The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10: Asia, Part IIIHakluyt, Richard
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10: Asia, Part III
Hakluyt, Richard
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And further wee straightly charge and commaunde, and by these presentes
prohibite all and singular Customers and Collectors of our Customes,
pondage, and subsidies, and all other Officers within our porte and Citie
of London and else where, to whom it shall appertaine and euery of them,
That they or any of them by themselues, their clarkes, or substitutes shall
not receiue or take, or suffer to be receiued or taken for vs in our name,
or to our vse, or in the name, or vnto the vse of our heires or successors
of any person or persons, any summe or summes of money, or other
consideration during the sayde terme of twelue yeeres for any custome,
pondage, taxe or subsidie of any corrants, raysins of Corinth, or wines of
Candie aforesayd saue onely of and in the name of the sayde Gouernour and
companie of marchantes of the Leuant, or of some of that companie without
the consent of the sayde Gouernour and companie in writing vnder their sayd
common seale, first had and obteyned, and vnto them shewed for the
testifying their sayd consent. And for the better and more sure obseruation
thereof wee will and graunt for vs, our heires or successors by these
presentes, that our Treasurour and Barons of the Exchequer for the time
being by force of these presentes, and the inrollment thereof in the sayde
Court of our Exchequour, at all and euery time and times during the sayde
terme of twelue yeeres, at and vpon the request of the sayde Gouernour and
companie, their Attourney or Attourneys, Deputies or assignes, shall and
may make and direct vnder the seale of the sayde Court one or more
sufficient writte or writtes close or patent, vnto euery or any of the sayd
Customers, or other Officers to whom it shall appertaine, commaunding them
and euery of them thereby, that neither they nor any of them at any time or
times during the sayd space of twelue yeeres shall take entrie of any
corants, raisins of Corinth, or wines of Candia, or take or make any
agreement for any custome, pondage, or other subsidie for any of the sayd
corants, raisins of Corinth, or wines of Candie, with any person or persons
whatsoeuer, other then with, or in the name and by the priuitie of the sayd
gouernour and company or some of the same company.
And further of our special grace, certaine knowledge, and meere motion we
haue condescended and graunted, and by these presents for vs our heires and
successours doe condescend and graunt to the sayd Gouernour and company of
merchants of Leuant, that wee, our heires and successours, during the sayd
terme, will not graunt libertie, licence, or power to any person or persons
whatsoeuer contrary to the tenour of these our letters patents, to saile,
passe, trade, or traffique by the sayd Leuant Sea, into, or from the sayde
dominions of the sayd Grand Signior or the dominions of the State of Venice
or any of them, contrary to the true meaning of these presents, without the
consent of the sayd Gouernour and Companie or the most part of them.
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