t!)e 3fl« ofppmt. 
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is Worth tfcc Pico $o. 0? 6o,3ftpals of cigfjf > 
Joljtte Lam par den *S>llk of 1 4.<£lS thep&CC 
atecornmonlp Worth one peare With the O' 
iher, jo.o? f.s. Spalls of cigljt. %\)t bum 
D?cD, the ggtoffeliat c? f£ufke is comment 
Worth one peare With tfje other the Caete, 
Which is 2 o. ounces, fire or feuen Upalls of 
eight, other fine wares atiD marchanDifesof 
China, hauc their Different prices acceroing* 
Ip, as the timeferuetl), ano are not fo com¬ 
mon as tfjefc Lillies, fo; that With the £>ilks 
aforefaioisthe po?ttngaUes trade, ano the 
principalleff riches, that are brought out of 
£ihina to the countries borderingabout it, 
0 s touching the Waighf ano monep of 
China ana Malacca, pou muff bnDerffanD, 
that the Waight Which in Malacca is called 
a Bhar, is three Pi cos, ano euerp Pico is 6 6 
j Caetes, fo that 3 ♦ Picos Which is a Bhar, 
are 200. Caetes, as Well great as fmall 
tuaighf > a Bhar of China is 300* Caetes, 
Which Waigh as much as 200, Caetes at 
Malacca fmall Waighf: fcjthat three Cae¬ 
tes of China, arem Malacca, two Caetes 
fmall Waight*. a Caete of China is 1 6. Ta# 
cys ChimCh Waighf, Which ace 14. Taeys 
fn /Malacca Which is as much as 2<vfi)tm* 
ces pojtingall Waighf- SChep bfe liheWtfe 
a Waighf Which fhep cal a Hanr,eucrp Hant 
is tWelue Caetesfmal Waight ana eucrp Ca# 
ete is 2 2. Taeyes, anD i 6, Hantes anD 8. 
Caetes, are iuff 200.Caetes Which is a 
Bhar of fmall Waighf, fo liheWife a Tael of 
Malacca is i &Mafes, anD io.Mafesan9 
J. is an 3 Dunce of pojtingall Waight, anD an 
£Dtmce anD a halfe is iuff i 6.Mafes,anDthe 
eight part of a Mafe,bp fhefe Mafes thep fel 
the U5ejars ff ones, fo? euerp Mafetwoo? 
thr® 3Ducat0, according to their greatneUe 
anD gesDneffeJn Malacca are tWo fortes of 
Waights,great anD fmall, Whichheereafter 
folloW .0 Bhar great Waight,is 2 00. Cates, 
anD one Cates 2 <5* Taeys, and one T aey is 
one &>unce f harD Waight of po?tmgall,the 
fmall Waight is a Bhar, - Which is alfo 2 00. 
Caetes,anDOlte Caetes is 22.Taeys,anD 
a Tael is a full €>nncc anD a halfe portingal 
WafghtMiih their greatWaighf tljep Weigh 
peper,Clones, Nutmegs,if oho,reD $ White 
^anders, 3 inDico, 0 lum,t>angnis,D?acoms, 
palo sDauguila, feief, anD £>apon. Mtth 
the fmall,Waight thep,'Waigh ©uickfiluer, 
tliermilion.Copcr.Blic^uoriehones^tlit, 
50 ulKe, 0 mber, Calamba, 0; Lignum Silo¬ 
es, SCin, Lead, Lancua,£Dple of Nutmegs, 
ano of floWers, taterdette, Kofamallta, 
fofot,ano Camphor ic, EChemarchanDtfes 
that the portingals carrie to China, Where# 
of thep make moll profile is Kpals of eighty 
WhichmCiiina are Worth aboue fijc tetoes, 
Thei.bookc, ' 
not fo? that tbephab father bane if then o# 
fher ^ilucr, but fo? that it is all Milner,for ft 
tspjefenflp cut in peeccs, to pap if out after 
their manner as it is CbeWeD befoje.thep car# 
rie liheWife fome Mines both JBojtingal anD 
Sfnoian Mine, anD fome £)plcs offlines. 
Which are there DeftreD. Llcluet, Cloth of 
Scarlet, Whereof thep hauenone, no?, pet 
can make asip , although thep haue both 
W®pe anD Wooll enough. Looking giafles, 
3Wo?te bones, auDallkuioe of £b?iftall anD 
< 25 iafie, are Well fdDe there. But this (hall 
fufficefo?fhat Which concerned) the lanD of 
China, now 3 Will procftDcf0 the Defcriptfc> 
on of the 3 !lanD of fapan,Wbicbis the fartbeft 
SKiage andlaft £D?icntaU place bp the ^or* 
tingals CifcouereD o?at this Dap knoWne, 
The 26, Chapter, 
Of the Hand of Japan, 
^ellanDo? the lanD of Ja¬ 
pan is manp 3 jlanDs one bp 
the other, anD are feperateD 
anD DcniDeD onlp bp certaine 
fmall Cr®kes anbrtaers, ft 
is a great lanD, although as 
pet thecircmte thereof is not knoWne, be# 
caufe as pet if is not DifcouereDmo? bn the 
Ipojtingalles foughtinfo, it begmneth WtDer 
3 O. Degr®s, anD runneth till poucomefo ;8 
Degr®s, it Ipcth Caff from the firme lanD of 
China, about 80. miles, anD from Maccau 
bp the Wape that the po?tingalles tratmile 
^o?fheaff WarDe, is about 5 00. miles, anD 
the ^autn Where commonlp the pojtingals 
Wcto traffiqae, is callcD Nangafache, SChep 
haue liheWife other places Where thep traf# 
ftque anD Deale. 'Che c ountrie is colD,p?oca# 
Ding of much rapne, ^noW anD 3 Ice,that fa!# 
ieth therein, it hath fome Co?nelanDe, bug 
their common Co;nc isMpcc. ^n fome pla¬ 
ces the lanD is berie hillie anD DnfruitM,thep 
eate no fleffj but the flefh of Witoe beaff s,anft 
fuel) as is huntcD, Wherein thep are berie er# 
pert, although there are £>rop, CoWes, 
^h®pe, anD fud) like Caffell good ffo ?e,pef 
thep bfe them to other things about their la¬ 
bours, ano becaufe it is fame fleffj,* Which 
thep cannot b?i»ke, thep refufe it as Wee Doe 
ho?feflelh, thep Doe liheWife refufe to eate 
$Mke, as Wee Doe blouD, fapmgthat ^ilke 
althoughitis White, pet it is berie blouDe, 
‘Chephauc much jfify. Whereof thep are be# 
rie Defirous, as alfo all kmos of fruifes, as in 
China. Cheirhoufes are commcnWcouerea 
With Wood, ano With fffaWe, thep are fine 
ano Workmanlike builte ? fpeciallp the rich 
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