114. The fixth Booke of 



meclia.Thecape Leucatas which cnclofcth the gulfe AftarehuSjisfrom Nicomedia42 ftiifcs and Q 

 an halfe. Being paft this gulfe^the fca beginneth to ftrcighten again^ andxhe land to meet neere 

 together ; and thefe freights reach as far as to Bofphorusin Thracia. Vpon thefe ftreightsiian^ 

 deth the free citie Shalcedbn^yi miles and an halfefrom Nicomedia. Beforedme it was called 

 Proceraftis: then.Compufa:aftel"wardsjThecitie of the Blind , for that they who founded it^ 

 being in a place but feven ftadia ft 6m Bizantiumj where was a feat in all refpeds more commo- 

 diousand fitfor a citie, were fo blind as that they could not choofe itfortheplotofChalcedon. 

 But within the firme land of Bithynia^is the colonic Apamena : and there inhabite alfo^xhe A- 

 gtippenfes, luliopolites, and they of Bithyrtium. Moreover/or rivers^ye have Syriiim j Lapfias, 

 PharmicaSjAlceSjCrynisjLylseuSjScopius^ Hieras^ which parteth Bithynia from Galatia . Be- 

 yond Chalcedon, flood Chryfopolis: thehjNicopoliSj of which the gulfe ftill reteineth the H 

 name twherein, is the haven of Amycus: the cape Nauloehum.-Eftia, wherein is the temple of 

 iVf/>/»/;<?; and the Bofphorusjaftreight halfe a mile overj which now once againe parteth Afia 

 and Europa.From Chalcedonjitis twelve miles and an halfe. There beginneth the lea to open 

 wider, where it is eight miles and a quarter over J in that place where flood once the towne Phi- 

 lopoiis. All the maritime coafts are inhabited by the Thynijbut the inland parts by the Bithy- 

 nians.Lo here an end of Afia,and of 282 nations,which ate reckoned from the limits and gulfe 

 of Lyciajuntotheftreightsof Conftantinople. The fpaeeof the flreightsof Hellefpont and 

 PfOpontis togithetjuntill you come to Bofphorusin Thracia, containeth in length 188 miles, 

 as we have before faid. From Chalcedon to Sigeum^ by the computation of Jfidorm^ are 372 

 miles and an halfe. Hands lying in Propontis before Gyzicum, are thefejElaphonnefuSj from | 

 whence commeth the Cyzicen marble ;and the fame lie was called Neuris, andProconnefus. 

 Then follow Ophyiifaj Acanthus, PhoebejScopeloSjPorphyrionej and Halone, with a towne* 

 Moreover^Delphacia^and Polydora : alfo Arcacj:eon,with the towne.Furthermore,over-againft 

 Nicomedia, is Dcmonnefbs; likewifejbeyond Heraclea, juft againft Bithynia, is Thynnias, 

 which the Barbarians call Bithynia. Over and befides, Antiochia : and againfl the foffe or river 

 RhyndacuSjBesbicoSjiS miles about. Laftof alljElasajtwoRhodufliCjErebinthusjMagalej 

 Chaicitis, and Pityodes. 



THE SIXTH B OOKE OF 



THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE, 



WRITTEN BY C. P L I N I V S 



SEC VNDy S.. 



Chap. i. 



He Saa called PontusEuxiniis,and named by the Greeks in old time Axenosj 

 for the hard ufage that pafTengers found at the hands of thofe favage nations 

 upon the coafts therof,is fpred alfo between Europe & Afia, upon a very fpite 

 iT'^ a? fpeciall envie of Nature, as it lliould feeme, unto the Earth , and a wilfull 



f^^^^^^ ! defire to maintaine ftill the Sea in his greatnefle, and to fulfill his greedie and 

 cndles appetite.For contented fhe was not to have environed the whole earth 

 with the maine Ocean, yea and taken from it a great part thereof, with exceeding rag«; over- 

 flowing the fame, and laying all emptie and naked : it fulficed not, I fay, to have broken through 

 themountaines^andro to rufhinjandafterthefeahad difmembred^Cafpe from Af&icke, to 

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