Plinks Na'turall Hiftone. 



A plsyis the Poets commonly nanie ic. Withoiit in the Myrtoum fea^ be many Ifles, but of grea- 

 teft markc be Glauconnefus and iEgiIia.And neere to the promohtorie Gerefttim about Ddos 

 certaine lying round togethetjwhereupon they tooke their name Cyclades. Thefirftand prin- 

 cipal] of them^Andruswitha tovsnejisfromGereftumtennemiles^andfromCeum^^. Myrfi^ 

 //^ faith it was called Caurosj and afterwards Antandros . Callimachm nameth it Lafia, others 

 Nonagria^Hydrufla and EpagrisJc taketh in compafle ^3 miles.A mile from the fame x-^ndros, 

 and fifteene from Delos^Iieth Tenos, with a tdwnefifteene miles in length : which^ for the plen- 

 tie of water ^y//?^??/^ faith v"?as called Hydrufla^but others name it OphiulTa. Thercil bee thefej 

 Myconos with the hill Dimaftos^fiftecne miles from Delos.Scyros Syphnus^beforetinie named 

 Heropia and Acisjin circuit 28 miles about : Seriphus 1 2 miles^Pra'pefinthus 3 Cy thnus. And 

 B Delositfelfe^of all others moft excellent by far^as being the middeft of all the Cyclades^ mucH 

 frequented for the temple of and for mcrchandife and trafficke. Which having along 

 time floted up and downc(as it is reported) was the onely Ifland that never felt earthquake unto 

 the time of M.Varro, hath recorded that it was twice fbakcn. ^i;'/^^//fgiveth areafoii 



of the name in this fort,becaufe it was difcoveredjand appeared on a fuddaine. Mglcfthems tear- 

 meth it Cynthia: others OrtygiajAfteria^Lagia.ChlamydiajCyncthuSjand Pyrpile/or that iii 

 it fire was found out firff .It is but five miles about^and rifeth up by the afcent of che hill Cinthus. 

 Next to it isRherie^which Amiclidac9^\kd CeladufTaj and Heliadim^h.nzmhQ, Moreover, Sy- 

 rosjwhich auncient writers have written to be in circuit 2 o miles^andMu tiansj 1 60. Ojiarcs,Pa- 

 ros^withatownejgS miles from Delosg of great name for the white msrble there, which at tirfl 



Q men called Padia, but afterwards Minois. FrOm it feven miles and an halfe is Naxus(eightecne 

 miles from Delus)v^ith a towne^which they called Strongyle^ afterwards Dia,within a while Di- 

 onyfias of the plentifull vines, and others, Sicilie the lefle,and Cailipolis. It reachcth in circuit 

 75 milesjand is halfe as long againe asParos.And thusfarre verily they obferve and note for the 

 Cyclades : the reft that follow/or the Sporades.And chefe they be3Heleniim,Phocu{Ia J-hseca- 

 fiajSchinulTa^PhalegandroSjand feventeene miles from Naxosjcaros : which gave name to the 

 fca,lying out as farre in length with two townes^for the third is loft : beforetime it was called Do- 

 Iichum,MacrisandIchtyoeffa.ItisfituateNortheaft3fromDelos5omiIes : and fromSamos 

 diftant it is 3 5 miIes.Betw2ene Euboea and Andros there is a frith 1 2 miles over. From it to Gc- 

 reftum is 1 1 2 miles and an halfe. And then no order forward can be kept.The reft therefore fhsll 



D be fct downe huddle by heapes.Ios from Naxus 24 miles,vcnerable for the lepulchrc of Homer: 

 it is in length 2 5 miles^and in former time cal'ed PhseniccOdiajLetandros^Gyaros with a town^ 

 12 miles abour.It is from Aneros 6 2 miles.From thence to^yrnus 80 miles. Cynediufta,Telos, 

 famous for coftly ointmentjand called it is by C&lLmachus^ Agachufla. DonyfajPathmos in cir- 

 cuit ^omiles.CorafisejLebinthus^LeroSjCynara^ Sycinus, which beforetime was Oenoe,Kera- 

 tia^the fame thatOnuSjCafusotherwife AftrabejCimoius^/jZ/WjEchinuifajDelos wh a townCg^ 

 which v^r^//^^j nameth BybIis,^r//?<7//^Zephyria, CdUmmhiis Himallis, Htradides Syphnus 

 and Acytos.And this of all thelilands,is the roundeft. After it MachiajHypere fometime Pata- 

 gcjor after fomePlatage,now Amorgos,Potya2gos. Phyle, Thera ; when'it firft appeared, Cal- 

 lifteic was called. From it afterwards was Therafia plucked : and betweene ihofe twaine loonc af^ 



E terarofe Automate, the fame that Hiera; and Thia which in our daies appeared ncwoutof the 

 water neere Hiera. los is from Thera2 5 miles. Then folIowLeajAfcania, Anaphe,HippuriSj 

 Hippurilliifa. Aftipal^a of free eftate,in cOmpalTe 88 miles : it is from Cadifcus, a promontorie 

 of Creta^ 125 miles. From it is Platea^ diftant 60 miles. And from thence Camina, 38 miles,. 

 Then Azibnitha, Lanife^Tragia, Pharmacufa, Techedia, Chalcia, Calydna, in which are the 

 townes Coos and Olymna. From which to Carpathus, that gave the name to the Carpathian 

 feajis five and twentie miles; and fo to Rhodes with a Southerne wind. From CarpathustoCa- 

 Ibs/even miles; from Cafos to Samonium a promontorieof Cretejthirtie miles. Moreover 40 

 the Euboike Euripe, at the firft entrance well neere of it, are the foure Iflaads Petalia3,and at the 

 end thereof, AtalantejCycladeSjand Sporadcs ; confined and enclofed on the Eaft with the Ica- 



F rian fea-eoafts of Afiajon the Weft^with the Myrtoan coafts of AtticajNorthward^with the 

 ga?an fea^ and South jwith the Creticke and Carthaginian feas : and take up in length two hun- 

 dred myles. The gulfe Pagaficus hath before it, EutychiajCicynethus, and Scyrusabovefaid : 

 but the utmoilofall the Cycladesand Sporades^ GerontiajScadirajThermeufisjIrrhefiaj So- 

 iinnia, Eudemia^Neaj which isconfecrate to Mmerva 4 Athos before it bath foure ^Pepare- 



