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deth out thcrivcr Hebrus to the ncighbour.bordcrcrsjthe CarbileteSjPyrogerisjDrugeri, Cx- (j 

 nicksjHypfaltSpBeni, Corpilli, Botisei^and Edons. In the fame trad the SellecaSj Pfiatitis,Dilon^ 

 cas, ThynijCcletsEjthc greater under HiemuSjtheleffe under Rhodope :betweene whomcjiun- 

 neth the river Hebrus, The townefituate beneath Rhodope^ was before-time named Ponero- 

 polis ; foone after by the founder^ Philippopolis ; but now of the fite thereof Trimontium. The 

 afcent of Hzemus up to the topj taketh fixe miles : the backe fide and hangingthereof downe to 

 Iftcrjthe MoefiansjGetcsj Aoti^Gaud«ejand Clarise^and under them the ArrjeijSarmata whoiri 

 they call Areatasj and Scythians : and about thcfea co^ of Pontusjthe Morilencs and Sitho- 

 niansj from whomc the Poet Orphsu^ defcended ^ doc inhabite. Thus Ifter boundeth it on the 

 North : in the Eaft^ Pontus and Propontus: Southward, the lea ^gKum^ in the eoafl whereof 

 from Stry mon^ ftand Apollonia, Oeftima^ Neapolisjand Polis. Within-forihj the Colonie of ^ 

 J^hdip^znd. 325 myles from Dyrrhachium, Scotufa, Topiris^and the mouthof the river Neftus. 

 The. hillPangasnsjHeraclea^Olynthos Abdera afree ciiie, the meere and nation of iheBifons. 

 There, flood the lowne Tinda,terriblefor the horfes of J^iomedesxhu ftabled tliercNow at this 

 dayjDicesejIfmaronjthc place Parthcnion, Phalefina, Maronea called Ortagurea before-time* 

 The mountaincSerrium andZonse: then,thepIaineDorifcusable toreceive 10000 men -.for 

 fo Xerxes tooke a juft account of his armie and numbred it.The mouth of Hebrus ; the haven of 

 Stcntor: the free towne^nea^togither with the tombe of Po/j'^/jyr^, the region fometime of 

 tlie Cicones. From Dorifcus , the coaft bendeth crookedly to Macron-Tichos^ for 122 mylcsi 

 About which place the river Melas, whereof the creeke beateth name. Towncs, Cyplella,Bi* 

 faiithe5and that which is called Macron-Tichos, what way as ftretching forth the walks along I 

 from Propontisto the Creeke Melanes betweenctwo (easjitcxcludcth Cherfonefus as it run- 

 neth out. For^Thraciaofone fide beginning at the Tea coaft of PomuSjwhere the river Iftcr is 

 difcharged and fwallowcd up, hath in that quarter paiTmg faire and beautiful! cities, to wit, Iftro- 

 polisoftheMilefianSj Tom i, and- Calatis which before was called Acernetis. It had fometime. ' 

 Hcraclea and Bizon, which (unke and was loft in a gaping chinke of the earth 5 but now inftead 

 thereof Dionyfopolis, called before Crunos. The riVerZiras runneth hard by it. All thattra(St.,- 

 the Scythians named befides Aroteres, poffe(fed^ Their townes were, Aphrodifius, Libiftos, 

 Zig2re,Borcobe, Eumenia, Parthenopolis,Gerania,where it is reported that the nation of the 

 Pygmeans kept, whome the barbarous people call Catizijand they are of beliefe that they were 

 chaled away and put tofligl itby cranes. In the edge thereof next to Dionyfopolis^ there is O- K 

 defTiisof the Milcfians, the river Pomilcus, thctowneTetranaulochos: themountaineHKmus 

 bearing forth with a huge top into Pontus, had in the pitch thereof the towne Arift^eum . Now 

 in the coaft is Mefembria and Anchialun^, where MelTa was. The region Aftice. There was the 

 towne Anthium, now there is Apollonia. The rivers PanilTajRira, Teams, Orofines. Townes, 

 Thynnias,xA.Imedciros,DeveIton with thepoole which now is called Deultum , belonging to 

 the old fouidiers.Phinopolisjneare unto which is Bofphorus. From the mouth of Ifter to the 

 entrance of Pontus, fome have made it 55 5 miles. Agrippn hath fet to 4 o miles more. And from 

 thence to the wall above-named 1 50 : and fo from it to Cherfonefus 12^. But neere to Bolpho* 

 rus is the arme of the fea Gafthenes. The haven furnamed of old men, and another likewife of 

 women. The promontorie Chry foceras, whcrupon ftandeth the town Bizantium of free eftatc, L 

 called beforetime Ly gos. From Dyrrachium it is 7 1 1 miles. Thus much lyeth out the mainc in 

 length between the Adriatickefea and Propontis.Rivers,Bathynias,Pydaras,or Atyras.Towns, 

 SelymbriajPerinthus, annexed to the Continent 200 pafcs broad. Within-forth^Byzia^the 

 caftle of Thracian kings, hated of Swallowes, upon the horrible and curfedfa(aofTif;-f»f; The 

 region Camica: the colonie Flaviopolusj where beforetime the towne was called Zela. And 50 

 ipiles from Byria the colonie Apros, which is fromPhilippi 188 myles. But intheborders,thc 

 river Erginus, where was the towne Gonos, And there you leave the citie Lyfimachia, alfo now 

 in Cherfonerus.For another land paflagc or Ifthmus there is of like ftreigtne{re,all one in name 

 and of equall breadth with that of Corinth. Likewife on both fides two cities doe beautifie and 

 fet out the ftronds, which they take up not unlike to the other^ to wit, Padlise from Propontis, 

 gnd Cardia from the gulfe Melane : as for this,it taketh the name of the forme and proportion 

 of the place made like a hart: and both, afterwards, wereenclofed within Lyfimachiaj myles 

 from the ^ long walls abovefaid. Cherfonefus fromPropontis fide,had Tiriftafis and Crithotes, 

 ailQ Cifta faft iipon the river iEgos : now it hath firom the colonie Apros 3 2 miles Refiftos,over- 



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