N. B. Whether the 8 per Cent. be an estaÉlished Agio, as some foreign Authors have ascertained it to be, I shall leave for better Judges to determine. However, when they do remit to, or draw upon England, or any other foreign Place, by the way of Amfterdam, the Difference is commonly more than what is mentioned above by I or I per Cent. that is to fay, although the Monies of Exchange, or Permiffion Money, in the Places above-mentioned, are usually reckoned to be of the fame Value of the Bank Money of Amfterdam, yet they have another Advance, which does. ufually arife to fo much per Cent. as the Difference of the Exchanges is between Antwerp and London, and Amfterdam and London; but this laft Advance derives moftly from the Scarcity, or Want of Bills for England, or upon fuch like Occafions. In Liege and Maeftricht the Florins are reckoned to be of equal Value or Par with 12 Stivers Bank of Amfterdam; that is to fay, 4 Florins of Liege and Maeftricht are Par with a Rixdollar of 50 Stivers of Amfterdam; and these Places do ufually exchange with Amfterdam at a Par. NR CHAP. VI. Of ANTWERP. SECT. I. Of Weights and Meafures. EXT to Amfterdam and Rotterdam, Antwerp is the principal Place of Exchange in the Netherlands. The 100 Auns of Antwerp, for measuring of Woollen and Linen, make about 75 Yards in London, 101 Ells in Holland and Nuremberg, 121 in Hamburgh, Leipfick and Frankfort, 126 in Breslaw, 114 in Dantzick, 81 Varas in Spain. WEIGHTS. Their common Weight is a Quintal, or 100 lb, and they reckon 16 Ounces to the Pound; and 100 lb of their Weight has been found to make 103 lb Avoirdupois in London, 94 in Amfterdam, 110 in Lions, 96% in Hamburgh, 99 in Leipfick, 137 in Leghorn. 플 But their Weights for their Monies, Gold and Silver, are reckoned as follow; that is to fay, 32 Grains is one Penny-weight, 20 Denier-weights or Penny-weights is one Ounce, and 8 Ounces makes one Mark or Pound; and 100 lb Troy Weight of London makes about 112 of thole Marks. CORN 7 CORN MEASURE. 10 Quarters of London makes 37 Virtules of Antwerp; their common Measure being the Virtule. // WINE MEASURE. Wine is here fold by the Aum, Stoop and Butt; and they reckon 6 lb of their Weight to the Stoop, 50 Stoops to an Aum, 152 Stoops to a Pipe or Butt; and 6 Aums to the Tun of 252 Gallons Winchester Measure of London. BEER. Beer is fold by the Barrel of 52 Stoops; the Stoop contains 7 Pints, and the Aum is about 42 Gallons Wine Measure in London. ACCOUNTS are kept in Antwerp in Pounds, Shillings and Pence. N. B. The Difference between the Weights of Antwerp and Amfterdam is about 5 per Cent. that is to fay, 100 lb of Amfterdam makes 105 of Antwerp, and 100 lb of Antwerp makes of Amfterdam. 94 4 The Par of the Monies between Antwerp and SECT. II. Amfterdam. 41. Flemish of Antwerp is worth 25 Florins of Amfterdam; fo that 17. is the Par of 6 Florins, 3 Stivers of Amfterdam. Cadiz. The Pound Flemish is the Par of 20 Rials, 29 Marvedies. Dantzick. 21. Flemish is the Par of 15 Florins of Dantzick; and 11. Flemish is the Par of 7 Florins, 15 Groffes of Dant zick. Frankfort, 41. Flemish is worth 15 Florins; 3 Florins, Hamburgh. 21. Flemish is worth 15 Marks Leipfick. 21. Flemish is worth 5 Rixdollars; I London. 167. Flemish is the Par of 91. Sterl fo that 17. Flemish is the Par of 11 Shillings 3 Pence Sterling. Paris. 21. Flemish is worth 15 Livres; fo that 17. Flemish is the Par with 7 Livres 10 Sols, when the Crown in Specie is, worth 3 Livres, or 60 Sols Tournois. Venice. 41. Flemish is worth 75 Livres; fo that 1. Flemish is the Par of 18 Livres Sols Banco. 5 SECT. The Course of Exchange from Antwerp to SECT. III. Holland, from 100 to 108 Current Money France, between 68 and 80 Grotes for the Spain, between 80 and 100 Grotes for one Portugal, between 40 and 60 Grotes for one Hamburgh, between 60 and 70 the Dollar of 2 Marks Lubs. Grotes for Venice, between 90 and 100 Grotes for the Genoa, between 90 and 100 Grotes for one Leghorn, between 90 and 100 Grotes for Frankfort, between 80 and 90 Grotes for |