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 great God Pan is dead. At these words all in the ship were astonished, and concluded that the Pilot should not take notice of the voice, nor stay in the gulph to utter such words if they could get beyond it: now going on their voyage, and coming to the place before mentioned, the ship stood still, and the sea was calm, that they could go no further; whereupon they resolved 'that Alaman should perform his embassage, so he plac’d himself upon the poup of the ship, and cry’d aloud, “ Be it known unto you that the great god Pan is dead,” When he had uttered these words, they heard many mournful cries, groans and lamentations, that continued some time which surprized those in the ship, but having a prosperous gale they followed their course, and arrived at Rome, and told the adventure, and told Tiberias the Emperor, all the truth thereof. Where it is evident, that Satan in all parts was banished by the death of Christ, and it is supposed that this god Pan is not to be restrained only to the god of the shepherds, but was rather some master devil, who lost his power and empire, as the others had done before by the death of Jesus Christ. About forty years after the death of Jesus Christ, the Jews had many warnings shewed them from heaven, the year before that Vespasian came. In the feast of weeks, the priest heard a man walking in the temple, saying with a terrible voice, “ Come, let us go away out of this place, let us make away from hence.” Now the sins of the Jews being come to the full height, who with cruel hands had crucified the Lord of life, that innocent blood, which they desired might fall on them and their children, it began now to be avenged upon them : for the civil wars were begun by Jehonanan and Shimeon, who destroyed all corn and fruits without the city and jehonanan within the city ravished the citizens wives and daughters, and shed floods of innocent blood. The citizens being weary of this tyranny, delivered the city to Shimeon, thinking he would help them, but he joined the other rebel, and reigned month about till at last they quarrelled between themselves. Then there was nothing but slaughters and bloodshed, so that the blood of the Jew’s ran through the streets, even to the temple of the Lord like a flood; all that the seditious overcame they set their houses on fire, so that they burnt fourteen hundred store houses, that were full of corn, wine and oil, which caused a sudden famine, viz. sword, pestilence famine and fire? To which the fifth was added, the ruin and destruction of all the glorious buildings so that but desolutions, pollutions of the temple, and all holy things and uproar, without any rest, no help, no succour, but every corner was full of howling, yelling, weeping, wailing, sobbing and fighting of women and children, and aged men starving for want of