CHAP. VIII. [unspec I]
¶ Thessalie.
MOreouer in Thessalie, Orchomenus, called before-time Minyeus; and the towne Almon, or after some Elmon; Atrax, Pelinna, and the fountaine Hyperia. Townes, Pherae, behind which Pierius stretcheth forth to Macedonie: Larissa, Gomphi, Thebes of Thessalie, the wood Pteleon, and the creeke Pagasicus. The towne Pagasa, the same named afterwards Deme∣trias; Tricca, the Pharsalian plains with a free city; Cranon and Iletia. Mountains of Phthiotis, Nymphaeus, most faire and sightly for the naturall arbors and garden workes there: Buzigaeus, Donacesa, Bermius, Daphissa, Chimerion, Athamas, Stephane. In Thessaly there be 34, where∣of the most famous are, Cerceti, Olympus, Pierus, Ossa: iust against which, is Pyndus and Oth∣rys, [unspec K] the seat and habitation of the Lapithae; and those lie toward the West: but Eastward, Pe∣lios, all of them bending in manner of a theatre: and before them stand raunged wedge-wise, 72 cities, Riuers of Thessalie, Apidanus, Phoenix, Enipeus, Onochomus, Pamisus: the fountain Messeis, the people Boebeis: and aboue all the rest the most famous riuer Peneus, which arising neere Gomphi, runneth for 500 stadia in a wooddie dale between Ossa and Olympus, and halfe that way is nauigable. In this course of his, are the places called Tempe, 5 miles in length, and almost an acre and a halfe broad, where on both hands the hils arise by a gentle ascent aboue the reach of mans sight. Within-forth glideth Peneus by, in a fresh green groue, cleare as chrystall glasse ouer the grauelly stones; pleasant to behold for the grasse vpon the banks, and resounding again with the melodious consent of the birds. It taketh in the riuer Eurotus, but entertaineth [unspec L] him not, but as he floweth ouer the top of him like oile (as Homer saith:) within a while after that he hath carried him a small way, letteth him goe againe and rejecteth him, as refusing to mingle with his owne siluer streams, those poenall and cursed waters engendred sor the infer∣nall Furies of hell.