nts wil sell their goods at that
price, they sel them away, and the brokers haue two in the hundreth of
euery sort of marchandise, and they are bound to make good the debts of
those goods, because they be sold by their hands or meanes, and on their
wordes, and oftentimes the marchant knoweth not to whom he giueth his
goods, yet he cannot lose anything thereby, for that the broker is bound in
any wise to pay him, and if the marchant sel his goods without the consent
of the broker, yet neuerthelesse he must pay him two per cento, and be in
danger of his money: [Sidenote: A lawe for Bankrupts.] but this is very
seldom seene, because the wife, children, and slaues of the debtor are
bound to the creditor, and when his time is expired and paiment not made,
the creditor may take the debtor and cary him home to his house, and shut
him vp in a Magasin, whereby presently he hath his money, and not being
able to pay the creditor, he may take the wife, children, and slaues of the
debtor and sel them, for so is the lawe of that kingdome. [Sidenote: Euery
man may stampe what money he wil.] The currant money that is in this city,
and throughout all this kingdom is called Gansa or Ganza, which is made of
Copper and leade: It is not the money of the king, but euery man may stamp
it that wil, because it hath his iust partition or value: but they make
many of them false, by putting ouermuch lead into them, and those will not
passe, neither will any take them. With this money Ganza, you may buy golde
or siluer, Rubies and Muske, and other things. For there is no other money
currant amongst them. And Golde, siluer and other marchandize are at one
time dearer than another, as all other things be.

This Ganza goeth by weight of Byze, and this name of Byza goeth for the
accompt of the weight, and commonly a Byza of a Ganza is worth (after our
accompt) halfe a ducat, litle more or lesse: and albeit that Gold and
siluer is more or lesse in price, yet the Byza neuer changeth: euery Byza
maketh a hundreth Ganza of weight, and so the number of the money is Byza.
[Sidenote: How a man may dispose himselfe for the trade in Pegu.] He that
goeth to Pegu to buy Iewels, if he wil do well, it behoueth him to be a
whole yere there to do his businesse. For if so be that he would return
with the ship he came in, he cannot do any thing so conueniently for the
breuitie of the time, because that when they custome their goods in Pegu
that come from S. Tome in their