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The fifth Booke of 



Chap. xix. G 



RScLirne nowwemufttotbefea-coaft of Phoenice. Ativer runneth there called Crocodiv ' 

 lopj whereupon flood a towne in times paft bearing the name- Alfo there remaine in thofe 

 parts the bare relicjuesflill oFciticSjtowitjDorunijSycaniinumj thecape brpromontofe 

 C armeliim : and a towne upon the hill^fo named; but in old time called Ecbatana. Nere there* 

 toGsttaandlebba-theriverPagidaoriPelus^carrying chryftairglifTewith his fluids upon the 

 fhore. This river commeth out of the meerc Ceudevia/rom the foot of mount Ga rmell. Nerb- - 

 unto it is the citie Ptolemais, erected in forme of a colonie5by cUudm Cafar ;jn auncient time 

 called Are. The towne Ecdippa, and the Cape Alburn. Then followeth the noble citie Tyrusjin 

 old time an lland^ lying almoft 3 quarters ot a mile within the decpe fea : but nowj by the great 

 travaile and deviles wrought by ^/^x'.i W^^/' the Great at the fiege thereof, joynedto thcfirme 

 ground : renowmed, for that out of it have come three other cities of ancient riamejto witjL^p^ 

 tiSjVticajanddiat great Carthage, which fo long ftrpvc with the Enipire ofRome for the nw 

 iiarchie and dominion ofthe whol^ world : yea and GadeSjdividcd as it wcrcfrora the reft of the 

 earth, were peopled from hence. But nowat this day all the reputation and glory thereof^ftan- 

 deth upon the dye of purple and crimfen colours.The compafle of it is 15? milesj fb ye comprife 

 Pak-ctyius within it. The very towne it felfe alone, taketh up 22ftadia. Neereuntoit arethefe 

 townesjLuhydrajSareptajand Ornithon : alfo Sydon,where the faire and cileer glaflTes be made, 

 and which is'the mother ofthe great citie Thebes in Bosotia. I 



Chap. xX* 

 ^ The momt LtbAti&iJt 



BEhind itjbeginneth the mount LibahUs^ and for 1^06 fladia reacheth as farrc as to Smyr- 

 na, Nvhereas Coelc-Syria taketh the name. Anotherpromontorie there is as bigge over- 

 againft it, called Antilibanus,with a valley lyingottweene, which in old time joyned to the 

 other Libanus with awal.B€ing paft this hil,the'region Decapolisllicweth irfelfetoyou within- 

 forth, called Decapolis; and the above-named Tetrarchies or Realnies with it, and the whole 

 largencHcthatPaleftinehath.Butinthatcoaft andtrad IWI along the foot of ihemount Liba- K 

 nusj theieis the riverMagorasralfbthc colonic Berytus, called Foelix lulia. The towne Leon* 

 tos;the river Lycos : alfo Pabbyblos, \i . Byblos the old.]Then ye come upon the river Adonis^ 

 and fo to thcfc townes,BybIos [the new,] BotrysjGigartajTrieiis, Calainosjand Tripolis^under 

 the Tyriansj Sydonians^and Aradians.Then meet you with OrrhG{ia,and the river Eleutheros. 

 Alfo thefe townes, SimyrajMarathos ; and over-againft, Aradus,a towne of Icvcn ftadia : and an 

 Hand Icfte than a quarter ofa mile from the Continent. When you are once paft the countrey 

 where the faidmountaincs doe end,and the plaines lying betwecne, then beginncth the mount' 

 Bargylis : and therc^asPhcsniceendethjro begins Syria againe. In which countrey^ arcCarncy 

 Balanea^Paitos^and Gab ale : alfo the promontorie^wherupon ftandeth the free citie Laodicea^ _ 

 together with Diofpolis^Heraciea, Charadrus,and Pofidium. 



Chap. icxi. 

 SjnaAnimhena^ 



GO ibrward in this tra(5t,and you fhall come to the cape of Syria Antiochena ; withinforth 

 is feated the noble and free citie ic felfe Antiochena, furnamed Epidaphne : through the 

 mjds whereof runneth the river Orontes. But upon the very cspe,is the free citie Seleucia^ 

 nameji.^iroPieria. 



Chap. XXI 1. 



^ThemountCiifmi ^ 



' A Bove the citie Seleucia, there is another motintaine named Cafius, as well as that other, 

 J« which confronteth Arabia. This hill isof thathcigth,thatif amanbeuponthetopof it 

 the daikc night feafon^ at the reliefe of the fourth watch, he may behold the Sunne ari- 



fing. 



