Chap, II. A M E %JL C A. 



The fbenicians, defendants from Sydon, (fay they) Peopled America . the Spani- 

 ard* fprnng from Tubal, of Japhet, have fubje&ed the Americans, defcended from 

 Sydon, of Canaan, wherein is fulfill'd that Prophecy of Mofes, That Canaan 

 jbould be Servant to Japhet i but it feems a great miftake, fo to derive the Men- 

 tions from Canaan, for they are Extracted from Shem, Heber, Abraham, and Efau, 

 iirnam'd Edom, from his faying, Jdom, Adorn, when he ask'd of Jacob, That <l(ed, 

 That %ed, becaufe he knew not how to call the prepared Pottage by its proper 

 Name- And Edom fetling himfelf on Mount Seir, a part of the Stony Arabia, 

 and on the Coaft of the %ed-Sea, gave denomination to it, becaufe that Sea 

 was much frequented and Navigated by his Succeffors. . The Greeks call it £7* 

 threum, from Erythros , who is the fame with Efau, and likewife fignifies <l(ed. 

 Hereto is added , That Tbanix and Erythros have the fame fignification in the 

 Greek ; So then, thefe Idumeans taking the name of <Phenicians, from the great <?/;*- 

 nix, fpread themfelves far and near under mighty Kings, by Navigation in the 

 <%ed-Sea, and from thence Planted feveral Coafts and Iflands, removing at laft 

 to Syria. 



The feventh King of Edom, Mofes reckoneth to be $aal-banan, which name* 

 by tranfpofing the Syllables, the famous Carthaginian General Hannibal bare. 

 Moreover, it may eafily be demonftrated, that the Themcians Extracted from 

 Heber, have formerly fpoke Hebrew , and fince Jrabick; for they dwelt before 

 their removing, in the Stony.Arabia. St. Jerom faith, the <Punick Tongue agrees 

 for the moft part with the Hebrew : And St. Jujlin tells us, that many, nay, moft 

 of the Qirthaginian words are Hebrew. Elifa, Dido, the firft Foundrefs of Carthage 

 proves this , for Elifa or Eliffah , with the Hebrews, denotes A Lamb of my God • 

 and Dido, A Lover. But,who can find the lead likenefs, between the Hebrew or 

 Arabick Tongue with the Americans* Laftly, Since the Tbenicians acknowledge 

 EJau for a Father, what then concerns the Americans , the curfe of Canaan , fince 

 they are no more Extracted from Canaan, than the fhenicians i Thus much con- 

 cerning the Tbenicians. 



Some would derive the Americans from the Je^s 5 others , from the ten 

 Tribes of i/J^e/, carry'd into captivity. The ground of which Opinions is, 

 That the Je^s and Ifraelites were fcatter'd amongft all Nations • therefore they 

 conclude, that America was alfo Peopled by them, the rather, becaufe the an- 

 tient Jevs and Americans were of one Complexion , and went a like Habited, 

 both going without Shooes, onely wearing Sandals, and an upper Coat over 

 a (horter Linnen Veft. Both are humble, quick of apprehenfion, and obliging, 

 yet Valiant : But it is certain, they cannot be like the Jews, becaufe the Ameru 

 cans change their Habit, according as they live in cold or hot Countreys, and 

 go not in the leaft like one another. 



Father hnmanuel relates, That he faw a (Brafiltan, not onely ftoutly make his 

 party good againft three (Portugal Soldiers, but had it not been by meer chance, 

 worfted them. 



Laftly, What Ceremonies of Religious Rites are obferv'd by the Americans, 

 which are ufed in Judaifm ! The Jt»s indeed have tranfplanted their Circum- 

 cifion amongft divers Eaftern People, and have they onely forgot the firft Ce- 

 remony and fignal Badge of their Religion in America, which yet not onely 

 they, but thofe Mahumetans and other Se&aries pundually obferve ? 



This makes evident their fcatterings about the Face of the Earth, but will 

 not bring them to reach America. The Sacred Text fets forth a two-fold de- 

 fcription ofthejW 5 The one before the Birth of our Saviour, when they 



E i liv'd 



*7 



Is contradicted.' 



franc. Burma*, in G«L 

 J 5. 30. 



Phnkians dcriv'd from 

 EJau. 



Gen. $6. j 9 . 



Com. in Jer. 1. 4. c". » <l 



InN.1s6.V0jrOriz.U9L 

 lucj . 

 Putiicl^ Tongue. 

 Htbrew. 



If the Americans were de- 

 riv'd from the Jtvps , or the 

 ten Tribes of Ijratl. 



Is contradifod. 



Jem diftr ibutton. 



