Plinies Naturall HifloHe* 



A vIitm^Tolvenfe.Vpon the t*4brici thetc lie faft the Lake Peifojthe defcrts of the Boij. falovsbeiCi 

 now by the Colonic of the late Emperour of famous memories Salaria and the tom^ 



Scarabantia Inlia^thcy be inhabited and peopled , 



■ GkAP. XXVi 



^ FmttonU. 



THericc heginncth Pannonia fo fr uitfuUtn Ntaft ; whQtas the hils of tha Alpes.wa singmdrg 

 mild and civile^ turning through themiddeftof lllyricum from the NortiuothcSouchj 

 r fetde lower by an eafie defcent both ©n the right hand and the left; That part whidh ^gar~ 

 3[ deth the Adtiaticke fea, is called Dalmatian and lllyricum abovenamed. Pannt:)nia bendeth to- 

 ward the North J and is bounded with the riyjsr Dariubius . In it are thefe GolonieS;, ^monia^ 

 Sifcia. And thefe rivers of fpeciall name^and navigabk/un into Danubius^Draus with more vi- 

 olence out of the Noricke Aipcs 5 and Saus out of the Carnicke Alpes more gently^i 1 5 miles 

 between. As fdt Draus^it pafleth through the Serretes^Serrapilles^IafianSjand Sandrozetesibut 

 Saus through the Colapians and Breuci, And theic be the cheefe States of that countrie. More- 

 over jthcArivatcSjAzalijAmanteSjBclgitcSjCatari^CorncatesjAravifcijHercuniatesaLatovicis' 

 01iriateSj3ndYarciaui.Th.e mount Glauduis^in the front whereof are the Scordifci^ andiipoa 

 the backcjihe Taurifci. The Ifland in Saus^Metubarris, the biggeft of all the river Iflands. Be- 

 fidesjnotablc goodly riverSjCalapisrunning into Sausneere Sifcia; where^with a double chan- 

 C ndritmakeththeIllandGalledSegeftica.Another river Bacuntius^ runninglikevvife intoSaus^ 

 at the towne Sirmium: where is the State of the Sirmians and Amantines.Five and fortie miles 

 from thence Taurunumjwhere Saus is intermingled with Dariubius.Higherabovethemgniii^ 

 toitValdanusandVrpanuSjandtheyywisbenobafeandobfcurerivers* , . , / . 



Ghap. xxvi 



VNto Pannonia, joyncch the province called Mdefia ^ which ex'tendeth along Daniibius iini 

 to Pontus, It beginneth at the confluent aboYe-named.In itjare the Dardanians^Gelcgeri^ 

 U TriballijTrimaGhijMoefij Thranesjand the Scythians bordering upon Pontus. Faireri- 

 vcrsjout of the Dardanians countrey , Margis^Pingtis^and Timachis. Out of Rhcdope^OelTuss 

 out ofHigmus^VtuSjEflTamuSjand Icterus, lllyricum where it is broadeft^taketh up 325 myles; 

 it lycth out in length from the river Arfia to the river Drinius,8oa my les. From Diinium to the 

 cape Acroceraunium, \ 82 miles. M, Agrif^a hath let downe all the whole fca comprehending 

 Italy and lllyricum, in the compaffe of 1 300 miles. In it are two Imaller Teas or gntfes bounded 

 as 1 have faid :namely,The lowers otherwife called the Ionian, in the fore-part : The ihncr,cal- 

 Icd Adriaticuni^which alfo they name The upper. In the Aufonian fca/nere be no Hands worth 

 ihcfpcakino, but thole above-named Jn the Ionian fca there are but fewg to wit, upon the Caia- 

 briancoaftWoreBrundufiumjbytheobjeiSt fitewhereofj the haven is madcjand againftthe 

 E Apulian coaft Diomede^ famous for the tombe and monument of Diomedes ^ Anothgr alfo of 

 that name, called by fome 3 Tciitria . As for the coaft of lllyricum, it is peftrcd wiih mox^ than 

 a dioufandsfiichis the nature of the fea, full of flielves and waflies,with narrow chanels running 

 , betwecne. But before the mouthes of Timavus, there be Hands famous for hot vsatcrsj which 

 cbbe and flowc with the fea. And neere unto the territorieof the Iftrians, Giira,Puuarix,and 

 thofc which the Greeks name Abfyrtides,of Medcashioi\\Qt Abfjrus there flainc. Neere unto 

 themsthey called the llandsEledrides, wherein is ingendredAmbrcj which they call Elearu^^ 

 a moS afliircd argument to prove the vanitie of the Greeks ; for that which of them they meant^ 

 was never knowne. Againft lader^therc is Lifla ; and certaine other over-againft the Liburnians^ 

 p called Gretcie -. and as many of the LiburnianS jGeladufx, Againft Suiium^ihere is Brattiay:om- 

 i^L mended for neat and goats. Ifla, inhabited by Romane citizens,and Pharia with the to'A'ne.Nexc 

 ^^torhefejCoreyra/urnamedMelaena^withthetowneofthe Gnidians, diftant 22 milesafundcrs 

 •bet^vecnc which and lllyricum, is Melita ; whereof (as CdlimAchus tcftifiech) the little dogs Me-^ 

 litaji tooke their name : and twelve miles from thence, the three Elaphites. In the Ionian fea 

 ' i kQm Oriciuii i CQO^miks^ is Safonis, well kaowne for thePirats haibqur there* 



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