Tlie third Bpoke of 



is there thoitowne Baftajand Hydruntuin in the fpace of riineteenc milcs^to make a partition be- Q 

 tweene the Ionian and the Adriatickefeas, through which is thefhortcft cut into Greece overa- 

 gainftthetowneApollonia, where the narrow lea running bctweene^ is not above fifde miles 

 over.This fpace betweenCjPyn-^//^ king of EpiruSjwas the firftjthat intending to have a palTagc 

 over on foot^thought to make bridges there : after him LMyarro^ at what time as in the Py rates 

 warrc he was Admirall of Pmpe/es fleet. But both of them were let and flopped with one care 

 or other befides.Next to HydruSjthere is Soletum^a cittie not inhabited: then^Fratuertium: the 

 haven Tarentinusj the garrifon towne Lupia^ Balefium, Cslium, Brundufium fifteene miles 

 from Hydrus, as much rcnowmcd as any towne of Italic for the haven, for the furer failing, al- 

 though it bee the longetjand the cittie of lllyricum Dyrrhagium is readie to receive the fhips : 

 the paflagc over is 220 milcs.Vpon Brundufium bordercth the terrirorie of the Psdiculi. Nine 

 young men there were of themj and as many maids, dcfcendcd from the Illyrians, who begat 

 betweene them thirtcene nations.The towncs of thefeP^dicuIi,be RhudiajEgnatia.,Barion,be» 

 foretime lapyx of Dc^^//^^ his fonne, who alfo gave thenametolapygia. EivetSjPadius and 

 Aufidus ifliiing out of the Hirpine mountaines.and running by Ganufium .Then followcth A- 

 puliaoftheDaunians, furnamedfoof their leader, hthcx inlm to Dhmedes, In which is the 

 towne Salapia/araous for the love of an harlot that t^miballc^Sk a fancie unto , then, Sipon- 

 tum and Vria : alio the river Cerbalus,wiRere the Daunians take their end : theport Agafus,i he 

 cape of the mountaine Garganusjfrom Salcntine or lapygium 234 miles, fetching a compafle 

 about Garganus : the haven Garnise^thelakePantanus. The river Frento,full of Baies and Ha- 

 vens,and Teanum of the Apulians. In like manner alfbjLarinum, Aliternia,and the river Tifer- . | 

 nus.Thencommeth in the region Ftcntana. So there be three kinds of nations,Teani,of their ' 

 leader, from theGreekes:theLucanes {uh^utAh'^Calchas^ which quarters now the Atinates 

 hold and occupie. Colonies of the Daunians befidcs the abovenamed,Luceria and Venuflas 

 townes,Canufium,Arpi,fometime Argos Hippium,builded by Viomedes ^ui fbon after called 

 Argyrippa.ThereX)/Vwf^« vanquilTied and deftroied the whole generation of thcMonadians 

 and Dardiansjtogether with two citties, which grew to a merry jeaft by way of a by-word, Apina 

 and Trica.The reft be more inward in the fccond region,to witjOne Colonic of the Hirpincs cal- 

 led Benevcntum,chaunged into a more luckie name^whereas in times paft it was cleaped Male- 

 ventum ; the ^culanes, Aquilonians, and Abellinates, furnamed Protropi : the Campfanes, 

 CaudineSjand Ligurians furnamed Cornelians: as alfoBebianes^VefcellaneSjDccuIaneSjand 

 Alecrines : Abellinates furnamed Marfi,the AtrancSj^cancs,AfeIlaneSjAttinatesj& Arpanes: 

 the Borcanesjthe Collatines,Corinenfes:and famous for the overthrow of the Romanes there, 

 theCannians :theDirines,the Forentanes,theGenufines.the HardoniansandHyrincs : the 

 Larinates furnamed Frentanes,theMctinates,and out of Garganus the Mateolanes, the Neri- 

 tines,and Natinesjthe RubuflineSjthe Sylvines 6^ StrapellineSjtheTurmentineSjthe Vibinates, 

 Venufinesjand Vlurtines.Now the In-landers of the Calabrians>theiEgirines,Apaneflines and 

 Argentines: TheButuntinesandBrumbeflineSjtheDecianSjtheNorbaneSjthePalionSjStur- 

 nines,andTutines.Alfoof Salentinemidlanders,thc Aletines,Bafle£bines, Neretines, Valen- 

 dnesjand Vcretines- 



h 



Chap. xii. 

 Thefourth Canton or regm of Itdte^ 



NOw followcth the fourth regioujevcn of the mofl bardie and valiant nations of allltalie. 

 In the coaft of the Frentanes,ncxt to Tifernus,is the river Tirinium, full of good havens 

 and harbours.The towns there,be Hiftonium,Buca,and Ortona,with the river Aternus. 

 More within the countrey,are the Anxanes furnamed Frentanes : the Carcntines,both highec 

 and lower,the Lanuenfes : of Marrucincsjthe Teatincs: of Pelignians,the Corfinienlcs,Super- 

 iEquani and Suimonenfes:of Marfians,the Anxantinesand Atinates,theFuccntes,Lucentes, 

 andMaruvij:of Albcnfes, Alba upon the IakeFucinus:of /Equiculanes,the Cliternines and M 

 CarieolanesrofV eftinesjthe Augulancs3Pinnenfes,Pelevinates5unto whom are joined the Au- 

 finatcs on this fide the mountaines ; of Samnites, whom the Greekcs called Sabellians and Sau* 

 nitesjthe Colonic Bovianumjthc old, and another furnamed Vndecumanorumj namely,inha- 

 bitcd by thofe of the eleventh legion ; the Aufidenates, Eferninesj Fagifulani, Ficolenies,Sepi- 



nates. 



