PJinies Naturall Hiftone. 



i A mm it is pleafantly upon the river Meles, whieh Iiath his head and fource not farre olf.The liidft 

 renowmed hilles in Afia for thembft part, (prcadthemfelvei; atlargein thistrad^to witjMaftu- 

 fia, on the backe fide of Smyrna 5 and Termetis^that meeceth clofe to the foot of Olympus.This 

 hill Olympus, taketh his end attlic mountaine TnioJussTmolus at Cadmus 5 and Cadmus ac 

 TaurUs.Whenyou arepaft Smyrna^ you come into certaincplainesjoccarioned by the river 

 Hermus^and therefore adopted in his name. This river hath his beginning ncerc unto Dory- 

 leiisacitieof Phrygia^and takethintoit many other cities^ and principally Phiyge^ which gi- 

 veth name to the whole nation, and divideth Phrygia and Caria afunder. Moreover^ Lyllus.and 

 Crios, which alfo arebigge and great by reafon of other rivers of Phrygia^ Myfia^ and Lydia^ 

 which enter into them. In the vcric mouth of this river ftood fbmtime the towne Temnos : but 



B now in die utmofi: nouke of the gulfc, certaine ftonie rockes called Myrmeces * Alio the co^ne 

 Leuce upon the cape fo called, lometime an Hand it was : and M of ail^Phocaeajwhich limiteth 

 and boundeth Ionia.But to returne unto Smyrna : the moft part of ^olia^wherof we willfpeake 

 anon, repaireth commonly thither to their Parliament and Affifes. Likewife the Macedonians^ 

 furnamed Hircani, as alfo the Magnetes from SipyJum.But un to Ephefus ^which is another prin* 

 cipall and famous citie of Afia_,refott tho(e that dwell farther off, to wit, the Ca^farians, Metros 

 polites,Cylbianes,the Myfo -Macedonians, as welhhe higher as the lower, tiieMaftaurians, 

 Brullitcsj Hyppepoeniansj and Dios-Hieritea?. 



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^ JEolis^Troas^and Pcrgmm, 



AEoliSjin old time called Myfia3Confronteth upon Ionia : fodoth Ttoas , which boundeth 

 upon the coafl: of Hellefpontus. Being then pafl Phocsea, you meet with the port Afca- 

 nius, and the place where fometimes LarifTa f^ood : and now Cyme, and Myrina which 

 Joveth to be called Sebaftopolis^VVithin the firm landjiEgx.AttaliajPofideajNcon-tichos and 

 Temnos. But upon the coaf^jthe river Titanusjand a cittie taking name thereof. The time was 

 when a man might have feene there the cittie Grynia:butnow there is but an haven, and the 

 bare ground , by reafon that the IQand is taken into it^ and joyned thereto. The towne El.ra is^ 

 D not farre from thence j and the river Caicus comming out of Myfia. Moreover^the towne Py- 

 tanc, and the river Canaius, Other townes there were in old time, but they are lofl; and peri- 

 fhed, namely Can^j Lyfimachia, Atarne3,Caren£e,Ciflhene, Cilia, CocilIum,Thebce, A- 

 ilyre, Chryfa, Paloeftepfis,Gergithos, and Neandros. Yet at this day are to be feene, the cittie 

 Perperene,and beyond it, the trai^ and territorieHeracieoteSjthe towne Coryphas, the river 

 Gryliofolius5the quarter called Aphrodifias, before-time Politice. Orgas thecountrcy, and 

 Scepfiathenew. The river Evenus, upon the banke whereof flood once LyrnKfTos and Mile- 

 tos, but now they are gone. In this trad isthe mountainelda. Moreover,'in thefca-coafl:,A- 

 ' dramytteos, fometime called Pedafus, where the Parliament and Tearme is holden, and where- 

 of the gulfc is named Adramitteos. Other rivers be there befides, tov^it, Aftron, Conpalos, 

 E Eryannos, Alabaflros,and Hieros out of Ida. Within-forth be Gargara, a towne and hill both. 

 And then againe toward the feafide, Antantiros, beforc-time called Edonis: chen,Cymeris3 

 and AfTos, which alfo is Apollonia . Long fmce alfo there was a towne caliedPalamedium, Af- 

 ter all thefe,you come upon the cape Leolon, the middle frontier betv\'eene^oIus and Troas. 

 And there had been in auncient time, thecittie Polymedia, and CryfTa, with another LarifTa 

 alfo. As for the temple Smintheum, it remainethflill. But farther within, the towne Colone 

 that was, is now decayed and gone, and the trafficke and negotiation in all affair^?, turned from 

 thence to Adramytteum . Now as touching the territorie of the Apolloniates, after you be 

 pafl the river Rbyndicus, you find thefe States 5 the Erefians,Miletopolites, Poemanenes,Ma- 

 cedonians, Afchilacse, Polychnsei, Pionites, Cilices, and Mandagandenes, In Myiia, the 

 E Abretunes, and thofe called Hellefpontij 5 befides others of bafc account and eftimation. 

 The firit cittie you encounter in Troas, is Amaxitusnhen,Cebr€niaj and Troasit felfe, na- 

 med fometime Antigonia, now Alexandria, arid is cntituled a Romane Colonic. Beyoncj 

 Troas, f^andeth the towne Nee : there, runneth alfoScamander,a river navigable ; and Si- 

 g3.'um,atowne fometime, upon the cape fo called. At length, you come to the haven of the 



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