DECIMVSSEPTIMVStioni nō ſatis apta: ꝑꝑ portuū & ſtationū & aquaꝝ inopiā. In hac præternauigatiōe loca ſunt præclara. Nauſtathmū & zephyriū ꝙ ſtationē habet & aliud zephyriū: & cherōneſus ꝓmontoriū ubi por Nauſtathtus eſt. Hoc contra Cretæ circulum iacet: mille & ꝗngentoꝝ ſtadioꝝ interuallo Auſtro nauiganti. mumPoſtea eſt Heracliū: ultra ꝗd eſt uicus paluirus poſtea portus Menelaus & Ardanaxes humile ꝓmō­ Zephyriūtoriū qd̓ ſtationē habet. poſtea magnus portus cui obiacet cheronneſus: quæ in creta eſt triū milliū Heracliumfere ſtadioꝝ traiectu. Nā toti fere huic oræ creta ꝑiter opponit̉: anguſta ſane ac lōga. Poſt magnum Menelausportū eſt alius portus: noīe plynus: ultra eū ſunt Tetrapyrgia. lam uero reliqua ſunt paretoniū uſqꝫportus& inde Alexandriā uſqꝫ: locus aūt catabathmus dicit̉. Atqꝫ eo uſqꝫ cyrenaica ꝑtendit: de qua nobis ī Ardanaxesægyptiacis rebus dictū ē. Vlteriorē ac repoſtā ſyrtis regionē & cyrenaicā: libes obtinēt ſterilē ſane: &Plynusaridā primi Naſamones. poſtea pſylli: & getuloꝝ pars: & Garamātes: magis ad oriētē Marmaritæ: cyTetrapyr-renæ plurimū accedentes: & uſqꝫ ad āmonē ꝑtendētes. A maioris itaqꝫ ſyrtis receſſu: ī diebus qͣttuorad hyemales ortus dicunt̉ ꝑuenire: etiā ꝗ placide & ocioſe īcedunt. Hic locus eſt Ammōi ſimilis pa-libesmifer & aquoſus. Immīet āt cyrāice ad meridiē uergēti: uſqꝫ ad. c. ſtadia & arbores fert uſqꝫ ad alia. c. Naſamōesſerit̉ ſolūmō: hæc terra etiā oryzā gignit: ꝑꝑ ſiccitatē: ultra hanc eſt regio quæ ſilphiū fert. poſtea in Pſyllihabitata & Garamantū terra: q̄ Silphiū fert āguſta eſt & longa & arida lōgitudo ad orientē ſolē eūtiGararnqtescirciter mille ſtadia latitudo. cc. uel pauloplura q̄ ꝗdē cognita ſit: cōiectare poſſumus totā deīceps eā Marmariquæ ī eodē eſt parallelo huiuſmodi eſſe ex aere: & ſtirpe huius ꝓductione. Sed quoniā uaſtæ interci tædūt ſolitudīes: nō oīa loca ſcimus: eodē mō ignorant̉: quæ ultra āmonē ſunt & Auaſes uſqꝫ ī æthio­ Orizapiā. Nā nec æthiopiæ fines: nec libyæ dicere prōptū eſt. Immo nec eius quæ ſecus ægyptū iacet: apte Silphiumquicꝗͣ ſcimus: nec eius quæ ſecus occanū eſt: qͣre noſtræ habitabilis ꝑtes ſic ſe habēt. Sed quoniā Ro Auaſesmani optīa atqꝫ notiſſima obtinēt: oīum ſuꝑioꝝ principū īperia ſuꝑgreſſi: quoꝝ nos memoriam teneāus nō ab re uiſum eſt: ut eoꝝ res breuibus attingamus: qd̓ itaqꝫ Romani ex una ciuitate ꝓfecti Romāorūbelli & pacis artibus totā Italiā: deinde quæ italiæ ꝓxīa ſunt oīa: eadē uirtute adepti fuerīt: dictū eſt: regn-cūqꝫ tres ſint continētes: Europā fere totā habēt: præter eas ꝑtes quæ extra hiſtru ſunt: & præter Pa Paroceāitæroceanitas: ꝗ inter Rhenū Tanaimqꝫ habitāt. Africæ uero ora: quæ nobis ex aduerſo ē: tota eis paretnā reliqua uel īhabitabilis eſt & ſterilis: uel a paſtoribus īcolit̉: eodē mō & Aſiæ ora quæ ad nos uergit: tota Romanis ſubiecta eſt: niſi ꝗs Achæos & Zygos & Eniochos in ratiōe ponat: ꝗ in āguſtis ad Achæimodū & ſterilibus locis latrōiciā & paſtoralē uitā degūt. Ac mediterraneæ & penitioris regiōis par-tim romani habēt ꝑtim parthi & barbari: ꝗ ultra hos ſunt: orientē ac ſeptētrionē uerſus: ut Indi Ba Eniochictrii & Scytæ dehīc Arabes & æthiopes: ac ſemꝑ eis aliꝗd addit̉. Vniuerſæ huius terræ quæ romāisparet: ꝑtim reges tenent: quā uero ipſi habēt: ꝓuinciā uocant & præfectos: & quæſtores ī eā mittūt: ProuinciaSunt etiā nōnullæ ciuitates liberæ cōditionis. Aliæ ab initio ꝑ amiciciā romanis adiunctæ. Aliæ abipſis honoris gratia libertate donatæ. Sunt & principes ꝗdā ſub eis & phylarchi & ſacerdotes: atqꝫ hiquidē ſecundū quaſdā patriæ leges uiuūt. Prouinciæ ꝑſæpe aliter: atqꝫ aliter diuiſæ fuerunt. at ī præſentiaꝝ: ut Cæſar Auguſtus conſtituit. Nā quū patria ei totius imꝑii patrociniū ꝑmiſerit: & pacis & Auguſti imbelli quādiu uixerit poteſtatē habeat: totū īperiū bifariā diuīſit. nā partē ſibi aſciuit: partē populo de periumdit: ac ſibi ꝗdē quæcūqꝫ militū præſidio īdiget. Ea eſt regio barbara: & gentibus nōdū ſubactis fini­ Ro. populitima ſterilis ſane & cultu difficilis: ut ꝑꝑ cæteraꝝ reꝝ inopiā: & copiā munitionū iugū detractent. imperPopulo āt reliquā cōceſſit: q̄ pacata eſt: & facile ſine armis retinet̉ utrāqꝫ portionē in ꝓuincias cōplu Prouīciaꝝres diuiſit: quaꝝ aliæ Cæſaris: aliæ populi dicuntur. In ſuas præfecturas Cæſar ipſe adminiſtratores diuiſiomitti & alio tꝑe aliter ꝑtit̉ regionē: & ut res poſtulat ita uerſat̉. In populi ꝓuincias populus imꝑato­ Prouinciæres uel conſules mittit: ſed hæ quoqꝫ in diuiſiōes alias diducunt̉: prout uſus poſtulauerit. In initio ta conſularesmen duas cōſulares fecit libyā ſcilicet: quæ Romāis paret ea dumtaxat excepta: quæ prius ſub lubafuit: nunc uero ſub Ptolemæo eſt illius filio. Et Aſiam cis halym & montē tauꝝ: galatis exceptis: &gentibus: quæ ſub amynta fuerūt: præter etiā bithyniā: & ꝓpontidē: præturas uero decē. In Europa Præturæ. xquidē & adiacētibus inſulis eā ſcilicet quæ ulterior Iberia dicit̉: circa Betim flumē ē & Attacē: & exceltica nerbonēſem. Tertiā Sardiniam cū cyrno quartā Ciciliā ꝗntā & ſextā Illyrii ꝑtē: quæ ad Epi-tes: quæ Macedōiæ ſūt cōterminæ. Octauā Crete cū cyrenaica. Nonā Cyprū. Decimā bithyniā cumpropōtide: & ꝗbuſdā ponti partibus. Cætera Cæſar prouincias hēt: in quarū alia ꝓcuratores mittit.Conſulares uiros: in alias p̄torios in alias homines ex equeſtri ordine. Reges uero & principes: & deFINIS.carchæ ad eius portiones ſunt: ac ſemper fuere.Strabonis Amaſini Scriptoris illuſtris geographiæ opus finit: qd̓ Ioānes Vercellēſis ꝓpria īpēſa uiuētibus poſteriſqꝫ exactiſſima diligētia īprimi curauit. Anno Sal. M.cccclxxxxiiii. die. xxviii. lanuarii.a iii b iii c iii d iii e iii f iii g iii h iii i iii k iii l iii m iii n iii o iii p iiiq iii x iii ſ iii s iii t iii u iii x iii y iii z lii & iii