The third Booke of 



BVtSicilieexcelleth allothctof thcfcUandis, named by thttc'^dides ^xcivk^ by iiiilfi^^jTrl- 

 nacriajOrTriquetraof thctriangleforme. kis in eircuit^as.>^^^;'//>p4 faith •) ic?8 miies.:lri 

 timepaftitgrewc totheBrutianscountrey, but foonc after by thcgufhing of theleabe* 

 tweenjit was plucked from itjand left a Firth of 12 miles in lengthjand one and a halfe in bredtb, 

 necre unto thecolumne Rhegium.Vponthis occafibnof opening and cleaving in twaine,the 

 Greekes gave name to the towne Rhegiunij fituatC-in the edge of Italic. In this narrovv fea there 

 is a rockc called Scylla^and hkewife another named Charybdis : the Tea is full of whirle-piis,and H 

 both thofe rockes ate notorious for tb eir rage ahci mifchiefe. ;riie utraofl Qipe or fore-Iajld of 

 this Hand Triquctra (as we have faid) is called Pifoius^ bending againft SGylla' toward Italic . Ais 

 for Pachynum, it lyeth toward GrjEciajand from ic is Peloponnefiis diftant; i44miles.Li]ib3:um 

 bwtteth upon Africkc5ancl between it and the cape of mrcuf 'n there be 1 80 miles : and from the 

 laidLilybseumtothc Cape of Caraleisin Sardinia T20.Nowthc(epoints~and promontories 

 lye iafunder one from the other in this aiftancc. Byiand fromPelorustoPachynum, \66 miles : 

 from thence to Lilybseum 2 oo miles : fo forward to Pelorum 1 70. In ityof colonies^townesjand 

 cili€s,thcrcbc72» From Pelorufti fide, which looketh toward thclonianfca, yehave the towne 

 MejOraha^inhabitedbyenfranchifedRomane citizens^ and they be called Mamertini. Aifo the 

 cape Drepanunvthecolonie Taurominiumj called before^time Naxos ; the river Afinesj the J 

 iftdnhtaine^^thajmitaculousfor the fires there in the night feafon ; the hole or open chinke in 

 the top of it is iVeompaffe two miles and a halfe 5 the imbers and fparkling aflies therofjflie hot 

 asfarre as to.Tatirdrilinium and Gatana : but the cracking noifethereofmay be heard as farre as 

 tb Maron^and th^ hilles Geriiellis. In this Hand there be alfo the three rockes of the Cyclopes^ 

 the port ofT/#J, the colonic GatanXj the rivers Symethum andTerias-.wiihinthelleby the 

 plaines and^ch^mpian fieldsjLieffrigonij.The towns are thefe , Leoniini^ and Megaris : and in it 

 js the river Pantagies : alfo thecoionie SyracuffEj together with the founiaine Arethufa. Albeit 

 there be other fprings alfo in the territoric of Syracufa, that yecld water for drinke, to wit, Te- 

 menitis, Archidemia,MLagKa, Cyane, and Milichre. Moreover, the hs ven Nauftathmos, the 

 river Elorunijihe promontoric Pachynum : and on this front of Sicilie,the river Hirminium^the K 

 towne Caraarina, the river Helas,and towwe Acragas, which our countreymen have named 

 Agrigentum.The colonic Theritise ; rivcrs^Atys and Hypfa: the towne Seiinus : and nextto it 

 the cape Lilybreum,Drepana,tlie hill Eryx. Townes there bc^Panhormum, Solus, Hymctta 

 with the rivcr,CephaloediSjAluntium, Agathirium,Tyndaris a colonic, the towne Myl^, and 

 whence we began PeIorus.VVithin-forth,of Latine condition and burgeoifie^the Cenruripines, 

 Netines,andSege{iin£s. Tributaries, Afl[arineS3iEtnenfes,Agyrines,Aceft?^i,and Acrenfes: 

 Bidini, Citarij,Caciritani5Drepanitani,Ergetini3Ecefl:ienfes, ErycinijEutclIinijEiinijEnguini, 

 Gelani, Galatani, HalefineSjEnnenfes, Hyblenles,Herbitenfes, Herbefrenfcs,Herbulon(es,Ha- 

 IicyehfeSjHadranitani,ImacarenrcS5lchanenfes,letenfes,Mutuftratini,MagcIiini,N^^ _ 

 Mutyenfes,Menanini,Naxij,Nooeni3Pelini,Paropini,Phinthienfes3Semellitani3Stherrim5Se- ^ 

 limmtij, SymiEtij,Talarenfes,Tifrinenrcs, Triocalini, Tiracienfes, Zanchxi belonging to the 

 MefTenians in the ftrcights of Sicilie.Ilands there be bending to Africke, Gauios, Melita, from 

 Camerina 84 miles, and from Lilyb^um 113: Cofyra, Hieroneliis, Ca2nc,Galata,Lopadiifa, 

 iEthufa, which others have written ^Egufa , Bucina, and 75 myles from Solus, Ofleodes rand 

 againff theParopini,Vftica. But onthis fide Sicilie over- againtf the river Mctaurus, lamiles 

 well-nearc from Italic, 7 others called ^oli^. Thefe very (anic Hands belonged fometimes to 

 theLipar2eans,andof the Greeks were called HephiEftiades, and of our men Vulcani:e,likewife 

 Bo\i2i^tz^\£s.Acolm reigned therein the time that Ilium aouriflied,and aboiuthe Trojan war. 



Ch^p, iX. M 



T Ipara with a towne of Romanc citizens, called fo of king X/;>i«>^, whtl fucGeedecl Aeolus, 

 I but before-time Melogonis or Meligunis, is 12 mylcsfrom Italic, and is it ieltc foraewliat 

 lefTc in circuit. Betweene this and Sicilie there is another/ometimc named Thcrafia, now 

 ; ■ Hicra, 



