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letnseus, ideft, ipfam peninfulam: qua? CiMBRlCAei& Stephano dicitur. Strabo
ctiam, lib. vi 1, xtppmtnv c\x^v\ctg refcrt, id eft, peninfulam incolenteu: quamquam
imperite eos cis Albim amnem ftatuit. quem errorem inde ei natum puto, quod Ro-
mani fcriptores, quemadmodum poftea auftor nofter, eorum narrationem cum popu-
lorum Cisalfrnorumexpofnione conjunxerunt. Plinio, lib. iv, cap. xiii, ea, nefcio
unde, vocatur Cartris. Fromontorium, inquit, Cimbrorum, excurrens in maria
longe ypeninfulam efftcit, qu<* Cartris appellatur. Hujus ifthmum male omnesparitcr
noftri feculi geographi defcribunt inter Lubecam & Hamburgium 5 prater mentem
Ptolemsi, qui proximam Albi Chalufoque amnibus rcgionem, id eft, Holfatiam,
cervicem peninfuU vocat , fedem Saxonum; ipfam vero peninfulam ultra ftatuit.ia
Ifthmus igitur re&ior veriorque erit is , quem fupra indicavi. Ceiera cunda mare
cingit •
De gente Cimbrorvm fic noftcr : Eundem Germanu finum, proximi oceano,
Cimbri tenent. parva nunc civitas; fed gloria. ingens. veterisqua fama late vefiigia
manent,utraqueripa caffra,acfiatia; quorumambitu nunc qtroque metiaris molem ma-
msque gentis, & tam magni exercitusfidem. Sexcentefimum, ejr quadragefimum annum
urbs noiira agebat, cum primum Cimbrorum audita funt arma, Cacilio Metello ac Papirie>
C o s s. Caftrorum ifta veftigia ineptiflimi homincs ad ipiam referunt Cimbrorum
peninfulamj interpretanturquenuncaggeiem, qui inter fupra di&um finum Slye Sc
Trejam flumen dudtus, Danorum opus vocatur, vulgo dat Danen wark. Veriim vel in 29
Gallia,velinitaliafuifle,iupra,lib. i, cap. l,adnotavi.
Ceterum de Cimbris his mirifkas video^ etiam ab antiquifllmis fcriptoribus
traditas efle fabulas: quas paucis heic examinafle, haud abs re fuerit. Plutarchus in
Mario : Av7ti fS/j <y$ dfti^icc r»T w©5 infiac , Ttxupctf >jr e7rnA0ov, yyvoovvTa rtvtc.
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(leif tov SfctTOV QVOUdXci. «tAAoj J\i <p<*cri Ktfiut^luv to fiiv ^utov v<p' HXhUvuvTuv -aracXocf '
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Gpuv, &xa,7a rfihms •aQouycptvoftivm. h^aravTctutv ctxacrftu ftctKXov t t) xttTct(ZiZoitof
Woeictv hiyiTttJ. id eft : Hos autem, quodnullum haberent cum aliis commercium, atque ex
traclibui advenirent longinquu, rtemo noverat, q»i mortalium ejfent, aut undeprtfecJi,
nubium modo incumberent CaSU& Italu. Ex corporum tamen proceritate , & cxfiu
eculis maxim}, Germanicas ejfe nationes conjedabant, oceanum feptemtrionalem adco-
lentium : & quod Cimbros Cermaninominent latrones. Sunt qui Celticam longitudine ae
latitudine terrarum ab oceano,ac feptemtrionaltbta plagis ad orienum , versits lacum
CMactim vergere, ejr ad Ponticam Scythiam pertinereperhibent 5 atque inde illas com- 50
mitlas genteis. Has domo egrefiaA, non uno nequeperpetuo impttu, vernmfingulis annit
ftmperporroprogredienteis, fub ver arma circumferendoperagrajfe continentem Eurcpai
<%uapropter, etfi diverfa fingulatim haberent vocabula , tamen communi adpellatione
Celtofcythas vocajfe. t^flti autumant Cimmerios, qui primi quondam a Cracis fun$
Wjpiti, parttm txiguam fuijfe umvtrft, fantum catervam quamdam profugorum
velftdi*
letnseus, ideft, ipfam peninfulam: qua? CiMBRlCAei& Stephano dicitur. Strabo
ctiam, lib. vi 1, xtppmtnv c\x^v\ctg refcrt, id eft, peninfulam incolenteu: quamquam
imperite eos cis Albim amnem ftatuit. quem errorem inde ei natum puto, quod Ro-
mani fcriptores, quemadmodum poftea auftor nofter, eorum narrationem cum popu-
lorum Cisalfrnorumexpofnione conjunxerunt. Plinio, lib. iv, cap. xiii, ea, nefcio
unde, vocatur Cartris. Fromontorium, inquit, Cimbrorum, excurrens in maria
longe ypeninfulam efftcit, qu<* Cartris appellatur. Hujus ifthmum male omnesparitcr
noftri feculi geographi defcribunt inter Lubecam & Hamburgium 5 prater mentem
Ptolemsi, qui proximam Albi Chalufoque amnibus rcgionem, id eft, Holfatiam,
cervicem peninfuU vocat , fedem Saxonum; ipfam vero peninfulam ultra ftatuit.ia
Ifthmus igitur re&ior veriorque erit is , quem fupra indicavi. Ceiera cunda mare
cingit •
De gente Cimbrorvm fic noftcr : Eundem Germanu finum, proximi oceano,
Cimbri tenent. parva nunc civitas; fed gloria. ingens. veterisqua fama late vefiigia
manent,utraqueripa caffra,acfiatia; quorumambitu nunc qtroque metiaris molem ma-
msque gentis, & tam magni exercitusfidem. Sexcentefimum, ejr quadragefimum annum
urbs noiira agebat, cum primum Cimbrorum audita funt arma, Cacilio Metello ac Papirie>
C o s s. Caftrorum ifta veftigia ineptiflimi homincs ad ipiam referunt Cimbrorum
peninfulamj interpretanturquenuncaggeiem, qui inter fupra di&um finum Slye Sc
Trejam flumen dudtus, Danorum opus vocatur, vulgo dat Danen wark. Veriim vel in 29
Gallia,velinitaliafuifle,iupra,lib. i, cap. l,adnotavi.
Ceterum de Cimbris his mirifkas video^ etiam ab antiquifllmis fcriptoribus
traditas efle fabulas: quas paucis heic examinafle, haud abs re fuerit. Plutarchus in
Mario : Av7ti fS/j <y$ dfti^icc r»T w©5 infiac , Ttxupctf >jr e7rnA0ov, yyvoovvTa rtvtc.
cvjtc avQpuwuv, jj zro^tv opu^ivltf, u( "srtp ve<p(S^ tftmotitv Ttj r<tAetT7*. ^ ftctXicpt f3p
«xtt£ev]o Tteftuvixat ytv*i r tcafttiKovTM im t@6fietov uxtavov fivcu toIq fi%yiQt<ri ruv Quftit-
7uv, Xj Tp^<*§fl5»aT?7i r oftftotTUV 5 07i K/ft£/>if$ tmvoficc^ifo-i Ttpftctvo) rovg fyzttc,. Eicrt d[it.
tl Hj licu KthTtxk) thccfiaJi©1 %ufiotc ftt^^}am r t$u§tv 0<tA<tar>jf, 5 tuv vmtprL\'mi
%Xiua,ruv ijAiflK ctvia^ovTot kcctcc tuu Mcttunv imgjit^isou», ctnmcdg Tvg Tlov2tK»i Zxu-
Qtote htyvo-t, «t«xf<6iv © fyl fMfciKTUi. rcvTits i£a.va.i&vrcu ovk \k fciccs cpfcrg, cvo^i C,v*l- 30
%u<i' *^atT9ve.a£&xeLQ 'txctfcvivia.vTtv'iic TiSfcxs&c^tv <t« xu^vtoc;, zroXtuu £gcvoi$
iroT^oiiim^civ TUu qmtfov. ch"o x, •src?A«c; xccQutp^ £7nxAijo-«j ix.6vTav> xstvy KtXnaxv-
(leif tov SfctTOV QVOUdXci. «tAAoj J\i <p<*cri Ktfiut^luv to fiiv ^utov v<p' HXhUvuvTuv -aracXocf '
yiucStvTUV ,isfityx, $yic£% ri TSa\vr<§F (io(>tov, «AA*{ Qvyviv ^ fxtnv Ttvk Qmcrbeiowt vin
XkvQuv, ets aV/«* <Vwi T»f MctiU7J$@* tha,7ntciovj, Avyc^ci^i^- tjyafttvov. r </[g «3A«§-of
etvruv y^ftctxtfcuTu-nv irr icyccntt uxavuu -ara^ct tLju t^u &k/\ttoscui. ou? mp cf\r\ <§a.trt ylut
ftivvtfttd^Qvirxicv i k) vXuc^vf, d^vc^Ktov "srctVTtf, cttctfSctQ&g tsvkvot^. dfvftuv, cfij
fitjgt tuv EpKWJtuv etcru chqKetv. igava <4e «A»j%ev«/, xctti 0 </]ox« /*&t«A<tft£<£y<i)v 0 wo'A@*
ijrapfict} ohct tIu tyxAtcrtv tuv «^js^iAftiv, iXtycv ctm/\etmiv tx koQ, xspv(plwi^ztfitvov
Qif-etys tv&s, tIw oixr\<riv ciiTt ifitfiyn ($pct%vt>iTt ^ftnxet <arfj$ ra.t:vvx\ctq tsttj KctjavifttSctf
TOVffiovov. i\' 0 x^rlt/j tvmfiict» r5 fivQtvftctT©* dft^u ytvitQcq -ar©<; t^v vtxijou. hQtv ouu
T)jv ityoiov etvca tuv (SetpQciouv txtuv im t*)v intXictv > ^tftftipiuv uivi£ a,px*li, toti d]ji Ktft-
Gpuv, &xa,7a rfihms •aQouycptvoftivm. h^aravTctutv ctxacrftu ftctKXov t t) xttTct(ZiZoitof
Woeictv hiyiTttJ. id eft : Hos autem, quodnullum haberent cum aliis commercium, atque ex
traclibui advenirent longinquu, rtemo noverat, q»i mortalium ejfent, aut undeprtfecJi,
nubium modo incumberent CaSU& Italu. Ex corporum tamen proceritate , & cxfiu
eculis maxim}, Germanicas ejfe nationes conjedabant, oceanum feptemtrionalem adco-
lentium : & quod Cimbros Cermaninominent latrones. Sunt qui Celticam longitudine ae
latitudine terrarum ab oceano,ac feptemtrionaltbta plagis ad orienum , versits lacum
CMactim vergere, ejr ad Ponticam Scythiam pertinereperhibent 5 atque inde illas com- 50
mitlas genteis. Has domo egrefiaA, non uno nequeperpetuo impttu, vernmfingulis annit
ftmperporroprogredienteis, fub ver arma circumferendoperagrajfe continentem Eurcpai
<%uapropter, etfi diverfa fingulatim haberent vocabula , tamen communi adpellatione
Celtofcythas vocajfe. t^flti autumant Cimmerios, qui primi quondam a Cracis fun$
Wjpiti, parttm txiguam fuijfe umvtrft, fantum catervam quamdam profugorum
velftdi*