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thcrive^ Masander, Furthermore, the Apolloiios-Hiericiea Myformolkesj andisthersi of &iall G 

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Ionia beginncth at t^ie gulfe lafiusj and all the coaft tbeJeof is very full of crcek'es and rea- 

 ches.The firft gulfe or creeke therein is Bafilicus 5 and over it the cape Pofideum ^ snd the towne 

 called fbmtimejthe Oracle of Branchidas,but at this day, of Apollo Didymceus^'zo ftadia Horn 

 thcfea fide. Beyond which 180 ftadiajftandeth Millctus^thc head cirtie of loriia^ named in 

 time paftLelegeiSjPicyiila, and AnaiSloria. From which.asfromamothercitiejaredefcendcd 

 more than eightie others, all built along the fea-coafl by the Millefiaqs. Neither is this cltie to 

 be defrauded of her due honourjfor bringingforth that noble cittizen Cadmus ^mho devifed and 

 taught firft to writeinProfe. Concerningtherivcr Mseander, it ifliieih out of a lake at the foot 

 of the mouniaine Aulocrenc : and palling under many towns, and filled fcill wiih as many rivers 

 running into it, ic fetcheth fuch windings to and fro, that oftentimes it is takep for to rr.n hacke 

 againc from whence it came . Thefirttcountrey thatit palfeth through, is Apv-imia: and from 

 thence it proceedech to Eumenitica, andfo forward through the plaines Bargylletici. Lall: of 

 all, heecommeth gently into Caria, and when hee hath watered and overflowed all that land 

 with a moft fat and iruicfull mudthat he leaveth behind him, about ten fadia from Miletus, hes 

 difchargeth himfelfe into the Tea , Neere to that river,is the hill Laimus : the citie Ksraclea,(ur- 

 namcd Caryca,of an hill of that name : alfo Myus, which as the report goeth, was the firil ciiie 

 founded by the lonians after their arrivall from Athens, Naulochum, and PyienC . Alfo upon 

 thefeacoaltjthe towne called Trogilia,and the river Gelfus. Moreover, diis.quastet all the I0-. 

 iiiansrefort unto in their devotion, and therefore named it isPanionia. Ncere unto it hivk j 

 2 priviledged place for ail fugitives, as appeareth by the name Pliygela : as, alio the towne Mara- 

 thefium flood there fometime : and above it, the renowraed cittie Magnelia, furnaaied, Vpon: 

 Mii^andcr jofthe foundation of that other Magnefia in Thellalie. From Ephcfus it is 15 miles 5 

 snd fromXralleis thither,it is three miles hrther.Beforetimexailed ic was f iiefialoce,and Aui- 

 drohtia: and being otherwifcfituate upon the ftrond, ittooke away with it oth'erilands called - 

 Derafides,and joynethemtothefirme land from out of the fea. Morewidiin themaine ftan- 

 deth tbyatira (in old rime called Pclopia and Euhippa) upon the river Lycus..Bat upon the lea 

 cosft,yee have Manteium , and Ephefus founded intimespaft by thc Amazones. But many 

 names it had gone through before^for in time of the Trojane A'jarre, Alopesit.waS called : foon 

 after,Ortygia,andMorges ; yea and it tookc name Smyrne^with addition of I'rach^a,[/.iough] g 

 Samorniumjand Ptelea. Mounted it isupon thehillPionej and hath die river Cayftrus unciec/ 

 it, which commeth out oftheCilbian hills, and bringerh downe with ic many other rivers, and' 

 principally is maintained and enriched with the lake Pegafeum, which difchargeth it felfeby 

 reafon of the river Phyritcs that runneth into it . With thefe rivers he biingcth downe a good 

 quanritie of mud,whercby he encreafeth the land: for now aireadie a good way wkliin die land 

 is the Hand Syrie,joyned to the Cojirinenr.A fountaine theieis within the citiejcalled Callipia; 

 and two rivers (hight both Selinus) camming ftonr divers parts, ci'ivironthe temple of J^ureJ^^ 

 After you have been at Ephefus, you come to another Manteium, ' inh abiicd by the Colopho? , 

 nians :'and with in,the country Colophon it fclfe,with therivcr Haiefus iicderit.l'bcn mectyoti: 

 with the noble temple of J folio CUriu^^^nd Lebedos. And in ! tliisqnartcr fOiiietime was to, ht; || 

 reenethetowneNotiumiThepromQlitorieaHbCoryceon is ini}hiscc»all:and the mounta/Oi^: 

 Minvasj which reacheth out 250 miles, and cndeth at length in the pbiiies wi diin the cdr^tii^nt; 

 that joync unto it. This is the place, wherein Ahxatidcrxhc Great Gommaundcd.a' trei'icb fcveiit 

 miles long and an halfe to be cut through the plaine^for to joync t\^o gulfes in One^nd to bripgi 

 Ery three and Mimas together fortobe enviconedrround there\<ith . Neere this^t^ie Efythiee; 

 were fometimes the townes, Pteleon,Hclos^dndDodon : noWjtliere is the river AIeon,and the' 

 cape Corinaim; upon the mountMiiiias,Clazoi)i)ei'ie,Fartheniai,and Hip 

 ria, having beenelbmetime Ilands :cheiame,>i/ewi/^?'cauledio:b^^^ 

 forthefpaceoftwo ftadia. There ha-^^eperiilied within, forth ;and-beened£0h^^^ 

 Herme{ia,andSipylum, called before-time Tantab's., notwithftaridlng itiigdiieenethc chiefc |vj 

 citie of Mo2onia, fituate in that place, where now is the meere or lake Sale. Aasdfor.that caufe'' "~ 

 Archasopolis fucceeded in that p reeoiinence, andalter j t .Cp 



As yoiueturne from thence toward the fea iide, :a:bdiK twelve^ miles ofiVyou c-^mc ;upon the 

 cittie ;Siiiyrnaybuilcby an Araazopite,. b tst repaired ^indfortified b^' kx^ndjiii^i$^Q^. S i.r, 

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