A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century Papyras Classics

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Chapter 26

In Portugal

Account of the Weights of Portugal and of the Indies.

A pound of the old weight contains xiiij oz. A pound of the new weight contains xvi oz., eight quintals of the old weight make seven quintals of the new, and each quintal of the new weight is of cxxviij pounds of xv oz., each old quintal is three quarters and a half of a new quintal, and is of cxxviij pounds of xiiij oz. each.