134 TRAVELS TO THE EAST, 
with the famous napkin. 3. Where Ch rift’s judg- 
ment was read, “ JefusNazarenus Rex Judmorum,” 
where now ftands a broken column, erected by St. 
Helena, in memory of the place. 4. Where Chrift 
fell down, tired by the weight of the crofs. 5. The 
place where Pilate {hewed Chrift to the people, and 
laid, “ Ecce homo ;” where are the ruins of a theatre 
and an arch pretty high. 6. Where Mary Mag- 
dalene obtained the Remiflion of Sins : here the 
Turks have a wretched Mofque. 7. The palace 
of Herod, now the liable of a Turk. 8. The 
Tower, which defended itfelf longeft again Vefpa- 
fian. 9. The place where one of the gates to So- 
lomon’s temple ftood. 10. The grotto w T here the 
Virgin Mary is faid to have been born : over this 
the Turks have a large well-built Mofque, which be- 
fore was a fine church. Here was a fine court; 
and in it grew Iris florentina, Jafminum fruticofum, 
Amygdalus and Rhus coriaria. ( 1. An old fquare, 
and former! y-magnificent ciftern or pool; in which 
the angel ftirred the water at Bethefda, that came 
from Eons Signatus. 12. A gate of the town Sr. 
Mary, which was fhut, like all the others, during 
the time of pilgrimage. 13. The hofpital of St. 
Helena, formerly a magnificent building, now an 
houfe for the poor, poiTeffed by the Turks: here 
-were feven large copper kettles, which are faid to 
have been here from the firft foundation, and two 
were yet ferviceable. 14. The palace of Pilate, 
now the feat of the Turkifh Governor, but almoft 
ruined. 15. Hence we faw the temple of Solo- 
mon, which is an octangular well-conditioned 
Mofque, with a fine court before it. In, going out 
f rom the court of Pilate’s houfe, the place is fhewfl 
where San&a Scala flood, which is preferved in 
Rome as a valuable relique. 1 6 . The prifon of 
Peter, 
