Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. 



A the region Dahanegoris '.the mountaine Orfa with an haven under it : the gulfe orarmeof the 

 feacalled Diiatus, with many Iflands therein . Alfo the mQuntaine Tricoryplius ithecountrey 

 Cardalenajthe Iflands Solanid^e and Capina.Soon after you fall upon other Iflands of the Ich- 

 thyophagi : and after them the people called Glarians. The frrond called Hanimseum , wherein 

 aregolden mines.The region Canauna.The people Apitami and Gafani. The IflandDeuada?, 

 with the fountaineGoralus.Then come you to the Garphets countrey uhelflands Aleu^ Am- 

 namethu.Bey ond which are the people called Darrse^the Ifland C helonitis, and many other of 

 the Ichthyophagi.The IfleEodanda which lieth defert^and Bafage_, befide5.many other that be- 

 long to the Sabieans.For rivers^you haveThamar and AmnqUjandin them the Iflands Dojic^ej 

 wherein bee the fountaines Daulotes and Dora . Iflands befidesgto wit, PteroSjLabariSjCovoris 

 B and Sambracate^with a townefo named alfoin the firme land, On the South fide many Iflands 

 there be, but the greatcft of them all is Camari . Then have you the river Myfecrosjtlie haven 

 Leupasjand the Sabasans called Scenitse/or that they live under tabernacles and tents. Moreo- 

 verjmany other Iflands.The cheefefl mart or town of raerchandife in thofe parts is Acila^where 

 the merchants ufe toembarke for their voiage into India.Then followeth the region Amithol^ 

 cudajandDamnia.The Miziansjboth the greater and theleffe: theMmutiansandMac^, A 

 Promontorie of theirs is overagainft Carmania,& diftantfrom it 50 miles. A wonderous thing 

 is reported to have been there done, and that is this : that Numenm lord deputie under Icing An-^ 

 tiochm^ over Melena^and generall of his armiCjdcfeited the navie of the Perfians in fca fight^and 

 the fame day with the opportunitie of the tide returned to land again^and gave their horfemen 

 C an overthrow to it : whereupon^in memorial! ofa two-fold vidorie in one day atchievedjie ere- 

 ded two triumphant trophsees^the one in honour of luptcr^^n^ the other of Tiepune.'^dx with^ 

 inthcdeepefea there lieth another Ifland called Ogyris, diflant from the continent IZ5 milesj 

 and containing in circuit 1 1 23much renowmed for the fepulchre of king Rj/Z^r^jwho tlicrc was 

 cnterred. Another likewife there is of no lefle accounrjcalled DiofcoridUjlying in the fea. Aza- 

 niumjand isfrom Syagrunijtheutmoft point or cape of the maine^zSo miles. Buttoreturne to 

 the Continentrthere remaine yet not fpokempf^the Antarides toward the Sou ih^as you turne to 

 the mountainesjwhich continue for fev^n daies journey over : then thefe nations^Larendanes, 

 Catabanes^and Gebanites:who have many townes^but the greateft arc Nagia and Tamna^with 

 65 churches or temples within it, whereby a man may know how great it is. Fronidience yoo 

 D come to aPromontorie : from which to the continent of the Troglodites it is 50 miles. And in 

 thofe quarters remaine the Toanes^AcchitcEjC hatramotita: jTomabeijAntidaleijLexiana^j A- 

 grcijCerbanijand Sabsi^of all the Arabiansior their (lore offrank-incenie moft famous^as al- 

 io for the largenelfe of their countrey, reachingfromfeatofca. Their townes fituate upon the 

 coaft of the red fea,are Marane jMarraa,Cocolia and Sabatra. Within the firme land are thefe 

 towneSjNafcuSjCavdavajCarnus^andTomalajwherethe Saba^anskeepe their faires and mar- 

 kets for CO vent & fell their commodities of incenfe^myrrhe^and fuch drugs and fpices. One pare 

 of them are the Atramites^whofe capitail citie Sobotale, hath within the walls thereol ^o ten> 

 pies. But the roiali citie and cheefe ieat of the whole kingdome isNariaba : fituate upon a gulfs 

 or arme of the fca that reacheth into the land ^4 miles/ull of Iflands^beautified with fweet odo- 

 E riferous trees.Vpon the Atramites within the maineland joine the IVlina:! : but the Elamites in- 

 habice the maritine coaft^where there ftandeih a cittie alfo called Elamitum. To them the C a- 

 gulates heclofe : and their head lowne is Siby,which the Greekes name Apate.Then comeyou 

 10 the Arficodani and Vadei^ with a great towne : and the Barafei : beyond whom, is Lichemia, 

 and the Ifland Sygaros^into which no dogs will come willingly : and if any be put there^they will 

 never hn wandering about the fl:iore untill they die. In thefartheft parr of the abovefaidgulfe 

 are the Leanites, whereof the gulfe tooke the name Leanites. their head citie and roiall feat fs 

 Agra.; but the cittie Leana, or as others would have it^^lana, is fituate upon the very gulfe. 

 And hereupon our writers have called that arme of thefea^laniticum, others ^lenaticum 3 

 i^r/^wii^tfm^Aleniticumjandking/fl^^jLseniticum . Arabia is reported to rake in circuit 

 p from Charax to Leana, 4870 myles : but luba thinketh it fomewhat lefTe than 4000. Wideft 

 it is in the North parts betweene the townes Herous and Chracc . Now it remaineth thac 

 wee fpeake of other parts within the midland thereof. Vponthe Nabatiei, theThimaneans 

 doe border, after the defcription of the old Geographers : but at this day, theTavenes, Su- 

 ellenes,and Saiacenes : their principall towne is Arra^ wherein is the greateft trafficke and 



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