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<P>A Mo&s;t Exact and Accurate MAP OF THE Whole World: OR THE ORB Terre&s;trial de&s;cribed in Four plain MAPS, <HI>(VIZ.)</HI>
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<ITEM><HI>ASIA,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>E&V;ROPE,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>AFRICA,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>AMERICA.</HI></ITEM>
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<P>Containing all the known and mo&s;t Remarkable Capes, Ports, Bayes and I&s;les, Rocks, Rivers, Towns, and Cities; together with their Scituation, Commodities, Hi&s;tory, Cu&s;tomes, Government; and a new and exact <HI>Geography,</HI> e&s;pecially their <HI>Longitudes</HI> and <HI>Latitudes,</HI> in Alphabetical Order, and fitted to all Capacities.</P>
<P>A Work, as well u&s;eful as delightful, for all Schollars, Merchants, Mariners, and all &s;uch as de&s;ire to know Forreign parts, and is very helpful for the ready finding out any place mentioned in large Maps.</P>
<P>By <HI>D. L.</HI> M. A.</P>
<Q><HI>Dii laboribus omnia vendunt.</HI></Q>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>John Garrett,</HI> at his Shop as you go up the Stairs of the Royal Exchange in <HI>Cornhil:</HI> where is Printed, Coloured and Sold, a Map of the World in four Sheets with <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> de|&s;criptions: And where you may have al&s;o choice of all &s;orts of Maps, and Pictures for Hou&s;es, Studies, or Clo&s;ets. 1676.</P>
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<P><HI>Collegium Je&s;u Cantabrigien&s;e 1700</HI></P>
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<HEAD>TO THE READER.</HEAD>
<P>_O&V;r Fathers remember one man that drew the whole body of the Heavens in a &s;hort Plate, which he pre&s;ented to the Emperour of <HI>Germany;</HI> And another that Com|prehended the Ten Commandments, the Creed, and the Lords Prayer in one &s;in|gle Peny, which he be&s;towed upon Queen <HI>Elizabeth.</HI> We their Po&s;terity, have here, all that the Indu&s;trious Collection of <HI>Strabo, Pliny,</HI> and the Judicious Ob|&s;ervations of <HI>Pomponius Mela,</HI> the choice Rarities of the <HI>Nubian</HI> Geogra|phy, the deep and long Reaches of the Admired (<GAP DESC="foreign">)
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Three men e&s;tee|med Mira|cles of Na|ture a|mong the Antients, <HI>Plato</HI> <GAP DESC="foreign">. <HI>Ari&s;totiles</HI> <GAP DESC="foreign">. and <HI>Ptol.</HI> <GAP DESC="foreign">.</NOTE> <HI>Ptolomy:</HI> the great In|du&s;try of <HI>Gerard Mercator;</HI> the often tran&s;lated Co&s;mography of <HI>Seba&s;tian
<PB REF="4">Mun&s;ter;</HI> the worn-out <HI>German M. S.</HI> of <HI>Goldman;</HI> the &s;tately pieces of <HI>Bleau,</HI> and <HI>John&s;ton;</HI> the comprehen&s;ive De|&s;cription of <HI>Lucas de Linda:</HI> the <GAP DESC="foreign"> of <HI>Ralph Volaterran;</HI> the Great World of Great <HI>Ortelius</HI> and <HI>Maginus;</HI> be&s;ides the Corographies of each Country,
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Pau&s;a|nias of Greece.</NOTE> as <HI>Guicciardane</HI> of the <HI>Low Countries, Le|anders</HI> of <HI>Italy, Cambden</HI> of <HI>England;</HI> The travels of the Experienced, as <HI>San|dys, Blunt, L'Blance,</HI> the <HI>Hol&s;tein</HI> Am|ba&s;&s;adors; all the&s;e &s;um'd up in <HI>24</HI> &s;heets, above an <HI>100^l</HI> worth of Learning for <HI>18^d,</HI> &amp; many ages knowledg of the whole world for a few hours &s;tudy: It's &s;trange though true, to con&s;ider that the Gentlemans cu|rio&s;ity can pitch upon no Place, Cu&s;tome, Hi&s;tory of any part, or all the World, but here he hath &s;atisfaction; the Traveller de&s;ires to know no Country, either for his In&s;truction in new Ob&s;ervation, or Recol|lection of his old ones, but here it's fully
<PB REF="4">de&s;cribed: The Seaman &s;eeth here in one day, all Creeks, Sands, Ports, Channels, with the Longitude and Latitude of each place: The Merchant, all Commodities Imported and Exported into each Coun|try, with the Marts for them; the time and place of trade for each of them; the Novilant hath the &s;cituation of each place of action he hears of; the Schollar all the Governments, Laws, Alterations, Incli|nations, Inhabitants, Cities, Laws and Cu&s;toms of each Country. <HI>Cato</HI> u&s;ed to ask upon the propo&s;al of any bu&s;ine&s;s to be done, <HI>cui bono,</HI> to what end is this? And if thou ask, <HI>cui fini,</HI> to what purpo&s;e is the writing of this Book? We an&s;wer, <HI>1.</HI> It is to prepare the younger &s;ort with an exact introduction to larger Geographies. <HI>2.</HI> It's to accommodate the more knowing with an exact account in the brief of their lar|ger reading to help their memory. <HI>3.</HI> It's to render Hi&s;tory more plea&s;ant; for as the
<PB REF="5">&s;tory maketh the place more remarkable, &s;o the particular knowledge of the place ma|keth the &s;tory more plea&s;ant. <HI>Ammian Marcellinus</HI> hath de&s;erved well of the Common-wealth of learning, by premi&s;ing the Geography and De&s;cription of each part of the World, before he attempted the Hi&s;tory of the whole. <HI>4.</HI> It's to render the Scripture in many places mentioned in it (out of <HI>Chytraeus,</HI> his <HI>Itinerarium S. Script.</HI> and <HI>Adricomius</HI> his <HI>Terra Sancta</HI>) more intelligible. <HI>5.</HI> It's to fur|ni&s;h Phy&s;itians with the nece&s;&s;ary know|ledge of the temper of mens bodies in eve|ry Clime; the nature and growth of &s;im|ples, and medicinal drugs in each Coun|try; to acquaint Lawyers with the Laws of Nations, and Divines with the Reli|gions of the World: To hint to States-men the Genius of all people; together with the Limits and Bounds the Weakne&s;s and Strength, Advantages and Di&s;advan|tages
<PB REF="5">of all States and Kingdoms. And <HI>La&s;tly,</HI> to entertain any Gentleman with|out any charge or pain, with the particu|lar draughts of Kingdomes, Provinces, Cities, Towns, Ca&s;tles, Continents, Ilands Pemn&s;ulaes, I&s;tmus's, Promontories, Climes, Horizons, Meridians, Zones (all done beyond <HI>Clavius, Sacro Bo&s;co,</HI> by M^r <HI>Hues</HI> his Book of the u&s;e of the Globes) Streights or Fretes, Creekes or Bayes, Lakes, Rivers, with their Ri&s;e, Cour&s;e, Channels, Harbours, Influxes, (done ex|actly by <HI>Aurigarius</HI> in his <HI>Speculum Nauticum, S^r Tho. Reeves</HI> his <HI>Hi&s;to|ria Navalis, Pet. de Medina,</HI> and <HI>Non|nius</HI> his <HI>Regulae Artis Navigandi.)</HI> Ci|ties and Towns (which may &s;erve in&s;tead of <HI>Bruinus</HI> his <HI>Theatrum Urbium,</HI> or <HI>Stephanus</HI> <GAP DESC="foreign">) Revenues, Strength, Di&s;cipline out of <HI>Boterus, &amp;c.</HI> and that too in as compleat away, as if he had tra|velled over either all the Books, or all the
<PB REF="6">Countries of the World; whereof this little Book contains as hand&s;ome particulars, admi|ni&s;iring to Di&s;cour&s;e upon all occa&s;ions, as any ingenious per&s;on that keeps Company can wi&s;h.</P>
<P>As little as this Book is, it is not &s;o <HI>Brief</HI> as to be <HI>Ob&s;cure,</HI> onely there being no place for an idle word or letter in &s;o exact a Piece, we have expre&s;&s;ed &s;uch known words, as <HI>Ea&s;t, We&s;t, North</HI> and <HI>South, Latitude</HI> and <HI>Longitude, &amp;c.</HI> with the fir&s;t letters of them, and divided each Country into its Province, a&s;&s;igning to each Province its Towns, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> (without any circum|locution, &mdash;
<Q>Ornari res ip&s;a negat, contenta doceri)</Q> with the Bounds, Scituation, Length, Breadth, and E&s;tate of each place of Note in the World, whereby a man ea&s;ily learneth how each place &s;tands its &s;elf, and with relation to all others; what its Original is, if now in being, and what its former condition was, if now de&s;olate: And all this with that exactne&s;s <HI>(<GAP DESC="foreign">, Ari&s;t.)</HI> the &s;ubject matter is capable of.</P>
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<HEAD>A MAP OF THE Whole World: Or, the Orb Terre&s;trial, in Four Parts, <HI>(viz.) A&s;ia, Europe, Affrica,</HI> and <HI>America.</HI></HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">ASIA.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_ASIA,</HI>
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Called &s;o from <HI>A&s;i,</HI> a <HI>mid|dle,</HI> becau&s;e in the middle be|tween <HI>Europe</HI> and <HI>Affrica. Roch.</HI></NOTE> In Scripture, called <HI>Semia,</HI> from <HI>Sem,</HI> bounded on the We&s;t with the <HI>Mediterranian, Aegean,</HI> the <HI>Hele&s;|pont, Propontis, Thracian, Bo&s;phorus,</HI> and the <HI>Euxine</HI> Sea towards <HI>Europe;</HI> On the South with the <HI>Carpathian</HI> Sea, and the Southern Ocean towards <HI>Affrica;</HI> On the Ea&s;t with the <HI>Indian</HI> Sea, and <HI>Mare|del-zar</HI> towards <HI>America;</HI> On the North with the main <HI>Scythick</HI> Ocean; all Sea-bound, except a narrow <HI>I&s;tmus,</HI>
<PB N="2" REF="7">in the South-we&s;t towards <HI>Affrica.</HI>
<NOTE N="&dagger;" PLACE="marg">Its Scitua|tion.</NOTE> Scituated <HI>E.</HI> and <HI>W.</HI> from 52 to the 169 degree of Longitude, <HI>N. S.</HI> to the 82 degree of Latitude to the Aequator, longe&s;t day, except in Northern parts, 12 hours, length 5200, breadth 4560 miles, famous for being the Scene of the Creation, Redemption, and fir&s;t Monarchs of the World.</P>
<P>Here's Mount <HI>Taurus</HI> from <HI>Lycia</HI> to the <HI>Indian</HI> &s;hore, 6240 long, and 357 broad, memorable for three dif|ficult pa&s;&s;ages, fir&s;t, <HI>Pylae Ciliciae;</HI> &s;econdly, <HI>Caucatiae;</HI> thirdly, <HI>Portae Ca&s;piae.</HI> 2. <HI>Imaus</HI> cro&s;&s;ing <HI>Taurus</HI> 36 Monarchies, tho&s;e Mountains of power; 1 the <HI>Turki&s;h,</HI> 2 the <HI>Per&s;ian,</HI> 3 the <HI>Cham</HI> of <HI>Tartary,</HI> 4 the <HI>Chinois,</HI> 5 the King of <HI>Barma,</HI> 6 the <HI>Great Mogor:</HI> and 4 Religions, <HI>Chri&s;tianity</HI> improved much lately by Trade, <HI>Judai&s;me, Pagani&s;me,</HI> and <HI>Mahumetani&s;me.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>I. <HI>A&s;ia minor,</HI></HEAD>
<P> a <HI>Penin&s;ula,</HI> between 51 and 72 degrees of longitude, 36 and 45 of Latitude, 630 miles long from the <HI>Hele&s;pont,</HI> to <HI>Euphrates,</HI> and 260 broad from <HI>Sinus I&s;&s;icus</HI> to <HI>Trapezond;</HI> healthful and fruitful between the middle parallel of the 4^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">^h clime, and the middle parallel of the 6^t^h, as good for Hor&s;es, according to the <HI>Turki&s;h</HI> Proverb, as <HI>Europe</HI> is for hor&s;emen. Here's 1. <HI>Pontus,</HI> where are 1 the mid-land towns, <HI>Claudiopolis, Flaviopolis, Juliopolis,</HI> called &s;o from the <HI>Roman</HI> Empe|rours that built them. 2. the Sea-towns, as 1 <HI>Heraclea Ponti,</HI> the &s;eat and re&s;idence of an Emperour formerly, and now a place of good Trade. 2 <HI>Dio&s;polis</HI> on the <HI>Euxine</HI> Sea. 3 <HI>Ama&s;tris.</HI> 4 <HI>Sinope</HI> on a Promontory &s;hooting into the Main. 5 <HI>Ca&s;tamona.</HI> 6 <HI>Favagoria.</HI> 7 <HI>A|ma&s;ia,</HI> where the Grand&s;igniour's Elde&s;t Son is kept alwayes as &s;oon as circumci&s;ed till his Fathers death. 8 <HI>Diopolis,</HI> where <HI>Mithredates</HI> e&s;caped <HI>Lucullus,</HI> by &s;trew|ing trea&s;ure in his way. 9 <HI>Polemonium.</HI> 10 <HI>Hermana&s;&s;a.</HI> 11
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Or <HI>Neocae&s;a|ria.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Nixana.</HI> 12 <HI>Seba&s;tia;</HI> hereabouts were the war-like <HI>Amazons,</HI> that had no
<NOTE N="&dagger;" PLACE="marg">Whence called <HI>Ama|zons,</HI> from <GAP DESC="foreign">.</NOTE> Males among them; going to their Neighbour Nations once in three years for copu|lation, and if they brought forth Males, they &s;ent them
<PB N="3" REF="7">to their Fathers, if Females they kept them. 13 <HI>Cera&s;us,</HI> whence Cherries were brought to <HI>Rome A.V.C.</HI> 680. 14 <HI>I&s;chopolis.</HI> 15. <HI>Trapezond</HI> on the <HI>Euxine</HI> Sea, a famous Empory for Salt-fi&s;h, an adjoyning Mountain afford|ing a black &s;tone, that when beaten &s;erves for &s;alt; and for being the &s;tation of the <HI>Turki&s;h</HI> Gallies, that are to clear the <HI>black Sea.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>II. Fruitful <HI>Bythinia,</HI></HEAD>
<P> Ea&s;tward of <HI>Pontus,</HI> We&s;tward and North ward the <HI>Euxine</HI> Sea, &amp; <HI>Phrygiaminor,</HI> where|rein 1 <HI>Scutori</HI> well Garri&s;oned, and <HI>Orcharded</HI> with <HI>Mai|den tower</HI> over again&s;t the Haven of <HI>Con&s;tantinople.</HI> 2 <HI>Ni|comedia</HI> much frequented for its fre&s;h &s;prings, &amp; plea&s;ant plains. 3 <HI>Pru&s;a</HI> or <HI>Bru&s;&s;a,</HI> the Turk's Imperial Seat be|fore <HI>Adrianople,</HI> and now their Sepulture large and weal|thy. 4 Poor <HI>Caleedon,</HI> where <HI>Con&s;tantine</HI> intended to build his Seat, but that Eagles carried the workmens lines to <HI>Bizantium,</HI> and where was the 4^t^h General Council, con|fi&s;ting of 530 Bi&s;hops again&s;t <HI>Ne&s;torius.</HI> 5 <HI>Nice,</HI> now <HI>Nei|chia,</HI> or <HI>I&s;nichs,</HI> famous for two Councils held therein; one famous <HI>A.</HI> 314 by <HI>Con&s;tantine,</HI> the other by
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Where <HI>Images</HI> were decreed to be wor&s;hip'd, be|cau&s;e it was written, <HI>Let us make man after our own Image.</HI> <GAP DESC="foreign">.</NOTE> <HI>Errene.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>III. <HI>Galatia,</HI> or <HI>Chaunger,</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI> E. Cappadocia. N. Paphlagonia, S. Lycaonia</HI> famous for fruits and &s;tones, e&s;pecially the <HI>Amethy&s;t,</HI> that keeps men from being drunk as long as they wear it; where people u&s;ed to ca&s;t letters with the decea&s;ed into the fire, to be read in another world. Here 1 <HI>Ancyra</HI> famous for an old Synod, <HI>A.</HI> 299 and good Chamlets on the bankes of <HI>Surgarius.</HI> 2 <HI>Olenus.</HI> 3 <HI>Agrinana.</HI> 4 <HI>Tavium.</HI> 5 <HI>Andro|&s;in.</HI> 6 <HI>Phaborena.</HI> 7 <HI>Thorma.</HI> 8 <HI>Talach Bachora.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>IV. <HI>Paphlagonia</HI> now called <HI>Rom,</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI> E.</HI> River <HI>Haly,</HI> and <HI>Cappadocia. N. Pontus,</HI> where there are &s;uch poor places, as <HI>Gangra</HI> where <HI>Concilium Ganyren&s;e</HI> 339. 2 <HI>Conrula.</HI> 3 <HI>Pompeiopolis.</HI> 4 <HI>Germanopolis.</HI> 5 <HI>Nouna.</HI> 6 <HI>Andrapa.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>V. <HI>Phrygia</HI> the le&s;s </HEAD>
<P><HI>E. My&s;ia. W. Helle&s;pont. N. S. Propontis</HI> and the <HI>Aegean</HI> Sea: Here is, 1 the Ruines of <HI>Troy:</HI> 2 With its Port <HI>Sigaeum,</HI> and 3 the Sea town <HI>Lyrne&s;&s;us,</HI> and <HI>A&s;&s;us, Acts</HI> 20.13. where dead bodies are con&s;umed in 40 dayes, and 4 &s;trong <HI>Scamandria.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>VI. <HI>My&s;ia</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI> E. W. Phrygia</HI> the greater and le&s;s <HI>N. S. Bythinia Helle&s;pont, Lydia</HI> and the <HI>Aegean,</HI> where be|&s;ides the Mountain <HI>Olympus,</HI> and the Rivers <HI>Caicus,</HI> and 2 <HI>Granicus:</HI> 1 <HI>Pergamus</HI> on a goodly plain by the banks of <HI>Caicus,</HI> famous for, 1 a great Library, containing 20000 Volumes, whence Parchment called <HI>Pergamenum.</HI> 2 <HI>Ta|pe&s;try.</HI> 3 <HI>Galens</HI> birth-place, who attained to 140 years of age, 1 By never eating or drinking his fill. 2 Nor any thing raw. 3 And by perfumes he carried about him. 4 And one of the 7 Churches in the <HI>Revelations.</HI> 2 <HI>Alydda.</HI> 3 <HI>Trojanopolis.</HI> 4 <HI>Praepemi&s;&s;us.</HI> 5 <HI>Proto&s;elene.</HI> 6 <HI>Addramittium, Acts</HI> 27. 7 <HI>Dainta.</HI> 8 <HI>Scep&s;is vetus</HI> on the <HI>Aegean</HI> Sea. 9 <HI>Parium,</HI> and its <HI>Marble.</HI> 10 <HI>Priapus,</HI> the filthy Gods <HI>Lamp&s;achus.</HI> 11 <HI>Cyzicus</HI>
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Famous for a Temple, who&s;e Pillars were 4 Cubits thick, and 50 Cubits high.</NOTE> &s;trong and beautiful in the <HI>Propontis:</HI></P>
<P><HI>Arce, Maenibus, portu, turribu&s;que marmoreis illu&s;tris.</HI> The &s;tones of who&s;e ruines, by an Earth-quake are car|ried daily to <HI>Con&s;tantinople.</HI> 12 <HI>Abydos</HI> on the North|we&s;t of the <HI>Helle&s;pont,</HI> over again&s;t <HI>Se&s;tos,</HI> fortified with two Ca&s;tles which defend <HI>Con&s;tantinople</HI> on that &s;ide from all force by Sea.</P>
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<HEAD>VII. <HI>Phrygia</HI> the greater, or <HI>Aidin-Ills,</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI> W. My|&s;ia N. S. Pontus</HI> and <HI>Lydia E. Galatia;</HI> the Inhabitants famous for afterwit, whence <HI>&s;er&ograve; &s;apiunt Phryges:</HI> and their
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg"><HI>Ari&s;totle</HI> &s;aith, there are 3 &s;orts. 1 <GAP DESC="foreign"> Grave of Spondees. 2 <GAP DESC="foreign"> active of da|ctyles. 3 <GAP DESC="foreign">. The husband|mans plow and oxen, ty|ed in a knot.</NOTE> <HI>Enthu&s;ia&s;tick</HI> and fanta&s;tick mu&s;ick, which (ac|cording to <HI>Tullies Mutat&acirc; Mu&s;ic&acirc; mutantur mons</HI>) had a great influence upon their manners. And the Coun|try fruitful by the Rivers. 1 <HI>Sangarius.</HI> 2 <HI>Mar&s;ias.</HI> The town 1 <HI>Mydeum</HI> from <HI>Mydas,</HI> who becau&s;e he de|&s;ired all &s;hould be turned to gold he touched, &s;tarved becau&s;e his meat was &s;o, 2 <HI>Collo&s;&s;. vid. Epi&s;t. ad Col.</HI> 3 <HI>Pe&s;inus.</HI> 4 <HI>Gordion,</HI> where the knot which <HI>Alexander</HI> cut with his &s;word was.</P>
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<HEAD>VIII. <HI>Armenia</HI></HEAD>
<P> &s;urrounded with <HI>Taurus, Mons Scordi&s;cus,</HI> and <HI>Euphrates,</HI> and the black River <HI>Melas;</HI> with <HI>Araby&s;&s;us,</HI> where <HI>Chry&s;o&s;tome</HI> was bani&s;hed by <HI>Eu|doxia. Melitone,</HI> now <HI>Suur,</HI> famous for Wines and Oyls. 3 Strong <HI>Gornuce, Nicopolis,</HI> and <HI>Oromundus.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>IX. <HI>Cappadociae,</HI> now called <HI>Ama&s;ia,</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI> E. S.</HI> both <HI>Ar|meniaes</HI> and <HI>Lycaonia, N. W. Galatia</HI> and the Sea; rich in wines fruits, mines of Silver, Iron, Bra&s;&s;e, Allum, be&s;ides Alaba&s;ter, Chry&s;tal, Ja&s;per, and the Onyx &s;tone, and hor&s;es; the people wicked, whence <HI>tria</HI>
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="foreign">.</NOTE> <HI>Cappa caci&s;ta,</HI> and venomous poy&s;oning their very Serpents.</P>
<P>The Towns, 1 <HI>Ny&s;&s;a,</HI> whence <HI>Gr. Ny&s;&s;enus.</HI> 2 <HI>Nazian|zum,</HI> whence <HI>G. Naz.</HI> 3 <HI>Mazaca,</HI> St. <HI>Ba&s;ils</HI> See. 4 <HI>Ty|ana.</HI> 5. <HI>Archelais.</HI> 6 <HI>Comana.</HI> 7 <HI>Diocae&s;area.</HI> 8 <HI>Fau&s;tino|polis.</HI> 9 <HI>Andraca.</HI> 10 <HI>Salambria.</HI> 11 <HI>Erxirum</HI> the Ren|dezvouz of the <HI>Turks</HI> in their expeditions again&s;t the <HI>Per&s;ians.</HI> 12 <HI>Pterium</HI> on the River <HI>Iris,</HI> yielding yearly to the <HI>Turk</HI> and his <HI>Beglerbey</HI> of Anatolia 60000 Du|cats.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="10" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>X. <HI>A&s;ia,</HI> properly &s;o called, now <HI>Sarchan</HI> or <HI>Procon|&s;ula;</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI> A&s;ia E. N. Lydia</HI> and <HI>My&s;ia S. W. Caria</HI> and the <HI>Aegean;</HI> where 1 <HI>Pitane</HI> on a River of that name, where they made bricks to &s;wim. 2 <HI>Acarnea,</HI> where the Tyrant <HI>Hermias</HI> was baited in Oxes hide. 3 <HI>Elea,</HI> on the mouth of <HI>Caicus,</HI> Port to <HI>Pergamus.</HI> 4 <HI>Cene,</HI> or <HI>Canna.</HI> 5 <HI>Cuma,</HI> where <HI>Sybilla Cumaea.</HI> 6 <HI>Phocaa,</HI> called &s;o from the Sea-calves, there called <HI>Phocae.</HI> 7 <HI>Myas</HI>
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">The place given by <HI>Ar|tanerxes</HI> to <HI>Themi&s;tocles,</HI> when he fled from <HI>Athens;</HI> at which the Emperour was &s;o over|joyed, that he would cry in his &s;leep.</NOTE> de&s;troyed by Flyes. 8 <HI>Erythra,</HI> whence <HI>Sybilla Erithaea.</HI> 9 <HI>Lebedos.</HI> 10 <HI>Clazomone</HI> of much e&s;teem for good wines 11 <HI>Prieno.</HI> 12 <HI>Ip&s;us.</HI> 13 <HI>Teos Anacreons</HI> birth place. 14 <HI>Smyrna,</HI> a fair City on a Bay of the name, hanging over the Sea hill-wayes. One of the 7 Churches in the <HI>Revelations,</HI> and much traded to for Chamlets, Grograins, and &s;uch Stuffs, made at <HI>Ancyra,</HI> be&s;ides wines; here the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> have a Con&s;ul. 15 <HI>Colophon,</HI> which put an end to any war that they were ingaged in, whence the phra&s;e <HI>Colophonem addere:</HI>
<Q><L>Septem &V;rbes certant de &s;tirpe in&s;ignis homeri,</L>
<L>Smyrna, Rhodos, Colophon, Salamis, Chios, Argos Athenae.</L></Q> 16 <HI>Ephe&s;us,</HI> metropolis of <HI>A&s;ia,</HI> one of the &s;even Churches, and memorable for <HI>Diana</HI>'s Temple, 425 foot long, 220 broad, &s;upported with 127 Marble Pil|lars 70 foot high. 200 years in building; 7 times fired,
<PB N="6" REF="9">the la&s;t time by <HI>Hero&s;tratus,</HI> the night <HI>Alexander</HI> was born, <HI>Diana</HI> the Godde&s;s of Mid-wifery being at his labour.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="11" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>XI. <HI>Curia,</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI> N. E. Lycia, Lydia,</HI> and <HI>Ionia S. W.</HI> the <HI>Aegean</HI> and <HI>Carpathian</HI> Sea, where Auguty was fir&s;t in|vented, and A&s;tronomy
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">By the &s;ame token that <HI>Endymion</HI> the A&s;tronomer here is &s;eign|ed the Moons &s;weet heart, &s;he ki&s;&s;ed in his &s;leep.</NOTE>: Here be&s;ides the River <HI>Sal|macis,</HI> that weakens tho&s;e that drink it, is the City <HI>Mi|letus, Acts</HI> 20.10. <HI>Thales</HI> birth-place, <HI>Iren. l.</HI> 3. <HI>c.</HI> 14. 2 <HI>Mindus,</HI> that was in danger of running out of the Gates. 3 <HI>Heraclea ad latmum.</HI> 4 <HI>Borgillia.</HI> 5 <HI>Mila&s;a.</HI> 6 <HI>Prima&s;&s;us,</HI> which <HI>Philip</HI> of <HI>Macedon</HI> took with a coun|terfeit mine. 7 <HI>Cnidus,</HI> famous for a Marble Image of <HI>Venus.</HI> 8 <HI>Cre&s;&s;a.</HI> 9 <HI>Halicarna&s;&s;us</HI> where <HI>Mau&s;olus</HI> his tomb, one of the &s;eaven wonders of the World, built by his Wife, was <HI>Mart. Epig.</HI> 1.1.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="12" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>XII. <HI>Lydia</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI> S. E. Phrygia M.</HI> and <HI>Coria N. W. A&s;ia propri&egrave; dicta,</HI> and the greater <HI>My&s;ia;</HI> the fir&s;t Inven|tors of Coyning, Pedling, Huck&s;tering and Gaming were the&s;e people, who found out gaming to divert their hunger. The Hills, 1 <HI>Siphylus.</HI> 2 <HI>Tinolus</HI> covered with Vines and Saffron, on the Rivers, 1 <HI>Her|mus.</HI> 2 <HI>Cay&s;trus.</HI> 3 <HI>Pactolus</HI> and its golden &s;ands. 4 Crooked <HI>Maeander,</HI> and inriched with Gold, Silver and Gems; the Cities, 1 <HI>Sardis,</HI> the taking of which by the <HI>Graecians</HI> &s;o &s;tartled <HI>Xerxes,</HI> that he cau&s;ed it to be &s;aid every day at his Table, (as it was every year in the Parliament of <HI>Paris</HI> about <HI>Calice</HI>) the <HI>Graecians</HI> have taken <HI>Sardis.</HI> 2 <HI>Philadelphia.</HI> 3 <HI>Thyatira.</HI> 4 <HI>Laodiceia.</HI> 5 Of the <HI>A&s;ian</HI> Churches. 6 The 2 <HI>Mayne&s;ia's.</HI> 7 <HI>Alaban|da,</HI> and 7
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">To the In|habitants, whereof <HI>Ignatius</HI> writ his Epi&s;tle <HI>ad Trallen&s;es.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Trall</HI> is on the Banks of <HI>Cai&s;trus.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="13" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>XIII. <HI>Lycia,</HI></HEAD>
<P> environed on three &s;ides, with the Mountain <HI>Taurus</HI> (and &s;hut in on the 4^t^h with the <HI>Me|diterranian</HI>) famous for that branch of <HI>Taurus,</HI> here cal|led <HI>Chymaera;</HI> and 1 the City <HI>Mira, Acts</HI> 27.5. 2 <HI>Tel|me&s;us,</HI> and its South&s;ayers. 3 <HI>Pratius</HI> and its fair haven. 4 <HI>Pha&s;elis</HI> with its Pyrates, and Brigantines. 5 <HI>Cragus,</HI> under a Mountain of the name. 6 <HI>Aenonda.</HI> 7 <HI>Corydilla.</HI> 8 <HI>Rhodia.</HI> 9 <HI>Solyma;</HI> all the&s;e now a Part of the King|dome of <HI>Caramania.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="14" TYPE="part">
<PB N="7" REF="9">
<HEAD>XIV. <HI>Lycaonia</HI></HEAD>
<P> <HI>S. E. Armenia minor,</HI> and <HI>Pi&s;idia N. W. Cappadocia,</HI> and <HI>Phrygia major;</HI> where is, 1 <HI>Iconium,</HI> now <HI>Coynri,</HI> &s;cituated advantagiou&s;ly in the Mountains for de&s;ence and &s;afety. 2 <HI>Ly&s;tra, Acts</HI> 14.19, 20. 3 <HI>Derbe.</HI> 4 <HI>Laranda.</HI> 5 <HI>Adopi&s;tus.</HI> 6 <HI>Paralais.</HI> 7 <HI>Camara,</HI> and 8 <HI>Ca|ratha.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="15" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>XV. <HI>Pa&s;idia</HI></HEAD>
<P> <HI>N. Lycaonia, E. Armenia</HI> the le&s;s, <HI>W. Lycia, S. Pamphilia</HI> and <HI>Cilicia;</HI> where is 1 old <HI>Antioch, Acts</HI> 4. 2 Impenetrable <HI>Seleucia,</HI> and <HI>Terme&s;&s;us.</HI> 3 Fruit|full and plea&s;ant <HI>Sagala&s;&s;a, Selge, Cremna,</HI> and <HI>Ly&s;inia.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="16" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>XVI. <HI>I&s;auria</HI></HEAD>
<P> <HI>E. S. Cilicia</HI> on both &s;ides <HI>Taurus,</HI> plentifull in Vines and other rich products, about the River <HI>Calecadnus,</HI> where be&s;ides the ruined <HI>I&s;auria,</HI> is the rich and well-traded <HI>Seleucia,</HI> and <HI>Claudipolis.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="17" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>XVII. <HI>Cilicia</HI></HEAD>
<P> <HI>S. Mediterranian</HI> and <HI>Syria,</HI> rich in Soyl, and conveniently &s;cituated on the Sea-coa&s;t for Trade; but meanly
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Here are the <HI>Squilachi,</HI> a mixt creature between a Dog and a Cat, that &s;teal peoples cloaths.</NOTE> inhabited, and therefore yielding only Goats, Sheep, Butter and Chee&s;e, with good Hor&s;es, where 600 are yearly called for the Grand-Seigniours Service, where (be&s;ides the Rivers thun|dering <HI>Pyramis</HI> now <HI>Malmi&s;tra.</HI> 2 <HI>Oryma&s;dus.</HI> 3 <HI>Caly|cadnus.</HI> 4 Cold <HI>Cidnus,</HI> that cureth the Gout; and the impa&s;&s;able Streights, called <HI>Pylae Ciliciae</HI>) are the Cities, 1 <HI>Solae,</HI> where <HI>Pompey</HI> &s;etled the Pyrates in an hone&s;t way of livelihood. 2 <HI>Tar&s;us,</HI> now <HI>Ter&s;ia</HI> and <HI>Ham&s;a,</HI> St. <HI>Pauls</HI> birth-place on the banks of <HI>Cydnus</HI> to this day &s;trong and wealth. 3 <HI>Epiphania.</HI> 4 <HI>Mop&s;ue&s;tia.</HI> 5 <HI>An|chiala</HI> on the Sea &s;ide neer the Promontory <HI>Zephyrium.</HI> 6 unwalled, but well
<NOTE N="&dagger;" PLACE="marg">By the <HI>Ca&s;tle</HI> adjoyning.</NOTE> defended <HI>Adena,</HI> well known to the Travellers over
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Who take in here 3 days provi&s;ion. E&s;pecially to tho&s;e that have not been u&s;ed to it.</NOTE> <HI>Taurus,</HI> for its plentiful provi&s;ion of Wine and Corn. 7 Famous <HI>I&s;&s;us,</HI> now <HI>Aiazzo</HI> on the Bay called <HI>Golfo di Aaiazzo.</HI> 8 Unwhole&s;om, Fenny, but commodiou&s;ly &s;eated, and traded <HI>Alexandria,</HI> now a few hou&s;es of &s;traw and mud; the neare&s;t Haven to the Bay of <HI>Aleppo,</HI> and called <HI>Scanderoon.</HI> 9 <HI>Nicopolis.</HI> 10 <HI>Amavarza.</HI> 11 Fair and large <HI>Heraclea.</HI> 12 <HI>Scan|delow.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="18" TYPE="part">
<PB N="8" REF="10">
<HEAD>XVIII. The I&s;les of <HI>A&s;ia minor,</HI></HEAD>
<P> from the mouth of the <HI>Hede&s;pont</HI> to <HI>Rhodes;</HI> among which, 1 <HI>Tenedos</HI>
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg"><HI>Tenedia &s;ecu|ris</HI> hatched, carried at the Judges back, to mind them of ju|&s;tice.</NOTE> over again&s;t <HI>Sigeum,</HI> now Cape <HI>Janizarie,</HI> 10 miles round producing good Wine and Crab-fi&s;h, with a Town of the name;
<Q>Nunc tantum &s;inus &amp; statio male&s;ida Carinis.</Q> 2 <HI>Lesbos</HI> 168 miles round <HI>S. W.</HI> Barren. <HI>N. E.</HI> Level and fruitful, with excellent Corn, and delicious Wine, where is <HI>Lesbos.</HI> 2 <HI>Methymna.</HI> 3 <HI>Mytelene,</HI> Seated on a Penin&s;ula, a commodious Haven on the North-&s;ide for Gallies, <HI>S.</HI> for other &s;hips, well fortified by Art and Nature, with a &s;trong Ca&s;tle, and a well &s;tored Ar&s;enal. 4 <HI>Va&s;ilica.</HI> 5 <HI>Theodori.</HI> 6 <HI>Ca&s;tle-Gera.</HI> 3 <HI>Chios,</HI> over again&s;t the &s;hore of <HI>Jonia</HI> 126 miles compa&s;s, the only place for Ma&s;tick, a gum cut out of the bark of the <HI>Lenti&s;ne</HI> tree in <HI>July</HI> and <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> and gathered in <HI>September,</HI> yielding 18000 Sultanies yearly; be&s;ides, good for Corn, Oyl, Marble, &s;ome Silks, and Cotton wooll, &s;hort of tho&s;e in <HI>Smyrna;</HI> Honey, and mo&s;t delicious wines, with an infinite &s;tore of red tame <HI>Par|tridges;</HI> the inhabitants merry <HI>Greeks,</HI> and grave <HI>Genoe&s;e:</HI> the mo&s;t eminent places here, 1 <HI>Pigrine.</HI> 2 <HI>St. Elias.</HI> 3 <HI>Chios</HI> now <HI>Sio,</HI> full of Oranges, Lemons, Pomegranates, Ci|trons, on a good Haven, &s;ecured by a Garri&s;on,
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">So watch|ful, that there goeth a word round the Ca|&s;tle every mi|nute.</NOTE> and watch-towers on the &s;hore, and directed to by a <HI>Lan|terne.</HI> 4 <HI>Samos S. E. Chios,</HI> 85 miles about, abounding with Oyl, and Olives, with a medicinal earth, called <HI>terra &s;amia;</HI> &s;tore of timber, on a fair and capacious Haven, much infe&s;ted with Pyrats. 5 <HI>I&s;caria,</HI> now <HI>Ni|ceria. W. Samos</HI> 37 miles round, neighboured by two dangerous rocks, abounding with Pa&s;ture and Corn : no Haven, but good Roads:
<Q>Icarus Icari is nomina fecit aquis.</Q> 6 <HI>Palmos,</HI>
<NOTE N="&dagger;" PLACE="marg">The inhabi|tants poynt the Cave where the Revelation was writ, &s;hewing St. <HI>Johns</HI> hand, the nails whereof grow again as fa&s;t as cut.</NOTE> now <HI>Palmo&s;a,</HI> fruitful in Wheat and Pul&s;e, with a fair Haven. 7 <HI>Claros</HI> and <HI>Lero,</HI> where abundance of Aloes and good harbours. 8 <HI>Coos, Cos,</HI> or <HI>Cous,</HI> a le|vel in that part of the <HI>Aegean,</HI> called the <HI>Myrtoan-Sea,</HI> now <HI>Lange,</HI> famous for Tiffanies, <HI>Vinum Cos, Cypre&s;-trees,
<PB N="9" REF="10">Turpentine,</HI> and its &s;weet &s;prings, 70 mile circuit; fa|mous for <HI>Ae&s;culapius</HI> his Temple, and <HI>Hippocrates</HI> his Birth. <HI>Carpathres S. Caria</HI> in the <HI>Mediterranian</HI> 60 miles compa&s;s, happy in its Marble and Ports, e&s;pecially neer <HI>Scarpanto.</HI> 9 <HI>Rhodes</HI> over again&s;t <HI>Lycia</HI> 140 miles round, of a mo&s;t temperate air, and mo&s;t fruitfull and plea&s;ant &s;oyl, the Sun every day &s;hining upon it; where is <HI>Lindum</HI> now <HI>Lindo</HI> a petty town; <HI>Rhodes</HI> on the Ea&s;t of the I&s;le, on the &s;ide of a hill near the Sea, with a &s;afe and commodious Haven treble walled,
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">This, and <HI>Famagu&s;ta</HI> in <HI>Cyprus,</HI> being the &s;tronge&s;t places be|longing to the Turk.</NOTE> fortified with 13 Turrets, and 5 &s;trong Bull-works, be&s;ides &s;conces and outworks; Here was the Colo&s;&s;e 7 Cubits high, each finger as big as a man, 12 years in building, and one of the 7 Wonders, whence it was called <HI>Colo&s;&s;a.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="19" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>XIX. <HI>Cyprus</HI></HEAD>
<P> 550 miles round on the <HI>Cilician</HI> and <HI>Syrian</HI> Seas, from each main Land above 60 miles, ha|ving 10 Promontories, and having had 10 names, as famous for Cypre&s;&s;es as <HI>Rhodes</HI> is for Ro&s;es, under the 4^t^h Climate, hot, abounding with Wine, Oyl, Corn, Sugar, Cotton, Honey, Wool, Turpentine, Al|lom, Verdegree&s;e, all &s;orts of Mettals, &s;tore of Salt, Grograins; be&s;ides <HI>Lycus</HI> and <HI>Lapithes</HI> &s;mall Torrents, and &s;ome &s;prings running from <HI>Olympus,</HI>
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Called now the Mountain of the Holy Cro&s;s.</NOTE> which is here 54 Italian miles round, loaded with Trees and Fruits of all &s;orts, where is ruined <HI>Paphos,</HI> now called new <HI>Paphos</HI> and <HI>Baffo,</HI> on the Sea &s;ide. 2 <HI>Ar&s;ino.</HI> 3 <HI>Tre|pano,</HI> a well &s;eated, and traded port. 4 <HI>Connelia</HI> rich in Sugar, and Cotton Wool. 5 <HI>Cithera.</HI> 6 <HI>Amathus.</HI> 7 <HI>Epi|&s;copio</HI> a con&s;iderable place neer the Promontory <HI>Curias.</HI> 8 <HI>Salines</HI> and its rich Salt-pits. 9 Strong <HI>Nico&s;ia,</HI> in the mid&s;t of the I&s;le, both plea&s;antly and fruitfully &s;ci|tuated, and exactly round. 10 Whole&s;ome <HI>Cerines</HI> neer the Sea; 1 <HI>Famagu&s;ta</HI> rai&s;ed out of the Ruines of <HI>Sa|lamis</HI> in the <HI>E.</HI> end of the I&s;land in a plain and low ground, between two Promontories, <HI>Cape St. Andrew,</HI> and <HI>Capo de Griego</HI> 4 &s;quare, 2 miles about, with a ha|ven (oppo&s;ite to <HI>Tripolis</HI> in <HI>Syria</HI>) opening towards the South-Ea&s;t, defended from the injury of the Sea by two
<PB N="10" REF="11">great Rocks, betwixt which the Sea cometh in at a nar|row pa&s;&s;age, not above 40 paces broad, but after open|ing wider and wider, to a conveniency of &s;afety and capacity a&s;&s;ured both by the difficult Entrance, and a Chain cro&s;&s;ed over it. 12 <HI>Ar&s;inoe,</HI> now called <HI>Le&s;care.</HI> 13 <HI>Tama&s;&s;us,</HI> eminent for bra&s;&s;e mines, and a great quan|tity of Verdegree&s;e, and <HI>Vitriol</HI> found neer it. 14 <HI>Idalium,</HI> the yearly cu&s;tome upon Salt is here 500000 Crowns.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="20" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>XX. <HI>Syria,</HI></HEAD>
<P> <HI>W. Mediterranean, S. Pale&s;tine</HI> and <HI>Ara|bia E. Euphrates, N. Cilicia,</HI> and the le&s;&s;er <HI>Armenia;</HI> 525 miles long from <HI>Taurus</HI> to <HI>Arabia.</HI> 470 miles broad from the <HI>Mediterranean</HI> to <HI>Euphrates,</HI> the language <HI>Ara|bick,</HI> the religion Chri&s;tian, Mahumetan, Pagan, or a mixture of all profe&s;&s;ed by the <HI>Dru&s;ians:</HI> the prime Ri|vers, 1 <HI>Chor&s;aeus</HI> or <HI>Chi&s;on.</HI> 2 <HI>Orontes</HI> now <HI>Saldino.</HI> 3 <HI>Eleu|therios</HI> now called <HI>Ca&s;mar.</HI> 4 <HI>Singos.</HI> 5 <HI>Euphrates:</HI> the Mountains, 1 <HI>Carmel.</HI> 2 <HI>Piena.</HI> 3 <HI>Ca&s;ius,</HI> four miles high. 4 <HI>Libanus,</HI> famous for Cedars, Frankincen&s;e and Ho|ney falling on the boughs of the trees; 150 miles long from <HI>Sidon</HI> in <HI>Phaenicia,</HI> to <HI>Smyrna</HI> in <HI>Caelo&s;yria,</HI> inhabited by Maronite Chri&s;tians, that pay the Grand-Seignior 17 Sultanies a man when above 12 years of age.</P>
<P N="1">1. In <HI>Phaenicia,</HI> a maritine part of <HI>Syria</HI> of great traffique, formerly was 1 the famous port <HI>Ptolemais</HI> razed to the ground, 1291. 2 And the ancient Mart of <HI>Tyre.</HI> 3 <HI>Sarepta</HI> or <HI>Sarphath</HI> on the Sea-coa&s;t, be|tween <HI>Tyre</HI> and <HI>Sidon,</HI> and its good wines. 4 <HI>Sidon,</HI> in a rich valley between <HI>Libanus</HI> Northward, and <HI>Antiliba|nus</HI> Southward; the inhabitants whereof, the fir&s;t ma|kers of <HI>Chry&s;tal Gla&s;s, Zech.</HI> 9.2. the matter thereof flowing thither from the adjoyning Rivers, with an haven for Gallies, and a Block-hou&s;e. 5 <HI>Bunitus.</HI> 6 <HI>Bi|blis.</HI> 7 <HI>Ortho&s;ia</HI> lately <HI>Torto&s;a.</HI> 8 <HI>Tripolis,</HI> eminent for Amaza Franki, Kell-franhe, and other fruits, and two miles from the Sea, and half a mile from the ha|ven on the we&s;t-&s;ide of it; rich in Gardens, Springs, and Silk-worms, who&s;e Silks they &s;ell raw to the <HI>Ita|lians,</HI> and much increa&s;ed by the trade of <HI>Scanderoon,</HI> and well fortified.</P>
<PB N="11" REF="11">
<P N="2">2. In <HI>Syria,</HI> properly &s;o called, <HI>S. Phaenicia;</HI> rich in 1 Fruits, e&s;pecially Figs, hanging about the high ways. 2 Sheep with great tails, weighing 25 pound and up|wards; &amp; 3 great &s;tore of Cotton-wool: is 1 <HI>Rugia.</HI> 2 <HI>Hi|crapolis.</HI> 3 <HI>Barbar&s;&s;us.</HI> 4 <HI>Chalcis.</HI> 5 <HI>Telnedi&s;&s;a.</HI> 6 <HI>Laodicea</HI> and its good wines. 7 <HI>Apamea.</HI> 8 <HI>Eme&s;a</HI> or <HI>Ham&s;e</HI> in a &s;pacious and fruitful plain, and well watered. 9 <HI>Epi|phania.</HI> 10 <HI>Laris.</HI> 11 <HI>Gebal, P&s;.</HI> 83, now <HI>Gabella.</HI> 12 <HI>Ara|dus.</HI> 13 <HI>Daphne.</HI> 14 <HI>Antioch</HI> &s;eated on both &s;ides the River <HI>Orontis,</HI> twelve miles from the <HI>Mediterranean,</HI> the River <HI>Par&s;ar</HI> pa&s;&s;ing on the South-&s;ide of it, now ruined. 15 <HI>Alburia.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. In <HI>Comagena E. Euphrates</HI> and <HI>Me&s;opotamia, W. Amamus</HI> and <HI>Cilicia. N. Taurus</HI> and <HI>Armenia</HI> the le&s;s, a place famous for Divination, was <HI>Samo&s;ata.</HI> 2 <HI>Germa|nica.</HI> 3 <HI>Singa.</HI> 4 <HI>Pinora.</HI> 5 <HI>Aleppo,</HI> the Aleph or fir&s;t of <HI>Syria,</HI> on the bank of <HI>Singas,</HI> kept up, becau&s;e commo|diou&s;ly &s;cituated for the trade of the whole world be|tween three ports of <HI>Tripolis, Berytus,</HI> and <HI>Alexa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">dretta</HI> in <HI>Turkey,</HI> be&s;ides the <HI>Per&s;ian</HI> Territories, where the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Merchants have three hou&s;es for &s;towage, and a coul; the building low, and arched before their doors, and the &s;cite plea&s;ant among Gardens, and &s;ecure ra|ther than &s;trong. 6 <HI>Aman</HI> between <HI>Tripoli</HI> and <HI>Aleppo,</HI> plea&s;antly &s;eated on two Hills, and environed with Orchards of Palme trees, and very good fruits. 7 <HI>Byr|rah</HI> and tho&s;e places, <HI>E&s;r.</HI> 37.13. 2 <HI>Kings.</HI> 18.34.</P>
<P N="4">4. In <HI>Palmyrene, N. Comagena</HI> whole&s;ome for hot Springs, but not well Rivered, is 1 <HI>Palmyra,</HI> &s;ee 1 <HI>Chron.</HI> 8.4. 2 <HI>Sura.</HI> 3 <HI>Alamath.</HI></P>
<P N="5">5. In <HI>Caelo&s;yria</HI> the <HI>Syria</HI> &s;o much &s;poken of in the Books of <HI>Kings</HI> and <HI>Chronicles,</HI> is, 1 <HI>Heliopolis,</HI> now <HI>Bal|bec.</HI> 2 <HI>Chalcis,</HI> we&s;t of <HI>Dama&s;cus</HI> in the &s;hades of <HI>Libanus.</HI> 3 <HI>Abila.</HI> 4 <HI>Adida.</HI> 5 <HI>Capitolias,</HI> now <HI>Suente.</HI> 6 <HI>Dama&s;|cus</HI> &s;cituate in a large plain, environed with hills, and watered with the River <HI>Chry&s;orrous,</HI> watering the Or|chards and Gardens, whence we have excellent wines; the lu&s;cious Dama&s;cenes, the &s;weet Damask Ro&s;es, and the curious Damask works.</P>
<PB N="12" REF="12">
<P N="7">7. <HI>Eden,</HI> at the foot of <HI>Libanus.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="21" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>XXI. From <HI>Caelo&s;yria,</HI> over <HI>Hermon</HI> we go to <HI>Pale&s;tine,</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI> W. Mediterranean, N. Antilibanus, S. Arabia Petrea;</HI> under the third and fourth clime, 200 miles long, and 80 broad, where are fir&s;t Rivers, 1 <HI>Chi&s;on.</HI> 2 <HI>Kidron.</HI> 3 <HI>Zared</HI> and <HI>Naphthea.</HI> 4 <HI>Arnon.</HI> 5 <HI>Jaboc.</HI> 6 <HI>Hermon.</HI> 7 <HI>Jordan,</HI> &s;urrounded with Poplars, Tama|ri&s;hes and Reeds of all &s;orts, and pa&s;&s;ing through the Lake of <HI>Tiberias</HI> without mixture with it into the <HI>Me|diterranean,</HI> and the dead Sea. Secondly, Hills, <HI>Sion.</HI> 2 <HI>Moriah.</HI> 3 <HI>Calvari.</HI> 4 <HI>Tabor.</HI> 5 <HI>Olivet.</HI> 6 <HI>Gerizim.</HI> 7 <HI>Sa|von,</HI> now <HI>Capo Bianco</HI> with its Ro&s;emary, Sweet Mayjo|rum, Hy&s;&s;op, Bayes, and other odoriferous plants, be|&s;ides Leopards, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> 8 <HI>Gilboa.</HI> 9 <HI>Ba&s;an.</HI> 10 And <HI>Aba|rim.</HI></P>
<P N="1">1. In <HI>Peraa,</HI> a Part of <HI>Pale&s;tine</HI> between <HI>Jordan</HI> and <HI>Arnon,</HI> from <HI>Pella N.</HI> to <HI>Petra S.</HI> was 1 <HI>Recome,</HI> 2 Kings 14.7. 2 <HI>Midian.</HI> 3 <HI>Rabbat.</HI> 4 <HI>Diblathan.</HI> 5 <HI>Gallim.</HI> 6 <HI>Mu|thana.</HI> 7 <HI>Nathaliel.</HI> 8 <HI>Bamath.</HI> 9 <HI>Mizpah.</HI> 10 <HI>Hor.</HI> 11 <HI>Kir-hara&s;ath.</HI> 12 <HI>Rabbah.</HI> 13 <HI>Dathema.</HI> 14 <HI>Minneth,</HI> 15 <HI>Abel vinearum.</HI> 16 <HI>Mit&s;pa.</HI> 17 <HI>Magod.</HI> 18 <HI>Bo&s;or.</HI> 19 <HI>Abel &s;hittim.</HI> 20 <HI>Bethbara.</HI> 21 <HI>Machaerus.</HI> 22 <HI>Le&s;ha.</HI> 23 <HI>Midibuh.</HI> 24 <HI>Bo&s;or.</HI> 25 <HI>Livias.</HI> 26 <HI>Libias.</HI> 27 <HI>Hede|math.</HI> 28 <HI>Bamath Baal.</HI> 29 <HI>He&s;hbon.</HI> 30. <HI>Adam.</HI> 31. <HI>A|roer.</HI> 32 <HI>Dihon.</HI> 33 <HI>Bethnimrah.</HI> 34. <HI>Nolloroh.</HI> 35 <HI>Beth|haran.</HI> 36 <HI>Beth-ezob.</HI> 37. <HI>Succoth</HI> 38 <HI>Jazor.</HI> 39 <HI>Maha|naim.</HI> 40 <HI>Rogelim.</HI> 41 <HI>Ramoth Gilead.</HI> 42 <HI>Penuel.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. In <HI>Ituraea</HI> another Province, ragged, rude, and given to witch-craft; 1 <HI>Hippus.</HI> 2 <HI>Bathira.</HI> 3 <HI>Pella.</HI> 4 <HI>Edrey.</HI> 5 <HI>Carnaim.</HI> 6 <HI>Ephron.</HI> 7 <HI>Jabe&s;h Gilead.</HI> 8 <HI>A&s;h|teroth.</HI> 9 <HI>Gaulon.</HI> 10 <HI>Gamala.</HI> 11 <HI>Gadara.</HI> 12 <HI>Gerge&s;a.</HI> 13 <HI>Juleus.</HI> 14 <HI>Abel.</HI> 15 <HI>Ge&s;&s;ur.</HI> 16 <HI>Mahacath.</HI> 17 <HI>Chau|ran.</HI> 18 <HI>Chal&s;ar Havan.</HI> 19 <HI>&V;&s;.</HI> 20 <HI>Sueta.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. In <HI>Galilee,</HI> rich with all manner of fruit, was 1 <HI>Ha|zor,</HI> now <HI>Antronia.</HI> 2 <HI>Capernaum,</HI> a poor fi&s;her-town. 3 <HI>Hamath.</HI> 4 <HI>Kade&s;h.</HI> 5 <HI>Riblah.</HI> 6 <HI>Saphet,</HI> the onely place where the Jewes have the face of a Common-Wealth. 7 <HI>Beth&s;omes, Carthan, Mu&s;oloth</HI> and <HI>Cinereth.</HI> 8 <HI>A&s;cheche,
<PB N="13" REF="12">Gabula, Gi&s;cala, Cana, Me&s;&s;al</HI> plea&s;antly &s;eated, and of great importance. 9 <HI>Jokneham, Zabulon, Cana-major, Bar|&s;abe, Dothan, Beth&s;aida, Nazareth, Jotopata, Tiberis, Be|thulia, Japha, Sephoris.</HI> 10 <HI>Tanihaea, Chi&s;hion, Remelh, En|hadda, Naim, Aphraim, Daborath</HI> the Ca&s;tle of Pil|grims, now <HI>Tortora.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4. In <HI>Samaria,</HI> rich in Pa&s;tures, Cattle, and fruits, is <HI>Beth&s;an,</HI> on the banks of <HI>Jordan,</HI> out of who&s;e ruines many pillars, and other pieces of marble are drawn out. 2 <HI>Thirza.</HI> 3 <HI>Acrabula.</HI> 4 <HI>Thebes.</HI> 5 <HI>Ephra.</HI> 6 <HI>Be|zeke.</HI> 7 <HI>Jezreel.</HI> 8 <HI>Megiddo.</HI> 9 <HI>Dora.</HI> 10 <HI>Cae&s;area.</HI> 11 <HI>An|tipatris.</HI> 12 <HI>Saron,</HI> and <HI>Lidda,</HI> or <HI>Dio&s;polis, Ramatha, Ajalon, Shempath, Cares, Silo, Bethoron, Michmas,</HI> now <HI>Byra, Sichem</HI> &s;ince <HI>Nicopolis, Samaria,</HI> famous for the marble pillars found there, now nothing but a few Cottages, filled with greek monks.</P>
<P N="5">5. In <HI>Judea,</HI> on the Sea coa&s;ts from the South of <HI>Phae|nicia,</HI> to the North of <HI>Idumaea,</HI> is 1 <HI>Gath</HI> and its New-Ca&s;tle. 2 Wealthy and &s;trong <HI>Accaron.</HI> 3 The fair village of <HI>A&s;hdod.</HI> 4 The goodly Sea-town, <HI>A&s;calon,</HI> re|paired by <HI>Rich.</HI> I. King of <HI>England.</HI> 5 Wealthy <HI>Gaza,</HI> &s;urrounded with its rich and plea&s;ant vallies, and its Port <HI>Majoma.</HI> 6 <HI>JOppa, Joffa</HI> with two Turrets with <HI>Har|quebu&s;&s;es</HI> to defend the haven, which lies too open to the North-winds, whither Merchants trade for Cot|ton-wool, keeping their Factory at <HI>Rama</HI> on a &s;andy plain, in the ri&s;ing of an hill. 7 <HI>Modin,</HI> where the <HI>Macchabees</HI> Sepulchre of &s;even Pillars, &s;o that they are the Seamans marks. 7 <HI>Tzara.</HI> 9 Healthful <HI>Gerar</HI> in the &s;outh of <HI>Canaan.</HI> 10 <HI>Ziglag.</HI> 11 <HI>Coreath Sepher</HI> &s;ince <HI>Daema</HI> an old Univer&s;ity. 12 The well fortified fron|tire-town <HI>Beer&s;heba;</HI> be&s;ides tho&s;e Cities of the Tribe of <HI>Judah:</HI> 1 <HI>Arad.</HI> 2 <HI>Hebron.</HI> 3 <HI>Tecoa.</HI> 4 <HI>Cerioth.</HI> 5 <HI>Je|ther</HI> or <HI>Jethica.</HI> 6 <HI>Mare&s;a.</HI> 9 <HI>Emaus,</HI> and its hot baths. 8 <HI>Ha&s;on, Odalla, Keila, Eleutheropolis, Azeha, Beth&s;ur, Zoar, Mu&s;&s;uda,</HI> the &s;tronge&s;t place in <HI>Judaea, Libna, Ziph, Bethlem,</HI> places renowned for <HI>Bal&s;om,</HI> and tho&s;e of the Tribe of <HI>Benjamin;</HI> as 1 <HI>Michmas,</HI> 2 <HI>Mi&s;pah.</HI> 3 <HI>Geba.</HI>
<PB N="14" REF="13">4 <HI>Gibeah. Ai.</HI> 6 <HI>Gibeon.</HI> 7 <HI>Jericho. Anathoth. Gilgal.</HI> 10 <HI>Bethel; Ramath.</HI> 11 <HI>Jeru&s;alem,</HI> to who&s;e ruines many repair out of devotion, more out of curio&s;ity, paying the Turk nine Crowns a man, amounting yearly to 80000 Ducats, only low roofed hou&s;es built here and there for two miles compa&s;s, looking hand&s;omly at di&s;tance; inhabited by mean Artezans of all Nations and Reli|gions.</P>
<P N="6">6. In <HI>Idumea, E. S. Arabia Petraea, W. Mediterranean</HI> that dry and &s;andy place, bearing nothing but Palm|trees, be&s;ides the two Hills, Mount <HI>Seir</HI> and <HI>Ca&s;&s;ius</HI> are remarkable, 1 <HI>Dinahahath,</HI> Gen. 36.32, 35, 37. 2 <HI>An|thedon,</HI> a port town on <HI>S.</HI> River <HI>Bo&s;er</HI> again&s;t <HI>Gaza.</HI> 3 Well fortified <HI>Rhino curura.</HI> 4 <HI>O&s;tracine,</HI> now <HI>Stragione</HI> on the Sea-&s;ide beneath <HI>Anthedon,</HI> and &s;ome few Vil|lages inhabited by <HI>Arabians,</HI> and Ca&s;tles kept by the Turks in the way to <HI>Egypt;</HI> as 5 <HI>Hamones, Hari&s;ta,</HI> and <HI>Cario,</HI> Cu&s;tome hou&s;es near <HI>Gaza,</HI> &s;o ill watered, that the chief men there have all their water from <HI>Tena,</HI> twelve miles off, on the Coa&s;t of <HI>Aegypt;</HI> all the&s;e places under the Turk, though inhabited by the hated Jews in many places, who every Ea&s;ter are in danger of that death they inflicted on our Saviour, by rea&s;on of their <HI>&V;&s;ury</HI> and <HI>Brocage,</HI> together with their being the Turks Publicans, and Tax-gatherers, their Nation &s;tinks, as much as they &s;aid their bodies do.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="22" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>XXII.
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">From <HI>Arab,</HI> black, or <HI>Ha|rab,</HI> a thief or wanderer, they living in Tents, and carried by Dromodaries.</NOTE> <HI>Arabia</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI> E. Chaldea,</HI> and Gulph of <HI>Per&s;ia, W. Pale&s;tine</HI> and the <HI>Red Sea, N. Euphrates, S.</HI> Main Southern Ocean; the Language <HI>Arabick,</HI> which is the Language of mo&s;t Mahumetan Countries, the <HI>Alcoran</HI> being <HI>Writ,</HI> and mo&s;t of their offices performed in it.</P>
<P N="1">1. Hath in that Part called <HI>Arabia de&s;erta,</HI> now <HI>Be|noni, E. Babylonia, N. Me&s;opotamia, W. Pale&s;tina, S. Arabia foelix, Jobs</HI> Country, onely one remarkable place (being nothing but Rocks and De&s;erts) and that is <HI>Semi&s;chu&s;ach</HI> formerly called <HI>Saba,</HI> and &s;ome other Villages peopled by the civil Moors.</P>
<PB N="15" REF="13">
<P N="2">2. In the Rocky <HI>(Petrea)</HI> not travelled but in Car|vans only by Merchants with their Camels, who bring their food with them, the wandring and Idle Inhabi|tants having nothing but Milk, Herbs, and Veni&s;on; Be&s;ides, 1 Mount <HI>Sinai,</HI> where there is a me&s;que of Turki&s;h Pilgrims. 2 <HI>Horeb,</HI> now <HI>Orel,</HI> where is a Mona|&s;try of Greek Monks. 3 <HI>Hor.</HI> where is 1 <HI>Petra</HI> now <HI>Crat,</HI> neer Mount <HI>Hor.</HI> the trea&s;ury of <HI>Aegypt,</HI> and the Key to <HI>Pale&s;tine.</HI> 2 <HI>Bo&s;ra,</HI> now <HI>B<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;&s;ereth</HI> of good e&s;teem. 3 <HI>Elama,</HI> on a Bay of the <HI>Red-&s;ea,</HI> called <HI>Sinus Elanicus.</HI> 4 <HI>Berenice,</HI> or <HI>Ezion-Geber,</HI> the harbour for the &s;hips go|ing to <HI>Ophir.</HI> 5 <HI>Sur</HI> and <HI>Havilah</HI> on the Gulfs of <HI>Per&s;ia</HI> and <HI>Arabia, &amp;c.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. In that portion of it called <HI>Arabia</HI> the <HI>happy,</HI> now <HI>Ailman, E.</HI> of <HI>Per&s;ia, W. Arabian</HI> Gulf, <HI>S.</HI> Ocean|abounding with Myrrh, Bal&s;om, Frankincen&s;e, Gold and Precious Stones, with Corn, Cattels, Wines, quiet Roads and Harbours, be&s;ides medicinal waters, eminent for the Phaenix, and the O&s;trich that dige&s;teth Iron, are now upon the ruines of the old places men|tioned by <HI>Ptolomy.</HI></P>
<P N="1">1. <HI>Egra</HI> neer <HI>Sinus Elaniticus</HI> on the Red Sea, or <HI>Al|giar</HI> port-town to <HI>Medina,</HI> three dayes Journey from it. 2
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Where <HI>Ma|homet</HI> was born.</NOTE> <HI>Jatrib</HI> being between. 3 <HI>Medina Talnabi,</HI> ill and poorly &s;eated, but rich by the confluence of Pilgrims that flock thither to <HI>Mahomets</HI> Tomb (and Temple where burn 3000 Lamps continually) inclo&s;ed in an Iron Grate, and covered with Velvet, &s;ent thither year|ly by the Grand Seignior, the old Pall being cut into Relicks. 4 <HI>Cufa,</HI> the Coun&s;el-place. 5 <HI>Mecca</HI> neer <HI>Medina</HI> the great Mart of the Commodities of <HI>Arabia, Per&s;ia</HI> and <HI>India,</HI> carried thence into all parts of the Turki&s;h Empire, no Chri&s;tian being permitted to come within five miles of it, it being unwalled, no water but rain: 6000 Families yearly vi&s;ited with three Car|vans of Pilgrims from <HI>India, Dama&s;cus,</HI> and <HI>Grand-Cair.</HI> 6 <HI>Zeden</HI> haven town to <HI>Mecca</HI> forty miles off, well built, and of great re&s;ort, but weak in a &s;and on the Red Sea.
<PB N="16" REF="14">7 <HI>Zebel,</HI> the Metropolis of the Country, neer the Red Sea, well-traded for Sugars, Spice and Fruits. 8 <HI>Eltor,</HI> the onely port Chri&s;tians may Inhabit. 9 The well|traded, well fortified, and capacious haven of <HI>Aden</HI> on the entrance of the Red Sea, neer the Streights, called <HI>Babel-Mandel.</HI> 10 <HI>Oran,</HI> the Key of the Southern Ocean. 11 <HI>Zean,</HI> fifteen miles &s;quare. 12 <HI>Hor,</HI> a Garri&s;on. 13 <HI>Muskahal</HI> on the <HI>Per&s;ian</HI> Gulf neer <HI>Cape Rezel</HI> Gate, oppo&s;ite to <HI>Surat</HI> in the Ea&s;t <HI>Indies,</HI> well fortified by the <HI>Portugeez.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4. In the I&s;lands, 1 of the
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Not be|cau&s;e of the red &s;and or water.</NOTE> Red Sea, or the Sea of <HI>Edom,</HI> which are twelve not worth naming, they are &s;o &s;mall and de&s;olate, except <HI>Dolaqua,</HI> one hundred and twenty miles long, and twelve broad, with a City of the name, where they gather Pearls. 2 Hot <HI>Camaran.</HI> 3 Red <HI>Xomou.</HI> 2 Of the Southern Ocean from the Ea&s;t of <HI>Aethiopia</HI> to the <HI>Indies.</HI> 1 <HI>Tylus</HI> with Vines, Olives, and good materials for Shipping. 2 <HI>Bairen</HI> and <HI>Gonfiar,</HI> where we have the be&s;t Pearles in the World in beds of Oy&s;ters.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="23" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>XXIII. <HI>Chaldea,</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI> E. Per&s;ia, W. Arabia</HI> the de&s;ert, <HI>N. Me&s;opotamia,</HI> the Seat (its thought) of Paradi&s;e, &s;o fruitfull, that it yieldeth three hundred fold increa&s;e; three harve&s;ts: the fir&s;t place of A&s;tronomy, A&s;tro|logy, Divination and Idolatry, had fir&s;t <HI>Babel</HI> that was confounded: Secondly <HI>Babylor,</HI> formerly one of the worlds wonder, as many furlongs round, as there are dayes in the year, <HI>(viz.)</HI> 365, 50 Cubits high, and &s;o broad, that Carts might meet upon them; fini&s;hed in one year by an 100000 workmen on both &s;ides <HI>Eu|phrates,</HI> famous for pen&s;ile Gardens; and for that the Enemy had entred one end of it, three dayes before the other heard of them; in who&s;e &s;tead now &s;tands
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Called &s;o, becau&s;e of its Gardens.</NOTE> <HI>Bagdad,</HI> a place of great wealth and traffick, about &s;e|ven miles round, maintained now by the trade of <HI>Aleppo</HI> by Water, and by Land, in Carvans by Camels, for who&s;e pa&s;&s;ages publick &s;pirited men have built hou&s;es of Receits on the Roads, called Caravane
<PB N="17" REF="14">Rowes, or Canes; here they corre&s;pond by Pigeons, which they teach by carrying them with them in a Cage to coa&s;t any Country. 2 <HI>Cte&s;ephon.</HI> 3 <HI>Sipparum,</HI> and its great Trench. 4 <HI>Apamia.</HI> 5 <HI>Bal&s;ora,</HI> the port to <HI>Babylon</HI> at the fall of <HI>Euphrates</HI> to <HI>Sinus Per&s;icus,</HI> where the riches of <HI>Arabia, Per&s;ia,</HI> and &s;ome parts of <HI>India,</HI> are landed and carried to <HI>Babylon,</HI> and &s;o by water to <HI>Aleppo.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="23" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>XXIII. <HI>A&s;&s;yria,</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI> E. Media, W. Me&s;opotamia. N. Tur|comania,</HI> where Chri&s;tianity was planted by St. <HI>Jude,</HI> and corrupted by the <HI>Ne&s;torians;</HI> hath 1 <HI>Calach.</HI> 2 The fruitful, well-&s;eated, and well-&s;haded Sittace. 3 <HI>Ar|bela,</HI> neer which they &s;ay <HI>Noah</HI> built the Ark. 4 <HI>Apol|lonia.</HI> 5 <HI>Geguamela.</HI> 6 <HI>Rhezen,</HI> which was once delivered up, becau&s;e the Inhabitants were frighted with an Ec|clips of the Son. 7 <HI>Mo&s;ul,</HI> the chief City of <HI>A&s;&s;yria,</HI> ray&s;ed upon the Ruines of <HI>Nineveh,</HI> whereof there are hardly any foot-&s;teps, and the &s;eat of the Patriarch of the <HI>Ne&s;torians,</HI> who call the Pope, the <HI>Reprobate Bi&s;hop.</HI> 8 Strong <HI>Arzeri</HI> and <HI>Scheheruzal.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="24" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>XXIV.
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg"><HI>In Scripture,</HI> called <HI>Padan-Aram, Syria Culta.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Me&s;opotamia,</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI> E. Tygris, W. Euphrates, N. Taurus, S. Chaldea,</HI> now <HI>Dearbech,</HI> where Chri&s;ti|anity was preached by St. <HI>Thaddeus</HI> hath the&s;e remar|kable places: 1 Strong <HI>Cologenbar.</HI> 2 Fair <HI>Ede&s;&s;a</HI> on the River <HI>Scyrtas</HI> neer <HI>Euphrates.</HI> 3 <HI>Ni&s;ibis.</HI> 4 <HI>&V;r.</HI> 5 <HI>Ha|ran.</HI> 6 <HI>Amida,</HI> (a &s;trong frontier town again&s;t the <HI>Per|&s;ians</HI>) now <HI>Caramit,</HI> or <HI>Kara Amida, i. e.</HI> black <HI>Amida.</HI> 7 <HI>Phalga</HI> and <HI>Seruts</HI> at the meeting of <HI>Caphoras</HI> with <HI>Eu|phrates.</HI> 8 <HI>Singara,</HI> on a River of the name well forti|fied. 9 <HI>Bezabde</HI> on the banks of <HI>Tygris; Virta</HI> and <HI>Mer|dix</HI> impregnable.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="25" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>XXV. Between <HI>Me&s;opotamia</HI> and <HI>Turcomania</HI> on Mount <HI>Taurus;</HI></HEAD>
<P> is, 1 <HI>Moras,</HI> with its hot baths, and abundance of &s;ulphur. 2 <HI>Larus Joon,</HI> between <HI>Omoal</HI> the la&s;t town of <HI>Hircania</HI> and <HI>Damoan,</HI> the fir&s;t of <HI>Me|dia</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="26" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>XXVI. <HI>Turcomania,</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI> N. Tartary, S. Me&s;opotamia</HI> and <HI>A&s;&s;yria, W. Euxine</HI> Sea <HI>Cappadocia,</HI> and <HI>Armenia mi|nor,
<PB N="18" REF="15">E. Media</HI> and <HI>Ca&s;pean</HI> Sea hath</P>
<P N="1">1 In that Part called
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Where the people are commonly &s;trong and indu&s;trious.</NOTE> <HI>Armenia major,</HI> equally com|po&s;ed of hills and dales, rich in Cattle and Fruits; fa|mous for rich Tape&s;tries, Grograines and watered Chamlets, which by a priviledge under <HI>Mahomets</HI> own hand above other Chri&s;tians, they &s;ell all over <HI>Turky,</HI> u&s;ing the <HI>Armenian</HI> tongue, Chri&s;tened by St. <HI>Bar|tholomew,</HI> are, fir&s;t the Rivers, 1 <HI>Aruxes,</HI> w^c^h runs from <HI>Armenia</HI> to the <HI>Ca&s;pian</HI> Sea; and 2 <HI>Cyrus.</HI> 3 <HI>Camby&s;es.</HI> 4 <HI>Euphrates,</HI> now <HI>Frat,</HI>
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">In&s;omuch, that they who go by water from <HI>Byrrah</HI> in <HI>Me|&s;opotamia</HI> to <HI>Bagdat,</HI> come back by land, &s;elling their Boats, bought at 50, for 8 Growns at <HI>A|pamia</HI> in <HI>Chal|daea.</HI></NOTE> a violent &s;tream cut into Channels, lea&s;t it &s;hould drown the Country. 5 A &s;wift River, affording an ea&s;ie pa&s;&s;age in a few rafts, born up with Goat-skins, blown up with wind to <HI>Bagdat,</HI> run|ning long under ground, in who&s;e and <HI>Euphrates</HI> cir|clings lay <HI>Eden.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. The Mountains <HI>Abos.</HI> 2 <HI>Periardes.</HI> 3 <HI>&V;dale&s;pes.</HI> 4 <HI>Antitaurus.</HI> 5 <HI>Montes Mo&s;chici.</HI> 6 <HI>Niphates.</HI> 7 The <HI>Gordian</HI> Mountains, or <HI>Ararat.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. The Towns; 1 <HI>Artareta</HI> now <HI>Corin</HI> where the Battle was fought, 1514. which the Turks call the day of Doom; the place called the <HI>Calderan</HI> fields. 2 <HI>Se|ba&s;tia</HI> now <HI>Sua&s;&s;ia,</HI> &s;eated on <HI>Euphrates.</HI> 3 <HI>Tigrane certa</HI> on the River <HI>Nice&s;orius.</HI> 4 <HI>Arcama&s;ola.</HI> 5 <HI>Cholna.</HI> 6 <HI>Ba|raza.</HI> 7 <HI>Ar&s;arata.</HI> 8 <HI>Theodo&s;iopolis.</HI> 9 <HI>Colonia.</HI> 10 Strong <HI>Clama&s;&s;um</HI> on the <HI>Euphrates.</HI> 10 <HI>Charz</HI> made impreg|nable in three weeks, 1579. 11 Well garri&s;oned and Ammunition'd <HI>Vau,</HI> a Frontier again&s;t the <HI>Per&s;ians.</HI> 12 Well fortified <HI>Arminig</HI> held by the <HI>Per&s;ians.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. In <HI>Colchis</HI> famous for Vines and Gold (<HI>E. Iberia, W. Euxine</HI> Sea, <HI>N. Tartary, S. Armenia</HI> the greater) formerly, now the
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">That &s;ell their children for meat, and invite their neighbours to enjoy their wives.</NOTE> rude people Barter one Commo|dity for another, with a language of their own; be|&s;ides the River <HI>Pha&s;is</HI> navigable eighteen miles into the Country, whence came our Phea&s;ants; was 1 the fa|mous Mart <HI>Dio&s;curias,</HI> where the <HI>Romans</HI> kept 130 In|terpreters to corre&s;pond with people of 300 Languages that traded there. 2 <HI>Pha&s;is,</HI> on the &s;ame River, now <HI>Pha&s;&s;um,</HI> the re&s;idence of the Turki&s;h <HI>Beglebergh.</HI> 3 <HI>Ne|apolis</HI> and <HI>Alvati.</HI></P>
<PB N="19" REF="15">
<P N="3">3. In <HI>Iberia, E. Albania, W. Colchis, N.</HI> Mountains <HI>Cauca&s;us,</HI> called &s;o from the River <HI>Iberus</HI> running through it, now <HI>Georgia,</HI> woody and fruitful; the peo|ple war-like, chri&s;tened by <HI>Con&s;tantine</HI> the Great, and now divided between Mahumetani&s;m and Je&s;uiti&s;me, &s;ince 1614. is 1 <HI>Cremen.</HI> 2 <HI>Cachete.</HI> 3 <HI>Trtala.</HI> 4 <HI>Altun|cala,</HI> or the &s;trong Golden Ca&s;tle. And the impreg|nable <HI>Archichelech.</HI> 6 The large and well fortified
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">The Key of <HI>Media</HI> and <HI>Sirvan.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Te|&s;tis Lori,</HI> and <HI>Tomanis</HI> (rich in Corn, Cattle, and Fruits, with Forts commanding all pa&s;&s;ages.) 7 <HI>Gli&s;ca</HI> and <HI>Bi&s;|capar.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4. In <HI>Albania, W. Iberia, E. Ca&s;pian</HI> Sea, naturally fruitfull, affording three reapings for once &s;owing, where people formerly could not tell an hundred, and under&s;tood not weights and mea&s;ures, or money, re|verencing old age, but not &s;peaking of the dead: Gray from their Child-hood, and &s;eeing as well by night as by day, is nothing remarkable; but the Rivers <HI>Alba|nus</HI> and <HI>Cyrus,</HI> and the City <HI>Derbent</HI> neer the <HI>Ca&s;pian</HI> Sea, now <HI>Demircan</HI> or
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">It is called by <HI>Ege&s;ippus Porta Ferrea.</HI></NOTE> Iron Gate with <HI>Sabran,</HI> and <HI>Sancta Maria,</HI> all, or mo&s;t of the&s;e places under the <HI>Turks.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="27" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>XXVII. <HI>Media,</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI> (E. Parthia</HI> and <HI>Hircania, W. Arm. major,</HI> and <HI>A&s;&s;yria. N. Ca&s;pian</HI> Sea, <HI>Georgia. S. Per&s;ia.</HI> now <HI>Skeir-vun,</HI> i. e. <HI>Milky-plain,</HI> where it was a puni&s;hment for the <HI>Vulgar</HI> men to have le&s;s then &s;e|ven Wives, and <HI>Women</HI> le&s;s then five Husbands; their bread of dryed Almonds, their meat wild fle&s;h; on the North &s;ide plenty of Wines, Fruits, Cattle, e&s;pecially hor&s;es on the South &s;ide; they poy&s;on their Arrows with <HI>Oleum Mediacum,</HI> &s;o that nothing can allay the heat of the wound but a little du&s;t, converted by St. <HI>Thomas.</HI>) hath in it be&s;ides the River <HI>Canac,</HI> between it and <HI>Armenia major,</HI> and the Lake <HI>Argis,</HI> who&s;e fi&s;h dryed by the wind and &s;un rai&s;e the&s;e People a great advantage.</P>
<P N="1">1. In the inho&s;pitable <HI>Atropatria</HI> between <HI>Taurus</HI> and the <HI>Ca&s;pian</HI> Sea, whither its thought the Jews Cap|tived
<PB N="20" REF="16">by <HI>Salmana&s;&s;er,</HI> are placed 1 <HI>Bochu</HI> by the
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Hence cal|led <HI>Mare de Bochu.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Ca&s;pian</HI> Sea. 2 Strong <HI>Lres</HI> po&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;&s;ed by the Turks, as an in-let to this Country. 2
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">By the <HI>Per|&s;ians</HI> call'd <HI>Cy|rectzbata,</HI> it may be <HI>Cyro|polis.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Shamaki</HI> between <HI>Lres</HI> and <HI>Der|bent,</HI> notorious for a Pillar of Flint-&s;tones, interwoven with the heads of <HI>Per&s;ian</HI> Noblemen &s;et there barba|rou&s;ly <HI>in terrorem.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. In <HI>Media,</HI> e&s;pecially &s;o called, eminent for gene|rous
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Call'd <HI>Ni&s;&s;ei.</HI></NOTE> hor&s;es, fat Cattle, good Corn and Wine, and and excellent Water; was 1 Ruined <HI>Eobatana</HI> as &s;tate|ly as <HI>Babylon,</HI> formerly out of who&s;e rubbi&s;h, 2 <HI>Tauris</HI> was built now <HI>Baronta</HI> under the &s;hadow of Mount <HI>Orontes,</HI> a hundred and fifty miles from the <HI>Ca&s;pian</HI> Sea, opening <HI>S.</HI> towards a large and &s;pacious Campagne, &s;ix miles round built of brick with flat Roofs and Bat|tlements, as in all the Ea&s;t; well traded, and inhabi|ted at lea&s;t by 200000 per&s;ons, with a &s;trong Citadel. 3 <HI>Ca&s;pin</HI> on the Ruines of <HI>Ar&s;acia,</HI> very conveniently and plea&s;antly Scituated on a Riveret that &s;erves for nece&s;&s;ity and plea&s;ure, but not for trade. 4 <HI>Rages.</HI> 5 <HI>Na&s;uana.</HI> 6 <HI>Ardoville.</HI> 7 <HI>Sultanives ruines</HI> and <HI>Mo&s;ches,</HI> environed alwayes with &s;nowy Mountains. 8 The fair Market <HI>Tywan.</HI> 9 <HI>Turcoman.</HI> 10 <HI>Daman, i. e.</HI> a &s;econd Plantation at the foot of <HI>Taurus,</HI> where the Inhabitants think <HI>Noahs</HI> Ark re&s;ted.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="28" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>XXVIII. <HI>Per&s;ia,</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI> E. India, N. Tartary, S.</HI> Sea, <HI>W. Media,</HI> under the 3^d, 4^t^h, 5^t^h, and 6^t^h Clime <HI>S.</HI> days thirteen hours. <HI>N.</HI> fifteen hours, healthful and &s;hady; the people half skilfull in Phy&s;ick, Poems, A&s;tronomy,
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">There was an edict of <HI>Cyrus,</HI> that they &s;hould not go on foot.</NOTE> Hor&s;eman-&s;hip, Archery,
<NOTE N="&dagger;" PLACE="marg">Whence the <HI>Magi</HI> that came to our Saviour are thought <HI>Per|&s;ians.</HI></NOTE> Magick, and among o|ther manufactures in making Silks, and Cloath of Gold; all the Chri&s;tianity there was planted by St. <HI>Thomas.</HI> Hath</P>
<P N="1">1. In <HI>Su&s;iana, W. Babylonia, N. A&s;&s;yria, S. Tygris,</HI> cal|led <HI>Havilah,</HI> famous for Gold
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg"><HI>A</HI> tree who&s;e gum|turns pearl.</NOTE> <HI>Bdellium</HI> and <HI>Onyx</HI> &s;tone, 1 <HI>Aracca</HI> and its bituminous water ea&s;ily fired, and not ea&s;ily quenched. 2 The Ruines of <HI>Su&s;a.</HI> 3 <HI>Elimais</HI> rich by Pilgrimages with <HI>Sela</HI> on the Bank of <HI>Eulaeus,</HI> that emptieth its &s;elf into <HI>Sinus Per&s;icus,</HI> of &s;o pure a
<PB N="21" REF="16">&s;tream, that the great <HI>Per&s;ian</HI> Kings would drink of no other water. 4 <HI>Jaaroone</HI> inhabited by Jewes <HI>Suum</HI> and <HI>Ca&s;a.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. In <HI>Per&s;is, W. Su&s;iana, N. Media, E. Carmania,</HI> now <HI>Fars,</HI> where &s;ome Dates, Palmes and Emeraulds are found; and in one part of it abundance of Ro&s;es, Ro&s;e|water, Cordovans, Corn, Fruit and Cattle; are 1 <HI>Au|&s;inza</HI> on the Bay, between the mouths of the Rivers <HI>Bagradas,</HI> and <HI>Bri&s;oana,</HI> as 2 is <HI>Jona Capolis.</HI> 3 <HI>Axenia</HI> now <HI>Lan&s;illa.</HI> 4 <HI>Shyras</HI> rai&s;ed on the ample ruines of <HI>Per&s;epolis</HI> (burnt by <HI>Alexander</HI> in a drunken fit, at the in&s;tigation of <HI>Lais</HI>) neer the banks of <HI>Araxes,</HI> now <HI>Bindimir</HI> the Metropolis, nine miles round in a plain, hemmed with Mountains, famous for Gardens, and Mo&s;ches with their golden lights, and a thou&s;and Lamps; affording <HI>Good Wine, pretty Women,</HI> plea&s;ant fruits, and a gallant people. 5 Well-wooded and wa|tered <HI>Moyown, N. E. Shyras.</HI> 6 The high Mountain and Ca&s;tle of <HI>Banneraw.</HI> 7 <HI>Berry,</HI> a School for the <HI>Ara|bick</HI> tongue, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. In
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Now <HI>Chyr|man.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Carmania, W. Per&s;is,</HI> and the <HI>Gulf of Per&s;ia, N. Parthia, S. Indian</HI> Sea, affording neither good Port, nor good coming to it all the two hundred leagues on the Sea coa&s;t, to carry off its poor Commodities, &s;uch as Dates, Myrrhe, Ar&s;enie, Bra&s;s, Iron, Alaba&s;ter, Fi&s;h and little Silver; are 1 <HI>Cyrza</HI> and <HI>Gochorta,</HI> two Port Towns. 2 <HI>Alexandria.</HI> 3 <HI>O<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">tespana.</HI> 4 <HI>Armuza,</HI> on the &s;hore of the <HI>Per&s;ian</HI> Gulf. 5 Populous <HI>Gunbroone.</HI> 6 <HI>Ja&s;ques in Cape de Ja&s;ques.</HI> 7 <HI>Charmania (Chyrman)</HI> notable for cloath of Gold, and Scymitars. 3 <HI>In-land Lar,</HI> and its goodly Market place <HI>Mo&s;ch,</HI> and Cittadel of <HI>Mo&s;ai&abque;</HI> work; through this Country <HI>Alexander</HI> marched af|ter the Conque&s;t of <HI>India</HI> in a fortnights continued fit of drinking and revelling.</P>
<P N="4">4 In <HI>Ormus,</HI> an I&s;le in the entrance of the <HI>Per&s;ian</HI>
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Now called <HI>More Elheriffe</HI> and the Streights, leading to it the Streights: of <HI>Balfora.</HI></NOTE> Gulf (which after a narrow &s;treight openeth to the City <HI>Balfora,</HI> and is two thou&s;and five hundred Italian miles compa&s;s) twenty miles round, affording only
<PB N="22" REF="17"><HI>Salt,</HI> and notwith&s;tanding its &s;o hot, that the people are forced to live in Caves; and &s;o unhappy that they &s;end to other Countries for water; is &s;o well Scitua|ted, that the Wealth of <HI>Per&s;ia</HI> and <HI>Ea&s;t India</HI> is brought to its great Mart <HI>Armuzium</HI> (two miles round) in the end of the I&s;le, and thence conveyed by water to <HI>Eu|phrates,</HI> and thence by Boats, or Camels to <HI>Aleppo, A|lexandretta</HI> and <HI>Tripolis,</HI> till it was de&s;troyed by the help of the Engli&s;h, 1622. who have therefore cu&s;tomes of all &s;trangers that traffick at <HI>Gambroon,</HI> whither the trade of this place was removed.</P>
<P N="5">5. In
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Called <HI>Ge&s;t</HI> and <HI>Circan.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Gedro&s;ia, W. Carmania, S. Indian</HI> Sea, <HI>E. Gambaia</HI> or <HI>Guzurat</HI> in <HI>India,</HI> a barren place, affording onely Nard, and Myrrhe, but a poor Village is the chief City.</P>
<P N="6">6. In poor <HI>Drungiana, S. Gedro&s;ia;</HI> is 1 <HI>Prophtha&s;ia</HI> now <HI>Si&s;tan.</HI> 2 <HI>Sige</HI> or <HI>Sige&s;tan,</HI> 3 <HI>Mulebet,</HI> 4 <HI>Pharazada.</HI> 5 <HI>Arvada.</HI></P>
<P N="7">7. In <HI>De&s;picable</HI>
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Cabal.</NOTE> <HI>Aracho&s;ia</HI> is no place memorable; but 1 <HI>Alexandria</HI> now <HI>Cabal</HI> at the foot of <HI>Taurus.</HI> 2 <HI>Sin.</HI></P>
<P N="8">8.
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Candabor.</NOTE> In <HI>Para Pomi&s;mus, N. Bactria, E. India, W. Ana,</HI> dark with hills; is 1 <HI>Candabor,</HI> the Metropolis of great trade, by rea&s;on of the Scituation of it on the borders of <HI>India.</HI></P>
<P N="9">9. In <HI>Aria, W. Parthia, E. Para pomi&s;mus,</HI> where is in &s;ome places a &s;trong wine that will keep colour, and ta&s;t eighty years, &s;omething like Myrrhe and Saphyr: there are now only, 1 <HI>Heri</HI> or <HI>Eri</HI> on the banks of <HI>A|rias,</HI> called the <HI>City of Ro&s;es,</HI> very &s;trong. 2 <HI>Sa&s;uar.</HI></P>
<P N="10">10, In <HI>Parthia, E. Aria, W. Media, N. Hyrcania, S. Carmania,</HI> now <HI>Arach,</HI> nothing but &s;and, unle&s;s it be under the woods, where are things for nece&s;&s;ity, none for riot; the people &s;lavi&s;h, nimble hor&s;e men, and Archers: the Country not pa&s;&s;able for the Sands, were it not for Cau&s;-wayes and Ca&s;tles at each three miles end; are 1 <HI>Hi&s;pan</HI>
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Spanhawn.</NOTE> ray&s;ed out of the ruines of <HI>Heca|tompyle,</HI> called by the Inhabitants, <HI>Half the World;</HI> nine miles round in a plain with Gardens, Baths, and Mo&s;|ches,
<PB N="23" REF="17">and a cloy&s;tered quadrangular market place, well &s;tored with Merchandi&s;es, and Drugs; in the qua|drangle whereof they u&s;e hor&s;e races, and other war|like exerci&s;es. <HI>Jelphea</HI> on the other &s;ide the River, in|habited by <HI>Armenian</HI> Chri&s;tians for a great Poll. 3 <HI>Croom,</HI> a large, plea&s;ant, and healthy place on a Ri|veret. 4 <HI>Ca&s;ham,</HI> rich and well built, and filled with Artizans in Silks, Sattins, Cloth of Gold, and Car|pets; adorned with a beautifull Caravans Raw to en|tertain &s;trangers. 4 <HI>Tangaunt</HI> where the King of <HI>Per&s;ia</HI> hath an incomparable Hou&s;e, for Gardens, Groves, Ecchoes, and Labyrinths, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></P>
<P N="11">11. In <HI>Hircania, S.</HI>
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Divided from <HI>Parthia</HI> by <HI>Coronus,</HI> the way through which the <HI>Per&s;ians</HI> &s;ay <HI>Mortis Haly,</HI> the &s;econd <HI>Mahomet,</HI> cut out at one blow with a Cymitar.</NOTE> <HI>Parthia. N. Ca&s;pian</HI> Sea, <HI>E. Mergeana;</HI> the people of which place &s;tarve their Pa|rents at &s;eventy years of age; fruitful in pa&s;ture, wheat, wines, figs and other fruits; full of Forre&s;ts, and tho&s;e Forre&s;ts full of <HI>Panthers, Leopards, Lyons, Tygers,</HI> &amp;c. Is 1 <HI>Hyrcania Hyrcan.</HI> 2 <HI>A&s;horaffe</HI> two miles from the Sea in a &s;pacious plain, containing two thou&s;and hou&s;es, adorned with two great Pallaces, the Furniture of one of which was valued by a Merchant at twenty millions. <HI>Farabont,</HI> on a navigable branch of the <HI>Ca&s;|pian</HI> Sea, well traded, e&s;pecially by <HI>Mu&s;covy</HI> Mer|chants, for Silks, who&s;e &s;hips come from the <HI>Volge,</HI> which di&s;chargeth it &s;elf into the <HI>Ca&s;pian</HI> Sea by &s;eventy mouths in <HI>March,</HI> and return in <HI>July;</HI> it being from thence to <HI>Astracan</HI> but ten dayes &s;ail; famous for its Gardens, a Pallace, and a Market-place. 4 <HI>Chiachoporo</HI> on a River, the water whereof is for eleven months &s;weet, and for the twelfth &s;alt. 5 The well-watered and wooded <HI>Barfru&s;hder</HI> and <HI>Omoal</HI> re&s;orted to by Peo|ple of &s;even Tongues. 6 <HI>Stava,</HI> a Town of great Traf|fique for raw &s;ilk. 7 <HI>Me&s;ander,</HI> whence the Province <HI>Me&s;andrum.</HI></P>
<P N="12">12. In <HI>Sandy Morgiana, W. Hyrcania, E. Bactria, N. Tartary;</HI> be&s;ides huge Vines as big as a mans middle, with clu&s;ters of Grapes two cubits long, of <HI>Noahs</HI> plant|ing, as it is thought here; and the City <HI>Alexandria,</HI>
<PB N="24" REF="18">now called <HI>I<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">dian;</HI> the chief place in the Country neer which is <HI>Ja&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">nium</HI> on the confluence of <HI>Margus.</HI></P>
<P N="13">13. In <HI>Bactr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">a</HI> the greate&s;t part whereof <HI>S.</HI> and <HI>W.</HI> is nothing but &s;and, which is travelled only in the night but towards the River <HI>Oxus,</HI> plentiful in wheat, and all g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ain except Oav<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">s, rich Mettals, and &s;ome Precious Stones, as Em<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ralds, Chry&s;olites and Ja|cinthes: is 1 <HI>Bactria</HI> at the foot of the hill <HI>S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">gdii</HI> now <HI>Bo|chor,</HI> the Metropolis well fortified and &s;tored. 2 <HI>I&s;ti|gias,</HI> the plea&s;ante&s;t City in the Ea&s;t. 3 <HI>Eucratidia, Alicodra, Charra Charia,</HI> all the&s;e under the <HI>Per&s;ian</HI> So|phi, except here and there &s;ome places taken by the Turks, and others under the <HI>Mu&s;covite</HI> and <HI>Portugez;</HI> the fir&s;t whereof manageth the Trade of the <HI>Ca&s;pian</HI> Sea and the latter, that of the Southern Ocean.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="29" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>XXIX. <HI>Tartary,</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI> E. China,</HI> and the Streights of <HI>A|nian, W. Ru&s;&s;ia</HI> and <HI>Podolia, N. Scithicke</HI> or Frozen Sea, <HI>S. China,</HI> and the great wall that parts them, contain|ing five thou&s;and four hundred miles from <HI>E.</HI> to <HI>W.</HI> and three thou&s;and &s;ix hundred from <HI>N.</HI> to <HI>S.</HI> from the &s;ixth climate, till they cea&s;e mea&s;uring by climates; the dayes being in &s;ome places &s;ix months, and the nights as long, reaching from fifty degrees of Longi|tude, to one hundred ninety five, and from forty of Latitude to eighty, <HI>i. e.</HI> within ten degrees of the Pole it &s;elf: The people &s;warthy, &s;quat, &s;wift, vigilant, hardy, whining when they talk, and howling when they &s;ing; men eaters, drinking Mares milk, riding Oxen. That Chri&s;tianity that is there planted by St. <HI>Andrew,</HI> and St. <HI>Philip,</HI> and over-run with Ne&s;toria|ni&s;m; thought by <HI>Genebrard</HI> to be the Off-&s;pring of the ten Tribes: Hath,</P>
<P N="1">1. In <HI>Tartaria</HI>
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg"><HI>Cher&s;ones</HI> joyned by an <HI>I&s;tmus</HI> to the main land, which the <HI>Tartars</HI> went to dig through; whence <HI>Pre|copen&s;is</HI> from <HI>Precaph,</HI> &s;ig|nifying a trench.</NOTE> <HI>Precopen&s;is</HI> or <HI>minor,</HI> abounding in Camels, Hor&s;es, Oxen, Sheep and Goats Veni&s;on in in their Forre&s;ts, and Fi&s;h and Fowl in the Fens of <HI>Maeotis,</HI> with a temperate ayre, about ninety nine Ita|lian miles long, and &s;ixty three broad: on the Rivers <HI>Bori&s;tenes</HI> and <HI>Tanais,</HI> ari&s;ng in <HI>Ru&s;&s;ia</HI> in <HI>Mo&s;co,</HI> in the
<PB N="25" REF="18">chief City,
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Now called <HI>mare delle Za|bab. Ital. Mar. della Tana</HI> and <HI>Mer Bienco.</HI></NOTE> of which there are 50000 <HI>Tartar</HI> hor&s;es &s;old yearly; be&s;ides that the&s;e people with roots, chee&s;e and garlick, eat hor&s;es fle&s;h, each <HI>Bowman</HI> carrying two hor&s;es with him to the wars, one for &s;ervice, and the other for meat.) 1 <HI>Caffa</HI> neer the Streights <HI>[Sterto de Caffa]</HI> a flouri&s;hing Empory, with a capacious haven, commanding the trade of the <HI>Euxine.</HI> 2 <HI>Preceph.</HI> 3 Wel|traded and harboured <HI>Cor&s;unum,</HI> now <HI>Sari Germanum,</HI> from the yellow earth thereabouts like <HI>Saffron.</HI> 4 Wel|fortified <HI>Crim</HI> (whence <HI>Crim Tartars</HI> commanding the <HI>Euxine,</HI> and <HI>Lake of Maeotis.</HI> 5 <HI>Panticapaeum,</HI> on the <HI>Vo&s;pero</HI> or <HI>Bo&s;phorus.</HI> 6 <HI>Tanas</HI> on <HI>Tanais,</HI> frequented by the Merchants of all Nations on the <HI>Euxine</HI> under the <HI>Turks.</HI> 7 Ruinous, but high <HI>Ingirmenum.</HI> 8 <HI>Oizakow,</HI> the re&s;idence of the <HI>Cham,</HI> who&s;e Court in Summer time makes a moveable City of Wheele-hou&s;es, called <HI>Agara,</HI> or the town of <HI>Carts</HI> neer <HI>Podolia</HI> in <HI>Poland,</HI> and part of <HI>Mu&s;covy,</HI> under the protection of the Grand-Seignior, who recommanded one of the <HI>Chams</HI> to be King of <HI>Poland,</HI> in a letter to this effect, that their Pope &s;hould be his Pope, and their <HI>Luther</HI> his <HI>Luther,</HI> and that he would not put them to the charge of hou&s;e|keeping, for he could eat hor&s;e-fle&s;h.</P>
<P N="2">2. In <HI>Tartaria de&s;erta, W. Precopen&s;is</HI> and <HI>Ru&s;&s;ia,</HI>
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">From which divided by the River <HI>Spane,</HI> which falleth into <HI>Ca&s;pian</HI> Sea, a|bout the mid|dle of it.</NOTE> <HI>E. Zagathai, N. Frozen</HI> Sea, <HI>S. Euxine,</HI> and <HI>Ca&s;pian;</HI> &s;o fruitful, if the <HI>Tartars</HI> (that laugh at us for living on the top of reeds; &s;o they call our bread) &s;ay true, that for once &s;owing <HI>Mill</HI> and <HI>Punicum</HI> they have without any tillage three Returns of both; <HI>Few Cities,</HI> (they roving with their herds, as the gra&s;s holds capable of Mer|chandi&s;e, having a fair &s;ea coa&s;t, &s;everal Bays, Havens, and navigable Rivers, only Mountains, on the top of which the Sun &s;hines when its night in the Valley) &s;aving 1 <HI>Locoppa.</HI> 2 <HI>Conice, Phanogoria,</HI> St. <HI>Georges</HI> on the <HI>Bo&s;phorus</HI> and <HI>Rha,</HI> neer which on both &s;ides there is a medicinal root called <HI>Rha Pontiche,</HI> to di&s;tin|gui&s;h it from <HI>Rha-Barbarum</HI> or <HI>Rhubarb.</HI> This tract inacce&s;&s;ible. 3 <HI>Bolgar</HI> on the River <HI>Volga,</HI> neer which
<PB N="26" REF="19">is the greate&s;t herd of <HI>Tartars,</HI> called <HI>Horda Magna.</HI> 4
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">The&s;e peo|ple are &s;ancti|fied by their Prie&s;ts by &s;prinkling them with Milk, Earth, and Cow|dung.</NOTE> <HI>Scharai&s;he</HI> on the other &s;ide of the <HI>Volga,</HI> where is no money but bra&s;s, no corn but roots trouble&s;ome to <HI>Mu&s;covy,</HI> who pacifieth them with pre&s;ents, yet keep|ing continual Garri&s;ons at <HI>Ca&s;an, A&s;trachan,</HI> and <HI>Wiatra,</HI> lea&s;t they &s;hould di&s;turb the <HI>Ru&s;&s;ia</HI> trade in the <HI>Ca&s;pian</HI> Down the <HI>Volga,</HI> as they go up and down in herds fol|lowing the <HI>Pole-&s;tar,</HI> but keeping clo&s;e for fear of the <HI>Mu&s;covite;</HI> much delighted in Negromancy and Con|jurations under the <HI>Cham</HI> of <HI>Chathai;</HI> their delicacies are mice, &s;erpents, and other wormes, and their man|&s;ions Caves.</P>
<P N="3">3. In <HI>Zagathai, E. Cathai</HI> on the other &s;ide of <HI>Imaus, N. Frozen</HI> Sea, <HI>S. Ca&s;pian</HI> and the River <HI>Oxus,</HI> between it and <HI>Per&s;ia;</HI> is 1 <HI>Drep&s;a</HI> on the <HI>Oxus:</HI> as is 2 <HI>Oxiana.</HI> 3 <HI>Maruca.</HI> 4 <HI>Alexandria.</HI> 5 <HI>Tribarra,</HI> not con&s;ider|able among &s;uch a
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Who&s;e lea|ders are their Prie&s;ts, which they call <HI>Papa.</HI></NOTE> wandring people. 6 <HI>Zaba&s;pia,</HI> an eminent town, by rea&s;on the Inhabitants thereabouts are civil and indu&s;trious, good mechanicks, well skil|led in manufactories, and very &s;eldom without a great confluence of
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">From <HI>India</HI> and <HI>Cathai.</HI></NOTE> Merchants, trading on the River <HI>Daix,</HI> and the mouth of the <HI>Oxus.</HI> 7 The magnificent <HI>Mara-Canda.</HI> 8 Well-traded and populous <HI>Bichend;</HI> and 9 in the wild <HI>Turce&s;tan Calba, Ocerra</HI> and <HI>Cru&s;tina</HI> on the Lake <HI>Kitay,</HI> much frequented by <HI>Ru&s;&s;ian</HI> and <HI>Tartarian</HI> Merchants &s;ayling thither by the River <HI>Ob,</HI> for Be|vers, Sables, Seil-skins, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> and not far hence are the Savage <HI>Scythians.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4. In <HI>Cathay, W. Zagathi</HI> with <HI>Imaus,</HI> between <HI>E.</HI> Sea and <HI>China, S. India, N. Tartaria Antiqua,</HI> extending from the North <HI>Sythia extra Imaum</HI> to the South <HI>India Ex|tra Gangen</HI> nine hundred and &s;ixty miles, and from <HI>E.</HI> to <HI>W.</HI> one thou&s;and five hundred, abounding Ea&s;t|ward with Wheat, Rice, Wool, Hemp, Silk, Musk, and Rhubarb on the banks of <HI>Volga;</HI> be&s;ides Camels hair, Chamlets, and &s;uch a numberle&s;s number of hor&s;es, as that they &s;ent eighty thou&s;and at one time for a pre&s;ent to the King of <HI>China;</HI> and the great <HI>Cham</HI>
<PB N="27" REF="19">feedeth yearly ten thou&s;and white Mares for their Milk; the Air very hot in &s;ummer, and very good in winter, &s;ubject to wonderful thundering, earth-quakes &amp; winds: their <HI>Cham</HI> not to be &s;een without purgations or wa&s;hing; are 1 <HI>Cambala,</HI> or <HI>Cham's</HI> plea&s;ant &s;eat of free-&s;tone in the heart of the <HI>Country</HI> on the River <HI>Paly|&s;anga,</HI> navigable from the Ea&s;tern Ocean thither, whi|ther it conveys a great &s;tore of Merchandi&s;es and Mer|chants, and among other Merchandi&s;es, ten thou&s;and Cart-loads of Silk from <HI>China.</HI> Twenty eight miles round, containing among other Inhabitants, Fifty thou&s;and A&s;trologers. 2 <HI>Xandu,</HI> the Emperours Pal|lace, containing eight quadrangles one within ano|ther, the lea&s;t two miles in compa&s;s, between who&s;e &s;everal walls are Walks, Gardens, Orchards, Fi&s;h|ponds, Parks, Forre&s;ts, Cha&s;es, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> 3 Fair <HI>Caraio</HI> and <HI>Gouza,</HI> where the women are &s;aid to guild their teeth. 4 <HI>Careanfean,</HI> where is the herb called <HI>Chiny-Cathaii,</HI> an ounce whereof being valued worth a &s;ack of Rhubarb; not far from hence in <HI>Serica</HI> you may barter their Silks for trifles, for like <HI>Quakers</HI> they make but one word.</P>
<P>E&s;pecially, at 1 <HI>Sera.</HI> 2 <HI>Ottecora.</HI> 3 <HI>I&s;&s;edon.</HI> 4 <HI>Oro|&s;ana;</HI> and 5 <HI>Donata:</HI> Here and in <HI>Scythia extra Emaum,</HI> they made carou&s;ing cups of their Fathers skulls; where 1 <HI>Hiachan</HI> is a great Mart. 2 <HI>Cialis,</HI> a great Court. 3 <HI>Succuir,</HI> famous for Merchandi&s;e. 4 <HI>Campion,</HI> where if the woman offer her &s;elf to the Prie&s;t, he thinks it a &s;in to refu&s;e lying with her, be&s;ides other barbarous, de&s;olate, idolatrous, and inchanting pro|vinces and Cities, onely in Ea&s;t <HI>Tartary,</HI> there are Ca|&s;tors, Martrois, and Zibellons, and other precious skins, be&s;ides Hor&s;e hair, and the root Gin&s;en, with which they traffick at <HI>Leatony,</HI> a Province <HI>N. E.</HI> of <HI>China:</HI> of <HI>Tartaria Antiqua,</HI> you may be &s;ure nothing remarkable, &s;ince they are &s;o barbarous, that they will marry no Virgins, but &s;uch as have been pro&s;tituted by their Mothers to the Merchant-&s;trangers, who be&s;tow on them Jewels, and &s;he is the mo&s;t acceptable to her
<PB N="28" REF="20">husband, who brings him the greate&s;t reward of her &s;hame.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="30" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>XXX. <HI>China,</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI> E. Oriental Ocean, W. India</HI> and <HI>Cathay, N. Altas,</HI>
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Out of the profits where|of they are very charita|ble to their lame and maimed, reje|cting the blind, as able to work by grinding of Corn.</NOTE> and <HI>Ea&s;t Tartary,</HI> from which divided by a chain of hills, and a great wall extended four hundred leagues in length. <HI>S. Cauchin-China,</HI> a Province of <HI>In|dia</HI> three thou&s;and leagues about, one thou&s;and eight hundred leagues long, reaching from 130^t^h to 160^t^h degree of Longitude, and from the Tropick of <HI>Cancer,</HI> to the 53^d degree of Latitude; lying under all the climes from the 3^d to the 9^t^h; hot, but healthful: &s;o fruitfull, that it yieldeth three harve&s;ts a year, of Wheat, Barley, Rice, Wool, Cotton, Olives, Wines, Flax, Silk, be&s;ides their Pearls and Bezoar, all kind of Metall, Fruits, Cattle, Sugar, Honey, Rhubarb, Cam|phire, Ginger, and all kinds of Spices, medicinal wood, called <HI>China</HI> Wood, Muske, Salt, Poultrey, e&s;pecially
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">And Hogs, whereof &s;ix thou&s;and a day eaten in the &s;ame place</NOTE> Ducks, whereof in one town, thirteen thou&s;and eaten one day with another. The people well-&s;et, middle|&s;ized, gluttonous, but cleanly, not touching their meat with their hands, but eating with two Ebony &s;ticks, whence &s;ilver Forks u&s;ed fir&s;t in <HI>Italy,</HI> and then in <HI>Eng|land.</HI> Skilful in Manufactories, the Son being bound to follow his Fathers Trade, witne&s;s, PRINTING, and GUNNING, its thought fir&s;t invented there. <HI>Porcellan</HI> di&s;hes, curious carvings, and their fine paint|ed works in Tables, Leathers and Stuffs, whereof they are &s;o proud, that they &s;ay they have two eyes, the <HI>Europeans</HI> one, and the re&s;t of the world &s;tark-blind: the Women very mode&s;t, re&s;erved, and much watched by their Husbands, having invented them a pinching fa|&s;hion of &s;hooes, that they might have no delight to walk abroad. The Inhabitants reckoned one hundred and &s;eventy million by Sea and Land; the Sea for three hundred leagues from <HI>Nanquin</HI> to <HI>Paquin,</HI> being but one &s;treet of Ships, wherein they buy, &s;ell, are born, and dye. The People multiplying, becau&s;e they make no War but Defen&s;ive, and are forbid to go out of their
<PB N="29" REF="20">Country. Their Religion Gentili&s;me, with &s;ome re|mainders of Chri&s;tianity, planted there by St. <HI>Thomas.</HI> Here are five hundred ninety one Cities Uniform, mo&s;t on one of their &s;even
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">On which are twelve thou&s;and bridges, un|der which &s;hips &s;ail.</NOTE> Navigable Rivers, where|of the mo&s;t Eminent are;</P>
<P N="1">1 <HI>Quin&s;oy</HI> or <HI>Suntren,</HI> on the We&s;t of <HI>China</HI> neer <HI>Ca|thai,</HI> formerly an hundred miles round, with a Lake in it thirty miles about, containing &s;ix hundred thou&s;and Families of Artificers. 2 <HI>&V;nguen</HI> and its Sugars. 3 <HI>Nan|quin</HI> on the great River <HI>Kuni,</HI> thirty miles round, with twelve thou&s;and Ships before it, nine leagues from the Sea; two hundred thou&s;and hou&s;es. 4 The Royal City <HI>Paquin,</HI> walled &s;o thick with brick, that twelve hor&s;e-men may go abrea&s;t upon the wall of it. 5 <HI>Can|ton</HI> or <HI>Quamchen,</HI> (where is one Herb that is all the Phy|&s;ick of <HI>China.</HI>) On a Navigable River where the <HI>Por|tugez</HI> drive a wealthy trade in the day time, being &s;hut out at night; whereupon they have &s;etled their Mart at <HI>Macao,</HI> the Port-town to this. 6 <HI>Xaokin</HI> on the like River. 7 <HI>Zuchean,</HI> the centre of Merchandi&s;e. 8 <HI>Ham|&s;eau</HI> or <HI>Hanychen</HI> on the North&s;ide of the River <HI>Cinitha|ny,</HI> within two days Journey of the Sea, affording trade to all the Northern parts of <HI>China.</HI> 9 Stately <HI>Fochea.</HI> 10 <HI>Coluns,</HI> and its be&s;t <HI>Procellane.</HI> 11
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Or <HI>Thiencin.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Scianchai</HI> &s;eated in a Country that looks like one Orchard within twenty four hours &s;ail of <HI>Japan,</HI> a great Mart and Har|bour, where two hundred thou&s;and per&s;ons work in Cotton. 12 <HI>Chinchiam&s;u,</HI> on a River that never free|zeth. 13 <HI>Suanchea,</HI> the onely Southern Port of <HI>China.</HI> 14 <HI>Caiton</HI> or <HI>Cai&s;uuy</HI> on the River <HI>Kiamy</HI> a good har|bour de&s;troyed 1642. 15 The convenient Haven <HI>Kai|anchen</HI> on the South&s;ide of the River <HI>Croc<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">us.</HI> 16 <HI>Chat|king.</HI> 17 <HI>Taitung.</HI> 18 <HI>Nancheny,</HI> be&s;ides the two I&s;les <HI>Corea,</HI> and <HI>Cheunan.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="31" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>XXXI. <HI>India,</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI> E. China, W. Per&s;ia, N. Tartary,</HI> with <HI>Taurus</HI> between, <HI>S.</HI> Sea; extended from the one hundred and &s;ixth, to the one hundred &s;ixty ninth degree of Longitude; and from the Aequator to the
<PB N="30" REF="21">forty fourth degree of Northern Latitude: affording a double encrea&s;e, and ble&s;&s;ed with Mines of Gold, Sil|ver, and Precious Stones, with Mettals of all kind, ex|cept Copper, and Lead; and Cattle, except Hor&s;es, and Fruit, except Wheat and Vines; all Spices, Civets, and medicinal Drugs; be&s;ides that, it is famous for all &s;orts of Camels, Parrats, Apes, Dragons, Serpents, R<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">inocerats, and Elephants: The Inhabitants, 1 <HI>In|dians.</HI> 2 <HI>Moors,</HI> 3 <HI>Jews.</HI> 4 <HI>Tartars.</HI> 5 And <HI>Merchants-Portugez, Spaniards, Engli&s;h</HI> or <HI>Dutch:</HI> Civil, plain-deal|ing proud only in Perfumes, and Jewels, (living on Barley, Rice Milk, Honey, <HI>&amp;c.</HI>) The women in Lawn, &s;o fond, that they dye with their husbands, that bought them for a Yoke of Oxen; though they have a barbarous cu&s;tome, that the Brach-mans or Prie&s;ts &s;hould lye with them the fir&s;t night they are married; and that of killing their Friends before they are aged. Ten Mountains of Note for precious Stones. Two Ri|vers, 1 <HI>Indus</HI> now <HI>Naugrocat,</HI> falling after a cour&s;e of nine hundred miles into the Sea in &s;even months. 2 <HI>Ganges</HI> eight miles broad in the narrowe&s;t place. On this &s;ide which is called <HI>India intra Gangem. E.</HI> Gulf <HI>Bengala, W. Per&s;ia,</HI> and <HI>Arabian</HI> Sea, <HI>N. Taurus, S. Cape Commari;</HI> having eighteen or nineteen Rivers, di&s;co|vered after three attempts by the <HI>Portugez,</HI> while the <HI>Spaniards</HI> were bu&s;ie in making a di&s;covery of the new World, 1502. Fifteen Provinces, and forty &s;even Kingdomes under the great <HI>Mogul.</HI></P>
<P>1 <HI>Dul&s;inga, S. Cambaia, N. Tartary, E. Indus, W. Per&s;ia,</HI>
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">The &s;nowy Mountains much condu|cing to the temperature of it.</NOTE> temperate where 1 Healthy <HI>Chu&s;mair</HI> in a mo&s;t de|licate and rich valley. 2 the Fort <HI>Roree.</HI> 3 <HI>Se&s;tan.</HI> 4 <HI>Mul|tun,</HI> three leagues from the <HI>Indus,</HI> the ordinary through-fare of the <HI>Caravans</HI> in the way from <HI>Lahor</HI> to <HI>Spahan,</HI> forced to &s;tay there four dayes to enrich the town: good for nothing but Bows and Arrows. 5 The Fort <HI>Duchee</HI> in the Streights of the mountains to &s;ecure the <HI>Caravans.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. Over again&s;t <HI>Dul&s;inda Pengab,</HI> where 1 is <HI>Lahor,</HI>
<PB N="31" REF="21">on the Ea&s;tern banks of the <HI>Indus,</HI> the chief Staple for Spices, carried by land to <HI>Per&s;ia,</HI> and by water to <HI>Eu|rope.</HI> 2 <HI>S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ltan Puarre.</HI> 3 <HI>Athe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">,</HI> in the way you come from <HI>Lahore</HI> to <HI>China.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. Mountanous <HI>Mandao, N. Pengab,</HI> where 1 <HI>Man|dao</HI> on the River <HI>Mandavo</HI> of good note, eighteen miles round. 2 <HI>Moltan,</HI> where the women go booted and &s;purred.</P>
<P N="4">4. Thievi&s;h <HI>Delly,</HI> and its &s;wift Dromedaries, <HI>W. Mandao;</HI> hath 1 <HI>Delly,</HI> a great City of plea&s;ure. 2 <HI>D<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">|ceti.</HI> 3 <HI>Tremel,</HI> on the <HI>W.</HI> River <HI>Mandova.</HI></P>
<P N="5">5. Well-watered, and rich <HI>Agra, N. Delly,</HI> and <HI>Mandao;</HI> where 1 <HI>Agra,</HI> &s;trong and populous on the North bank of the River <HI>Jemena.</HI> 2 Decayed <HI>Fate-pore,</HI> or <HI>Feti-barri.</HI> 3 Impregnable <HI>Hendee.</HI> 4 <HI>Biant,</HI> where the be&s;t
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Growing on a &s;mall &s;hrub like a Goo&s;e berry bu&s;h, bearing &s;eed like cab|bage &s;eed, which being cut down and dried for half a year in heaps &amp; rot|ten, is trod with Oxen in the &s;talk, and being grownd &s;mal &amp; fine at the Mills, is la&s;t of all boyled in Furnaces, re|fined and &s;orted, and &s;o &s;old to the Merchants.</NOTE> Indico; for the making whereof here are twelve Mills.</P>
<P N="6">6. <HI>Sanga, N. Agra,</HI> 1 <HI>Azmor,</HI> one hundred eighty miles from <HI>Agra,</HI> at each three miles end, of which there is an Inn built for Pilgrims. 2 <HI>Citor,</HI> in the mid|dle way between <HI>Surat</HI> and <HI>Agra.</HI></P>
<P N="7">7. <HI>Cambaia, E. W. Welly</HI> and <HI>Ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">da<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">, S.</HI> Sea, where 1 <HI>In&s;inda</HI> the fir&s;t Province thereof is 1 <HI>Lawribander</HI> in the out-let of <HI>Indus,</HI> three dayes journey from <HI>Geta Ne|gar Tutta</HI> (on the banks of the <HI>Indus,</HI> a town of great trade, frequented by <HI>Portugez,</HI> who return Pepper for &s;uch Indian Commodities as come hither from <HI>Lahore</HI>) to which it is the Port-town; much frequented, be|cau&s;e free from wormes, which about <HI>Surat</HI> di&s;able the &s;hips. 2 <HI>Sarrama</HI> the middle Town. 4 <HI>Nuraquimire,</HI> be|yond a
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Where tho&s;e that rob a man will conduct him through the de&s;erts, that others &s;hall not touch him.</NOTE> de&s;art. 5 <HI>Radempoore</HI> neer it. 6 <HI>Calwalla,</HI> given the women to bring up their Daughters to Dance.</P>
<P N="2">2. In Robbing <HI>Guzarate, N. Sinda. S.</HI> Sea, <HI>E. Indus, W. Per&s;ia.</HI> 1 <HI>Diu.</HI> looking towards <HI>Per&s;ia,</HI> in the mouth of the <HI>Indus,</HI> po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by the Spice-Traders of <HI>Portugal;</HI> the fir&s;t news of the taking of which was brought to to <HI>Lisbon</HI> by <HI>Jo. Botelius</HI> from <HI>India,</HI> in a Ve&s;&s;el of eigh|teen foot long, and &s;ix foot broad. 2 <HI>Boldra.</HI> 3 <HI>Meda|bat,</HI>
<PB N="32" REF="22">on the Rivers &s;ide as big as <HI>Paris,</HI> much frequented by all Merchants. 4 <HI>Ardovat</HI> not far from it. 5 <HI>Saringa.</HI> 6 <HI>Poriana.</HI> 7 <HI>Sherfo,</HI> the Sepulchre of their Kings.</P>
<P N="3">3. In <HI>Cambaja, N. Mandao, S. Decan, Surat, W.</HI> Sea, abounding in Rice, Wheat, Sugar, Spices, and choice fruits of all &s;orts; great &s;tore of Silk and Cotton, Dia|monds, Chalcedonies, Onyx-&s;tone, and Cornelines, or as we call them Cornelians; and the rare Bea&s;t <HI>Abades,</HI> twice as big as a Bull, with an impenetrable skin, and a little horn on their Snouts. Where the people never marry out of their own Trades or Tribes, e&s;pecially the <HI>Banians</HI> who are kind of <HI>Pytha|goreans.</HI> 1 <HI>Cambaja,</HI> three miles round, and from the <HI>Indus.</HI> 2 <HI>Barrocho, S.</HI> of it where good
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Called &s;o from the City <HI>Calicut,</HI> where it was fir&s;t made.</NOTE> <HI>Calicoes.</HI> 3 Wel|fortified and orcharded <HI>Surat,</HI> with its Pomgranates, Melons, Figs and Lemmons, the re&s;idence of an <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Factory, that hath a great trade in the Bay of <HI>Swalley,</HI> ten miles off. 4 <HI>Neriand</HI> and its Indico. 5 <HI>Daman,</HI> a plea&s;ant town of the <HI>Portugez,</HI> upon the Sea-&s;ide over again&s;t <HI>Diu.</HI> 6 High and impregnable <HI>Campanel</HI> and <HI>Dacaiotote.</HI> 7 <HI>Netherby</HI> and <HI>Bandore,</HI> great Markets for Brazen ware, Bea&s;ts, and Armour. 8 <HI>Decan, N. Cam|bria, W.</HI> Sea, on the Sea-Coa&s;t for two hundred and fifty miles. 1 <HI>Decan,</HI> and the rich and well-guarded
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">All the peo|ple there go in Silks and Tiffany, be|ing coal|black.</NOTE> Diamond-hill neer it. 2. <HI>Bider,</HI> a Royal City North|ward. 3 As <HI>Vi&s;apore</HI> was. 4. <HI>Danagur.</HI> 5 <HI>Sintacora,</HI> on the mouth of the River <HI>Aliga.</HI> 6 The great Empory <HI>Goa,</HI> fifteen mile round in the I&s;land <HI>Ticuarinum</HI> over again&s;t the out-let of <HI>Mandavo,</HI> one of the Keys to the <HI>Indies,</HI> po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by the <HI>Portugals.</HI> 7 The Sea-town <HI>Chaul</HI> theirs too. 8 The beautiful and well-traded town <HI>Brampore,</HI> on a great River like <HI>London,</HI> not far from the &s;trong fort <HI>Syra.</HI></P>
<P N="9">9 <HI>Canara, N. Decan, S. Malabar, W.</HI> Sea hath 1 <HI>Me|linde.</HI> 2 <HI>Onor.</HI> 3 <HI>Patticalia.</HI> 4 <HI>Mangalor</HI> all Ports of good trade for Sugars&punc; Figgs&punc; Corn held by the <HI>Por|tugez.</HI> 5 <HI>Li&s;por</HI> and its quarries of <HI>Adamant.</HI> 6 <HI>Sol&s;et,</HI> and its <HI>Penin&s;ula.</HI></P>
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<P N="10">10. <HI>Malabar, N. Canara</HI> the River <HI>Gangeraco</HI> be|tween <HI>E. Nar&s;inga,</HI> and the mountain <HI>Gate<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI> between, <HI>S. W.</HI> Sea, plentiful for Ginger, Cinnamon, Ca&s;&s;ia, Pepper, and the Dates that yields Wine, Oyl, Sugar, fine Cloa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters"> and Cordage; and another bearing Cot|ton, Cypr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;s and cobweb Lawn the leaves Sattin and Taffata, be<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">des Apes, Monkeyes, Parrats, and Para|quitoes. 1 <HI>Connor,</HI> in the Province or <HI>Connor,</HI> with a fair and capacious haven, much frequented by Mer|chants, e&s;pecially <HI>Portugez,</HI> who have a Citadel here. 2 <HI>Cora.</HI> 3 <HI>Peripatum. Marabia.</HI> 5 <HI>Main.</HI> 2
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Where they are &s;o barba|rous, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">s to change wives w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">h one an|other in mirth</NOTE> <HI>Calicute,</HI> in the Province of <HI>Calicute</HI> on the Sea three miles, a place or great trade, where the Ea&s;tern and European Merchants meet. 3 <HI>Chale,</HI> a Fort. 4 <HI>Chatua.</HI> 5 <HI>Purtan|gale.</HI> 6 <HI>Tanor.</HI> 3 <HI>Cranganor,</HI> commodious for trade, at the mouth of a River in the Province of <HI>Cran Ganor</HI> on the <HI>S.</HI> of <HI>Calicate,</HI> full of St. <HI>Thomas</HI>'s
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">venty thou&s;and of them there.</NOTE> Chri&s;tians. 8 <HI>Co|chin,</HI> a well-traded, and well-havened town in the out|let of <HI>Mangat,</HI> in a Province of that name, <HI>S. Cran|ganor</HI> forty leagues on the &s;hore. 9 <HI>Caicholam,</HI> a much frequented Port-town in <HI>Caicolam.</HI> 10 <HI>Caulan</HI> neer <HI>Caicolam,</HI> with its commodious haven much re&s;orted to by forreign Merchants for Pepper and other Spices. 11 <HI>Quilacor</HI> in <HI>Trevandor,</HI> whither the Kings of that place after twelve years Reign go, and on a Scaf|fold cut their No&s;es, Eares and Lips, and at la&s;t their throats.</P>
<P N="11">11. <HI>Nar&s;inga, S. Trevancor, E. Gulf Bengala:</HI> here is 1 <HI>Cael</HI> neer <HI>Trevancor,</HI> where they fi&s;h for Pearl. 2 <HI>Gol|conda.</HI> 3 <HI>Chamdagrin,</HI> a &s;eat-Royal. 4 <HI>Perepti,</HI> where at an yearly fea&s;t they offered two hundred thou&s;and Crowns. 5 <HI>Madura.</HI> 6 <HI>Chadamburam.</HI> 7 <HI>Maliaper,</HI> or St. <HI>Thomas</HI> re-peopled, with a Colony of <HI>Portuguez.</HI> 8 <HI>Choromandel,</HI> a place of Trade, giving name to all the Sea-coa&s;t about it on the we&s;t &s;ide of the Gulf of <HI>Ben|gala,</HI> with <HI>Ca&s;ta. Negapatan, Tarna&s;&s;ari</HI> de&s;olate <HI>Bi&s;nagar,</HI> and <HI>Royal Nar&s;inga,</HI> where the women de&s;ire to be bu|ried alive with their Husband:
<PB N="34" REF="23">
<Q><L>Et certamen habent lethi, quae viva &s;equatur</L>
<L>Conjugium; pudor e&s;t non licui&s;&s;o mori:</L>
<L>Ardent victrices, &amp; praebent pectora flammae</L>
<L>Imponuni&abque; &s;uis ora perusta viris.</L></Q></P>
<P N="12">12. <HI>Ori&s;tan, S. Nar&s;inga, Botanter, E. Gulf</HI> of <HI>Bengala,</HI> a fair Sea-coa&s;t of three hundred and fifty miles in length, <HI>i. e.</HI> from <HI>Cape Guadarino</HI> between it and <HI>Nar|&s;inga</HI> to <HI>Cape Leogorae</HI> between it and <HI>Bengala.</HI> 1 <HI>Ori&s;&s;a,</HI> on the Sea &s;ide, well traded for Rice, Cloth of Cotton, the Stuff <HI>Yerva</HI> like Silk; together with long Pepper, Ginger, Mirabolins, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> 2 Royal <HI>Cateoba.</HI> 3 The wel-traffiqued Port <HI>Angeli,</HI> at the bottom of the Gulf of <HI>Bengala.</HI> 4 Poor <HI>Bacola.</HI></P>
<P N="13">13. <HI>Botanter, S. On&s;tan, W.</HI> the &s;acred River
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Who&s;e wa|ters they fetch far and neer for Sa|crifices.</NOTE> <HI>Guenga, E. Ganges;</HI> where the people have ears of a &s;pan length, never wa&s;hing for fear of defiling the water; where is <HI>Bottia, Clamur-Kukares</HI> (a Staple for the &s;ale of their Cloath to the <HI>Chinois,</HI> and <HI>Tartarian</HI> Merchants)
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Here their money and their meat is Almonds.</NOTE> <HI>Cou|che,</HI> where they kill not their Cattle, but keep Ho&s;pi|tals for them when they are old.</P>
<P N="14">14. <HI>Patanau, N. Botanter;</HI> 1 Large, but thatched <HI>Patane.</HI> 2 <HI>Holy</HI> and <HI>Pilgrim Bannaras</HI> on the holy <HI>Ganges.</HI> 3 <HI>Siripur.</HI>
<NOTE N="&dagger;" PLACE="marg">Where the Je&s;uites were told by the heathen, that they might as lawfully wor|&s;hip their <HI>Pa|gods,</HI> as they their <HI>Images.</HI></NOTE> 4 <HI>Ciandecan,</HI> on the bottom of the Gulf of <HI>Bergala.</HI> 5 <HI>Satagan.</HI></P>
<P N="15">15. <HI>Bengala, N. Patanaw, E. Pegu, S. W.</HI> Gulf of <HI>Bengala</HI> on the Gulf and River three hundred and &s;ixty miles long hath 1 <HI>Be<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">gala</HI> on the <HI>Ganges,</HI> rich in trade for Silk and Cotton long Pepper, Ginger, Sugar, Wheat and Rice: the people &s;ubtil and skilled in Phy|lo&s;ophy, Phy&s;ick and A&s;tronomy: richer in Pilgri|mages to the Holy Water of <HI>Ganges,</HI> with <HI>Gatigan,</HI> a well-traded port in the bottom of the Gulf of <HI>Bengala.</HI> 3 <HI>Taxada,</HI> decayed in trade by an alteration in the Channel. 4 <HI>Porrow Grande,</HI> and <HI>Porror Pequeno,</HI> two Lawle&s;s <HI>A&s;ylums,</HI> with the I&s;lands <HI>Ba&s;&s;e, Cainam, I&s;las de Pracel,</HI> where was reported &s;uch &s;tore of Adamants, as drew &s;hips thither, if they were not pinned with wooden pins.</P>
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<P N="2">2. In <HI>India Extra Gangen,</HI> or the continent beyond <HI>Ganges</HI>
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">By the o|ver flowings whereof it is m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">de <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">s <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ich as <HI>Aegypt</HI> is by that o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>Nile.</HI></NOTE> is 1 <HI>Brama, W. Ganges, N. Cathay</HI> in <HI>Tartary, E. Cauchin-china, S. Pega,</HI> now <HI>Barma,</HI> rich in m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">es of Gold and Silver; Rubies and Mask much traded to by <HI>P<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">rtugez:</HI> and there 1 <HI>Calam.</HI> 2 <HI>Bacan.</HI> 3. <HI>Mira<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">da.</HI> 4 <HI>Me<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">inta.</HI> 5 <HI>Prom.</HI> 6 <HI>Ava.</HI> 7 <HI>Tangu,</HI> and 8 <HI>Brama,</HI> where is the tree called <HI>Mo&s;es,</HI> which they take to be the Tree of Life.</P>
<P>2 <HI>Cauchinchina, W. Brama, E. China, N. Tartary, S. Cam|boia,</HI> rich in Aloes, Silks, Taffata, and other Stuffs, Gold. Silver, Porcellane earth, wrought into <HI>Chi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">a|ware</HI> (well counterfeited among us by drawing a white cru&s;t on our Potters Earth) Powder, Guns, where is the City <HI>Cauchin-china,</HI> on a River of <HI>China,</HI> running into a capacious Bay, with the I&s;land <HI>Aimo,</HI> where they fi&s;h for pearls, commanded by <HI>Portugez.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3 <HI>Camboia, N. Cauchin-china</HI> abounding in Elephants, and Rhinocerots or Abades, Aloes, Gold, and the &s;weet-wood Calumba, where is the well-traded City of <HI>Comboia,</HI> on the River <HI>Mecon,</HI> as the Staple for the Commodities of this Country. 2 <HI>Cudurmuch</HI> on the &s;ame River. 3 <HI>Coul</HI> on the &s;ea-&s;ide.</P>
<P N="4">4 <HI>Jangoma W. Pegu, E. Camboia, N. Brama, S. Siam,</HI> a barbarous place not ob&s;ervable.</P>
<P N="5">5 <HI>Siam, N. Jangoma</HI> and <HI>Pegu, E. S. W.</HI> Sea, a <HI>Penin|&s;ula,</HI> called formerly the <HI>Golden</HI>
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">And reckon|ed one of the five <HI>Cher&s;o|ne&s;&s;es,</HI> the o|ther four be|ing the <HI>Pelo|pone&s;ian</HI> in <HI>Greece;</HI> the <HI>Thracian</HI> in <HI>Propontis,</HI> the <HI>Taurican</HI> in the <HI>Euxine,</HI> the <HI>Cimbrian</HI> in <HI>Denmark.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Cher&s;one&s;&s;e,</HI> rich in Gold, Silver, Tin, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> Pepper, Elephants and Hor&s;es. 1 <HI>Malaca,</HI> a noted Empory for the &s;pace of two hun|dred and &s;eventy miles, e&s;pecially at the City <HI>Malaca</HI> on the River <HI>Gaza,</HI> unwhole&s;om indeed, but of great trade for Spices, Oyntments, Gold, Silver, Pearls, and pre|cious &s;tones, e&s;pecially &s;ince the <HI>Portugals</HI> removed the trade from <HI>Sincapura,</HI> a Mart neer the Promontory <HI>Magnum</HI> hither. 3 <HI>Palo Zambilan,</HI> whence to <HI>Sinca|pura,</HI> about the Southern Cape, called <HI>Cape Liampo,</HI> two hundred and &s;eventy miles. 2 <HI>Johor</HI> and <HI>Patane,</HI> the Queens whereof have been &s;o kind to the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> and the <HI>Dutch,</HI> as to permit them Factories there, 1612.</P>
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<P N="3">3. <HI>Siam,</HI> particularly &s;o called, where is, 1 <HI>Socatus.</HI> 2 <HI>Quedoa,</HI> and the be&s;t Pepper. 3 <HI>Tavai, Lugor</HI> on the Sea &s;ide.
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">The People here believe that the world will be burnt, and under the a&s;hes of it, two eggs, out of which &s;hall come a man and a woman to re-people it.</NOTE> 4 <HI>Siam,</HI> commodiou&s;ly &s;eated, and much frequented for trade, and Merchandi&s;e on the River <HI>Menam.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4. <HI>Muantay,</HI> between <HI>Jangoma</HI> and <HI>Siam,</HI> memorable for the third Empory of the <HI>Indies Odia</HI> or <HI>&V;die</HI> on the Banks of the River <HI>Caipumo,</HI> where two hundred thou|&s;and Skiffs and Shallops, attend to waft people from place to place.</P>
<P N="6">6. <HI>Pegu, E. Jangoma</HI> and <HI>Siam, N. Barma, W. S.</HI> Gulf of <HI>Bengala,</HI> where be&s;ides 1 <HI>Verma.</HI> 2 <HI>Machin,</HI> where neither Port nor Haven; is, 3 <HI>Orachan,</HI> in which Pro|vince is; 1 <HI>Dianger</HI> ruined. 2 <HI>Sundiva,</HI> in an I&s;land well fortified. 3 <HI>Arrachan,</HI> on a capacious River thir|ty leagues di&s;tance from the Sea. 4 <HI>Martavan,</HI> with its chief City <HI>Martavan,</HI> rich in Rice, Iron, Lead, Steel, Bra&s;s, Silver, Gold, Sugar-Canes, and other woods odoriferous, and medicinal, &s;cituated on a capacious Haven all the year open; and what is rare, here free from Sands, even in the winter time. 5 <HI>Pegu,</HI> lying like a <HI>Cre&s;cent</HI> on the Gulf of <HI>Bengala,</HI> eminent for Rubies, Civet-cats, Lacca (Gum made by <HI>Ants</HI> there, as Wax is made by <HI>Bees</HI> here) Elephants, and the be&s;t Parrats; the people whereof &s;ay, they were begotten between a <HI>Dog</HI> and a <HI>China</HI> Woman ca&s;t on the &s;hore. Here are 1 Woody <HI>Co&s;mi.</HI> 2 <HI>Jacabel.</HI> 3 <HI>Dian.</HI> 4
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">A City four &s;quare, and each &s;quare four miles.</NOTE> <HI>Coilan.</HI> 5 <HI>La|nagon.</HI> 6 <HI>Silvan pede.</HI> 7 <HI>Meccao,</HI> (where &s;uch goods are unloaded as are carried by land to <HI>Pegu</HI>) with its &s;trong Ca&s;tle. 8 <HI>Siriang,</HI> a &s;trong place in the mouth of <HI>Pegu.</HI> on who&s;e Banks mo&s;t of the fore&s;aid places lye; as doth the mo&s;t beautiful, rich, and well-traded <HI>Pegu,</HI> in the <HI>Old</HI> part whereof the Merchants live, as the King doth in the <HI>New;</HI> mo&s;t of the&s;e places under Kings of their own, that daily make war upon one another, but the greate&s;t among&s;t them is, the rich, and ab&s;olute Prince, the <HI>Mogul.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="32" TYPE="part">
<PB N="37" REF="24">
<HEAD>XXXII. <HI>The Orientael I&s;les:</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">1. In the heap of I&s;les, containing fifty three King|doms, two hundred leagues; <HI>S.</HI> on the Sea called <HI>Ja|pan,</HI> where the people are cunning, ambitious, impla|cable, hating idle recreations; eating in Phy&s;ick &s;harp &s;alt, and raw things; u&s;ing in &s;alutations to put off their &s;hooe: is 1 <HI>Meaco,</HI> the common &s;taple of <HI>Japan.</HI> 2 <HI>O&s;&s;acy,</HI> of great trade. 3 <HI>Feno-Jama</HI> their Uni|ver&s;ity and <HI>Banoum.</HI> 4 <HI>Bongo.</HI> 5 <HI>Cora,</HI> where at lea&s;t one tooth of their Kings mu&s;t be interred. 6 <HI>Amanga S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">qui.</HI> 7 <HI>Surungo,</HI> as big as <HI>London.</HI> 8 <HI>Edoo</HI> and <HI>Firando,</HI> where 1613 there was a Factory &s;etled for the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Mer|chants. 9 The noted Haven <HI>Ochino-famanus.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. The
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Called &s;o in honour of <HI>Philip</HI> the 2d of <HI>Spain,</HI> be|cau&s;e in his time di&s;co|vered by <HI>Le|gu&s;pi</HI> a <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Captain, 1564</NOTE> <HI>Philippines,</HI> and the neighbouring I&s;lands <HI>S.</HI> of <HI>Japan,</HI> rich in Rice, Pul&s;e, Honey, Wax, Sugar-Canes, the be&s;t Figs in the world, Cotton-wool, Mines of Gold, and other Mettals; plenty of Fi&s;h, Birds and Bea&s;ts: where forty containing a million of people, are under the King of <HI>Spains</HI> Government, and under his Vice-Roy in <HI>New-Spains</HI> Juri&s;diction: As 1 <HI>Lu&s;&s;on</HI> with <HI>Manilla,</HI> a commodious Haven town. 2 <HI>Tandair,</HI> very fruitfull. 3 <HI>Mindano,</HI> three hundred and eighty leagues round, where 1 <HI>Cailon, Pavados, Sabal,</HI> and <HI>Da|piro,</HI> and we&s;tward the <HI>Lequins;</HI> and <HI>Hermo&s;a,</HI> lately called <HI>New-Holland,</HI> becau&s;e taken, planted, and &s;trong|ly fortified by &s;ome Adventures of that Country; <HI>Ci|umbabon,</HI> where is the
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">That &s;hrinks at a touch.</NOTE> Plant animal.</P>
<P N="3">3. The burning &s;even
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">That is, 1 <HI>Mira.</HI> 2 <HI>Ro|&s;ingen.</HI> 3 <HI>Rom.</HI> 4 <HI>Nerro.</HI> 5 <HI>Aii.</HI> 6 <HI>Ganuape</HI> and <HI>Bandan.</HI></NOTE> I&s;les of <HI>Bandan,</HI> where are the be&s;t Nutmegs growing like Peaches or Malaca|toons, where are <HI>Dutch</HI> Factories, and &s;ome <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Merchants, the place being yielded to the Protection of King <HI>James, November</HI> 24, 1620, both the <HI>Dutch</HI> and we taking advantage of their divi&s;ions, though they are more inclined to us than the <HI>Dutch.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4. The innumerable <HI>Moluccoes</HI> hot on both &s;ides the Aequator, affording Cinamon, Ginger, Nutmegs, Ma|&s;tick, Aloees, Pepper, and e&s;pecially Cloves growing on trees like Bay-trees, which after the white and the
<PB N="38" REF="25">green blo&s;&s;oms when they &s;mell extraordinarily fra|grantly, yield red and hard ones; which are Cloves &s;o hot, that in two days they will
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">As they &s;ay, will the un|&s;pun Silks of <HI>China.</HI></NOTE> dry up a pail of water &s;tanding in the room where they are &s;orted; the mo&s;t remarkable of them are <HI>Tidor, Terenate, Macir, Rachian, Mach<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">an, Botone, Poleroone</HI> and <HI>Poleway;</HI> in the former whereof the <HI>Dutch</HI> have three Forts and Fa|ctories to the <HI>Spaniards</HI> one; the two la&s;t are the <HI>En|gli&s;hes,</HI> &s;urrendred <HI>December</HI> 23, 1616. by right, the fir&s;t the be&s;t in the world for Cloves, and the latter for Nut|megs, which the <HI>Dutch</HI> &s;eized, cutting down the Clove-trees, and the Nutmeg-trees when they were to re&s;tore them to the <HI>Engli&s;h.</HI></P>
<P N="5">5. The <HI>Many Selebes,</HI> as 1 <HI>Sclebes</HI> properly &s;o called, where <HI>Cian</HI> or <HI>Sion.</HI> 2 <HI>Nebon, N.</HI> and <HI>Terelli, S.</HI> 3 <HI>Gilolo,</HI> or <HI>D<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">l-moro,</HI> well &s;tored with wild hens, and a kind of Shell-fi&s;h that much re&s;embleth Mutton; and the Tree <HI>Saga,</HI> which affordeth them bread and drink. In the chief town whereof <HI>Batchame</HI> or <HI>Batachina,</HI> there is a <HI>Dutch</HI> Fort to defend their Factory.</P>
<P N="6">6. <HI>Amboyna, S.</HI> of the <HI>Aequator,</HI> fertile in Rice, Ci|trons, Lemmons, Orenges, Coquo-nuts, Sugar-canes, and Cloves, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> Which hot fruits &s;uck the moy&s;ture of the Earth, &s;o that nothing el&s;e will grow there. Notorious for the unheard of cruelties exerci&s;ed upon the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> by the <HI>Dutch</HI> 1618 in that place.</P>
<P N="7">7. <HI>Maca&s;&s;ar, W. Amboyna, S. W. Celebes,</HI> &s;ix hundred miles from <HI>E.</HI> to <HI>W.</HI> plentifull of Rice, Fle&s;h, Fi&s;h, Salt, Cotton-wool, Gold, Pearls, Sander a Medicinal wood growing like a Nutmeg-tree, the fruit like Cherries, overgrown with wood; there 1 is <HI>Senderem,</HI> neer a large Lake, very commodious for Traffick. 2 <HI>Maca&s;&s;ar,</HI> an <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Factory; there are other places hereabouts, as <HI>Sanguin, Terrao, Solor, &amp;c.</HI> but not worth a De&s;cri|ption.</P>
<P N="8">8. <HI>B<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">rneo,</HI> two thou&s;and two hundred miles round, under the <HI>Aequator,</HI> affording be&s;ides nece&s;&s;aries Cam|phire, Agariche, Adamants; and a people very white
<PB N="39" REF="25">and hone&s;t, that &s;it not on bu&s;ine&s;&s;e till the Moon is up, which they take to be the Suns wife, and the Stars their Children: Hath for towns, 1 <HI>Bornes,</HI> hear a good|ly Bay, <HI>N. W.</HI> 2 The Commodious Cities, and fair Havens of <HI>Tajopura, Tamoaratas, Maalano, Lavi, Paro,</HI> and <HI>Sagdana</HI> an <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Factory.</P>
<P N="9">9. South of <HI>Borneo</HI> and the <HI>Aequator,</HI> is
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg"><HI>Jabo-Diu;</HI> <GAP DESC="foreign">, I&s;land of Bar|ley.</NOTE> 1 <HI>Java ma|jor,</HI> three thou&s;and miles round; rich in all Corn, e&s;|pecially Rice, all fle&s;h &s;alted, all &s;orts of Fowl, plenty of Gold, Precious Stones, Bra&s;s of the be&s;t kind; Silks, Pepper, Ginger, Cinnamon, and other Spices; the people carele&s;s of their words, an&s;wering when taxed with it, <HI>that the tongue was not made of Bone.</HI> The chief Towns, 1 <HI>Panacuran,</HI> neer a burning hill. 2 <HI>Jortam.</HI> 3 <HI>Ballambua.</HI> 4 <HI>Pa&s;&s;arva.</HI> 5 <HI>Taban.</HI> 6 <HI>Taggal.</HI> 7 <HI>Surra|baia.</HI> 8 <HI>Catabaon.</HI> Unwhole&s;ome <HI>Bantam</HI> of great trade the <HI>Engli&s;h, Portugez</HI> and <HI>Dutch</HI> having Factories here; the principal Factory of the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> in the <HI>Indies.</HI> 10 The good Port <HI>Agracan.</HI> 11 <HI>Sura.</HI> 12 <HI>Situa,</HI> about which there is abundance of Pepper.</P>
<P N="2">2 <HI>Java minor,</HI> not &s;o well yet di&s;covered.</P>
<P N="10">10. <HI>Summatra,</HI> &s;even hundred miles long, and two hundred broad on the North of <HI>Java major,</HI> under the <HI>Aequator;</HI> the Soil hot and unwhole&s;ome, yielding Ginger, Pepper, Camphire, Agariche, and Ca&s;&s;ia; be&s;ides Honey, Wax, Silks, Cottons, rich Mines, not only of Tin, Iron, and Sulphur, and other Minerals, but of Gold, it being conceived to be <HI>Solomons</HI> Ophir. The Inhabitants good Merchants, and Artificers, al|wayes leading a &s;pare Hor&s;e with them to their <HI>Mo&s;|ches,</HI> looking for <HI>Mahomet</HI> to come and ride on him: Here is, 1 <HI>Pa&s;&s;aman,</HI> a town of great trade; but un|healthy as the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> know, who have a Factory there. 2 <HI>Tecoo,</HI> and its convenient Haven. 3 <HI>Priamon,</HI> all three towns lying in that Country where Pepper groweth. 4 <HI>Achen,</HI> and the Kings Court. 5 <HI>Menantabo.</HI> 6 <HI>Cambar.</HI></P>
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<P N="11">11. <HI>Zeiland,</HI> Northwe&s;t of <HI>Summatra,</HI> and its woods of Cinnamon, Lemmons, Orenges, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> wild and tame Fowls and Bea&s;ts, e&s;pecially Elephants, thought by them Paradi&s;e, there being an Hill there called, <HI>Pico de Adam;</HI> the people good Artificers and Jug|glers; Here is, 1 <HI>Candie.</HI> 2 <HI>Ventane.</HI> 3 <HI>Colmuchi,</HI> on a capacious Bay, a place of great trade, e&s;pecially for Cinamon, Gems, Elephants-teeth, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> well &s;ortified by <HI>Portugez,</HI> who call it <HI>Columbo.</HI> 4 <HI>Laula.</HI> 5 <HI>Galle.</HI> 6 <HI>Tinamaca.</HI> 7 <HI>Triqui Lemale.</HI> 8 <HI>Jana Sipatan.</HI> 9 <HI>Vila&s;&s;em.</HI> 10 <HI>Batecolom,</HI> neer which I&s;le, are the <HI>Mald<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">ae,</HI> and there <HI>Maldiva,</HI> a well known Empory.</P>
<P>All the&s;e places &s;peak the <HI>Indian</HI> tongue in diver&s;e Dialects; mo&s;t of the Inhabitants <HI>Pagans</HI> and <HI>Mahu|metans,</HI> except here and there &s;ome Plantations of Chri&s;tian Converts, by the <HI>Spaniards</HI> and <HI>Portugez.</HI></P>
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<P>FIr&s;t, <HI>You mu&s;t know, that on both &s;ides the Map, are degrees of Latitude, at every ten of which there is a Circular Line drawn through the Map:</HI> Secondly, <HI>at the top and bot|tom there are Degrees of Longitude; at every</HI> 10 <HI>of which, Lines are drawn through the Map.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Now, if you would find any City or other place of Note, look for it in the Table, and there you &s;hall &s;ee what Latitude and what Longitude it hath, which finding at one of the &s;ides, and top of the Map, bringing them till they cut one the other, there you &s;hall find the place.</HI></P>
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