Purchas his pilgrimage. Or Relations of the vvorld and the religions obserued in all ages and places discouered, from the Creation vnto this present In foure partes. This first containeth a theologicall and geographicall historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the ilands adiacent. Declaring the ancient religions before the Floud ... With briefe descriptions of the countries, nations, states, discoueries, priuate and publike customes, and the most remarkable rarities of nature, or humane industrie, in the same. By Samuel Purchas, minister at Estwood in Essex.

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Purchas his pilgrimage. Or Relations of the vvorld and the religions obserued in all ages and places discouered, from the Creation vnto this present In foure partes. This first containeth a theologicall and geographicall historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the ilands adiacent. Declaring the ancient religions before the Floud ... With briefe descriptions of the countries, nations, states, discoueries, priuate and publike customes, and the most remarkable rarities of nature, or humane industrie, in the same. By Samuel Purchas, minister at Estwood in Essex.
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Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626.
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ΕΙΣ τιω ΣΑΜΟΥΗΛΟΥ τ{ou} ΠΟΥΡΧΑΣΟΥ ΑΠΟΔΗΜΙΑΝ

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SOlamen Fidei, Salutis aras Diám{que}, Effigiem, Deí{que} Veri Aeternum placitum piè docendo, Mystes quam meritò celebris audis. At, PVRCHASE, tui nouâ Coronâ Iam circundatur, endó{que} ore docto Viuet Nomen, Honos{que}: qui prophana Scrutas Numina (Gentium Nefastos Erroris{que} Deos;) Volumine horum Sacro multa reperta,* prodiêre hinc Multa; haec sic studijs tuis benè aptas, Pulchre{que} Historias, Locós{que} pandis. Hoc vnum adijciam: DOCERE quiqui Nôstis quid fuerit, Reconditum{que} SCIRE, haùt invideatis Huic merenti.

* Nimirum a S. S. Alia in impietatis opprobrium notata, at{que} ex impiâ lin∣guae Sanctae interpretatione Alia pri∣mum ficta. Ex 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Genes. 1. fortè Phoenicum & Aegyptiorum Thoth & 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Thoth autem siue Theut ab Her∣mete seu Mercurio haùt alium fuisse facilè suadent Platonis Phaedrus, La∣ctantius, & Eusebij Praeparat. Euange∣lica. Qui insuper Baeoticè dictus 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. antiquus, Oriens, aut Sapiens Deus (quae Mercurio quadrant) latere suspicor. Consulas Isac. Tzetz. ad Lycophron. p. 33. & 44. & Scholiast. ad Apoll. Rhod. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Et quis non videt Beli nomen ex He∣braico 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 provenisse, i. Domin', (v. Iu∣dic. c. 2.) vnde Thurijs (testatur Eupho∣rion in Scholijs ad Aeschyli Persas) & ipsi Aesch. Rex dicitur 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Hinc Mi∣dianitarum Baal. phaeor, Num. 25. Deut. 5. Hof. 9. forsan Priapus, cui obscoena pars sine veste a∣perta erat, vti in Priapeis lusit ille, quod nec ab ipso Phaeor abludit; 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 n. est Aperire. Baal∣zebub, cuius quiquid in causa sit nominis, cum haut malè dixeris quem 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 indigeta∣runt in Elide, quo & Hercules vocamine Romanis cultus; vt è Pausaniae Elia c.α. & Clem. Alex∣and. Protreptico discimus. Nec prorsus a 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 existimo alienum Belins nomen, pro Apolline priscis Gallis & Britannis nostris, quod Ausonio legitur & vet. Inscriptionibus. Aegyptiorum Horus, i. Apollo, nonne 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. Lux, Genes. 1. disertè loquitur? qui eàdem mente Graecis 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 dicitur, vt benè emendauit Macrobium 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Batauorum ille Hug. Grotius ad Arati Diosemela. Vbinam Dercitidis (deprauatè legitur Architidis Macrob. Sa∣turnal. 1. cap. 21.) siue Atergatidis etymon sinon ex 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, & 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, 1. piscis magnisicata? apage n. illud Antipatri apud Athenaeū Dipnosoph. 8. & visas Nobiliss. Iof. Scalig. ad 4. Varronis de LL. Is eam ipsam Dagon illud Philistaeorum idolum (Iudic. cap. 16. cuius & fanum dicitur 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Hasmon. lib. cap. 10. com. 83.) fuisse proculdubio recte sensit; &, quo minus sanè a 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 i. frumen∣tum (quod nonnullis placet) deducatur, faciunt quae è. Xantho, Mnasea, & Antipatro excerpsit Athenaeus, quin & Erithracus & Hegesias apud Hygin. Fab. 197. & Poet. Astron. 2. Phurnu∣tus de Nat. Deor. in Rhaea, cui & Artage appellatur, Caes. Germanicus ad Arati phoenomena in Pisce, & Aquario (vbi malè Phacetis pro 'Dercetis scribitur) Ouid. Fast. 2. Lucian. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉

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& quae pleno horreo demensa sunt a summo illo literatorum Principe Ios. Scalig. ad Ma∣nilium & Hug. Grot. ad Imagines. Vnde & hanc ipsam Venerem fuisse (Diuûm antiquissimam) a Columbarum cultu & Pisciū (hi vero iam nunc Astrologis sunt Veneris Exaltatio) iure autumâ∣ris; cum & Phoeniciam 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 iam diu est quod scripsit Aechylus in Suppli∣cibus; & Veneris 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Ascalonitarum dum menimit Herodot. hist. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. hanc, nifallor, voluit. Confusa sunt nonnunquam, Latinis & Graecis, Huius & Astartes vocabula. Astarte (quae 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Iudic. 2. Com. 13. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, & 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 1. Reg. 11. Com. 5.) non Assyrijs modò vt videtur, ve∣rum & Phoenicibus Dea. Vide quae suprà citauimus, & Achill. Tat. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, At{que} hanc forsan ipsam Mineruam Oncam Thebanorum (de qua Aeschylus in 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Steph. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. & maximè Aeschyli Scholiastes, qui, sibi non constans, nunc Phoeniciam nunc Aegyptia cam vult esse vo∣cem 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 non iniuria putaueris, si modo in Minerua Siga (quam velut corruptam apud Pau∣saniam, lib. . noui mutatam, à nonnullis, in Oncam) non lateat quid Dagonis: nam Piscem Phoenicas, etiam Sidon vocasse autor est Trogus Hist. 18. & certè cum 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, Eccles. 2. Com. 8. fit quibusdam Pulchra siue Honorata foemina (nec aliam Phoenicum linguam, quam Syriacam, i. ferè Hebraicam non potes non nosse) quis non videt & eiusdem vestigia in Siga? Nec enim ego Pausaniam temerè corrigendum (pace doctorum) arbitror, nisi 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 fortè legêris. Quoe & Veneri, i. Dagoni & Astartae (fortassè Mineruae) aequè tamen potest tribui. Nam & Lyco∣phroni Mineru 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 dicitur; & Suidas, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Quae, è Rabbi Kimchi, & id genus alijs, de Ouis imagine producuntur haut flocci facio. Quid Samothracum illi 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 (queis de, ante alios, Mnaseas in Schol. ad Apoll. Argonaut. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.) aliud, quam Dij Fortes, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, & Potes, vt Varroni dicuntur, & Potentes Tertulliano lib.de spectaculis. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 enim potens seu magnus in sacris saepius interpretatur; quod etymon Magno Scaligero me de∣bere agnosco. Vnde melius Satyri quam a 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. Pilofi daemones, vel capri, Leuit. 17. & ibi Chald. Paraphras. & P. Fagium vide, cum Ies. 13. Com. 21. & Rabbi Mos. Ben-Maimon Per∣plex. 3. cap.47. Habemus & 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Mercurium in 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, Prouerb. 25. Com.8. quin &, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 vocabulum 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 in Ies. 34. Com. 14. resipere censeo. Imò & Tetragrammaton illud summè venerandum nomen & ineffabile Veri Dei, in Oraculis dicitur 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, vnde Iouis fluxit. Mitto Remphan, Molech, & id genus alia; & adnotes licet, quod in Hasmonaeorum libri editi∣one Drusiana cap. 3. Com.48. legitur de Iudaeis ab Antiocho miserè oppressis; 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 vbi in pleris{que} habe∣tur 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. &c. Eò magis verò in his nimius fui vt manifestius redderetur quantum sacrae ad prophanas, prophanae vicissim ad sacras literas intelligendas mutuò condu∣cunt, ne fortè scilicet malè impingat quis ad illius Monachi morem, qui Act. Apost. 28. Com. II. pro 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, in Latin à Hieronymi versione, scripsit cui erat insigne Castro∣rum (vti & vetustus MS. penes me, & perpulcher habet) cum nihil minus nempe, quam qui fuerint Castores (ita nonnullis dicti) intellexerit ille indoctus librarius. Quis autem Gentium Theologiae prorfus expers siue hoc nomine hos siue alio illo Syriaco 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. Geminorum, sa∣tis apprehenderet. Verum, Lector, non immeritò me incusas, qud affectare vide or 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉

On the learned Preachers Pilgrimage Religionis ergô.

THE Body of this Booke is HISTORIE, Clad in quaint garments of GEOGRAPHIE, Adorn'd with Iewells of CHRONOLOGIE, Fetch't from the Treasur's of ANTIQVITIE. The better part thereof, THEOLOGIE, Soule of the World; Religious PIETIE Addes life to all, and gives ETERNITIE.
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