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Wess. Inde ut eas foris murum de Sion, euntibus ad portam Neapolita 593, 2 nam ad partem dextram deorsum in valle sunt parietes, ubi 3 domus fuit sive praetorium Pontii Pilati; ibi dominus auditus 4 est, antequam pateretur. A sinistra autem parte est monticulus Golgotha, ubi dominus cruci 594, 1 fixus est. Inde quasi ad lapidem missum est cripta, ubi corpus 2 eius positum fuit et tertia die resurrexit; ibidem modo iussu Constantini imperatoris basilica 3 facta est, id est dominicum, mirae pulchritudinis habens ad latus 4 exceptoria, unde aqua levatur, et balneum a tergo, ubi infantes lavantur. 5 Item ab Hierusalem euntibus ad portam, quae est contra orien 6 tem, ut ascendatur in monte Oliveti, vallis, quae dicitur Iosafath, ad partem sinistram, ubi 7 sunt vineae, est et petra ubi Iudas Scarioth Christum tradidit; 595, 1 a parte vero dextra est arbor palmae, de qua infantes ramos 2 tulerunt et veniente Christo substraverunt. Inde non longe quasi ad lapidis missum sunt monu 3 menta duo monubiles mirae pulchritudinis facta: in unum posi 4 tus est Isaias propheta, qui est Wess. vere monolitus, et in alio Ezechias rex Iudaeorum. Inde ascendis 595, 5 in montem Oliveti, ubi dominus ante passionem apostolos docuit; 6 ibi facta est basilica iussu Constantini. Inde non longe est mon 7 ticulus, ubi dominus ascendit orare et apparuit illic Moyses et 596, 1 Helias, quando Petrum et Iohannem secum duxit. Inde ad orien tem passus mille quingentos est 2 villa, quae appellatur Bethania; est ibi cripta, ubi Lazarus posi 3 tus fuit, quem dominus suscitavit. 4 Item ab Hierusalem in Hiericho milia XVIII. Descendentibus 5 montem in parte dextra retro monumentum est arbor sicomori, 6 in qua Zachaeus ascendit, ut Christum videret. A civitate pas 7 sus mille quingentos est ibi fons Helisei prophetae. Antea si qua mulier ex ipsa aqua bibebat, 8 non faciebat natos. Adlatum est vas fictile Heliseo, misit in eo 9 sales et venit et stetit super fontem et dixit: Haec dicit dominus: 10 sanavi aquas has; ex eo si qua mulier inde biberit, filios faciet. 597, 1 Supra eundem vero fontem est domus Rachab fornicariae, ad quam exploratores introierunt et 2 occultavit eos, quando Hiericho

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Wess. Thence, as you go outside the wall from Sion, going towards the Neapolitan gate, 593, 2 on the right side down in the valley are walls, where 3 the house or praetorium of Pontius Pilate was; there the Lord was heard, 4 before he suffered. On the left side, however, is the little hill Golgotha, where the Lord was crucified, 594, 1 fixed to the cross. Thence about a stone's throw away is a crypt, where his body 2 was placed and on the third day he rose again; there now by order of the emperor Constantine a basilica 3 has been made, that is, a dominicum, of wondrous beauty, having at the side 4 reservoirs, from which water is drawn, and a bath at the back, where infants are washed. 5 Likewise from Jerusalem, going to the gate which is towards the east, 6 to ascend the Mount of Olives, the valley which is called Josafath, on the left side, where 7 there are vines, there is also the rock where Judas Iscariot betrayed Christ; 595, 1 on the right side, however, is a palm tree, from which the children took branches 2 and strewed them before Christ as he came. Thence not far, about a stone's throw, there are two 3 wonderful, moveable monuments made: in one is placed 4 the prophet Isaiah, which is Wess. truly monolithic, and in the other Hezekiah king of the Jews. Thence you ascend 595, 5 the Mount of Olives, where the Lord taught the apostles before the passion; 6 there a basilica was made by order of Constantine. Thence not far is a 7 little hill, where the Lord went up to pray and there Moses and 596, 1 Elijah appeared to him, when he took Peter and John with him. Thence to the east, 1,500 paces, 2 is a villa, which is called Bethany; there is a crypt, where Lazarus was 3 placed, whom the Lord raised. 4 Likewise from Jerusalem to Jericho, 18 miles. As you descend 5 the mountain, on the right side behind the monument is a sycamore tree, 6 on which Zacchaeus climbed, to see Christ. From the city, 1,500 paces 7 away, there is the spring of the prophet Elisha. Before, if any woman drank from that water, 8 she did not bear children. An earthen vessel was brought to Elisha, he put 9 salt in it and came and stood over the spring and said: Thus says the Lord: 10 I have healed these waters; from that time, if any woman drinks from it, she will bear children. 597, 1 Above that same spring is the house of Rahab the harlot, to whom the spies entered and 2 she hid them, when Jericho