in Syria, Fhoenice &c. ^25* 



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

 which, I am told, lignifies The Tlace of a Church or Convent. 

 Provided the Name had any Relation to the Synonymous City 

 in Spain, the Deduction of It from [x^'wio] it's rocliy Situation^ 

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

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

 AraduSy there is no Doubt, but that it muft be the Antaradus 

 of Tl'iny and other Geographers. 



The m^nd ^radtts, the ^r pad' of the Scriptures, is called ,^°"a"J'^^'J,^ 

 at present Rou-7i/adde\ wh'ich.v/ith El Hammah\ the Seat of a '''"^ ^"^^^ 

 Turkipj Bafiaw, ten Leagues to the Eaftward, are the moll 

 northern Settlements of the Sons oi Canaan. The Profpe^l 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 It'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, confifting of Stones of an 

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

 antient Buildings) fo exadly tally and correlpond with each 

 other, that the Architect 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 {tQin 

 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 thofeMARA- 

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

 by Mr. Maundrell,2ind make "withRou-wadde and Tortofa, aimoft 

 an equilateral Triangle. For Straho ^ tells us, th2it y4radus was 



I From whence the Amdite. i Chron. i. 16. 2 The Ham.tth of the Scriptures. Numb. 

 13.21. iKlngsxj.z^. and23.33. Jfa. lo.^.&c. the Metropolis of the Country of the 

 Hanuth'ite, the youngeft of the Sons of Canaan. Amathis five Amatb, Hemath, Emath ; 

 quam alii interpretantur^?;nof/);47B magnam, nUi Eplphaniam : maluerim /Ipamiam, qusectiam 

 nunc Hama : propius enim ad Terram promifTam accedit, nee longe eft ab ylrphad hoJie 

 Refoefa. Sanf. Ind. Geogr. in voce /^j«;if/;«. 3 Rou-wadde ot ArpHhe.\n^ ^vohzhly d^v'wcA. 

 from T"! //ra;«.c //if &c. 4 Where ts the King of Yi^mzth and the King of Aipad. z Kings 



jH-^m 4 >« sw'J'/Kf eixssic. Strab. Geogr. \. 16. 



N n n n fituated 



