The length is measured from the mizzenmast to the bow, and the beam from edge to edge.

According as the ship is larger or smaller it pays.

The [standard of] measure is one _cana_, and so much is paid for each measure.

Consequently, a ship of three hundred toneladas will pay three or four thousand taes of silver.

The Portuguese formerly paid the said anchorage in brasil-wood and in other merchandise which they carried; but for two or three years past they have had to pay it in silver.