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raunia, with which we have bounded this Bay of Europe. 

 Oricum is from Salentinum (a Promontory of Italy) four 

 score and five Miles. 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

 Noricum. 



BEHIND the Garni and lapides, where the great River 

 Ister runneth, the Norici are joined to the Rhaeti. Their 

 Towns are Virunum, Celeia, Teurnia, Aguntum, Viana, 

 ^Emona, Claudia, Flavium, Tolvense. Near the Norici are 

 the Lake Peiso, the Deserts of the Boii. Nevertheless now, 

 by the Colony of Divus Claudius, Salaria, and by the Town 

 Scarabantia Julia, they are inhabited. 



CHAPTER XXV. 

 Pannonia. 



THENCE beginneth Mast-bearing Pannonia: from which 

 the Crags of the Alps, becoming more Smooth, turn through 

 the midst of Illyricum from the North to the South, and 

 settle lower by an easy Descent, both on the right Hand and 

 the left. That Part which looks toward the Adriatic Sea is 

 called Dalmatia, and Illyricum, above-named. Pannonia 

 bendeth toward the North, and is bounded with the River 

 Danubius. In it are these Colonies : ^Emonia, Siscia. And 

 these remarkable and navigable Rivers run into Danubius : 

 Draus, with more Violence, out of the Noric Alps ; and 

 Saus out of the Carnic Alps more gently, 115 Miles between. 

 Draus passeth through the Serretes, Serrapilli, Jasi, and 

 Sandrozetes: Saus through the Colapiani and Breuci. And 

 these be the chief of the People. Moreover, the Arivates, 

 Azali, Amantes, Belgites, Catari, Corneates, Aravisci, Her- 

 cuniates, Latovici, Oseriates, and Varciani. The Mountain 

 Claudius, in the Front of which are the Scordisci, and upon 

 the Back, the Taurisci. The Island in Saus, Metubarris, 

 the biggest of all the River Islands. Besides, remarkable 

 Rivers : Calapis, running into Saus, near Siscia ; where, 

 with a double Channel, it maketh the Island called Segestica. 



