The fourth Bookc of 



and againft the territoric Hermoniiimj Typarenus5Epiropia5 GoIoniSj Afiftcra i over %ainft Q 

 Troezeniuni Cakuriajhalfe a mile from Platcje r^ailOjBelbinajLacia and Baucidias. AgainftE- 

 IpidauruSjGecryphaloSjand Pytioucfos', fixe milesfrom the Continent. Nest to it is -£giria a 

 free ftate, 17 miles 0% and for 20 milci ihey faile by it. .Thc^fairie is diftant riqm Pyrajeiim the 

 port of the Athenians, 12 miles^ andJbeforetinie ms ufually calicd Deiionet Againft the pro- 

 montoricSpir^um, there lieoppofice-Eleufa, Dchdrosjtwo.CraugiKjtwoQ^eiiSjSekchufs, 

 ^Ccnchreis and Afpis^Airo in the Megariaii gulfe^hcre be fQuraiMechurities. As for ^Egiliaj it 

 is i^milesfroinCythcra^ and thefame is from P^lafarna:.at0wheii3i'CEeet; 25 miles. And 

 Greet it felfe, lying of one fide to the 3outh, andthe other tortile North, ftretchcth forth in 

 length Eaft and Weft; a famous andjaoblelflahd foiahundredxitiiesinit. iD/>/7-^(f^ faith itS 

 tooke that name of the nymph Creta daughter oifi^ejf/eris : but according to 4nmmander^Q{'2i ]t| 

 king of the Curetes. Bhilipda^ Udhta^Crutts^ have thought it was called firli yBdajanq after- 

 wards Curetis, and fome have thought it was named Macaros forthcblefled temperature of 

 the aire. In breadth it exceedcth in noplace 50 miles, and in the middle part broadeft it is : buE 

 in length it is full 270 miles : in circuit 58^ miles: and winding it felfe into the Creticke fea, fa 

 called of it^jwhereit ftretcheth QutfartbeiiEaftwardjitputtethfortbofit thepromontctieSamr 

 monium juft againft Rhodes, and VVeftlvard Criu-Metopon j toward Cyrcnje. The princtpall 

 townesof mark£,bePhaIalkn^,Ela?a,GyfaraumjPergamum,Cydon,MinoiimjApjteron,Pan- 

 tomatrium, Amphimalla,Rhythymna,PanhormuiP5 Gy teum, Apollonia, MadumsHeraclea, 

 MiletoSjAmpelosjHiera-pytnajLebtesHicrapolis.And in the midland parts,Gortyna,Ph2e: 

 ftucD.GnoftuSjPotyrrheniurajMyrinai^l^caiftuSjRhamnus^ly^uSjDium.AfumiPyloros j 

 tion,CJatos,Pharx.HolopyxosJLafos^lcuthernj]e,Ther2pne,Maiathufa,Mytinos. And other 

 townes about the.numberof^o,ftandy.et.upon record. Ihehils bee Cadiicus JdcEiis,Di6teuSj 

 andMorycus. Theifleitfclfe, from the promontorie in it called Gciu-Metopon, as ^^^r/^prae- 

 portethjis diftant from PhycuSja prom ontorie of the Gyrene 225 miles. Likewifc/rom Capef- 

 cnmpointjitisfromMaleainPeloponneiiisSQ mile^. From the lilandCarpathus, which lie th 

 Weftward from the cape Sammonia^, miles. This Ifland aforefaid licihbetweeneit and 

 Rhodes. The reft about it be ihefe : beforcPeloponnefus two Goricx,and as many Mylx : and 

 on the North ftde, when a man hath C!rcet on the right hand,tbere appeareth Leuce jiift againft 

 Gydonia^rogethcr \»jith the two Budorae, againft Matium,Gia:againft the Promontorie Itanum 

 Onifa and Leuccagainft HierapytnajGhryfajand Caudos.In the lamccoaft are Ophiufla,Bu- 

 toa,and Rhanmus : and when men have fetched aboutand doubled the point Griu-Metopon, 

 appearc the Iftescalled Mufagores. Before the PromQntorie Sammoniura^Phoca^jPlatia^jSir- 

 Hides, Naiilochos, Armedon and Zephyre . But in Hellas, yet ftill in iEgeumj Lichades, Scar- 

 phia,[yiarefa3phocari3,and very many more overagainft Atu'ca,but tdwnleftejand therfore ob- 

 Icureandof no reckoning : but againft Eleufin, the nobk Salamis, and before it Pfytalia : and 

 from Ijunium, Helene five miles oil' : and Geos from thence as many, which our countreymea 

 have named CasaibuttheGreckesHydrufta, cutoff anddifoembied fromEuboea . In times 

 paftit was 500 ftadialong :butloone after, fouie parts almoftj n3meiy,thofe thatbuited upon 

 Boeotiajeaten up by the (ame fea : fo as now the townes remaining that it hath,bclulis and Gar- 

 th^a.For Goreftus andPseceflfaarepcrifhed & gone. From hencq TiSFm'o faith^came the fine 

 linnen cloth that women ufe : yea,and Euboea it felfe hath bcene plucked fromBoeotia, and de- 

 vided with fo little an arme running betweene^ that a bridge joineih the one to the other : evi- 

 dent it is to the eicjand well feene,by reafon of two Promontories in the South fide, to wit, Ge* 

 neftumjbending t09sard Attica,and Gapharens to Hellefponius : and one upon the North fide, 

 to witjCa^neusJn no part thereof doth it extend broader than 40 miles : and no where docth it 

 gather in narrower than 20.But in length from Attica as farre as TheiTaliejit lieth along Baotia 

 150 miles -.and containeth in circuit 3^5.FromHelIefponC3 on Gaphareusfidejit is 225 miles. 

 In times paft renowned it was for thefe citties,Pyrrha,Porihmos,Nefos,Gcrintlius,Oreum3Di- 

 iim5iEdcpfum,Ocha,Oechalia,now GalciSjOvcragainft whicli flanderh Aulis in the maine : b uc 

 now/orGereftum,Erctria,Gary.ftus,Oritanum,Artcmifium,thefountaineArethufa,theriver M 

 Leiantum, the bote waters called Hellopisejit is of great name : but yet in more rcqueft for the 

 marble of Caryftus.In former time it was called commonly Ghalcodontis or Macris, as Bieny- 

 fius and 'Ephorus doe fay: but Macra,according to \^rijlides : and as Cdltdsmm would have it, 

 Chalcis,foithcbraIie there firft found : and as ^emcmm faithj Abantias : and laft of all Afo- 



