχϊία ^ >«f stti'isf fiMm. Strab. Geogr. I. 16 



Ν η η η fituated 



