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A64224	Thesaurarium mathematicae, or, The treasury of mathematicks containing variety of usefull practices in arithmetick, geometry, trigonometry, astronomy, geography, navigation and surveying ... to which is annexed a table of 10000 logarithms, log-sines, and log-tangents / by John Taylor.	Taylor, John, mathematician.	1687 (1687)	Wing T534; ESTC R23734	190,995	514

The two Frigid Zones lieth between the Artick and Antartick Circles and their respective Poles Of which Ovid thus speaks Metam 1. Utque duae dextrâ Coelum totidemque sinistrâ Parte secant Zonae quinta est ardientior illis Sic onus inclusum munero distinxit eodem Cura Dei totidemque plaga tellure premuntur Quarum quae media est non est habitalis aestu Nix tegit alta duas totidem inter utramque locavit Temperiemque dedit mistâ cum Frigore Flammâ SECT II. Geographical Descriptions of the Earth THE whole Earth is divided into four parts VIZ. EUROPE ASIA AFRICA and AMERICA EUROPE the first part of the World is divided from ASIA by the Mediterranean Sea bounded on the West with the Western Ocean East with the River Tanais It is lesser than ASIA or AFRICA yet doth excell all the other parts in Worthiness Fame Power multitudes of well builded Cities strong Fortifications full of a Wity and Learned People Courageous Wariours and the knowledge of God better than all the Riches of the World. It once had the dominion of ASIA and AFRICA and in it were fourteen Mother Tongues and doth contain these Provinces Viz. Italy Spain Alps France Britain Belgia Germany Denmark Sweden Russia Poland Hungary S●lavonia Dacia and Greece with its several Islands which shall be mentioned in their due places Italy the Mother of Latine learning is bounded East with the Adriatick and Tuscan Seas West with France North with Germany and South with the River Varus and the Alps. It hath had seven kinds of Governments First Kings Dictators Consuls Decimivires Tribunes Emperours and lastly Popes It far excelleth all the other Lands in EUROPE in fruitfulness and pleasantness The Inhabitants are witty and frugal yet hot and lascivious and very jealous of their Wives they are of the Popish Religion and its chief Commodities are Rice Silk Velvets Sattins Taffeties Grogerams Arras Gold and Silver Threed Venetian Glasses c. Italy at this day contains the Kingdom of Naples Sicily Sardina the Lands of the Pope now Innocent the XI the Dukedom of Tuscany Urbin the Republick of Venice Genoa and Luca. The Estates of Lumbardy being the Dukedom of Millain Mantua Modena Parma Mountferrat and the Principality of Piemont of all which we shall treat in their order The Kingdom of Naples is environed with the Adriatick Ionian and Tuscan Seas except where it is joyned to the Lands of the Church from which 't is separated by a line drawn from the mouth of the River Tronto falling into the Adriatick and to the spring-head of Axofenus taking in all the East of Italy 1468 miles It is very fertile abounding with all things necessary for the life of Man delight and Physick from hence come the Neopolitan Horses It hath had 13 Princes 24 Dukes 25 Marquesses 19 Earls and 900 Baronets and 26 Kings of several Countries of the Norman and Spanish race whom 't is now under here the Disease called the French-Pox derived its Original the Arms are Azure Seme of Flower-d'-lices or a File of three Lables Gules its revenues are 2500000 Crowns 20000 of which belongs to the Pope and the rest are imployed to maintain the Garisons against the Turks so that scarcely 60000 Crowns falls to the King of Spain s share it hath 20 Archbishops and 124 Bishops Sees Sicily is situated under the fourth Climate it shoots forth into the Seas with three Promontories the Inhabitants are Eloquent Ingenious and Pleasant but very unconstant and Talkative the first Inventors of Oratory It 's a fruitfull Soil it yields Wine Grain Oyl Hony Gold and Silver Agats Emeralds Allom Salt Sugar and Silks Here is the Hill Aetna supposed to be Hell and by the Papist Purgatory because of its vomiting Smoak and Fire it hath many Cities Rivers Lakes whose descriptions must here be omitted it hath had eight Kings the first were of the Arragon Family and began Rule Anno 1281. But it 's now united to the Crown of Spain its Revenues are 800000 or a 1000000 of Ducats which is disburst on the Account of the Vice-Roy and Defence of the Countrey the Arms are four Pallets Gules Sable for Aragon between two Flanches Argent charged with as many Eagles Sable beaked Gules It hath had seven Princes four Dukes thirteen Marquesses fourteen Earls one Viscount and forty-eight Barons they are of the Romish Religion and have three Archbishops and nine Bishops The Kingdom and Isle of Sardina lieth West from Sicily and Cap Bara whose length is 180 and breadth 90 Miles the People are low of Stature and of a swarthy Complection rude slothfull and rebellious their diet mean yet rich in their Apparel they are of the Romish Religion but have an ignorant and illiterate Clergy It belongs to the King of Spain and governed by a Vice-Roy under whom are two Deputy Spaniards but other inferiour Officers may be Natives It hath neither Wolf nor Serpent nor venemous Beast but the Fox only and a little Spider which cannot endure the light of the Sun they are destitute of Water and are therefore forced to keep the Rain that falls in Summer for their Use in Winter the Air is unhealthfull and Pestilential the Soyl Fertile but ill manured it hath plenty of Cattel their Horses will last very long the Natives ride on their Bullocks as we on our Horses here is also a Beast called Mufrones resembling a Stagg whose Hide is used as Armour and an Herb which eaten produces Death with excessive 〈…〉 aughter it yields to the King of Spain but a small Revenue The Arms are Or a Cross Gules betwixt four Sarazens Heads Sabled Curled Argent it hath several Isles belonging thereunto it hath three Archbishops and fifteen Bishops The Lands of the Church or the Pope's Dominion in Italy lieth West of Naples extended North and South from the Adriatick to the Tuscan Seas bounded on the North with the River Trontus on the South-east with Axofenes hy the Rivers Poe and Frore separated from the Republique of Venice on the South-west by the River Piscio by which 't is divided by the Modern Tuscany it is in the middle of Italy its breadth is 115 and length 300 Miles it 's most exceeding fruitfull very Populous there have been 15 Exarches of Ravena in Romandiola 17 Dukes and Marquesses of Ferata the Revenue thereof to the Pope is 250000 Crowns there hath also been 6 Dukes of Urbin its Revenue are 100000 Crowns but the most splendid Glory of Italy is the City of Rome sometimes the Empress of the World and was the Seat of the past Popes and the now present Pope Innocent the XI the inferior spiritual Governours are these Viz. Cardinals Friers of the Order of St. Basil Austin Jerome Carmelites Crouchedfriers Dominicans Benedictines Franciscans Jesuits and Oratorians and of Nuns the Order of St. Clear and Bridget which to name wholly doth deserve a particular Treatise here are 44 Archbishops and 57

not very fruitfull The Inhabitants are dull and slothfull it hath had thirty Dukes and Earls it is a place of Natural strength its Revenues is yearly 1000000 of Crowns The order of Knighthood is that of Anunciado instituted 1480 their Coller hath 50 links to shew the Mystery of the Virgin appendent to it is her Effigies and instead of a Motto these Letters F. E. R. T. i. e. Fortitudo ejus Rhodum tenuit which is engraven on each link of the Chain interwoven like a True-lovers-knot The Number fourteen besides the Duke Soveraign of the Order their Arms are G. a Cross A. Geneva was a City of the Dukedom of Savoy but now a free State having both cast off the Duke and his Holiness the Pope with all the Clergy They are now Calvanist Protestants their Government Presbyterial their Language the worst of French they are an industrious People and good Merchants Wallisland reacheth from the Mount De Burken to the Town of St. Maurice where the Hills do shut up the Valleys so that a Bridge is lain from one Hill to 'tother under which passeth the River Rosue which Bridge is defended by a Castle and two strong Gates on the other side 't is surrounded with steep and horrid Mountains covered with a Crust of Ice not passable by Armies the Inhabitants are courteous to Strangers but unnatural to each other they are of the Romish Religion and subject to the Bishop of Sion the Deputies of the seven Resorts have voices in his Election and joyn with him in Diets for chusing Magistrates desiding Grievancies and determining matters of State. The Valleys of this Countrey is very fruitfull in Saffron Corn Wine and Delicate Fruits they have a Fountain of Salt many hot Baths and Spaw-Waters they have plenty of Cattle with a wild Stag footed as a Goat and horned as a fallow Deer who in Summer is blind with heat Switzerland is bounded East with the Grisons West with Mount-Jove and the Lake of Geneva North with Suevia and South with Wallisland and part of the Alps this Land is a very Mountainous Countrey but yet hath some rich Meddows It is 240 in length and 180 Miles in breadth the Inhabitants are rich but rugged like their Soyl good Souldiers they are some Papists and some Protestants others Zwinglians yet have they toleration under a Popular Government The Countrey of the Grisons is bounded East with Tyrol North with Switzerland South with Suevia Switzerland and Lumbardy it is a very Mountainous and Barren Land their Religion Protestant their Government Popular there are in this Alpin Provinces two Archbishops and thirteen Bishops It s chief Cities are Turin Geneva Basil and Zurich in all of which are Universities France is bounded East with Germany and South and East with the Mediterranean Seas and Alps North with the British Seas It hath been esteemed the worthiest Kingdom in Christendom it yields plenty of Grains and Wines wherewith it supporteth other Lands it consisteth of many great Dukedoms and Provinces It hath great and mighty Cities the People are Ingenious and good Warriers the Government is Monarchial their Religion Popish but intermixt with Protestants which of late hath endured grievous Persecutions Their Orders of Knighthood are that of St. Michael instituted 1409 consisting of 300 Persons their Habit is a long Cloak of White Damask down to the Ground with a Border interwoven with Cockleshels of Gold interlaced and furred with Ermins with a Hood of Crimson-velvet and a long Tippit about their Necks and a Coller woven with Cockleshells with this Motto Immensitremor Oceani to it hangs appendent the Effigies of St. Michael conquering the Dragon Their Seat is St. Michael's Mount in Normandy 2dly the Order of the Holy Ghost instituted 1579 so that whosoever was admitted to the Order of St. Michael must and was first dignified with this proving their Nobility by three Descents and be bound by Oath to maintain the Romish Religion and persecute all Dissenters thereunto Their Robe is a Black Velvet Mantle portrayed with Lillies and Flames of Gold the Coller of Flower-de-Luces and Flowers of Gold with a Dove and Cross appendent to it The Arms of France are Azure three Flower-de-Luces Or It hath seventeen Archbishops 107 Bishops 132000 Parishes and hath these Magnisicent Cities viz. Amiens Rouen Paris Troys Nants Orleans Diion Lyons Burdeaux Toulose Marsailles Grenoble and Anverse the Rivers of most Note are the Loyre Garone Rhone and the Seyne The Pirenean-hills lyeth betwixt France and Spain and are two Potent Kingdoms esteemed 240 Miles long the People are barbarous and scarce of no Religion at all Spain is separated from France by the Pirenean-hills on all other sides environed with the Sea this Land yieldeth all sorts of Wine Oyl Sugars Grains Metals as Gold and Silver and it is Fertile the Inhabitants are Ambitious Proud Superstitious Hypocrites and Lascivious yet good Souldiers by enduring Hunger Thirst Labour c. It containeth divers Kingdoms 1. Goths 2. Navars it hath had 41 Kings Their Arms are Gules a Carbuncle Nowed Or their Order of Knighthood was of the Lilly their Blazon a Pot of Lillys with the Effigies of the Virgin on it their Duty is to defend the Faith and daily to repeat a certain Number of Ave-Maries 3dly Biscay and Empascon hath had nineteen Lords their Arms Argent two Wolves Sable each in his Mouth a Lamb of the second 4ly Leon and Oviedo hath had thirty Kings the Arms Argent a Lion Passant crowned Or. 5ly Galicia hath had ten Kings the Arms Azure Sema of Cressels siched a Chalice crowned Or. 6ly Corduva hath had twenty Kings the Arms Or a Lion Gules armed and crowned of the first a Border Azure charged with eight Towers Argent 7ly Granado hath had twenty Kings the Arms Or a Pomgranet slipped Vert. 8ly Marcia 9ly Tolledo hath had eleven Morish Kings Ioly Castile hath had twenty Kings the Order of Mercia is his chief Order here the Armes is a Cross Argent and four Beads Gules in a Field Or their Habit white the Rule of their Order that of St. Augustine they are to redeem Captives from Turky 11ly Portugal the Native soyl of the most serene Catharine Queen Dowager hath had 21 Kings the Orders of Knight here is first Avis wearing a Green Cross 2dly of Christ instituted 1321 their Robe is a black Cassock under a white Surcoat with a Red Cross hanging in the midst a white Line and their Duty is to expell Mores out of Boetica the Arms are Argent on five Escucheons Azure as many Befants in saltire of the first pointed Sable within a powder Gules charged with seven Towers Or. 12ly Majorica hath had four Kings 13ly Arragon hath had twenty Kings their Order of Knighthood is of Mintesa their Robe a red Cross on their Breast the Arms Or four Pallets Gules all which Kingdoms are now united into one Monarchy under the King of Spain their Religion Popish the King is not

Ex ferre Flammam at the end thereof hangs a Golden Fleece Their chief Cities are Mentz Antwerp Amsterdam Roterdam and Rivers are the Sheild and Mosa Germany is the greatest Province in all EUROPE and is bounded East with Russia Poland and Hungary West with France Switzerland and Belgia North with the Baltick Seas and part of Denmark and South with the Alps and parted from Italy it contains Bohemia and Pragu it is adorned with Magnificent Towers strong Fortifications Castles and Villages very Popular the Soyl is Fertile many Navigable Rivers do to it belong Good Spaws Hot Baths Mines of Gold and Silver Tinn Copper Lead and Iron they are some Papists others Protestants Zwinglians Calvinists and Lutherans The Arms is Sol an Eagle displayed with two Heads Saturn armed and Crowned Mars There are six Archbishops and 34 Bishops They are a People much given to drinking which made the Poet say Germani possunt cunctos tolerare labores O utinam possent tam bene ferre sitim The chief Cities of Germany are these viz. Strasborough Cologn Munster Norimbergh Ausburg Numick Vienna Prague Dresda Berlin Stetin Lubeck It s chief Rivers the Rhine Weser Elbe Oder and the Danow and Cities of Bohemia are Cutenberg and Budrozu Denmark and Norway are two great Regions and bounded South with Germany they have North Latitude 71° 30 ' toward the East they border on Sweden and elsewhere environed with the Sea. Their Commodities are Oxen Grain Fish Tallow Sand Nuts Oyl Hides Goat-skins Fir-trees for Masts Boards c. Pitch Tarr and Brimstone they are Lutherans The Order of Knighthood is that of the Elephant their Badge a Coller powdered with Elephants Towred supporting the Kings Arms having appendent the Effigies of the Virgin Mary the Arms of the Land are Quarterly 1. Or three Lions passant Vert Crowned of the first for the Kingdom of Denmark 2dly Gules a Lion Rampant Or Crowned and Armed of the first in his Paws a Dansk hatchet Argent for the Kingdom of Norway There are two Archbishops and 13 Bishops its chief City is Coppenhagne Sweden is a mighty Kingdom is bounded East with Muscovia West with the Dorfirin hills North with the Frozen Ocean and South with Denmark Liesland and Mare Balticum the Commodities are Copper Iron Lead Furr Buff c. They are brave Warriers their Religion is Lutherans The Arms Azure three Crowns Or it hath two Archbishops and eight Bishops Russia is bounded East with Tartaria West with Livonia and Finland North with the Frozen Ocean and South with Lituania and Mare Caspium This Countrey is extreme cold but yet Nature hath counterpoized it by supplying the Land plentifully with the best of Furrs viz. Sable White-fox Martin c. It 's subject to the Emperour of Russia a vast Tract and as wild a Government The Inhabitants are Base and Ignorant Contentious and Foolish they deny the proceeding of the Holy-Ghost they bury their Dead upright with many other foolish Ceremonies Muscovia is the Seat of the Empire Its Commodities are Furrs Flax Ropes Hides Fish and Whales-grease The Arms are Sable a Portal open of two Leaves and as many degrees Or they are of a mixt Romish Religion not observing Learning as any thing They have one Patriarch two Archbishops and eighteen Bishops It s chief Cities are Mucon Wolodimax St. Michael Cazan and Astracan it 's chief Rivers are the Dwine Volaga and the Tana Poland is bounded South of Moldavia and Hungary East with Moscovia and Tartaria West with Germany and North with the Baltick Seas The Commodities are Spruce-Beer Amber Wheat Rye Hony Wax Hemp Flax Pitch Tarr it hath Mines of Tinn and Copper their Religion is partly Romish and partly of the Greek-Church and so there are of the Greek Church two Archbishops and six Bishops and of the Romish Church three Archbishops and nineteen Bishops The Arms are Quarterly 1. Gules an Eagle Argent Crowned and Armed Or for Poland and two Gules a Chevalier armed Cap-a-peid advancing his Sword Argent Mounted on a Barbed Course of the Second for the Dukedom of Latuania It s chief Cities are Cracovia Warsovia Damzerk Vilna Kion Cameneca and Smolensco and Rivers are Vistula Niemen Dunae and the Boristhenes Hungary is bounded East with Transilvania and Walachia West with Stiria Austria and Moravia North with the Carpathian Mountains and South with Sclavonia and part of Dacia The People are valiant and shew their Antiquity to be Scythians by their barbarous Manners and neglect of Learning Their Sons equally inherit without Priviledge of Birthright and their Daughters portion is only a New Attire Its Commodities are Colours Wheat Beef Salt Wine and Fish the German Emperour and Turk hath it between them The Arms is eight Barrs Gules and Argent they are some of the Romish and others Mahometans There are two Archbishops and thirteen Bishops and its chief Cities are Transilvania Valastia Moldavia Buda Presbrough Hermonstada Tergoguis Czuchan Craffa and Bargos Its Rivers are the Drin Oxfeus Peneus Vardax Marize and the Danubus Sclavonia is bounded South with the Adriatick Seas East with Greece North with Hungary and West with Carniola It is fruitfull of all those Commodities found in Italy and is under several Governments viz. Turks Venetians Hungarians and Austrians The Arms are Argent a Cardinals Hat the strings Pendant and Pleated in a True-lovers-knot meeting in the Base Gules They are some Christians and some Mahometans There are four Archbishops and twenty six Bishops It s chiefest Cities are Nova Zara Nonigrad Tinu Sebenico S. Nicolo Trau Spalato Salona Almisse Starigrad Vesicchio Catara and Doleigne Dacia is bounded East with the Euxine Seas on the West with Hungary and Sclavonia North with Podolia and South with Thrace and Macedonia The Soyl is fruitfull in Corn and Wine It yieldeth medicinal Plants they have plenty of Fowls both wild and tame very Populous and of Nature like the Hungarians they are all Mahometans It s most famous Cities are Triste and Pedena Greece is bounded East with Propontick Hellespont and Aegean Seas West with the Adriatick North with Mount Haemus and South with the Ionian Seas It was once the Mother 〈…〉 Arts and Sciences but now the very Den 〈…〉 the Turkish Empire The Soyl is very fruitfull 〈…〉 well manur'd which made the Poet say Impius haec tam culta novalia miles habebit Barbarus has segetes en queis consevimus arva Its Commodities are Gold Silver Copper 〈…〉 Wines Velvets Damask here is the Mount of Parnassus Here was the Temple of Delphos consecrated to Apollo where the Devil through the Oracle did deceive the People but after the Crucifixion of Christ the Oracle ceased Augustus saith Suidas in whose time Christ was born consulting with the Oracle received this Answer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 An Hebrew Child whom the blest Gods adore Hath bid me leave these Shrines and pack to Hell So that of Oracle

I can no more In silence leave our Altar and farewell Their Religion is mixt but they are chiefly Mahometans The Arms of this Empire were Mars a Cross Sol between four Greek Beta's of the second Bodin saith the four Beta's signified 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The most famous Cities in Greece are Buda Salonique Adrianopolis Scutary Durazzo La Valone L'Armiro Brevezza Larta Lepanto Setines or Athens Thebes Corinth Patras Misira or Lacaedomia I shall pass over the Islands of Sicily Sardinia Candia and Corsica and thus we have finished the description of the first part of the World called by the Name of EUROPE ASIA ASIA the second part of the World is bounded on the North with the Northern Ocean South with the Red Sea East with the East Indian Ocean and on the West with the Flood Tunais It is bigger than EUROPE or AFRICA and is far more rich Viz. in Pretious Stones and Spices and hath been renowned by the first and second Monarchs of the World. Here Man was Created placed in Eden seduced by Satan and redeemed by our Blessed Saviour In it was done most of the History mentioned in the Old Testament It hath been Ruled by the Kings of China of Persia the Great Turk and the Emperour of Rushia and contains these Provinces Viz. Anatolia Cyprus Syria Palestine Arabia Chaldea Assyria Mesopotamia Turcomania Media Persia Tartaria China India and the Oriental Isles Anatolia is bounded West with the Thracian-Bosphorus Helespont and the Aegean Seas East with Euphrates North with the Black Sea and South with the Rhodian Lydian and Pamphylian Seas It s length is 630 and breadth 210 miles the Air is sound the Soil fruitfull but in some places desolate it is inhabited by Greeks and Turks It hath these Cities of note Viz. Anatolia Bruce Chiontai Augoure Trebisond Sattalie and Rivers are Alie Jordan Euphrates and Tygris Syprus is bounded all round with the Syrian and Sicilian Seas whose length is 200 and compass 550 miles It is stored with plenty of all things so that it wanteth no help of other Nations It s Commodity is Wine Oyl Corn Sugar Cotton Honey c. for which plenty of all things 't was Consecrated to Venus as Ovid saith Festa dies Veneris tota celeberrima Cypro Venerat Ipsa suis aderat Venus aurea festis The People are Warlike Strong and Nimble and very hospitable to Strangers Their Arms are Quarterly 1. Argent a Cross Patent betwixt 4 Crosses Or. 2. Cross-wise of 8 pieces Argent and Azure supporting a Lion Passant Azure Crown'd Or. 3. A Lion Gules 4 Argent a Lion Gules they are of the Popish Religion and have 2 Archbishops and 6 Bishops Syria is bounded East with Euphrates West with the Mediterranean Seas North with Cilicia and South with Palestine and Arabia It s length is 525 miles and breadth 470. They are inhabited by Mahometans Christians and Pagans They are a stout and warlike people In this Countrey there are said to be Sheep whose Tails weigh some 30 and some 40 pounds the People are also gluttenous it is almost overrun by the Turks It s most famous Cities are Aleppo Te Tripoly and Damal Palestine is bounded West with the Mediterranean Seas East with the Arabian Desarts North with the Anti-Libianus and South with Arabia The Inhabitants are of a middle stature strong constitution yet a stiffe necked and murmuring People and Idolaters In this is the Land of Canaan and the famous City Hierusalem tho' now a Den of Idolatrous Mahometans It abounds with all good things Arabia is bounded East with Chaldea and the Gulph of Persia West with Palestine Aegypt and the Red Sea North with Euphrates and South with the Southern Ocean The Inhabitants are Mahometans Job's Habitation was here It yields Frankincense Pretious Stones c. It is now under the Great Turk's Sceptre The most famous Cities are Herac Ava Medina and Mectar and it hath the famous River Cayban Chaldea is bounded East with Susiana West with Arabia Deserta North with Mesopotamia and South with the Persian Bay. The Country is exceeding fruitfull in it is supposed to have been the Garden of Eden they were great Southsayers and therefore flouted by the Satyrist Chaldeis sed major erit fiducia quicquid Dixerit Astrologus credent à fonte relatum Ammonis c. The Inhabitants are stout and valiant they are Mahometans Here Julian the Apostate breathed his Soul out to Satan in these dying words Vicisti tandem Galileae the chief Cities are Babylon Bagdad Balfora and Sipparum with the famous River Fazze Assyria is bounded East with Media West with Mesopotamia South with Susiana and North with Turcomania and Chaldea This is a very plain and level Countrey and very fruitfull having good Rivers the Natives are brave stout Warriours formal in their Habit. It is under the Turk's command and governed by one of his Bassa's who is able to bring into the Field at any time 100000 Souldiers here are also a Sect of the Nestorians and fifteen Christian Churches it s most famous Cities are Calach Cittace and Arbela Mesopotamia is bounded East with the River Tigris West with Euphrates North with Mount Taurus and South with Chaldea and Arabia Desertae It aboundeth with all good things necessary for the life of Man they are Mahometans and a people unable to defend themselves but by the assistance of their Neighbours It belongs to the Mahometan Empire It s chief Cities are Edessa and Cologenbar I shall not describe Mount Taurus because it is of no moment Turcomana is bounded East with Media and Mare Caspium West with the Euxine Seas Cappadocia and Armenia major North with Tartaria and South with Mesopotamia and Assyria It is a very mountainous Countrey the people are handsome stout and brave Warriours the Women are good Archers It hath Gold and Silver Mines It yields Grain Fruit and Wine and in Colchis a part thereof and in Assyria they sell their Children The Arms are the Half Moon Or. It is inhabited by Mahometans and under the Turkish Empire It s chief Cities are Musol Bagded Batfora Sanatopdy and Derbent with the famous River Arais Media is bounded East with Parthia West with Aremenia North with Mare Caspium and South with Persia. The Countrey is of a large extent and very different even to a Miracle for in the North part it is cold and barren their Bread is dryed Almonds and Drink the Juice of Herbs and Fruits Their Food is Venison and other Wild Beasts which they catch by hunting And in the South side the Country is of a rich Soil plentifull in Corn Wine c. They have been brave Warriours and it was a custom with them to poyson their Arrows in an Oyl called Oleum Mediacum they are Mahometans Persia is bounded East with India West with Media Assyria and Chaldea North with Tartaria and South with the Southern Ocean This is a mighty rich Countrey governed by the Sophy