A briefe description of Hierusalem and of the suburbs therof, as it florished in the time of Christ Whereto is annexed a short commentarie concerning those places which were made famous by the Passion of Christ, and by the actes of holye men, confirmed by certeine principall histories of antiquity. Verie profitable for Christians to read, for the understanding of the Sacred Scriptures and Iosephus his Historie. Hereunto also is appertaining a liuely and beawtifull mappe of Hierusalem, with arithmeticall directions, correspondent to the numbers of this booke. Translated out of Latin into English by Thomas Tymme minister.

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A briefe description of Hierusalem and of the suburbs therof, as it florished in the time of Christ Whereto is annexed a short commentarie concerning those places which were made famous by the Passion of Christ, and by the actes of holye men, confirmed by certeine principall histories of antiquity. Verie profitable for Christians to read, for the understanding of the Sacred Scriptures and Iosephus his Historie. Hereunto also is appertaining a liuely and beawtifull mappe of Hierusalem, with arithmeticall directions, correspondent to the numbers of this booke. Translated out of Latin into English by Thomas Tymme minister.
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Adrichem, Christiaan van, 1533-1585.
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London :: Printed by Peter Short for Thomas Wright,
1595.
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"A briefe description of Hierusalem and of the suburbs therof, as it florished in the time of Christ Whereto is annexed a short commentarie concerning those places which were made famous by the Passion of Christ, and by the actes of holye men, confirmed by certeine principall histories of antiquity. Verie profitable for Christians to read, for the understanding of the Sacred Scriptures and Iosephus his Historie. Hereunto also is appertaining a liuely and beawtifull mappe of Hierusalem, with arithmeticall directions, correspondent to the numbers of this booke. Translated out of Latin into English by Thomas Tymme minister." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A05059.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 10, 2024.

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156 THE GATE OF EPHRAIM,

* 1.1 which now of som is called Saint Stephens gate,* 1.2 situate on the north part tending toward the way which leadeth vnto the tribe of Ephraim,* 1.3 where vppon it was called the gate of E∣phraim. From this gate vnto the gate of the corner

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Ioas king of Israell,* 1.4 beate downe the wall of Ierusalem by the space of foure hundred cubits,* 1.5 and in trium∣phant manner hee being caried into the cittie in his chariot through that breach, became Lorde of the cittye. The which wall together with the towers thereof, Ozia kinge of Iuda afterwarde restored a∣gaine.

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