122 TRAVELS TO THE EAST. 
anointed by the women, before it was placed in the 
grave. It is direftly oppofite the door, and a few 
Reps from it, furrounded with high iron rails. It is 
a fine fiab of white marble, about fix feet long and 
three broad. This belongs to the Latins; for each 
kind of Chriltians,- except Protefiants, poffefs cer- 
tain holy things. Frork “•thence we went into the 
holy Sepulchre, which is in the midlt of the choir, 
being the center of the church, and belongs to the 
Latins. 
In the afternoon of the 8th, I went to fee fome 
of the remarkable places in the town. x. The 
Bazar, or market place, which is miferable, and 
contains few valuable goods. 2. Ahoufe, in which 
the mother of the fons of Zebedee lived, as the 
Monks report. The Maltefe had it for their dwel- 
ling, win lit they were mailers of Jerufalem. The 
Greeks have now turned it into an inn for pilgrims, 
and have a little chapel there. 3. A church of the 
Syrians, which is faid to have been St. Mark’s 
houfe. They fhew a Hone veflel, in which the 
Apollles are faid to have baptized the primitive 
Chrillians. 4. The place where Annas’s palace for- 
merly Hood, and where Chrilt was tried, which be- 
longs to the Armenians, who have a little chapel 
there. Before the houfe Hands an old Olive-tree, 
which thefe people have in great veneration : the 
Item of it is covered over with earth, and it has 
only fome branches above ground. They fay that 
Chrilt was tied to this tree whilft the trial conti- 
nued. 5. Another Armenian chapel, faid to be 
built on the place where Chrilt was examined be- 
fore Caiaphas : this was not far from the other, but 
without the town gate. In both was a little l e ' 
parate chamber well ornamented, exactly over th® 
place where the affair happened, which was painted 
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