The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01Hakluyt, Richard
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01
Hakluyt, Richard
Discoveries in geography -- English; Voyages and travels
them and euery of them in their causes and quarels whatsoeuer, which are
sprung vp, or shall hereafter fall out among them in the parts aforesaid
full and speedie iustice, and to reforme all maner of questions,
contentious discords, and debates moued or to be moued betweene the English
Marchants remayning in those parts, and to seeke reformation, to redresse,
appease, and compound the same. And further to redresse, restore, repayre
and satisfie all transgressions, damages, misprisions, outrages, violences,
and iniuries done or to be done by the aforesaid English Marchants against
the Marchants of those parts: And to require, demaund and receiue the like
restitutions, reparations, satisfactions and amends of the Marchants of
those parts or of their deputies. And by the common consent of the
aforesaid English Marchants to make and establish statutes, ordinances, and
customes, as shall seeme expedient in that behalfe for the better
gouernement of the state of the said English Marchants: and to punish with
reason according to the quantitie of their fault in that behalfe all and
singular the English Marchants which shall withstand, resist or disobey the
aforesaid gouernours so to be chosen or their deputies, or any of them: or
any of the aforesaid statutes, ordinances, or customes. Moreouer we doe
ratifie, confirme, and approoue, and as ratified, confirmed, and approoued,
wee command firmely and inuiolably there to be obserued all iust, and
reasonable statutes, ordinances, and customes which shalbe made and
established by the said gouernors, so to be chosen, in forme aforesaid, and
also all iust and reasonable ordinances made & established by the late
gouernours of the aforesaid English Marchants with the common consent of
the sayd Marchants for this their gouernement in the parts aforesayd,
according to the priuileges and authorities now granted vnto them by the
Master of Prussia, or other Lords of the partes aforesayd, or which shall
be made and established by the aforesayd gouernours now as is mentioned to
be chosen according to the aforesaid priuileges heretofore graunted, or
other priuileges hereafter to bee granted to the sayde English Marchants by
the aforesayde Master and lords of the Countrey. And furthermore by the
tenor of these presents we straitely commaund all and singular the
aforesaid English Marchants, that they attend, aduise, obey and assist, as
it becommeth them, the sayde gouernours so to bee chosen, and their
deputies in all and singular the premisses and other things, which any way
may concerne in this behalfe their rule and gouernement. Giuen in our
Palace at Westminster vnder the testimonie of our great Seale the sixt day
of Iune in the fift yeere of our reigne.
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A note touching the mighty Ships of King Henry the fift, mentioned
hereafter in the treatie of keeping the sea, taken out of a Chronicle in
the Trinitie Church of Winchester.
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