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the Pictones. Then the free Bituriges, who are also called 

 Cubi. Next to them, Lemovices, the free Arverni, and Ga- 

 bales. Again, those that border upon the Province Narbo- 

 nensis ; the Rutheni, Cadurci, Autobroges, and the Petro- 

 gori divided from the Tolosani by the River Tarne. Seas 

 about the Coast: upon the Rhenus the North Ocean : between 

 the Rhenus and Sequana, the British Ocean : between it and 

 Pyrenseus, the Gallic Ocean. Islands : many of the Veneti, 

 which are called also Veneticse : and in the Gulf of Aquitaine, 

 Uliarus. 



CHAPTER XX. 



The Hither Hispania. 



AT the Promontory of Pyrenseus beginneth Hispania 

 (Spain) ; narrower not only than Gallia, but also than itself 

 (as we may say), so vast a Quantity is wrought into it by 

 the Ocean of the one Coast, and the Iberian Sea on the 

 other. The Mountains of Pyrenseus, which from the 

 East spread all the way to the Southwest, make Hispania 

 shorter on the North Side than the South. The nearest 

 Border of this hither Province is the same as the Tract 

 of Tarracon, from Pyrenseus along the Ocean, to the 

 Forest of the Vascones. In the Country of the Varduli : 

 the Towns Olarso, Morosgi, Menosca, Vesperies, the Port 

 Amanum, where now is Flaviobriga, a Colony of nine Cities. 

 The Region of the Cantabri, the River Sada, the Port of 

 Victoria, inhabited by the Juliobrigenses. From that Place 

 the Fountains of Iberus, 40 Miles. The Port Biendium, the 

 Origeni, intermingled with the Cantabri. Their Harbours, 

 Vesei and Veca : the Country of the Astures, the Town 

 Noega, in the Peninsula Pesicus. And then the Conventus 

 Lucensis, from the River Navilubio, the Cibarci, Egovarri, 

 surnamed Namarini, ladoni, Arrotrebse, the Promontory 

 Celticum. Rivers, Florius and Nelo. Celtici, surnamed 

 Neriae : and above the Tamirici, in whose Peninsula are 

 three Altars called Sestianse, dedicated to Augustus ; Crepori, 

 the Town Noela. The Celtici, surnamed Prsesamarci, Cileni. 

 Of Islands worth the naming, Corticata and Aunios. From 



