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. CCXXX.

Of Stettin and the trade thereof.

THis Stettin is the Capitall Citie of Pomeran, situated * 1.1 upon the river of Oder, in pleasant & delightsome soyle, and carrieth in these Northerne Regions that renowne, that from hence the Dukes of Stet∣tin in Pomerland have their appellation. The Citie abounds in all commodities for merchandise that the neighbouring Countries affoord; and of it selfe it yeeldeth to merchants the commodities common to Prusson, Sweden, and Polonia.

For its defence, it is strengthned on all sides with ramparts, ditches, and good artillery; the river of Oder is beautified with many use∣full and necessary bridges, the one whereof is purposely made to lead to the Granaries and store-houses, where the corne and graine, either for store or exportation, is laid up, and where their Arsenalls are seated, in which their warlike provision is kept, and where ves∣sels of all sorts both for the sea and river is seene daily to be fabrica∣ted, beside the severall Churches & Colledges that adorne this city, the Dukes Palace must be accompted as the principall ornament, built of that art and sumptuousnesse, that it gives not place to the most excellent in Italy, in fine, Statin is not to be accompted the least of the hauns-townes, and though the Prince be daily there resident, yet it proveth no way prejudiciall to the priviledges thereof.

The commodities of this City are for merchandising, such as all the * 1.2 East Countrey affordeth, viz. Tarre, Pitch, Rosen, Hony, Waxe, Hides, Graine, and all kind of Furres.

The weight of this City is divided into two kinds, derived from the pound weight here in use, the quintar is accompted 112^l^' of this * 1.3 place, and that is the first, and the second is the stone, which is also of two sorts: as a stone of 10^l^' being the small stone, and a stone of 21^l^' accompted the great stone, and it hath beene observed that the 10^l^' of London Haberdupois hath yeelded here incirca 92^l^'.

The common measure in use for length is called the Ell, as the usu∣all denomination thereof in all the East parts, and the 100 yards of * 1.4 London hath beene observed to produce here about 141 ells.

And thus much shall serve to have said of these cities, which I have intitled under the names of Poland and Eastland, though in themselves acknowledging severall distinct Princes, having taken that liberty to my selfe in my first method, rather narrowly to ob∣serve the maritime shoares and the principall cities seated thereup∣on, though acknowledging divers Soveraignes, than precisely to fol∣low the limits and bounds of Princes dominions according to the largenesse and extent of their command and power.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Stettin and the trade thereof.
• * 1.2

  Commodities of Stettin.
• * 1.3

  Weights of Stettin.
• * 1.4

  Measures of Stettin.