If range ans coftlp clott? of gcisc, al cmb;o* fye earth. 
DercS ans fet teith pcarles ans Hones mott SDtjercfoje it is mott terfaine that NvIik 
fumptuous to beholds : to fo tljisfeaft floteetlj out of the firttlafee, liefh 
ans Image the people runne in fo great bnser fteeluc Degrees, bpfhepoleanfar* 
troupes, that bp reafen of the ptcafe, rna? tibe* tehtch labe is almoft compares ti¬ 
nt are ffjjuttto seatlj. bout teith tjils, tehercof tljofc that lie eatt* 
SCljts Cmperour Preftor Iohn is not foarD* arecalleD Cafatcs, teith roebesof 
rightlp names, fo j that his name is Belgr- ^altpater, ans of bluer on fclje one fise, 
an^Bclfignifpmgt^e^igljeajpcrfeetettjahs ans on the other fiSchtUes, though th® 
ercellenteft of all things, ans Gian&o;se, tehtch Nylus sefcensetl) about fcureljtm* 
o; ]B;tnce,tehtch is proper to all that com* 
mauns o; gouerne ouer othcrs:lb then Bel¬ 
gian fignifteth the eptefe o;hiS^tt $Mnce> 
tefitet) name being fotopnes, is proper to 
Monebuttot^ebingjtjauingalfo afurname 
of Dauid , as our (Emperours the name of 
Caefar OJ Au'guftus. 
I^ere | mutt alittlesittourfeof ttje riuer 
Nylus, tehtch hath notljeriffucin Belgians 
Ians, neither fromtheljilles of ttje ^mne, 
no; as Ptolomeus faitb,from the tteo labes 
tehtch he placeth in the misle betteeen eatt 
' ansteeattjteitljtbeotttanceofalmott faure 
hunsjesansfiftte Italian miles one from 
the other,fo; that bnser the fame pole teller 
in Ptolomeus placeth the fatse tteo labes, 
lietlj tf)e ttoO btngSomS Of Congo anD An¬ 
gola, totoarses tlje teeatt,ans on tlje other 
fiSe totearss tlje cattle btngsome of Mo- 
nomotapa.ans Sofala , tetth sittancefrom 
tlje one feato Qje otljer of about tteelue hutt 
S;cs Italian miles: ans Odoardus fateth, 
fljattn fljefe countries there is but one labe. 
tehtch lietlj on tlje bojsures of Angola, ans 
Monomotapa, teljiclj is tnPbigneffe about a 
bunsies ninetp fine Italian miles: of tlje 
teljiclj labe tece are toell affures, ans fruelp 
certifies bp fljofe of Angdla,but on tlje eatt 
Cseof Sofalaans Monomotapa , there is 
• no mention mase o? anp otljer labe, inhere* 
bp it map befatse, tljat bnser tlje fame sc# 
grees there is no otljer labe. %v ueit is that 
there are pet tteo otljer labes, buttheplie 
clean contrarp to tljofc teljereof Ptolomeus 
te;iteth, fo;ljee (as | false before) placeth 
his labes right in tlje missle betteeenc eatt 
ans teeatt, ans tljofc teljereof | fpeabe, lie 
right bp Street line betteeene no;tfj ans 
foufh, sittantaboutfoure bunsjes miles. 
£>omemen in tljofc countries are of opinio 
on,tljat Nilus fp;mgcth out oftfje firtt lake, 
ans tfjen agatne |»tdetfj it felfe bnser tlje 
eartfj > ans ittue out againe tn another place, 
tehich fomemen senp, ans Odoardus fattlj 
tljat right the opinion therein is, that Ny¬ 
lus paffeth not bnser the earth, but that it 
runneth though certapne fearefull ans se* 
Cart'balleis, Inhere no man comraetho; 
inhabiteth, (teithout anpecertainectjan* 
itell) ans fo it is faps that it runneth bnser 
Thea.Bookeo 
s;es miles right no;th 5 ans then runneth 
into an other labe that is greater* tohich 
theinijabitantcs Doe call a £>ea o;sp&re, 
becaufe it is greater than the-ctljer, being 
tn bjeasth about tteto hunsjes ans ttecn? 
tie miles, Iptng right bnser the equtnoett? 
all line. SDf this fccons labe tee are true* 
Ip asuertifes bp the people of Anziclu,tlje 
tehtch bo;surc bppou Congo. teho traf* 
fibinginthat countrp repojte, that in tljat 
labe there are people that so faile in great 
Ihtppes, that can te;ite, bfingtecights 
ans meafures, tehtch th^p haue not in 
the bojDurcs of Congo, tehtch qlfobuilo 
their hottfes of ttonc ans chalbe as it gre* 
teeth in the earth, much Itbe tlje peo< 
pie of Poningale,teherebp it map be fatse, 
that Preftor Johns lanois not farrefrom 
thence. ^Duf ofthtsfecons labe afojefaise, 
the riuer Nylus runneth to the |flans of 
Meroe, beingsittant from the labe 240. 
SDutch miles (tehereunto other liiuers 
haue their courfe, as the riuer of Colucs. 
sc. IptngonfheboteuresofMdmde,) ans 
comming to tlje raise |flans of Meroe, it 
SiuiDeth itfelfe in tteo partes* comparing 
about a high Ians calles Meroe : on the 
rtghtflse of Meroe toteardes the eatt run* 
neth an otljer riuer caUes Abagni, fp :ing* 
tug out of the labeBracma, teljich riuer 
runneth though Preftor Iolms Ians fo 
the fatse |flans: ans on the other fiseto* 
tearses the teett runneth other rtuers * a* 
mong tlje tehich is Saraboc. %\)is rtuer 
enfringinto Nilus, ans running about tlje 
Iflans of Meroe, runne together in a b;o* 
Ser ttreame through Ethiopia, tehich is 
calles Ethiopia, Iptng aboue Egypt, ans 
reacljefh fotlje Oefccnsing thereof, tellers 
the riuer Nylus, meeteth agatne teifh both 
fhettreames, together, in a high ballep, 
antt fo teitlj a great fall runs to the Iflsns 
ofSiene : , teith fo hojrtble a nopfe, that tlje 
people thereabouts bp that means are mott 
part Seafe, ans thence running though E- 
gypt,ifteatercthal thecounfrep, ans ma* 
beth it ftuttfull, ans from thence runneth 
info the QBsoiterraneanfea, right ouer a* 
gaintt Cipres, ans that teith tteo notable 
ftreames ? befisesothers, tehercofone at 
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