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other marchandize are at one time dearer then another, 

 as all other things be. 



This Ganza goeth by weight of Byze, & this name 

 of Byza goeth for ye accompt of the weight, and com- 

 monly a Byza of a Ganza is worth (after our accompt) 

 halfe a ducat, litle more or lesse : and albeit that Gold 

 and silver is more or lesse in price, yet the Byza never 

 changeth : every Byza maketh a hundreth Ganza of 

 weight, and so the number of the money is Byza. He 

 that goeth to Pegu to buy Jewels, if he wil do well, 

 it behoveth him to be a whole yere there to do his busi- 

 How a man nesse. For if so be that he would return with the ship 

 may dispose y^^ came in, he cannot do any thing so conveniently for 

 the trade in ^^ brevitie of the time, because that when they custome 

 Pegu. their goods in Pegu that come from S. Tome in their 



ships, it is as it were about Christmas : and when they 

 have customed their goods, then must they sell them 

 for their credits sake for a moneth or two : and then 

 at the beginning of March the ships depart. The Mar- 

 chants that come from S. Tome take for the paiment 

 of their goods, gold, and silver, which is never wanting 

 Good instriic- there. And 8. or 10. dayes before their departure they 

 are all satisfied : also they may have Rubies in paiment, 

 but they make no accompt of them : and they that will 

 winter there for another yere, it is needfull that they be 

 advertized, that in the sale of their goods, they specifie 

 in their bargaine, the terme of two or 3. moneths pai- 

 ment, & that their paiment shalbe in so many Ganza, 

 and neither golde nor silver : because that with the 

 Ganza they may buy & sel every thing with great advan- 

 tage. And how needful is it to be advertized, when 

 they wil recover their paiments, in what order they shal 

 receive their Ganza } Because he that is not experienced 

 may do himselfe great wrong in the weight of the Gansa, 

 as also in the falsenesse of them : in the weight he may 

 be greatly deceived, because that from place to place it 

 doth rise and fall greatly : and therefore when any wil 

 receive money or make paiment, he must take a publique 



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