Vide Serrao, della Tarantula o vero falangio di Puglia.

[Footnote 10: 'Apulia:' now Puglia, the south-eastern part of Italy.

13 Apulia, a region of Italy, la Puglia.

a greater, named Meleda, which is also vnder the gouernement of Ragusa, it is about 30 miles in length, and inhabited, and hath good portes, it lyeth by East from Augusta, and ouer against this Iland lyeth a hill called Monte S. Angelo, vpon the coast of Puglia in Italy, and we had sight of both landes at one time.

The 27 we kept our course towards Puglia, and left Albania on the left hand.

we had sight of both the maines, but we were neere the coast of Puglia, for feare of Foystes.

It is betweene Cape Chimera in Albania and Cape Otranto in Puglia 60 miles.

Puglia is a plaine low lande, and Chimera in Albania is very high land, so that it is seene the further.

Thus sayling our course along the coast of Puglia, we saw diuerse white Towers, which serue for sea-markes.

" And sallying forthwith from Barletta, he gained, on the 28th of April, 1503, at Cerignola, a small town of Puglia, a signal victory over the French commanded by the Duke of Nemours, who, together with three thousand men of his army, was killed in action.

V. "The extensive pasturages of the 'Tavoliere di Puglia' (Apulia) are of great importance and have a history of their own.