The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10: Asia, Part IIIHakluyt, Richard
History
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10: Asia, Part III
Hakluyt, Richard
Discoveries in geography -- English; Voyages and travels
Sultan Solyman, &c. to all Viceroyes, Saniaques, Cadies, and other our
Iusticers, Officers, and subiects of Tripolis in Syria, Constantinople,
Alexandria in Ægypt, and of all other townes and cities vnder our dominion
and iurisdiction: We will and command you, that when you shall see Anthony
Ienkinson, bearer of these present letters, merchant of London in England,
or his factor, or any other bearing the sayd letter for him, arriue in our
ports and hauens, with his ship or ships, or other vessels whatsoeuer, that
you suffer him to lade or vnlade his merchandise wheresoeuer it shall seeme
good vnto him, traffiking for himselfe ['himelfe' in source text--KTH] in
all our countreys and dominions, without hindering or any way disturbing of
him, his ship, his people or merchandise, and without enforcing him to pay
any other custome or toll whatsoeuer, in any sort, or to any persons
whatsoeuer they be, saue onely our ordinarie duties contained in our
custome houses, which when he hath paied, we will that he be franke and
free, as well for himselfe as for his people, merchandise, ship or ships,
and all other vessels whatsoeuer: and in so doing that he may traffike,
bargaine, sell and buy, lade and vnlade, in all our foresayd Countreys,
lands and dominions, in like sort, and with the like liberties and
priuiledges, as the Frenchmen and Venetians vse, and enioy, and more if it
be possible, without the hinderance or impeachment of any man. And
furthermore, wee charge and commaund all Viceroyes, and Consuls of the
French nation, and of the Venetians, and all other Consuls resident in our
Countreys, in what port or prouince soeuer they be, not to constraine, or
cause to constraine, by them, or the sayd Ministers and Officers whatsoeuer
they be, the sayd Anthony Ienkinson, or his factor, or his seruants, or
deputies, or his merchandise, to pay any kind of consullage, or other right
whatsoeuer, or to intermeddle or hinder his affaires, and not to molest nor
trouble him any manner of way, because our will and pleasure is, that he
shall not pay in all our Countreys, any other then our ordinarie custome.
And in case any man hinder and impeach him, aboue, and besides these our
present letters, wee charge you most expressly to defend and assist him
agaynst the sayd Consuls, and if they will not obey our present
commandement, that you aduertise vs thereof, that we may take such order
for the same, that others may take example thereby. Moreouer we commaund
all our Captaines of our Gallies, and their Lieutenants, be they Foister or
other Vessels, that when they shall finde the sayd Ienkinson, or his
factor, his ship or ships, with his seruaunts and merchandise, that they
hurt him not neither in body nor goods, but that rather they assist and
defend him agaynst all such as seeke to doe him wrong, and that they ayde
and helpe him with vitailes, according to his want, and that whosoeuer
shall see these presents, obey the same, as they will auoyd the penaltie in
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account