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the Atlantick Ocean^adopting the province and giving it his owii name>is at firll but firial.how- : G 

 bcit receiveth many other rivers into itj from which it taketh away both their name & their wa- 

 ters. And fiift being entred from OiTigitaniaintoBoetica, riinninggently with apleafant chan- 

 nelljhath many townes both on the left hand and the right/eated upon it.The moft famous and 

 populous betweene it and the fea coaft in the Mediterranean part thereof^are Scgeda rurnamcd 

 Augurina:Iuliajwhich is alfo called Fidentia : Virgao^otherwife Alba:Ebura_,otherwife Ccieo- 

 lis.-Illiberij which is alfoLiberinirllipua named likewife Laus. Artigi orluIienfesiVefcithe 

 famethat Faventia : Singilia^HeguajArialdunum;, Agia the leffe, Bxbro^Caftra Vinaria^Epifi- 

 brium jHipponovajIIlurco, Ofca^Efeua, SuccubojNuditanum, Tucci the oldjall which belong 

 to Baftitania^ lying toward the fea.Butwithih the Countie or jurifdi(5lion of Cordubajabout the 

 -very river ftandeth the towne OiTigi^which is furnamed Laconicum:Illiturgi,caIled alfo Forum n 

 lulium :Ipafturgi the fame that Triumphale^Siria: and fourcteene miles within thecountrey^O- 

 bulco^which is named Pontificenre.Andanon(youfli3lHee)Ripepora3a towne of the confedc- 

 latesjSacihVMartialumPnoba. And on the right hand Corduba, furnamed Golonia Patritia : 

 and then beginneth Boecis to be navigable^and not before. As you go lower^y ou fhal find towns 

 CarbulbjDecumajthe river Singulis/alling into thefamefide of Boeris. The towns of the coun- 

 tie Hifpalcnfis bethefejCeltica^AxatiarajArrucij Menoba, Ilipa furnamed Italica. And on the 

 left handjHifpalis a ColoniejfurnaAmedliisewife Romulenfis. But right forward oppofite unto it, 

 the town OflTetjwhich hath a name befidesjlulia Conftantia : Vergentum, which alfo is the fame 

 that lulij Genitotj Hippo Caurafiarum^the river Menobajwhich alfo entreth into Boetis on the 

 right fide.But within the waflies and downes of Bf .^tisj there is the town Nebrifla furnamed Ve- | 

 neriaand Colobona; alfo Colonies, namely^Aftaj which is called Regia. And in the raid- land 

 pattjAfidOj which is the fame that Ccefariana.The river Singulus breaking into Boetis in that or- 

 der as I havefaid^runneth hard by the Colonie Aftigitania^ furnamed alio AuguftaFirma, and 

 ibforwardit is navigable.Thereft of the Colonies beiongingtothisCountiejarefreeand enjoy 

 immunitie of Tribute: namely ,Tucci3which is furnamed Augufta Gcmella-.ltuccijthe fame that 

 Virtus luliajAttubi all one with Claretas Iulia[/.cxcellencie of A'//«^.]Vrfo3which is Genua Vr- 

 banor um : and among thefe^Mundajwhich together with Fompdes fonjwas taken. Free townes^ 

 AfhgitheoIdjandOftippo.TiibutariejCaller^CalueiilajCaftraGeminajllipulatheleff^ 

 crajSacranajObulcuiaPningis. As a man eommfethfrom the coaft jueere to the river Meno- 

 ba^which alio wil beare a fliip^ there dwell not farre '<{^Fthe Alontigicili^and AIoftigi.But all that g 

 region which without theforenamed^reachethfpdm Boetis to the river Anajis called Beturia:de- 

 , vided into two partSjand as many forts of people : to wit, the Celtici^ who meet with Lufitania, 

 and are within the devifion orcoLintie Hifpalenfis; and the Turduh^who inhabite faft upon Lufi- 

 taniaandTarraconenfis: andthey owclerviccto^theCountie-Courtof Corduba. As forthe 

 Celticij manifeft it isj That they came from the Ccltiberians out of Lufitania, as appeareth by 

 theit religion jtongue;,and names of townes, whicli in Boetica are diftinguifhcd by their additi- 

 ons or furnames, to wit^Seria which is called Fama lulia rVcultuniacum, which now is Curiga : 

 LaeOnimurgijConftaHtialuIiajTerrefibus is nowFortunales^and Callenribus,Emanici.Befides 

 all thefe, in Celtica Acinippo^jArunda, Arunci, Turobfica, Laftigi, Alpcfa^S^ponaj Serippo. 

 The other Becuria, which ws faid contained the Turduli, and belonged to. the Countie of Cor- L 

 duba^ hath townes of no bafc account, Arfa, Mellaria and Mibobrica : and regions or quarters, 

 Ofrucigijand Sifapone.Within the Countie of Gades,thereis of Romane cittizens a towne cat 

 led ReginatofLatines there are I Kpia jVliajCarifa furnamed AureliajVrgia which is likewife na- 

 med Caibum iuliumi alfo, Casfaris Salurarienfis. But Tributaries thercbeethcfe, BcfarojBe- 

 fippOjBerberiikyL^cippOjEefippo, Callet^C appagum, OleaftrOjItuccijBranajL^^^ 

 tia,Andorifippo. The wholelengthof it,ii/.^^rf)9/?dhathfetd0wne4^^ milcs^ and the breadth 

 :25'7. But for that thebounds reached forward asfarre as to Carihage, which caufe breedeth of- 

 tentinjes errours ir* the taking of the mcafures, whiles in one place the limits of the provinces 

 wet e changed,andjn another the pafes in journying were cicher more or lede^alfojConlidering , 

 the/eas in fo long continuance of time have encroched here «pon the landj ^nd the bankes a- M 

 gaine gdf ten there of the fea,and bearefarther in 5- alfb,fbr th at thc rcaches of the rivers have ei>. 

 tlier turri^ed crooked or gone freight &dired; j over and bcfides/of that fbme have begun to take 

 their tiii^afurc from this place, others from ihat^jaad gone divers waiesr itis by thcfe means come 

 tapail^jlhat noiWaifisaecord together in one fon^, as touchingitieir meafure and Geographies 



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