Note (U) — THE HISTORY OF Solyman the Magnificent, and Mustapha his Son.

Babylon (or Bagdat by the Turks and Persians) is a City celebrated in sacred and profane History. It is built upon the Banks of the famous River Euphrates, that had its spring from Paradise itself. It is said the Builder was Nimrod, the Grandchild of Noah. The Walls were formerly forty-eight Miles in compass, and so broad that two Chariots might pass each other. Alexander in one of his Victories made this Conquest, and in this City, Death put a slop to all his Glories, and from seeking to be Master of the World, he only found a Grave. Grand Cairo in Egypt is founded on another Babylon; from whence St. Peter wrote his first Epistle. This City is built upon the Banks of the famous River Nile, whose overflowings inriches the Earth without Tillage.