Plinies NatiirallHiflbrie. 



A of fandjwhich place is called Diorydusjand is in length almoft halfe a myle. A tdwhe iu it there 

 is called Leucas/omctime Neritum. Then the citties of the AcarnanianSjHalyzea^Stratos , Ar- 

 gos furnamed Amphilochicum.The river Achelous running out of Pindus^and dividing Acac- 

 nania from Mtolhy and by continuall bringing in of earth, annexing the Ifland Axtemica to th@ 

 iimieandmainelanda . 



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Chap; ii, 



THe JEzoiim nations,be the AthamanesjTymphei;5Ephiri3iEnicnfes5PerrhcebijDoIopcs^ 

 MaracesandAtraces, from whom the river Atraxfalleth into the Ionian Tea. Thetowne 

 Calydon in iEtolia is feven miles and an halfe from the fea^neer to the river Euenus.Then 

 foUoweth Macynia and Molychriajbehind which Chalcis ftandcth, and the mountaine Taphi- 

 a{fus»Bat in the very edge & borders thereof^the Promontoric Antirrhium, where is the moiith 

 of the Corinthian guife^not a mile broad where it runneth in, and devideth theiEtolians from 

 Peloponnefus. The Promontorie that fbooteth out againftir^,is named Rhion: but upon thag 

 Corinthian gulfe are the townes of-iEtoliaj Naiipadum and Pylene : but in the midland parts 

 PkuconjHaiyfarna.TheMountainesof namennDodoneaTomarus-.in Ambracia^Grania : ir 

 AcarnaniajAracynthus : in iEtoliajAcanthon^Pan^Etolium and Macinium, 



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Chap. iiIo 

 ^ Lecrk 



N^Ext tothe^tolians aretheLocri, furnainedOzoIse, free States and exempt: the towne 

 Oeanthe:the haven of Apollo Ph/[lm:\h(t creeke CrifT^^ us. Within- forth are thefe towns 

 ArgynajEupaliajPha^ftumjandCalamifTus. Beyond them areCirrhreij thcplainesoi" 

 Phocisj the towne Cirrha, the haven Chalseon : from whichj feven miles within the land^ is the 

 free cittieDelphi,under the hillPernaifus, themofi: famous place upon earthfor the Oracle of 

 ^^i?//t7.ThefountaineCaftalius3the river Cephiffus running before DelphoSjwhicharifeth ins 

 cittie/ometime called Liloea.Moreover^the towne Criffa^and together with the BulenfcSjAnti- 

 cyrajNaulochum^Pyrrha, Amphiffa an exempt StatCj TrichonejTriteaj Ambryfusj the region 

 Drymseajnamed Daulis* Then in the inmoft nouke of the creeke^ the very canton and angle of 

 Boeotia is wafhed by thefea, v^ith thefe lownes Siphas and Thcb2e;,which are furnamed Coriica?^ 

 neerctoKelicon. The third towne of Exsotia fromthisfeaisPaggej ironi whence proceedetb 

 and beareth forth the iiecke or cape ot Peloponnefus. 



Ckap. nil. 



lEloponnefus, called beforetime Apia and P^elafgia, is a demie Ifland, wc>tthic to come be- 

 hind no other land for excellencie and name ; lying betweenc two feas, ^geum and lonii 

 um;Iike unto the Icafeof aplainetree, in regard of the indented creckes and cornered 

 noukes thereof; it beareth a circuit of 5(^3 myles3 according to ifuloYus. The fame, if you com- 

 prifethecreekesandgulfesj addeth almoff as much more . The ffreight where it beginneth to 

 pafle on and goe forward, is called Ifthmos . In which place the feasabovenamedgulhingand 

 breaking from diverfewaies, to wit^from the North and the Eaff, doe dcvouralitbe breddiof ic 

 there riintill by the contrarie running in of fo great feas, the fides on both hands being eaten 

 away; and leaving a fpace of land betweenejfive miles over^Hellas with a narrow neck doth meet 

 with Peloponnefus. The one fide thereof is called the Corinthian gulfe, the other5the Saroni- 

 an. Lecheum of the one hand, and Cenchreasof the other, do bound out and limit the faid 

 F fireight : where the fl^ips are to fetch a gieat compafTe about with fomedaunger,fachvefIels I 

 ineane as for their bignefie cannot be conveighed over upon wains. For which caufe,D w^c jfm^ 

 the king,c^/5r theDidator, prince Qwi,and DomittMs i(£r/?^affaied to cut through the narrow 

 foreland,andmake a channell navigable witheafe:but the attempt and enterprife was unhappie, 

 as appeared by the ifTue and end of them all. In the middefl of this narrow flreighc which wee 



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