^Ee  hauc  hitherto  fpoken  of  Babylonia  but  fo,  as  in  regard  of  the  Em-
pire,and  fome  other  occurrents ,  neccflity  now  and  then  compelled
vs  to  make  excurfions  into  fom  otherparts  of  Aflvria,Mefopotamia,
&:c.  And  I  know  not  how,  this  Babylon  caufeth  confufion  in  that
Staof3ffaires,and  in  regard  of  the  diuifionofthepens  (asfomtimcs
oftongues)  o*^fuch  as  haue  written  thereof  Hard  it  is  to  diftinguifh  betwecne  the
Aflyrian  and  Babylonian  Empire,onc  while  viiited,  another  while  diuided,  as  each
party  could  moft  preuailc :  and  no  leffe  hard  to  reconcik  the  Ethnikc  and  Diuine  Hi-
ftory  touching  the  fame.  Pro/ewiy"  ftraitneth  AflyriaontheNorth,  withpartof  Ar-  ..
menia  ncetf  the  riuer  Niphates ;  on  the  Weft  with  Mefopotamia;  on  the  South  with  .  •    i".  '

•Sufiana;  and  Media  on  the  Eaft.  But  her  large  Empire  ha  h  enlarged  the  name  of
Syria,  &  of  A(l'yria(which  names  the  Greeks  did  not  wcl  diftingnifh)to  many  coun-
tries in  that  p^rt  of  Afia,  The  Scripture  deriueth  Syria  from  Aram,  and  Aflyria from
jipmr.  Both  were  in  their  times  flourifiiing,  and  mention  is  made  from  u^brtthums
time,bothofthewarrcsandKingdomesinthofeparts:yea  before,  from  jipmnnA.
A'imrod,zs  already  is  fhevvxd.
