The fourth Booke of 



have called Ifthmos^the Colonic CorinthiiSjbeforctime called Ephyra, fiamtc hard unto a lit- G 

 tic hilljis inhabited, fome threclcoreftadiafrom both fea fides ; which from the top of the high 

 hill and caftle there^which is named AcrocorinthiiSjwherein is the fountain Pirenejhath a proil 

 peClintoboth thofecontraricfcas.At this Corinthian gulfe there is apaffageor cutbyfeairom 

 Lciicas toPatrae of 87 miles. Patrse a Colonic, built upon the prpmontorie of Peloponnefus, 

 that fliooteth fartheft into the Tea;, overagainft ^Etolia and the river Evenus, of lelfe diftance as 

 hath been faidjthan five myesjin the very gullet and cntrance^do lend out the Corinthian gulfe 

 85 myles in lengthy even asfarre as Ifthmos. 



Chap. V. 



AChaia,the name ofa province^bcginneth atlfthmusraforetime called it was iEgialos^be- 

 caufe of the citties/ituate lb orderly upon the ftrand. The piincipali and firft there is Le- 

 , che.T abovenamedja port town of the Corinthians.Next to it Oluros^a caftle of the Pel- 

 lenceans.The townsjHelicejBura,and(inio which the inhabitants retired themfclvesjwhen th'elc 

 beforenamed were drowned in the fea) Sicyonj^gira,iEgion and Erineos. Within the coun- 

 trey was Cleone and Hyfi^e. Alfo the haven Panhornius3& Khium defcribed before;from which 

 promontorie five myles off itandethPatr^ abovcmentioned^and the place called Pherx.Of nine 

 h ils in Achaia,Scioefia is moftknowne^alfo the Spring Cymothoe.Beyond Patrx-is the towne 

 Olenum^the Colonic Dymse . Certainc faire places called Euprafium and Hirmene : and the I 

 promontoric Araxum. Thecreeke of CyllcnCjthccapeChclonates-.from whence toCyllene 

 js two myles.The cafllePhlius.Thc tra6t alfo by HotTicr named Arethyrea, and afterwards Afo- 

 phis.Then the countrey of the EIians,who before were called Epei. As for Elis the cir tie it lelfc, 

 It is up higher in the midland parts^twelvc myles froiii Pylos.VVithin it ftandeth the chappell of 

 Jupiter c>/j/?»(C/V/-i3whichforthefameof die games therCj containeth thcGreckes and Chalde- 

 ans account of yeares.Moreover3the towne fometime of the Pifxans^before which the river Al- 

 pheus runneth.But in the borders and coaft thereof the promontoric lahys Vpon the river i\I- 

 phcus, there is palTage by water in barges to the townes Aulos and Leprion. The promontoric 

 Plataneftus.All thelelie Weftward. But toward the South, the arme of the fea called Cyparif- 

 fius and the cittic Cypari(ra,72 miles in circuir.The townes upon iCjPyloSjMethone.a place and K 

 forrelt called Ddos : the promontoric Acritas : the creeke Afina-usof the towne Afin urn, and 

 Coronaeusof Corone.And thefe are hmitted with T.Tnarusthepromontone. There alfo is the 

 . region Meflcnia with 2 2 mountaines. Tiie river Paomifus. But within,Meflene it felfejihome, 

 OcchaIia,ArenejPteleon,Thryoji,Dorion3Zanclum3famoustownesallformanyoccurrents at 

 fundrie times. The con^paifeof this arme of the fea is 80 myles, the cucovercrofre3o my'es. 

 Then from Trenarus^the Baconian land pertaining to a free peopiCjand an arme of the fea there 

 in circuit about 206 miles, but 35? miles over. The townes Tsnaiuni^Amick. Phera^jLeudra,, 

 and within-forth Sparta^ riieranicum : and where {food Cardamyle,Pitane,and An thane . The 

 place Thyrea3andGcrania.ThehiUTaygctus:theriverEurctas;,thectecke/Egylodes, and the 

 towne Pfammathus. The gulfe Gytheates, of a towne d>ereby(Gyth^um)from whence to the 

 lOand C reet.thete is a moil dire6l: and fure cut. Ail thefe are encidied within the promontoric 

 Maleum.Thearmeof the fea next following is called Argolicus/and is 50 miles oyer, and 172 

 miles about. The cownes upon ir^BoeajEpidaurus^Limera^named alfo Zarax. Cyphanta the ha- 

 ven.Kivers, Inachus, Erafinus: betwecne which^flandcdi Argos fumamed Hippium,upon the 

 Lakelerne/rom rhefea two miles^and nine milesfanher Mycens. Alfo, whete they fay T iryn- 

 thartood,andtheplaceMantinea.Hils,Airemius,Apefanius,Merion,Parparus,and eleven 

 others befides. Fountaines, Niobe,Amymonc,Pfammothe . From Scyikum to Ifthmus 177 

 myles Townes, Hermione,Tr(Ezen, Coryphafium and Argos^called of lome Inachium, of o- 

 thersbipfium. The haven Ca-nites, thecreeke Saronicus,befct round about in old time with 

 v«oods of o«ke,wherupon it had the name,for fo old Greece called an oake. W ithin it ftood tne M 

 towne Epidaurum, much reforted iintofotthe tcmplcof /Icfauapms, the promontoric Spira:- 

 um the havens Antfiedon, and Bucephalus : andlikewife Ceachieae which we fpake o. before, 

 beine the other limit of Ifthmus,together with the chappell oi N^ptum, famous for the Games 

 there reprelcnted every five yeeres. Thus many creekes do Icotch and cut Peloponnefus : thus 



