Plioies Naturall Hiftorie 



A inVeftedj hath thittic other governpurs a0ignecl unto him by the people : neither can any 

 per.faabee condemne(d to death., .uxtle^fle hee be.caft .by the more part of them ^ and pluralitie of 

 voice s : and thus condemned as hee is:,yet may hee appeale unto the people. Then are there 

 judges deputed to fit upon his caufe r and if it happen that they affoile and quit thispartie con- : 

 deinned ;thenthofe 30 who condemned himj aredilplaced from their ftate and dignitie, with a:; 

 liioi] bitter and greevotis rebu}<e^ midfor ever aftcrjas difgraced perfons live in fhameand infa-, 

 mie. Asfor the kingjarraied he is ii^apanell as prince 5<a^f/'/i!^ w?entin old time : but the fubjedg. 

 , andcommon people aredaxi in th§ habit of Arabians. If it foj:t^ioe,that the kin^ ofFendjdeajfe 

 is hispupiiliment .- howbeitjno man takethin hand to doe execution. All me.n turne jiway their 

 facesicom him-and:deigtie him notajopkenpr ^ word.But to doe bitr^ to death in the ead>tbey 



B appoint a folemnc day pf huntingjrjght pleafant and agreeable unto Ty gres and,EIepharits,be- 

 fore which beafts they expofe th„eir.king,and fo heis. prefently by them devoured. Morcover,.iti; 

 that Uland good hHsb^nds they:are for their groundjand til the fam.e moft diligently .Vines,havQ 

 they no ufe of at all : for all forts oj fruits otherwife they have abundance*They take alfo a grea]^- 

 pleafure and delight infifhingjand efpecially in taking of tortoifles ; and fogre^t tjiey are found 

 there, thatoneof their fhels will ferve to cover an houfe:andfothe inhabitants doe employ 

 thcminflced of roufes. Theycount an hundred yeeres no long life there : that is the ordinarie, 

 time of their age.Thusmuch we have learned and knowne as touching Taprobane. It remaineth 

 now to fay fomcwhat of thofe fbure^Satrapies prproyincesj^s/hich.^e did.pMt.ofonto this place*^ 

 Of them therefore as followeth. .,;5r>';,c ? c'r^ : 



' Chap.. XXIII. 



BEyond thofc nations that confine hard upon the river Indusjas ye tiirne toward the moun- 

 taincs^yec enter upon the reaime of CapifTaenei wherein fbmetime flood the citie OpilTa, 

 . v\?hkh Cjms the king caufed tobee raled. Atthis day there flandeth the citie Arachofia^- 

 with a river alfo of that name in thecountrey Arachofia : which citie fomehave called Cophe, 

 founded by queene Semiramis, There likewife is to be fecn the river Hermandus^which runneth 

 by Abeile^a citie of the Arachofians.The next that confront Arachofia Southward5toward pare 

 D of the Arachotes^are the Gedrofi :and on the North fide^theParopamifades. As for the towne 

 Cariana^named afterwards Tetrsgonius/ituate it is at the foot of the mountain Caucafus.This 

 countrey lieth overagaisfl the Baaiians: then you come to the principall towne thereof Alex- 

 a-adria, named fo of king t^/fxi»i<?^ the founder thereof: upon the marches whereof ate the 

 Syndrari^Di^igukjPorapianijCantaceSjand Maci.Moreover.upon the hil! Caucafus ffandetb 

 tu'c towne Cadrufi.buiit iikcwife by the faid i^lexander. On this fide all thefe regions lieth the 

 coaff of the river Indus.Then followeth the region of the Arianes^all fcorched andfenged with 

 the parching heat of the Sunne, and environned about with delerts : howbeitjmany fhaddowie 

 vallies lie bctweene to allay theexcceding hear. Well peopled it is about the two rivers cfpecial- 

 ly^Tonderos and Arofapes. Therein ffandeth the citie Artacc'ana. Being paft it^ the river Arius 

 E riinnethunder the citie Alexandria, built by i^lexander the great. The towne containeth in 

 compafle 30 ifadia. Then come you tg Artacabane, a cittie as.it is much more auncicnr/o it is . 

 alfo fairer by farre, which by x^ntmhis the king was walled the fecond time, and enlarged to' 

 50 fladia.The next in order is the nation of theDorifci.The rivers Pharnacotis and Ophradus. 

 Prophtafia^a towne in Zarafparia.ThcDrang.^,Arget3S3Zarang3ejand Gedrufij. Townes more-, 

 over^PeuGolais and Lymphorta. After you are paft their territoricjyou enter into the deferts of 

 theMethoricanes : and fo to the river Mauain^and the nation of the Augutturi,The river Borruy 

 the people called Vrbij the navigable river Ponamus, which paffeth through the marches of 

 the Pandanes.Ovcr and befidesjthe river Ceberon within the countrey di the Sorares, which in 

 the mouth thereof where itfalleth into the feajmaketh many baies and harbours . As you go far- 

 F thcr^you come upon the towne Candigramnja^with the river Cophes :into which there riinne 

 other rivers that carric velfels^to wit5Sadarus3Parafpu3;and Sodinus. As for the countrey Dari- 

 tt !s/ome would have it to b e s part of Ariana^and they fet downe the raeafure of them both to- ■ 

 getherjto be in length ip 5 o miles^and in breadth lefTe by halfc than India.Others have fet down 

 that the eountrey of the Gedrufians and Scyriansmay containe 183 miles.Being paffed which 



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