Upon That Hill Dwelt
Abraham A Great While, And Therefore Men Clepe It Abraham's Garden.
And Between The Hill And This Garden Runneth A Little Brook Of
Water That Was Wont To Be Bitter; But, By The Blessing Of Elisha
The Prophet, It Became Sweet And Good To Drink.
And at the foot of
this hill, toward the plain, is a great well, that entereth into
from Jordan.
From that hill to Jericho, that I spake of before, is but a mile in
going toward flom Jordan. Also as men go to Jericho sat the blind
man crying, JESU, FILI DAVID, MISERERE MEI; that is to say, 'Jesu,
David's Son, have mercy on me.' And anon he had his sight. Also,
two mile from Jericho, is flome Jordan. And, an half mile more
nigh, is a fair church of Saint John the Baptist, where he baptised
our Lord. And there beside is the house of Jeremiah the prophet.
CHAPTER XII
OF THE DEAD SEA; AND OF THE FLOME JORDAN. OF THE HEAD OF SAINT
JOHN THE BAPTIST; AND OF THE USAGES OF THE SAMARITANS
AND from Jericho, a three mile, is the Dead Sea. About that sea
groweth much alum and of alkatran. Between Jericho and that sea is
the land of Engeddi. And there was wont to grow the balm; but men
make draw the branches thereof and bear them to be grafted at
Babylon; and yet men clepe them vines of Geddi. At a coast of that
sea, as men go from Arabia, is the mount of the Moabites, where
there is a cave, that men clepe Karua.
Enter page number
PreviousNext
Page 94 of 305
Words from 25076 to 25346
of 81655
