The trauels of certaine Englishmen into Africa, Asia, Troy, Bythinia, Thracia, and to the Blacke Sea And into Syria, Cilicia, Pisidia, Mesopotamia, Damascus, Canaan, Galile, Samaria, Iudea, Palestina, Ierusalem, Iericho, and to the Red Sea: and to sundry other places. Begunne in the yeare of iubile 1600. and by some of them finished in this yeere 1608. The others not yet returned. Very profitable to the help of trauellers, and no lesse delightfull to all persons who take pleasure to heare of the manners, gouernement, religion, and customes of forraine and heathen countries.

Title

The trauels of certaine Englishmen into Africa, Asia, Troy, Bythinia, Thracia, and to the Blacke Sea And into Syria, Cilicia, Pisidia, Mesopotamia, Damascus, Canaan, Galile, Samaria, Iudea, Palestina, Ierusalem, Iericho, and to the Red Sea: and to sundry other places. Begunne in the yeare of iubile 1600. and by some of them finished in this yeere 1608. The others not yet returned. Very profitable to the help of trauellers, and no lesse delightfull to all persons who take pleasure to heare of the manners, gouernement, religion, and customes of forraine and heathen countries.

Author

Biddulph, William.

Publication

London :: Printed by Th. Haueland. for W. Aspley, and are to bee sold at his shop in Paules Church-yard, at the signe of the Parrot,

1609.

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Subject terms

Middle East -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• to the reader
• title page
• THE PREFACE TO the READER.
• The Trauels of certaine English-men into Heathen Countries, set foorth by their Let∣ters: the Contents whereof are heere set downe, as followeth. ({inverted ⁂})
• A LETTER SENT from Constantinople, to a learned Gen∣tleman in England, wherein the Author discourseth of his voiage from England thither, and of such famous places, and memorable matters as hee saw in the way thither.
• A description of the famous Citie of Constantinople, as it is now vnder SVLTAN ACHOMET, the 15. Grand-Chan of the line of OTTOMAN.
  • Of fearfull fires and terrible Earth-quakes, which haue happened within Constantinople.
  • Of two fearefull Earth-quakes which hap∣pened to CONSTANTINOPLE.
• A LETTER WRITTEN from Aleppo in Syria Comagena, wherein is discoursed of a voyage from Constantinople to Syria, with such memorable matters as were obser∣ued in the way, and of the Religion, Gouernment, Man∣ners, Life, and Customes, of the Turkes, Moores, Arabians, Greekes, and other Nations there dwelling of soiourning. (* * * *) (∵)
  • Of Mahomets lawes and eight Com∣mandements.
  • Of the Arabians.
  • The manner of numbring in foure Orientall tongues
  • Of the Jewes.
  • Of Christians of sundry sorts so∣iourning in Aleppo.
  • Of the Nostranes or Nazaritans.
  • Of the Chelfalines.
  • Of the Greekes.
  • Of those whom they call Franks or Free∣men, soiourning in Aleppo.
• A LETTER SENT from Ierusalem into England, where∣in relation is made of the voyage of fiue English∣men from Aleppo in Syria Comagena to Ie∣rusalem, and what famous Places, and memora∣ble Matters they saw in the way thither, and at Ierusalem. * * * *
  • Of Damascus.
  • A description of the Holy Land.
  • A particular declaration of such thing as we saw at Ierusalem, diuided into three parts.
  • Apparant Truths.
  • Manifest vntruths.
  • Doubtfull things.
• LECTOR I.
• To the Reader.
• Faults escaped in printing.