Epta, named because of the Latines, Ciuitas, and also by this new Portugals, Seupta, try (predicated on all of our extremely approoued Authors) mainly based from the .Romanes vpon the fresh streits out-of Gibraltar, being in olde time your face citie of the many Mauritania ; wherefore this new Romanes generated higher membership thereof, insomuch that it turned verie ciuill, and you can is throughly populated. A while later it absolutely was woone of the Gothes, whom appointed an effective gouernour here ; also it continued within their fingers, before the Mahumetans invading Mauritania amazed additionally, it.131 This new celebration whereof are that Iulian Earle out of Septa; just who being greatly iniuried because of the Roderigo queen of your own Gothes and of Spaine, ioyned into the infidels, held them with the Granada, and you may triggered Roderigo Tkeentmuoo ‘
Mahumetans meanwhile after they woon Septa throughout the Gothes
in order to sagging one another their lives and his awesome kingdome. The latest Mahumetans Granada. hence hauing pulled Septa, left fingers thereof toward behalfe of a single Elgualid, sonne of Habdulnialic their Patriarke, just who following are citizen within Damasco, regarding the yeere of the Hegeira ninety-five.1S2 Of thencefoorth right up until in these fewe yeeres, so it citie grewe very ciuill thereby well-stored that have population, this prooued the quintessential worthie and you can greatest citie of all Mauritania. It contained of a lot temples and you will colledges from college students, which have great variety of artizans, and you may guys of learning as well as highest spirite. Its artizans excelled especially in workes of brasse, while the particularly in making of candlesticks, basons, standishes, and such-like merchandise, which have been due to the fact charming to the eie, since if that they had beene made of siluer otherwise silver. Without having any * Otherwise
and you will disport becoming aduertised that it was lost, he’d not really much because disrupt their vaine pastime: wherefore of the gods iust iudgement, each other himselfe and his awesome sixe sonnes was indeed all siaine in one nights of the their Secretarie, into the exactly who the guy reposed just one trust, as hee might have defloured this new said Secretaries partner. These items involved passe on the yeere of your own Hegeira 824. A while later, brand new kingdome regarding Fez becoming seven yeeres destitute off a king, a good sonne of the murthered king which he begot off an effective Christian lady, and you may just who a comparable night you to his dad was siaine escaped vnto Tunis, succeeded on the gouernment: this was Habdulac the final king of your own ily, whom likewise (as is aforesaide) is actually siaine by the some one.136 Of your towne regarding Tetteguin, now entitled Tetuan. Their towne becoming based of the old Africans eighteene miles off the latest streits away from Gibraltar, and you can sixe kilometers seeking arrangement in the maine Water, try removed from the
Vpon a period of time I my personal selfe trauelling in that way spotted around three thousand Religious captiues, who becoming clad inside the path sacke-material, was basically limited regarding evening in order to lye fettered during the deepe dungeons
It is reported that the new Gothes bestowed brand new gouernment associated with the towne vpon a female with you to definitely eie, just who a week repairing thither so you can receiue tribute, new populace called the towne Tetteguin, and therefore signifieth in their words an enthusiastic eie.137 Afterward getting will assayled and you may discovered by Portugals, the brand new populace forsooke they, and it also remained fc-werscore and you may fifteene yeeres desolate : hence time being expired, it had been reedified and replanted a different sort of which have people because of the a good certaine captaine away from Granada, who with his queen getting expelled thence of the Ferdinando king regarding Castile, departed vnto Fez. This well-known captaine that shewed himselfe so valiant in the warres out of Granada try called because of the Portugals Almandali. Just who hauing obtained the brand new gouernment from the towne, and you may received license so you can repaire they, enuironed an identical that have the new wals, and you can mainly based an enthusiastic impregnable castle therein compassed that have a great deepe forget. After ward while making continuall warre from the Portugals, he most molested and endamaged the townes regarding Septa, Casar, and Tangia: having having three hundred valiant horsemen regarding Granada he made day-after-day incursions and you can inroades vpon the newest Christians, and people who the guy tooke, he place so you can continuall work and you may toile in regards to the strengthening off their forts. So it captaine was surpassing liberal vnto every African and you may Mahumetan complete strangers one approved by : howbeit in these couple yeeres one of his true eies are thrust aside which have an effective dagger, and also the other waxing dark as we age, he lifeless ; leaving brand new towne once their passing vnto his nephew, who had been a many valiant kid.138