m Perſians, excellent Archers. » Lydians, not thoſe Cr eſis was King over, but thoſe that dwelt in Egypt about the Lake Mareo:z5, or higher towards Erhiophis, if they were not of that Country Ahiophians them. ſelves. 0 Libiaxs, a Peope of Africa, theſe were their hired Souldiers, and ever ſerved in their Army under Tyria» Commanders, p Statio- nary Souldiers in time of Peace, and who were ſent out by Sea or Land, as occaſion required ina timeof War. 9 Intimeof Peace; or might they not ſo often as they came off the Guards bring each Man his Armour, and hang it up inthe publick Armory ? » Which defen- ded the Body. s Which covered the Head. # Theſe ſtout, expert, well armed Guards were an Honour to the State they ſerved, and their Arſenal eſpecially did prove the Gallantry of this Tyrian State.
11: Themenof Arvad « with thine army x were upon thy walls round about y, and the Gammadims z, we- re in thy towers, « they hanged their ſhields upon
thy walls round about 5: they have made thy beauty
16 Siria & was thy merchant by reaſon of the multi. tude of - the wares of thy a making : they occupied in th fairs 6 with emeralds, purple c and broidered work 4 and fine linen e, and coralf, and + and agate g.
for all Uſes, which the Syrians could have no where elſe.
d Or Violet-coloured Clothes. e Yid. ver. 7. let. wu, f See wer. 3. let. *. g Men gueſs this may be Rubies, Carbuncles, or Chalcedonies, or Cryſtal, with which they made Looking-Glafſes. þ A Stone well known to us, but not ſo well known, whether it exaQly tranſlate the Heb. 1373 here uſed ; ſome ſay 'tis the Chryſopraſe, a Stone mix'd with Gold Colour and Green, and ſome ſuch Mixture may be ſeen in ſome Agares.
7 Judah +h and the land of Iſrael 5 they were thy merchants : they traded in thy market wheat of Min- nith &, and Pannag /, and honey mz, and oil », and
[| balm 0. þ Thetwo Tribes, or Kingdom of fudah.
c perfect.
z See wer. 8. Jet. c. « Mix'd with other hired Souldiers made up thy military Forces. q Kept Guard upon the Walls. z ſome ſay Pegmies or Dwarfs, becauſe the word Heb. is a Cubir, but the whole Story of fuch Cubir-men is fabulous, Others think it is Men bold and couragious, and the word af Syriac Origine and Senſe, and fo fitly ex. prefling the Temper of Syrian or Syrophenigian Souldiers. Or elſe the Meg who came from Gammade, a Town of Phenicia. Or poſſibly ſuch as came from Ancon another Town of Phenice, and this Town had its Fame from itsSituation on a piece of Land that reſcmbles the Cubir, Greck *Aſ;,v, and in the Hebrew INI) a Which were many ereced for Strength and Defence. b By this it appears theſe Towers were aifo publick Armories, whence they fetched Arms, when need. ful, and where they laid them up, when no farther Uſe ;of them. e Added much to her Beauty, a well-armed State being among States as beautiful 25a proper well-armed Souldier among Men.
rael, or the ten Tribes until their Diſperſion. rich and excellent Wheat-Country , *tis mentioned in Judg. 11. 33. 01 occaſion of Zephrab's ſlaying the Ammonites, as lying on their Borders, and tis ſaid there is a Town of that Name fill in being about four Miles from E:bu-(or Sabaſant as now called) in the way toward Phila delphia, formerly Rabbath, 1 Some doubr whether this be a proper Name of any Country or Region, but if *cis they conclude it muſt be Phenicia, but do not tell us how Judah and Iſrael ſhould trade their Wheat in Tyre Market. It may be *twas ſome more obſcure Place, which now is forgotten, »: With which Canaan flowed. n In making and ſelling whereof, the Labour, Care and Profit of that Country did lie. o The choiceſt Balms were thoſe of Gilead, whence 'ris probable 'ewas carried to Tyre ; or it may be "twas Roſim, of which they had great Uſe. The Cbaldee Paraphraſt interprets it by the word chat de-
4-
notes Wax, and ſo it may poſſibly be a good Commodity in _ ” I
ſame Place, and carried all to Tyzws, and ſold it to them; for they kepe 2. 1, Marker, and traded inthe Fairs of Tyrws. Ar this Day ourown Cay. ; try is moſt noted for Tin and Lead, which fome ſay was fetch'd by the an, Phenicians ; if ſo, for ought I ſee to the contrary, the Tarteſſans, wh iti; were a People before ever the Tyrians came into thoſe Parts, mj hes, firſt trade here, and fetch it hence, and carry it to Tyre, the Voyage *; being neither long or dangerous enough between that Ifland and oy; #1:
perſons »» of men, and iiq,
the X Afeatick Iberians, gy e Cappadecian; V4 with the Moſhi, who dwelt about Cholcis, the Country now called har.
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# Well known to all. 6 The abundance ofthe Tyri9n ManufaQure | . c Rather,'"! for Emraulds, a rich and lovely Stone, or Carbuncles, as others have it."
5 The Kingdom, of /{|' k The Name of ſome/#
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141. VYXVIL. Fl A E : 13 Damaſcus r was thy Merchant in the multitude of
ne wares of thy s making, for : the multitude of all riches:
in che wine of Helbon «, and white wool. No - A very antient and wealthy City of Syria, and the Royal City. - See the Phraſe, wer. 16. let. b, : Though the Tyrians had many rich 1 lovely Commodities, yet ir pleaſed rhe Damaſcens to bring chiefly _ of th:ir Commodities in exchange, richeſt Wines to pleafethe Pa= Jat of the luxurious Tyrians, and fineſt Wool to clothe their Pride. This Place I meet no where elfe ; Prolomy hath Chalibonis in Syria, perhaps that may be ir. Others, to fave Travel, make it a common Name, ſweet or {mooch, or fat Wine ; for He/bon comes from a word ſignifies far. bp : '9 Dan x alſo and || Javan y going to and fro, occupi- ed in thy Fairs : bright iron 2, cafiia and calamus were in
thy market, :