_ 395 _ mace, clove, and some ginger, no pepper whatever comes by this route. This route of Baçora is the one by which in former times all drugs were brought here, and this may be considered certain. From Alepo they advise that they knew not where put up the spicery on account that many vessels from India had arrived to the Port of Juda which is along where they navigate from Alexandria, and whence comes those of Achem. The pepper here has come down in price again, also nutmegs on account of the ship Cruz coming iron Alexandria being in Sante (?) and is hourly expected to arrive, this ship was not expected before October and the freight it brings is as two thousand five hundred quintals of pepper, one thousand quintals of pepper, one thousand quintals of ginger, two hundred quintals of nutmegs, fifteen quintals of clove, thirty quintals of mace, eighty quintals of cinnamon. Of the three ships from Suria I have already stated their cargoes. From Alexandria we have letters to tell us that the merchandize were sold very well, and this owing to having put in at the port of Juda, and many ships from India and the Moors secure then there so as to dispose of them, the details will be known at the arrival of the because this Information is learnt by letters that have come from Constantinople.
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