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Show The fifth Bookeof then/t part Cuamigigt -Chapa.s. gat Ly * NPhat Sted? wa Lottictimes °a Peninfula,' or Dewsie-rfle, adioynedto Tuliesa' iy patt of maftenand inhabitespaited ouer into this Lland,three,hundyedyeere s before the-Gréake fentany Goloniesthither;and(fairh Phitifayeighty. yeexs before the fall of Troy /Ehefe Siculigauethe nameiafSicilia, tathe Hand, and making warre vpon the, Sicani: deauc themtromthe Balt and. Northerne part thereof; into the Wek and South, Attheirlan- Braviiio in Calabvin, neerevtito\ Rheginn, and afkerward by violence ofwat Purefelted FSi thefame? itis apenerall opinion of alvantiquitie Plintrcor. GiNGBA happened tere is no memorial remaihingin "Burat: what cettainetinnechig Sid.Lis. any ancienowriter: StabosPlinys and Diony/ius, atfirme, that it was caufed by an earthquakes svn dnd Cfsiodinwndoe "dingyebey firtt builtthe Citic Aaneleafter ward called Meflena: and.after that; Catana, rhlake it to haue béehe done bythe rage and Viokea coothe tide, and fa tgesofthe Ska, Bitherofthefe Opitiions may be trie Forvaavas Ewha feuered!from Bestia atalante atid Mechsfron Fubar ; Sillie here in Bmchind,from the Oapeloficornivdlls cand Britaing Wrelfe Cas niayfeeme by Veregans arguments y' frony the Oppolice:continent oFGayéh Leontiym,andSyracufeit felte,beatingfrom thence the Atolianssyhollons before had det yp.a Towne inthatplace, Astor the name of Syracufe,itwvas not knowne,till acl, rimeasdrehias o& Covinth(long after) wonne that partiofthe Land fromthe Neither-did the Siculiat their firftarriuall difpoflefle, the. Btolians thereof, Siculis but fome Bue TOF S7ci7; they Which lend'theix cares td fables, doe urtribucetlie cmifeoteinty Nepayy go bundredyeer¢sattenthcir defeent,andafter fuchtime as they had founded the Cities -beforenamed,avith Nea, Hybla,Tsynacia,and diuers others, FOIE CAs Entehid witnelleth ).Awho with ‘his tareecforkdd Mace; in faaontof, Tocapus, theTonne of eHalsdivided itfrom the niwine fandjandfomadeli¢ an Handwhich bi oAftershefe Siculizcame-anothernation out ofItaly,called Morgetes;who wert thence Atiuen by the Oenotrians. Thele fare downeinthat part ofSicil, where theyafterivard guledthe CitiesofMorgentum,and Leontium,. For atthis timethe Siculi were diuided; andby a-ciuilwvarigreatly infeebled; Among thefe ancient ftories,wedinde the laft voy sagendthedeath ofAiaes, King of Cycect. Thagydides,,an Hittorian of yaqueftionable ditceritic, reparts of, ddizos, that.hc made conqueftof many. Llands ;,andfome fuch by: dinefle;perhaps.drew- him into.Sicil, Bytthe common reportas; that he carne thitherci d spurluit of Dedalys, The tale gocs thus: Dadalys Seeing thesreuenge of. Minos, came-in- ParOwas but HDemF: fe; that by thar meaties|heanight the inore fafely.imbabitey'and OrionL4.c.rg. POMC the Tame: Diodore Sicwlws, moued by the authoyitie of Hefioduss aferibeth:the Diedi.c. FabOuf offittdrine i from Muléeto Orion': whojthat he mightbe compatedto Herrale eeeefi: (duting through the rocks and mountains') Art Operied the Sici/ian ftreights;as Hercules sonoup Ps } @ TBC did thole ofGibrulter, ~>They which valuethe Handséfthe midland Séayaccording‘to' theigcpiantitieand Content,do' thakethis the greatehas Ew/arhineand Strabo, who' affirriethis,aot onely 6 excell cheree for bignefle, butalfo for goodneffe of foyle As Concerning the forme' oc ¥9 Sigilto cacelus, king ofthe Sicani, é¢ during his abode thereshe, builtapl ace ofgteat "OFthis Hand, Pomipinias Mele {aich.it is like that Capitdll letter ofthe Gretke;which thiep' call Delrsnamely jchatit hath the figure of4 triangle'; which is generally /knownecobe "tite.Fhatthe whole land was confecrated to. Geresand Profirpina, all old \Wtiters with ronie confent alfitihe: To Ceres it was dedicatedbecaufe it fivfitaughe the cisles offetting aneowing ofCorte' to Proferpinanot fo much) for that the»was from "henceviolent Av takehbyPluto,38 becaufe(which Plerarch'and Diodorns:do report for wruch ythat P/ory as fooneasthe, Vacoucringherfelfe,firlk thewed herfelfe-tobe f{eene obhim,-gale, het THEDortinronthereok. ; 2OPehe Fertifitie anid riches OFthis Countrie; thereis'4 fatiousPeboddorbed téftlmnonieweitten by Citéro,in his fecopd Oravion againPerreswhere he faithjehde ‘Azarcesocava cid call at 59 the Gratarit-atid Seote-houfe ofthe Common-wealih, awd the Neirfe-ofshe valsar(ort. Tie "Tame Cicero doth Buide inthat place ; thar it was not onely the foreshouife ofthepeople Strebelé. OfRome: biital (othat it was 4 well-furnifhed treaturie.Rot without any colt orchargeot Ours (faich hejit hath vfually cloathedmaintained; and furnifhiedjour ‘greacelt Armies, with leathef appatell, and cdtne, srrabo reporteth almoftthe fame thing-ofin What Toeter Sicilte doth yeeld (faith Solinws)whether by the Sunne, ‘and temperate of tht wreor by thé indiftrie andlabour ofman;it isaccounted next|ynto thofethingsthatat "ofbelt ehtitnation : wereit nor that flichthings> \asthe'earth firtt purterh forts, ‘aren reantely oter-growne with fatfion: Disdorws Siculus faiths'that in the fields neere vt») Leontinm,snid'in divers other places ofthis [lands wheat doth gtowofitifelfe without4? any labour,or looking 'to ofthe husbandmati.'‘Martianws fheweth; thatthere werein # fixe Colonits,and fixtie Cities:there are tharteckon moie;wherofthe names are foun {catteringly in many good Authors. Nowbefides manyfamous aéts,done by the people ofthis Iland, ‘a as well in peact® Werre; there be manyother things,which haye madeit very renowned, as the birth a Ceres the rauifhing ofProferpina; the Giant Enceladus ;the mount e£tna, &C ye rybdis,with other antiquities,and rarities ; befides thofe learned men, theScylla, nobleMa matician Archimedesthe famous Geometritian Ewtlides, the painfull Hiftorian Diew™) and Empedoclesthe deepe Philofopher. That sécil was atfirft poffeffed and inhabited by Giants Lavriazonesjandcyclopes, af 7i barous:people,and vaciuill.all hiftories and fables doc ioyntly with one con fent ace Yet, Thucydides {aith,thatthefe fauage people dwelt onely in one part of the Tland. . terward the Sicani, a people ofSpaine, poffeffed it. That thefe Sicani were not bs Hy in ieHe (although, fome fo thinke,) Thucydides, and Diedorus doe very conltant / auouch, OFthefe it wasnamed Sicania,Thefe Sicani were inuaded by the Sicali;who, inhabiting e thatpart of Latium,whereon Rome was afterward built; were driuen by the ?eeeom to their ownefeates,and finding no place vpon the Continent, which they were - tes A + Om oftheHifforie ofthe World, ; ~ Rircngthsncere vato, Megara, for Coralus,to lay vp-his treafyrg ins, together. with many hotableworks,for which he was greatly admired-and honoured,;,.» i 20. Among the reftslic cafLa Ratame in gold,thatrwas tetypinthe.Templeolenw Ey: Hewhichhee didayigh{fo great Arc,as thofe that beheld ic, thoughtu t rather tabee li$ing,than counterfeit, ; exalt Now,44iz0;,,hoaring that Ceca/ys had entertained, Dsdslus, Prepares,-to innade the Tertitoric ofCoca/us.but when he was arriued, Coca/ws doubting his owne ftrength,promithto,deliuer Pedelut, Whis he performes.nog, butinthe meane while,kils,adinos by teatonand perlwades the Cretans, Minos his followergsto.inhabite a pattof Sicily, the bertar(asiit (cems)ta ftrengthenhim{clte againft the Siguli,Hercumo the Cretang(their oj) Ming being dead)gauethcir.confent,and buildedfor thenu/glucsthe, Gitie of Minoa,afe terthe aame-oftheiKing Minos. After, theylikewife byi!sthe Tawne af Engium, now 30 called: Gangesandthefe were the firlt Cities, buils bythe Greckes .in-Sicil, about, twal ages beforethe warre of Troy; forthe grand: children of. désnas {eruedwith the Greeks atthe fiese thereof, 2% Butafterfuch time asthe Cretans vnderftood,that their King hadby-treafon heete made away they gathered together agreat Armic,to inuadeCoarlvs: and landing neere yato Camicus,tlicy befiegedthe fame fiue yceres, but in,vaine, Inthe end (being forced to returne, Without any reuenge taken) they were wrackt onthe coat of Tealic; and ha- ming NO hicanes to repaire their fhips,nor the honourtheyhadloft, theymade good the Pitcewhereon they fell,and built Hyria, or Hyrium,betweenc the two famous Ports of Brundufium& Tarentum. Of thefe Cretans came thofe Nations, afterwardcalled Ia- Pygesand Meffapii. ee , After thetaking of Troy, ~Ageitus and Elymas broughtwith them Setaine troaps iti« Sigil. and {cated them{clucs among the Sicani; where they builethe Cines of Ageia and Elyma. is ie = Y ‘ It isfaid, that. -£meas vifited thefe places.in his paflagenntoItalic;: and that fome of, the Eroianes.his followers,were left bchindc him, inthefe-Townes) o£ Sicik: whereof ere want not good Authors, that make e¢:veas himfelfe the founder. { Poutthe fametime, the Phoenicians fcized vponthe Promontaties of Pachinys;é Lilybaum8 vpon certaine {mall Ifles adioyning to the maing Mandawhichthey, forti+ jo ed,tofecurethetrades that they had withthe Sicilians; like as the Portugals hauc done inthe Fatt India,at'Goa,Ormus,Mofambiq;andotherplaces. Butthe Ph« enicians ftaicd, hot there. for after they had onceaflured their defcents,; they builtthe goodly, Citic, of I Mormus, now:called Palerma. 7 ‘ rnthelewe finde, were the Nations that inhabitedthe,Hle of Sicil before the warre of fovsand crethaGreckesitt any-numbersbegamtottragglcinthote parts. ' ‘May perchance fecnic ftrangeto the Reader, pe in all angicnt ftoricshe findes ang los LUE ana |