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. CCXLII.

Of Scutarie, and the trade thereof.

SCutarie is accompted the Metropolis of Albania, and situated upon a Lake, called the Lake of Scutarie, or Scodra, through which the river of Bolon•…•… runneth, and so to the Sea, neere the gulph of Lodrin, and in∣cluded in the gulph of Venetia; but being now as the other cities of this Tract in subjection to the Grand Sig^r; the trade thereof is much decayed, and the city ruin'd from its ancient splendour and beautie, yet the industry of the inhabitants, doth afford some silke made here; also waxe, hony, hides, cordovante, and some other skins for merchandise.

In Scutary is used two sorts of weights, a grosse and a sotile; the grosse hundred of 100^l^' is in England 108^l^' in circa haberdupois, by which all grosse commodities are weighed, and the sotile hundred, by which all fine commodities are weighed, is English 64^l^', and it hath beene observed, the 1000^l^' sotile of Venice, hath made here grosse 664 l', and the 1000 l' grosse here in Scutary, hath made in Venice 1600 l'.

The measure of length here in use, is the pico observed to accord with Venice thus: the 100 braces of cloth hath made here 112 picho, and the 100 braces of silke in Venice, hath made here 106 picho, which in England must be accompted for (27) inches.

All sort of graine is sold by the stare not onely in Scutary, but also in Boiano, seated on the mouth of this river, and the 100 stares make in Venice 66⅔ stares which is in England () accompting by this computation every three stares of Scutary to make two stares in Venice.

And thus leaving Scodra with this short survey, with the ap∣plause due to it, for its excellent situation and strength, I hence passe to Valona, or Avalona.

Notes

• Scutary, and the trade thereof.
• The weights of Scutary.
• Measures of Scutary.
• Of Graine.