. The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques & discoveries of the English nation, made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compass of these 1600 yeeres . ioch, which is thence 60. English miles, and from thence went downe to Tripolis, where going aboord a small vessell, I arrived at Joppe, and travelled to Rama, Lycia, Gaza, Jerusalem, Bethleem, to the river of Jordan, and the sea or lake of Zodome, and returned backe to Joppe, & from thence by sea to Tripolis, of which places because many others have published large discourse
. The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques & discoveries of the English nation, made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compass of these 1600 yeeres . ioch, which is thence 60. English miles, and from thence went downe to Tripolis, where going aboord a small vessell, I arrived at Joppe, and travelled to Rama, Lycia, Gaza, Jerusalem, Bethleem, to the river of Jordan, and the sea or lake of Zodome, and returned backe to Joppe, & from thence by sea to Tripolis, of which places because many others have published large discourses, I surcease to write. Within few dayes after imbarking my selfe at Tripolis the 22. of December, I arrived (God be thanked) in safety here in the river of Thames with divers English marchants, the 26. of March, 1588, in the Hercules of London, which was the richest ship of English marchants goods that ever was knowen to come into this realme. [The money THE ENGLISH VOYAGES The money and measures of Babylon, Balsara, andthe Indies, with the customes, &x. writtenfrom Aleppo in Syria, An. 1584. by M. WilLBarret. BABYLON: The weight, measure, and money currant there, andthe customes of Mana of Babylon is of Aleppo 1 roue5 ounces and a halfe : and 68 manas andthree seventh parts, make a quintall ofAleppo, which is 494 li. 8 ounces ofLondon: and 100 manas is a quintallof Babylon, which maketh in Aleppo 146roues, and of London 722 li. and somuch is the sayd quintall: but the marchants accord isby so much the mana, and in the sayd place they batethe tare in all sorts of commodities, according to theorder of Aleppo touching the tare. The measure of Babylon is greater then that of Aleppo21 in ye 100. For bringing 100 pikes of any measurableware from Aleppo thither, there is found but 82 pikesin Babylon, so that the 100 pikes of Babylon is of Aleppo121 pikes, very litle lesse. The currant mony of Babylon are Saies, which Say is5 medines, as in Aleppo, and 40 medi
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