and French, who Traffick with the Inhabitants for Corn, Galls, Wool, and Wax, and in the lieu thereof give them Spices, and Europian Cloath.
Their Weights are the Cantar of Acria which makes 603 pound English, and the Rottolo which is 4 pound 5 ½ Ounces Eng∣lish, and 650 Drams. Their Measures are the Brace, with which they Measure their Cloath, and other Commodities. Their Coyns, especially theirs of Sidon, and the Ryals of 8/•• Spanish, and Chickqeens of Gold, the Ryal going currant for 70 As∣pers, and the Chickqeens at 108, but seldom continue long at a setled value; and thus much for the Province of Phaenicia.
Syrophaenicia, contains the City of Baruti, formerly called Julia Felix, once a City of great Trade, but of late reduced to strait∣er Limits and little Trade; all they have with Europe, is from the Venetians. Their Commodities are Wax, Drugs, some Silks, and such like Commodities common to Asia.
Their Weights is the Cantar, contain∣ing 100 Rotolo's, each Rotolo being accounted 502 pound English.
Their Measure is the Pico, 100 con∣taining 86 Venetian Braces.
Their Trade for the most parts is with