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TEre take hede of two londes that eche of hem is named Scicia / the ouer is in Asia / and the nether is in Europa. The ouer Scicia is a grete londe in the north / and hath moche wildernes by cause of grete colde and chele and stretcheth
somtyme estward vnto Inde / northward toward oecean / And southward to the hylle caucasus And westward vnto Germania but now it is made lasse and endeth in the west syde to hircania / in the whiche londe ben the hilles Iperborey. grete gripes· gold & smaragdes. and other precious stones· Trogus libro secundo Thylke men destyngeth not nether marke her feldes by boundes / ne by dyches they haue none hows for to dwelle in· their wyues and her childeren they lede in cartes· and they ben clothed in wyld beestes skynnes. wollen clothes vse they none· they lyue by mylk and by hony. they recche not of gold ne of Syluer they make no∣thynge that they drede to leese / they accompte no trespaas gretter than Robbery / their men of warre and vyctours desire nothyng but worship· they were neuer subget yet to ony man. They ouerca¦me vesor the kyng of Egypte in warre and bataylle / they chaced and fered darius the kynge of Perce / and made hym flee / They sloughe Cyrus the kynge also / they destroyed Zephirona and his ryches / Zephirona was the grete Alysaunders Capytayn. thryes they cōquerd asia· and asia was afterward to hem a thousand & fyue honderd yere / the men of this peple be by hem self / And the wymmen by them self· Also they made kyngdoms of dyuerce lon¦des. the men made of perchia and bactria· And the wymmen of Amasonia kyngdoms myghty and strong / And so it is emonge hem vncerteyn and vnknowe whether is more worthy and more noble in nature and kynde· men or wymmen. In the first iourney in asia after that they had dryuen chaced and poursewed vasor the kynge of Egypt. In the tornyng agayn they abode / xv. yere for to make pees in asia. But wyues made grete pleyntes and sorow that her husbondes were so long from home / and so the men were sente fore and torned home / and dwellyd with theyr wyues. In the second Iourney the men were by treson y slayn / & the wyues toke grete wreche of the enemyes / In the thyrde iourney the men were oute and absent four yeres to geder. And the wyues wed∣ded her owne seruauntes and bonde men that were lefte at home for kepyng of beestes But whan her lordes and husbondes had the vyctorye / and torned home agayn / the wyues & the newe hus¦bondes gadred hem to geders and arrayed hem in a grete bataylle to fyghte agayn their old lordes and husbondes that were coming homeward / and whan they mette to gyders Fortune was vnsta¦ble and vnstedfaste ones with that one syde and efte with that other that the lordes bithought hem and concluded to fyghte other
wyse with theyr owne londe men than with theyr enemyes of straunge londes / And caste away her owen Armour and wepen of knygthes. and bare whippes in her hondes. And so feered the chorles and the fals wyues that had broken theyr wedlock that they had shameful deth. ffor somme were slayn with yron and somme were hanged ful highe / After this iourney was peas in Scicia vnto the tyme of darius kyng of Persida / thenne darius was ouercome of the Scytes men of Scicia· And in the tornyng homeward he ouercome macedones that ben men of macedonia of that lond. And warred vpon Athenienses men of Athenes / Bactria is a lond that cham Noes sone dwellyd first in / And stretcheth fro the See Caspius vnto the Ryuer of Inde· And hath in the west side the mount cancasus and in the south perchia This hille cancasus is lengest of alle the eest hilles and mooste famous / and stretcheth fro the endes of Inde vnto the hille that is named mount Taurus / So that mount Taurus and cancasus is conteyned al one hylle. but somme men saye that the weste syde of cancasus that is toward Armenia / is. and heyte mount Tau∣rus / That mount cancasus hath in the north syde the see that is na¦med caspius and hircania that lond. And in the south syde perchi∣a and assiria and babilon / That hille by cause it stretcheth to dy∣uerse contreys & londes hath many and dyuerse names· that hylle is highest on the eest syde / And for whytnes of snowe that lyeth alway theron· it is called mons cancasus. that is to saye the why∣te hille. ¶ Albertus sayth that hille is so highe that men that dwelle therby seen the sonne beme in the weste syde thre houres within nyght And so many houres to fore the day in the eest sy∣de of the hille· Hircania that lond hath in the eest syde the See caspius. In the south Armenia / In the north Albania / And in the west Iberia that lond· And lyeth by the syde of the moūt can¦casus / and hath the name of that woode that is called hircania. In that lond ben dyuerse wyld beestes and fowles. Tigris that beeste and pantera also / That londe is wyde and large / and hath .xliiij. maner men / Somme tyllen londe. And somme lyuen by huntyng· And somme eten mans flesshe· there ben birdes that ben called hircane: her fethers shynen by nyght· ¶Iberia that lond lyeth vnder moūt Taurus / and lyeth westward fast by pontus / & ioyneth to armenie / albania that lond hath in the est syde the see caspius and stretcheth dounward by the mouthes of the north Occean vnto the waters that ben named meotydes / And the men
of that londe ben born with whyte heer and with yelowe eyen y peynted / And seen better by nyght than by daye. The houndes of that londe ben so grete so grym and so stronge that they throwe doun bulles & sleen lyons One of thylke houndes was sent to kynge Alysaunder and faught with in lystes with· a lyon and an Olyphaunt and with a wylde boor. and had the maystrye Gotha is the nether partye of Scicia toward Circiū· to that lon∣de Gotha lyeth that Ilonde Goclandia that Ilond hath plente of alle maner marchandise / And hath in the north syde dacia / and in the southe syde / Occean And is cleped gothia of gos Iaphets sone the men of that countrey ben redylyer called gothy than go∣gy / And ben right stronge men grete grym. and sturne & of hem come the dacies in Europa Setuly in Affryca Amazones in a∣sya / Armenia that is called also Ararath / Ararath hath the na¦me of Armenyus Iasons knyght / the whiche Armenius whan he had y lost Iason his kynge of thessalia / he gadred knygthes that royled aboute / and toke Armenia / and dwellyd therin· that londe stretcheth to the mount Taurus / And Cancasus from the See cas¦pius vnto Capadocia and hath in lengthe .xj· C / thousand paas And in brede. vij / C· Myle. ther is that hille mount Ararath / the∣re noes shippe abode after noes floode / And ther be two Armeny∣es the more. and the lasse. the ouerer and the nether / And so ben two panonyes also /