Plinies Naturall Hiilorie, 



A Regions or Cantons. As for the maritime townesjiwillfet them downc in that or<fer as they 

 ftand, according to their vicinitie one to another. But for as much as in fo running a fpcech and 

 haftie pen, the reft cannot polfibly be fo orderly defcribed : therefore in the inland part therof,! 

 will follow him as he hath digefted them by the letters of the Alphabet; but mentioning witHall, 

 the colonies or chicfe cities ijy^iame, which he hath delivered in that number . Neither is it an 

 eafie matter to know thrmighty their pofitions and foundations, confidering the Ingaune Ligu- 

 rians (tofay nothing of dlthereft) were endowed with lands thirtic times^ and chatinged their 

 feates.To begin with the river Varus therefore^ there ofFereth to oureyejfirft the towne Ni- 

 ecea^ built by the MaiTiIiansiihe river Po;the Alpesjthe people within the Alpes of many 

 namesjbutofmoft marke Capillati , with long haire : the towne Vediantiorum, theclttieCe- 



B melionj or, a towne belonging to the State of the Vediantians , called Cen^clion ; the por£ 

 Hercules and CHoncecm^ and fothe Ligurian coaft.Ofthc Ligurians^ the moft renow- 

 msd beyond the Alpes, are the SallijjDeceatcSj andOxubij;on this fide, the Vencni, and def- 

 . cended from the Caturigcs, the Vagienni, Statyelli, Vibelli, Magelli, Euburiatcs, Cafrtio^ 

 nates, Veliatcs, and thole, whofe townes wee will declare in the next coaft . The river Ruru- 

 ba , the towne Albium Intcmelium , the river Merula, the towne Aibium Ingaunum , the 

 port or haven towne Vadum Sabatium , the river Porcifera, the towne Genua, the river Feritor^ 

 the PortDclphinijTigulia: withinjSegeftaTiguliorum .-the river Macca which limiteth Ligurian 

 Now on the ba'cke fide behind allrhefe townes abovcnamedjis Apeninc,the higheft mountain 



^ of airitaliej reachingfrom the Alpes with a continuallridgeof hiIs,tothcftrcightsof Sicilie^ 



r' From the other fide thereof to Padus,tbe richeft river of all italic, all the countrcy fliinerh with 

 goodly faire townes, to wif,Liberna,Dertona a Colonic, Iria, Barderatesjlnduftna, Pollen tia^ 

 Carrea,which alfo is named PolentiajForo Fulvij the fame that Valentin umyAugufta of the Va- 

 gienni: Alba Pompeia, Afta,and Aquse Statyellorum. Andthisis thenin^h Canton,after the 

 Geographic of KjiugnUm^ This coaft orcrac^ of Liguriacontaineth betwecne the rivers Varus 

 and Macra 211 miles.To it is adjoined the ieventh,wherein is Hetruria from the river M3cr3:and 

 it oftentimcschaunged the name. In old time the Pelafgi an s chafed the Vmbrians from thencej 

 and by them the Lydians did the like, of whofc king, named they were Tyrrheni : butfooncaf- 

 rei-jof their ceremonies in facrificing,in the Greckeslanguage Ti'/^yr/.The firft towne of Hetru- 



P ria^is Luna,famousfor the havenjthen the Colonic Lucajlying from the fca : and neerer unto it, 

 ■ is-Pifa?, betweene the river Aufer and Arnus, which tooke the beginning from Pelop and the Pi- 

 ilansjor Atintanians a Greekcnation, Vada Volaterraneajthe river Cccinna.Populonium of the 

 Tufcanes in times paftjficuate onely upon this coaft. Afterthefcjthe rivers Prjlle,and anone afcet 

 Vmbro,navigable,and of it tooke name:fo forward the trad of Vmbria,and the port towne Te- 

 kmon: CoflaVolfcientium, a Colonic planted thereby the people of Rome, Gravifca?,Ca- 

 ftrum NovunijPyrgi^the river Ca^rctanus, and Gsreitfelfc, ftandingfoure miles within,called 

 Agylla by the Pelaigians who built it: Alfium and Frugense.The river TiberiSjdiftant from Ma- 

 tra 284 miles.Within-forth are thefeColonieSjFalifcadeicendcd from Argi(as Crf/'i>faiih)and 

 for diftindion is called Herrufcorum.LucusFeronicejRuffeIlana3Senenfis andSutriva.Asforfhe 



g rei%thefe they be, Aretini the old, Aretini Fidentes, Aretini lulienfes, Amitinenfes, Aquenfes 



" fiirnamed Taurini:Vlerani,Cortonenfes,Capcnates,Clufines the oldjCliifines the new,Fluen- 

 tiflijfaft upon cherivCr Arnus that runneth before them, Fefula^, Fcrentinum,Fefcennia3Horta- 

 ftum,Hcrbanum,Nepet5Novempagi[/.the nincviilagesjthe Shire-^wiek called Preledure Clau- 

 dia ,or Foro Clodij : Piftorucin,Perufia,Suanenles,Saturnini,who beforetime vMere called Auri- 

 nin-ijSudcrtani3Statones,Tarquinicnfcs,TufGamen(es3Vetulonicn{es,Veicntani,Vefent^^^ 

 iaterrani furnamed Hetrufciand Volfinienfes. In the lame part lie the territories Cruftuminus 

 ^nd C aelctranus,bearing the names of the old townes.TiberiSi befoi*cnamed Tybris,and before 

 thar Aibula, from the middeft well neere of Apennine, as it lieth in length ,runneth along the 

 rriarciics of the Aretinesiflnall and iliallow at the firft,and not able to beare a vefiell without be- 

 ing gathered togerhcrjas it were,hy fiflipoolesinto an hcad,andfo let goe atfluces : asTiniaand 



% Ghwis which ran into him,tbe'which are at thefame pafle, and require nine dales for collection 

 tif waters^andfb are kept in for running out:incafe they have no helpe of raineat all. ButTibc- 

 i^is^by reafont^f-the rough, ftonie, and rugged channell, for all thatdevifc; hoIdetH on no long 

 -GOurfc togcther,but onely for trbughes, to Ipcake more truly, than boats : and thus it doth for a 

 •huhclrcd and filtie miles^not farre ftom Tifernum, Perufia and Otriculum : dividing as it pafleth 

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