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A Description of the Inner Court & Buildings for the Priests in Solomons Temple.

[Illustration:  Plate II. p. 346.]

ABCD. The Separate Place.

ABEF. The Inner Court, or Court of the Priests, parted from the Separate
Place, and and Pavement on the other three sides, by a marble rail.

G. The Altar.

HHH. The East, South, & North Gates of the Priests Court.

III. _&c.  The Cloysters supporting the Buildings for the Priests._

KK. Two Courts in which were Stair Cases and Kitchins for the Priests.

L. Ten Steps to the Porch of the Temple.

M. The Porch of the Temple.

N. The Holy Place.

O. The most Holy Place.

PPPP. Thirty Treasure-Chambers, in two rows, opening into a gallery, door against door, and compassing three sides of the Holy & most Holy Places.

Q. The Stairs leading to the Middle Chamber.

RRRR. _&c.  The buildings for the four and twenty Courses of Priests, upon the Pavement on either side of the Separate Place, three Stories high without Cloysters, but the upper Stories narrower than the lower, to make room for Galleries before them.  There were 24 Chambers in each Story and they opend into a walk or alley, SS. between the Buildings._

TT. Two Courts in which were Kitchins for the Priests of the twenty four
Courses.

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A Particular Description of one of the Gates of the Peoples Court, with part of the Cloyster adjoyning.

[Illustration:  Plate III. p. 346.]

uw. The inner margin of the Pavement compassing three sides of the Peoples Court.

xxx. _&c.  The Pillars of the Cloyster supporting the Buildings for the People._

yyyy. Double Pillars where two Exhedrae joyned, and whose interstices in the front zz_ were filled up with a square Column of Marble._

Note The preceding letters of this Plate refer to the description in pag. 344 345.

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CHAP.  VI.

Of the Empire of the Persians_._

Cyrus having translated the Monarchy to the Persians, and Reigned seven years, was succeeded by his son Cambyses, who Reigned seven years and five months, and in the three last years of his Reign subdued Egypt:  he was succeeded by Mardus, or Smerdis the Magus, who feigned himself to be Smerdis the brother of Cambyses.