Chap. I. from Aleppo 
A little further^ in another Street, is the Place where 
they fay our Lord appear’d after his RefurredHon to the 
Maries^ Matt, xxviii. 9. And here the Armenians have 
;;heir Convent and Gardens, which take up all that Part 
of Mount Sion that is within the Walls of the City. 
Their Church is built over the Place where they fay 
St. James., the Brother of John, was beheaded, ASts xii. 
2. and on the North-fide of it is fhown the Place of his 
Decollation. In this Church are two Altars fee out 
with extraordinary Splendor, deck’d with rich Mitres, 
Copes, Crofles of Silver and Gold, and in the Mid- 
dle a Pulpit made of Tortoife-Oiell, and Mother of 
Pearl, curiouQy mingled and inlaid in one another. 
In the Anti-chapel are three large rough Stones, 
efteem’d very precious, one of them being the Stone 
upon which Mofes caft the two Tables when he broke 
them, the other two being brought, one from the Place 
of oiir Lord’s Baptifm, and the other from that of his 
Transfiguration. After this we went to another Chapel 
of the Armenians, which is faid to be founded in the 
Place where Annas^^ Houfe flood j and in it is fhown a 
Hole, denoting the Place where one of the Officers of 
the High-Prieft fmote our Saviour, John xviii. 22. 
whom the Friars will have to be the Malchus, whofe 
Ear our Lord heal’d. In the Court before this Chapel 
is an Olive-tree, to which they fay Chrift was chain’d 
for fome Time by Order of Annas to fecure him from 
efcaping. 
From the Houfe of Annas we went out of Sion- gate, 
which is near to that they call the Houfe of Caiaphas, 
where is another fmall Chapel of the Armenians. Here, 
under the Altar, they fay is the Stone which v/as laid to 
the Door of our Saviour’s Sepulchre, Matt, xxvii. 60. 
which the Armenians flole from the Church of the Se- 
pulchre and brought hither ; it is two Yards and a half 
long, one Yard high, and as much broad. Here is 
llkewife fhown a Cell, faid to have been our Lord’s Pri- 
fon till the Morning, when he was carried hence before 
Tilate ; and alfo the Place where Peter was frighted into 
a Denial of his Mafler. A little further without the 
Gate was the Church of the Ccenaculum, where they fay 
Chrift inftituted his laft Supper, which is now a Mofque. 
Near this is a Well, which is faid to be the Place where 
the Apoftles divided to go every one to his feveral 
Charge ; and clofe by it is the Ruin of a Houfe, in 
which the Virgin is faid to have breathed her laft. And 
a little lower is the Grot in which St. Peter wept fo 
bitterly for denying his Mafter. After this we return’d to 
the Convent, and by the Way had a View of the beauti- 
ful Gate of the Temple. 
On the 6th, we took a another Progrefs about the 
City ; and going out at Bethlehem-Gate, and turning 
on the Left-hand, we came to Beth(heha\ Pool, where 
Ihe is faid to be wafhing herfelf when David fpied her 
from his Palace. A little below this Pool begins the 
Valley of Hinnom, on the Weft-fide of which is the 
Place call’d the Field of Blood, now called Campo Sandio, 
which is about thirty Yards long, and half as broad. 
The Corpfes are let down into it through five Floles 
left open for that Purpofe, through which we could fee 
the Bodies under feveral Degrees of Decay. A little 
below the Campo Sandio is an intricate Cave, in which 
the Apoftles are faid to have hid themfelves when they 
forfook their Mafter and fled. The Valley of Je- 
hofaphat crofles the End of that of Hinnom, in which 
is the Brook Cedron, which is always drv except in the 
Winter. 
In this Valley of Jehofaphat we firft went to the 
Well of Nehemiah, fo called, becaufe it is reputed the 
Place where he recover’d the Fire of the Altar after 
the Bahylonifh Captivity, 2 Mac. i. 19. A little hio-her 
is the Place where Ifaiah is faid to be fawn afunder ; 
and above that is the Pool of Siloam. A little farther 
is the Fountain of the Blefled Virgin, and over-againft 
it the Village call’d Siloe, in which Solomon is faid to 
have kept his ftrange Wives ; and above it is a Hill 
call’d the Mountain of Offence, where Solomon built the 
high Places, i Kings xi. 7. Not far from it they fliow 
another Field of Blood, where Judas met with his com- 
pounded Death, Matt, xxvii. 5. Here alfo they Ihow’d 
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us two noble Antiquities, the Sepulchre of Zachariah, 
and the Pillar of Abfatom \ and clofe by is the Sepul- 
chre of Jehofaphat. From hence keeping in the Val- 
ley, we faw the Sepulchres bt the BleflTed Virgin, St, 
Anna, and Jofeph. After this, going up the Hill, we 
faw a broad Stone on, which they fay St. Stephen was 
martyr’d, and not far from it a Grot into which the 
Jews caft his Body ; from whence we went to St. Ste^ 
phen’& Gate of the City. 
22. On the 7th, we fet out again to fee the holy 
Places upon Mount Olivet, and as we afeended the 
Mount we law certain Grotto’s, call’d the Sepulchres of 
the Prophets. A little higher you come to the Place 
v/here they fay Chrift utter’d his Prophecy concerning 
the Deftruclion of Jerufalem, Matt. xxiv. and on the 
Right-hand is the Place where they fay he dictated a 
lecond Time the Pater-nejier to his Dilciples, Luke xi. 
I, 2. Ac the Top of the Flill you come to the Place 
of our Lord’s Afcenfion. Here was anciently a large 
Church built in Honour of that Triumph, in which 
they fiiew the Print of our Saviour’s Foot ; but it is 
now ufed for a Mofque, as many other holy Places 
about Jerufalem are, whether out of Devotion or Lu- 
cre I do not determine. Two Furlongs Northward is 
the higheft Place of Mount Olivet, on which ftood a 
high Tower call’d Viri GallilA ! in Memory of the Ap- 
parition of the two Angels to the Apoftles after Chrift’s 
Afcenfion, which about two Years fince was demolilh’d 
by a Turk, who bought the Field in which it ftood. 
From this Place we defeended the Mount by another 
Way, and about Midv/ay they fhow the Place where 
Chrift beheld the City, and wept over if, Luke xix. 41. 
A little lower they fliow Getbfemane, about fifty feven 
Yards fquare, lying between the Foot of Mount Oli- 
vet and the Brook Cedron, It is well planted with 
Olive-trees, which are believed to be the fame that 
ftood here in our Saviour’s Time •, which Opinion made 
thefe Olives and Oil an excellent Commodity in Spain. 
At the upper Part of the Garden is a flat Ledge of 
Rocks, which is faid to be the Place on which Peter, 
James, and John, fell afleep during our Saviour’s 
Agony ; and juft by is a Grotto, which is faid to be 
the Place in which our Saviour underwent that bitter 
Part of his Paffioh. Not far off is a fmall Shred of 
Ground twelve Yards long and one broad, which is faid 
to be the Path on which Judas walk’d up to Chrift, and 
faid, Hail, Mafler, and kifs’d him ; Which narrow 
Path is feparated by a Wall Out of the Midft of the 
Garden, as a Terra damnata ; which is the more re- 
markable, becaufe it is done by the Turks, who, as well 
as Chrijiians, deteft the Ground on which that infamous 
Treachery was afled. 
On the 8 th, we went to fee the Palace of Pilate, 
which is not far from St. Stephen‘s Gate, from whence 
we had a Profpeft of the Place where the Temple ftood, 
which is all that is allow’d us, for we cannot go within 
the Borders of it without forfeiting Life or Religion. 
It lies upon the Top of Mount Moriah, over-againft 
Mount Olivet, the Valley of Jehofaphat lying between. 
It was about five hundred and ninety of my Paces long, 
and three hundred and feventy broad ; in the Middle 
of the Area ftands now a Mofque, which is faid to be 
built on the Ground where formerly ftood the Sandlum 
Sandiorum. 
In this pretended Houfe of Pilate is fhown the Room 
where Chrift was mock’d with the Enfigns of Royalty, 
and buffetted by the Soldiers. As you come out is a 
Defcent, where was formerly the Scala Sandia. On the 
other Side of the Street is the Room where, they fay, 
our Saviour was fcourged, which is now a Weaver’s 
Shop. Returning from Pilate'^ Palace, we pafs’d along 
the dolorous Way, in which we faw, i. The Place 
where' Pilate brought our Lord forth to the People, 
and faid. Behold the Man ! 2. Where Chrift fainted 
thrice under the Weight of the Crofs. 3. Where the 
Blefled Virgin fwoon’d at fo tragical a Speftacle. 
4. Veronica prefented him the Handkerchief to 
wipe his Bleeding Brows : And, 5. Where the Soldiers 
compel’d Simon to bear his Crofs. All which Places I 
need only to name, being deferibed by others. 
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