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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898

CHAPTER V
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33) bought cloves for "60 rials of 8 per Bahar of 200 Cattyes." [59] See Satow's _Voyage of Capt.

John Saris, ut supra_, pp.

224, 225, 228, 229, for names and prices of various kinds of silks.
[60] _Cuarto_: a copper coin worth four maravedis.
[61] Saris (_Voyage_, pp.

216, 225) mentions the following Chinese goods: "Veluet Hangings imbroydered with gold, eighteene Rialls; vpon Sattins, fourteene Rials." "Imbrodered Hangings, called Poey, the best ten Rials the piece." [62] Spanish, _palo de China_; also known as "China root;" the root of _Smilax china_.

It is not now used, but formerly had great repute for the cure of venereal diseases as well as for gout.


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