Mr. Ray's travels, Vol. 2

Chap. II. _Of the famous city of ~Tripoli~, of it’s fruitful neighbourhood and great trade; and also of the splendid baths, and other magnificent buildings to be seen there. The...

The last of _May_, after we had broke our fast in a village call’d _Limona_, we came to mount _Brothus_, where we saw many pleasant vineyards; and so by _Tenda_ into another vil...

The next morning we went to our friends houses in order to stay a while with them: In the mean time we walked sometimes about in our own cloaths to see the town, which is situat...

_Of the ~Turks~ of high and low conditions, men and women; of their employments, offices, manners, customs, cloaths, as much as I could at ~Tripoli~, during my abode, understand...

There also by the rivers are found _Anthilis Marina_, _Visnaga_, the first _Apocymum_, and _Oleander_ with purple flowers, by the inhabitants call’d _Defle_, and a delicate kind...

Without the city of _Halepo_ are abundance of quarries, where they dig great free-stones of a vast bigness, almost as white and soft as chalk, very proper for building: There ar...

When the _Turks_ have taken a strong town, or a whole country by the sword, that they may keep them the easier in subjection without a great garrison, pains, or danger, they dem...

You find also in this crowd several that are in orders, called _Sacquatz_, (which commonly are pilgrims that have been at _Meccha_) that go about with skins full of water, and f...

About the river up a hill, I found a tender and fragrant herb with long and white roots, of a pretty acrimonious taste, it’s leaves were like unto our Coriander, only somewhat r...

After I had staid a good while in _Aleppo_, and had seen and understood the trade and merchandizes of the inhabitants, together with that of all the other nations, _viz._ _Greci...

The next morning at break of day, we got in again and in the beginning we went on very fortunately, and began to leave by degrees on our left hand the mountain _Taurus_, which e...

On the sixth of _September_ we were up early, and passed between great wildernesses, wherein were abundance of wild boars, that appeared sometimes in great herds: These wilderne...

About the river I found that sort of _Acacia_ that beareth roundish and brown-coloured pods, called _Schock_ and _Scamuth_ by the _Arabians_: Some thorns called _Algul_, whereon...

After they had spent that whole day with them, we went off the next morning early toward _Schara_, a little village which lieth on the right hand half a league distant from the...

The village _Elugo_ lyeth on the place where formerly old _Babylon_, the metropolis of _Chaldee_, did stand; the harbour lyeth a quarter of a league off, whereinto those use to...

Some of these Merchants that came with the same ships, came directly to our camp, and among the rest a Jeweller, who brought with him several precious stones, _viz._ Diamonds, C...

After he had said this, he began to talk farther to me concerning religion, and chiefly of the articles of our Christian faith; and made me immediately (when he began to be sens...

Soon after noon a great way off before us, appear’d a great market-town, _Carcuschey_, where we arrived by night, and fix’d our camp without and pretty near to it. This is quite...

After we had past the great and rough mountains, and were come into a very fruitful valley, which extendeth itself for a small days journey to _Orpha_, there appeared presently...

The Patriarch was very merry with us, and presented us with some _Venice_ bottles of his wine, whereof we drank a good deal, for it was so pleasant that I must confess that I ne...

Having here before made mention of the _Maronites_ and _Trusci_ their neighbours and allies, I cannot but must also go farther, and briefly relate, how the _Turk_ did make war a...

The town _Hayphe_ lieth at the bottom of the mount _Carmelo_, is pretty large but very ill built, and the houses are so decay’d, that half of it is not fit to be inhabited. _Sal...

This Holy Land (which, according to the promise made to the Patriarchs, was for many years in the possession of the _Israelites_) was, as you read in _Deuteronomy_ chap. viii. a...

Before mount _Zion_, towards the south, at the other side of the rivulet _Kidron_, lieth the mount of _Transgression_, in the fourth book of _Kings_, chap. 23. called _Mashith_;...

These and many more insipid lies of their _Mahomet_, which are very ridiculous and silly fables, are believed to be as true as the Gospel by the _Turks_, _Moors_, and _Arabians_...

If they would but often look into it (as their _Koran_ teacheth them in several places) to read in it, and mend their lives according to it, they might easily be brought to the...

On the 27th of _September_ in the year 1575 after dinner, the father Guardian did send to the other Lords of the temple, to let us into the temple of mount _Calvaria_, which the...

In the year of our Lord Christ 1096, when _Henry_ the fourth was Emperor of the west, and _Alexius_ the _Grecian_ Emperor at _Constantinople_ in the east, Pope _Urban_ the secon...

But yet that but a few slaves come from thence to us again, the chief reason is not, as many think, because the _Turks_ press them to change their religion; for although they so...

Towards the east, are other people which esteem themselves Christians, and among the rest, chiefly the _Nestorians_ called after the Heretic _Nestorius_, who was a Bishop at _Co...

_First_, That upon his conscience he do swear there to these following words, Not with a false heart, but that he doth confess out of zeal, with great eagerness, and with a clea...

Hard by it, you shall see still some old ruins of old stones, where first _Abraham_ the Patriarch did build a tent as you read in _Genesis_ xii. 8. And he removed from thence un...

At my arrival at _Tripolis_, when I hoped that something might have been done for the good of _Hans Ulrich Krafft_, whom I left in prison behind, as is above mention’d, towards...

Into the same harbour was also just before us run in, to shun the ill weather, a yatcht, that had about eleven men on board; they did pump out the water that was run in, and dry...

We left the road of _Gallipoli_ on the right, and came to _Rodesto_, the old _Perinthus_, from thence we left _Heraclea_ on the left, and past _Selibria_, a days journey distant...

In the Island of _Corfu_: _Thymus capitatus Dioscoridis._ _Lysimachia Hysopi folio._ _Scabiosa caule altissimo, flore nigrescente, fortè peregrina ~Bauhin.~_ _Cyperus grumineus...

The winters at _Constantinople_ are sometimes extraordinary severe. I have heard it related by several old _Greeks_, as a thing most certain, that the _Bosphorus_ was frozen ove...

They trouble not themselves with reading the histories of other nations or of ancient times, much less with the study of chronology, without which history is very lame and imper...

The government is perfectly arbitrary and despotical; the will and pleasure of the Emperor having the force and power of a law, and oftentimes is above it. His bare command, wit...

Amongst the Birds, the Ostrich, whose skins and feathers are in use amongst the _Turks_, the Pelican, with whose bills and bags, the watermen of the _Nile_ throw the water out o...

Having finish’d the description of the superficies of the greater Pyramid, with the figure and dimensions of it, as they present themselves to the view without; I shall now look...

From this Pyramid we went to the second, being scarce distant the flight of an arrow from it; where by the way, I observed on the west side of the first, the ruins of a pile of...

On the 28th of _December_ I went to see the Pyramids the third time with some strangers. In our way we were mightily troubled with a very thick mist, which lasted till ten in th...

But yet farther in the country there are mountains of harder stone: In the _Nitrian_, now the desart of St _Macarius_, and not far from the lake where the latroon or true nitre...

The Pilgrims being return’d to _Mecca_, divide themselves in several Caravans, because of the different countries they come from, and are to go back to them again. The Caravan t...

There are four Kings that pay tribute to the King of _Ethiopia_, to wit, the King of _Sennar_, who pays his tribute in horses. _Sennar_ is a very hot country. The King of _Naria...

Alcea Indica parvo flore _C. B._ Ægyptia _Clus._ Ægyptiaca _Ger. emac._ Bamia _J. B._ Bamia seu Alcea Ægyptia _Park. parad._ Trionum Theophrasti _Rauwolf. Lugd. app._ Non in Ægy...

Pistacea _Ger._ _J. B._ Nux Pistacea _Park._ Pistacea Peregrina fructu racemoso, sive Terebinthus Indica Theophrasti _C. B._ Multis Syriæ locis abundat, ut circa _Sermin_ urbem,...

Ascyroides Cretica _Alpin. exot._ Cretica major _Park._ Hanc plantam in hist. nost. eandem putavimus cum Androsæmo Constantinopolitano flore maximo _Wheeler._; icon tamen non re...