The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary being a curious miscellany of sacred and prophane history : containing, in short, the lives and most remarkable actions of the patriarchs, judges, ... heresiarchs, ... emperors, ... and all those who have recommended themselves to the world ... together with the establishment and progress both of religious and military orders ... ; [with] The genealogy of several illustrious families in Europe ; The fabulous history of the heathen gods and heroes ; The description of empires, kingdoms ... / collected from the best historians, chronologers, and lexicographers ... but more especially out of Lewis Morery ... his sixth edition corrected and enlarged by Monsieur Le Clark ... now done into English ; to which are added by way of supplement ... the lives ... and writings of the illustrious families of our English, Scotch and Irish nobility ... clergy ; as also an exact description of these kingdoms ... by several learned men ; wherein are inserted the last five years historical and geographical collections of Edmond Bohun ... never extant till in this work.

• Idsarcus (Gravius) a Freezland-Priest. He wrote a Chroni∣cle of his Country, which he continued from the Year 763, to 1514. wherein he lived. Suffridius Petri de Script. Fris. dec. 9. cap. 7.
• Idumea, a Province of Palaestine, named Edom in Scripture. It lies between Arabia Petrae••, Judaea, and the Mediterranean-Sea. It contains divers Cities. The Chief is Gaza, or Gazaza, where Camby•••• left his Treasure ••••en he went to Conquer Egypt. Strabo and Pliny speak of the ••••••neans, who are descended from Esau, youngest Son of Abraha••▪ and, fo•• this Reason, God for∣bid the Natural-Jews, to abho•••• them, as the rest of the Uncir∣cumcised Nations, because th••y w••re their Brethren. David vanquished them, and having R••v••lted afterwards, King Jeho∣saphat reduced them and the Ammonites, in a very wonderful man∣ner. After that, they Rebelled again, under the Reign of Jo∣ram, and were again Reduced. But when the Chaldeans besieged Jerusalem under Nebuchadnezzar, they joined with the Enemies against their Brethren. Hence arose those Complaints in the Pro∣phets, who threaten them in their Writings with approaching Punishment. Nor did they miss it, as St. Jerom tells us, for they fell into the same Servitude, which they endeavoured to bring the Jews under. In process of time, Hyrcan made War against them, and made them turn Jews. They called Jerusa∣lem their Country, the Holy City, the Common City, and their Me∣tropolis. Josephus. Philon says, That this sort of Jews, who called themselves Proselytes, to distinguish them from other Jews, were equalized by Moses in all things, except this▪ That the Natural Jews should be admitted into the Council called the Sanhedrin, and no Stranger, that did not come from a Jewish Mother, could have that Privilege. Torniel. Salian. Spon. Joseph. Philon.