the Parcoadrian ridge, . mount Taurus continues, due weft . quite' 

 to Cilicia. To the north of rhefe mountains, along tlie "Ocean 

 ^quite to the nortn^eaft end. of the earth) tlie river Bore 

 empties itielf into the Ocean,. and from hence weftward along 

 the Ocean, to the Cafpian Sea (which extends to mount Cau- 

 casus) ; all. this land is called Old Scythia, and Ircania. In this 

 country are three and forty nations, . fituated 'at great diftanccs 

 from each other, on account of the banennefs of the foil- Then 

 to the weft of the Cafpian Sea,, unto the river Tanais, and to the 

 fen Maeotis, thence fouth to the Mediterranean and mount Tau-- 

 rns, and north to the Ocean, is all Scythia ; though it is divided 

 by two and thirty nations, and the land on the eaftern bank of 

 the Tanais. The country is inhabited by a nation called the 

 Albaori, in the Latin tongue, and which we now name Liobene. 

 Thus have J fhortly ftated the boundaries of Afia. 



Now will Lalfo ftate thofe of Europe, .as much. as we are in- - 

 formed concerning them. From the river Tanais, .weftward to 

 the river Rhine (which takes its rife in the Alps, whence it 

 runs northward to the arm of the Ocean, that furrounds Bryttania,. 

 and fouth to the river Danube, whofe fource is near that of the 

 Nile, and runs northward of Greece till it empties itfelf into the 

 Mediterranean) and north . even' unto the . Ocean" (which men call 

 Civen fea) are many nations, and. the whole of this tract -of 

 country is called Germany. 



Hence to the north of the fource of the Danube, and to the 

 eaft cf the Rhine, are the Eaft Francan, and to the fouth of" 

 them are the Suevae ; on the oppofite bank of the Danube, and 

 to the fouth and eaft are the Beath-ware in that part which is 

 called Regnefburgh. Due eaft. from hence are the Beme, and to 



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