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Travels into the Levant. 
Part I. 
held by the Âbyjfim. And then a Chappel near to the Church of the Holy 
Sepulchre, with a Dome, and fifteen fteps up to it, under which St. Mary 
The place t\\Q L/£gyftian did Penance, when ftie could not get into the Holy Sepulchre, 
where sr.Mi- xhis Chappel is the place where the Holy Virgin and St. 5F£)^« the Evangelift 
ïLf dkl^Pe- ^^^^ -I^^^ Crucified our Lord. Theo we went through a place where 
nance."^ " ^e faw the Ruines of a great Pile of Building,' where heretofore the Knights of 
Ths Prifon St. John of jerufalem lived ; we went into the Prifon where Herod put St. Feter^ 
of St. from whence he was delivered by an Angel, as we havefaid. After we had 
feen all thefe Places, we came back to the Convent about eleven a clock in the 
Forenôon. 
C H A P. J.. 
Our third Entry into the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 
Of the City of Jerufalem. 
C the feven and twentieth of y^pi/, we entered into the Holy Sepul- 
^ chre, where we ftayed till next day, being Sunday the eight and twentieth 
oîA^nl^ that the Pilgrims went to Dinner in the Convent; for my part, I 
Knighthood lïayed ftill in the holy Sepulchre, where I was honoured with the Order of a 
ofJerufuJem. Knight of the holy Sepulchre, with the cuftomary Ceremonies. This Knighthood 
cofts an hundred Crowns, and has many Privileges, but not acknowledged in 
many places. That which chiefly made me defire this Knighthood, was, that 
that they "aflured me in feveral places, that the Spaniards did not detain the 
Knights of Jerufalem Prifoners, though they were French men j and feeing I 
was afraid I might meet them at Sea, upon my return into Chriftendome, I 
• thought my felf obliged to take fhelCer under that protection. After I had dined 
' in the Refedory which the Monks have in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 1 
went to the Convent, and we prepared to leave that Holy City next day. 
I fhall fay nothing of the Ancient 'jerufalem., only give the Reader an account 
Jerufûkm. of the prefent State of it. The City of Jerufalem is the Capital of Judea : It 
ftands on a dry and mountanous ground that bears nothing j fo that for three 
or four leagues about, the Land is very barren, but good at a farther diftance. 
The Gates of The Streets of this City are narrow and crooked : It hath fix Gates,to wit, the 
Jemfakm. Sheep-Gate,at prefent called St.Stephens Gate,the Gate of Ephr aim ^thatof Damaf- 
cusj that of Jaffa or Bethlehem^ûxdl of Sion and the Dung-Gate. It hath alfo be- 
lîdes thefe fix Gates, the Golden Gate, by which our Lord entered upon the Aft 
in Triumph, but it is walled up, becaufe the Turks have a Prophefie, That the 
A Prophecy Chrifiians are to take Jerufalem by that G ate : And every Friday all the Other Gates 
of the Turks. Qfj-i^e City are ftiut at Noon, and not opened till their Noon-Prayers be over, 
becaufe they have another Prophecy, That the Chriftians are to become Mafiers of 
them on a Friday, during Noon-Prayer: The fame thing they alfo do in many 
other Cities. 
Not far from theGolden-Gate,thereison high,on the outfide oftheCity-Wall, 
The Valley towards the Valley of Jehofophat^d. little Pillar peeping out of a nich in the Wall, 
oi^ehofoplm. jjj^gy Cannon out of a Port-hole jand the Turks fay,that at the day of Judgment, 
which mX Mahomet (hall fit upon that Pillar,and obferve whether our Lord Judge theChri- 
mn will fit at f^ians well or not ; if he Judge righteoufly, Mahomet will give him his Siller in 
the Day of Marriage with a great deal of Money ^ that then, the fame Mahomet fliall change 
himfelf into a Sheep, and all the Turks (hall nePJe in his Wool, being all like 
Flees, and fo he lhall fliein the Air, (baking himfelf very hard, and that thofe 
who flick fail to him, (hall be happy, and fuch as fall off, be damned. The 
Walls are fair and ftrong, much like to the Walls of Avignon^ and look as if 
they were new. 
Judgment. 
The tians- 
foriTation of 
Mahomet. 
CHAP. 
