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Trophies which he erected in Pyrenaeus, testifieth, that 

 846 Towns between the Alps and the Borders of the further 

 Spain, were by him brought to Obedience. Now the 

 whole Province is divided into seven Jurisdictions : the Car- 

 thaginian, the Tarraconensian, Caesar Augustanian, Cluni- 

 ensian, Asturian, Lucensician, and of Bracarum. There are 

 besides Islands, which we set aside without naming them, 

 and excepting the Cities that are annexed to others, the 

 Province itself containeth 294 Towns. In which Colonies 

 there be twelve Towns, of Roman Citizens thirteen, of old 

 Latins seventeen, of Allies one, stipendiary 136. The first 

 in the Frontiers be the Bastulians : behind them, in such 

 Order as shall be said, those receding Interiorly, the Men- 

 tesani, Oretani, and the Carpetani, upon the River Tagus. 

 Near to them, the Vaccaei, Vectones, Celtiberi, and Arrebaci. 

 The Towns next to the Borders, Urci and Barea, assigned to 

 Bcetica : the Country of Mauritania, then Deitania : after 

 that, Contestania, and New Carthage, a Colony. From the 

 Promontory of which, called Saturn s Cape, the Passage 

 over the Sea to Caesaries, a City in Mauritania, is 187 Miles. 

 In the residue of that Coast is the River Tader : the Free 

 Colony Illici, of which the Bay took the name Illicitanus. 

 To it are annexed the Icositani : soon after, Lucentum, a 

 Town of the Latins. Dranium, a Stipendiary ; the River 

 Sucro, and what was sometime the Frontier Town of Con- 

 testania. The Region Edetania, which retireth to the Cel- 

 tiberians, having a pleasant Pool bordering along the Front 

 of it. Valentia, a Colony lying three Miles from the Sea. 

 The River Turium ; and just as far from the Sea, Saguntum, 

 a Town of Roman Citizens renowned for their Fidelity. 

 The River Idubeda, and the Region of the Ilergaoni. The 

 River Iberus, rich by Commerce and Navigation, which 

 beginneth in the Cantabrian's Country, not far from the 

 Town luliobrica, and holdeth on its course 430 Miles, and, 

 for 260 of them, from the Town Varia, carrieth Vessels; in 

 regard of which River, the Greeks named all Spain Iberia. 

 The Region Cossetania, the River Subi, the Colony Tarraco, 

 built by the Scipios, like as Carthage of the Poani. The 



