Itinerarium totius Sacræ Scripturæ. Or, the trauels of the holy patriarchs, prophets, iudges, kings, our sauiour Christ, and his Apostles, as they are related in the Old and New Testaments. With a description of the townes and places to which they trauelled, and how many English miles they stood from Ierusalem. Also a short treatise of the weights, monies, and measures mentioned in the Scriptures, reduced to our English valuations, quantitie, and weight. Collected out of the workes of Henry Bunting, and done into English by R.B.

Of Syracusa.

THis was a City of the Isle of Sicilia, built by one Archia of Corinth, standing close by the sea shore on the North side of the Isle, 2756 miles from Ierusalem towards the West. It was a faire and goodly city, in antient time called Tetrapolis, because it was diuided into three parts: one of which parts stood in the

Isle of Ortygia, separated from the continent with a little streit sea, and with that famous fountain Arthusia. The other part was called Acradine, and the third Tycha; to which in after-times there was built vp a fourth, and called by the name of Neapolis. All this city was compassed in with three walls, so strong and so admirably fortified both by Nature and Art, that it opposed the Carthaginians in equall war. It was called Syracusa, from draw∣ing or sucking; and in processe of time obtained the whole juris∣diction and gouernment of that Isle; which was so well peopled in the time of Dionysius the Tyrant, that he was able to make and maintaine an Army of one hundred thousand foot, and twelue thousand Horse. There were two hauens in that part which was called Ortygia, so maruellously fortified with such huge Rockes and other munition, that they were wonderfull to looke vpon. There also stood a Castle or Tower called by the name of Mer∣cia, which was so strong, that when all the rest of the Town was conquered, yet that maintained Warre for a long time. In this Hold the Kings and Tyrants of this Countrey vsually kept their Treasures and other things that were materiall. There were ma∣ny worthy and famous Princes ruled in it; but aboue them all, Dionysius the elder exceeded the rest. Who when hee saw what aboundance of Vessels of gold and siluer Dionysius the younger had heaped together, cried out and said, In te Regius affectus non est, qui ex tanta poculorum vi amicum neminem conciliasti: That is, Verily the minde of a King is not in thee, that out of so many Cups couldest not procure one Friend. For after hee was bani∣shed, and constrained to keepe a Schoole. Both these Dionysians were learned men and great Philosophers. It is thought that this Island was sometime a part of Italy, and ioyning to the field of Brutius; but in time through the violence of the sea separat from the continent. From whence it was called Sicilita, and also Tri∣nacris, because there were three mountaines standing vpon three promontories in three seueral places of it, giuing the proportion of a triangle; for there was an angle toward the South, called Pa∣ctinus, another towards the Southwest called Lilybaeus, and ano∣ther called Pelorus, which lay distant neer about two miles from Italy. In times past it was vnder the command of the Romanes;

but now the Spaniards haue chiefe gouernment of it. There are many things remaining to this day worthy obseruation, but chie∣fly the mountain Aetna, which still casteth out fire & smoke, &c.