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thus, Stagira, Sitone, Heraclea, and the Region lying under 

 Mygdonia, wherein are, receding from the Sea, Apollonia 

 and Arethusa. Again, in the Coast, Posidium, and a Bay, 

 with the Town Cermorus : Amphipolis, a free State, and the 

 Nation Bisaltae. Then, the River Strymon, which is the 

 Bound of Macedonia, and which springeth in Haemus : of 

 which this is worthy to be remembered, that it runneth into 

 seven Lakes before it keepeth a direct Course. This is 

 Macedonia, which once obtained the Dominion over all the 

 Earth : this overran Asia, Armenia, Iberia, Albania, Cappa- 

 docia, Syria, Egypt, Taurus, and Caucasus : this ruled over 

 the Bactri, Medi, and Persi, and possessed all the East : 

 this having the Conquest of India, wandered through the 

 Tracts of Father Liber and Hercules. This is the very 

 same Macedonia, of which in one Day Paulus jEmylius, 

 our Imperator, sold 72 plundered Cities. So great a 

 Difference of Fortune befel two Men. 



CHAPTER XI. 

 Thracia. 



Now followeth Thracia, among the most valiant Nations of 

 Europe, divided into 52 Regiments (strategias) of Soldiers. 

 Of those People in it, whom it does not grieve me to name, 

 the Denseletes and Medi inhabit near the River Strymon, on 

 the right Side, as far as to the Bisaltae above-named : on the 

 left, the Digeri, and many Names of the Bessi, to the River 

 Nestus, which environeth the Bottom of the Mountain Pan- 

 gaeus, between the Eleti, Diobesi, and Carbilesi ; and so 

 forward to the Brysae and Capaei. Odomanta, a Nation of 

 the Odrysae, poureth out the River Hebrus to the Neighbour- 

 borderers, the Carbiletes, Pyrogeri, Drugeri, Csenici, Hyp- 

 salti, Beni, Corpilli, Botisei, and Edoni. In the same Tract 

 are the Selletae, Priautse, Diloncae, Thyni, Celetae, the greater 

 under Haemus, the less under Rhodopae : between whom 

 runneth the River Hebrus. The Town situate beneath Rho- 

 dop, before-time named Poneropolis ; soon after by the 

 Founder, Philippopolis ; but now, from its Site, Trimontium. 



