The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12: America, Part IHakluyt, Richard
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12: America, Part I
Hakluyt, Richard
Discoveries in geography -- English; Voyages and travels
profites, and emoluments in the sayde places or any of them, growing and
arising, with all maner of priuiledges, prerogatives, iurisdictions and
royalties both by sea and land whatsoeuer, yeelding and paying therefore
vnto vs, our heires and successors, the tenth part of all such golde and
siluer oare, pearles, iewels, and precious stones, or the value thereof, as
the sayd Adrian Gylbert and his sayd associates, their heires and assignes,
servants, factors, or workemen, and euery or any of them shall finde, the
sayd tenth to bee deliuered duely to our Customer, or other officers by vs,
our heires or successors thereunto assigned, in the Fortes of London,
Dartmouth, or Plimmouth, at which three places onely the sayde Adrian
Gylbert and his sayde associates, their sayde heires and assignes, shall
lade, charge, arriue, and discharge all maner of wares, goods, and
merchandizes whatsoeuer to the sayde voyage, and newe trade belonging or
appertaining. And moreouer, wee haue giuen, granted, and authorized, and by
these presents for vs, our heires and successors, of our grace especiall,
certaine knowledge, and meere motion, doe giue, graunt, and authorize the
said Adrian Gilbert, and his said associats for euer, their heires and
their said assignes and euery of them, that if the aforesayd Isles,
Countreys, Regions, Prouinces, Territories, Seas, Riuers, Ports, Bayes, or
Hauens, or any other of the premises by the sayd Adrian Gylbert or his
associates, their heires and their said assignes or any of them, to be
found by them, discouered and traffiqued vnto by any trade as aforesayd,
shall be by any other our subiects visited, frequented, haunted, traded
vnto or inhabited by the wayes aforesayd, without the special licence in
writing of the said Adrian Gylbert and his associats, and their heires and
assignes for euer, or by the most part of them, so that the sayd Adrian
Gilbert, his heires or assignes be one of them, that then aswell their
ship, or ships in any such voyage or voyages be vsed, as all and singuler
their goods, wares, and marchandizes, or any other things whatsoeuer, from
or to any of the places aforesayd transported, that so shall presume to
visit, frequent, haunt, trade vnto, or inhabite, shall be forfaited and
confiscated, ipso facto, the one halfe of the same goods and marchandizes,
or other things whatsoeuer, or the value thereof to be to the vse of vs,
our heires or successours, and the other moytie thereof to be to the vse of
the sayd Adrian Gylbert and his said associats their heires and assignes
for euer: [Sidenote: The colleagues of the fellowship for the discouery the
Northwest passage.] and vnto the sayd Adrian Gylbert and his sayd
associats, their heires and assignes wee impose, giue, assigne, create and
confirme this, name peculiar to be named by, to sue and to be sued by, that
is to wit, by the name of the Colleagues of the fellowship for the
discouerie of the Northwest passage, and them for vs, our heires and
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