The Rarities in old Babylon described.

Within the huge, and stately City of Babylon was [ 4] built a Tower reckoned amongst the Worlds Won∣ders; It had an hundred brazen gates, and two Page  598 hundred and fifty Towers. Semiramis also built in the same City a stately Temple to Jupiter Belus four square, each side containing two furlongs with bra∣zen gates: In the middest was a solid Tower of the height, and thicknesse of a furlong: upon this another, and so one higher then another, eight in number: In the highest Tower was a Chappel, and therein a fair bed covered, and a table of gold, in the top of this Chappel she placed three golden Sta∣tues: One of Jupiter fourty foot long weighing a thousand Talents (each Talent containing sixty three pounds, and almost ten ounces): Another of Ops weighing as much sitting in a golden Throne, at her feet two Lions, and hard by huge Serpents of silver each of thirty Talents. The third Image was of Juno standing, in weight eight hundred Talents: To all which was a common Table of gold fourty foot long, and twelve broad, weighing fifty Talents. There were also two standing Cups of 30 Talents, and two vessels for perfume of the like weight: Besides three other vessels of gold weighing twelve hundred Talents: all which the Persian Kings after their conquest of it took away. Herod.