( pop ) 
AfpUn //. ’E/t4(pyA- tos sr^as 'ms 'Hg^tjtAaas 
TdV s'Tri^y. TrajeBo ad Columnar Hercalis 
Oceano. 
florus Lib. IV. C ^ Jn ipfo oftio Oceani Varus Didiuf’ 
que legAti conflixere ; [ed acrius fuit cum ipfo mart, quam 
inter fe navihus helium : Siquidem vdut furorem civium 
cafligaret Oceanus ^ utramque claffem naufragio ceeidit. 
Qttin&m tile horror, cum eodem tempore fiudus, procell£, 
viri naves, armament a confligerent ? Adde }vus ipfius for- 
mtdinem, vergentia in unum hinc Hifpani:2 inde Mauri- 
tani:E littera; Mare dr inleflinum externum, imminen* 
tefque Herculis [peculas ; cum omnia undique ftmul pratllo 
tempeftate J^virent, Here the Pillars of Hercules are 
made the very Mouth of the Ocean. If you underftand 
the Fret urn of Livj in this Senfe, and reckon it to fig- 
nify only the Sea between Calpe and Ahila, and the 
Ocean to begin from thence 'Weflvrard, the Paflage in 
the %%th Book is an accurate defcription of Rocadillo. 
LseUus Interim freto inOceanum eve6im ad Carteiam claffe 
accejjit. Urbs ea in ora Oceani ftta e(l, ahi prirntm c fait- 
cihus angufiis panditur mare* And allowing Lalius to fet 
out againft Adherhal from thence, every circumflance 
mentioned by Livy is fo eafy to be accounted for, that 
it is needlels to make Application. A Paflage in V/o^ 
Cajfius Lib. XLHI, induces me to believe the Veflels an- 
chored in the Guadarranque, and that that River, and 
not the Bay, was properly PortusCartei£ ''OuotpQ* Si \zod 
S’ 'c%/? KQ^r>lca,y evccuasscrri^, ^ fad) 
(pvytiv es Tvii' ywi', ay^vj^jis es ro S ?\.ifjidv©^ aMas 
aums 01 
(r(p(xs, ua-'TnjSj} i^'nrixeiQ.v, omv oiv ro 
yecvky(}v amAcoAexei.. Varus vero d Didio apud Crantiam 
navali fralio juperatus in terram evafit, conjedifque in 
introitum portiis anchoris, ltd ut una ah alia, teneretur, cum 
ad cas, tanquam ad feptum - qmddam, prints infeqmntium - 
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