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phanenies.AdonentemLaodicenos,qufadLibanumcognomm 

 riira- os,pr^ter tetrarchias in regna defcriptas barbaris hQminibus xvii 



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Cap^xxi 



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^ ratehoc in loco dixifreaptirsimufuerft.Oritur in prarfeflura Armeiiice 

 Jl> maioris Caranitide,ut prodidere ex rjs qui proxime uiderunt,Domitius Corbulo 



fh monte Aba,Lfcinius Mutianus fub radicibus motis quem Capoten appeilant,{^ 

 Simyram.^i>M,panitioPyxiratesnominatus.fluitDerxeneprimu,nib 



menia3 regiones a Cappadocia excIudens.Dafcufa abeft a Simyra Ixx v.M. p. Ind 

 uigatur Paftonam l.M.p.Melitenen Cappadociac Ixxiir).M.p. Elegiam Armcnix x.m. 

 io paffacceptisHuminibXyco,Arfania,Arfano* ApudElegiam occurriteiTaurusmos^ 



necrefiftitciuan^xi].M.pJatitudinepra2uaIens.Omirramuocantirrumpentem,mox 

 ubiperficgit, Euphrate,ultra quocp faxofum ac uiolentij. Arabiam inde la!ua, M 



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dictam regione trifchoena menfura.dextracp Comagene difterminat,pontis tamen 

 ubiTaurum expugnatpatiens, Apud Ciaudiopolim Cappadociaj^curfumad occafuni 

 folis agit, Priniii hunc illi impugnatus Taurus aperit : uicftuss^ 8c abfcifus fibimet , alio 

 modo uincit,ac fradum expellit in meridiem Jta natura: dimicatio illa equat, hoc etihtc 

 quo uuIt,iIio prohibente ire qua uelit.a cataradis iteru nauigatur: xLM.p. indeCorn 

 gencs caput Samofata/Arabia fupradiAa habet oppida,EdefIam, que quondam Antio 

 chia dicebat,CalIiroen a fonte nominatam,Carras clade Crafsi nobiles^ lungitui^ pr^efe 

 -2 o dura Mefopotamia?,originem a Syris ttahens , in qua Anthemufia & NiccphoriiJ op^ 



pida.Mox Arabes,qui Rhetaui uocant: hqnim caput Singara, A Sampfatis aute ial:ere 

 Syrie,Marfyas amnis influit*Gingla Comagenem finit,Merorii ciuitas incipit.GppJda 

 alluuntur Epiphania 8c Antiochia , quae ad Euphrate uocant ♦ Item Zeugma Ixxij.M.a 

 Samofatis,tranfitu Euphratis nobilcEx aduerfb Apamiam Seleucus,ide utriufc^ 



ditor,ponte iunxerat^Qui coha::rent Mefbpotamia?, Rhoali uocant . At in Syria oppi^ 

 da,Europu,Thapfacum quondam nunc Amphipohs,Arabes ScenitaeJtafertur ufque 

 Vram Iocum,in qub conuerfus ad oriente relinquit Syria: Palmirenas folitudines, qug 



ufcp ad Petrani urbem5&: regionc Arabi*e felicis appeUata£,pertinent» 



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Palm 



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3^ 13 Almira urbs nobilis f?tu,diuiti]s fbli &aquis amoenfs, uafto undicj ambitu haren 



includit agros:ac uelut terris exempta a reru natura, priuata fbrteinter duo imperia 

 fumma,Romanor5 Parthorumcp,&prima in difcordia femper utrincp curajabeft a Se^ 

 leucia Parthorum,qua: uocat ad Tfgrin dxxx vrj^M^pafTA proximo uero Syriar littore 

 ducentis quinquagintaduobus millibus,&I a Damafco uigintifeptem propius 



Hiefapolis 



Cap^xxvt 



fra Palmirae folitudines,SteIendena regio eft^difla?^ iam Hierapdlis, ac Beroea,&C 



Ghakis^VItra Palmiram quoc^ ex folitudinibus rjs aliquid pbtinet Heme&,item Elat 

 tium,dimidio propior Petrac ^ Damafcus. Afura autem proxime eft PbilifcUm, opp 



dum Parthorum adEuphratem:ab,co Seleuciam dierudecem nauigatio , totidemcj 

 40 re Babylonem.Scinditur Euphrates aZeugmate Ixxxii).M*p*circa uicum Maflicen^Et 



parte lacua in Mefbpotamiam iiadit per ipfam Seleuciam , circa eam pra^fluenti infufus 

 Tign\Dexteriore aut alueo Babylone, quonda Chaldaeaccaput , petit , mediam^ per;* 

 means,item quam Otrin uocant^diftrahit in paludes* Increfcitaut &ipfeNilimQdo fia 

 diebuSjpauIum differens,ac Mefopotamiarn inurtdat fole obtinente uicefimam par^ 



tem cancri.Minui incipit in uif ginem aleone tranfgreflbilrt totum uero remeat 

 fimanona parte uirginfs/ 



-■ Cilicia 8C adiuncfia? gentes I(aurica:,Homonadiini,Pifidia,Lycaonfa,Pam 



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phyIia,Taurus rnons,Lycia* Cap^xx 



SEd rcdeamus ad oram Syrix,cui proxima eft CiIicia*Flume Diaphanes,mons Cro 

 codiius;portac Amani montiStFlumina, AadricuSjPinarus^LycuSjfinus IfTicus^Op 



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