Plinies Naturall Hillorie, 



A thereof berweene the two capes, Dinarecas and Acamas;,which is SDiitk\^srd,.y/?'/mAw 

 porteth to bee a hundred and fixtie jftiiles and a halfc ; and T;V7a^_///A'"Jfjn; two hundred, who faith 

 beiidesj thatfometime it was called Acamantis : according toP^i/Gm%iijCciMs:akct.^ic- 

 jf^goras^Afpdaj Amathnfiajand Macatia : {^ftjnomiiscAlzih it Gryptos and Co]inia.Townes 

 there bee in it fifceenej PaphoSj and Pai:spaphos(chatiSj Paphos the new, and Paphos ihe 

 old,) CuriaSj Citium, Corineiim^ Salamis, Amathus, Lapethosj Solce,TamafeuS;,Epida- 

 riim, Chytri, Arfinoej CarpafiLim,and Golgi. There were in icbefideSa Ginirya, Misrium^and 

 Idaliuni : but now arc they come to nothing . And from the cape Anemurium in C ilieis, it 

 is liftiemyles diftant* Ail that fea which liech becwecne it and Gilicia, they call Anion Ciii- 

 cium, that is to fay. The plaincof Cilicia. In this trad is the'iflandEb lira; and fpiireodiers 



B beiidesj even before the cape, named Glides^ overagainil: Syria. LikevJifs one morCjiiamed 

 Stiria, at the other cape or point of Gilicia. Moreover, againd Neampapliosj [i.new Par 

 phos] the Ifle Hierocepia. Againft Sakmis, Salamina:. Moreover, in the Lycian (caiherc ba 

 li]es,Iliyris,Teicndos, Atreiebulia, and three Cypii;^, all barren and iruitleile: befidcs Di- 

 onyfia, befotetimc called Garetha . Moreover, againftthe PiomomoricGi Taurusj and the 

 Ghelidonia?, hurtfiiliand danngerousto iayJers :and beiides d^.em as many iiiore^.togethei; 

 with thetowne Leucola, called Padi;^, namely, Lalia, Nyii-iphouSsMacrisjMegilca, in v^iiich 

 the cittiethatftoodjisgone. Befidcs thefe, many others there vjere, bnt of no.iniportancc.BuE 

 overaa;ainll the cape Ghimcra, Dolichifte, GhirogyliLim,GrambiHTa, Rhoge, Enr.gora, of 

 eight niyles . Againft Dsdaieoajtworagaiiiil Giyeon, three : Scrongyk moreover^ againft 



C Sidy nia,which king t^ritiocims founded : and toward tlieiivcr Ghucui;.L2gufa3M2cii55 Di- 

 dyma^jHeibojScopCjAfpiSjandTelandria : howbeitjihetowneiaitisiGolic and gone v\\d\ 

 of ail thcli'le Ilhcdtiila, next: to the harborough or haven Gaiinus . Bi!t d?.cfaiteitoi' aliisthe 

 Ifle Rhodes, a freeftate,aiidfiibje6l to none s Itconhinethincompaiisa-lmndred and tbirtis 

 mylesjorif wee rather give credice to i,/7i/<?r/i;i'5 a hundred and three. Thrce greattowties there 

 bee in it well peopled, Lindus, Gamiriis, and laiyfus, now called Rhodes . By the account of 

 ifJonS'S it is from Alexandria in ^gypt,five hundred fcventie and eight myics : but accordiiig to 

 Erato fihenes five hundred fixtic and nine: after five hiindred, and from Cyprijs foiue 



hundred and fixteene. Many names hath it bsene knowne by in times paH:,t6 witpphyiifa, A- 

 fteria, ^rhra?a, Trinacria, Corymbia, Pceefla, Atabyria of king Auhyrh : and finally, Maca- 



D ria,and OloeiTa. Many other Iflands bee iubjed to it, and namely GarpatiiU5(which gave name 

 to the fea Garpadiium) CafoSj Achme in times paft : andNlfyros^^diiiant from Gnidos.twelve 

 myles and a halfe, which heretofore had bcenc called Porphyris . And in the fame raunge, 

 Syme, betweene Rhodes and Gnidus, and is in circuit fixe and thirtie niyles and an hajfe...Bnr 

 riched thislfland is with eight commodious haYens. Over , and befidcs clicfe, there die- about 

 Rhodcs.GyclopisjTeganon^Coidylufajfonrc under the nnme of Dlabete i HymoSjGhalcis, 

 wherein ihndst'h a good townc : Seuduia, Narthecufa, Dimaftos, and Progne . .Being-piUI 

 Gnidos, yee iiiall difcover Giferuifa, Thcrior.arce, Galydrss beautified vyith three to¥v'i1ea>.tQ! 

 wit, Norium,Nifyrus,Mendecerus: with Arconcfusiheifii;, wherein ilatsdeth the towti^ Ge-* 

 ramus. Vpon thecoaflof Cariaahe Iflands, tv^cntie in number, called Argise : befideS^Mye:- 



E tufla^ Lepiia.and Leros. But the gcodlicft and moil principall of all others in that coafi is Gos, 

 which lieth from Flaiicarnaflus hfLeene'm)?lesv2nd in compafTe about, it bcareth a hundred 

 myles : as men thinke, Mcropeitwascalled:"a:S*37.-p%A'^^ faith, Cos ib§^^ to Di- 



Mcropis:and afterwards Nymphcea . Tliisliie is fornfied with the iriount Prion : and 

 jis lbme thinke, Nifyris thelfland, named, beforctime Porphyris, vvas of ,Q|dvUnitg:^2@this5 

 ^nd afterwards diftiismberedfrom it. Eeyond ihisHland yee may difcby^jGariahdai^ith^i 

 4:owne in it : and notfarre fromHalicarna0us, Pidofus. Mcteover, in the gylfeG^^^iicuSj 

 Priaponncfus, HipponefuSjpfyra, My a, Lampfe mandus^ Pafliila, Gr ula jl^y^rhcySepiyflltaMer 

 lanOiAnd within a litde of thQ.maine,anothtlr cil!edGined<9pfi]is3 bv occjafiohof^^^^ 

 tamites and fnamefuU baggages that kiiig:yitefw<r/i'rthe Gre-a^t there. The c^aft of Ionia 



F hath in the fea the Iflands /Egeas and Corlea^^befides Icaros,fppken of before. . Alio Lade, be- 

 Toretime called' Latte : and among fome other little ones of imavorihjthetvvo Ganielidcs heerg 

 ^o Miletus . Moi'eover,Mycalura; rrogylias^Trepfiiton, ArgennpnjSardaHomand the free liland 

 Samosjwhiclun circuit hath fourefcore and fevenii.ules,,or as ifttiorm thinke£h,a hundred/;^?'/- 

 ■jl0e. wricethjhowat thefirflit was called Parrhaiiia, afterwards Dry ufa^sincl then Antheipuf^; 



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