The estates, empires, & principallities of the world Represented by ye description of countries, maners of inhabitants, riches of prouinces, forces, gouernment, religion; and the princes that haue gouerned in euery estate. With the begin[n]ing of all militarie and religious orders. Translated out of French by Edw: Grimstone, sargeant at armes.

¶ The Riches.

THe principall reuenue of Natolia, consists in Cotton, which grows there abundant∣ly. [ XXII] [ F] Bythinia hath Opiment, which it imparts vnto other nations. Caria makes a good reuenue of the Adarnant stone which it sends forth. Galatia hath mines of copper, which yeelds them great profit yearely. The Pamphylians make great sums of money of their chamlets, which are the best that can be seene. The Capadocians are inricht by their sil∣uer, yron, alume, chrystall, jaspis, onix stone, and alablaster. The Cilicians make great

store of Chamlets of Goats haire, for the which they receiue much money from straun∣gers. [ A] They of Iudea reape much profit by Pilgrimes which go euerie yeare to the Holie Supulchre. Phenicia is a countrie of great traffique, and much frequented: but Arabia the Happie exceeds them all in merchandise, and is exceeding rich, by reason of the spi∣ces, pretious stones, and pea••les, which the inhabitants sell to Merchant strangers which trade there: Among other things, it yeelds Incense sufficient for all the rest of the world. Mecca is a place of great traffique, whether many merchants come from Aethiopia, the Indies, and many other places: It is much inricht euerie yeare by reason of the Pilgrima∣ges, as in li••e 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Medina. As for Aden it is a place of more traffique than any other, and exceeding rich, by reason of the aboundance of commodities which are brought [ B] thither from the Indies, Aethiopia, and Persia, the which arefetcht from thence, and sold by the Merchants at a deare rate; for those people are verie wittie in matters of traf∣fique.