• The third Booke of 



the greater and the leffe : Anafiumj whcrunto Varranus runneth downc : AlfajNatifojWith Tur- Q 

 rus, running faft by Aquileia^a colonic fituatei2 miles from thefea.This isthe region of the 

 Carnijjoyning unto that of the lapides: the river Timavus, and the calile Pucinumjfo famous 

 for good winetThc vale and Firth Tcrgeftinusjtaking name of the Colonic Tergefte, 23 myles 

 from Aquileia .-beyond which fixe miles,is the river Formio^iSp miles from Ravenna -.the an- 

 cient bound or limit of Italy enlarged :but at this day of Iftria, which wasfo named of the rivec 

 Ifterj flowing out of the river Danubius into Adria: and over-againft the fame Ifter, the gullet 

 or mouth of Padusalfoentreth thither: by the contrary rufhingftreamcsof which two rivers, 

 the fea between bothjbeginneth to be more mild as many Authors have reported^but untruly : 

 andC<7r»?//«jNeposalfo, although hec dwelt juft by Padus: for there is no liver that runneth 

 out of Danubius into the Adriaticke fea. Deceived (I fuppofe) they were, bccaufe the (hip Ar- H 

 gos went downc a river into the Adriaticke fea, notfarre from Tergefte 3 but what river it was, is 

 yet unknowne.They that will feeme to be more curious than their fellowes, fay, That it was car- 

 ried upon mens fhoulders over the Alpes; and that it was fet into Ifter, and fb into Saus, and 

 then Nauportus (which upon that occafion tooke his name) which arifeth betwcene ^Emona 

 and the Alpes, 



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I Stria runneth out like a demie Hand. Some have delivered in writing5thatitis4o miles broad, I 

 and 122 myles about. The like they fay of Liburnia adjoyning unto it, and of the hollow 

 gulfe Flanaticus. But others (ay 3 that thccompalTe of Liburnia is 180 miles. And fome there 

 beagainCjWhohave fetoutIapidia,asfarre as to the faidcrecke Flanaticus, behind Iftria 130 

 myles: andfohaue made Liburnia incircuit 150 miles. Tudttanm ^who fubdued thelftrianSj 

 upon hisowneftatue there fet this Infcription; That from Aquileia to the river Titius,were 200 

 ftadia . Thctowncsinlflriaof Romanc citizens^ be -^gidaandParcntium. A Colonic there is 

 befides,Pola, now called Pietas lulia; bu ilt in old time by the Colchians * It is from Tergefle 

 100 miles. Soone after, ye fee the towne Nefadium^ and the river Arfia, the utmoi^ bound now 

 of Italy.From Ancona toPola, there is a cut over the fea of 1 20 myles. In the mid-land part of 

 this tenth region, are thcfe Colonies ; Cremona, and Brixia,in the Ccnomanes countrey : but K 

 in the Venetians countrey, Ateflc.Alfo the towncs, AcelumjPataviumjOpitergiumjBelunum, 

 Vicetia : Mantua of the Tufcanes is onely left beyond Padus. That the Venetians were the off- 

 Ipringof the Trojanes, Gn'^^hath fet downc in writing: alfo, that the Ccnomanes neereunto 

 Maililes, dwell in the Volfcians countrey. Fertines, Tridentines, and Bernenfcs, are towncs of 

 Rhetia.AsforVcronajic isof Rhedans andEuganeansjbutlulienfesbe of the Carnians.Thca 

 follow theie, whoiric need to ufe no curiofitic in naming 5 Alutrucnfes, Affcriates, Fiamoni- 

 enfes,Vannienfes,and others furnamed Gulici: Foro lulienfes furnamed Tranfpadani : Forelani, 

 Venidates,Querqueni5Taurifani,Togienfes,Varvani. In this tract there be perii"hed in the 

 borders,ltaminum, Pe]laon,PaIficium. Of the Venetians, Atina and Ccelina : of the Carni- - 

 ans, Segeile and Ocra : and of the Tauriffi,Noreia. Alfo from Aquileia 1 2 myles, there was a ^ 

 towne quite dcfh'oycd by cUndim Marcellm^ even maugrc the Senate, as Pijo hath recor- . 

 dcd. In this region there be alfo ten notable lakes and rivers, either iffuing forth of them as their 

 children, or clfc fed and maintained by thcm,if fo be they fend them out againe, when they have 

 once received them :asLarius dothyEna,VerbanusTicinuSjBenacusMinciuSjSebinusOifiusj 

 EupiliusLamber, all inhabiting andfeatedin Padus. The Alpes reach in length ten milesfrom 

 the upper fea to the lower, as Calms faith : Timogenes^ two and twentie : but Cornelm Nepos 

 draweth them out in breadth an hundred myles : T.Lwim faith, three thoufand fladia : both of 

 them take meafure in divers places : for fbmetimc they exceed an hundred miles, where they 

 disjoyne Germanie from Italic ; and in other parts they arc^ thin, that they make not full out 

 thrcefcore and ten myles 5 and that by the providence as it were of Nature. The breadth of 

 Italic from Varus under thefoot of them^through the fhaliowes orplafhes of Sabatiajthe Tau- 

 rines, ComusjBrixia, Verona, Viceriaj Opitergium^ Aquileia, Tergefte^ Pola^and Ariitia^ 

 raaketbfeven hundred and two miles. 



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