Plinies Naturall Hiftorie* 



A nates jtrevcntiiiat^s : of Sabincs, the Amiternines, Curenfes, Forum Decij, ForumTNovum^ 

 theFidenatcs, Interamnates, Nurlmes^ NonientancSjRcatineSjTrebuJaneSjuho arelurnamed 

 Mutufcseijas alfo Suflfenates^the TiburteSjand Tadnatcs.In this quarter of the ^quiculxirherc 

 be perifhed and gone the ComineSjTadianesj Accdikes,and Alfaternii Geliunu^ vuntetb^ Tliac 

 Acippe, a tovvne of the Marfians^built by Marfyas a captainc of the Lydians,was drowned and 

 fwallowed up by the Lake Fucinus. Alfo Falcrianm reporteth, that a towne of the Vidicines in 

 PicenumjWas utterly deftroied by the Romanes. The Sabines, asfome have thoughr, were for 

 their religion and devout worfhipping of the gods called Sevini : they dwell hard by the V eline 

 Lakes Upon moift and dewie hils.The river Nar draineth them drie with his bote waters of brini- 

 ftone.Which river runningfrom thence toward Tiberis^filleth it :and gliding from the hill Fif- 

 cellus,neer unto the groves of Vacuna and Reate^is hidden in the farne^ ut ti:om another fidej 

 the river AniOjbeginning in the mountaine of the Trebanes^ bringeth with it into Tiberis three 

 Lakes of great name/or their delectable pIcafantnelTejwhich gave the namcto SublaqiienfuJii 

 thsReatineterritoriethereistheLakeGutilice, wherein there floteth an Ifland : and this Lake 

 Caj'^jro faithjis the very middelt and centre of Italic. Beneath the Sabines,lieth Latiunij on 

 the fidejPicenumjbehindjVmbria^ and the hils of the Apenriine on either hand, doe enclofe as 

 with a rampier,tlie Sabines. 



C)h AP. XII i« ' 



Theffi regions 



'T'He fifth region is Picene, a nation in times pail moftpopulous^ -^60006 of th^Piccntes 

 I were reduced under the protection of the people of Rome. They are de(cended from the 

 SabineSjUpon a vow that they made to hold and folemnifc a (acred Spring. They dwelt by 

 the river Aternus, where now is the territorie Adrianus, and the Coionie Adria, 'feven miles 

 from thefea.There runneth the river Vomanum and there lieth the Pra?tutiane and Palmenfis ; 

 tcf ritories.//m5Cafl:rum Novumjthc riverBatinumjTruentura with the river^which is the onely 

 rclique of the Liburnians remaining in Italie.More rivers there bee,to witjAlpulates^Suinum^ 

 and Helvinunijat which thePrsetutiancountrey endeth.and thePicentianbeginneth.The town 

 Cupra^a caftle of theFirmaneSjand above it the Colonic Aicuum^of all Picenum the moft re- 

 nowmed. Within fhndethNovanaJn the edge ormarches without^are CluanajPotciltia, and 

 Numanajbuilt by the Sicilians. Nexttothofeisthe Colonic Ancona, with the Promontorie 

 Cumei'um lying hard unto it5in the very elbow of the edge thereof as it bendeth, and itisfrom 

 Garganus 1 83 miles.Within-forih there do inhabite the AiiximateSjBeregranes^CingulaneSj 

 Cuprenfes fiirnamed theMountainerSjFalarienSjPaufulaneSjPleninenfeSjKicinenfes, Septem-^ 

 pedanijTolIentinateSjTriacenfeSjthecitticSalvia^andthe Tollentines. . , 



Chap. XII II. 



^ T he fixt region, 



E 'T^O thefeadjoineth thefixt region,comprehending Vmbria, and the French pale ab out A« 

 I riminum. At Ancona begin the French marchesjby the name of Togata Gallia. The Sici- 

 lians and Liburnians poflefTsd moft parts of that tradjand principally theterritones^Pal- 

 menfiSjPra^tutianuSjand Adrianus.Them,thc V mbrians expelled : thele againe Hetruria drave 

 out rand lafl of alUlie Gaules difTeiied it.The people of Vmbria are fuppoled, of all Italic to bee 

 of greateft antiquitie,as whom men thinkcto have beene of the Greekes named Ombri/or that 

 in the general! deluge of the coiintrey by raine, they onely remained alive . TheTufcanes are 

 knowne to haveby warre forced and woon three hundred towncs of theirs. Ac this day in the 

 frontier of it^there arc the river ^Efusjand Senogallia: the river Meraurusjand the Colonic Fa- 

 num FortunK.Pifaurum alfo with the river.In the parts withinj-lifpellum and Tuder Jn the reff, 



^ the Amerines, Attidiates^ Afirinates5Arnates3and iEfinates.CamerteSjCalvcntiilaneSjand Car- 

 fuLineSjDolates/urnamed Salcntines^FuIginateSj Foro-flaminienfeSjForo-Iulienfes^named al- 

 fo Concubienfes^Foro-bremitianiiForo-SempronienfeSjIguini^Interamnaies/urnamed Nar- 

 teSjMcvanates^MevanienfeSjand MatiHcates, Narnienles, whole towne beforetimc was called 

 Nequinum. Nucerines/urnamed Favonicnfes and Camelani. The Otriculan^s^and Off ranes. 



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