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C, PLINII NAtVRALlS 



noi3a fuiflc.tuba ccccm.tJaflrAriftocreon abEkphatideadrtiarcdcct.H.pflrElephart 



ifula infra nouifsimu cataraften ir).M.p3i{C.8c fupf a Syenen xvl m .hab 



...... Aeoyptix finis,ab Alex^dria dlxxxvi.:>i.pafr.In tantum errauere fuprafcripti.Ibl 



Aahiopicx conueniunt naues,Namcp eas plicatiies humeris transferunt,quoties ad ca 



tarac-ias uentS eft. Ae^yptus fuper cartera antiquitatis gloria xx.m. urbium fibi Amalc 

 reonante habitata pr^fert,nuc quoqp multis etiamfi ignobilibus freques:cekbratur tai^ 

 mai Apollinis,moxLeucothea.,& DiofpoU$magna,eadeThebe portaru c.hobdisfa 

 ma Coptos Indicaru ArabicarGcp merciO Nilo pfoximu emporiuMox ycticris op 



durn &:iteruIoufMcTentyris;infra quod Abydus,Memnonis regia,& Ofins tcm.plo 

 indytuvfi^M/d.panLibyaremotuaflumine.DeinPtolemais&PanopolisacVeneris lO 



iterum^Et in Libyco Ly con , ubi morttes finiunt Thcbaidem . Ab i]s oppida Mercuri]^ 

 Alabaftrum,canum,& fupradidum Herculis.Deinde Arfinoe,&: iam dida Memphis^ 



...... quam &C Arfinoitcn nomon,in Libyco turres qua^ pyramides uocantur,Laby 



thus in Mceridis lacu nullo addito ligno ex2cdificatus:&: oppidum Crialon* Vnum pr^ 

 tereaihtus Sc Arabix conterminum/claritatis magnae,SoIis oppidum 



Alexandria 



Cap* X 



Ed iurc laudet in littore Acgyptij maris Alexandria , a magno Alexandro codi.ta ir 

 Africa^parte,ab oftio Canopico xij.M.p.iuxta Mareotin lacu, quilocus antea Rha 

 nominabatMetatus cft cam Dinochares architedus pluribus modis mcmorabi 



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li fhdcnio,xv. Ai.pafl;iaxitatc infeflra^ad efFigiem Macedonicx chlamydis,orbe gyrato la 1 

 dniofam,dextcra !a!ua($ angulofo procurfu,iam tum tamen quinta fitus parte regiac di*» 

 cata^Marcotis lacus i mcridiaha urbis parte,curip6 e Canopico oftio mittitur,mediter* 



raneo comcrcio,infulas quo<^ plurcs ampIexus,xxx»M.,paittraiecSu, dc.ambuu, ui ii<t 

 dit Cie^fanAlij fchtcnos in longitudinem patere xl.faciunt, fcha^ 



ita Gerilohgitudinis clM.pafftantundem & latitudinis Sunt in honorc &:intradccur 

 fuVNili triulta oppida^prcccipue qux nomina dedcrc ofti]s,non omnibus,xi.ehim rc^ 



riuntur,fuper9 quatuor,quae ipfi falfa oraappellantrfedcclebcrrimis fcptcm, proxinnj 

 AlexandrixCanopico,deindeBoIbitino,Sebennitico,Phatnitico,Mendcfico,Taniti 



co,ultimoc^ Pelufiaco.Prxtcr ea Butos,PharboErtos,Lcontopolis, Atribis, Ifidis oppi 

 dumVBufiriSjCynopoIis, Aphrbdites^SaiSjNaucratiSjUnde oftium quidamNaucrati 

 cumnominant,quod alij Heracleoticum,Canopieo cuiproximum eft,pr3sfercntes. 



Cap* X 



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Arabia 



i. 



"T rLtra Pelufiacum Arabia eft,ad rubrum mare pertincns,& odoriferam illam ac di^* 



V uitem & beatse cognomine indytani^Hasc Catabanum & Esbonitarum & Sceni^ 

 tarum Arabum uocatur,fterilis,practerquam ubi Syriac cohfiniaattingit, nec nifi Cafio 

 monte nobiHs.His Arabcs iunguntur^ab oricntc Ganchlei,a meridie Cedrei , qui d 



de ambo Nabateis.Heroopoliticus uocat,alten^ Aelaniticus finus rubri maris in Aegy 



ptum uergentis,cLM.paflRium interuallo inter duo oppida Aelana,& in noftro man Ga 

 zam*AgrippaaPeIufio Arfinoen rubri maris oppidum,per deferta cxxVtM^pafli^tra:? 



Cap» X 



dit^Tam paf u6 diftat ibi tanta rerum naturae diucrfitas 



Syria,Pa]aeftina,Phcc 

 "j" Vxta Syria littus occupat,quonda terrarii maxima, & pluribus diftincfta nominibus 



Namqs Palxftinauocabat qua cotihgit Arabas,& Iuda?a,& Coelc, dein Phoenice: & 



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qua receditintus,Damafcena:ac magis etiamnum meridiana,BabyIonf a.Et inde Mefo 



pbtamia inter Euphratem & Tigrin,quac^ tf anfit Taurii,Sophene : citra ucro ctia Co 

 maoene.Et ultra Armcnia, Adiabenc, AflTyria ante dida:& ubi Ciliciam attingit, A 



chiaXonoitudo eius inter Cilicia & Arabia cccclxx»M.p.eft*Latitudo a Sdcucia P 



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ad oppidum in Euphrate Zeugma,clxxv»M.paflr.Qui fubtilius diuidunt, circufundi Sy 

 iPhceniceh uoluntj&eflTe orammaritima Syria?, cuiuspars fitldumaca & Iuda£a,dc^ 



de Phcenice,dcirtdc Syna»idquodpraciacct marc totum , Phoenicium appdlatur. 50 



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