Of Eiulath. chap. 51.
EIulath is a prouince in the ouer In∣de, & beginneth in the East, & stretch∣eth by long space of landes towarde the North: and hath that name Eiulath of Eiula, oue of the children of Hebe•, Pa∣triarke of Hebrues, as the •lose sayeth super Genes pri. and •on: where Eiulath is rehersed among the children of Hebar•, yt came of him and of his sonne lectane The riuer Ganges runneth by this land, and that riuer hath another name, and is called Phison in Genes. lib. 4 cap. 20. Plinius lib. 3 cap. 20. praiseth that riuer wonderfully, & saith that Ganges is a ri∣uer of Inde, and receiueth into himselfe many, & as it were endlesse riuers great inough to rowe and to saile in, as Idap∣sen, Cantabeian, Bisepin, & many other, and is neuer broader then fifty furlongs, neither déeper then 15. paces. This riuer runneth about the lande of Eiulath, in which land is much gold and spicerie, as Bedelium, and precious stones, as Oni∣chius, Carbuncles, and other such, as hée sayth, and the Glose super Genesis. In this lande be manye speciall Countries, in whome be many Elephantes, as it is sayd.
(*In the second of Genesis, the ri•er Pison compasseth the whole land of He∣uilah, where there is golde, and the gold there is very good, there is Edelium and the Onix stone. Euille or Heuilath, a coū∣try in the Orient, about the which the ri∣uer Pison, which we call Ganges, yt com∣meth out of Paradise doth runne. D. Cooper.
