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For where it toucheth upon the Arabians, it was called Pales- 

 tine., 1 Judaea, Coele (Syria) ; and afterward, Phoenice : and 

 where it passes inward, Damascena. Still further south- 

 wards, it is named Babylonia. And the same between the 

 Rivers Euphrates and Tigris is called Mesopotamia, and 

 when it passeth the Mountain Taurus, it is Sophene : but on 

 this Side Comagene, and beyond Armenia, is Adiabene, 

 formerly named Assyria ; and where it meets Cilicia, it is 

 known by the Name of Antiochia. The whole Length of 

 Syria between Cilicia and Arabia is 470 Miles : the Breadth 

 from Seleucia Pieria to Zeugma, a Town seated upon the 

 Euphrates, is 175 Miles. They that minutely divide it 

 would have Phoenice to be environed with Syria ; and that 

 it is the Sea-coast of Syria, a Part of which compriseth 

 Idumaea and Judaea : then Phoenice, and then Syria. And 

 that Sea which lieth along that Coast beareth the Name of 

 the Phoenician Sea. This Nation of the Phoenicians hath 

 had great Glory for the Invention of Letters, and for the Arts 

 of the Stars, Navigation, and Skill in War. Beyond Pelu- 

 sium is Chabriae Castra, the Mountain Casius, the Temple of 

 Jupiter Casius, the Tomb of Pompeius Magnus; and Ostra- 

 cine. From Pelusium to the Frontiers of Arabia are 65 

 Miles. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 Idum&af Syria, Palcestina, Samaria. 



SOON after beginneth Idumaea and Palestina, from the 

 Rising up of the Lake Sirbon, which some have reported to 



1 The following division of Palestine under the Romans will throw 

 light upon the comments which follow : 



Palestina Prima, Kingdom of Judah (Judaea) and Samaria. 

 Palestina Secunda, Galilee and Trachonitis. 

 Palestina Tertia, Peraea and Idumaea Proper. 



Wern. Club. 



2 Idumaea comprised the country in the southern extremity of Judaea, 

 and embraced also a part of Arabia, which, from having been left nearly 

 depopulated during the Babylonian captivity, was seized upon by the 

 Idumseans, and continued to be called Idumaea in common with Iduma3a 



