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and Quinquerni, may be named without Disdain. The 

 length of the hither Spain, from Pyrenaeus to the Bound of 

 Castulo, is 607 Miles, and the Coast thereof somewhat more. 

 The Breadth from Tarracon to the Shore of Alarson, 307 

 Miles ; and from the Foot of Pyrenseus where, between two 

 Seas, it is Pointed with the Straits, and so opening itself 

 by little and little until it come to touch the farther Spain, 

 it is as much, and addeth somewhat more to the Breadth. 

 All Spain is full of Metal, as Lead, Iron, Copper, Silver, 

 and Gold : the hither part thereof aboundeth with Specular 

 Stone, 1 and Bostica, particularly, with Vermillion. There 

 are also Quarries of Marble. Unto all Spain, Vespasianus 

 Augustus, the Emperor, tossed with the Tempests of the 

 Commonwealth, granted the Franchises of Latium. The 

 Mountains Pyreuaei define the Boundaries of Spain and Gaul, 

 their Promontories projecting into two opposite Seas. 



CHAPTER IV. 

 The Province Narbonensis. 



THAT Part of Gallia which is washed by the Mediter- 

 ranean Sea is called the Province Narbonensis, named for- 

 merly Braccata ; divided from Italy by the River Varus and 

 the Alps, most Friendly Mountains to the Roman Empire ; 

 and from the other Parts of Gaul, on the North side, by the 

 Mountains Gehenna and Jura. For Tillage of the Ground, 

 for reputation of Men, regard of Manners, and for Wealth, 

 worthy to be set behind no other Provinces whatever ; and, 

 in one word, to be counted Italy more truly than a Pro- 

 vince. In its Borders lyeth the Country of the Sardoni ; 

 and within, the Region of the Consuarani. The Rivers be 

 Tecurn and Vernodubrum ; the Towns, llliberis (a poor 

 relic of a City that was once Great), and Ruscio, inhabited 

 by the Latins. The River Atax, springing out of Pyrenaeus, 

 runneth through the Lake Lubrensis: Narbo Martins, a 

 Colony of the Tenth Legion, twelve Miles distant from the 



' i. e. Talc. See Lib. xxxvi. cap. 22. 



