Text translated from 1570L, 1571L, 1571/1573D, 1572/1573 German, & 1572/1574 French. The translation of the 1570 Latin & 1571 Latin texts from Latin to Dutch was kindly provided by Zweder von Martels of University of Groningen, the Netherlands, and this is presented first:
109.1. {1570L{Bavaria.
109.2. Bavaria is named (by adding a letter) after the Avares, the remainder of the Huns, who after having been expelled by the Norici {not in 1571L{[from between the Danube and the Alps]}not in 1571L} settled in this country. It is also called Boiara after the Boii, people from Gallia Cisalpina who once dwelled here. It used to belong to the Norici and is watered by the Danube, a remarkable river which originates in Sueuia.
109.3. No province in Germany is adorned by more numerous numerous and elegant cities [than this one]. Salzburg, which, as is generally believed, was once called Iuvavia, is the capital of this region. This area, before it was reduced to a Province, was ruled by its own King until the days of Emperor Arnulphus, as some authors write. After that, it was ruled by Dukes, which is still the case.
109.4. This area does not have any fields for agriculture, except in the Southern part. It is rich in woods and mountains. It feeds its hogs with acorns and fir cones, which grow in such abundance that it feeds the rest of Europe with pork, like Hungary does with beef. Its people usually dress in yellow. They prefer gaiters to leather boots as shoes. The area is not deserted nowadays, as it was in the time of Strabo, but is well inhabited and it has many proud cities and very noble fortifications; we do not know what in all of Europe can equal them in splendour.
109.5. There is an abundance of corn around Regensburg and Landshut, but it has wine in only a few places, growing in the wild. But noble wines are imported from the Elzas and France {1571L has instead{Franconia}1571L instead}, and from [the area around] the rivers Etsch and Neckar. In turn, it exports salt, which is produced here in great quantities. The city of Munich, situated at the river Isar, is the most famous of all the principalities of Germany, and this is where the Princes of Bavaria reside in our times. They keep lions there, and their lionesses regularly have cubs.
109.6. A certain Marcus, who was a disciple of Saint Paul, converted this area to Christianity. The first Bishop of Bavaria resided in Lorch, as may be concluded from an old document. Lorch was then a splendid and mighty city, located where the river Inn empties into the Danube [= now Innsbruck]. But the Bavarian Princes have transferred the Bishop's see to the city of Passau, and Charles the Great moved it again to Salzburg, where it still is now.
109.7. These matters can be found in Sebastian Münster, and more in Pius II. But let anyone who wants to know all that can be desired by way of description turn to the Annals of the Boii, written by the very diligent historian Ioannes Aventinus}1570L}.
[Since the 1571/1573 Dutch, the 1572/1573 German and the 1572/1574 French editions have a different text, I provide it here separately below:]
109.8. {1571/1573D{Bavaria-land.
109.9. Except for wine, this land has everything that man needs. This is a result of its location, because it lies next to a mountain range which separates Germany from Italy. These mountains are full of silver, copper, iron and salt mines. It is also woody, and therefore so full of boars, or swine, that it provides a large part of Germany with them. It has many beautiful rivers which issue from these mountains, all issuing into the Danube (which traverses this country) and as a result has many lakes, which abound with fish.
109.10. In between these waters, there are many extended fields and therefore much corn, particularly around Regensburg and Passau. But because of the cold wind from the North, which blows from the North against these elevated mountains, and therefore returns to afflict this country for the second time, (so to say,) it is not capable to produce wine, but there is enough of that from surrounding areas, which is exported to this area because they do not need it for themselves.
109.11. There is no area in Germany with so many well-built cities (for according to Philippus Appianus who made a map of this area) it has 34 cities, 46 Merckflecken or Liberties, 72 Monasteries, and additionally villages, castles and mansions. Among the cities Munich is the most important one, where Dukes have their courts. You can always see lions here, producing their cubs. This is supposed to be the most beautiful city of Germany. Then come Regenspurg, Frisingen, and the bisdom of Aichstatt.
109.12. Then there are Saltzburg, Passaw, Landshut, Hoochstet &c. In the North this Dukedom borders on Franconia and Bohemia, in the South on the Alps, in the East on Austria and in the West on Suauia, and in the middle it is divided by the river Danube. This country has by Saint Lucius (of royal English descent) been converted to Christianity, and further fortified in this by Saint Rupertus who founded the Bishopric of Saltzburg}1571/1573D} © Marcel van den Broecke ©.