{^.S TiiefixthBookeof 



that all -^thy opia, and take the land with it of Preffer lehan bordering Upon the red fea^contai- ^ 

 nethin length 2 170 miles:&in breadth^together with the higher ^gypt5i29i .Some Geogra- 

 phers have taken the breadth in this maner.From Meroe to Sirbitum, 1 2 daies journic upon Ni« 

 Ius:from thence to the counttie of theDavillians another i ijandfrom them to the ^thyopian 

 Ocean i^daies.But in general al writers in a maner do refolve upon this_,that between the Ocean 

 and Meroe it 15725 miles : and from thence to Syenejasmuchaswc havefet down before. As for 

 the pofiture and ficuation of ^thiopiajit lieth Southeaft and Southweftjn the Meridian South 

 parts tbereofjthere be great woods of Ebene elpecially, alwaies greene.Towatd the mids of this 

 rcgionjthereis a mightie high mountain lookingovcr the fea^thatbiirneth continuallyj which 

 the Greeks call Theon-ochemajthatis to fayjthe chariot of the gods : from the which it is coun- 

 Cap. de bonne fourc daies journey by fca to the promontorie or cape called Hcfperion-Cerasj which confi- „ 

 tfperancc. ^^^^ ^p^^ Africke, neerc to the Hefperian ^Ethiopians. Some writers hold, that this trad is 

 beautified with pretie little hils, and thole pleafantly clad and garnifted with fhadowie groves^ 

 wherein the iEgipancs and Satyres doeconverfc. 



Chap. xxxi. ^Thellandsinthei^ethiofknfea, 



EVhorus^ndoxus^^xi^ Timoflhenes^ do all agree in this, that there be very many Iflands in all 

 that fea. ClitArchu^ witnelfeth, that report was made to Alexander the Great^of one above 

 the reftj which was fo rich and well monyed, that for an ordinarie horfe the inhabitants 

 would not fticke to give a talent of gold : alfo of another, wherein was found a facred hill ador- 

 ned with a goodly wood upon it^where the trees diftilled and dropped fweet water of a wonder- | 

 full odoriferous fmell. Moreover, full againft the Perfian gulfe, lyeth the Ifland named Cernc, 

 oppofite unto ^thiopia^but how large it is,or how farre off it beareth into the lea from the con« 

 tinent^is not certainly knowne: this onely is reported, that the Ethiopians and none but they, 

 are the inhabitants thereof. JEphorm writeth, that they who would faile thither from the red fea^ 

 are not able for extreame heat to pafTe beyond certainecolumnes or pillars , for fo they call the 

 little Iflands there. Howbeit P^^/y^/z^avoucheth, that this Ifland Cerne where it lyeth in the ut- 

 moftcoaftof the Mauritanian fea over-againft the mountaine Atlas, isbutSftadia from the * 

 land. And Cermlm Nepos affirmethjthat likewife it is not above a mile from the landpvcragainft 

 Carthage : and befides,that it is not above two miles in circuit. There is mention made alfo by 

 Audiors, of another Hand before thefaid mountain© Adas, named alfo thereupon Atlantis. ^ 

 And five daies failing from it, appearethe dcfertsof the^EthiopianHefperians, together with 

 the forefaid cape, which we named Hefperion-Ceras, where the coafls of the land begin firfl to 

 turne about their forefront to wind Weft ward, and regard the Atlanticke fea. lufl over-againft 

 this cape, as Xenophon Lam^fjcenu6 reporteth , lye the Iflands called Gorgates, where fomtimes 

 the Gorgones kept their habitation,and two daies failing they are thought to be from the firmc 

 land. T^^^'^'^ja great commaundcr andgenerallof the Carthaginians, landed there with anar- 

 mie : who made this report from thence, That the women were all over their bodies hairic : as 

 for the men, he could not catch one of thcm/ofwiftthey were of foot that theyefcaped out of 

 all fight : but he flead two of thcfe Gorgone women and.brought away their skinnes, which for a 

 teftimoniall of his beeing there,and for a wonder to pofteritie, hee hung up in lumes temple, £ 

 where they werefeene,untiIlCar£hagewaswoonandlacked.Beyondthefclfles,thereareby re- 

 port,two more difcovered,by the name of Hefperides. But fo uncertaine are all the intelligenr 

 ces delivered concerning thefe parts, that i'/rf///^^<?^^y^ affirmeth,thatitis4o good daies fai- 

 hng from the Iflands of thefe Gorgones along the coaft of Atlas,untothe Iflesof thcHefpe- 

 rides ; and from thence to Hefperion-Ceras, but one. As little refoludon and certaintie there 

 is, as touching the Iflands of Mauritania. In this onely they all jumpe and accord,that king 7«^^ 

 difcovered fome few of them over-againft the Autolotes, in which hee meant and purpofed co 

 die Gsetulian purple. 



Chap* xxxii. 



^ of the IJlAftds Fortumta^ or Canme* ^ 



SOme Authors there be who thinke, that the Iflands Fortunat2c,and ccrtaine others befides 

 them,aie beyond the Autolotes: among whomc, the fame above rehearfedwas fo 

 bold, as to ^eake of their diftances : and namely, that the Ifland lunonia is from Gades 



y^omiies; 



