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as concerning Caritiania. The coafl whereof after the reckoning dl'Hicurc'ms m^y take in cir- G 

 cult 12050 miles. From thefirft marches thereof to the river Sabis is counted 100 miles.Froni 

 whence all the way as farre as to the river Andaiiis, the countrey is rich and plenreousj for in ic 

 are vineyards and come fieldsjwell husbanded.This whole trad is called Aniuzia.The principal 

 towns ol Carmania be Zetis and Alexandria.Vpon the marches of this realmcjthe Tea breake,ch 

 into the land in two armesrwhich our countreymen are wont to call the red fea^and the Greekes 

 Erythrseumjof a kingnamed Mrythras: or(as fomethinke)becaure thefeaby reafon ofthc refle- 

 xion and beating of the Sunnc beames/eemeth of a reddifh colour.There be that fuppofe that 

 this rednefleis occafioned of thefand and ground which is red: and others againe^that the very 

 water is of the owne nature fo coloured. 



'^ThePerfianund Arabian gulfes. 



His red Tea is divided into two armes ; thatfrom the Eaft is named the Perfian gulfe^ & bea- 

 reth in compafTe 2500 milesjby the computation of ^.ratvjlhenes, Overagainft this gulfe 

 in Arabia^ which lieth in length 1 200 miles. On the other fide another arme there is of ic 

 called the Arabian gulfe^which runneth into the Oceanjcalled Azanius. The mouth of thePer- 

 fian gulfc where it maketh entrance^ is five miles over, and fome have made it but foure . From 

 which to the furtheft point thereofjtake a dired and ftreightmeafureby a linCjandfor certaine ic 

 isknownethatitcontaineth 1125 miles: and isfafliioned like for all the world to a mans head, I 

 Omficrim and "tleanhm have writteUjThat from the river Indus to the Perfian gulfe, & fb from 

 •thence to Babylon by the meeres and fennes of the river Euphrates^it is 2500 miies.In an angle 

 of Carmania inhabit the Chelonophagij^.fuch as feed upon the fleQi of Tortoifes^and the fnds 

 of them Icrve for roufes to cover their cottages .They inhabite all that coaft along the river Ar- 

 bisjeven to the very cape : rough they are, hairie all their bodic over but their heads, and weare 

 no other garment but fiili skinnes. 



Chap. XXV. 



The Ijlatd Capudrm : and the kingdomes mder the Varthians. 



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 '" Hen you are pafTed this trad of the Chelohaphagijdiredly toward Indiajthcre lieth 

 fiftie miles within the fea^the Ifland C aflandrus, by report all defert and not inhabi- 

 ted J and neerc unto it, with a little arme of the fea betweene, another Ifland called 

 Stois- wherein pearles are good chaffer^and yeeld gainefull trafficke.But to returne again to Car- 

 niania,when you are beyond the utmoft cape therof,you enter prefently upon the Armozei ^who 

 joine upon the Carmanians.But fome fayjthat the Aibij are between both : and that tbeit coafts 

 may containe in the wholc402 milcs.There are tobee feene the port or haven of the Maccdo- 

 nians^ & the alters or columnes which Akxmder ercded upon the very promontorie & utmoft 

 cape.Where aifo be the rivers SaganosjDaraSjand Salfos.Beyond which is the cape Themifce- 

 as^andthcinandAphrodifiaswellpeopled.ThcnbeginneththerealmeofPerfiSjwhichexten- £ 

 deth to the river Ocoatus,that devideth itfrom Elymais. Overagainfl: the coafis of Perfis^ thefe 

 Iflandsbee difcovcred^Philos^CaiTandra^and Aratia,withanexceedinghighmountaine in it: 

 and this Ifland is held confecrated unto Neptune. The very kingdome of Perfis Weftward hath 

 the coafls lying out in length 450 miles.The people are rich ^and given to roiall and fuperfluous 

 cxpenfe in all things : and long fince it is, that they are become fubjcd unto the Parthians, and 

 carie their name .And feeing that we are come to mention them, we will breefcly now fpeake of 

 their Empire and dominion. The Parthians have in all 1 8 realmes under them :for fo they tear- , 

 med all their provinces^as they lie devided about the two feas^as we have before faid : namely the 

 redfeaSouthward^andtheHircanefea^towardtheNorth.Ofwhich^eleventhatlieaboveinthe 

 countrey^and are called the higher provinces,they take their beginning at the confines & mar- M 

 ches of Armenia, and the coalls of the Cafpians of the one fide : and reach tp the Scythians, 

 whom they confront of the other fide, with whom they converfe and keepe companie together 

 as equals.The other feven are called the bafe or lower Realmes . As for the Parthians^their land 

 was alwaies counted to lie at the foot and defcent of ihofe mountaines.whereof we have often 



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