Emblems of rarities: or Choyce observations out of worthy histories of many remarkable passages, and renowned actions of divers princes and severall nations With exquisite variety, and speciall collections of the natures of most sorts of creatures: delightfull and profitable to the minde. Collected by D.L.

The treasure that was found in the Temple of Jerusalem by the Souldiers.

THe Temple being consu∣med with fire, the Souldi∣ers put all the Iewes that they found about it to death, and carryed away all they could finde, sparing neither old nor young, infant, or Priest, Ma∣gistrate or Senate whatsoever•• And afterwards the Roman soul∣diers thrusting forwards one a∣nother, being greedy of gaine, sought where to get into the Temple, where the fire was a∣slaked, entered the Treasure-house where the sacred money

was kept, by which meanes a great part thereof was stolne a∣way by the souldiers, and Sa∣binus by name, to all mens knowledge which stood by, carryed away 400 Talents. The souldiers beholding the gates of the Temple, and of the Trea∣sure-house to be of massie Gold, were confident that there was nothing else but Gold, and in great plenty, which they pos∣sessed without any deniall, and bore, and carried away upon their shoulders an infinite trea∣sure of money which we cannot value: and great was the losse and spoile of their Cups and Challices, being all of Gold, which were broken and defa∣ced, which the Priests did offer their coine to their Gods in, be∣side the Table which was of 2 Cubits high, and 4 Cubits in

length, all of Gold; likewise the covering, and rich habits and vestments, and the two sil∣ver Trumpets which the Priests wore at the time of their Sa∣crifices, were all consumed by the fire; thus by their Ene∣my and their owne incrudulity was their Temple burnt, their City defaced, and their treasure consumed, which was the glory and renown of the whole world.