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. CXX.

Of the waights and measures of Spaine reduced to the English hundred.

THe principall Cities of Spaine and Portugall thus surveyed; It will not be unworthy our observa∣tion * 1.1 first to see how the waights and measures of some other lesser Cities here omitted concurre with the waights and measures of England, and then take a generall view of the Trade which is in ge∣nerall found in the compasse of those Kingdomes, now united and subiect to the Crowne of Castilia: First then to beginne with the waights of Spaine and Portugall, I will reduce them to the suttle 100. li. of London, which by observation hath been found to make in

Sivill is 108. li. by

• great quintar of 144. li. of 4. roves of 36. li.
• smaller quintar of 112. li. of 4. roves of 28. li.
• lesser quintar of 120. li. of 4. roves of 30. li.

Granado and Almer•…•…a bona

• 104. li. is the pound of 16. Ounces.
• 89. li. is of silke and copper of 18. ounces.
• 52. li. great waight for flesh, 32. ounces.

Castilia and Medina del campo 98. li. Burgos 89. Rot.

Aragon and Barselona

• 102. li.
• 92. li. great weight for Woolen.
• 126. li. small waight for Saffron.

Valentia

• 102. li. by quintar of 4. roves of 30. li. for Spices.
• 129. li. by quintar of 4. roves of 36. li. the carga, is those * 1.2 quintars of 360. li. and the greater of 432. li.

Leon 105. li.

Saragosa 108. li. and by the small quintar 126. li.

Sava•…•…ona and Salanico 126. li.

Viliaco 77. li.

Note here that the Ilands of the Canaries, and all the Ilands of Spaine use the waights of Si•…•…ill as aforesaid, now for the Kingdome of Portugall 100. li. London makes in Portugall Rot. 104. li.

• the great quintar of 128. li.
• the small quintar of 112. li. containing each 4. Ro•…•…es of 32. li. and 28. li.

Note here, that there is allowance made foure upon the hundred upon Sugars, and two and three per cent. upon Cotton wools and such •…•…ike, the small quintar is the waight of the contractation house of the •…•…ndies: all spice is waighed thereby, but all are waighed by the great quintall, and reduced upon the lesser quintar, one quintar of Waxe, is one quintar and halfe of 112. li. is 168. li.

Madera 104. Rotolos.	or pounds by the quintar of 128. li.
Cape Verde 104. Rot.
Saint Thomas 104. Rot.
•…•…uynea 104. Rot.
Morr•…•…cco in Barbary 104. Rot.

Feas and suus in Barbary. 92. li.

Calicut 77. aracoles: note here they sell by the, Baccar or Baharr, be∣ing at Laxborne foure great quintars of 112. li. and observe that the Baharr is foure quintars for 120. aracoles.

The Bahar or Bahor is

• 20. faracoles of 32. li. per Rove, which at Lixborne is 5. quintals,
• 480. aracoles.

Whereby it may be discerned, that as Sivill hath given the waight to the West Indies discovered by the Spaniard, so hath not Lixborne but in part given the waight to the East Indies, who had amongst themselves there an eminent trade, and consequently their waight and measure peculiar to themselves, before the Portugall discovered the same.

As for the measures of both these Kingdomes, as I have done * 1.3 with the waight in reducing it to the London 100. li. sotle, so will I reduce the measures thereof, to the 100. yards of London which rendereth in

The 100. yards of Londō is in

• ...

  Castilia	111. Vares	of 4. quartes, and eve∣ry quarto 2. palmes.
  Toledo	111. Vares

• Cades—108. Vares.
• Di•…•…to for si•…•…ke—148. Ells.
• Andolusia—109. Vares.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉—57. Cones.
• ...

• Saragosa—44. Canes.
• ...

  Morocco	181. Covad.	Both these of 12. to one Cove.
  Cap dalgi•…•…	141. Covad.

• Sivilia—109. Vares.
• Granado—109. Vares.
• Barselona—57. Canes.
• Valentia—97. Canes.
• Lixborne—82. Vares.
• Ditto for—109. Vares.
• Ditto for silke—96. Covades.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Waights of Spaine reduced to the 100. li. of England.
• * 1.2

  The 100. li. of London.
• * 1.3

  Measures of Spaine reduced to 100. yards in London.