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Above them was the nation of the Pfylli: and above them the take of Diomedts environned G 

 with dcfarts.Thofe Aiigylas themfelves arc icated well neere in the middle way from ^thyopia^ 

 which bendeth Weftward^and the countrey lying betweene the two Syrtcs, with equall diftance 

 betwcene of both fides : but the {bore betweene the two Syrtcs of 2 5 o miles. There ftandcth the 

 citie Ocenfusjthe river Cinyps and thecountrey. Townes^Neapolis^Taphra, Abrotonum. the 

 other Leptisj called alfo the great. Then the greater Syrtis^ in compafle ^25 miles^and in di- 

 re6lpa(rage3i3. Next to it, there inhabite the {)eopleCifipades. In the inmoft gulfewas tha 

 coaft of the Lotophagijwhom fome have called Alachroas^ asfarre astothe altars oiPhilxnaj 

 and offand are they. iKext to thenijnot farrcfrom the Continentjihe vaft and wide Meere ad-^ 

 rnittcth into it the river Triton, and taketh the name of him : butC<«///w4f^/fo calleth itPaiian- 

 tiasjand faith it is on this fide thelefler Syrtes^but many placcit betweene both Syrtes.The pro- H 

 montorie that enclofeth the bigger, is named Borion. Beyond it is the province Cyrenaica. 

 From the river Anipfaga to this bound, Affricke containeth 2 6 S tates,who are fub jed to the Ro- 

 mane Empire : among which are fixe Colonies befides the abovenamcd, Vthina and Tuburbis. ^ 

 Townes endowed with franchifes of Romane cittizens 1 5. Of which thoie in the midland parts, 

 worthic to bee named ,are Azuritanum3Abutucenfe,Aborienfe,Canopicum, ChilmanenfCjSi- 

 ni!ttuenfe,Thunufiden{e,Tuburnicenfe,Tynidrumenfe3Tribigenfe,Vcitana twaine, the greater 

 and the leire,and Vagienfe.One towne enjoyingthe liberties of Latium, Vfalitanum. One tri- 

 butarie or penfionarie towne neere Caftra Cornelia, paicih cuftome and duties to Rome. Free 

 townes gOjof which there are to bee named within-forth,Arolitanum,Acharitanum,Avinenre, 

 Abziritanum5Canopi£anum,MelzitanumJVladaurenfe,Salaphitanum,Tufdritani]nijTiric€nie I 

 Tiphicenfc, Tunicenie, Theudenfe, Tageftenle, Tigenfe, Vlufibritanum,another Va genfe,Vi- 

 genle and Zamenle. The reft may well be called not onely cittiesjbut alfo for the moft part, nati- 

 ons5namely,theNatatondes,Capfitani,Mifulani,Sabarbares,Mairili,Mifives,Vamacures5E- 

 thini^MaffinijIVlarchubij : and Gastulia all and whole,even to the river Nigris,which partcth Af- 

 frike and ^thyopia. 



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^ Cymu 



THe region Cyrena]ca,called alfo Pentapolitana, lifamous and rcnownedfor the Oracle 

 of Bammon^^\i\c\\\silov^\ Cyrena:4oo miles, for the fountaine of the Sunne,and princi- K 

 pally for five citties,Berenice3 Arfinoe,Ptolemais,Apollonia,and Cyrene ic felfe .Berenice 

 ftandeth upon thcutmolt winding and nouke of Syrtis, called fometime the cittie of ihe above- 

 named Hefperides,according to the wandering tales of Greece. And before the towne, not far 

 offjistlic river Lethon, the lacred grove where the hort-yards of thcfe Hefj^erides are reported 

 to be.From Leptis it is 385 miks.From it ftandeth Arfinoe,ufually named Teuchira 43 miles ; 

 and from thence 22 mileSjPtolemais,called in old timeBarce. And then 2 50 miles off thePro- 

 niontorie Phycus runneth out along the Creticke fea,diftant from Tsnarus a cape of Laconia, 

 350 miles: but from Greet it felfe 125 miles. And after it Cyrene, 1 1 miles from the fea. From 

 phycus to Apollonia is 24 miles : to Cherrhonefus 88 ; and fo forth to Catabathnus 21^ miles. 

 The inhabitants there bordering, bee theMarmarid^e,ftrcrchingoutin length almoft from Pa- ^ 

 rastonium to the greater Syrtis. After them the Ararauceies : and fo in the very coaft and fide of 

 Syrtis, theNafamones, whome beforeiime the Greekes called Mefammones by reafoh of the 

 place, for that they were (eated in the middeft betweene the two quicke fands. The Cyrenaicke 

 countrcy,forthcfpaceof 15 miles from thefeafide,isfruitfullrbr trees : and for the fame com- 

 pafle within the landjbut for corne onely: but then for 30 miles in breadth, and25oin lengthj 

 for the gum Lafer and nothing elfe. After the Mafamones,the Hasbitse and Maf^e doe live. Be- 

 yond them theHammanientes, eleven daies journey from the greater Syrtes to the Weft, and 

 even they alfo every way are compafled about with fands : howbeu they find without much ado 

 pits almoft in cubites deepcjfor that the waters there of Mauritania doe overflow. Hoiiles they 

 make themfelves of falt,hewed out of their owne hils in manner of flone.From thefe to the Tro- M 

 glodites,in the South weft coaft isfoure daies journey, with whom they chaffer and trafficke one- 

 ly for a certaine precious ftone or gem, which wee call a Carbuncle, brought out of /Ethyopia. 

 There commeth betweene,the countrey Phazaniajlying toward the wilderneffe abovefaid of Af- 

 fricke,above thclelfe Syrtis:where wefubdued the nation of the Phazanij, together with the cit- 



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