Definition of "mart"

Perhaps ſome Merchant hath inuited him, / And from the Mart he's ſomewhere gone to dinner: / Good Siſter let vs dine, and neuer fret; / A man is Maſter of his libertie:

c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene i], page 87

And by great waters the seede of Sihor, the haruest of the riuer is her reuenew, and she is a mart of nations.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Isaiah 23:3

In London; where has commerce ſuch a mart, / So rich, ſo throng'd, ſo drain'd, and ſo ſupplied, / As London, opulent, enlarged, and ſtill / Increaſing, London?

1785, William Cowper, “Book I. The Sofa.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], page 38

The world is a great mart, my Holly, where all things are for sale to him who bids the highest in the currency of our desires.

1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “Go, Woman!”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, page 202

Faith Gentlemen now I play a marchants part, / And venture madly on a deſperate Mart.

c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene i], page 217, column 2

To sell and mart your officer for gold / To undeservers.

1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act IV, scene iii]