APPENDIX, No. IV. 45) 



^f England, which was without doubt at that time the 

 finefl in Europe. 



Sebaftian Munfler, in his Cofmographice Univerfalisi 

 printed in the year 1550 at Bafii, has the following fhort 

 notice concerning the fubject of our prefent inquiries : — . 

 *'''Pafcua in utroque regno (Jcil. Scotia et Anglia — he is 

 *' treating of Scotland at the time) funt optima, unde et 

 *' millibi melior et tenerior lana *." This once more 

 puts the Scotch and Englifh wool in the fame clafs, and 

 in the firft rank for finenefs. 



PetruGcio Ubaldiai, who wrote a defcription of Scot- 

 land in the Italian language, imprinted at Anverfa 1588, 

 mentions the wool of this country in terms of greater ap- 

 probation, and takes notice of fome other peculiarities of 

 our manufa6lure, owing to the finenefs of the wool. 



His words are, — 



*' Ma che diremo noi della lana (it is of Scotland he 

 " is fpeaking), la quale aprelTo di tutte le genti e in pregio 

 " grandiflimo ?" i.e. " But what ftiall I fay of the wool, 

 which bears a very high price among all nations ?" And 

 immediately he adds : " Ma quelle che non bene e noto 

 ** ad ogniuno, non piccola parte di quella delicata et 

 " gentile, della quale li fanno i panni fcarlatti, et di co- 

 ** lor di porpora, et di altri colori finiffimi di contellura 

 *' eccellentiffime, et calze, et camicevole, et guanti, 

 " commodita et ornamento d'illuftri, et gran madonne, 

 " non era da taceref." " But what is not well known to 

 every one, and what ought not to be concealed, there is 

 no fmall quantity of that fine delicate fort, of which is 

 made fcarlet cloths of an excellent quality, and purple, 

 and other fine colours, and floekings, and waiftcoats, and 



G gloves, 



* Cofm. Univ. p. 49. 



f Defer, del reguo de Scotia de Petntccio Ubaldini Cittadin Fiorentlo, 



