Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. 



A 1 20 bridges. Beautified k was fometimes with many fairetownes upon the bankes thereof on 

 both fidesjand theprincipall of them all^wereXyritaum, Cygnus, and the cittie Phafis fituate 

 in the very mouth thereof, as it falleth into the fea. B ut the goodlieft cittie planted upon this ri- 

 ver, and moft famous of all the reft was JEz^ fifteene myles diftant from the (ea ; where Hippos 

 and Cyanosj two mightie great rivers, comming from divers parts, enter both into the river 

 Phafis, But now there is no count made of any but of Surium onely, which taketh name of the 

 river Surium which runneth to it. And thus farre wee faid that Phaiis was capable of great fhipSc 

 Among other rivers which it receiveth^for number and greatnefle admirable, is the river Glau- 

 cus. In the foflfe and mouth of this river Phafis, where hee is difcharged into the fea, there be^ 

 Ibme little Iflands of no reckoning. And there,from Bfarus it is 75 miles. Being paft Phafis,yQu 



B meet with another river called Chdrien : upon which bordereth the nation of the Sak, named 

 inoldtimePhthirophagiandSuani, where you (hall meet with the river Cobus, which iffueth 

 out of Caucafus,and runneth through the countreyof the Suani abovefaid.Then you come to 

 another river Rhoasjand fo forward to the region Ecredice : to the rivers Sigania,Terfos, Atel- 

 pos, Chryforrhoas, and the people Abfil^ ; the caftle SebaftopoIis,a hundred miles from Pha- 

 fis, the nation of the Sanigorcs,the towne Cygnus,the river and towne both called Pityus. And 

 laft of all yee arrive upon the countrcy of the Heniochas,where be nations entituled with many 

 and fundrie names. 



Chap. v. 



C ^TheregmofC6lchis,iheAchdi^4ndoth€rmnonsmthdttrda^ 



NExt followeth the region of Colchis,which is likewife in Pontus.-whcrein the mountaine 

 Caucafus wind & turn toward the Rhipha;an hils,as hath ben faid beforehand that meun- 

 taincof the one fide bendethdowne toward Euxinus^Pontiis^andMseotis, and of the o- 

 ther,enclineth to the Cafpian and Hircane feas.When ye are defcended to the maritime coafts^ 

 yee {hall find many barbarous and favage nations there inhabiting,to wit,the MelanchiiEni,and 

 the Choruxi,where fometimes flood Diofcurias a cittie of the Cholchians,ncere unto the ri- 

 ver Anthemus, which now lieth waft and difpeopled, notwithftanding it was forenowmed in 

 times paft, that by the report of rimofthenes , there repaired thither and inhabited therein 

 D 300 nations of diverfe languages . And even afterwards our Romanes were forced to provide 

 themfelvesofijointerpreters, whenthey would negotiate and trafficke with the people in and 

 aboutDiofcurias.Some there be that thinke how it was firftfounded by Amfhitm and Tdchim^ 

 who had the charge of the chariots of Ca^ot and Folhix: for certain it is,tha t the fierce and wild 

 nation of the Heniochi,are from them defcended. Being pafled Diofcurias, you come up the 

 towne Heraclium, which from Sebaftopolis is 80 miles diftant : and fo forward to the Ach^i, 

 Mardi,and Cercet^rand after them to the Serri,and Cephalotomi. Far within that trad ftood 

 the nioft rich and wealthie towne Pitius, which by the Heniochians wasranfackedand fpoiled. 

 On the backe part thereof inhabite the Epagerites [a nation of the Sarmatians] pven upon the 

 mountaine Caucafus : and on theotherfideof that hill, the Sauromatx (theco^intreyisat this 

 E day called Tartaria the great.) Hither retired and fled king rjiHthridates in the time of cUudim 

 CdifAr the Emperor ; who made report, that the Thali dwell thereby,and confine Eaftward upon 

 the very opening of the Cafpian fea: which by his report remaineth dric, whenfoever the fea 

 doth ebbe. But now to returne to the coaft neere unto the C ercetssjy ou meet with the river Ica- 

 rufa,with a towne and river called Piierum,!^ Smiles from Heracleum. Thencomeyeeto the 

 cape Cronea,in the very ridge and high pitch whereof the Toietse inhabite. But beneath ityoii 

 may fee the cittie Sindica,^/ miles fituate from Hierum: and laft of al],you arrive upon the ri- 

 ver Sceaceriges. 



Chap. VI, 



^ Maotis^itid thefireightsihereof called Bo{^homCmmrmi 



FRom the faid river to the very entrance of the Cimmerian Bofphorus are counted 88 miles 

 and anhalfe. But the length of the very demielfland, which excendeth and ftretcheth cue 

 between Pontus and M^otis,is not above 87 miles and a halfe^and the breadth in no place 



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