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SECVNDVSxxiiiꝙ uiarū deductiones: & uerba nōnulla deſcripſiſſe: ſummū autē proræ lignū e naufragio cōparaſſequo equus erat inſculptus: audiſſe naufragiū illud fuiſſe hominū ab occidente nauigātiū. Reuer-rentē id ſuam ad nauigationē detuliſſe: incolumen in Aegyptū regreſſum: nō quidē amplius regnā-ce Cleopatra: ſed eius filio oībus ſpoliatū extitiſſe: complura enim ſubripuiſſe deprehenſum. Sum-mum autē illud proræ lignū cum in forū pertuliſſet naucleris oſtendiſſe: gaditanoꝝ fuiſſe cognitūex his negociatores quide naues ingentes emittere: pauperes uero paruas quas equos appellauit obimpoſita proris inſignia: hos uſqꝫ ad Lixum fluuiū nauigare circa Mauritaniā piſcantes: nauclerosuero quoſdā lignū illud noſcitaſſe. Extiterat autē cuiuſpiā qui longius ultra Lixū fluuiū nauigans Lixus flu-perierat. Quibus ex rebus cōiectura intelligentē Eudoxum: ꝙ nauigari circūcirca poſſit Africa do uiusmum reuerſum omnes deponentē fortunas enauigaſſe: ac primū quidē in agrū Puteolanū: deindeMaſſiliā: & deinceps ad eam maritimā uſqꝫ gades profectū ubiqꝫ locoꝝ hæc diuulgātem: quæſtuqꝫaucto ingentē cōparaſſe nauē & nauiculas duas piraticis lembis haud diſſimiles. Impoſuiſſe puellosſymphoniacos & medicos & alios artifices. Dehinc inita in Indiam nauigatione perpetuis zephyrisconſcendiſſe. Aegrotātibus autē nauigatione comitibus ſecundis in terrā uentis applicuiſſe inundariones mariſqꝫ recuſus formidantē. Quod autē uerebatur accidit. Nanqꝫ nauis terræ incidens fuit:adeo ut ſenſim nō autē ſimul ſolueretur. Cæterū prius in terrā onus & lignorū pars maxima in co-Iumnia ꝑuecta ſunt: e quibus tertiū lembum cōpactū remorū quinquaginta Myoparoni ferme pa-rem. Ipde nauigaſſe quoad ad homines eandem uocē & uerba ſonantes applicaret: quæ antea deſcripſerat. Simul id intellexiſſe: quod indegene illi Aethiopum cognati forent: & Regi Bogo ſubditorūſimiles. Omiſſa igit̉ indiæ nauigatione reuertiſſe: internauigandūqꝫ cū uidiſſet inſulā optimis ſcatētem aquis & pulchris uirentē arboribus deſertā annotaſſe: Soſpitem uero in Mauritaniā delatū collocatis lembis terræſtri itinere ad Bogū aduentaſſe. Cui cōſilium dediſſe ut eā nauigationē ſuſcipe-ret Cōtra uero familiares ualuiſſe: cū metū intenderent ne regionē facile patere inſidiis eueniret cūexternis cōtra militare uolentibus oſtenderetur incurſio: quod ubi intellexit uerbo quidē ſeſe miſ-ſum ad cōmoſtratā nauigationē: Re autē in deſertam quampiā inſulā expoſitum iri in Romanorūprouinciā effugiſſe: illū uero in Hiſpaniā diſceſſiſſe: denuoqꝫ nauē rotundā & longam remorū quinquaginta conſtantē apparaſſe: ut illa quidē altū ſecare: hac autē terrā tentare poſſet. Impoſitis autēagriculturæ inſtrumētis & ſeminibus: & ædificandi peritis ad circunducende eandā nauigationemmare ingreſſum. Cogitarat enim ſi tardius nauigare cōtigiſſet in præmeditata hyberna re inſulamAc ſatione facta decerptiſqꝫ fructibus perſpecta antea & cognitā abſoluere nauigationē. Ego qui-dem inquit uſqꝫ ad Eudoxi tempora ad hiſtoriam peruenio. Quicquid poſterius euenit Gadita-nos & Hiſpanos nouiſſe probabile uidetur. Ex his omnibus ait demonſtratur terrarum orbem.Oceano quaquauerſum circūfundi.Haud equidem uinculū terræ circūfluit orbem.ὀυναρμινδεσμοσ περίβάλλεται ήπείροιο.Aſt immēſa fluit nec quicꝗͣ effunditur ipſum.ἀλλεσ άπηρεσίην κέχυται τόμιν ὀυτι μιάίμειν.Mirādus profecto in oībus eſt: quo pacto circuitā Magi nauigationē: de qua dixit Heraclides teſti-bus carentē exiſtimās & de miſſis a Dario: quod tradit Herodotus: Bergeū autē interuallū iſtud in-credibilitatis parte cōſtituens: ſeu ab eo ipſo quidē fictū: ſiue fingētibus alijs. Nā rei creditæ ꝑſuaſioeſt: primū quidē de circuitione per Indum. Sinus enim Arabicus fluminis inſtar anguſtus eſt atqꝫ ꝓ Arabicusſixus: uſqꝫ ad ſtad̓ decē millia uſqꝫ ad oſtiū: eo prorſus anguſto exiſtente. Credibile autē nō eſt: neqꝫ ſinusforas aliquo nauigationē habere in ſinū īdos īpulſos ꝑ errorē. Anguſtiæ enim ab Oſtio errorē de-monſtraturæ fuerant. Neqꝫ in ſinū dedita oꝑa intrātibus erroris p̄terea aut uentoꝝ incōſtantiū ul-la erat occaſio. Inediaqꝫ cūcti quonā ſeſe modo ꝑeuntes neglexiſſent uno dūtaxat excepto? Suꝑſteſqꝫunus tantū quonā modo ad nauigiū haud ſane puſillū regēdū ſatis eſſet? Quo tāta trāſmittere ma-ria potuiſſet? Quænā uero tāta ad ꝑdiſcendā linguā celeritas: ꝗͣ Regi ꝑſuadere factus ſit idoneus: utducendi nauigii uiā præſtaret? Quænā demū Ptolemæo Euergete de talibus ducibus erat inopia-cū ia eo in tractu multis mare notū eſſet Sacerdos aūt ipſe & augur Cyzicenoꝝ quo pacto omiſſapatria nauigauit ad īdos? Quonā modo tātū illi creditu eſt negotiū? Quomodo itē reuerſus oībusex iſperato īterceptis: & ignominia affectus ampliore numeꝝ apparatu ſibi cōmēdato? Remeās aūt& delatus in Aethiopiā quā ob cauſam uel linguā deſcripſit: uel ſūmū illud proræ lignū epiſcatorianauicula excidiſſe: unde didicerat? Nā didiciſſe ꝙ ab occaſu nauigātium id fuerat naufragiū nulliusIuturū erat indiciū: cū & ipſe ab occaſu ſecūdū reuerſionē nauigaturus erat. Itaqꝫ ꝓfectus Alexan-dria in multoꝝ furto dep̄hēſus: quonā modo ſupplicio affectus nō eſt? Sed naucleros ſciſcitans ob-ambulabat ſimul lignū illud oſtētās. Is aūt ꝗ noſcitabat nunꝗd admiratiōi fuit? Qui uero fidē adhibuit nunꝗd maioris admiratiōis? Tali dehinc ſpe reuerſus in patriā: & ab ea trāſmigrās poſtmodumcatra cōlūnas: cū abſqꝫ edicto nō liceret ex Alexādria mare īgredi. Et eo magis: homini regias anteartirripiēti pecunias. Clam uero enauigare poſſibile nō erat cū tanta portuū cuſtodia. Cæteroſqꝫ exi-tus clauderet: quātā & hac tēpeſtate ꝑmanentē ipſi nouimus diutius Alexādriā incolētes. Tāet ſi in p̄ſctitia Romanis obtinētibus remiſſius agit̉. Regiæ uero cuſtodiæ lōge īexorabiliores erāt. Poſtꝗͣ ue