NOTICE OF CYPRUS.
Cpyrus was originally peopled by Phænccians—descendants of Chittim, the grandson of japhet th e youngest son of Noah. Next it fell into the hands of the Egyptians. and the Greeks afterwards formed colomeson its shores, so that it lias always h ,d a v.-rv tnixe I population. Cyprus is a famous place in mvtho" logical history, and wns distinguished f., r t e li.-enl tiunsness of its inhabitants. Venus, the G . dess <-f Beauty, was supposed to have I l.«»m ,-d consequently it was ce!-!-r S Te«I :«»r «he rii.-s « f "ih,. idolatrous worship psrd t,» »!,..» .0.1d.-ss. 'lbis island wns vssited by Saul an I 15 .rnabas about the voir 45 a D.. and at a laterj • r d i.y Barnabas and Mark. In IJ9O, <m KiL-lmrd s (J. of k'ngland) vo\*age from Sicily to the Holy Land, in the thud crusade, two < f his ships were stranded on the coast of Cyprus, and as the crews were committed to prison, satisfaction was demanded of Isaac, the sovereign, a fio-ht place, in which Richard came off victor. °lt was arrange! that Isaac should do homage to the Enolish King, and accompany him wnh a force of 500 knights but repenting of what he had done, he again took the field, and the roya! crusader gained another battle. Isaac was ag;ain a prisoner, and ordered to be bound in silver chains. 'J lie English King must have remained some time in Cyprus, for Guy, the Kin<* of Jerusalem, visited him there, and before he left the Island he married Berengaria, the daughter of Sanco, the King of Navarre. He then followed him with Joan, the sister of the King, and after encountering a storm off Rhodes, Richard was distressed to find that the ship containing his bride was absent. It was found off Cyprus, and after the reduction of the Island the marriage took place at hymenal. Berengaria is celebrated for her virtues and cultivated mind, and for being Queen of Englend but never in England. During the war between Russia and Turkey in 1773 the .Russians made a descent upon the Isle of Cyprus, but were repulsed with great slaughter.
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Wananga, Volume 5, Issue 47, 23 November 1878, Page 589
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363NOTICE OF CYPRUS. Wananga, Volume 5, Issue 47, 23 November 1878, Page 589
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