Plinics Naturall Hiftone* ' "^ ^5 



A tics Aleleand GillabaJn like manner DydamumoveragainftSabrata. Next to whom there is 3 

 moimraiiiejreaching a great way from the Eaft into the Weft^called by our men Atcr^natiirally 

 as it were biirnt^and like as ifit were fcorched and fet on fire with the reflection of the Sunne.Be- 

 yond that niountaine are the delerts : alfo Matelg^ a towneof the Garamants^and IikewifeDe- 

 bris,which cafteth forth a fpringof waters feething up from noonc to midnight exceeding hot i 

 and for as many houres againe into midday moft chilling cold : alfo the moff goodly towne Ga- 

 rama, thecheefehcad of the Garamantes , All which places the Romanes have conquered by 

 force of armesj and over them CcrnelmBalbmrnum^hc^^ theonelymanof forraincrsthat 

 was honoured with the triumphant chariotjand endowed befideswiththefreedomeof Romane 

 citizens.For whyjbeing borne at Gades^he and his uncle both, Bdbm the elderjWere made free 



B denizens of Rome. And this is marvell that our writers have recorded jthat befides the townes a- 

 bovcnamed by him conquered^himlelfe in his triumph carried the titles and pourtraiCls^not of 

 Gydamus and Garama onely^but alfo of all other nations and citties, which were raunged in a 

 Roll, and went in this order. The towne Tabidiumjthe nation Niteris, the towne Negligemela, 

 thenationBubeiumjthetowneVeljthenationEnipij the towne Thuben^the hill named Niger^ 

 The townes Nitibrum and Rapfajthe nation Difcerajthe towne Deb risjthe river Nathabur, the 

 towne Tapfagum,the nation Nannagijthe towne BoiUjthe towne PegCjthe river Dafibari. And 

 againe forwardjthefe towns lying one to another togctherjBaracum^BulubajAlafijBalfajGalla^ 

 Maxahjand Zizama. The hill Gyrij wherein Jitm hath reported that precious ff ones were en- 

 gendred.Hitherto the way to the Garamants, was intricate and unpalfable^by reafon ofthe rob- 



C bers and theeves of that countrey, who ufed to dig certaine pits in the way (which to them that 

 know the quarters of thecountreyis no hard matter to doe) and then cover them lightly over 

 with fand.But in the lafl war which the Romanes maintained againff the Oenfes^ under the con- 

 duct and fortunate aulpices of Fejfafian the Emperour,there was found a fhort and neere way of 

 foure daies journey : and this way is called Fr^ter caput Saxi [befides the rockes head.] The fron° 

 tier towne of Cy renaica is called Catabathmos, which is a towne and a vale all on a fuddain fal- 

 ling with a fleepe defcent.To this boundjfrom the lefTe Syrtis^Cyrenaiea Affrica lieth in length 

 1060 milcsjand in breadth/or fo much as is knownejSoo* 



Chap. vi. 



^ Libj,t MarototU, 



THecoimtrcy following is named Mareotis Libya, and boundeth upon ^gypt, inhabited 

 by the Marmaridffij AdyrmachidsCj and fo forward with the Mareocs?, The meafure of it 

 from CatabathmostoParetoniumjis 8^ miles.In that trad there lieth in the way between 

 the village Apisja place renowned for the religious rites of ^Egypt. FromittoPara^tonium are 

 13 miles. From thence to Alexandria 200 milesithe breadth thereof is 16^ miles. EratoJIhems 

 hath delivered in writing5Thai from Cyrense to Alexandria by land is 5 2 5 miles. Agrif^a faith, 

 tbatthe length of allAiiricke from the Atlantickefea, together with the inferiour part of M- 

 gypt containeth 3 040 miles. Vcl'jbim and £raiojlhenes reputed to have been moft exai^ and cu- 

 E rious in this kindj fet downe, from the Ocean to great Carthage 1 600 miles . From thence to 

 Canopicum the neereft mouth of Nilus,they make i ^30 miles, iftdorm reckoneth from Tingj 

 to Canopus 3 jpp miles. And Artm 'tdom f ortie leffe than ifisdam. 



Chap. vii. 



o '^Ijldnds&hoUtAffricke^AndovtrdgdifiJl Affrkkci 



T Hefe feas have not very many Iflands within them. Thefaireftof them all isMeninx, 35 

 miles longhand 2 5 broadjcallcd by Eratojthsms Lotophagitis.Two townes it hath^Meninx 

 P on Affricke fide^and Thoar on the other : it felfe is fituate from the right hand promonto- 



i-ic of the lelTe Syrtis *20o paces. A hundred miles from it againft the left hand is Ccrcina, with a *0r ipo ft. 

 free tovijne of the fame name, in length it is 2 5 milcsj and halfe as much in breadth where it is ^^^('^^{^^ 

 moft : but toward the end not abovefive miles over. To it there lieth a prettie little one toward 

 CarthagCjCalled Cercinitisj& joineth by abridge unto it,From thefealmo{t 50 miicSjlicthLo- 

 padufa fixe miles long.Thcn^yGaulos and Galata ; the earth whereof kilkth she Scorpion^ a fell 



