LIBERgalataꝝ. quo mortuo portio hæc: q̄ nō multa erat Romanis ceſſit & prouincīa eſt appellata inCaranacolæ ad oppidū Carana. cōueniunt. a quo Caranēſis regio dicit̉. Reliqͣ Pythodoris & DitaturPhazemōe/ hn̄t. Reſtāt ex ponto ea q̄ inter hanc regionē & Amiſinos & Sinopēſes tēdunt: Cappadociā &Galatiā & Paphlagoniā uerſus poſt Amiſinū agꝝ: uſqꝫ ad Halym eſt Phazemoneticha: quamMegalopo/ Pōpeius Megalopoli noīauit. & facta apud Phazemonē uicū habitatione: eā Ncapolim appellauit. Septētrionale huius regiōis latus Gazilotus & Amiſinus ager claudit. occidētale Halys:Pharemon oriētale Phanarea. Reliquū Amaſientiū regio: q̄ plurima ē & ceteraꝝ oīum optima: ꝑtē itaqꝫPhazemoniticā uerſus: lacus ꝗdā occupat: pelagi magnitudine: noic Sciphana: piſcoſus &ua-Neapolisriis pa cuis abundās: adiacet ei Cizara caſtellū munitiſſimū: nūc aūt deſertū. ꝓpe regia cōſtruGazilotuscta eſt. Reliqͣ regio magna ex ꝑte nuda: fumēti tn̄ ferax. Amaſiēſibus imminet aquæ calidæ: &ualde ſalubres: qͥ Phazemonentiū ſūt. īminet ēt Sagyliū caſtellū ſuꝑ monte quodā ſitū: crectoSeiphana& excelſo & in acutū tendēte. Id aquas abundātiſſimas hēt. nunc aūt ꝗͣꝗͣ regibus ad multa utiCizaraliſſimum: neglectū tn̄ eſt. Hic arſaces dominatū: & nouas res mouens a filiis Pharnacis regisSigyliumcaptus: īterēptuſqꝫ eſt: nemīe id ex ducibus ꝑmittente. captus eſt āt nō ui ſed fame munitioe aArſacesPolemone & Lycomede regibus capta. Nā ex planitie pulſus: ī montē aufugit ſine ullo cōmeatus apparatu: & aquā arduis petris obſtructā īuenit. Id. n. Pōpeius effecerat: iubens caſtella oīadirui. ne latronibus ī mōte aufugere uolētibus utilia relinq̄rent̉. ille Phacemonē ſe agꝝ ſic cōOgriisſtituit. poſteriores uero eū regibus diſtribuerūt. Vrbs nr̄a in ualle quadā iacet magna & ꝓfunda: ꝑ quā Ogris flumē fert̉. mira ꝓuidētia & natura cōſtructa: q̄ caſtelli uſū pōt exhibere. nampetra q̄dā eſt alta: & p̄ceps: & ī flumē abrupta: q̄ ī fluminis ripa ad quā urbis hītatio ē: muꝝ hētex utriſqꝫ lateribus ad uertices duos recurrit: ꝗ pulcherrime turriti: ꝑiter cōſurgūt. In hoc cir liſoꝝ fincuitu regiæ ſūt & regū mōumēta. Vertices ipſi anguſtū utrīqꝫ iugū hn̄t: ꝗnqꝫ ſexue ſtadioꝝ al ixuiititudīe: a flūine & ſuburbanis utraqꝫ ex ꝑte aſcendētes. a iugo ad uertices ē alius ſtadii aſcēſusacutus ſane: ꝗ ui oēm exuꝑet. hēt ēt aqͣs introrſū: q̄ auferri nō poſſūt. Sūt. n. fiſtulæ duæ. quaꝝalter ad flumē tendit: alter ad iugū. flumē pōtibus iungit̉: altero ab urbe ī ſuburbanū: altero aſuburbano ī exteriorē regionē. ad hūc pontē mōs deſinit ꝗ ſaxo īminet. Cōuallis a fluīe ꝓgredit̉ nō admodū lata: ī initio poſtea dilatat̉: & planiciē efficit: q̄ Chiliocomiū appellat̉. deide ēChiliocoDiacōpena: & Pimoliſena regio: tota felix: uſqꝫ ad Halym atqꝫ ſeptētrionales Amaſiēſiū ꝑtesmiumDiacōpena hæ ſūt ꝗngentoꝝ fere ſtadioꝝ lōgitudīe deīceps reliqͣ ſeꝗt̉: multo ac lōgīor: uſqꝫ ī BabāomūPimoliſena ac Ximina q̄ etiā ad Halym uſqꝫ deſcēdit. Lōgitudo ꝗdē hæc ē. Latitudo uero a ſeptētriōe au-Babāomum ſtꝝ uerſus ī Zeliticā & Cappadociā maiorē uſqꝫ ad Trogīos. ī Ximīa ſūt ſales foſſiles a ꝗbusHalym flumē dici putāt: ī nr̄o agro multa regio deſerta ē: & multa caſtella diruta: ꝑꝑ Mithr.XiminaIltuiidaticū hellū. is arboribus plēus: & paſcendis equis: ac cætero pecori idōeus: & totus hītabilisHalysē. Amaſia prius fuit regibus data: nūc ꝓuincia ē. reliqͣ ꝑs ad pōticā ꝓuinciā ꝑtinet trās halym:Amaſiacirca Ogaſim: Sinopēſi agro cōtigua. Olgaſis mōs ē altiſſimus: & aditu difficillimus: ī quo pluOgaſisBlæna regīo rīa Paphlagonū tēpla ſūt: circūſtat Elæna & Domāetica regio ſatis ferax: ꝑ quā ānias flumēellacus & loillabit̉. Hoc ī loco Mithridates Eupator: Nicōedis bithyni copias fūditus deleuit. haud ꝗdē p̄Domanctiſes: ſed ꝑ īꝑatores. un̄ ille cū paucis domū fugiēs: ſeruatus ē. & in̄ ī Italiā nauigauit. Hic ueroca regīoſecretus: īpetu facto: Bithiniā cœpit: Aſia uſqꝫ ī Cariā ac Lyciā occupata atqꝫ hic urbs Pōpeio-Anniaspolis cōſtructa ē. ī hac urbe ē Sandaracurgiū: nō multū diſtās a Pimoliſis: qd̓ caſtellū regiū ē:Pompeionūc āt dirutū a quo regio ex utraqꝫ ſiuīs ꝑte Piolitica appellat̉. Sādaracurgiū mōs eſt cocauusSadaracur/ ꝑꝑ metalloꝝ effoſionē. hūc oꝑatores maximis cuniculis ſubeūt. Solebant olī publice oꝑari: &foſſoribus utebant̉ ſeruis: ex aliquo maleficio redēptis. nā p̄ter oꝑandi laborē: ꝗ maxius ē: di ixgiumcūt aere̓ ex metallis lœtifeꝝ eē at̄qꝫ ītollerabilē: ꝑꝑ odoris grauitatē e glebis ꝓdeūtē. un̄ corꝑaPimoliſinū albitraticito ibi mori. ſæpe metalloꝝ effoſſionē dficere: ꝑꝑ oꝑarioꝝ īcōmoditatē: ꝗ cū plures ſint ꝗ. ec. ia ꝓditinuBithyniacōtinue & morbis & labe abſumunt̉. atqꝫ hæc de pōto dcā ſint. poſt Pōpeopolī ē reliqͣ PaphlaTimōeticaus euerſa. NMarmoleti/ goniæ mediterranea: uſqꝫ ī Bithiniā eūtibus occidētē uerſus. huic q̄ ꝑua ꝗdē ē: pauloāte ætatenoſtrā multi īꝑabant. nūc ſtirpe regia extīcta: Ro. hn̄t: q̄ āt Bithyniæ finitīa ē Timonetica &Marmoletica & Saniſena & Potāia noīat̉. Erant ēt Ciniſtena q̄dā: in qͣ erant Ciniata: caſtellūSaniſenamunitiſſimū: Olgaſi mōti ſubiectū quo Mithridates: ꝗ eius conditor dicit̉: receptaculo uſusPotamīapōti īperiū adeptus ē. & ꝗ ab eo ꝓfecti ſūt: uſqꝫ ad Eupatorē ſueceſſionē ſeruare. poſtrēus ueroCiniſtenaDeiotarus Caſtori filius: cognomēto Philadelphus Paphlagoniæ īꝑauit: & gāgra Morrei re-CiniataDeīnotarus giā hūit id āt ē oppidū ſimul & Caſtellū. Eudoxus auctor ē foſſiles piſces eē ī Paphlagōia ī lo-cis ſiccis: locū tn̄ nō determinat. itē in humidis circa lacū Aſeaniū: ꝗ apud Cumi ē. ſed nec idGangraſpicue dicit. Poſtꝗͣ Paphlagoniā pōto finitimā expoſuimus. nā Paphlagonibus occidēte uerPaphlagōīaBithynicæ ſus finitimi ſūt Bithyni: q̄ ad hos ꝑtinēt: ꝑſeꝗ cōabiur. poſtea ex iis atqꝫ Paphlagōibus alio ſu-pto prīcipio: cætera cōtexēus: q̄ poſt hos ſunt auſtꝝ uerſus: uſqꝫ ad tauꝝ montē: q̄ .ſ. cū potō &ſitusCappadocīa atqꝫ ꝓcedunt: nā hmōi ordinē ac ꝑtitionē ipſā locoꝝ natura deſcribit. BithymamEpictetuab oricnte Paphlagones: & Mariandyni & Epicteti pars termīat a ſeptētriōe mare ponticū: qͥdCalcedonab hoſtiis Sangarii: uſqꝫ ad os tēdit: qd̓ iuxta Byzantiū ē: & Calcedonē: ab occidente ꝓpontis.CriſopolisAd auſtꝝ Myſia & Phrygia q̄ Epictetus dicit̉. eadē Helleſpontia Phrygia noīat̉ huius ē Calcedon: ī ponti ore ſita: quā Megarēſes condidere: & Cryſopolis uicus: & Calcedoniū fanū. Hæc