Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 27:12

12 Tarshish was thy merchant, by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver , iron , tin and lead , they traded in thy fairs.

The City or Countrey for the Inhabitants, some say Car[illegible: 1 letter]thaginians; others Tarsus in Cilicia; others with more probability say it is Tartessus, an antient Town on the mouth of the River B[illegible: 1 letter]tis, or rather, over against it, in an Island, (where Gades now Cadiz) a convenient Port to Export the rich Mettals, that were brought down Baetis from the Countrey abounding with them, and through which their Baetis ran, and the inhabitants of this Tartessus furnisht the Tyrians with them.

Spain was full of.

Iron they had, Spanish Iron is well known these were the product of the Countrey.

It is probable, they fetcht this from some Islands over against the Spanish Coast called Cassiterides, [illegible: 1 word]. Iacobus [illegible: 2 letters]mannus in [illegible: 1 word]. univ. in [illegible: 1 word] Cassite [illegible: 2 letters]s. one of which a late Geographer names Zigarga.

Lead they had from the same place, and carried all to Tyrus and sold it to them; for they kept Market, and Traded in the Fairs of Tyrus, at this day our own Countrey is most noted for Tin, and Lead, which some say, was fetcht by the Phenicians if so, for ought I see to the contrary, the Tartessians who were a People before ever the Tyrians came into those parts, might first Trade here, and fetch it hence, and carry it to Tyre, the Voyage being neither long, or dangerous enough between that Island, and our Cornwall, to render the thing difficult, or the conjecture improbable.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word]. Iacobus [illegible: 2 letters]mannus in [illegible: 1 word]. univ. in [illegible: 1 word] Cassite [illegible: 2 letters]s.