QVINTVSDECIMVSCxxxxxxijcruditatē concoquēdā: Silphii copia aderat. Quintodecimo dic ab hibernaculis: & urbe quamcōdiderat. Adrapſa ꝑuenit Bactrianæ urbē circa has partes: quæ Indis ſunt cōterminæ eſt choa Adrapſāriua ex oībus quæ ſub ſūt parthis: Indiæ ꝓxīa. Diſtat ablariana per arachotos & dicta mōtana ChoarinaT nouē millibus ſtadioꝝ & hāc regionē Craterus oēm ꝑmeauit ſubingēs eos qui parere recucabant ut cū Alexandro iungeret̉: & ꝓfecto ſub idē fere tēpus utiqꝫ exercitus pedeſtri itinere īgarmaniā cōcurrerūt: paulopoſt Ncarchus ī arabicū ſinū nauigauit: multa & ꝑꝑ errores & arūnac: & cctoꝝ magnitudinē ꝑpeſſus: & ꝗͣꝗͣ ueriſimile eſt nauigātes multa garrire: uerū tn̄ mala ſihi īminuiſſe ſignificarūt: & fi magis metus ꝗͣ periculū affuit plurimū eos turbabāt: phyſeteꝝ mapitudines fluctū maximū & accumulatu & caliginē tanta reflationibus excitantes: ut quæ an̄pedes erāt cōſpici nō poſſent. Sed cū nauigatiōis duces illis timētibus & cām ignorātibus īdicaſlept: beluas eē quæ facile tubaꝝ ſonitu & plauſu exaudito diſcederent: Nearcnus naues in flu-an eget qua maxīe arcebat̉ ac tubis beluas exterruit. Illc undas ſubcuntes nauale certamen appi minabant̉ uerū ſubito ceſſauere. Quod nunc in Indiā nauigant beluaꝝ ꝗdē magnitudīesreferūt: q̄ nec gregatim nec ſæpius ſe offerant ſed diſcedant clamore ac tubis repulſæ. Dicuntcat terræ nequaꝗͣ appropīqͣre: oſſa uero iā diſſolutaꝝ a fluctibus facile eiici: & materiā faciēdari tegetū Icthyophagis ſuppeditare. Ncarchus cetoꝝ magnitudinē uicenū & ternū paſſuū re/ Cctoꝝ maſert ꝗd āt pro uero ab iis habebat̉ ꝗ in claſſe erāt: Nearchus falſum redarguiſſe dicit: ꝙ inſula q̄gnītudodā eēt ī trāſitu q̄ accidētes quouſqꝫ aboleret. Nā cū lembus ꝗdā ꝓpe inſula nauigaſſet: nunꝗͣ amplius uiſus ē: unde hoīes ad īꝗrēdū miſſi quūī īſulā exire nō auderēt: ſed p̄ter nauīgātes clamoreamiſſos reuocarēt nemine exaudiente reuerſi ſūt: cū itaqꝫ oēs crimē in iſulā cōferret: nauigaſſe ſedicit: & adacta naui cū parte nauigātiū egreſſum: inſulā oēm colluſtraſſe: quūqꝫ nullū qͣſi-torū ueſtigiū inueniſſet: re deſꝑata rediiſſe atqꝫ docuiſſe falſo inſulā criminari: nā & ſibi & ſociicidem fuiſſet interitus: ſed alius ꝓfecto exici modus eē lembo debuit: cū infinita accidere poſInt. Carmania ab īdi hoſtio ultia ē: At primū ꝗdē eius ꝓmōtoriū ad auſtrū ī mare magnū expo Carmanīaeſt quū uero perfici ſinus os fecerit: ad ꝓmontoriū felicis Arabiæ quod in cōſpectū eſt ꝑſieū ſinūuerſus inflectit̉: quouſqꝫ perſiæ cōiungat̉: multūqꝫ in mediterraneā īter gedroſiā ꝑthiāqꝫ porririt̉ plus tamē gedroſiæ præuaricat ad aꝗ lonē qd̓ fecunditas declarat. Parthia .n. oīa fert & ma/ Parthīæ bonas arbores gignit p̄ter oleam: & fluminibus eſt irrigua. Gedroſia uero paꝝ difert a terra Ichthyophagoꝝ ut ſæpe eā ſterilitas opprimat: quaꝗp āni fructus in plures ānos recundūt. Oneſi-critus tradit flumē eē ī Carmania: qd̓ auri ſtrigile ferat. Itē argēti foſſilis & æris & rubricæ mi-nū uenā & mōtes duos alteꝝ arſenici alterū ſalis. Habet etiā deſerta quædā quæ iā quū parthia&Paretacīa cōiungunt̉. Ite agriculturas ꝑſicis ſimiles: præcipuæ uitē carmanicā a noſtris uoci-tatā: quæ ſæpe bicubitalē racemum facit magnis acinis ac denſis. Par eſt .n. eā ibi fœcundiorē eē RacemusHi pꝑequoꝝ īopiā: aſinis ī bello plurimū utunt̉: & Aſinū Marti ſacrificant quē ſolū per ſæ ex ol bicubitalisbus diis colūt & bellicoſi ſunt. nēo uxorē ducit: niſi prius hoſtis caput amputatū ad regē ꝑtule/ Mars a ꝑſisrit. Rcx caluaria in regia collocata. linguā mīutatim ſecās pane permiſcet: poſtea deguſtatā eicoliturꝗ attulit & familiaribus edēdam præbet: atqꝫ ille p̄clarus eſt: cui multa capita fuit allata. Near-chus refert Carmanitaꝝ mores ac ſermonē maxima ex parte perſaꝝ eē: ac medoꝝ Os ꝑſicr̄ ſi.nus maius eſt: ꝗͣ una dic tranſfretari poſſit poſt Carmaniā ꝑſia eſt: multa ſanc in ora ſinus ꝗ ab Perſiaea noīatur: ſed longe maior ī mediterranea: p̄ſertī in lōgitudīe: q̄ ab Auſtro & Carmania in ſe-ptētrionē & medicas gētes ꝑtendit: & tertia eſt natura: & aeris tēꝑie. Nā ora maritīa æſtuoſa ēacuētoſa & fructuū in os p̄terꝗͣ palmaꝝ. Ea in qͣtuor millibus: & qͣdringentis ſtadiis uel ī. ccc.cenſet̉: & in flumen deflectit: quod ibi oroates appellat̉. Regio uero ultra hanc cāpeſtris eſt: & Orares flu-omniū ferax & optīa pecoꝝ nutrix. fluminibus & lacubus plena. Tertia ē hyemalis ac mōtanaaꝗlonē uerſus. In extremis eius partibus ſunt Cameloꝝ paſtores. longitudo eſt (ut Eratoſthe-ni placet) in ſeptētrionē & Caſpias portas ad. yiii. millia ſtadioꝝ ſecūdū ꝓmōtoria q̄dā occurretia. Reliqua eſt in caſpias portas nō pluriū duobus millibus ſtadioꝝ. lōgitudo uero ī mediterranea a Suſis uſqꝫ per ſepolī ſtadioꝝ quatuor milliū &. cc. atqꝫ hīc uſqꝫ in Carmaniæ fines: ſunt mil Patiſcho-ke& ſexceta. Nationes incolūt regionē q̄ Patiſchores appellant̉. Itē Achemenidæ: & magi quihnoneſtū qddā uiuēdi genus ſectant̉. Itē Cyreii & Marai quoꝝ alij p̄datores ſunt: alij agriculto Achemeni-κεσ: & fere Suſia ꝑſiæ ꝑs eſt īter eā & babyloniā poſita: & Suſa urbē clariſſimā hēt: Nāppſæ ac Cyrus ſuꝑatis medis quū ꝓpriā terrā ī ultimis ſitā uiderēt: Suſiā uero interius & babyloniæ & alijs Cyrcūintibus ꝓpinquā: in eaſperii ſedem locauerūt ſimul & regiōis cōfiniū oſtēdentes. ut urbis di­ Maraiuitatē & quod maximū eſt: Suſii nunꝗͣ ex ſeſe magnis rebus īſidiati ſūt: ſed ſemꝑ ſubditi fue/ Suſiareiin ꝑte maioris cōuētus collocati: niſi heroum tꝑe: Suſa .n. a Tithono cōdita dicūtur: Mēno/ Titho nuenit ꝑte ambitu. c. &. xx. ſtadioꝝ figura oblōga: cuius arx Mēnoniū uocabat̉: Suſii etiā Caſii ſūt Memnonꝓppellati. Nā æſehylus mēnonis matrē caſiā uocat: Mēnon ipſe ſepultus dicit̉ circa paltū Syriæ Caſiiuxta flumē bādā (ut Simōides ait) ī mēnōe dithytābo deliacoꝝ. Vrbs mœnia & tēpla & regiaCaſiaſtructura erāt babylōicis ſimilia ex coctili latere & bitumīe ut ꝗdā ediderūt. Policletus dicit eāPaltu.ne mœnibꝰ fuiſſe. ce. ſta. ābitu. Quū regias apd̓ ſuſa maxīe exornaſſēt: nihilōinus ꝑſepolitana Babnda& Paſargadia magnope coluer̄t. nā & gaza & teſauri: & ꝑſaꝝ mōumn̄ta ibi erāt ut ī locis ꝓgēite