The merchants mappe of commerce wherein, the universall manner and matter of trade, is compendiously handled. The standerd and currant coines of sundry princes, observed. The reall and imaginary coines of accompts and exchanges, expressed. The naturall and artificiall commodities of all countries for transportation declared. The weights and measures of all eminent cities and tovvnes of traffique, collected and reduced one into another; and all to the meridian of commerce practised in the famous citie of London. By Lewes Roberts, merchant. Necessary for all such as shall be imployed in the publique affaires of princes in forreigne parts; for all gentlemen and others that travell abroad for delight or pleasure, and for all merchants or their factors that exercise the art of merchandizing in any part of the habitable world.

CHAP. CXVIII.

Of Valentia, and the Trade thereof.

VALENTIA the principall Citie of the Province of Valentia, giveth Rules to all the adjoyning places, as well for matter of Trade as judicature, wherein is vented yearely great quantity of Pepper, Tinne, Lead, Baies, Linnens, Fish, as Pilchards, Herings, and New∣land fish, and such other like Commodities, having their 〈◊〉〈◊〉 current, Weights and Measures as followeth.

A Liver of Valentia is worth 20. Sold. of that money, and is 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪ Sterling.

A Duccat of Gold is 21. Sold. of the said money.

A Castilian•…•… is 27. Sold. and 4. Deniers of the same money.

A Liver of Valent•…•…a is worth 365. Mervides of Castilia, and chan∣ging them at Naples for Valentia 18 sold. 4. Deniers, which with the charges comes even, because a Duccat of Carlins is worth at Naples after the rate of sold. 18. Den. 3½ and this because your money 〈◊〉〈◊〉 at 15. per centum.

Their greatest money is a peece of 6. sold. which is three Rials Castile, then have they three sold. which 1½ Rials, and the halfe of three sold. which is 18 Deniers, which is 1½ sold. every soldo is 12. Deniers, and 24. Deniers is a Riall Costiliano, which is 6. d. Sterl.

Their Accounts are kept by Livers sold. and Deniers, 12. Deniers accounted to a sold. and 20. sold. to a Liver, which is 10. Rials Ca∣stile, 50 souls French and 5. s. sterl.

The Weights are these and thus distinguished.

The greatest Weight is a Cargo or Load, which is 360. li. of Vi∣lentia, and hath beene found to encrease 3. or 4 per centum after the Weight of Florence. This Cargo is accounted to bee 12. Roves as well of fine as grosse goods; a Rove sutle being 30. li. and by this Weight is weighed corne, sugar, oile, spice, and other fine goods.

A Rove Grosse is 36. lib. and by this is weighed Wooll, and such other grosse goods.

A Quintar as well the small as great is foure Roves, which makes 120. li. of fine goods, and 144. li. of grosse goods, in which ob∣serve this true Rule for all the Weights of Valentia.

98. li. of 18. ounces to the li. is 144. li. of 12. ounces to a pound, and is accounted the great Kintar, and

80. li. of 18. ounces to the li. is 120. li. of 12. ounces per li. the

small Cantar: so that the difference is 16. li. of 18. ounces and 24. l. •…•…f twelve ounces from the great to the small, and these two Weights •…•…ave beene observed to yeeld in other Cities of Trade after this •…•…anner.

100. lib. Sutle doth produce the first Rowe. 100. li. Grosse doth pro∣duce in the second

	Sutle li.	Grosse li.
London	96½	115¼
Marselia	107	128
Venetia sotile	140	168
Sicilia	54	64
Lisborne	84	102
Florence	122	147
Antwerpe	92	110
Lions	101	122
Civill	94	113
Dansicke	110	133
Mallaga	26 Rials	31 Rials
Barselona	104. l.	125. l.
Majorque	102	124
Paris	102	124
S. M•…•…llos	105	128
Allepp	19. 6. Rials	23. 4.
Tripoli Siria	23. 4. Rials	24. 9.
B•…•…ruci	18. 8.	22. 4.
Alexand. zera	44. 5.	53. 2.
Scio	87. 6.	105
Constantinople	79	95
Rhodes	17	21
Genoa	133	163

Their Measures are these following:

Foure Palmes of Valentia makes a Vare, which is 1⅔ Braces, of Florence, and is ⅚ parts of an English Yard; 100. Vares after this account may be in London 83. in 85. Yards.

Corne is sold by the Caffiso in Valentia, which is twelve Barsellas, which weigh 10½ Roves of 36. lib. •…•…a Rove of twelve ounces per lib. which is in Florence 7½ Staios, and 37. Barsellas is there 24. Staios, which is a Mayo, Barseilas 17. making a generall Salmo in Sicilia; and is of the measure of corne in England () Gallons.

Salt is also sold by the Caffiso, which weighes 18. l. of the Grosse waight of Valentia, eight Caffices making one M•…•…dino in Iui•…•…e, and one Caffice making 3. bushells English.

Wine is sold by the Cantaro, which is a pitcher, and containes twelve quarts of English measures: note hat 1480. Salms of wheate in Sicilia have made in Valentia 1840. Saffici.

This Country affords, as I said before, hard Soape commonly worth 80. Rials a Kintar, rising and falling as oyles are in request.

Aniseeds are worth about 24. Rials the Rove, and daily is trans∣ported for France and England.

Barillia is used in making glasses, and hard soapes; and worth 16. to 18. Rials per centum.

Resins of Denia, a small Village, anciently a famous Towne of this Province; not so well esteemed as Mallaga fruit, is sold heere at 18. Rials per cent. and I have paid here for a whole shippes lading of 200. Tunnes, Anno 1618. 24. Rials per cent. proving com∣monly best when dearest.

Almonds are heere also plenty, worth commonly twelve Duc∣cats a Cargo, which is 2. 2. 0. l. English, which 280. li.

Customes here paid is 9. per cent. 4½ by the buyer, and 4½ by the seller, and as often as any Commodity is bought or sold, so often is this Custome paid, being 8. Deniers Duana and 3. Deniers Sisa; and if any goods comes in to bee shipped out againe (com•…•…only called a Transito) the generall Duty of foure Deniers per li. is onely paid and no more.

Their payments in Customes and all other wayes are in Valentia monie, and worth 3. per cent. to be converted into Spanish Rials.

There is also a Duty called a Mottahecos, which is a pound of Pepper on each Quintar, and so upon other fine goods: and this is as much as I remember needfull in this argument, and so I will pro∣ceed to the next Province which is Cattalognia; and as for the Ex∣changes here practised, see farther in the 291. and 426. Chapters.

In Cattalonia is onely famous, the City of Barselona the princi∣pall of this Province, where having good cause of the remem∣brance of my being heere by reason of my imprisonment in the Inquisition, Anno 1618. I must according to my Methode afford the Cities Traffique, a note of observation, in acknowledgement of their love and paines in my Release; moved thereto, partly by the affection I had gained with many the chiefe Merchants, but especi∣ally least the •…•…ame might deterre other English from comming to traffique and inhabite amongst them, and furnish their 〈◊〉〈◊〉 with English commodities which they seeme much to desire, and of∣tentimes much stand in need of.

Notes

• Valentia and the Trade thereof.
• Coines of Valentia.
• Accounts in Valentia.
• Weights of Valentia.
• Cargo fine. Ditto grosse.
• Note in weights.
• Measures of Valentia.
• Of Corne.
• Of Salt.
• Of Wines.
• Commodities of Valentia.
• Genia.
• Customes in Valentia.
• Catalonia.