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 seven Wonders of the World.

THe first were the Walls of Babylon, built by Semiramis, of stone joyned together with a strange kind of slimy and gluish

morter, which groweth in th•• Mines of those Countries, an•• especially in the Lake whe•••• stood in time past Sodome an•• Gomorrah, now called Asfalti•••• These Walls according to t•••• Towne, were built in quadrangle and contained in circuit (as sai•••• Pliny in the twenty sixt Chap∣ter of his sixt booke) 60 miles so that every square was si••¦teene mile long; they were 〈◊〉〈◊〉 foot high, and fifty foot thick and to build these Walls wer•• hired by Semiramis, out of di••vers Countries for a long spac•• 300000 men.

The second was the Pillar o•• the Sunne, offered by the Gen••tiles unto Iupiter. This Pilla•• stood in the Ile of Rhodes, an•• was made of Iron in the form of a man, of incredible great••nesse, in so much that a ma••

might scarce fadome the great ••inger thereof. After it had stood 56 yeares, it fell down by reason of an earth-quake, and so ••ay till the Iland was wonne by ••he Souldan of Egypt; who car∣••yed so much mettall away, as ••oaded 900 Camels.

The third, were the Pyra∣mides of Egypt: among the which ••here is one especially noted, a∣••out the Citty of Memphis, now ••alled grand Caire: this Piramid ••overed about 40 acres of land, ••t the foote or foundation there∣••f, it was all built of Marble∣••tone, and in the building ••hereof were imployed conti∣••ually for the space of 20 years, ••600000 men; and for the suste∣••ance of these workmen, was ••is burst in radish, and such other ••oots 1800 tallents, which ac∣••ording to our reckoning, is the

summe 1880000 crownes: this might seem incredible, were it not that it is affirmed by so many Authors of authority.

The fourth was the Mausol, of Mausolus King of Caria, and husband to Artemisia so called: this Woman for the great love shee bare to her Spouse, burned his dead body, and dranke the powder thereof, thinking no Sepulcher so worthy as her owne body; and the rest of the powder shee buried in this fa∣mous tombe, the stone whereof was of an excellent kind of mar∣ble, it was 411 feet in circuit, and 25 cubits high, & was invironed about with 36 Pillars of stone, wonderfully well carved.

The fift was the Temple o•• Diana, builded by the Ama∣zones: it was 455 foot long, and 220 foot broad, and in it stood

127 marble pillars, each of them being 70 foote high: the worke thereof was so wonderfull cu∣rious, that it was 220 yeares a making.

The sixt, was the Image of Iupiter Olympius, in Achaia; all of Porphyre, an infinite number of little pieces joyned together: this Image, besides the excellency of the worke, is especially noted for the greatnesse thereof, and was the more famous, by reason of the game called Olympiades, there kept.

The seventh, was the Tow∣er Pharos, nigh unto Alexandria in Egypt; builded by Ptolomeus Philadelphus; King of Egypt, to direct the passengers which came to take haven thereabouts, by burning of pitch, or other like things in the toppe: this Tower was of a marvellous height,

and singular workmanship; the building wherof cost according to our money 480000 crownes, Some Authors put for the se∣venth wonder, the Gardens and Orchards upon the Walls of Ba∣bylon. Others put the Obelisque of Semiramis; which differeth in nothing from a Pyramid, sa∣ving that it is all one stone: the Obelisque, Semiramis caused to be wrought, and taken out of the Mountaines of Armenia: it was a hundred and fifty foot high, and every square was foure and twenty foot broad at the bot∣tome; so that it contained in cir∣cuit 96 foot.