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. CCXXIX.

Of Stralsont and the trade thereof.

STralsont lies also in this tract, and is found seated on the Baltique sea, opposite to the Iland of Raugie, * 1.1 where the late K. of Sweden first landed in his invasi∣on of the Empire: •…•…it is now subject to the Duke of Pomeran, and in whose cause it hath endured a long and straight siege; but being well and strongly for∣tified, by suffering, it over-came, and is now accounted a famous

Mart in these Northerne parts for Graine, Pitch Tarre, Rosen, Hony, Wax, Hides, Tallow, and the like. Here passeth in Merchandise the monies of Norway, Denmarke, Sweden and Germany, of all which I have spoken, and the Duke hath also a peculiar coine, which is stam∣ped in equall value to the Imperial Doller, as above is sayd.

The weight of Stralsont is the pound, 10 whereof is accounted for * 1.2 a stone, and 16 for a Lispound, and the 100 pound in London hath pro∣duced here about 88 in 89 pound.

The measure of length is the Ell, and is found to agree with the * 1.3 Ell of Statin, as is shewed hereafter.

I must not here omit a word in memorie of the ancient Citie of Iulin, seated in this Dutchie, and which once was the principall Ci∣tie * 1.4 of trade in all this sea: for here the Vandals, Saxons, Muscovites, Poloniant, Swedes, English, Danes, and Germanes had their severall quarters of residencie for Commerce; and all the commodities of these Countries were brought hither by these nations. It is noted, that the inhabitants were the last of all these Northerne people, that embraced the Christian Religion, by reason that being in the height of their prosperitie, perceiving the Gospel of Christ to thrive and increase in all their neighbouring territories, strictly prohibi∣ted, that no stranger whatsoever here resident, should embrace the same, nor that any should as much as mention any new religion unto them; but in these latter dayes their great traffique is lost, and they are become religious according to the superstition of that re∣ligion they use, and since have suffered much by the vexations of the continuall warres of the Danes, and appeares now for the most part ruined, where I wil leave it, and passe thence to the next town of Pomeran.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Stralsont and the trade there∣of.
• * 1.2

  Weight of Stralsont.
• * 1.3

  Measures of Stralsont.
• * 1.4

  Iulin.