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CHAP. LI. 
Of Emaus and Jaffa. 
MOrjday ffioming, the nine and twentieth of ^pr^V, theR.F. CommifTary 
led us to the Church of St. Saviour, where having fung the Benedt^ns^ 
and feme Prayers he gave us his Blefling, and fo having taken leave of him 
and of all the Monks of the Convent, after we had given feme Piaftres to the 
Truchemen for their pains, and Money to the Procurator or Steward for our 
diet ('which is given by way of Charity, every one according to his liberality, 
for they ask nothing,) we parted from the faid Convent, extremely well fatiP 
fied with the Entertainment we had received from thefe good Fathers, who 
certainly are at a lofs how to Treat the Pilgrims, for they fay, if they treat 
them well, when they return into their own Countrey, they give it out, that 
there is no need of fending any thing to the Monks, becaufe they are too rich j 
and if they treat them not well, they hinder others from fending them any 
Charity, faying, that they do not fo much as entertain Pilgrims with what is 
given them. In the mean time they need fupport, confidering the great fiimms 
of Money they yearly pay the Turks,without which they would not fo willingly 
be tolerated, though indeed, the League betwixt the Grand Signior and the 
French King be the real caufe of their Toleration . For many years thefe Monks 
have held the Holy Sepulchre and other Holy places : They were given to them 
in the beginning of the year 1304, by S^îac/jc Queen of Sicily, whofe Husband ^ 
was King of Jerufalem, and lince that time they have always retained them 
with the Approbation of all men. 
We parted from Jerufalem on Monday the nine and twentieth of j4pril^ about Departure 
lêven a clock in the morning, and went to Emaus, two leagues and a half dillant f™"! J«""«/<2-' 
from Jemfalem. Wc went out by the Gate of Bethlehem^znd the firft thing they 
made us obferve, was about half way, the place where our Lord joyned his two 
Difciples Cleephas 2nd St.X^^'.Then on the left hand, we found the Well of water 
where they drank together ; and afterwards, about nine of the clock in the 
morning we arrived at the Caftle of Emaus, which is the place where thefe 
two Difciples knew our Lord, hrea^ifig of Bread : It is a place quite ruined 
where there are fome marks of an old Caftle, and a Chappel whereof one half is 
thrown down ; one of our Monks apparelled in an Alb and Stole, read there 
in the fame place where the Houfe of Cleopbas ftood, the Gofpel on that Subjed . 
We dined clofe by on the fide of a Well, where having taken leave of the 
Monks who had accompanied us fo far to fee that place, we parted about ten of 
' the clock, taking the way of Raf77ah to go to Jafa, and there take water for 
u4cre,thzt from thence we might go to Naz,areth ; we had with us the Drogoman 
of Ramah, who for fourteen Piaftres a piece which we had given him, was 
obliged to furnilh us with Horfes and Carriages, and to condudl us to Jaffa ■ 
this is a rate eftablilhed long agoe, and all that Travellers have to do, is only 
to look out for a PalFage at Jaffa, he being obliged by the fame bargain to find 
us Diet for three days : The Monks pay only twelve Piaftres, and there were 
feveral of them going to Naz^areth with us. There is another way by Land 
from Jemfalemto Nazareth, which I fliall defcribe hereafter, but becaufeof the 
exceifive Caffares which the Arabs exad upon the Road, few go that way. 
We came to Ramah about four in the afternoon, having had bad way from 
Jerufalem till eleven a clock in the fore-noon, but the way afterwards very 
good till we arrived there. Ramah is eight leagues from Jerufalem. We ftayed Xumak 
a day there, becaufe there was a Bark at Jafa taking in Goods for the French 
and was bound for Acre, whither we were going, and therefore wc ftay'd till 
Ihe fliould be ready, of which the Merchants having fent us notice, we parted 
from Kamah on Wednefday the firft of May, about fix a clock in the morning, 
and about nine a clock came to Jaffa, four leagues diftant from Ramah. ' 
