[ VI] THis Island was in old time held for the Garne•• or Corne lost of Italie, and especial∣ly of Rome, as it is many times at this day: so as the Sicilians make much money of [ B] the sale of their corne, as also, of their oyles and silke, whereof they make a great quanti∣tie, especially at Messina, where the best is. The king of Spaine drawes yearely out of this Island three hundred thousand crownes, that is to say, a hundred thousand crowns, one within an other, of the custome of wheat: a hundred thousand crownes of weights and merchandize, and a hundred thousand crownes of buildings, bridges, tents, and gifts, which in Sicile they call secrets. There is also the extraordinarie reuenues, as the confiscations of the great court, the sale of places that are void, the benefit of the Croi∣sado, and of extraordinarie gifts, which amount to great sums. The expence, which is most commonly greater than the receipt, consists in the payment of officers, horsemen, footmen, galleis, garrisons, debts, and recompences. [ C]
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.
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- 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.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A23464.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2025.
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¶ The Riches of the Island.