A S H O R T

CHRO-NICLE

F R O M THE

FISRT MEMORY OF THINGS IN EUROPE

T O THE

CONQUEST OF PERSIA RY ALEXANDl^R THE GREAT.THE TIMES ARE SET DOWN II§ YEARS B E FOR E CHRIST.

HE Canaanites, who fled from Jofhua, retired in great num-

-K- bers into Egypt; and there conquered Timaus, Thamus,or Thammuz, king of the lower Egypt, and reigned there undertheir kings Salatis, Bceon, Apachnas, Apophis, Janias, Aflis, &c.until the days of Eli and Samuel. They fed on flefh; and fa*crificed men after the manner of the Phcenicians; and werecalled fhepherds by the Egyptians, who lived only on the fruitsof the earth, and abominated flefli-eaters. The upper parts ofEgypt were in thofe days under many kings, reigning at Coptos,Thebes, This, Elephantis, and other places ; which by conqueriing one another grew by degrees into one kingdom: over whichMifpliragmuthofis reigned in the days of Eli»

In the year before Chrifl: 1125 Mephres reigned over the up-per Egypt from Syene to Heliopolis; and his fucceffor, Mifphrag-muthofis, made a lafting war upon the fhepherds foon after, andcaufed many of them to fly into Palaeftine, Idumaea, Syria, andLibya; and under Lelex, iEzeus, Inachus, Pelafgus, iEolus the

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