(lop) 
there was a fsjfsge oat of the (Jttediterrd* 
man into the Red Sea 5 the fuhmerjton of 
the AtUntid If and; And the Dcfcripti- 
on of many places in the Expeditions of 
Racchus, T riftolomus^ tllyfes, <^neas^ and 
others, may be true, though it agree not 
with things as they are at this Day. la 
the jyifertation it ielf I fliall employ e- 
vident demonftrations to evince moft of 
the Changes, that have happen’d in £- 
traria in all that Trad, which lyeth be¬ 
tween the Rivers Kyirno and Tibery, and 
though the time, in which every one 
came to pafs, cannot be afligned, yet I 
fliall bring fuch Arguments out of th© 
Hiftory of Italy no ground of doubt 
fliall be left behind. 
And this is a fuccind, not to fay a tu¬ 
multuary relation of the chief things, 
which in the it felfl intend¬ 
ed to explain both more diftindly and 
more largely, together with a Deferipti- 
on of the places, where I had obferv a e- 
very particular. 
