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. 275.

The declaration of the Table of Exchanges following.

THE Table of Exchanges of the Cities here follow∣ing, are formed and disposed in this nature, first, * 1.1 in the front thereof there is placed the name of the Towne or Citie Exchanging, and in what Region or Countrie seated; secondly, the manner and me∣thod wherein the accounts in that Citie is kept by Exchangers: thirdly, the quality of the monies in use is observed, and in what coine imaginarie or reall that Citie is accustomed to make its Exchange, with the others there mentioned; fourthly, under∣neath that, is orderly set down the names of all the other places, the which by a line, are found to be joyned and knit together; and lastly, in the midst of the line is written the name of the place and Citie it selfe, for which the said Table in the said leafe is made: as for example, in the first leafe, which is for Placentia in Italy, where besides the name of the place it selfe is found these words (Placentia Exchangeth with) the which words, by reason of the including line drawne from the highest to the lowest, hath reference to every one of the names of the other places which are so included together, so that it is to be understood, as that Placentia Exchangeth with Lions, Placentia Exchangeth with Rome, with Genoa, &c. and so in the rest from one to another. Next to every one of the said names of places, followeth the species or monyes Exchanged either by an entire and whole summe, or by a broken and lesser denomina∣tion, which the place in the Table giveth in Exchange by pro∣portion with the other, to whose name the said monyes are placed and put unto, as to say, Placentia Exchangeth with Lions 100 Crowns, that is understood, that in Exchanging betweene Pla∣centia and Lions, 100 Crowns of Placentia are supposed and put by an Equivalencie or in Value to that quantity or summe of mo∣ney, which is found to be noted in Lions following, as in the said Example, Placentia Exchangeth with Lions Crowns 100. for Cro. 97. ¾. so likewise is it to be understood, that in the said Exchanges that for every 100. Crowns of Placentia, or of Fiera, or of Marke,

it is as much to say, as Lions counterpayeth or giveth 97. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. of his Crownes, that is, of the Sunne. Also Placentia Exchangeth with Ge∣noa Crown 1. for sol. 67. 10. d. that is to say, that Placentia Ex∣changing with Genoa it giveth (or as I said before, it selleth) Crown 1. of Marke to have in Genoa, Sol. 67. 10d. of Gold, and in the same manner the rest of the said places are to be understood, and wher∣as the rates or prizes of these Exchanges, may here be found to disagree from the currant rates of the same in sundry places, at this very day and time, yet that cannot take away the benefit that * 1.2 may redound to Merchants, by the use thereof, nor prejudice the labour or judgement of him that calculated the said Table, be∣cause we see by experience, that the rates of Exchanges doe hour∣ly differ, and the moneys also are found to rise, and fal daily in sun∣dry places, upon which, these Exchanges have their groundworke and foundation, and though a Table were calculated precisely to this present day, and time, yet ere the same could be published it would find a disagreement in divers places.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Declaration of the Table of Exchanges.
• * 1.2

  Though the Tables of Ex∣changes differ from the pre∣sent rates, yet the use there∣of is not any way lessened.