£>f tlje mottepnwgpt $ meaiure of ®oa. s 9 
ieffeo?mo?e, acco:bing to tfjc ercbange, 
iEbere is alfo a hinbe ofrechoning of money 
tobicb 10 calleb T anga s,not ttjaf there 10 any 
fuel) coineb, but are fo namcb onely in telling, 
Sue Tangas is one Pardaw, oj Xcraphm 
babbe money, fo? you mutt bnberttanbe that 
fn felling tbey bane f too hinbs of money g©b 
anb babbe, fo?foure Tangas gcob money are 
as much as fiue Taugas bab money, Wer# 
fo?etobcn tbey buy anb fell, tbey bargaine 
fo? gob 0 ? babbe money. SEbcre is likeluife a 
reehoning of Vmtiins, tobicb is not Khetoife 
fncoyne.butonelynamebintellmg: of tbefe 
fours gfflb, aub fiue babbe boe mahe a Tan* 
gas, S£be lotoctt anb fmallett money is cal* 
febBazaruco, tbefe are fiftame babbe, anb 
etgbtene gob to a Vintiin, anb tb?ee Baza* 
rucosareas mucb asttoo Rciis Portingal 
money: BSf is molten money of babbe 2 Dinne, 
fi) that 375. Bazarucos are one Pardaw o? 
Xcraphiin. Cbere is atfo a hinbe of money 
otrt of/ , erna,callcb Lari ins, tobicb are long, 
foery grab anb fine filuer, toitbouf any allay, 
2Cbefearciuo?tb 105-. anb 1 o8‘.Bazarucos, 
asfbeeycbaunge goetb, Iiftlemo?e 0 ? leffe. 
SCfjey baue a hinb of money calleb Pago des, 
tobicb is of 0 olb,ofttooo?fb?ffl fo?tes, anb 
areaboueeight Tangas in balue. Cbey are 
inbiananb t^eatbeniib money,toitb tbe pic* 
Jure of a ]E>iueU bpen tbem.anb tberefo?c arc 
calleb Pagodes, STbcre is another hinbe of 
golb money, tobicb is calleb Venetiandcrs: 
fome of V enicc, anb fome of SCurhilb coinc, 
anb are commonly 2,Pardawes Xeraphins, 
SUberc is yet another hinbof golbc calleb 
Thomas, becaufe £>afnt Thomas is figureb 
tberon, $ is too?tb about 7, % eight Tangas : 
^berearelihetoifefttallesof 8 . tobicb are 
b?ougbt from Portingal ,anb are calleb Par* 
dawes de Reales: 2 Dfbcr money of Portin- 
gall is not currant there. 2 Dbeyaretoo?tbat 
fbeirfirttcommingout of Portingal 1 436, 
Heyesof Portingal l,anb after are rayfeb by 
erebaunge, as tbey are fought fo? toben men 
tranellfo? China,but they are too?tb neither 
mo?e no? lette.STbey bfe in Goa in their buy* 
tog anb felling a certaine maner of reehoning 
O? felling. Sphere are Pardawes Xera* 
phins, anb tbefe are filuer. 2 Cbey name lihe- 
toife Tardawes of < 0 olo, anb fbofe are not in 
hinbe 0 ? in coyne, but onely fo nameb in tel* 
ling anb reehoning: fo? toben they buy anb 
felipearles, (tones, golbe, filuer anb bo?fes, 
tbey name but fo many Pardawes, anb then 
you mutt bnberffanb that one Pardaw is fipc 
Tangas: but in other toare, toben yon mahe 
not your bargaine befo?e banb, butplatnely 
name Pardawes, they are Pardawes Xera¬ 
phins of). Tangas the pace. SEbey bfealfo 
to fay a‘Pardaw of Lariins, anb are fiue 
The i.Booke, 
Lariins fo? euery Pardaw, %i)ig is the mo¬ 
ney anb reehoning of Goa, toberetoitb they 
buy, fell, receiue, anb pay. spanyoftbem 
hnoto toel boto to gaine by tbefe hinbs of mo# 
neys, byerebanging, buying anb felling of 
them, ‘Cbere is great faiajeobe in the Par¬ 
dawes Xeraphins,tobicb is tbep?incipallett 
anb currantett money: tobercfo?e there are in 
euery ttreete anb co?ner of the Cittie,3etoes 
that are Cb?ittians, calleb Xaraffcs,tobo fo? 
berie ftnall p?ofit Icohe bppon the moneyes, $ 
are fo perfect therein, that as they let the mo* 
ney pafle tb?ougb their banbes in tclling,tbey 
hnotoe the falfe pieces toifbout once leaking 
bpontbem, o?tahingtbem bp: yea,altbongbi 
it lay among a tboufanbepeeces: anb ifano» 
tber iboulb tahe it in their banbes anb tell it a 
tbonfanbe tim^yet coulbe they newer per* 
ceiue if, but in ringing if, a man may hnoto 
it bery toell. SEbefe are coyneb in the 
firme lanbe by the l^eatbenitb Binbians 9 
to beceyuetbepo?tingalles toitball, tobere* 
fo?e no man bares receiue money, toere it 
but balfe a Pardaw,ercept be fljeto if to tbofe 
Xaraffcs. %Uy fell money bery reabtly anb 
ftoiff ly, anb telltng ifbo Ifflhe bpon it f 0 fee if 
it be gob, anb bo giue their p?omife that if if 
be founb t© (bo?f, 0 ? any falfe money therein 
after they baue folbe it, they tmllmahe if 
grab bobse muebfoeuerif be. 2 Dbey are alfo 
bery reaby to erebange money, 0 ? to boe 
tobatfoeuer men neebe touching the fame. 
SEbey fitte at the co?ners of the ttreefes, anb 
befo?e mens boufes, anb a table Ujitbbeapes 
ofmoneyttanbingbefo?etbem, enery heaps 
being a Tanga, tobicb is 7 5. Bazarucos, $ 
toben any man toill change a Pardaw, they 
giue him ttuo 0 ? tb?ce, fometimes 8 . 0 ? 10 . 
Bazarucos mo?e then the 37/. Bazarucos, 
fo?tbey hnoto boto to mahe it bp againe, anb 
fo bo they toitb all other money accojbing to 
the rate. 
2Cbc bjaigbt of Goa is alfo in Diners hinos ? 
as in Portingal, tnitb Quintales,Arrobas ? 
anbpounbes. ,Cbey baue lihetoife another 
iuaygbt calleb Mao, tubiebisa Hand, anb 
is tUielue pounbs,b?itb the tobicb they foeigb 
^Butter, t^ony, &>ugar,anD all hinb of toes 
to be folbe by toaigbt ‘Ebey baue lihetoife a 
toaigbttoberetoitb tbeytocigb pepper f 0 # 
tber fpices, calleb a Bhar, anb is as rnneb as 
tb?© Qnintales $ a balfe Portingal toatgbt 
^bey baue a meafure calleb Medida, that 
is fo fay, euen toaigbf. 3 It is about a fpanne 
high, anb balfe a finger b?oabe, tobereof 2 4 * 
meafures are a Hand, anb 2 o. Handes are 
one Candiil, anb one Candiil is little mo?e 
0 ? lette tbe 14 -bulbeIs,toberetoltb they mea* 
furc Kyce,Co?ne,f all graine, 0 ? other com* 
mobifiesfs be folb by meafure, anb the ttyps 
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