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JUNE, 1907.) THE TRAVELS OF RICHARD BELL (AND JOHN CAMPBELL).
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Being becalmed, lay theire a day, in woh tyme caime vp to vs Capt Morrisse Commandr of ye Prewdence from Scanderroone bound for St John De Acra, wth 3 passengers One My ffra : [Francis) Hemsworth, One M... Blunt, M Sa: Godscall, all 3 intending for Jerusalem. I then left Capt. Bates and imbarqued in Capt. Morrisse, it beinge ye 26 day of June 1669.
We arrived at St Jno de Acra y 29 June, & weere received at the Chamber of Senor Antonia De Antonia Consull of y place in yo Cane [Khān, Sarit), & mett theire M. Hunt & Senior ffrancisco Consull, formerly at Trippiloe [Tripoli] & Jennerous generous) pson. Theire was alsoe Captain Midleton Comdr. of yo Margerett, who had a banderettas given him by yo Padre Guardian of Jerusalem, who entertained vs respectfully aboard.
30th of June, wee hyrod horsses & a Jannasary & 2 Arrabbs to gido vs for Nazereth. We got to it that night at 12 Clock And weere received at yo Convent, woh Consists of 6 ffranciskians, 1 The padre guardia, 2 Joseph, 3 Petro, 4 Nicolo, 5 Marteene.S9 Padre Nicolo accompaned vs in all or Juruey to tyberious [Tiberias] & Mount Taber wth yo Janaserry & 3 Arrabbs.
At Nazareth, we se yo howse of yo Virgin Mary on web seems to haue beene built a spatious Church, sd by Quene Hellens y® Mother of Constantine ye Emperror.90 2d the place wheere yo Angell appeared to hir at prayer; in the same place now is a Chappell under ground, 8, the fountaine of S! Peeter; 4, the Senagog of yo Jewes; 5 the stone on woh of Savior and his Appostles vsed to eate; 6 yo howse of Joseph.02 Noe thinge elce in Nazereth observable, Saue they make in it about Two pounds and a halfe of Silk in it in Twelve months.
Betwixt Oana & The Blessed mount is a vallay about 5 Engł miles in lenth & 2 in bredth, in weh valley it was yo desiples pluckt the ears of Corne. Its verry rich earth, but for want [of] tilling only thistles grow, woh are as hight as a man on horseback.
July 1* 1669. Wee parted from Nazereth for the sea of Tyberious. On the way, about 3 Miles from Nazereth, stands ye ruins of ye Metropilis of Gallile, formerly cald Cana, Wheere we drinke out of y* same fountaine out of wch Caime yo water was made wyno at y Wedding by o Savio!. Alsoe yo ruins of ye bowse was showne ys in web the Merrackle was don.93
Seaven Miles from Cana is yo Mount of blessings, On ye top of woli seemes to hane beene a chappell bailt in Remembrance of o* Savio sermon & ye Merrackle of yo 5 loaves & 2 fishes, web fed yo Multitude at yo bottom of yt hill 2 miles from ye top. 3 niles further is the sea of Gallile, & in yo way my horss fell & brused my knee. This sea beares 3 seuerall naimes from the 3 seuerall Contreys border on it, viz! 1, ye Sea of Gallile; 2, ye Lake of Genazareth; 3, yo Sea of Tyberious. The Sea of Gallile, for yt it borders on it; the Lake of Genazereth, for yt Genazeroth borders On yo east of it, downe wch bill ran ye herd of Swine; The Sea of Tyberious, from the Oitty Tyberious, weh stands on yo west side of it. On y east is yo Desert of Arrabia.
Hi..., a Bannerette, a small silk banner.
* Compare Maundrol!, A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter, 1607, ed. 1810, p. 151, " Nazareth .... At this place arom it were immured, seven or eight Latin fathers, who live a life truly mortified, being perpetually in foar of the Arabs, who are absolute lords of the country." Compare also Chiswell, Journey to Jorwalam, in 1597. Ada. M8, 10623,"18th April ... Nazzareth... The Convent here is a small and very mean Building, and the Poor Fathers who are six or seven in Number, lead a Life truely mortifyed being frequently Molested and Constantly in fear of the Arabs who take from them what they please, and abuse them besides - also their Lodgings were so nasty and full of Virmin, their Viotualls so Ordinary, aud Wine Bower, that Our stay here was very uneasy."
Seo Mauadrell, Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 151. 1 800 Pooooke, Travels in the East, p. 455.
Seo Maundrell, Journey from Aloppo to Jerusalem, p. 152. * See Pooooke, Travels in the East, p. 457 ..
