Piiiiies NaturallHiftbrie, 



A of gold mines. All beyond this region is inhabited by the Atabuli^ apeopkalfoof JEcHyopia; 

 As for the Megabares^whom fome have named Adiabarcs, they lie againft Meroc, and have a 

 towne bearing the name of ^ -polio, hmon^ them are certain Nomades encamping under tents 

 and tabernaclesjwho live of Elephants flefli. luft againfi: them in a part of Atlricke arcthe long 

 living Macrobians. Againe^being paft the Megabarenes,you come unto the Memnoncs & Da- 

 veli : and 20 daies journey from them^ to the Critenfes. Beyond whom you meet with the Do-^ 

 chijand the Gymnetes who are ever naked.Soone after you ll-iall find rhe iVnderEe^Mathittt'.Ms- 

 fagebeSjHipporeaSjwho be all over blackCjand therfore they colour and paint their bodies with 

 a kind of red chalke or rudle called Rubrica. But upon the coatt of Affticke are the Medimni.Be- 

 yond whom you (halcome toanother fort of Nomades living under tents^whofeed of no other 



B thing but the milke of certaine creatures headed like dogs, called Cynocephali: alfo tothcO- 

 labi and SyrbotXjWho are reported to be eight cubites high. Moreover, Arijhcreon faith^That 

 on Libya fidcfive daies journey from Meroe^there is a towne called Tole : and 1 2 daies journey 

 from thencejthere ft andcth Elafja towne builtby the iEgyptians^ whofled thither ro avoid th.e 

 cruekie and tyrannic of king P/4w«^^//f/iJj-. And reported it isj that the /Ei^yptians held it for 

 3ooyeeres. Alfo, that the fame fugitives founded thetowneDaron bnthexontrariefideinthc 

 coaftof Arabia. But that which Anfiocreon namediEfar, i&Vtj;?calIed Sapajandfuthwithalljthac 

 the very word Sapa fignifieth in the -^thyopian languagejOrangers or aliens come from other 

 parts. Hee atfirmeth befides,that their capitallcitie is within anlflandjSembobitiSjand that Sai 

 within Arabiajis the third citie of that nation. Now^betweene the mountaines and the river Ni- 



Q lus, are the Symbarians and the Phalanges: but upon the very hils live theAfacha-, who have 



' many other nations under them : and they are by report {even daies journey from the Tea. They 

 live upon the venifon of Elephants flefhj which they ufe cominoply to hunt and chafe . As for 

 thelflandwithinNilusjof the Semberrires, it isfubjedto aqueene. And eight daies joi^ney 

 from thence liedi the country ofthe yEthyopian.snamed Nubcei.Thei? cheefe townXenupfis is 

 feated upon the river Nilus. Beyond the Nubians^you enter upon the countrey oi the Sambri : 

 vshere all the foure- footed beaftsjyeajCvcn the very ElephantSjare without eares.Vpon the coaft 

 of AfFricke iahabite the Ptoeambjiti and PciKmphanse : who have a dog for their king, and him 

 they obeyjacGording to the figns which he maketh by moving the parts of his bodie^which they 

 take to be his commaundemeats,and re%ioufly they doe obierve them.Their head citie is Au- 



D rufpi/arre diftant from Nilus. Beyond th«m are the Achifarmi , Phaliges, Marigeri^and Cafa- 

 rnarri. Bion affirmeth,That beyond Picmbobicis, there bee other townes in thelllands of that 

 coaft toward Meroe,alI the way as you pafle for 2 o daies journey. The towne of the next Ifland 

 is SsmberritarumjUnder the quecne:Ukev\ife another called' Afar.Alfo there is a fecond Ifland 

 hauin<7 in it the towne Daron : a third which they cailMedcgj wherein ftands- h thetowne Afel : . 

 and a fourth named GarodCj like as the towne alfo. Then along the bankcs 01 Nilus are many 

 townes,towitjNavosivlodunda3Andabis,Setundum5Coil.igat.Secande,Naveaabe;,Cumi/V- 

 grofpij^^gipa, Candrogari, Arabajand Summara. T he region above Sirbithim, where the 

 mountaines do'e end,is reported to have upon the fea coaft certaine ^thyopians called Nifica- 

 ftcs and Nifites=, that is to fay^men with threeor four eies apeece : not for that they are fo eied in- 



E deed butbecaufe they are excellent archers, 6< have a fpeciall good eie in aiming attheirmarkj 

 whiciilightly they will notmifte. Bioii affirmeth moreover^Tiiat from thatclimeof the heavenj 

 which beareth above the greater Syrtes, & bendeth toward the South Ocean fea^they be called 

 Dalionjto wic^the Ciforiansand Longoporesjwho drinke and ufe laine water only .And beyond 

 Oecalices for fivedaies journie,the VfibalksjIiiielians.Pharufeans^yalians and Cifpians. Al the 

 reft areiiothing but defctts.not inhabited. But then he tclleth fabulous and incredtbic tales o£ 

 thofe countries. Na mely, that \A/eft ward there are people called Nigroe, whofe king hath but 

 One eie,and that in the mids of his forehead. Alfo he taiketh-of the Agriophagijwho live moft of 

 panthers and lions fleft.Likewife ofthe Pomphagi,who eat allthings whatfeever, Moreover^of 

 the Anthropophagi J that feed of mans flefti.. Furthermore, ofthe Cynamolgi, who have 



F heads like do^s . Over and befides^the Artabatites who wandi^r and goe up and downe in the 

 forrcfts like foiirefooted favagebeafts. Beyond vvhom,as hee faith,bee the Ke(p€rij,and Peroefi, 

 who ,as we faid before, were planted in the confines of Mauritania; In certain partsalfo of ^thy- 

 opia the people live of locufts onely^which ;hey.pouder withfalt^apd hang up infmoke to har- 

 denior their y^erlyprovifion.and cheieiivenot^bove 40 yeers at the moft.Finallyav%/v//'4 faith 



O ij that 



