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Nak-sivan, or Nag-jowan. This must be an error for eighty. Rubruquis here tells a long story of an Armenian prophecy, from which they expected to be freed from the iron yoke of the Tartars, by St Louis, not worth inserting. Kurke or Kurch. Aias-cala, in the gulf of Aiasso, or Scanderoon. Antioch or Antakia. Ptolomais, or St John d'Acre. Travels of Haitho, Prince of Armenia, in Tartary, in 1254 .
There is more about him in the Life of Cæsar, c. 10. He was killed by T. Annius Milo. This wife of Lucullus, named Clodia, had several sisters of the same name, as usual among the Romans. Antiocheia, now Antakia, was on the Orontes, the chief river of Syria, and near the small place Daphne, which was much resorted to as a place of pleasure by the people of Antiocheia.
'Now tell me, why is Antakia no longer a great city, as great as Stamboul and the city of the English, and far more beautiful? 'It is a question that might perplex the wise, said Tancred. 'I am not wise, said the Queen, looking earnestly at Tancred, 'yet I could solve it. 'Would that your Majesty would deign to do so.
'Antakia is not nearly so great a place as Beiroot, said the Queen; 'yet once Antakia was much larger than Stamboul; as large, perhaps, as your great city. 'And far more beautiful than either, said Tancred. 'Ah! you have heard of these things! exclaimed the Queen, with much animation.
'Bacchus! said Keferinis, with a smile, half of inquiry, half of commiseration. 'Bacchus: an English name, I apprehend! All our gods came from the ancient Antakia before either the Turks or the English were heard of.
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