The fifth Booke of 



Greekesj into V^liich Xantbus and Somoeis runne jointly together, as alfoMje-Scamanderj G 

 but firft it maketh a lake . The reft that Hemr fo much fpeaketh of^ and namely^ RhasiuiSjHep- 

 taporusj Carefus and Rhodius, there is no mention or token remaining of them. As for the 

 river Granicus, itrunnethfronri diverfe parts into the channell of Propontis , Yet there is; at 

 this day a little cittie called Scamandria : and one mile and an halfe from theport or Seaj. the 

 free cittie Ilium, that enjoieth many immunities and liberties : of which towne goeth all that 

 great name . Without this gulfcjlieth the coaf^ Rhoetea, inhabited with thcfe townes upon itj 

 namely jRhoeteum^Dardaniumj and Arisbe.Thercftbod fometimes alfoKeheleum, atowne 

 ileare unto the tombe of t^chilles: founded firft by the Mityleneans^ahd afterwards reedified 

 by the Athenians upon the Bay Sig3eum,under which his fleet mde at anker . There alfo was A- 

 cantiumbuilt by the Rhodians, in another coineor cantoti of that coaftj where ^//jat was in- H 

 terredj a place thirtie fiadia diftant from Sigasum, and the very Bay wbereiahis fleet alfo lay at 

 harbour. Above i£olis and one part of Troasjwithin the Continent and firmeland^there is the 

 townecalled Teuthraniaj which the Myfiansin old time held. And there fpringeth Caicusthe 

 river abovefaid. A large countrey this is of it ielfe, and efpecially when it was, united to Myfia, 

 and all fo called : containing in itPioniae, AnderajCalejStabulumjConifiumjTegiumjBalceaj 

 TiarejTeuthraniejSarnaca^HalirernejLycidejPartheniumjThymbrunijOxyopum^Lygdanum^ 

 Apollonia : and Pergamus the goodlieft cittie of them all by many degrees, through it pafTeth 

 the river SelinuSjandCaetius runneth hard under it^ifluing out of themountainePindafus.And 

 not farre from thence isEleajwhich as wefaidflandeth upon theflrond.And verily all that trad 

 and jurisdiction is of that citie,named Perganena. To the parliament and judiciall Aflifesjthere \ 

 refort the ThyatyrenesjMygdonesjMoffines^ BregmentcnijHieracomitiejPerpereni^Tyareni, 

 Hierapolenfesj HarmatapolitesjAttalenfesjPantaenfes, Apollonidenfes^and other pettie cit- 

 ties of no name and account. AsforDardanium, apretie towne itis^threefcoreand tennefta- 

 dia diftant from Rhoeteum. Eighteene mylesfrom thence is the capeTrapezaj where the fea 

 beginneth torulli roughly into the ftreightHellefpont. £^4/(?/?^^'m mine authourfaithj That 

 thecitties of the Solymij Leleges^Bebrices^Colycantij andTrepfedoresfometimeflourifhedj 

 but now are utterly perifhed . ifidorm reporteth as jnuch ofthe Arymeos andCaprets, the 

 very place where Apamiawas built by king .y«?/?«tf«^ybetweene CiliciajCappadocia-jCatao- 

 nia and Armenia. And for thathee had vanquil'hedmofl fierce and criieUnationSj at the firft 

 hee named it Damea. K 



Chap. XXXi. 



The Ipnds Ifwg before little Afia^md 'in the Fmfhjlian fea,Alfi Khodws-, 

 S mm ^and Chios, 



THe fii-ft Ifland of Afia is juft againft the mouth or channell of Nilus, called Canopicusg 

 of Cmofm^ (as men fay) the Pilot of king U^enelam, The fecond is PharuSj which is joi- 

 ned to Alexandria by a bridge.In old time it was a daies failing from -^gypt to it : and now 

 by fires from a watch-towerj faylers are directed in the night, along the coaft of ^gypt . Cafar £ 

 Didatour ereded therein a Colonic. And in truth itfcrveth in right good fteedas aLanterne : 

 for the havens about Alexandria be very daungerous and deceitf ull^by reafon of the barres and 

 fhelves in the fea : and there are but three channels & no more, by which a man may pafle fafely 

 to Alexandria^to wit^Tegamum^Pofideum ,&Taurus.Next to that Ifle,inthe Pha^nician fea be- 

 fore loppajliethPariajan Ifland of nogreatcompalTe/oritisallabaretowne. And this is the 

 place, folke fa)^ where ladie xyindromeda. was cxpofed and caft out to a monfter. Moreoverj A- 

 rados,the Ifle beforenamedjbetweene which and the Continent there is a fountaine^ as rjMuti- 

 anus writethjin the Tea where it is fiftie cubites deepe,out of which freili water is drawn and con- 

 veighed from the very bottome of the feajthrough pipes made of leather As for the Pamphy- 

 lian fea,it hath fome fmall Iflands of little or no reckoning.In the Cicilian fea there is Cyprus, M 

 one of the five greateft in thofe parts, and it licth Eaft and Weft full againft Cilicia and ^ria. 

 The feat it was in times paft,whereunto nine kingdomes did homage^ and of which they held. 

 Timofihenes faith. That it contained in circuit foure hundred and nineteene miles and an halfe : 

 but ifidorus is of ppinion,ihat it is but three hundred feventie five miles about* The full length 



thereof 



