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Chapter Ibid. They hanged up the Shield and Helmet in
XXVII. thee.'] In thy Garrifons, which they kept in time
L/VNJ of Peace.
Ver. 1 1. Ver. 1 1. The Men ofoArvad, (fee Ver. 8.) were
with thine oArmy upon the Walls round about.]
They defended thy Walls when they were afTault-
ed by the King of TSabylotfs Army :
upon Chap. xxvi. 8, 9.
See the Note
Ibid. The Gammadims were in thy Towers.] It
is very uncertain what People are here meant by
this Name. Our learned Mr. Fuller fuppofes them
People of ^Phoenicia. See his MifceJJanies, Lib. vi.
c. 3. Ludolphm conjectures they were ^Africans,
in his Comment, in Hiftor. ALthiop. l.\. c. 22. The
Chaldee Paraphrafe takes th^m to be Cappadocians.
The Vulgar Latin renders the Word Tygmies : but
if we fhould grant there were fuch a People, as
Ludolphws takes a great deal of Pains to prove
there were, yet they would not be fit to make ufe
of for Soldiers.
Ibid. They have made thy ^Beauty per/eft.] See
Ver. 3.
Ver. 12. Ver. 2. Tarjbijh was thy Merchant.] Tarpifi
probably fignifies a Port of Spain called by the
Greek and Latin Authors Tartejjus, fituate not
far from the Place where Cadiz now ftands ; famous
of old for Hercules Tillars, being the utmoft
Boundary of the Ancient Navigation. It comes
from thence to fignify any Merchant Adventurers
who Traded in the Mediterranean Sea. See the
Note upon Ifa. ii. 16. The Commodities here mentioned
which thefe Merchants traded in, being the
Product of Spain, confirm this Expofition.
Ver.