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  • This city is accompted for traffique of marchandize the chiefe city of the world: for there is no kinde of victuals, nor anything else belonging vnto marchandize, which is not to be had there in great abundance.

    The Journal of Friar Odoric 2004

  • Country: straightly charging that they be suffered to vse and trade all kind of marchandize as any other Christians doe, without let or disturbance of any.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Note that al such ships as lade horses in Ormuz for Goa or any other place of India, lading 10 horses or vpwards, in what places soeuer the said horses be taken a shore in the India, the marchandize which is to be discharged out of that ship wherein the said horses come, are bound to pay no custome at all, but if they lade one horse lesse then ten, then the goods are bound to pay the whole custome.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Malacca is a Citie of marueilous great trade of all kind of marchandize, which come from diuers partes, because that all the shippes that saile in these seas, both great and small, are bound to touch at Malacca to paie their custome there, although they vnlade nothing at all, as we do at Elsinor: and if by night they escape away, and pay not their custome, then they fall into a greater danger after: for if they come into the Indies and haue not the seale of Malacca, they pay double custome.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • P. 7, l. 9, being my ordinary marchandize, that I put out to venter for performance of my merry voyage.] -- This "marchandize" was instead of

    Kemps Nine Daies Wonder Performed in a Daunce from London to Norwich William Kemp 1833

  • Also the foresaid city is very great and colde, hauing good and holesome waters therein, vnto the which also store of marchandize is brought.

    The Journal of Friar Odoric 2004

  • And zee schulle undirstonde, that Machamote was born in Arabye, that was first a pore knave, that kept cameles, that wenten with marchantes fur marchandize; and so befelle, that he wente with the marchandes in to Egipt: and thei weren than Cristene, in tho partyes.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • I passed further also many dayes iourney vnto the Ocean sea, and the first land where I arriued, is called Ormes, being well fortified, and hauing great store of marchandize and treasure therein.

    The Journal of Friar Odoric 2004

  • At the South end of the said forrest stands the city of Polumbrum, which aboundeth with marchandize of all kinds.

    The Journal of Friar Odoric 2004

  • Item, that the said statute and ordinance hath bene so rigorously put in execution, that whereas immediately after certaine English marchants with their ships, mariners, and marchandize beeing in a certaine part of one of the principall cities of the foresaide societie, vtterly destitute of meate, drinke, and money, publikely offred to sell their wollen clothes of

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

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