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allum; & quarries of marble with crisltal, Rubies [[deletion]] o [[/deletion]]
 
allum; & quarries of marble with crisltal, Rubies [[deletion]] o [[/deletion]]
 
other precious Stones.  
 
other precious Stones.  
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As to Trade ye. Portuguese export their Red & White
 
As to Trade ye. Portuguese export their Red & White
 
Port Wine, oil, Oranges, Lemons, figs &c. they import
 
Port Wine, oil, Oranges, Lemons, figs &c. they import

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2. It is said yt. there are gold & Silver mines in this Kingdom; but they have not been open'd for several years; ^ addition as /addition they import ^ addition underline such quantities of /addition /underline gold every year, from ye. Coasts of Africa & Brazil; there are mines of Lead, Iron, & allum; & quarries of marble with crisltal, Rubies deletion o /deletion other precious Stones.

As to Trade ye. Portuguese export their Red & White Port Wine, oil, Oranges, Lemons, figs &c. they import from Asia such goods as our E. In. Co. do. & Gold, Slaves, & Elephants teeth from africa; But their most valuable settlements are those of Brazilin S. America, from whence in some years they bring upwards of, deletion unclear /deletion addition two millions /addition . in gold & Silver, besides great cargoes of Sugar, tobacco, dying wools, Skins, Cotton, tallow, &c. & it is said yt. they carry there from Africa between 20, & 30,000. Slaves yearly who are worth one with another 15, or 16.

y.e Portuguese get cloth, lead & tin, in return for their Wines, & ye. produce of their plantations, from England; which they use partly at home, & ye. rest they send to Brazil; some years they have cova & meat from Ireland; ye. Dutch impor ^ addition underline te unclear them /addition /underline Linnen, Cloth, Corn, Copper & Iron, from ye. Northern Kms. of Europe; ye. Portuguese have also a great trade with France, but in all ye. accounts of ye. Merchant ships yt. arive at Lisbon, we find above two thirds of them, are