betwcene theMedes and AdiabeneSj above Paraecaceneand the realine of Perfis. Ghalcnids is 

 from Perfis48o miles diftant. And rome\wrirejthat goingthe ftreight^direc^ and neereft ways 

 it is lb much and no more from the Gafpian Tea to AHyria. Betweene thcfe countries and Me- 

 fenelyeth Sittacqnejthefameitisthat ArbeUtis andPateftincThetownesof importance ther- 

 in^are Sittace held by the Gr;£cians ficuate toward the Eattj and Sabata : but on the Weft fide, 

 Antiochia, feated betweene the two rivers, Tigris and Torn adotus. In like manner Apamia, 

 which the king fo called after his mothers name.Thiscitie is environed as itwerewith 



the river Tigtisj and divided with the river Archous that pafleth through it. Somewhat lower 

 than thcfe countries, lyeththe region Sufiane , wherein ftood the auocient royall pallate and H 

 ieat tdwneof the Perfian KK.Suf33 founded by Darm {onmo( Hyjiajpesiznd hom Seleuqa 

 iaJjyloniajit is 450 miles diltant : and as much from Ecbatana in Media, taking.the way along 

 ,the mountaine Charbanus. Vpon that braunch of the river Tigris that taketh his courfc NortB- 

 A;vard3ftandeth the towne Babytace : andfrom Sufa it is 135 miles.The people of this countrey 

 are the onely men in the world that hate gold : and in very truth get it they doe, atidwhcn they 

 iiave it, they burie it fure enough with in the ground, that it might ferve for no ufciV^pon the Su- 

 Katies Eaftwardjjoine the Cofl^ansjBrigands^and theeves generally all. Like wife the Mizacans, 

 a free ftate-and fubjed to no government, having under them 4onations3 all;wrld and living as 

 they lift. Above thcfe quarters, you enter into the countreys of the Parthufians, Mardians, Sai- 

 tes, and Hyans,who confine upon high Perfia, called Elemais, which joyneth ro the maritime I 

 coaftsof Perfis,asisabovefaid.Thecitie of Sufa is from the Perf]anfea25o miles.Onthat fide 

 whereas the Armada of the Great came up the great river Pafitigris to Sufa, there 



flandeih a village upon th'e lake Ghaldais,named Aphle:from which to Sufa as 6$ miles and an 

 lialfe by water. The next that border upon the Sufianes Eaftward, are the Goffeans : and above 

 the Cofliei Northward J lyeth Mefobatcne under the hill Gambalidus, which is. a braunch and 



Perfis called Elimais, and Sufiane. This river iffueth out of the Medians countrey, and in the 

 tiiids of his courfe loofeth himfelfe in the ground : but being once up again,he runneth through 

 Mdobarene, and environeth the fort and caftle of Sufa, with the temple o^Dmm.vihkh is had K 

 ingreatreverenceandhonouraboveallothertemplesinthofeparts.-yeaand the very river it 

 felfe is in much requeftjand the water thereof ccremonioufly regarded : in fuch wile, as thekisigs 

 drinke of no other ; and therefore they fetch it a great way into the countrey. And it rcceiveth 

 into it the river Hedypnus, which commcth along the priviledged place whereinto the Periians 

 uletorctireforfanauariejandonemoreoutof theSulianes countrey. A town there is planted 

 neerunto iLcalledMagoa, 15 milesfrom Charax, Yet fomc there be,that would have this town 

 to ftand in the utmoft marches of Sufiana, even clofe unto the deferts and mountaines.Beneath 

 thenverEubisuslicth Elimais, joyning unto Perfis in the very maiitime coaft, 240 miles it is 

 from the river Oroatcs to Gharax. The townes in itjbe Seleucia and Sofirare, both fituate upon 

 the hanging of the hill Gafyrus.The fiat coaft and Icvclhhereof whichlieth beforeit, isaswe ^ 

 have laid beiore, no le(fe daungerous and unacceffible than the Syrts^tor quavemires.by reafon 

 of the great ftoreofmud and find together, which the rivers Brixia and Ortacea bring downe 

 with them.Over and befides,thecountrey Elimais isfofennie and ibndeth with water fo wet, 

 that there is no way through it toPerfis^but a man muft fetch a great circuit & compalfe about 

 it to come thereto. Moreover, much haunted it is and annoyed with ferpents, which breed and 

 come downe in thofe rivers : and as troublefome as the palfage is all the countrey over, yet that 

 part yeeldeth the.worft advenues and is leaft frequented, which they call Gharacene^of the town 

 Charax.whichlimiteththekingdomesof Arabia :whcreofwe will fpeake anon more at Iarne,af- 

 ter we have fet downe the opinion of cM,/!ghppj, which hee hath delivered as touching thefe 

 quarters: for hehath written, that Media, Parthia,and Perfis, are bound on theEaftfide with M 

 ^the river Indus 5 on the Weft,with Tigris 5 on the North part,with the two mountames, Taurus 

 and Gaucafus t and on the South coaft,with the red fea : alfo that they extend m length 1 320 

 miles, and in breadth 840. Moreover^ that Mefopotamia by it felfe alone, is enclofcd Eaft ward 

 with the river Tigris, z^d Weftward with Euphrates; 5 having on the North fide ihe mountaine 



