100 Braces of cloth in Florence have made in Damasco 99 picos.
100 pico of Damasco have made in Naples 28½ canes.
100 pocos of Damasco have made in Sicilia 28¾ canes.
100 picos of Damasco hath made in Millan 87 braces.
10 Canes of silke in Genoa hath made in Damasco 37½ pico.
100 pico of Damascus have made in Venice of cloth 87 braces.
100 braces of Venice silke have made in Damasco 106½ picos.
And for as much as the English, French, and Dutch are not found at present to have any trade hither, and that the Venetians are the onely westerne Christian Merchants that here reside, and have here a Consull for the protection of them and their trade & goods, it will fit me best to borrow some of their observations, and ob∣serve the trade they now drive to this Citie.
The commodities which the Venetians then carie hither for mer∣chandize, are woolen clothes, honey, almonds, tynne, quick-silver, leade, lattin wier, iron wier, lattin plates, brimston, allom, wax, mastique, cor∣rall, saffron, Flemish beades and bracelets, crystall looking glasses, linnen of divers sorts, course canvas, some few furres, sugars of Cyprus, wri∣ting paper, velvets, taffeta's, damaskes and sattins, some Norimberge wares, corrall, beads, and many such European commodities.
The commodities that they finde here to make returnes of, are these, Raw silke of this Countries growth, and of Persia Ardasse and lege, Belledine, Tripoli, Bodovin, Baias and others; also some spices and some drugges, as Ginger, Cloves, Maces, Sandoll, Incense, Myrrhe, Nutmegs, Indico, Gallingall, long Pepper, Mirabolans, Ar∣moniac, Aloes Epatica, Cardamon, Turbit, sanguis dragonis, Sugar can∣did, Wormseed, Zedoaria, Spignard, Cynamon, Tutia, Cottons, and some cotton yarne, Benjamin, Assafetida, Manna, Camphir, Cassia, and the like, of which some are found to be sold by the cantar of Da∣masco, and some by the Rotolo: also observe
That Muske, Ambergreece and pearle is sold by the metalico, which is 1½ dram, and Sivet is sold by a weight called Ongia, being 10 drams, which makes 6⅔ metalicos, which makes sotile in Venice 1 ounce 1 sacc: and 5 caratts.
The Rotolo is accounted here 600 drams, but lege and ardasse is here sold by a Rotolo of 680 drams, which is 7 li. sotile Venice, but Damasco silke and all silke of the growth of the Countrie is sold by the Rotolo of the place of 600 drams.
These notes the Venetians have made upon their weights and measures.
1 Cantar Damasco is sotile Venice 600 li. and grosse 380 li.
1 Rot: Damasco is sotile 6 li. and grosse 3 li. 9½ ounces.
100 Drams Damasco is 66½ metigall sotile Venice 1 li. and of the silver weight in Venice 10 ounces ¼ and 5 Caratts.
100 Drams makes silver weight in Venice 12 Marc. 6 ounces & ½.
100 Mitigal Damasco is in Venice 15¼ ounces and 5 Caratts.