'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [‎36] (57/448)

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of the happy Arabia near Or mm in the Ifle Tirnia, Straho I. 16. loco furlongs from Car-
mania ' Son (as fay the fiditious Greeks) to Per fern and Andromeda , and from whofe
name this (as the lAZgean and Icarian) took its denomination, yet reigned and had his long-
eft refidence here. And though with us it has but that one name (molt memorable
through that miracle the Almighty by Mofes expreft in preferving the Ifraelites when
purfued by Pharaoh Cenchrcs who with his whole Array here penihcd) in Authors we
find neverthelefs that it has many other *, for the Hebrews call it Zuyh and Saphy the Ara
bians ot old Mare ^lanitkum from tAEUna now Toro a Port at the end of this G^/p^
diftant from Mount Sinai in Arabia lo .leag. or Melonis where David built fhips for tne
gold ofVrpke as Enfib. /. 9. de fr afar at, Evmg. out of Eufolemtts reporteth', the T ht I q
call it the Galph of Meccha, near which at Medina, Mahomet was intombed j the Gulph
of Arabia, Strabo I. 6. Ptd. and Arrian I. 8. vita Alex. Bohar Cokun or rather Kahem tne
cy£thiov. and fome Zahara and Brachia from fome principal Port of old', others from
the Sea-weeds or Sargajfoh found floating there Mare Algofum and CareBofitm. Yet the
name Red is not without fome colour or fhew of reafon, feeing that the land efpecially
when the Sun begins his vifit towards the Antipodes gives a ruddy refledion; belides, it
is obferved that from Suachen (a noted place upon the <^£thiopcliMe) to Alcozar which
is 100. leagues, the water is Ihoal, and by reafon of the plenty of Red-coral found there
feems to have a reddifh tindure. But let the controverfie and uncertainty be what it
will as to the colour •, this is certain, that albeit the length of this Sea be near a iooq.
Engliih Miles, for no lefs is accounted from Cape Guar deft* (a promontory now fo called
upon the Ethiopian fhoar near Dice in Ptol. and to former ages known by the name of
Jtromata) to Soez. or the Sues at the very bottom of the Gulph, by fome thought Arfinoe x
Herom Civ It m and Danaa in Pliny \ and 8 q . miles broad from Cape Quardafu to Far-
tacjue forme! XjZiagrHm : neverthelefs 'twixt Aden near Pojfiditm in Arabia, and ZeyU
upon the Afrique Coaft , where 'tis narroweft, the Freturn (which the Arabs call Albatto
and under 12. degr. 15. rain.) is not above iS. Miles Englifh: where the Egyptian
Monarchsof old chained the pallage into the Gulph, as we are told by Strabo. but the
Red-fea in a large acceptation as fome ftretch it extends to the Indian thoax, whence 'tis
that Nearchm in his failing from the River Jndm to Balfora calls Euphrates and Tigris
(that fail into the Perfian Gulph) by the name of Red-fea, Livy I. 45. Pliny lib. 6. and
with equal Authority to that of Nicephorm I. 9. Eecl. Hift. faying that Adiahena regio eft
Indie a ampla & Celebris, Adiahena being the North part of and fo : brings it into
the Eaft-Indies : and with like Authority Firgil joyns Garamantes & Indos. But to return, a
Ihoal and dangerous water 'tis found, except in the middle of the Channel where great-
eft VeiFels in fair weather fail boldly. Now, though heretofore upon the ^£thiopick^
or Trogloditick^ ihoar efpecially towards the North Weft end which properly we call
Ethiopia fub ty£gypto, there have been fundry Sea-towns and Ports of note and much
frequented, as Zybit, Sab at in Ptol, Alcazar, Suachen, Mafua, Dallaqua, old Phileteras
in27,deg. Ther am and Zeyla, which laft is within the Kingdom of Adell near the Sinus
Avalites which joyns to the Territory of Ahex the originary feat of the Abajfmes and
on the pppofite or Arabian Coaft Toro Elam or Eloth, Petra, Euongeber and others:
Yet at this day upon the Arabia® fide is moft traded to: which though I think
too much South, by fqme is thought the relique of Ezionahebar, the Port from whence
Solomons fleet ufiially fet fail for Ophir. At Pihahiroth of old whicli is betwixt Toro and the
Suez, is yet (hewn the place where Mofes fir ft entred the Red-fea •, for Petra under 30.
degrees which the Hebrews call JaehfhMt now Arach is the place where Ruth was born,
branded for bafe ingratitude to their princefs Cleopatra, by fetting Fire upon thofe
Veflels ftre had with marvellous labour hailed to the Suez, from the Nihts over that
Ifthmm of land which divides Afia from Afrique about 300 furlongs, defigning her
flight with M. Anthony through the Red-fea to fome remote part of India after that
overthrow Auguftm Cxfar gave them at the battle of Aflium or Naupattum near the Gulph
of Lepanto. From5^(which is in 29.deg. 40. min.) to the is not more than 25.
leagues, and from Grand Cairo to Toro by land is about five days eafie travail; but from
Pelujium or Damiata upon Nilus to Suez., which I fiippoie de Caftro miftakes Strabo /. 17.
to make it 900. furlorigs (albeit without doubt the place where feveral attempts have
been made to cut fuch a Sluice or Channelas ftiould give Ships a navigable and free paiTage
from the Mediterranean thither, which ^was thought might have been effeded) the
Ifthmns exceeds not 80. miles the Country being flat and fit for cutting but where God
fets the terminus (for 'tis he that laid the Foundations of the Earth, gives the Sea its
bounds, and weighs the Earth as in a BaUance) we fee the power and wit of man may not
contradid or alter ib as in vain Sefoftrjs firft, after him Darius, and then fome of the
PtolomieS'