A.D. 



. 5 8 4 . 



Note that \ 

 roues make a 

 quintall. 



Muske ofTar- 

 tarle by ye 

 way of China. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



advertising that there be two sorts of candill, one of 1 6 

 manas, the other of 20 manas, that of 16 manas commeth 

 to be just 3 quintals, and that of 20 manas, 3 quintals, 

 3 roues. Note that 4 roues make a quintall, and the 

 roue is 32 rotiloes, as in Ormuz. 



There is also another weight which they call Marco, 

 which is eight ounces or halfe a rotilo of Goa, & 9 ounces 

 of Venice sotile : with this they weigh amber, corall, 

 muske, ambracan, civet, and other fine wares. 



There is also another sort of weight called Man- 

 giallino, which is 5 graines of Venice weight and 

 therewith they weigh diamants and other jewels. 



Note that in Goa they use not to abate any tare of any 

 goods, except of sacks or wraps, & therfore it requireth 

 great advisement in buying of the goods, especially in the 

 muske of Tartaria which commeth by way of China in 

 bladders, and so weigh it without any tare rebating. 



The measure of Goa is called a tode, which encreaseth 

 upon the measure of Babylon & Balsara after the rate of 

 17 & one eight part by the 100, so that bringing 100 

 pikes of any measurable ware from thence to Goa, it is 

 found 117 pikes 7 eight parts, and bringing 100 codes 

 from Ormuz to Goa, there is found but 93 codes and 

 one fourth part. 



There is also the vare in Goa, which is just as the vare 

 of Ormuz, and therewith they measure onely things that 

 are of small value. 



For the mony of Goa, there is a kind of mony made 

 of lead and tin mingled, being thicke and round, and 

 stamped on the one side with the spheare or globe of 

 the world, and on the other side two arrowes & 

 5 rounds : and this kind of mony is called Basaruchi, 

 and 15 of these make a vinton of naughty mony, and 



5 vintons make a tanga, and 4 vintenas make a tanga of 

 base money : so that the tanga of base mony is 60 

 basaruchies, and the tanga of good mony 75 basaruchies, 



6 5 tangas make a seraphine of gold, which in marchan- 

 dize is worth 5 tangas good money : but if one would 



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