■ Histo rica l
' :'• E FO C H s.
Antiquities.
ix . T h e r e ig n o f Charles V r T6n t&BhUap o f.A u fliia , who matyied
the belrefe. o f .Arragon and Caflile, and--eftaMifbed; th e S.paoifh mo-
i T h e -Wealth ©£' Ameisfe*
reign o f Ferdinand an d Ifabella, now began to impart exuberant fup-
plies, and the po.wer;Q£{Spajn arrived at its'z en ith , «
12. iAcquilition o f Portugal .by Philip II, A-, D. i^So.
. 13. T h e revolt o f Portugal unde r Philip 1$ , A. D. 1640-; which %?tS'
hn^eLuxifted, as; a .Separate kjhgdom, after n having been fdbl^fstlfe
SpaniardsiTor fixty years.
• 1 14. -The tprminalioh! o f ,th e f ^ u f tr |^ p h f tp il^ ^ ih b y t .off:'
Charles II, Nov. 1 ,1 7 0 0 : and the acceffion o f the houfe o f Bourbon,
finee w h ic h jio epoch o f lingular confeqq,ence:.-has/aFifen.■ ,
j SfJ|Clf the firft of.- thefe -eppehs it c ^ ^ h a r d ly /rb ^ |^ ^ i ! |^ . ; , t ^ t j a n y
"Eioojd ex cep t a few tum u li, a n d .p th ^ .rjq d e i p o g u ^ ^ t s r
N©l> arefthgre any certain! .relics; o f "the CarthagLn|fafis <;jp Spajn^'. except
coins, which h ayeheyn found, in eonfideralde
ft .iT h e Ro(m an a atir^uit^>ajrej}0|rthe“contipfy|i;jw numerous that to enter
intp;detafls pm. tho fn ly e ft w o u ld ; he pr(di^,^d\S|?f'O^Wvdo |h e >mtqre.af'.'
th^iwork?!, rTJlSjaguedu£t^at-Se^fm^is^tp^e-qf^^.pftbi^jdHhe%.amy>
edi^Mf^^Ti I t ponhfts o f I5 g la c h e s ,j .e ^ t e ^ in g j I ^ u h y ^ y S d s ^ ^ am d if.
ra th e r more th an 9 4 feet in height, where it erodes the valley.. M o r-
viedo, th e / ancient Saguntum, prefents many curious, remains rof a n tiquity
» T h e theatre, is capable o f «receiving n e a r iOjOao peonla, aq,d.
is h q vm o u t o f; th e folid rock jqa labqugnQt^fc 'grea t, aa<pnight, he-
imagined,, as the Spanifh rocks are generally, gypfeous, or calcareous.
Tarragona, th e ancient Tarraco, and capitaf o f twp thirds' p£,Spain,
alfo contains many curious monument^..;. In Ih o rf thegijaveller win ^n d f
abundance o f Roman remains fpread over this,delightful country. .
T h e Vifigothic kings have left few re lic s,. except the ir' coins, which
are ftruek in g o l d a metal then unknown to the other European mints,
an d feemingly n a tiv e / .T h e churches, -&e. ;of that period were probably
deftroyed by the Moorifh .conqueft/ -
Numerous and fplendid are the monuments o f the Moors in Spain..
T h e mofque at Cordova was begun b y • Abdoulrahmaa, the fitft chalif.
* Townfendj vol. ii. p. jif .
T h e : .
'The fecM'd^hidit''®f -thatln¥ffife raitMd'?the WaJft pf-Sedife But fheCe
fpritice^Wefe 'far exceeded kfmagnifcen.ee' by. AbdouIrahmanTlI, /who
ihuilt ,a itoyr-n- ’three ?imles! from Cordova, which.-he- «Sailed, Zehra, after
•the1 name of one o f -His female 'favoatoitesJ; and. ordered a pfalat^e’ to.be
comflru&ed by the mofl' fkilful brehiteds' .of ConRafotinopie, then the
chief abode-of ehe'arts andfciepdes'(A.>D. h t '.this .palace- r tm '
•«iekoned 1014.'columns e'fA'ft&ifil jft& §jf>ahifh marbles';t while: Italy
had fufiplRdi' 19ft'aS&' Ihe d'rbefc/ejnp&Pt had traafmittdd of fur-
iprififig beaiityi The hall 'iyas'jdeeSrated with marble; and. maffy gold ;
•4&d ifi ■'Wfe midflf 6Pbft%-hr!ffki|;' w^hifng^f&e‘’filnbbs peirrf which the
Emperor L e a h M fpnt^jfo -thk\Chgif.' The eXp'epce' oftZehr^tKe
pdlace,' and ’ gardens* wag computed at M oMM3 dinars 6$gold annually,
| § W t i e f ^ J f f e - a n d
filver, then,wrougbt^ln^kain,^cqn{prred withjq^^n^yijv^gmmerce'lo
afford an ample ;ie^|nhe. . T ^ o n ^ ^eath oEthfe^ ^ » ,»nt prince',
a piper was fouqd in his.Handwriting, .depkriqgjjthatx dnriqa apro'e.(
.o n ty y en jo y cd ^ b u rte en '^ d ^ s ,t.hat
' y te r ^ u h ifo rm |^ p le ^ fan t an d ag ry eab le f ftiU
furprizes t r a v a ^ s 4ylfh'’th e multhullGpf; columm,j,\vlucli .ue computed
^ P ^ O ’I 'b u t th e \p a la c e t)t Zehra ip p e a r s . ^ [k |}je ;
h ||h sarous and fanaticWars .o fth e middle age^: a n d '^ h a n a d a ^ ilf e ,la ft
Moorifh kirigdpip, having been fu b ^ u e d l^ e r^ tH g /a rts^ 'a f d ’ fc ie iie s
begair tovreviye,' i t is natural there to & p e d the'bbft^preferv^d remains
^ M o r e f q u e antiquity. N o r will th e ir-.A ^m b i^ d ifep p p in t this ex^
p e t i t io n , as the reader' may j t t t e frqrn., Mr.. S w i n b u r n e J l L ^ ^
draw in g s; b u t for the fake o f brevity Mr: T ow n h n d ’s dclcnp'ti-on; Riall •
be-preferred. | You en te r firR into an oblong pburt 6 i -iy ^ fe e t b y h o i *
with a bafon o f w ater in the midRr ofh;6d'fe#,la l$ S th ;.S p om p a f le d '
b y a flower border, A t each^end. is a eplpnade. From. h $ % p u m a f s
into th e court e f th e lio n y , to called hecaufe 'the fountain in th e middle •
is fupported b y thirteen lions.' I t 1# id q r n e d w ith 'a lA o
marble pillars. T h e royal bedchamber h is ' t w o ^ y l s , adofned'with
columns, and a fountain between j ^ e m ,; in the m i d d l e .o T jh e ^ ip .
jB| Cardonne, ubi fppra«'
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