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.

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Title: 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.
Author: Roberts, Lewes, 1596-1640.
Publication: At London :: Printed by R. O[ulton, Eliot's Court Press?, Thomas Harper, and Felix Kingston] for Ralph Mabb,; MDCXXXVIII. [1638]
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Subject terms: Coinage -- Early works to 1800.; Weights and measures -- Early works to 1800.; Commerce -- Early works to 1800.; Balance of trade -- Early works to 1800.; Great Britain -- Commerce -- Early works to 1800.
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CHAP. CLXXI.

Of Placentia, and the Trade thereof.

PLACENTIA is a commodious Citie for trade, and * 1.1 feated properly to that end upon the River Poe, af∣foording the ordinary commodities of Italie, but in no∣thing so famous as for the Faires in Exchanges heere quarterly kept, to which place all Italy, Germany and other Countries doe make their Exchanges, rather for the Fatres, then for any commodities wherein they intend to have the said mo∣nies invested, and for the monies of the Country there is no ac∣count had therein thereof, but onely of that wherein the Exchan∣ges is made, which is called the Crowne of Marcque, wherein onely * 1.2 Bankers and Exchangers doe keepe the account of this Citie, and of those Crownes, their accounts are framed in Crownes, Sold and Deniers of Marcque, as I have more at large treated of in severall Chapters of Exchanges, vide 276. and 382. and others following, which by reason of the great concurrencie I have there amply specified, and to which I refer you.

The waight of Placentia is the pound, and 100. li. the Quintall, * 1.3 which a 100. li. is in Ven•…•…ce grosse, 66. li. Venice sutle, 108. li. and by that computation in London sutle pound 72. li. incirca.

Their measure is a Brace, which is 27. inches English, in this Prin∣cipalitie * 1.4 is Mirandola accounted, of which a word passando.

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* 1.1

Placentia, and the Trade thereof.

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* 1.2

Accounts in Placentia.

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* 1.3

Waights in Placentia.

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* 1.4

Measures in Placentia.

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