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among thefe clifTes and craggie hilis.Then come you to the Narcea nSjendofecl within the high- Q 

 eft mountaine of all the Indian hills, Capitalia. On the other fide of this mountaine, great Ibre 

 there is all over it, of gold and fiiver raines, wherein the inhabitants doe digge. Then, yee enter 

 upon the kingdome of Oratura^ whofeking hath indeed but i o Elephant's in ali,howbcit a great 

 power of footmen. Andfoforward tothe Varetates,who under their king keepe no Elephants 

 at allfor his {ervicCj trufting upon their Cavallerie and Fanterie, wherein they are ftrong . And 

 next to them theOdomboerians and Salabaftrcs;, where ftandeth a goodly fairecitiecalled Ho^ 

 rata, environed and fortified with deepe foifcs and ditches full of ftanding water : wherein there 

 keepe a great number of Crocodilesj which for the greedie appetite they have to devoure mens 

 bodiesjwill fuffer none to pafTe into the towne^but over the bridge. Another townc there is be- 

 fides among them^ of great name and importance,to wit^Automelajftanding upon thefca fic'e i tj 

 and otherwife muchrefort there is unro it of merchants from al parts.by realon of 5 great rivers 

 which meet all there in one confluence. Their king maintaineth in ordinarie i<$oo Elephants, 

 150000 footmen, and 5000 horfe.Thekingof the Charmiansis but pooretofpeake of,his 

 ftrength lyeth in ^oElephants j for his power otherwife is but fmall. Being paft that reaIme,yoii 

 come into the countrey of the Padians, the only nation of all the Indians, which is governed by 

 women.One of this fexe^they fay, was begotten fometime by Hemdes^m which regard fhee was 

 the better accepted, and had the prerogative of the regencic over the greateft kingdome.Erora 

 herthe other Qiieens fetch their pedigree, and have the dominion and rule over thirtie great 

 townes,and the commaundof 1 50000 foot and 5ooElephants. Beyond this realme, you come 

 to the nation of the Syrieni, containing 300 cities: and from them to the DeraugjE, Pofunge, j 

 Bugse^Gogyarei, VmbraTjNcrea^j BrancofijNobundse, Coconda?,Nefei,Pedaint2e, Solobria- 

 fie,3ndOioltej who confine upon the Ifland^Patale; from the utmoft point of which Ifland 

 unto the gates Cafpiar, are reckoned 18025 miles.Now on this fide the river Indus, jiiftagainft 

 them, as appeareth by evident demonftration J there dwell the Amatje, Bolingse, Gallitaiutc^j 

 DimurijMegarijOrdaba^iandMefe. Beyond them, the Vri and Siieni : and then you come to 

 the deferts for 25 o miles : which when yee have pafled over, you fhall meet with the Organages^ 

 the AbaortSjSibarSj and the Suertas : and beyond thefe,a wiidernefle againe^as great as the ior- 

 jucr.Palle on farther, you come among the Sarophages, Sorg^E,Baraomat^, and the Gunbre- 

 tes : of whome there be 1 3 fe verall nations, and each one hath two great cities apeecs. As for the 

 A fcnijthey people three cities : their capital cite is Bucephalajbuilt in the very place where king ^ 

 uilcx^indcrs horfe called B uccphalus,was enterred. Above them,are the mountainers on the ri- 

 fing of the hill Caucafus, named Soleadas and Sondtc^ : and when you are on the other fide of 

 the river Indus, as you goe along the coaft and banks thereofj you fliall iee the Samarabrians, 

 the Sanibrucenesj thcBrifabrites,Oiij, Autixenijand Taxill2e,with a famous citie called Aman- 

 dra : of which all that tra<5i: now lying more flat and plaine within the countrey, is named Aman- 

 dria.Foure other nations there are bcfidesof Indians, the Peucolaits, Arfagalites, Geretes, 

 and Afei : for many of the Geographers {et not dovvn Indus the river5for to determine the mar- 

 ches of the Indians Wcftward ^ but lay thereto 4 other provinces and feverall feignorics, to 

 vsitjofthe GedrofianSjArachotesjArij^and Paropamifades, 



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"^^TheArij^md othernationsdepend'wguntothef??^ 



OTher writers are of opinion^that the utmoft frontier and limit of India,is the river Cophe- 

 tes, and both it and all thofe quarters are included within the territorie or province of the 

 Ad j: yea and moft of them affirme^^that the citie Nyfa, as alfo the mountaine'Merus con- 

 fecratcd to god Bacchus^ belong unto India as parcels thereof This is that mountaine whereof 

 arofethe poeticall fable. That Bmhp^s xhticm was borne andiffued out oi lupiter his thigh. 

 LikcwiJfetheyafligneandlayto India,the countrey of the Afpagores,foplentifullin vines, lau- 

 relsj and box^ and generally of all forts of apple trees and other fruitfull trees that grow within ^ 

 Greece. Many flraungejwonderfull, and in maner fabulous things, ^they report of the fertilitie 

 of that land, of the divers forts of corncj of trees bearing cotton, of wild beaftsjof birds, and o- 

 thcr creatures there breeding and living : which becaufe they are not properly belonging to this 

 treati/enovM in h^nd^ I will referve them for another part of this worke^and write mpre particu- 

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