The fourth Booke of 



the vdry mouth oFEuripUSjVvhich thie Ifland Euboea maketh by the bppofite fite thereof, A ulis, G 

 fo renowned for the large haven that it hath. The Boeotians in old time were named Hyantes. 

 The Locrians alfo arc named withall Epicnemidij, in times paft Lecegetcs^throiigh whome the 

 river Cephiffus runneth into the lea. Towncs, Opus (whereof commeth the guile Opuntinus) 

 and Cynus.V pon rhe fea-coaft of Phocis,one and no morCjto wit Daphnus. Within-forth a> 

 niong the LocrianSjEIatea^and upon the bank of Cephi{rus(as we have raid)Lilxa : and toward 

 DelphoSjCnenius and Hiampolis. Againc,the marches of Locri, wherein fiand Larymna and 

 Thronium,neere unto which the river Boagrius falleth into the fea. Townes, Narycion, Alope, 

 Scarphia. After thisjthe vale called of the people there dwelling, Maliacus Sinus, wherein bee 

 thefe towncSjHaicyone,Econia3andPhalara.Then Doris,whereinare SperchioSjErineon^Boi- 

 on,Pindus,Cy tinum.On thebacke fide of Doris is the mountaine Oeta. Then foUoweth Mino- H 

 niathat fb often hath changed name: For one and the fame hath beene called Pelafgicum, Ar- 

 gos^andHellaSjThe^falia alfo and Dryopis, and evermore tooke name of the kings, in it was 

 borne a king called GrACUspi whom Greece bare the name ; there alio was Hdlen borne, from 

 whence came the Hellenes. Thefe being but one ^^zo^Xz^Bomer hath given three names unto, * 

 that is to fay,Myrmidones,Hellenes,and Achaei.Of thefcjthey be called Phthiotje who inhabit . 

 Doris.Their townes bee Echinusjin the very gullet and entrance of the river Spcrchius : and the 

 ftreights of Thermopylie,fo named by reafon of the waters : and foure miles from thence Hera- 

 cle3,was called Trachin. There is the hill Callidromus : and the famous townes, HellaSiHalos, 

 Lami3,Phthia,and Arne. 



I 



Chap. vni. 



"^rhejfalie, 



Moreover in Theffalic, Orchomcnus, called beforctime Minyeus ; and the town Almon, 

 orafterfomeElmon; AtraXjPelinnajandthe fountaine Hyperia. Townes, Pherx, be- 

 hind which Pierius ftretcheth forth to Macedonic :Larifra,Gomphi, Thebes of Theffa- 

 lie, the wood Ptclcon, and the creeke Pagaficus. The towne Pagafa,the fame named afterwards 

 Demetrias , Tricca,the Phaifalian plaines, with a free citie; Cranon, and Iletia. Mountaines of 

 PhthiotisjNymphsuSjmoftfaire and fightly for the naturall arbors and garden- workes there : 

 Buzigsjus, Donacefa,Bermius,Daphifla,Chimcrion, Athamas,Stcphane. InTheiTaly there K 

 be 34, whereof the moft famous are, Cerceti, Olympus, Pierus,Offa: jufl againft which, is Pin- 

 dus and OthrySjthe feat and habitation oftheLapithx,and thofelie toward the Weil: butEart- 

 ward3Pelios,all of them bending in manner of a theatre ; and before them ftand raungcd wedge- 

 wife, 72 cities. Riversof Thelfalic, Apidanus, Phoenix, Enipeus, Onochomus, Paniifus.'the 

 fountaine Mefieis,the poole Bosbeis : and above all the reft/he moft famous river Peneus.which 

 arifing neerc Gomphi, runneth for 500 Ihdia in a woodie dale between Olfa and Oiympus,and 

 halfe diat way is navigable. In this courfe of his, are the places called Tempe, 5 miles in length, 

 and almoft an acre and a haltebroad,where on both hands the hils arife by a gentle afcent above 

 the reach of mans fight. Within-forth glideth Pcncus by,in a frelL green grove,clear as cryfiall ^ 

 glaffe over the gravelly ftones 3 plcafant to behold for the grafie upon the bankes, andreloun- 

 ding againc with the melodious confent of the birds. It taketh in the river Eurotas^but entertai- 

 nethhimnot,butas he flowethovcr the top of him like oyle,as^<7»?fr faith: within a while af- 

 ter that hee h ath carried him a finall way, letteth him goe againe and rejecteth him,as refufing to 

 mingle with his owne filvcr ftreames,th"ofe poenall and curfed waters engendred for theinfeinall 

 Furies of hell. 



^ Chap. xX. 



^ fJHagnefia, 



O TbclTaly jMagnefia is annexed : the fountaine there, is L ibethra. The townes,Iolchos, 

 I Hirmcnium,Pyrrha,Mcthone,Olizon. The promontorie Sepias. Towncs moreover, M 



'Caftana,Sphalatra,and the promontorie ^Enantium. Townes befides,Meliboea,Rhi- 

 fus, Erymne. The mouth of Peneus. Townes,Homolium,Orthe, Thefpiae3Phalanna,Th2uma- 

 cie,Gyrton,Cranon,Acarne,Dotion, Melitjea,Phylace,Potin2e.The length of Epirus^Achaia, 

 Attieaj and Thefialie,lying ftreight out, is by report 48 o railesjthe breadth 287. 



