and in this order the marchants pay of all the goods which come from any part of the indies. but if they come from ormuz to goa with horses, they are not subiect to pay any custome inward, notwithstanding if they send all or any part thereof for any other place, or returne it to ormuz, they pay the custome outward, although they could not sell. they vse also in goa amongst the common sort to bargaine for coales, wood, lime, and such like, at so many braganines, accounting 24 basaruches for one braganine, albeit there is no such mony stamped. the custome of the portugals is, that any moore or gentile, of what condition or state soeuer he be, may not depart from goa to go within the land, without licence of certaine deputies deputed for that office, who (if they be moores or gentiles) doe set a seale vpon the arme, hauing thereon the armes of portugal, to be knowen of the porters of the citie, whether they haue the said licence or no. cochin. the weight, measure, and money, currant in cochin. all the marchandise which they sell or buy within the sayd citie, they bargaine for at so many serafines per quintal, which is 128. rotilos of iust weight, with the quintal and rotilo of goa and ormuz: aduertising that there are diuers sorts of bars according to the sorts of commodities, and in traffiquing, they reason at so much the bar. note that there are bars of 3 quintals and 3 quintals and halfe, and 4 quintals. they abate a vsed tare of all marchandize, according to the sort of goods, and order taken for the same. the measure of goa and cochin are all one. the money of cochin are all the same sorts which are currant in goa, but the duckat of gold in value is 10 tangas of good money. the custome of cochin as wel inward as outward for all strangers is eight in the hundred, but those that haue bene married foure yeere in the countrey pay but foure in the hundred, per aduiso. malacca. the weight, measure, and money of malacca. for the marchandise bought and sold in the citie they reckon at so much the barre, which barre is of diuers sorts, great and small, according to the ancient custome of the said citie, and diuersitie of the goods. but for the cloues they bargaine at so much the barre, which barre is 3 quintals, 2 roues and 10 rotilos. as i haue abouesaid, all kind of drugs haue their sorts of barres limited. note that euery quintal is 4 roues, and euery roue 32 rotilos, which is 128 rotilos the quintall, the which answereth to aleppo 95 rotilos, and to london 472 li. per quintal. the measures of malacca are as the measures of goa. in malacca they abate tare according to their distinction and agreement, for that there is no iust tare limited. for the money of malacca, the least money currant is of tinne stamped with the armes of portugall, and 12 of these make a chazza. the chazza is also of tinne with the said armes, and 2. of these make a challaine. the challaine is of tinne with the said armes, and 40 of these make a tanga of goa good money, but not stamped in malacca. there is also a sort of siluer money which they call patachines, and is worth 6 tangas of good money, which is 360 reyes, and is stamped with two letters, s. t. which is s. thomas on the one side, and the armes of portugall on the other side. there is also a kind of mony called cruzados stamped with the atmes of portugall, and is worth 6 tangas good mony, the larines are euery 9 of them worth 2 cruzados, which is 12 tangas good mony, and these larines be of those which are stamped in balsara and ormuz. the roials of 8 they call pardaos de reales, and are worth 7 tangas of good money. the custome of malacca is 10 in the 100 as wel inward as outward, and those which pay the custome inwards, if in case they send the same goods for any other place within terme of a yeere and a day, pay no custome for the same. a note of charges from aleppo to goa, as foloweth. for camels from aleppo to birrha. medines 60 per somme.[a] for mules from aleppo to birrha, med. 45. per somme. for custome at birrha, med. 10. per somme. for auania of the cady at birrha, med. 200. for 4 dishes raisins, and 20 pounds sope, med. 35. for a present to the ermine the summe of med. 400. for a barke of 30 or 35 sommes. duc