The third Booke of 



Hctruria ftom the Vmbrians and Sabincsj and fo forth untill anonjwithin thirtccnc miles of the G 

 cittie [Rome] it partcth the Veiemian countrcy from the Cruftumincrand fbonc after the Fide- 

 nateandLatinc territories from thcLabicane. BiitbefidesTinia and Glanisahee is augmented 

 with two and fortie rivers^ and cfpecially with Nar and Anio : which river being alfo it felfe navi- 

 gablcjcnclofeth Latium behind : and neverthelefle fo many waters .aodfountaines are brought 

 thereby into the cittie, whereby it is able to receive any fhips, be^'thcy never fo great» from the 

 Italian feajandisthckindeft marchanttoconveigh all commodities growing and arifingin any 

 place of the whole world : it is the onely river of all others, to fpeake of^and more villages ftand 

 uponitandfceitjthan all other rivers in what lands foever.No river hath leflfelibertie than it,3S 

 having the fides thereof enclofed on both hands, and yet hee is no quarreilcrpor much hatmc 

 doth hCjalbcit he hath many and thofc fuddainefwellingSjand in no place more thanin the ve- H 

 ry cittic of Rome doe his waters overflow.-yet is he taken to be a prophet ratherjand a Counfel- 

 lor to give Warningjyeajand in fwellingjmore religious and breeding fcruple tolpcakc a truth, 

 than otherwifccruell and doing any great harme.Old Latium from Tiberis to Circeios wasobr 

 fervedtobeinlength fiftie miles .So Imall roots at the firfttookc this Empire. I he inhabitants 

 thereof changed oftcn^and held it/ome one time/ome another; to wit, the AborigeneSaPelat 

 gijArcadianSjSicilianSjAuruncaneSjandRuiilians. And beyond Circeios,the Volfcians^Offi- 

 ans, AufonianSjfrom whence the name of Latium did reach foone after^ as farre as to the river 

 Liris.In the beginning of it ftandcth Oftia,a Coloniejbrought thcther and planted by a Roman 

 king : the towne Laurentum, the grove of Ji/ptter Jndiges, the river Numicius, and Ardeajbuilt 

 by Vana'e the mother of Per fern. Then the Colonic Antium, fometimes Aphrodifium : Aftura, I 

 the river and the Ifland.The river NymphsuSjClaftra Romana Circeij, in times paft an Illand, 

 yeajand that verily environned with a mightie fea(if we beleeve Homer)\)wi now with a plainc. A 

 wonder it is what we are able to deliver, concerning this thing,to the knowledge of men. Thee- 

 fhrAftm^ who of ftrangers was the firft that writ (any thing diligently)foraewhat of the Romans 

 (for Theopompusjbetoic whom no man made mention at all,(aid onely, That the citie was woon 

 by the Gaiiles : and Clitarchm next after him, ipake of nothing els but an cmbaflage fent unto 

 Al€x/ind£r) this T^f^n^^r^/^, I fay, upon a better ground and more certainetic now than bare 

 hearcfay 5 hath fet downc the meafure of the Ifland Circeij to bee eightie Stadia^in that bookc 

 vshich he wrote to 2^Wfr«^ihecheefeMagiftraieof the Athenians, who lived in the4doyeer 

 after the foundation of Rom.e cittie. Whatioever land therefore above tenne miles compalfe li- K 

 cth neere about itjhathbeene annexed to the Ifland. Butafter thatjayeerCjanother ftrangcand 

 wonderful! thing fell out in Italic : for not farre from Circeij, there isa meere called Pomptina^ 

 which C^iutianus^-Avn^n who had beenc thrice Conrull,reporteihto have bccne a place whcr- 

 in flood 23 citties.Then there is the river Vfens,upon which ftandeih the towne Tarracina,caHe4 

 in the Volfcian tongue Anxur,and where fometime was the citie Amyclc,deftroied by ferpenis. 

 After it is there the place of a cave or peake,the lake Fundanus,and the haven Cajeta.Thc towQ 

 Formi£EnamedairoHormijE,theauncientfeai(asmen thoughi)of theLseftrigones. Beyond' JC 

 was the towne Pyrce, the Colonic Mintumic, devided afunder by the river L iris, called Cla- 

 nius. The utmoft frontier towne in this part of Latium laid to the other, is Sinueffa, which as _ 

 Ibme have faidjwas wont to be called Sinope.Thencecommethtofhewitfelfc that plealant and 

 plentifullcountrey Campania. From this vale begin the liils full of vineyards, and famous for 

 drunkennefle, proceeding of ftrong wine and the liquor of the grapejcommendedfo highly in 

 all countries; and(as they were wont to fay in old time) there was the exceeding ftrife betweene 

 father Liber and damcC^r^/. From hence the Setine and Cecubine countries fpread forth: and 

 to them joine the Falernc and Calenc. Then atife the mountaineSjMalficijGaurani and Surrch- 

 tine. There the Laborium Champain fields lie along under their feet,and the good Wheat har- 

 veft to make fine furmentic for dainties at die table . The iea-coafts here are watered with hotc 

 fountaines,and among othcrcommodities throughout all the lea, they beare the name for the 

 rich purple fhellfilli, and other excellent fifhes , In noplace is there better or more kind oyle 

 preifed out of the Olivie. And in this delightfome pleafure of mankind, the Olcians, Grecians, M 

 Vmbrians, Tufcanes, and Campanes haveflrivcn who could yceld beft . In the skirt and edge 

 thereof^ is the river Savo,Vulturnum the towne and river bothjLiternum^and Cumo inhabited 

 by Chalcidians,Mifenum,the haven Bajie, Baiili,thc pooles Lucrinus and Avernus, neere untP 

 which was fometime the towne Cimmerium.Thcn Putcoli,called alfo the Colonic Dicsearchia: 

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