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CHAP. LXVI.
Of TYRUS, and the ancient Trade thereof.
TYRUS lieth also in this Tract, or to say more pro∣perly and more truely did once lie in this Tract, * 1.1 which for its great splendor in traffique in time past deserveth here the commemoration thereof▪ which I will insert as I find it noted by the Pro∣phet Ezech•…•… in chap. 26 and 27; the greatnesse and amplitude o•…•… which trade now ruind and altogether desolate, serving for ex∣ample to all eminent Cities of traffique, that the Merchants Inha∣bitants of those places forget not GOD the giver of that plenty and aboundance; nor yet abuse the same to their own destruction▪ as is shewd there it was to the Tyrians. Tyrus then in the heig•…•… of its greatnesse is recorded to have a very great trade, and so large that it served for a generall mart to all the World, and that all Nations were furnished with their merchandize and commodities thence, which wonderfully inriched the City and increased the power of the citizens; so that she is there termed the strong and re∣nowned City of the Sea, and which was mightily inhabited by Se•…•… men and Merchants, whose power and greatnesse in Navigation and trade is described by many particulars in that Chapter; as first that her Ship timber was of the Firre trees of Hermon hill, and the Masts thereof was of cedar, and brought from Libanon, and the Oares thereof were of the oakes of Bashan; the Sailes thereof was fine imbroidered linen brought from Aegypt, and the covering•…•… (or as Sea-men terme it their awneings) were of blew silke and purple, brought from the Iles of Elishah: their mariners were the Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad, and their Ship-masters and Pi∣lots were the wisest of the City, and their Carpenters, shipwrights and Calkers were the ancients of Gebal, and the wise men thereof; and all the Shippes of the Sea with their Mariners negotiated in her in the traffique of merchandize. Now those that traded hither and were the Merchants thereof, and the commodities for which they traded is also recorded there, for the Merchants of Tarshish brought hither to the Faires all rich commodities, as silver, iron, tynne, lead: The Merchants of Grecia, Italy and Cappadocia furni∣shed it with slaves for labour, and with all manner of vessells of brasse. The Merchants of Togarmah brought hither to her Marts Horses and Mules for carriage. The Merchants of Dedan brought Unicornes hornes and Elephants teeth. The Merchants of Aram brought to her Faires emerald, corall, pearles, fine linen, and pur∣ple