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fawn afunder^ being rolled into the Fabrick^ 

 and ill cemented. Within were to be feen 

 the Foundations of another Wall , which 

 probably might anfwer this Front, and that 

 the Mamdukes^ wiiofe Workman- fhip it feems 

 moft likely to have been, built theCaftle here 

 for the Security of the Place. Before the 

 whole length of this new Front, except a 

 narrow Paflage which is left for an Entrance^ 

 is cut a deep Ditch, the afcent whereof on 

 the inner fide is facM with Stone to the very 

 Foot of the Wall, which mult have rendered 

 it very difficult to have aflaulted it. The 

 PafFage to, and the Door it felf is very nar- 

 row, not wider than to receive a loaded Ca- 

 mel, or that two Foot-men may well walk 

 a-breaft. And as foon as you are within the 

 firft Door,you make a fhort turn to the Right, 

 and pafs on to another of the like bignefs, 

 which leads into the Court. But all this is 

 but a new Building upon an old, and by this 

 outward Wall is quite flirouded that Magni- 

 jficent Entrance, which belonged to the firfl: 

 Fabrick ; of the ftatelinefs whereof we were 

 enabled to judge by the two Stones which 

 fupported the fides of the great Gate, each 

 of which is 3 5, Foot in length, and artifici- 

 ally carved with Vines and clufters of Grapes, 

 exceeding bold and to the Life. They are 

 both ftanding, and in their Places, and thfe 

 diftance between them., v^hich gives us the 

 widenefs of the Gate 15 Foot. But all this 

 is now walled up to the narrow Door before 

 mentioned. Over the little Door ther^ is an 

 Infcrii)tion in Greek^ and alfo another in ano- 

 ther Language and Gliaraderj which I never 



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