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Minius abovenamed (as Varro saith) ^minius is 200 Miles 

 distant (which some take to be elsewhere, and call it Limaea), 

 named by the ancients Oblivionis ; of which goeth many 

 a Fable. From Durius to Tagus is 200 Miles, and Munda 

 cometh between. Tagus is much renowned for Sand that 

 yieldeth Gold : 160 Miles from it the Promontory Sacrum 

 (Sacred) runneth out from about the middle Front of His- 

 pania : and Varro saith it is 14 Miles from it to the midst of 

 Pyrenaeus. But from Ana, by which we have separated 

 Lusitania from Baetica, 226 Miles : adding thereto from 

 Gades 102 Miles. Nations : Celtici, Varduli, and about the 

 Tagus, the Vettones. From Ana to Sacrum, the Lusitani. 

 Memorable Towns : from Tagus in the Coast Side, Olisippo, 

 noble for the Mares that conceive there by the Favonius 

 Wind. Salacia, denominated Urbs Imperatoria, and Mero- 

 brica : the Promontory Sacrum, and another called Caeneus. 1 

 Towns : Ossonoba, Balsa, and Myrtius. The whole Province 

 is divided into three Conventions : Emeritensis, Pacensis, 

 and Scalabitanus. Itcontaineth in all five-and-forty People: 

 wherein are five Colonies, one Municipium of Roman Citi- 

 zens ; three of Old Latium. Stipendiaries, six-and-thirty. 

 Colonies, Augusta Emerita : and upon the River Ana, 

 Metallinensis ; Pacensis, Norbensis, which is named also 

 Caesariana. To it are laid Castra Julia and Castra Caecilia. 

 The fifth is Scalabis, called Praesidium Julium. The Muni- 

 cipium of Roman Citizens Olyssippo, named also Felicitas 

 Julia. Towns of the Old Latium, Ebora, which likewise was 

 called Liberalitas Julia : Myrtilis also, and Salatia, which we 

 have spoken of. Of Stipendiaries, which I am not loth to 

 name, beside the abovesaid, in the additions of Baetica, 

 Augustobrigenses, Ammienses, Aranditarii, Axabricenses, 

 Balsenses, Caesarobricenses, Caperenses, Caurenses, Colarni, 

 Cibilitani, Concordienses, the same as Bonori ; Interau- 

 senses, Lancienses, Mirobrigenses surnamed Celtici ; Medu- 

 bricenses, the same as Plumbarii ; Ocelenses, who also are 

 Lancienses; Turtuli, named Barduli, and Tapori. M.Agrippa 



1 Cceneus is read in some editions, and Cuneus in others. 



