Plinies Naturall Hiftone, 



Chap. 3^5 



'Ac6c3oni€/o called afterwards (for before-time it was named iEmathia)is a kingdottie 

 i confifting of 1 50 feverall States^ renowmed for two kings above the reft^ and eniiobled 

 fbmetime for the Monarchie and Empire of the world. This conncrey lying farre in be- 

 hind Maghefia and ThefTalie toward the nations of Epirus Weftward, is much troubled and 

 irtfefted with the Dardanians . The North parts thereof,arc defended by Posonia and Pclagonia, 

 againft the Triballi. The townes be thcfc Aege, wherein the manner was to intcrre their kings : 

 Beroea, andi^giniumjin that quarterwhich of the Wood is called Pieria. Id the outward bor- 

 derSjHeraGlcajand the river Apilasnnore townes^ Phifia, andOioros-.the river Hal iactnon. 

 Within- for thjare the Halorita;, the Vallei, Phylaceij Cyrrhefta:,Tyrifei : Pelia ti^e Coloiiie s 

 the town Stobi of Romane citizens. Anon^ Antigonia^EuropUs upon fhe rivet Axitis,and ano'i 

 ther of thcfame name through wfiich Rhsdias runneth : I-kordes&;,Scyd£a, Mieza, GordihiaErv 

 Soone after in the borders, Ichnx, and the river Axius. To this bound the Dardani : Treres^an^ 

 Picres border upon Macedonie. From thisrivcr^arc the nations of PceoniajParorei^Heorden- 

 fcsj AlmopijsPelagonesjand Mygdones. The mountaines Rhodope^Scopiusjand Oibelus«Thd 

 reft is a plaine countrey, wherein Nature fcemeth to fet out her riches 5 in the lap vN-hsrof are chb 

 ArethuhjjAntiochienleS, Idomenenfes, Dcbcrienfes, Trienfes^ Allantenfes, Andarifrenfesj 

 MoryllijjGarelci, LynceftaSjOthrionCijahd the free States of the Ama mines and Oreftce. Co-- 

 ionie's,Buiiedenfis andDienlis. Xilopolita^jScotulfjci freejHeracleajSinciGajTimphei and Co-^' 

 tonxu In the coaft of the Macedonian fea, the to\';,'ne Galaftra, and within-fbrth^Phileros, and 

 Lete : and in the middle bending of the coaft, Theffalonica^ of freie eftate and condition. To iC' 

 from Dyrrachium J it is 1 14 myles. Thermae. Vpon the gulfe Th(Jrma iciis j be thefe to woesa Di^ 

 e^a^Pydnaj Derrha, Scione: the promontcrie Cawaftrseum . Townes, Pallcne, Phcrga . Iti 

 which region thefe mountaines, Hypfizorus, Epitus, Alchione, Lcuomne. Townes, NiHosy 

 BrygionjEleon^Mendt-ejandinthelfthmos of Pallene, thecolonie fonietime called Potida'a^ 

 and now Calfandria, Anthemus^ Holophyxus the creeke^and Mccyberna. Townes, Phifcella^ 

 AmpeIos,Torone,and Singos : thePrith {vihz^zXerxei kingofthePerfians cutthe hill Adios 

 irom the Continent) in length a mile and a halfc. The mountains it leKe iliooteth out from the 

 plaine into the (ea575 miles. The compafle of the fqosthereofjtaketh 150 miles. A townc there 

 wasin thepicchof itjAcroton.Nowtliere be VraaopoliSjPalasotrium, Tliy(Ius,Cl€one,Apol- 

 lonia^ the inhabitants whereof be named Macrobij. The towne Caifcra, and afecond gullet or 

 crecke of the Ifthmus, Acanthus, Stagira^SitonCj Heraclca, and the region lying under Myg- 

 donia., wherein arc feated farre out from the fea , Apollonia and A.rethufa. Againc in the coaft, 

 Poiidiufflj and a crecke with the towne Cermorus : Amphipolis a free ftate, and the people Bi- 

 lalta?, Thenjthe river Strymonj which is the bound of Macedonie,which fpringeth in Hsnius ? 

 Gfwhich5thisi5Worthieto be rcmembrcd,ihat it runneth into fcven lakes before it kcepcth a 

 dired:courfe.Thisisdiat Macedonie, which fonrietime conquered the dominion overallthe 

 earth : this over- ran Afia, Armenia, Iberia, Albania, Cappadocia,Syria, and ^gypt ; yea and 

 pafted over Taurusand Caucaftis: this ruledover the BaJtrians, Medians, and Pcrfians, and 

 poftefted all the Eaft: this having the conqueft of India^raunged after the trads of Father Liber 

 and Hercules. This is the very fame Macedonie, of which in one day Fauhs JEmylm our Gen?;- 

 rail, facked and fold 72 cities. See the difference of Fortune in two mcn» 



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IOwfoIlowethThracia,amongthemoft valiant nationsof Europe, divided into 52 re- 

 giments of fouldiers. Of thole States in it, the Denfeletes and Medi, whomcit grecves 

 me not to name,doe inhabiteneare to the river Strymon on the right fide, as farre as 10 

 the Bifaltse above- named : on the left, the Digeri,and many townes of the Bcfti, even to the ri- 

 vet Neftns, which environeth the botome of the hill Pangceus, betweene the Eleti, Diobefi, and 

 Carbilefi, and fo forward cothe Bryfce and CapaJi. Odomanta a towne of the Odr^'fians^fen- 



H iij deth 



