ex SuXi7, 7, Whereas Thrift teaches us to uſe the coarſe Linen for like Purpoſes, j' Or, p#ur-theſe prodigal Tyrians uſed the fineſt ſilken Sails, as we may render the fie and Words. « Divers. Figures, curiouſly drawn with rhe Needle :n this /carict. fine Linen, which made exceeding coſtly Sails, yer Pride and Wanton- neſs in ſome ofthem went to the Charges of it. x» Where was much of this fine Linen, and many of theſe neat Embroiderers. y Or, Violet Co/our and Purple, both rich and noble Colours: The Garments of Great Men and Princes were made hereof, Gen. 41.42. P#9. 31. 22. See eh. 16. 10. let. i. z Either from the Sea-Coaſt of Zo/:s in the Leſſer Aſia,the Inhabitants whereof were excellent in the Skill of dying Wool, or from Peloponneſus, in which is one Country called E's, famous for fine Linen, and about the Mouth of the River Ezro as. The fiſhing for the Purple Fiſh was famouſly known, ſo chat it might bethis Place be- fide the Ifles of the #zcan and Gretian Seas, as Coa, Neſirus (called from its Purp!es Porphyris) Cythera, and the Cyclades, which ari many ; ſome 12 of better Note we might name, as now called Andro, Pario, Zea, Sdilli, Micoli, &c. a He ſpeaks not here of Garments, but of the Coverings they uſed in their Ships or Gallies ; their TiJcs, as our Boatmen call them, the Clothes they ſpread over their Heads on Ship board, to keep them from Sun and Weather, were ſuch as beficted Kings and Princes for Coſtlineſs and Beauty.
$ The inhabitants of Zidon 6b and Arvad c were thy
mariners 4: thy wiſe me e, O Tyrus, that were in thee,
were thy pilots.
6 An antient Town and Haven of Pkexicia, not far from Tyre, c Bet ter known'by its other Name Aradus, an Iſland belonging to Phenicia, ſome ſay twenty,others ſay ſeven Furlongs from the Continent. 4 Row- ers inthy Gallies. The rich Tyrians would not employ their own inſuch ſervile Works, they hired Strangers ; theſe Ziaonians and Arvadeans, or Aradins, once thy Equals, thou haſt now outſtripp'd and makeſt thy Servants, with Pride enough. e Thy learned Men ; for Naviga- tion was the great Study of the Tyrians, and who were beſt killed in| this, werethe learned or wiſe Men among them,«whom they had o their own, and truſted to be Pilots, which Employment carried Ho- nour in it to ſute the proud Humour of the T1rians..
9 The antients f of Gebal g, and the wiſe ez h there-
the Produt of the Country. g Ir 1s probable they fetch'd this from ſome Iſlands over againſt the Spaniſh Coaſt called Cafiterides, one of wich a late Geographer names Zigarga. h Lead they had from the
Cornwal, torender the thing difficult, or che Conje&ure improbable, 13 Javanz, Tubal &, and Meſhech /, they were thy merchants : they traded the ||
veſſels of braſs » in thy || market. ; The Grecians, particularly the Tonians. k The Cc. The Albanians toward the Caſpian Sea, / Th
Mengrelia. m Brought Men to fell for Slaves, fo the Greeks did : the ( Mancipia mica ) Ionian Slaves were known, and valued in the Ex eſpecially the handſom Girls to waic on great Ladies; the too great Deſire hereof in Atofſa, Darius his Queen, is ſaid to be the chief Cauſe of his War on Greece; and as fo the other, beſide their ſervile Incling. tions, they were ſo barbarous and inhumane, and had Opportunitiesto ſeize Men, Women and Children to ſell chem, char no doubt the Mar. ket at Tyre was full of them. = Ofwhich Meral there was great Store they ſay, in Cappadocia and Iberia, which they brought with them. *
14 They of the houſe o of Togarmah þ traded in thy fairs with horſes q, and horſemen r, and mules 5.
o Ofthe Country. p Armenia, the leſler, or Phrygia, Gallatia, ot Cappadocia, or Paphlagonia. q All which Countries,as they are Neigh. bours to each other, ſo they abounded in Horſes; and as they had ma- ny for Number, ſo they had good for Quality, and furniſh'd their Neighbours: *tis reported the Cappaarcians paid 2600 Horſes yearly Tribute to the Perſians. And as they bordered on each other,'tis like. ly they might be reckoned thus together. » It is like with either mz. ny Horſes, or ſome choice ones which they ſold, they might ſell their Grooms, as beſt able tomanage and keep thoſe Horſes. s The Coun. tries above-mentioned, eſpecially Cappadocia, had many Mules, which they ſold to their Neighbours ; Mules which are a mix'd Creature of :
{| Or, fop- of were in thee thy 2 [| + calkers &, all the ſhips 7 of the
wg ſea with their matiners were in thee to occupy thy + Heb. merchandiſe.
ftrength Ff Old experienced Workmen. g A Town of Phenicia near the Sea, _—_ one of the four principal Towns, to which belonged a Juriſdiftion over a fourth part of Phemcia, mentioned Pſz!. 83. 7. among the Conſpi. rators againſt 1ſrael ; and the Giblites, 1 Kings 5.18. Natives of Getal are called Stone-{quarers, People fitted for hard and ſervile Works. þ Skilful in their Trades. z Hired and dwelt in Tyrw for Gain ſake, that they might be Nill imployed. & Shipwrights to build no doubt, as well as repair and ſtrengthen their Ships. ! Ships from all Parts of the Sea, full of Mariners, not only to manage the Shipsat Sea, bur to offer their Service to the Tyr/ans for bringing in or carrying outof their Wares, ſo that they might reap the Profit whileſt others did undergo T:ouble and Danger of trafficking by Sea, Fattors, and Warehouſe. Keepers, and Brokers.
10 They of Perſia 2, and of Lud », and of Phut o were in thine army, thy men, p of war: they hanged 9 the
Mare and He-ASs.
I5 The men of Dedan * were thy merchants, many iſles « were the merchandiſe of thine hand : they _ thee for a preſent x, horns y of ivory & and ebony.
e Vid. chap. 25. ver. 13. let. f. This Dedan was in Arabia, built by Dedan the Son of Regma, not far from the Perſian Gulf, and now called Da#en, whence through the Red Sea they might convey their own Merchandiſe. « In the Indiax Seas, and in thy Red Sea, traded with thee. x Knowing how acceptable they were to get thy Favour, they either made Preſents, and gave theſe things, or brought them to ſell. » Elks Horns, or wild Goats ; ſome think 'tis meant of the Unicorn, bur the firſt is likeſt. z Ivory, not of, the Heb. is not in Regimine, but " mon, mw ſhould beread, they brought the Preſents, Horns, Tvory, aud Ebony, which is a very ſolid, heavy, ſhining and black Wood, fit for many choice Works. l ; ” «pi
ſhield r and helmet 5 in thee, they * ſet forth thy come-
linefs.