CHAP. III. Cacus, and his hole or cave.
C Acus, by report of the poets, was the son of Vulcane, whom they beleeved in old time to breath out of his mouth fire and smoke. This Cacus infelted the places neere unto him with robbing and spoiling. But more probable it is, that he was a most leaud and the evish servant of Evan∣der, and therefore the Arcadians called him 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. naught. A cave he haunted, as by very good conje∣ctures is certainely gathered, in Aventine toward Tyber, overagainst the church of S. Marie Aventine, whereas the river runneth neerest to the hill, and whereas there hangeth over, a vast and huge crag∣gie rocke, as fit a place as might be, to make a starting hole and cave for such an one, and neere it is to the gate Trigemina. Him when Hercules had killed and sacrificed, he reared an altar unto Iupiter Inven∣tor, neere to the said cave or denne.