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ravels into the Levant. 
Fart I. 
Place of Af- 
cenfion. 
Su Tehgk. 
The Grott 
where the 
Creed was 
made. 
The Sepul- 
chre of Abfo- 
iem. 
The Sepiil- 
chre of Jeho- 
fapkit. 
The Sepul- 
clire of Zi- 
cbarias. 
The Brook 
Kedron. 
The Valley 
of JehofàphiU 
Garden of 
Olives. 
Garden of 
Betbfenwjy. 
The Sepul- 
chre of tlie 
Virgin Af'f/ 
verted this Church into a Mofque, and fuffer no Chriftian to enter into it. On 
the top of thÊ Mount is the place of Afcenfion, which is aChappel with eight 
Fronts, having a little Dome covered with Lead, and fupported by eight 
Pillars of white Marble ; in this Chappel' you may ftill fee the print^f our 
Saviour's Left Foot on the Rock, the impreffion of the other was alfo there, 
but the Turks cut off part of the Rock, o« which thç other Foot was imprin- 
ted, and have carried it into the Temple of Salomon^^ where they preferve it 
very honourably, as they do this ; nay, they have a little Mofque in this Ghap- 
pel, and they fuffer Chriftians to come and kifs that holy Foot-flep, for a few 
Maidms. In this place a Gentleman enflamed with the love of God, and defi- 
rous to follow Jefus Chrifl, whofe Step's he had traced fo far, yielded up his 
Soul to the Lord. A little below this place we faw the Grott,where St. Pelagia 
a famous Courtizan of Antioch did Penance \ then coming down again, we paffed 
by the place where our Lord made the Prayer, ( which we call the Lord's 
Prayer) and a little lower to the Right, the place where he Preached the laft 
Judgment, for a Mcm.orial of which, there ftands a Pillar there. Afterwards 
we came to a Grott or Church, wherein are twelve Arches, ïq this place it 
was that the Apoftles made the Creed, which goes by their Name, and then 
to the Burying-place of the Prophets, where there are many Grotts cut out 
in the Rock. Next we faw two fqu are Sepulchres, each fquarecut out of the 
Rock in one entire piece j the one is qî Ahfolom.^ the Son of Davidj and it is 
encompaifed with feveral Pillars cut out of the natural Rock, and covered 
with a Pyramide : The other is the Sepulchre of Jehofaphat , who gave the 
name to the Valley j others fay it is the Sepulchre of King Manajfes. Ah[o- 
loms is eafily known, by t^e many Stones that .are always there, becaufe no 
Body goes near to it, whether Chriftian, Turk, or Moor, Man, Woman, or 
Child, but throws a flone at it, as detefting the memory of that Prince, be- 
caufe of his Rebellion againfl his own Father. Then we faw the Grott where 
St. James the younger hid himfelf when our Saviour was taken, and continu- 
ed there without eating or drinking, until the Refurredion. Being come out 
from thence, we faw the Sepulchre of the Prophet Zacharias^ the Son of Bara- 
chias^ who was flain betwixt the Porch and the Akar, by the command of 
King Joas : It is cut in a Diamond-point upon the Rock, with many Pillars 
about it. 'From thence we came to the place where the Brook /vTcirow runs, 
which is many times dry, without vv'ater, as it was then, arid there we faw a 
Bridgé hard by, of one Arch, under which that Brook paifes when there is any 
water in it j and upon that Bridge our Saviour fell, when after his apprehen- 
lion in the Garden, the Jews brought him into the City, ufing him lb barba- 
roufly, that as he went over that Bridge, they threw him down from the top 
to the bottom, and in the ftone the prints of his Feet and Elbows areto be feen. 
Having narrowly obferved thefeHoly prints, and paffed the Brook dry-fliod, 
we came to the Valley of Jehofafhat, which is about a League in length, but 
not very broad ; itTerves as a Ditch to the City of JerufaUm. The Jews giye 
a Cheqmn a day for permiffion to bury their Dead there, belides what they pay 
for the Ground, and all, that they may be the fooner difpatched at the day 
of Judgment ; becaufe ( as they believe) it will be held in that place. There 
we faw the Garden of Olives, and entring it, we came to the fame place 
where our Lord having been kiffed by Judas^^ was taken by the Jews ^ it is a 
very little narrow place, enclofed with a pitiful Wall. Afterwards we came 
to the place where the three Apoftles, St.Teter, St. James and St. John the 
Evangelift, fell aflf ep whilft our Saviour Prayed, which made Him fay to them. 
Cannot you watch one Hour witlj me ? Then to the Garden of Beihfem'anle, where 
our Saviour left the Eight Apoftles, when He vvent to Pray in the Garden of 
Olives , taking only Three with him ^ to wit , St. Peter, St. James and 
St. John. At prefent the Garden of Bethfemanie, makes but one with the Gar- 
den of Olives. The Grott where our Lord fweat Blood and Water, faying. 
Father, jf Thou be vpillin£, remove this Cup from Me, And where the Angel 
came to comfort him, is Painted fince the time of St. Helen, and receives light 
by an opening in the middle of the Vai;lt, which is fupported by four Pillars. 
Near to that is the Sepulchre of the Firkin Mary, which is a Church almoft 
under Ground, of v/hich nothing but the Front is to be feen. It ftands at the 
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