Plinies Natural! Hilldrie. 



A lites.and Lycopolites.Tbc countrcy about Pelufium^ thcfetowned^ips with tbeirfeverall jtirls- 

 dicbions^PharbosticeSjBiibafticGSjSechroijeSjnnd Tanites. The reft have tbefc folIo-'M'ngaShq A- 

 rabicke, the Hammoniacke which extcndeth to the Oracle of Inptter Hammc??^ OxyrJiKhitesj 

 LeontopoIites3AcarrhabiteSjCyriopolices,HerniopolitesjXoitesjMenGc{ins,Scbcr;ui 

 paftiteSjLatopoIitesjHeliopoliteSjProfopiteSj Panopolites, BufiriteSjOnuphices, Soritc.S3p£er 

 nethujPthemphiijNaucratites^NitiiteSjGynjecopolicesjMenelaites^inihe cciintry of Alexan- 

 dria . In like manner of Libya fvlareotis. Heracleopolites is in the Ifland of Kfilus, feijeliiiles , 

 long,wherein alfb is that which they call Hercules his towne.Two Arfinoitcs there bee, they jind 

 Mei nphites reach as farre as to the head of Delta . Vpon it there doe bound out of Alfrica the 

 two Quafitas. There be that change fome names of thefc^ and fet downe for them other jutisdi- 



B dionSjto witjHeroopoIiteSjand CrocodilopoJites, Becweene Arfinoitcs anc3 Mcmphitcs there 

 was a lake 250 miles aboutjor as Muthnus faith,4 5 Ojfifcie pacesdeepej[/.ii 50 foptj 6^ the fame 

 made by mans hand, called the Lake Marridis, oi a king who madeit. 72 miles from thericc is 

 Memphisjthe caftlein old time of the Egyptian kings. From which to die Oracle of //i:^;)??^??^ 

 is twelve daies journey ^and fo to the dcviiion of Nilus, which is called Deltajfifteene miks. The 

 river Nilus arifingfrom unknowne fprings^pafierh through defarts and hots burning countries; 

 and going thus a mightie way in lengthjis knowne by fame onplyjwithout ay>:^ es^withoiit warres 

 vjhich have difcovered and found outali other lands.lt hatli his beginningjfof2rtcforth,as/4^.j:j 

 was able to learch and find outjin a hill of the lower Mauritania ^not (ar fi;om the Ocean, where 

 a iake prefently is feene to Hand vyith water, which they callNilides. In it arcfqund theie fiilics,. 



C called AlabetaejCoracinijSilurijand the Croeodiie.Vpon this argument and prerampciGt> :Ni», 

 Jus is thought to fpringfi'om hence, for that thepourtraicl of this fource is coniecrated by the 

 faid prince at Cseiarea^in I(eum,and is there at this day feene. Nloreover, obfcrvcd it is,that as 

 the^now or raine doe fatisfie the countrey in Mauritania/o Nilus doth e\"isv£*ik.V\ hen it is rua. 

 out of this lake,jt (corneth town through the fandic and overgrown placesjand hidcth himfelfe 

 forcertaine daies journey . And' then fbone.afteroutof a greater lake, it bceaketh forth in the 

 countrcy of the Ma{Iajfyli,with Mauritania Ca£farieniis,and.iookcdi about viewing mens com- 

 pauie,carrying the fame arguments f^ili of livingcreatores bred wiihin it.Then5once againe be- 

 ing received widiin the fands, it is bidden a fccond time for twentie claies jpurpey, in thG^de%ts 

 as iarre as to the next ^thyopes : and fo ^om as hee hath once againe efpied a man, forth bee 



D ftarteth(as it fliould fee me) out of that Springjwhlch they eajled Nigris. Anjd.ihen deviding Af-* 

 frick from /fithyopia,being acquainted, if not prefently with peopk,yetv\'i?biihe.fccquciucom- 

 panieoi wild and lavage bcafis/and makingfhade of woods as he goeih^liecutteth through the 

 middeif of the^Ethyopians : there fiirnamed i\ftapus, whichintiielangiiage of thole nations 

 figfiifiethawaterflovwngoutof darkenefie. Thus dallierh bee upon fuch an iyiinite number of 

 Hiands, and liniie of them fo mightie grear,tliat albeit hebeare a fwift ilreairie,yci is he not able 

 to paile beyond them in leffe (pace than five daic?'. About the,gopdiic(land^f;tirc(l of iliem Me- 

 roe,the chanell going on the left hand is call Aflaborcs,that is to uiyjtbc bi:an4"i:ofa v'vat<: r com- 

 mingforth of dark€neOe:bu.tthaton the right band Aftufapcs, which is as uiijchas^Lyin.g-bid^ 

 to the former fignification . And never taketh the name of Hilu^ before b^^^vatcrs meet agaipej 



E and aecord-ali whole together. And even fo was he aforetime named Siris,iQr.rvai:iy miies^p^q.^^ 

 and of H omer altogether 7£gypfis:and of others,Xriron : hek and therej^^cy^'^f .^n^j sin;(^n fei jfj 

 ting upon Iflands,and flirted as it were with fomany prQvoeatiqas: and^t t|i6.>l%i^Gid^^ 

 fhut within mouataines,andin noplace carriech hea rovgher'and (v^ftcr f]r€ar.ie^wbij€S/tfes-ii'a-» 

 ter that hebeareth ,haifencth to a place ofthei^tbyppians called Catadiip-iiWbe^ci?vthe |^^ 

 amongft the rockes that ffand in his waVjhee is fuppoled not to.runnc, buttoa^.ii^h^oy'vne^wij^^^^^ 

 mightie noiie.But afterwards he becommeth morc mild and gentk^as die cqiu'^.oi I^i&4|"ili|^f 

 is:brGken,and his violence tamed and abated, yea.and partly wearied with Ui| lo^g way:-andf^--,, 

 though with manymourhs of his,_ bedifchargcch himielfe into the iSgypjiaafl3av;How 

 certaijie fet daics hefwelleth to a^gteat heigdi : and when he h^ti);tfavaifeda|l,^yo^^^^ 



F ovetfloweth the land,io the great fertilirie and plentie thexeof#3f)y;and diviej-sjepitfesof tjiisxi^ 

 fing and increafc'of His.men have given :but tho/e which :carriei,he iiiof} probabilities are'ei- 

 ther the rebounding of the water,dtiven backc.:by the winds Etefia3,at that tinie Woyving ^^bft 

 it^and driving thefeavN'ithall upon the mouths,of HiKis;drelfe the Sumniep iam^ ih ^thyoj^l^ 

 m^^ki ih at thjB iat[ie Eceii^^' bf iJ%cIoitds thither from other p^Ks of the world. Timxm^^ 



