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Travel. 
s into 
the L 
EV ANT 
Part I. 
The Sepul- 
chre of St. 
John Baptift^ 
Elijha. and 
Abdia\ 
Mackerus. 
Genny. 
S^drellon. 
Jeered. 
Brook Gifon. 
Chriftians the Other. That which belongs to the Mahometans is paved with 
Marble, and has a Chappel under Ground, with three and twenty fteps down 
to it. In this Chappel St. John Baptift was Buried, betwixt the Prophets El,pn 
and Ahdias. The three Tombs are raifed four Spans high, and enclofed with 
Walls, fo that they cannot be feen but through three openings a fpan big, by 
Lamp-light, ( which commonly burns there.) In the fame place ( as chey fay ) 
St. John was put in Prifon, and Beheaded at the defire of HerocUas . Others 
fay, that it was at Machcrus^ which is a Town and Fort where King Herodkz^z 
Malefadors in Prifon. This Town of Sehafte^ was alfo called Samaria, from 
the name of Simri^ to whom the Ground whereon it is built belonged, or from 
the name of the Hill on which it Hands, which is called Chomron. Having pafs'd 
Sebafie you are out of Samaria^ which terminates there , and purfuing your 
Journey, ycu come to lodge at Gemy. They fay, that in this place our Savi- 
our cured the ten Lepers. There is aMofquethere ftill, which was formerly 
a Church of the Chriftians -, the Han where you lodge is great, and ferves for 
a Fort, having clofe by it a Fountain and a Bazaar where Provifions are fold. 
The Soil is fertile enough, and produces plenty of Palm-Trees and Fig-Trees, 
There is a very great CafFare tobe payed there. Next day, after about two 
Hours march, you enter into a great Plain, called Ez.drellon, about four Leagues 
in length, at the weft end whereof you fee the top of Mount Carmely where 
the Prophet Elias lived, of which we lhall fpeak hereafter. At the foot of 
this Hill are the mines of the City of Jez^ree^omdtd by Achab^ King of Ifrael, 
where the Dogs licked the Blood of his Wife Jez.ebelj as the Prophet £/;^j 
had foretold. In the middle of this Plain is the Brook of Gifon^ where Jabifi 
King of Canaan and Sifera his Lieutenant were flain by Deborah theProphetefs, 
and Judge of Ifrael.,znd by Bar ah chief of the Hoft of Gods People. Many Battels 
have been fought in this Plain, as may be feen in holy Scripture. After you 
have paffed this Plain, and travelled an hour over Hills, you come to Naz.areth, 
of which, and the places that are to be feen about it, I have already faid enough. 
Now I'll fet down the way from Naz^areth to Damafcas. 
CHAP. LVIL 
The Road from Nazareth to Damafcus. 
Su C H as would go to Damafcns, may lye at Aain Ettudgiar, which is a 
Caftle about three Leagues from Naz,arethj mentioned by me before in 
the fifty fifth Chapter; and there is a Caffare to be paid there. The next 
Menk. dayyoulyeat Mema^ by ths Sea- fide ofTtberias. The day following, you fee 
Septet. feveral places on the Road the Town of Sephet^ (where Queen Êfiher was 
Born) ftanding on aHill. About four hours Journey from Mmia^ you fee the 
3olqh Pit. j-j^g or Well ofjofephy into which he was let down by his Brothers ; there 
is no water in it, the mouth of it being very narrow, but the bottom indiffer- 
ent wide, and may be fix fathom deep. It is covered by a Dome ftanding on 
four Arches, to three of which fo many little Marble-Pillars are joined, as But- 
terefl'es for the Dome -, the place of the fourth Pillar is ftill to be feen, and ic 
appears to have been not long agoe removed. Clofe by this Pit there is a 
little Mofque adjoining to an old Han. Two hours journey from that Pic 
y^fofo Bridge, you crofs over Jacob's Bridge, which the Arabs czW Dgefer Jacoub ; this is the 
Dgefeerjaceub phce where this Patriarch was met by his Brother EfaH^ as he was returning 
with his Wives and Goods from Laban his Father in law : The Bridge confifts 
of three Arches, under which runs the Riverof^or^^^?», and falls afterwards into 
the Sea of T/kn/î.f, about three hours going from thence. On that fide the 
River runs, there is a great Pond to be feen. When you have pafied this Bridge 
you are out of Galilee^ and there you pay a great CafFare. Then you come 
to 
