Plinies Natural! Hiftone, 



A and patfages of the mount Amanus ; more rivers alfojto witjAndricon^Pinarus and Lycus, to- 

 gether with the gulfe Iflicus. The towne Iffa ftandeth upon it, then come wee to Alexandriajtd 

 the river Chlorus, the free towne &gc^ the river Pyramus, and the freights in the entrance to 

 Cilicia.Beyond them we encounter the towncs Mallos and Magarfos. As forTarfosjit is mord 

 within the countrcy. From this towne wee enter upon the plaines AIeij,and fo forward to thef^ 

 townes, Caflipolis^and Mopfum^ which is free, and ftandcth upon the river Pyramus, Thynos^ 

 Zephyriumjand Anchiab.On forth ftilljand yee fball have the rivers Saros and Sydnus, which 

 runneth through.Tarfus afreecittie,farrefromthefea : then areyeein thecountrey Celeuderi- 

 tis, together with the capitall towne thereof. And anon yee fhall fet foot in a place called Nym« 

 ph2eum,and Soloe Cilicij now PompeiopolisjAdana, CibirajPinara, Pedalie,Halix^Arfinoe^ 



B TabiB,and Doron : and neere the fea fidcye fhall find a towne,an harboiir and a cave, named all 

 Corycos.Soonc after,the river Calycadnus. The cape Sarpedon,thetownes Dime andMyl^, 

 the cape and towne both of Ventn-i the very next harbour from whence men paffe into the Ifle 

 Cypres. But in the maine land ye fhall find thefe townes, Myanda, Anemurium, Coracefium i 

 and the ^verMelas5the ancient bound thatlimitteth Cilicia.Farther within.forth are to be fpo- 

 ken ofjthe Anazarbenes^at this day C^far-Auguftani^CaflabIa,Epiphania,beforetime Enian- 

 dos,EIeufa,andIconium.Seleucia upon the river Calicadmus/urnamedalfoTrachiotis^acitid 

 removed backward from the fea,wherc it was called Hormia. Furthermore^wichin tlie countrcy^ 

 the rivers LipariSjBomboSjandParadifus. Laftof alI,themountaineIubarus. All Cofinogra- 

 phers have joined Pamphylia to Cilicia^and never regarded the nation Ifaurica. But a countrey 



C it is by it felfe,having within it thefe townes,Ifaura,Ciibanus,Lalaflis.And it fhooteth downe to 

 the fea fide full upon the frontiers of the countrey Anemurium abovefaid. Inlikefort;, asmany 

 as have fet forth Maps and defcriptions of the world, had no knowledge at all of the nation Ho- 

 monades confining upon it,notwithff anding they have a good towne within it, called Homona . 

 Indeed the other fbrtreflssto the number of 44, lie hidden clofe among the hollow vallies an3 

 hilsof that countrey.Tbereinhabite the mountainers over their headsj the Pifidians fometime 

 called Sobymi3whofecheefe Colonie is Csefareajthe fame that AntioGhia. Their townes be O- 

 roanda,and Sagaleflbs.This nation is encloicd as it were within Lycaonia^lying within the juris- 

 didion of thelelfe Afia; and even (o together with it, the Philomelians,Tymbrians,Leuco]i' 

 thijPeltenijand Hyrienfes,refort thither for law and juft ice. There is a government or tetrarchie 



D alfojbut out of the quarter of Lycaonia, on that fide that bordereth upon Galatia : unto which 

 belong foureteenc States or cittiesjwhereof the principall is called Iconium^ As for the nations 

 of Lyconi2,thofe of any name, be Tembafa upon Taurus, Sinda in die confines of Galatia and 

 Gappadocia. But on the fide thereof above Pamphilia, yee meet with Myli3s,defcended in old 

 time from Thracejwho have for their headcittie Aricanda.As for Pamphylia, it was in aunciens 

 time called Mopfopia.The Pamphylian fea joincth to the Cilician.Thc townes fituate upon thac 

 coaftjbe Side,Afpendus on the hill,Plataniftus,and Perga.AIfo the cape Leucolla, the mount 

 Sardemifijs, the river Eurymedon running hard by Aipcndum. Moreover, Catara£les tlie ri- 

 ver,ncere unto which fland Lyrnefitis and Olbia^ and the utmoft towne of all thatcoaft, Phafe- 

 lis.Faft upon itlieth theLycianfea,andthe nation of theLycians,where the fea makethan huge 



E great gulfe.The mountain Taurus likewife^confining upon the Levantfeajdoth limit Lycia and 

 Ciliciajwith thePromontorie Chelidonium. This Taurus is a mightie mountaine, and deter» 

 mineth as a judge an infinite number of nations. So foon as he is rifen from the coaft of the Eaft 

 Indian fea,heparteth in twaine: and taking the right hand, palTeth Northward, and on the left 

 hand Southward,fomewhat bending into the W'efl : yea, and deviding Afia through the mids : 

 and (but that he meeteth with the feas) readie to fi:op up & dam the whole earth befides. He reti- 

 reth backc therefore,as being curbedjtoward the North^fetching a great circuit,and fo making 

 himfelfe way,as if Nature of purpofe oppofed the feas eftfoones againft him to barre him of his 

 pafTage 5 of one fide the Phoenician fea, on another the great fea of Pontus j the Gafpian and 

 Hyrcanian feas likcwife, and full againff him the Lake Moeotis. And notwitbff anding all thefe 



F barres,within which he ispent,twined,and wrefted,yet maketh hee meanes to have the maiftrie 

 and get from them : and fo winding bias, heepaffeth on, untill hee encounter theRiphaean hils, 

 which ateof his ownc kind: and ever as he goeth,isentituled with a number of new names. Foe 

 where hee firft beginneth^called hee is Imaus : a little forward EmoduSjParopamifus,Gircius, 

 GanibadeSjParphariadeSjChoatras, OiegeSjOroandes, Niphates^and then Taurus. Howbeit, 



where 



