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Grate that fhats it in: It is called the Pillar of Exprobration, becanfe that 
after the Soldiers had buffeted 9ur Lord, they made him fit down in Pdatt's 
Hall upon that Pillar, then crowned him with Thorns, and mocl^ed him, faying. 
Hail King of the Jews : This Chappel belongs to the Abyjfmsj and has five 
Lamps in it. Having palfed this Chappel, you come to a narrow Stair-cafe, of 
which the firft Steps are of wood, and the reft cut in the Rock, being nineteen 
in all ; where after you have put off your Shoes, you come upon Mount Calvary^ 
upon which there are two Chappels feparated by a Pillar that fupports the 
Roof, and fo divides them, that one may ftill go from the one into the other <: 
Thefe two Chappels are adorned with Marble, and the firft of them, which is 
on the left hand as you enter, is the place where the Crofs of our Lord was 
planted ; and in the middle of a neat Table of white Marble, 'fi\ form of an 
Altar, which is about ten foot long, feven foot broad, and two foot raifed 
The place from the floor, is the hole wherein the Crofs of our Lord was fixed j this 
where the hole-ôi round, a large half foot in diamètre, two foot deep, and has a Silver- 
Crofs of our p|^j.g about it,on which the Myfteriesof the PalTion are emboITed j the Chriftians 
plantecl^^ thruft their Arms into this hole, and have their Chaplets touched there. On 
our Saviour's right hand, about five foot diftant from him, was the Crofs of 
the Good Thief; and on our Lord's left hand, fix foot diftant, that of the 
Wicked Thief : Thefe three Crofles were not in a ftreighb line, but made 
a kind of triangle? our Lord ftanding more backward -, fo that he could eafily, 
fee the two Thieves. Where thefe two Croffes flood, there are at prefenE 
two little Marble-Pillars, and Crofles upon them. Betwixt the hole where 
theCrofsofourLord was placed, and the Crofs of the Wicked Thief, is the 
Cleft of the Rock that was rent ^ it is a foot wide, and covered with a Wire- 
Lettice : This Chappel belongs to the Greeks, and there are in it eight ancl 
and forty Lamps, and two Candlefticks of twelve branches a piece : Near to 
the Crofs of the Good Thief, there is a Door by which the Greeks go into the 
Quire that belongs to them, and into their Lodgings. Tiie other Chappel is 
The Chappel called the Chappel of Crucifixion, becaufe in that place our Lord was laid 
ofCrucilixion upon the Crofs, and had his Hands and Feet pierced and nailed to it, from 
whence he was carried to the place where the Crofs was fet up in the hole 
about fix foot diftant : This Chappel is covered all. over with Mofaick Work, 
and upon the Pavement in the middle thereof, there is a place marked with 
Marble of feveral colours, and that is the very place where our Lord was Cruci- 
fied and filed much Blood, when his Feet and Hands were pierced : This Chap- 
pel belongs to the Latin Monks, and has two Altars, before which are fixteen 
Lamps, and a Candleftick of twelve branches. Near to that, there is another 
chappel, where (they fay) the BleflTed Virgin and St. John were, while they 
Crucified our Lord, and heretofore there was a Door to enter into it, but at 
prefent there is no more but a Window with a Grate, and the entry into it is 
without the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Going down the way you come- 
The Chappel up, you come to the Chappel of our Lady of Pity, which is under Mount 
of our Lady Calvary, where are the Tombs of Godfrey of Bonllom anû his Brother £aUowiny 
Th^^T* ribs ^-^^S^ Jemfalem-, that of Godfrey of BoMoin is on the right hand as you 
QP^Cf' of ^^l*'^ Chappel, it is made with a ridged Roof, fupported by fourStone- 
BouUoin, and Pillars, bearing this Epitaph Engrav'd on the Marble in Gothick Characters, 
his Brother Uic jacet intlytus Dux Godefyidus, qui tot am tflam terr^m acqmfivit cultm Chrifliano, 
Bdiovoin. cttjus anima regnet cum Chrifio, Amen. And Bal dormis Tomb is on the left 
5g J/Ff of ^^^^■> ^^^^^ Marble, fupported alfo by four little Stone-Pillars, with 
Boidloiih. '^his Epitaph, Kex Baldemnus Judas alter Maehabaus, fpes Patrta, vigor EcclefiiSj 
The Epitapli virtus Htriiifque, qiiem formidabant, cm dona trihnta 'ferebant Cedar & q^gypus, 
0Ï BuJdomn. Da/i ac homicida DamafcHS^ froh dolor! in modtco clauditur hoc tumnlo. At the 
The Tomb of ^o^'^'^™ °f ^'^^ ^^'^'^ Chappel on the right hand,there is a great Tomb of curious 
MeUhijdech. Porphyrian-Marble, about three foot high, which (they fay) is the Monument of 
the High Prieft Melchifedeck. Behind the Altar of this Chappel, you may fee 
the Cleft of the Rock underneath the place where the Crofs of our Lord ftood, 
and (they fay) that Jdam's Skull was found in that place, from whence Mount 
Calvary took the Name of Golgotha, that is to fay, a Dead Man's Skull, which 
we explain by the word Calvary : There is always a burning Lamp in that Chap- 
pel, entertained by the Georgians, to whom ic belongs: They fay that this 
Chappel 
