Sam arch and

P. L. 11. 389. A city of central Asia, now under the rule of Ru ia. It is situated on the Zerafshan, which flows into the basin of the Oxus (Amu Daria) and loses itself in the sand without joining the Oxus. The city is, as Milton says, famous as the capital Tamburlaine. Purchas presents the following to Samercand, in which citie he delighted greatly to remayne, because the situation thereof was very faire; and for that the citie is accompanied with a faire River, which causeth great Traffique, and maketh it {Pilgrimes 3. 142.) richer than any Citie within that Countrey.” “We arrived at the last at Sam arc and with all our spoyles in very great magnificence, where after we had been the space of one moneth or two in Feastings and Magnificences, the Emperour with his accustomed Devotion having vowed a Church and Hospitall unto his God, the most magnificent that might bee devised. Whereupon to per for me the same, he began to search out all sorts of Handicraftsmen for to honour this Citie, the which hee had a desire to make one of the stateliest Cities in the World. And in one of the corners thereof he began, and did build there his Temple and Hospitall, making an account to increase yet this Citie as large againe as it was, and to people the same with so many sever all kinds of people and Nations as he had brought with him, giving libertie unto them all to frame and build their Houses, causing money to be distributed to do the same, and giving all kinds of Priviledges and Free domes unto the Prisoners, for to give them a greater desire to build, and settle themselves of Temir, narratives: or”Tambur lane returned: A GEOGR^^PHICAL DICTIONARY OF MILTON and having caused the streets and places to be plotted, and having appointed a place for every one to build upon.” {lb. 3. 160.) The map-makers of Milton’s time often put on their maps some such legend as “Sam arch and magni Tamber lan is regia.” If “Sam arch and by Oxus” means on the Oxus, Milton seems to have no justification in the geography of his time, though the city often appears on a tributary of the Oxus. Sebas{Cosmography, Basel, tian Munster places it on the Jaxartes. The same thing is done by Marlowe, in a pa age 1628, p. 1456.) showing the fame of the city of Temir in Europe; Tamberlaine there, speaks Then shal my native city, Sam arc and a, And cristall waves of fresh Jaertis streame. The pride and beautie of her princely seat. Be famous through the furthest continents. For there my Pallace royal shall be placed, Whose shyning Turrets shal dismay the heavens, And cast the fame of Ilion’s Tower to hell. Thorow the streets with troops of conquered kings. He ride in golden armour like the Sun So will I ride through Sam arc and a streets. (2 Tamburlaine 4086-4109.). Eleg. 4. 115; Samaria (Samaritid^e Ora?). lings 5. 368; Doct. Christ. (1... P. R. 3. 359; Hire- 29) 2. 147; (1.30) 2. 175, 178; (1. 31) 2. 182; MS. 2. 111. The portion of Palestine north of Judea and south of Galilee, and its chief city. The reference in Eleg. 4 is to 1 Kings 20. See Samaria. 267