LIBERſicellam eſſe: quod & Lactiſma uocāt urbē Anthenoris & ſotioꝝ eiuſqꝫ filioꝝ: quū in Italiā curſiObſicellatenuerunt. In Africa quoqꝫ credidere nōnulli Gaditanoꝝ mercatoꝝ fidē ſequuti: ſicut Artemido.LactiſmaLotophagi rus ſcriptū reliꝗt: quoniā æthiopes Mauritaniæ accolæ in occaſum ſpectantes Lotophagi uocitaneloti cibus carpentes. Gramen ac radicē quandā nullo indigētes potu. Nec facultatē eius ꝓpter aqurū penuriā habētes. Hoꝝ natio uſqꝫ in Cyreneoꝝ loca extēdit̉. Alii rurſus Lotophagi noīant̉ alterinhabitātes e regione paruæ Syrtis inſulaꝝ Meningē. Haud ſane mirandū eſt poetā hoc pacto erroMeningērē Vlyſſis fabuloſe deſcripſiſſe: ut multa de Vlyſſis rebus memoriæ ꝓditis extra columnas in Ari-tico pelago diſpoſuerit. Quæ enim ab hiſtoricis tradunt̉. non multū abſunt. Sic de locis: ſic de rel-quis ab eo per figmēta enarratis: unde nō longe a fide poeticū figmentū erat. Nec ſiꝗ hiſce credēte.hiſtoriis: & multimodæ uatis ipſius cognitioni Homericā poeſin ad cognatas ſitiæ ac peritiæ materias cōuerterūt: quēadmodū a Crate malota: & aliis quibuſdā factitatū eſt. Quidā uero adeo ruſtice talē aggrediēdi operis rationē admiſerūt: ut uatē ipſum nō ſolū cuiuſdā foſſoris aut meſſoris inſtar ex omni eius generis ſcientia extruxerint: uerū etiā eos qui tale negociū attigerīt furiis agitato.fuiſſe cenſeāt. Patrociniū autem caſtigationēue aut tale aliꝗd in eoꝝ maledicta cōferre: ex iis auſuceſt nemo qui grāmaticā aut mathematicoꝝ acumina tenere ꝓfiteat̉: ꝗͣuis eximius. Atqui aduerſurmulta eorū maledicta & patrociniū & erroris emendationē adducere fieri poſſe mihi uidetur: in eapræſertim quæ Pytheas quoſdā ſibi credētes fruſtratus eſt: quod ꝑ locoꝝ occidentaliū & aquilon-riū ignorationē & Oceani contingit. Cæterū hæc impræſentiaꝝ miſſa faciamus: quæ peculiari ſermone ꝓlixius diſerēda forēt. Græcos aūt ad barbaras natiōes errabūdos ꝑagraſſe: hāc cauſā habiꝗa paruas in portiōes diſſipati fuerāt cū īperia ꝑ elationē atqꝫ cōtumaciā inuicē minime coaleſcerē& cōſpirationē īter ſe nequaꝗͣ haberēt. Vnde cōtra externas īuadētiū opes ībecilli facti ſūt: hoc ue-ro ꝑ elatos ſpiritus. Quod ꝗdē īter Hiſpanos maxime latius extēdit̉: cū ad uerſutū natura ingerſubdolā quoqꝫ mentē adiungerēt. Nā inuaſores & p̄dones effecti uitā degebāt. Ad parua primū audaces: nec dum ingētia aggrediebant̉ facinora: cū magnas nōdū uires aut ſocietates cōparaſſent. Senim ſeſe mutuo tutari uoluiſſent: neqꝫ Carthaginēſibus: neqꝫ prius Tyriis plurimā eoꝝ regionēCelxxxmaiorē potētiā īcurſantibus deſtruēdi fuiſſet occaſio. Neqꝫ Celtis ꝗ nunc appellant̉ Celtyberi atoCeltyberiBerones: neqꝫ Piratæ Viriaſtho: neqꝫ Sertorio poſtea: neqꝫ ſi alij plæriqꝫ amplificādæ potētiæ auidBeronestate ducebant̉: & Romanus populus augēdæ potētiæ gratia aduerſus Hiſpanos ꝑticulatimqꝫ cōtraſingulas ciuitates bellū multos ꝓtraxit ad ānos: nūc hos nūc illos delēs: donec ad annū fere ducēte-Abderaſimū atqꝫ amplius uniuerſos in poteſtatē redegerit. Ad īſtitutā igit̉ orbis enarrationem/ redeanCarthagoPoſt ea igit̉ loca Abdera eſt & Carthago noua: quā ædificauit Aſdrubal: is qui Barcæ Hannibalis ęnouanitori ſucceſſit. Ea ſane eſt cūctaꝝ eo in tractu urbiū potētiſſima. nā & munimine & murorū ſtrictura atqꝫ pulchritudine & portuū cōmoditate & lacus amœnitate ornatiſſima eſt: nec minus ar-Sucro fluti effoſſionibus: de ꝗbus ante diximus. Hic & in propinꝗs locis frequētiſſima ſūt ſalſamēta. Hoc etampliſſimū ē Emporiū: ſiue de rebus e mari ad mediterraneā īportādis ſiue ex ipſa regiōe foras adHiemero-oīs exportādis: Hæc uero ꝑs maritima Hīc uſqꝫ ad Ibeꝝ ī medio quodāmodo īteruallo Sucronē hſcopeumbet fluuiū & eius excurſū: & eiuſdē noīs urbē. Labit̉ aūt e mōte: ꝗ īcūbēti cōtiguus ē dorſo: & e M-Artemiſiūlaca & ex īminētibus Carthagini locis pedeſtri uadabilis: undiqꝫ ab Ibero æqͣliter diſtās: paululum aPlaneſiaCarthagine atqꝫ Ibero diſiūctus īter Sucronē & Carthaginē tria maſſiliēſiū ſūt oppidula haud ꝓculPlū bariaLinothalaſ a flumine: Ex iis celeberrimū ē Hemeroſcopeū. i. diurna ſpecula in extremitate Dianæ Epheliæ ſa-cellū habēs frequēti religiōe cultū: quo Sertorius ad res maritimas uſus ē receptaculo. Nā munitilmū ē: ad rē piraticā itē ꝑcōmodū: Nauigātibuſqꝫ lōginquū p̄ſtās ꝓſpectū. Vocat̉ aūt Artemiſiū tacScombriaDianiū: ferrarias habēs effoſſiōes feraces ex ꝓpinquo: puſillas ēt īſulas Planeſiā Plūbariā & LimGarumthalaſſā īminētē: q̄ in circuitu ē ſtad̓. cccc. Dehīc Herculis īſula ē ad Carthaginē ſpectās: quā a ſccSagͣuntusbroꝝ multitudīe captoꝝ Scōbriā uocāt. Ex ꝗbus Gaꝝ (optimū hoc ſalſamēti genus ē) cōdit̉. AbeOleatrumaūt a Carthagīe ſtad̓. iiii. &. xx. Rurſus altero Sucrōis ex latere ad Iheri exitū ꝑgēti Sagūtus occutnCartaliaa Zacynthiis cōdita: quā Hannibal cōtra Romani populi fœdera diruēs: belli punici ſecūdi ſuicitDertoſſauit īcediū. Proximæ urbes ſunt Cheronneſus Oleatrū Cartalia In ipſoqꝫ Iberi tranſitu Dertolſa CoIberus fluIonia. Labit̉ aūt Iberus a Cātabris e meridie ortū habēs ꝑ magnū cāpoꝝ ſpatiū pari ſemꝑ interualiuiusa Pyreneis diſtās mōtibus. Inter Iberi uero deflexiōes & extremas Pyrenei partes: a ꝗbus Popel miTaraconumēta fixa cernunt̉ prima eſt urbs Taraco portu carēs in ſinu quodā ſita Cæteꝝ in reliꝗs īdolieaPōpei tro-cōparata nō minus hac tēpeſtate ꝗͣ Carthago uiris ꝓbis ornata. Ad excipiēdas enim principū pesphæanationes egregie nata & nō intra Iberū modo: ſed etiā extra late Metropolis ideſt ciuitatū mater eMetropoGymnaſiæ ēt īſulæ cōtra nō lōge iacētes & Eboſus dignitate p̄ſtātes oportunū urbi ſitū oſtenduiGymneſiæ Eratoſthenes aūt ei ſtationē eſſe affirmat iaciēdis anchoris nō admodū cōmodā: ſicuti contra duirēs Artemidorus inꝗt. Vniuerſa ab colūnis hucuſqꝫ maritima īportuoſa eſt. Deīceps aūt hoc ex ioinſulæco cōmodis ornata portubus. Ager quoqꝫ bonitate præcellēs Leetanoꝝ & Lartoleetaꝝ alioruinꝙEboſustalium uſqꝫ ad Emporiū. Illud enim eſt a Maſſiliēſibus ædificatum a Pyreneis montibus ſtad tuLeetaniLartoleetæ iiii. interuallo & Hiſpaniæ finibus ad Galliam diſtans. Hic eſt autem uniuerſus tractus agrorum eportuum commoditate præſtans. Eo in loco Rhodope oppidulum eſt Emporienſium: queRhodopeplæriqꝫ ab Rhodiis conditum fuiſſe tradunt. Et hic & in Emporio urbe Dianam Epheſiam exbeoppidum

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