Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	great_a	king_n	portugal_n	2,727	5	10.0707	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06791	A treatise of the canker of Englands common wealth Deuided into three parts: wherein the author imitating the rule of good phisitions, first, declareth the disease. Secondarily, sheweth the efficient cause thereof. Lastly, a remedy for the same. By Gerrard De Malynes merchant.	Malynes, Gerard, fl. 1586-1641.	1601 (1601)	STC 17227; ESTC S111941	40,448	144

called by the Indians Manecas which being mundified by the fire are made Carbuncles There is also found in Pegu another kind called Spinelle with vs Caropus in the Indian tongue which they were wont to esteeme for halfe the price of the good Ruby and in the like estimation were another kind found in Balassia and so called much like vnto the colour of a rose The weight of pretious stones One Fanan is somewhat more then two of our carrats and euery carrat is 4. greines 11 ¼ Fanans is one mitigal and 6 ½ of them make an ounce Mangelin or Mangear whereby diamons are sold weyeth 2 tarre and ⅔ which is ⅔ of a carrat for 4 tarres weigh one Fanan which is aboue 2 carrats Saphires in the yland of Zeilan the hardest are best and of colour azure Topasies in the same yland of color like beaten gold the hardest best and were sold for their weight in gold in times past Turqueses found in Malabar being of Turqueys color by the day time and by night by the light greene they grow vpon a blacke stone where of retaining some little blacke veines is the better Iacinths in the yland of Zeilan which are tender yellow stones commonly hauing pimples or burbuls in them Emeralds or Smaragds being hard and greene stones found in the countrey of Babylon and other places of India were of great estimation before the quantity discouered in the West Indies many of them are counterfeit But looking on thē curiously towards the light the counterfeitnes appeareth by certaine burbuls like as the glasse doth which is not in the true stones although certaine beames appeare which true stones being rubbed on the touch-stone leaue the color of copper All these stones being out of request with vs must be bought as the buyer seeth cause for other countries The pearles of the East Indies are not of that color which preposterously are called Orientall as the pearles of the West Indies yet let vs set downe their price Pearles sold by the carrat Of one carrat pardaos 1 ½ Of 1 ½ 3 Of 2 6 Of 2 ½ 8 Of 3 12 Of 3 ½ 16 Of 4 20 Of 4 ½ 25 Of 5 30 Of 5 ½ 35 Of 6 40 Of 6 ½ 45 Of 7 50 Of 7 ½ 60 Of 8 70 Aliofar which is small pearle sold by the Iuera or sorts which commeth from the fishing about Comorin The first Iuera 330. rreis The second 180 The third 80 The fourth 18 The fift and sixt 8 Calico cloth comming fram diuerse places in the Indies is sold by the Coreia of 20 peeces according to the sorts following De Cambaya Canequins finos 60 Canequins arezoados 40 Teadas 20 Dotins 25 Bancais 10 Cotonias de frades 24 Cotonias comun 20 Do Sinde Iourins finos 70 Iourins de caregacaon 45 Da Costa de Canera Beatilhas finas 26 Beatilhas de caregacaon 20 Pacherins 25 Berames 32 De vengala de porto grande Cassas finas 100 Cassas de caregacaon 70 Socopases 25 Beatilhas 100 De porto pequen̄o Cassas finas 60 Cassas de caregacaon 50 Chantares finos 40 Beatilhas 40 Ambre grise the ounce 13 Ambre blacke 3 Muske in code 2 Seed pearle to stampe 20 rreis The price of spices sold by the quintall Cloues cleane of stalkes frō the Moluccos 50 Cloues of Bastao vncleane 29 Mace comming from the yland of Bandan being cleane and faire coloured 74 Nutmegs of the said yland 14 Ginger of Beledin in Calicut 9 Ginger of Mechino 7 Ginger in conserue 13 Cinamon of Zeilan 35 Cinamon de mato 10 Long pepper 25 Beniamin de Boninas 55 Beniamin de caregacaon 48 Alume 9 Camphir of China 40 The pepper is sold by the Baher of 15 roues being 4. quintals of 112. poūd Lisbone weight and is found in diuerse places as in the kingdome of Malabar Calicut and the yland of Sumatra and because the same is alwayes the kings of Portugal by contract the price is not knowne and is otherwise risen to a great price being first esteemed about the third part of the price of cloues By this weight are sold also these wares Sandalo branquo de 20 paos 160 Sandalo vermelho 50 Pao da China bon 180 Goods sold by the case or fardle weighing ●●le more or lesse then a quintall Indico carques 40 Indico called Aldeas 70 Indico comun called Aldeas 35 Sugar de China 35 Sugar of Vengala 12 Goods sold by the Man of 24 pound Silke of China corrent 76 Silke in peeces made vp 86 Silke retros called de Lancaon 40 Aquila boa 35 Aquila comun 26 Tartaruga de Malaca 38 Lacre or hard-waxe 16 Waxe of Vengala 4 All kinds of drugs are to be bought with great aduisement according to their goodnesse Of the weights of Portugall and India and some other places The pound of the old weight containeth 14. ounces The poūd of the new weight 16. oūces Euery Cantare or quintall 〈◊〉 new weight is 128 pound of 16. 〈◊〉 Euery quintall of the old weight 〈◊〉 3. quarters and one halfe of the new weight or 128. pound of 14. ounces which maketh 112. pound of Portugall weight of 16. ounces so that euery 8. quintals of the old weight maketh 7. quintals of the new weight One Bahar is 4. quintals of the old weight of Portugall being 112. pound of 16. ounces and is in all 448. pound which make that London 452. pound at Antwerpe 438. pound at Venice alla sotile 712. pound and alla grossa 448. pound One Bahar maketh 20. Farazuelos euery Farazuelo 22. pound 6. ounces of 14. ounces to the pound The other weight as before mentioned FINIS