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¶ Capitulum· 18 /

CApadocia that londe nouryssheth and fedeth many horses. & hath in the eest syde Armenya / In the west Asia the lasse In the north Amazonya / And in the south mount Taurus. ther by lyeth Scicilia and Isauria vnto the see Sylycus that stret∣cheth toward the Ilond of Cyprus / The lasse Asia ioyneth to ca∣padocia in the eest syde / And is byclypped and closed in the other sydes with the grete See· For it hath in the north syde that mouth and see that is called Ensinus / In the west the mouthe and See propontydes. & in the southe the see of Egypte· This lasse Asia conteyneth many prouynces and londes / For fyrste in the northe side it conteyneth bythinia in the begynnyng vpon the See ayenst Tracia / and is named also the more ffrigia· The chyef cyte of by∣thinia is named Nychomedia. Thenne is galathia and hath the name of men that were Gally that come atte prayer of the kyng

of Bithinia to helpe hym in his warris and dwellyd in that lon¦de galathia· but tho that londe was called gallogrecia / ¶ And the men of that londe gallogreci as men y medlyd of gallys and of grecis. But now they ben called galathe. and to hem Poule wryteth his epystle ad Galathas· ¶ The thyrdde is the lasse ffrigia· And hath the name of frigia Europaes dougther / Age∣nors dougther / & that frigia was named dardania also of darda∣ni{us} Iupyters sone in that londe is the cyte of troye that is named Ilium also Troye is named after troos erictonius sone that was dardanius sone that was Iupyters sone ¶ That londe hath in the eest syde lidia / and in the west the mowth and the See Eles¦pontus The fourthe is lidia / and is in the eest syde of the eeste ffrigia / ¶ In that lidia regned somtyme the ryche kyng Cresus. But whan that londe was to lytil for two bretheren that were kynges that highte lyddus and Tirenus. hit happened by lotte that Tirenus wente oute with many men and gate hym a lond in the ouer partye of Galya / and called his londe Tirea / It se¦meth that the See Tyrenus hath the name of this kyng Tirenus as the lond lidia hath the name of his broder liddus. The chyef Cyte of lidia is callyd smyrma to that cyte seynt Iohan euange∣lyst wryteth in thapocalipsis / the chyef Ryuer of lidia is named pactolus and bryngeth forth golden grauel as poetes tellen / The fythe prouynce of the lasse Asia is called pamphilia and Isauri∣a also· the chyef cyte of that londe is namod Selencia. that cyte se¦lencus. Anthyochus buylded and arered· Thenne is Scilicia· and conteyneth licia / and that is called licaonia therin were noble cy∣tres lystris and derben as it is wreton in Actibus apostolorum By thylke Cytees men saylle out of Siria to Italya / But the chyef cyte of alle these was Tharsis dounward toward the See Amasonia that lond is somme in Asia. And somme in Eur••pa and is neygh to Albania· The fyrst Amazones were the wyues of gothes that toke wrecche of her husbondes deth that were tray¦tourly slayne. For they toke prayes and slowe men and saued wymmen. and lyued long without husbondes· And afterward made hem two quenes / that one lad the Ooste and mayntened the warre· And warred faste▪ That other quene was at home and reuled the londe and gouerned the peple at home. And these wym¦men helde vnder hand a grete dele of Asia about an honderd yere / And atte laste these wymmen wold haue childeren· And toke husbondes of the nexte contreys aboute· And certayn tymes lete

theyr husbondes lye by them· and certayn tymes absteyned them

¶ But they slewe alle the men childeren / And saued the mayde childeren / And taught hem for to shote· And to do dedes of Armes & of chyualrye. And for grete brestes shold not lette hem to shote / of euery mayde of seuen yere old they brente of the right breste. And therfor they were called vrimamme. that is to saye brente brestes / And they were named Amazones that is to saye withoute breste. Hercules was the fyrste that chastysed the ylle disposicion of these wommen / And thenne Achilles / And atte laste the grete Alysaunder / And though ysid eth· 14. seyth that the grete Alysander destroyed Amazones / netheles the storye of ¶ Alysaundre sayth that whan kyng Alysaunder axed of hem trybute. Thalestrys the quene of Amasones wrote to kyng aly¦sander in this maner· ¶ Of thi wytte is wonder that thou desy∣rest to fygthe with wymmen. For yf fortune fauoure vs / And thou be ouercome it shal be grete shame and vylonye whan thou art ouercome of wymmen / and yf our goddes be wroth with vs and thou ouercome vs for to wynne the maystrye of wymmen / thou getest but lytil worship / ¶Kyng Alysander was plesyd with this and graunted hem fredom / and sayd wymmen muste be ouercome with fayrenes / and loue and not with steornes and dre¦de / ¶Trogus bbro / 2 / This quene Thalestrys after that she had ben kyng Alysaunders lemman fourty dayes she torned agayn in to her owen londe / And afterward in short tyme fyl in wyth her owen peple