in Syria^ Phcenice feV. ^ji 



Greek Coin likewife of his SonTii/^s ', ftruck upon a like Occafi- 

 on^we fee a Shield, fufpended upon a Palm Tree, with a Victory 

 writing upon it. The fame Tree is made an Emblem oiNea- 

 folis % (formerly S'lchemj or Naplofa, as it is now called) upon 

 a Medal oiVomitian ; and of Sepphoris ' (or Saffour according 

 to the prefent Name,) xh^> Metropolis oi Galilee, upon one of 

 Trajan s. It may be prefumed therefore that the Palm Tree 

 was formerly very much cultivated in the Holy Land. WeJficho^/e«i 



•' ■/ y ^ aboimas with 



have indeed feveral of thefe Trees ftill remaining at Jericho^ itium. 

 wliere there is the Convenience they require of being often 

 v»^atered : where likewife the Climate is warm, the Soil fandy, 

 and fuch as they delight to grow in. But at Sichem and other 

 Places to the Northward, I rarely faw above two or three of 

 them together ; and even thefe, as their Fruit doth rarely or 

 ever arrive to Maturity, ferve more for Ornament than Ufe. 

 Upon that Part of the Sea Coaft, which I am acquainted with, 

 there were ftill fewer; and eventhofe I met with, grew either 

 out of fome Ruin, or elfe iliaded the Retreat of one or other 

 of their Shehhs, as they call the Saints of This Country. From 

 the Condition and Quality therefore of thefe Trees at prefent, 

 it is very probable (provided the Climate and the Sea Air fliould 

 be, contrary to Experience, affiftingto their Increafe) thatthey 

 could never be either numerous or fruitful. The Opinion then „, 



. . Phcenice vot 



of fome Authors ^ that Thoentce is the iame with a Country of/« (aUedfrom 



T^rT-<ii 1 Λ c being a Coun- 



Date Trees, doth not appear to be well grounded; for werry«/Paim 

 may uiftly imagine, that in Cafe fo neceffary and beneficial 

 a Plant had been once cultivated to Advantage, it would have 



I ΙΟΪΔΑΙΑ2 EAAiiKTiAS. Viclor'iti fcribens in clypeo Palnu appenfo. Vid. Faill. Numif. Imp. 

 Rom. Grsc. p.21. 2ΦΛΑΟΤΙ. ΝΕΑΠΟΛΙ. camap. l. aI. ΡαΙηΐΛ arbor. Id. p.24. 3 ςΕΠΦίΙΡΗΝίΙΝ. 

 Pabiui urbor.Id.p.^o. 4//imi.7;/wPalttvetisconfi!;ajfontibusirrigiia. Plin. 1. 5:. cap. 14. Exuberanc 

 fruges, ( ftys Tacitus, fpcakjiig of this Cemmy) noftrum in morem; praECcique eas Balfamum 

 & Palms. 1.5•. cap. (5. Strabo defcribeth yfnVfco to be (■^ίονάζον 'M <fuu>u, I. 16. p.iio5.) 

 Abounding with Date Trees. For the City of Palm Trees. Deut.34.3. Judg.i. id. and 3. 13. 

 the Targmn puts the City of Jericho, j Quod ad nomen attincc Pbceniccs, id a Palmis elie 

 dudum mihi videtur veri fimile i aiii a Phcenice quodam id ducunt. Reland. Palxft. p. yo. 

 PahTia arbor Urbis (Aradi) eft fymbolum, quo plerseque Phaniciis. uibes utebantur, quod 

 ΦΟΙΝΙΞ arbor provincix ?/;a'Hf«;e nomen dederit. F<ii//. do Urbib. p. 2j7. Of the lame 

 Opinion was Ci/i/?/;fWj, according to the Author of the Hiftory of the World, p. 205:. But 

 the moft probable Conjedure for the Name is as follows. " Edom, Erythra, and Phoenicia, are 

 " Names of the fame fignification, the Words denoting a red colour: which makes it proba- 

 " ble that the Erythreans who fled from David, fettled in great Numbers in Phoenicia ; i.e. in 

 " all the Sea Coafts of Syria, faomEgypt to Zidon : and by calling themfclves Phoenicians, in the 

 " Language of Syri^, inltead of Erythreans, gave the Name of Phcenicia, to all that Sea Coaft, 

 " and to that only. Sir //. Newton's Chron. p.io8, 109. Bochart very ingeniouily fuppofeth 

 the Phcenices to be a corruption of \>:)i ']3 Beni Anak^, ( The Children ef /inak, ) Lib. i. 

 Chan. cap. i. 



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