t:+H.tttttt•t•t••~,•~t~~f•tr The IntroduElion~ . . THat AnCient Kingdom, that old A{?rtr fway'd, Shew' a two great Cities : Ah ~ hut both decay~'d : Both mighty Great, but of unequal growth;. Both great in People, and in Build~ng, both ; Bnc all ! What hold is there Qi earthly good ? Now grafs grows there, where thefe brave Cities flood. The name of one great Babyton was hi~ht, Through which the rich Euphrates takes her Bight Fromhigh J.f.rmen.ia to the ruddy Seas, -And ftores the Lal'ld with rich Commodities. The other Ninsu, Niniveh the Great; So huge a Fabrick, and weil-chofen Sear, Don 'Phrebu$ fiery Steeds (withManes becurl'd, That circundates in twice twelv~ hours the world ) Nc"r faw the like : By great King Ninz,u hand, ;JTwas rais'd and builded in th' Affyri.q.;u Land. On one hand, Ly~ra wa1ht hC!'l' fru~rfu.l fides, On t' other, Ty~ris with her haftv tides. · Begirt !be was ,;ith walls ofwondrous might, Creeping twice flfry foot in rneafur'd height. llpon their bredth (ifought we may rely On t.hereport of Sage ~ntiCJuity) Three: <;hariots fairly might rhemfdves difpby, .And rani~ te~ether in aB:md-ray : The c~rcuit that her rn!ghty Bu~k i.mbracc~, Contams the mere of hxty thoLtianu paces ; Withi,n her wcll-fcnc"d wall s you might dJ<!:over Five huncired fiately towers, thrice rdd over ,; Whereof tl;te higheft drawcrh up the eye i .~s wdi chc low'Ll, an 4tmdr-cd Cubits high 1 ' .! . .
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