'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.' [‎247] (270/448)

Alexander enters ferufalem.
w jrofa T' overandbefidesotherwe ^
Palfo and moft of Syr,* proltrated themfelves to upon chat Vidory; who
k > !? 0nthS ^S® mattered the City and for their obftinacynUde
the Inhabitants feel his wrathful temper. Gaz.a alio made him fomerefiftance 5 but being
taken, Alexander advanced without further interruption to of which,to enter
tain the Conquerour iffiied JaUuthe High-priefl; attired in his Pontifical Robe with a My-
ter upon his head,and attended by the Priefts and Levites in their Sacerdotal Habits, which
fiitf. fefephMwasfo full of gravity and State that ^W.rfirft admired and then pro-
ftratedhmfeifbeforetheHighPrieftfor hisbenediftion; whoforhis better fatisfadlion
hkewife entertained him amongft other things with the Prophecy which in e\-
prefs terms prefigured his Viftories. '
Thence he marched into •yEgp, which fubmitted. And having an ardent defire to
vAtJupter-Amwrn Temple, albeit the way was exceeding difficult, neverthelefs after
five days treading the loofe and fcaldmg fands (in all thatDefert feeing neither grafs
k r 101 r 1 ! ^ whlch comes to pafs, in regard it very feldom rains there,
and that by reafon of the extreme heat all or moll of the Springs be dried up; lb as 'tis
apparent that Water is the Mother of all generations, if Paracelfus may be credited,
no vegetable nor ammal being procreated above, nor mineral beneath withoi- f
& remm omnium ex aqHaprocreanone, velm ex primo prmctpio, faith Thales Milefim. But
rilled | r !> t0 ^n Tf,f C p" 8 ? arrived at thc P lace ' he wasfaluted with the affected
^ ? f , 'e Parafites interpreted the equivocal Greek word wherewith
Ae Oracle entertamed him. Returning to M he quickened his march towards the
North part oUfyna calkdMtahex^ where he had notice that the chaft and beautiful Wife
ofiW notwithftanding herprincely ufage was fo overwhelmed with grief upon the
to her afflidioJ 6 nS C0Ildltl0n of her Husband ' that Death only could give eafe
Soon after this the Perfian King profered A his fair Daughter with thirty thou-
fand Talents together with and all the lefs for portion. But
who had tliefc already in polfeffion and the Soveraignty of the whole world in his idea
replied. That the Firmament could not endure two Suns. So that they prepared on
either fide for another fight. Darius recruited his Army to five hundred thoufand Horfe
and Foot, tome Authors make it much moreand Alexander his to fifty thoufand Foot
and eight thoufand Horfe. Thefe great Bodies foon met and engaged each other This
Battel was much better fought than the former, moft of them having gained experience
JW expreifed fufficient perfonal bravery that day and the Souldiers, the one fide for
hberty the other for conqueft, ftoodlb well and fo equally to their charge that Viftorv
ftood hovering a good while with doubtful wings, ere it appeared to which part fhe
would incline: but Alexander who well knew that upon this the whole depended and
would decide the quarrel, expreifed fuch extraordinary valour as well as experience in
the fight as at length albeit he loft three hundred of his belt men, and that Parmenio Ter
dmas, and Epheflion were hurt in the fight, he renewed the battel with fuch freih courase
that the Perjian Army were conftrained to give ground, and then fled*, Darm himfelf
mthelaft place, who in the battel having givengreatproof of his courage, inthiscon-
dition would have flain himfelf: In the purfuit more were flain than in the fight, 30000
ayes Arrimm -j 40000 fayes Qmntm Cunim 9 but Diod. Sic dm makes them double the
number : how uncertain foever the number be, this days Vidory over that part got
urn conqueft over the whole. Quo prdio (fays Jufiin) Afa impermm rdpmt Alexander,
Cnjm tanta fmpfalicitas, ut pofi hoc-, nemo rebellare au$m eft. Perfa enim (toft impermm tot
annonm) jugumfervitutis patienter acceperint. Which Words of the Hiftorian were true -
jor the reputation of this battel quite broke the heart of the Per pan Nobility and fet the
Imperial Crown upon Alexanders head: Who purfued the Vidory,forcing the remains of
tMPerfian Army to dii^erfetbemfelves into divided quarters and fuch places where thev
could find beft ihelter. Invitations alfocame from Provinces and Cities in moft places
thereabouts to Alexander, to take what he had vidorioufly acquired by right of War.
Jrbela was the firft that rendred, nigh which place the Battel was. Arhela built by
• a City under 3 7'degrees, by Ttolomy called Arbelitu\ h^ Mercelling Canaahela\
is about fifteen, (fome fay five) leagues North from Nineveh, in that part of Jfyria
Winch was then called Arrapachita fevered from Armenia by the Nyphates hills. Babylon
was next mcourfe to entertain the Conquerer in this kind of complement, which place
tI J^ e beei1 t ^ e Alexanders defires: fo that thither in the beft edui-
page ne could, he cheerfully marched with the greateft part of his Army, Mviffg firft fent