LIBERbum urbem. Deinceps eſt Iſthmus in rubrū mare porrectus: iuxta berenicē urbē: quæ quāꝗͣ ſine portu eſt: apta tamen diuerſoria habet. Dicūt philadelphū: primo hāc uiā exercitu aꝑuiſſe: cū ſicca eſſet:ac māſiones cōſtituiſſe tā pedibus iter agētibus ꝗͣ camelis. Idqꝫ effeciſſe: quoniā rubrū mare difficul-ter nauigaret̉: p̄ſertim ex Arabico receſſu nauigatibus: Enimuero ex exꝑientia utilitas maxima niſaeſt: atqꝫ uūc totū indicū: & Arabicū tributū & æthyopicū qd̓ Arabico ſinu aduehit̉: coptū deferturMuris ſta­ quæ eiuſmodi merciū emporiū eſt nō ꝓcul a berenice eſt muris ſtatio: q̄ ciuitas nauale habet. A co-pto quoqꝫ nō multū abeſt Apollinis ciuitas: qͣre duæ urbes Iſthmū terminātes utrīqꝫ ſūt. Sed coptus& muris ſtatio nūc excellūt. nā iis nūc oēs utunt̉. Primū camelis uecti ꝑ noctē iter agebāt ad aſtra reapollinisſpiciētes quēadmodū nautæ: & ita aquā portabāt: nūc terra in ꝓfundū effoſſa aqͣs pauerūt: & cæleſtibus quāꝗͣ raræ ſint: ciſternas fecerūt: hoc ē. vi. vii. ue dieꝝ iter. In hoc Iſthmo ſūt Smaragdi: & aliorūquorūda p̄cioſoꝝ lapidū metalla: ubi arabes profundos quoſdā meatus effodiūt. Poſt Apollinis ur-bem ſunt Thebæ: quæ nūc dioſpolis uocatur ut.ThebæQuis centū portæ portarum quanqꝫ ducenti.DioſpolisSublimes in equis homines: & curribus errāt.Sic enim Homerus inꝗt: addit etiam diuitias: utNec quot diuitias ægyptia theba recondit.Sūt & alij ꝗ eadē dicat: hāc ægypti metropolī ponētes: nūc quoqꝫ nōnulla eius ueſtigia ſeruant̉: quæmagnitudinē declarāt: lōgitudinē ꝗdē. lxxx. fere ſtadioꝝ. Sūt ī ea tēpla qͣplurima: magna ex ꝑte a cā-Memnōiū byſe mutilata: nūc uicatī habitat̉: ac ꝑs q̄dā in Arabia ubi ciuitas eſt. ꝑs et in ulteriore ubi mēnoniūHic cū duo coloſſi ſint: ex integris lapidibus īter ſe ꝓpinꝗ: alter ꝗdē ſeruat̉ alterius uero ſuꝑiores aſede ꝑtes corruerūt facta (ut fama eſt) terræmotu credit̉ etiā ſemel in die ſonitū quēdā ictu haud magno effici a ꝑte q̄ ī ſede ac baſi ē. Atqꝫ quū ego ibi cū Aelio gallo adeſſē: & cū reliqͣ multitudīe ami-coꝝ ac militū: ꝗ cū eo erāt circiter horā primā fonitū audiui ſiue a baſi ſiue a coloſſo ſiue a circūſtā-tibus de īduſtria factū. Id. n. haud quaꝗͣ affirmarī: cū ꝑꝑ īcertā cām: oīa magis ſubeāt: ut credā: ꝗͣ ex lapidibus ſic cōpoſitis crepitū edi. Supra mēnoniū ſūt regū ſepulturæ: īſpelūcis ꝗbuſdā ī lapidē exciſæcirciter. xl. mirū in modū ſtructæ quæ aſpectū quēdā pulcherrimū p̄beāt. Thebis quoqꝫ in obeliſcisꝗbuſdā litteræ ſūt: q̄ regū illoꝝ diuitias: ac potētiā declarāt. atqꝫ īꝑiū uſqꝫ in Scithia: & Sactrianā &Indiā & quæ nūc Ionia dicit̉: ꝓpagatū. Itē tributoꝝ magnitudinē: & exercitus circiter decies cētenaThebani ſa millia Thebani ſacerdotes aſtronomiā philoſopihiāqꝫ exercere dicūt̉. Hi nō a luna ſed a ſole dies deducūt. xii. mēſibus trecētoꝝ dieꝝ quos dies ſingulis annis adiiciētes. Ad totius uero anni cōplemencerdo.tū: cū q̄dā diei ꝑticula excurrāt ſpatiū quoddā cōponūt ex oībus diebus & oībus ānis ꝙ ꝑticulæ ex-AnnusMercurius currētes: & coeūtes diē cōficiūt huiuſmōi ſapiētiā oēm Mercurio in primis tribuūt: ac Ioui quē p̄ci-pue colūt: uirgo qͣdā genere clariſſima: & ſpecie pulcherrīa ſacrat̉: eas græci Palladas uocāt: uirgo pePalladeslicis more: cū ꝗbus uult coit: uſqꝫ ad naturalē corꝑis purgationē. Poſt purgationē uiro dat̉: ſed priusqͣ nubat: poſt pelicatus tēpus: ut mortua luget̉. Poſt Thebas eſt hermōtis ciuitas: ī qͣ Apollo & IuppiHermōtister colūt̉: hic ēt bos alit̉. deīde ē Crocodiloꝝ ciuitas: quæ eā bæluā colit. deīde Veneris ciuitas: & pociuitasſtea latopolis: q̄ palladē & latū colit. poſtea lucinæ ciuitas: & eius tēplū. In ulteriore eſt accipitꝝ ciui-Crocodilotas ubi accipiter colit̉. Deīde Apollinis ciuitas: q̄ ēt Crocodelis eſt inimica. Syenæ uero & Elephātīarū ciuitasVeneris ci­ Altera in finibus eſt æthiopiæ: Altera ē īſula ſpatio ſemiſtadii: in qͣ ciuitas eſt qͥ Cnuphidis tēplū hēt& Nilometriū quēadmodū mēphis nilometriū eſt puteus ꝗdā: ī nili ripa ex ītegro lapide cōſtructusuitasin quo & maxīa & minīa: & mediocria nili īcrementa adnotant̉. Nā putei aqͣ cū nilo ꝑiter creſcit acLatopoli.Lucinæ ci/ decreſcit. Sūtqꝫ in putei ꝑiete notæ q̇dā īcremētoꝝ oīum mēſuræ. hæc itaqꝫ obſeruātes cū alijs no-tant: ut īcremeta cognoſcāt. Nā ex his ſignis: ac diebus multo ante futura nili excreſcētiā cognoſcūtuitasAccipitrū idqꝫ oībus p̄dicūt: ꝗ res ꝓfecto agricolis ad aqͣꝝ cōſeruationē: & aggeꝝ & cānaliū effoſſionē: principibus uero ad ꝓuētus utiliſſima ē. Maiora .n. īcremēta: maiores ꝓuetus denūciāt. In Syene puteus ꝙciuitasdā eſt: ꝗ æſtiuū īdicat ſolſtitiū: quoniā hæc loca circulo tropico ſūt ſubiecta: & ī meridie ūbilicos faSyenæElephātina ciūt: ſine umbra: a nr̄is. n. locis: hoc ē a Græcis ī meridiē ꝓcedētibus: hic primū ſol nobis ſupra uerticē fit: & ī meridie umbilicos efficit: ſine umbra: neceſſe. n. ē quū nobis ſupra uerticē fuerit: in puteosNilōetriūSyenes pu­ quāꝗͣ ꝓfundiſſimos uſqꝫ ad aquā radios iaci: nā & nos ꝑpēdiculariter ſtāus: & puteoꝝ effuſiōes: ad ꝑpēdiculū ſūt factæ. Hoc ī loco tres Romanoꝝ cohortes collocatæ ſūt p̄ſidii gratia paulo ſupra Ele-Catarractes phātinā ē ꝑuus catarractes: ī quo Scapharii ſpectaculū quoddā prīcipibus exhibēt. Catarractes eſt admediū fere flumē petroſū quoddā ſuꝑciliū in ſuꝑiore ꝑte planū: ut flumē reciꝑe poſſit: deſinēs ueroin p̄cipitiū: ex aqͣ p̄cipitat̉. Vtrinqꝫ ſecus terrā alueus ē: ꝗ facile adnauigari pōt. Hac itaqꝫ adnauigan-tes defluūt in Cataractē: & cū ſcapha in p̄cipitiū detrudunt̉: & ipſi & ſcaphæ illæſi: paulo ſupra catarractē ſūt philæ cōis æthiopū & ægyptioꝝ habitatio: ſtructa quēadmodū elephātina & pari magni-Philætudine. Hæc tēpla ægyptia hēt: ubi Ales colit̉: quē accipitrē uocat: ꝗ nec noſtris ſimile ꝗcꝗͣ hēt: necAccipiteræthiopicuſ ægyptiis: nā & magnitudine excedit: & uarietate lōge diuerſus eſt. dicūt eū æthiopicū eſſe: & inde afferri cū alter deficit: ac ēt multo ante: & tūc nobis oſtēſus ē: cū iā morbo deficeret: Nos philas ex Syene plauſtro uenimus ꝑ cāpū ualde planū. c. ſtadioꝝ ſpatio ꝑ totā fere uiā uidere erat utrinqꝫ multis ilocis q̄ſi ſcopulos petrā arduā rotundā politā: ꝓpe modū ſpicā: nigri ac duri lapidis ex quo mortariafiūt: ſuꝑ maiore petra poſitā: ac rurſum ſuꝑ ea aliā nōnullæ ꝑ ſeſe iacebant eaꝝ maxima erat nō mi-

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