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for_o the_o name_n of_o masanissa_n call_v of_o the_o greek_n the_o land_n metagonitis_n the_o numidian_a nomads_n so_o name_v of_o change_v their_o pasture_n who_o carry_v their_o cottage_n or_o shed_n and_o those_o be_v all_o their_o dwell_a house_n about_o with_o they_o upon_o wane_v their_o town_n be_v cullu_n and_o rusicade_n from_o which_o 48_o mile_n off_o within_o the_o midland_n part_n be_v the_o colony_n cirta_n surname_v of_o the_o cirtanes_n another_o also_o within_o and_o a_o free_a borough_n town_n name_v bulla_n regia_n but_o in_o the_o utmost_a coast_n tacatua_n hippo_n regius_n and_o the_o river_n armua_n the_o town_n trabacha_n of_o roman_a citizen_n the_o river_n tusca_n which_o bound_v numidia_n and_o beside_o the_o numidian_a marble_n and_o great_a breed_n of_o wild_a beast_n nothing_o be_v there_o else_o worth_a the_o note_n chap._n iu._n ¶_o africa_n from_o tusca_n forward_o you_o have_v the_o region_n zeugitana_n and_o the_o country_n proper_o call_v africa_n 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caput_fw-la saxi_fw-la beside_o the_o rock_n head_n the_o frontier_n town_n of_o cyrenaica_n be_v call_v catabathmos_n which_o be_v a_o town_n and_o a_o veil_n all_o on_o a_o sudden_a fall_n with_o a_o steep_a descent_n to_o this_o bound_n from_o the_o less_o syrtis_n cyrenaica_n africa_n lie_v in_o length_n 1060_o mile_n and_o in_o breadth_n for_o so_o much_o as_o be_v know_v 800._o chap._n vi_o ¶_o lybya_n maroeotis_n the_o country_n follow_v be_v name_v mareotis_n libya_n and_o bound_v upon_o egypt_n inhabit_v by_o the_o marmaridae_fw-la adyrmachidae_n and_o so_o forward_o with_o the_o mareotae_fw-la the_o measure_n of_o it_o from_o catabathmos_n to_o paretoninm_n be_v 86_o mile_n in_o that_o tract_n there_o lie_v in_o the_o way_n between_o the_o village_n apis_n a_o place_n renown_v for_o the_o religious_a rite_n of_o egypt_n from_o it_o to_o paraetonium_n be_v 12_o mile_n from_o thence_o to_o alexandria_n 200_o mile_n the_o breadth_n thereof_o be_v 169_o mile_n eratosthenes_n 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also_o be_v that_o which_o
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promontory_n whereupon_o stand_v the_o free_a city_n laodicea_n together_o with_o diospolis_n heraclea_n charadrus_n and_o posidium_n chap._n xxi_o ¶_o syria_n antiochena_n go_v forward_o in_o this_o tract_n and_o you_o shall_v come_v to_o the_o cape_n of_o syria_n atiochena_n within-forth_a be_v seat_v the_o noble_a and_o free_a city_n itself_o antiochena_n surname_v epidaphne_n through_o the_o mid_n whereof_o run_v the_o river_n orontes_n but_o upon_o the_o very_a cape_n be_v the_o free_a city_n seleucia_n name_v also_o pieria_n chap._n xxii_o ¶_o the_o mount_n casius_n above_o the_o city_n seleucia_n there_o be_v another_o mountain_n name_v casius_n as_o well_o as_o that_o other_o which_o confronterh_n arabia_n this_o hill_n be_v of_o that_o height_n that_o if_o a_o man_n be_v upon_o the_o top_n of_o it_o in_o the_o dark_a night_n season_n at_o the_o relief_n of_o the_o four_o watch_n he_o may_v behold_v the_o sun_n arise_v so_o that_o with_o a_o little_a turn_n of_o his_o face_n 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call_v upon_o euphrates_n and_o the_o other_o upon_o belus_n and_o last_o of_o all_o the_o carditense_n the_o rest_n of_o syria_n have_v these_o state_n beside_o those_o which_o shall_v be_v speak_v of_o with_o the_o river_n euphrates_n the_o arethusian_o beraeense_n and_o epiphanenses_n and_o eastward_o the_o laodicenes_n namely_o those_o who_o be_v entitle_v upon_o libanus_n the_o leucadian_o and_o larissaean_o beside_o 17_o tetrarchy_n reduce_v into_o the_o form_n of_o realm_n but_o their_o name_n be_v barbarous_a chap._n xxiv_o ¶_o euphrates_n and_o here_o methinks_v be_v the_o fit_a and_o meet_a place_n to_o speak_v of_o euphrates_n the_o source_n of_o it_o by_o report_n of_o they_o that_o see_v it_o last_o and_o near_a be_v in_o caranitis_n a_o state_n under_o the_o government_n of_o armenia_n the_o great_a and_o those_o be_v domitius_n and_o corbulo_n who_o say_v that_o it_o spring_v in_o the_o mountain_n aba_n but_o licinius_n mutianus_n affirm_v that_o it_o issue_v from_o 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