. The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques & discoveries of the English nation, made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compass of these 1600 yeeres . countrey to make stanch theirbarkes and boates: every one of these springs maketha noise like unto a Smiths forge in the blowing & puffingout of this matter, which never ceaseth night nor day,and the noise may be heard a mile off continually. Thisvale swaloweth up all heavie things that come upon people of the countrey cal it in their language Babilgehenham, that is to
. The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques & discoveries of the English nation, made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compass of these 1600 yeeres . countrey to make stanch theirbarkes and boates: every one of these springs maketha noise like unto a Smiths forge in the blowing & puffingout of this matter, which never ceaseth night nor day,and the noise may be heard a mile off continually. Thisvale swaloweth up all heavie things that come upon people of the countrey cal it in their language Babilgehenham, that is to say, Hell doore. As we passedthrough these deserts, we saw certaine wild beasts, aswild asses all white, Roebucks, wolfes, leopards, foxes,and many hares, whereof we chased and killed the king of the wandring Arabians in thesedeserts, hath a dutie of sterling, upon every Camelslode, which he sendeth his officers to receive of theCaravans, and in consideration hereof, he taketh uponhim to conduct the sayd Caravans if they need his helpe,and to defend them against certaine prowling and my companion William Shales came to Aleppowith the Caravan the eleventh of June, 1584. where we 8. JOHN ELDRED JOHN ELDRED 1588. were joyfully received 20. miles distant from the towne by M. William Barret our Consull, accompanied with his WB** Bat- people and Janissaries, who fell sicke immediately and ji™* tn departed this life within 8. dayes after, and elected before his death M. Anthonie Bate Consul of our English nation ret. in his place, who laudably supplied the same roome 3. yeeres. In which meane time, I made two voyages more Two voiages unto Babylon, and returned by the way aforesayd, over ™re. ™ade t0 the deserts of Arabia. And afterwards, as one desirous to see other parts of the countrey, I went from Aleppo to Antioch, which is thence 60. English miles, and from thence went downe to Tripolis, where going aboord a small vessell, I arr
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