id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt njp.32101037637939 Maundrell, Henry A journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter, A.D. 1697 By Hen. Maundrell ... 1732 .txt text/plain 42221 2771 85 Having a long Stage to go this day, we left Kefteen very early; And continuing till in the ſame, fruitful Plain From theſe Mahometan Sanctuaries, our Guide pretended to carry us to a Chriſtian Church, about two furlongs out of Town on the South ſide. on high Pedeſtals, large Maſſy Pillars, ſtanding as Buttreſſes againſt the Wall, both for the ſtrength and ornament of the Fabrick; but theſe ſupporters are at preſent having left, firſt Geeb and then Selwid (two Arab Villages) on the right hand, we came in an hour and a half and alſo as far as we could ſee round, the Country diſcover'd a quite different face from what it had before; preſenting nothing to the view in moſt places, but naked In every one of theſe Rooms except the firſt, were Coffins of Stone placed in Niches in the ſides of the Chambers. ./cache/njp.32101037637939.pdf ./txt/njp.32101037637939.txt