The merchants map of commerce wherein the universal manner and matter relating to trade and merchandize are fully treated of, the standard and current coins of most princes and republicks observ'd, the real and imaginary coins of accounts and exchanges express'd, the natural products and artificial commodities and manufactures for transportation declar'd, the weights and measures of all eminent cities and towns of traffick in the universe, collected one into another, and all reduc'd to the meridian of commerce practis'd in the famous city of London / by Lewis Roberts, merchant.

CHAP. CCV. Of Lubeck, and the Trade thereof.

* 1.1LUBECK is an Imperial and free City, and one of those that are accounted Hans-Towns; it is seated on the top of a fair and spacious Hill, upon the very crown whereof is a beauti∣ful Church, from whence leadeth streets to all the gates of the City. It is incompassed with a double wall, one of Brick, and narrow, the other of earth and broad: In some parts there is also deep ditches where Ships of a 1000 tuns are brought up to winter from Tremuren the Maritime Port of this City, seated on the Baltick Sea, a mile distant from this Town; the buildings hereof are very beautiful of Brick, having many pleasant walks without the walls. The government of this Town is much commended for their neatness, pleasant gardens, courteous carriage to strangers, civility of manners, and strict execution of justice. Their water is con∣veyed hither by pipes; and have each of them a Cock of water in his own house: also all the poor inhabitants are constrained to live in a street by themselves, where they are set on work, and provided for. This City adorned with ten Churches, one whereof being a decayed Mona∣stery, they have converted to an Armory of all Ammunitions for war. S. Maries the Cathedral Church being the principal, and seated, as I said before, on the very summit of this hill, where∣on the City standeth.

* 1.2The Trade of this City at present is great, partly by the industry of the inhabitants, and partly by reason of the commodious situation of the place, and the neighbourhood of the

Baltick Sea: the place of it self is famous for the Beer made, and hence transported into other Regions, and by some used medicinally, for bruises of the body and such like ac∣cidents, though by them in use commonly both for their ordinary drink, and food and rayment.

* 1.3The common weight of Lubeck is a pound, of which is made a Centiner and a Skip-pound, for 112 pound is the centiner or quintar; the stone 10 pound and 32 stone to the Skip pound, which is 320 pound, and the 20 Lispound of 16 pound mark is also accounted for a Skip-pound, which is in London (…) pounds.

* 1.4The measure of length of Lubeck is the Ell, 120 ells whereof makes in London 60 ells, and the 100 yards London hath made here 160 ells incirca.

* 1.5In Lubeck Corn is measured by the Last, 96 Schepels making a Last which is 10¼ quarters of London, and 85 Schepels is found to make a Last in Amsterdam.

Lasts 7 of 18 Barrels in Lubeck is found to make 100 Sacks of Salt being 122 small Barrels for the 100 Sacks at Armuiden in Zeland, which is found to be 7½ Lasts of 18 Barrels of Salt in London, but accounted by the weight in London to make 11½ Weyes, and it is accounted 40 Bushels to a Wey, water measure of ten gallons.

* 1.6Beer is here sold by the Barrel, which is 50 Stoops of Antwerp, and every Stoop hath been observed to hold about 7 pints of Beer measure in England, which is about 44 Gallons.

Notes

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  Lubeck, and the Trade thereof.
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  Beer of Lubeck famous.
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  Weights of Lubeck.
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  Measures of Lubeck.
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  Of Corn.
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  of Beer.