[U] _Babylon_ (or _Bagdat_ by the _Turks_ and _Persians_) is a City celebrated in _sacred_ and _profane History_. It is built upon the Banks of the famous River _Euphrates_, that had its spring from _Paradise_ itself. It is said the Builder was _Nimrod_, the Grandchild of _Noah_. The Walls were formerly forty-eight Miles in compass, and so broad that two Chariots might pass each other. _Alexander_ in one of his Victories made this Conquest, and in this City, Death put a slop to all his Glories, and from seeking to be Master of the World, he only found a Grave. _Grand Cairo_ in Egypt is founded on another _Babylon_; from whence St. _Peter_ wrote his first _Epistle_. This City is built upon the Banks of the famous River _Nile_, whose overflowings inriches the Earth without Tillage. [W] _Sultana Queen_. The _Turkish Emperors_ have avoided Marriage, fearing any Change of Government might bring their _Queens_ to Infamy and Disgrace; ever since _Tamerlane_ took _Bajazet_’s Wife _Arpasia_ Prisoner, and the more to insult _Bajazet_, forced _Arpasia_ to wait naked at his Table. [X] _Caramania_, a Province in _Lesser Asia_, over-against the _Island_ of _Cyprus_. It formerly had _Princes_ of its own, but it has been many Ages subject to the _Turks_. It includes the ancient Provinces of _Cilicia_, _Pamphylia_, and part of _Caria_. [Y] _Aleppo_, a _City_ of _Syria_, built upon the River _Marsya_, which falls into the _Euphrates_, is a very large Town, six miles in compass, the greatest Place for Trade in all _Asia_. The _English_, _French_, _Dutch_, and _Venetians_, have consuls always residing there. _FINIS._ [Illustration] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The History of the Life and Death of Sultan Solyman the Magnificent, by T. Cooper