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Great, good company at dinner, among others Sir Martin Noell, who told us the dispute between him, as farmer of the Additional Duty, and the East India Company, whether callicos be linnen or no; which he says it is, having been ever esteemed so: they say it is made of cotton woole, and grows upon trees, not like flax or hempe.
1751, Geronymo de Uztariz [i.e., Luis Jerónimo of Uztáriz and Hemiaga], “The Importance of Enforcing the Laws already Made in Spain in Favour of an Active Commerce.”, in John Kippax, transl., The Theory and Practice of Commerce and Maritime Affairs., volume II, London: John and James Rivington,; and John Crofts,, →OCLC, page 404:
Naples, the capital and court of that kingdom, has alſo a conſiderable trade, and vve may likevviſe find there a good market for many American commodities, ſuch as tobacco, cacao, ſugar, cochinille &c. by bartering them for linnens, ravv ſilk, and other things.
M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition)