J2Q MlfcelUneA Curiofa, Vol. III. 



An ExtraSl of the '^Journals of twa 

 Jeveral l^oyages of the Englifli 

 Merchants of the FaBofj of 

 Aleppo, f<? Tadmor, ancientiy 

 calTd Palmyra. 



OUR Merchants of this worthy Fado- 

 ry, being generally Men of more than 

 ordinary Birth and Education, have not been 

 wanting (as the intervals of leifure from 

 their gainful Traffick would permit) to make 

 Voyages of Curiofity, to vifit the celebrated 

 Remains of Antiquity in thofe Parts, where-- 

 By the once flourifhing State cfi:he World, 

 under the Roman Empire^ is abundantly evin- 

 ced. And being informed by the Natives, 

 that the Ruins of the City of Tadmor }ncyq 

 more eonfiderable than any they had yet feen, 

 they were tempted to enterprise this hazard- 

 ous and painful Voyage over the JDefan hut 

 having been, by the perfidy of the Arabs^ 

 difappointed of their Defires in their firft 

 Attempt, they were obliged to defer their 

 Cnriority, till they could better provide for 

 their Security : whereof being alTured^ from 

 the Confidence fome of them had in the 

 Friend Ihip of Ajfpe then King of the jirahs^ 

 they adventured again, in the Year i(?pi, 

 and had full liberty to vifit, obfervc and 

 cranfcribe what they pkafed* What 



