CAP. IX.
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Of the hill Carme.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · : Crete. 2: Pynson and others say 120 furlongs. 3: Carmel. 4: Carmelite friars. 5: The scale, or ladder, of Tyre. 6: Meaning the sepulchre oNote 2 · : Pynson and others say 120 furlongs.Note 3 · : Carmel.Note 4 · : Carmelite friars.Note 5 · : The scale, or ladder, of Tyre.Note 6 · : Meaning the sepulchre of Memnon.Note 7 · : A shaftment was a measure taken from the top of the extended thumb to the outmost part of the palm—usually taken as six inches.Note 8 · : Buried.Note 9 · : Whirlpool.Note 10 · : This story is said to come from Solinus, and is mentioned in Münster's Cosmographia, and in other books.Note 11 · AND the yle of Grece1 is right in the mid way, and beside this citie of Acon towarde the sea at viii2 hundred furlonges on the righte hande