»■ The fifth Booke of 



f reatuttf^and noifome to Affricke jVlen fay alfo that they will die in Cliipda,6veragainft ?ibich li- Q 

 cth CorfyrajVtfith atowne.Butagainfttheguife of Garthagebe the two ^yEginori, rockes more 

 like than Iflands^lying moft betwcenc Sicilie and Sardinia.There bee that wtice how thefe fome- 

 time were inhabitedjbuc afterwards funkc downe and were covered. 



Chap. VIII. 

 • f§!> The JEthjofmS, 



BVt within the inner compafle and hallow of Affricke toward the South ^and above the Gx- 

 tuliansjwhere the defarts come betwcene^ thefirft people that inhabite thofe parts, l^ee the 

 Libij iEgyptijj and then the Leiicsethiopes. Above them are the^thyopian nationSjto wit j-j 

 the NigritaSjOf whom the rivcrtooke name : the GymeteSjPharufij and thoic which now reach 

 to the Ocean, whomc weefpakc of in the marches of Maiiritaniaj namely jthePerorfi.From all 

 thclc, it is nothing but a wildernefleEaftwardj till you come to the Gararaantes, AugyljSjand 

 TrogloditeSjaccording to the moft true opinion of them, who place two ^Ethyopiacs above the 

 dc{ertsof Affricke : and efpeeiallyof Bonttr^ who faith, that the -^thyopians are dcvidcd two 

 waies^namely^Eaft and Weft.TheriverNygerisof the fame nature thatNilus.lt bringeth forth 

 Reed and Papyr^brcedeth the fame living creaturcSjand rifcth or fwellech at the fame feafbns. It 

 jpringeth bctweenetheTaielpiai£thyopians, andtheOecalicse. Thetowne Mavin belonging 

 to this people, (bme have fet upon the wildernefle : as alfo^ ncere unto them, the Atlantes, the 

 -fEgipaneSjhalfcwildbeaftsjtheBlemmyijtheGamphafantSjSatyreSj&Himantopodes. Thofe j 

 Atlantes5if we will beleeveitjdegeneratefrom the rites and manners of all other men : for nei- 

 ther call they one another by any nameiand they looke wiflly upon the funne^rifing and fetting, 

 with mofl dreadfuH curies, as being pernicious to them and their fields : neither dreame they m 

 iheir ileepcjas other men. The Troglodites dig hollow caves, and thefe ferve them for dwelling 

 houfes: they feed upon theflefhof Icrpents. They make a gnafl:iingnoife,rather than utter any 

 voice,lb little ufe have they of fpeech one to another.The Garamants live out of wedlockc, and 

 convcrfc wich their women in common.The Augyl^ do no worfliip to any but to the devils be- 

 ncath.The Gamphafantes be all naked,and know no warres,and fort thcmfclves with no forrai- 

 ner. The Blemn:iyi, by report, have no heads, but mouth and eies botli in their brcafl:. The Sa- 

 tyres befides their fhape oncly,have no properties nor fafhions of men. The iEgipanes are fha- ^ 

 pcdjasyou fee them commonly painted. The Himantopodes beeibmc of them limberlcggcd 

 and tendcr,who naturally goc creeping by the ground.ThePharuli/ometimePcr[a!,aL-efaid-ro 

 have been the companions of Hcrcults^^s, he went to the Hefperides.More of Affrike worth the 

 notingji have not to fay, 



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Chap, ix, 

 ^ of i^fia* 



VNeo it joinech Afia,which from the mouth of Canopus unto the mouth of Pontus, after 

 Timojlhcms 263^ milcs.From the coafl: of Pontus to that 6i Mxatis^Er^toftk^es faith, is £ 

 1 545 miles. The wholc^togcther wkh iEgypt unto Tanais,by and Jftdorm^ 



takerh 8800 miles.Many fcas there bee in it,taking their names of the borderers : and therefore 

 they ihall be declared togethet with them . The next countrey to Affrike inhabited,is ^gyptjly- 

 ingfarre within-forth to the South, fo farrc as the ^Ethyopians, who border upon their backes. 

 The nether part thereof the river Nilus, divided on the right hand and the left, byhisclafping . 

 doth bound and limit jwith the mouth of Canopus from Affricke, with the Pelufiakefrom Afia, 

 and carricth a fpace betweene of 170 miles* Whereupon, confidering that Nilus doth fo part k • 

 felfcjfome have reckoned ^gypt among the Iflands,fo as it maketh a triangle figure of the land. 

 And Iiere it is that marsy have called ^gypt by the name of the Greek letter DeitajA.The mea- 

 fure of it from the ehannell where it is but one, and from whence it beginneth firft to part into i\ 

 skirts and fideSjUnio the mouth of CanopuSjis i/3^6 milcsrandto thePelufiake25<5.The Hpmoi 

 part thereof bounding upon ^thyopiaj is called Thebais. Divided it is into townefhips with fe- 

 verall jurisdidionsjwhicli they cai Nomos,to witjOmbites^Phatuires, Apollopolites,Hermon- 

 liites^Thinitcs, Phanuirites, Captitcs, Tentyritcsy Diofpalices^ Antiropoiites,: Aphroditopo- 



litcs^ 



