chants in 

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THE PRUSSIAN AMBASSADORS ad 



1390. 



Baptist next to come, & for seven daies following : The 

 fourth, last, and peremptory terme shall be upon the 

 feast of S. Michael next to come, and upon seven dayes 

 next following. And from thenceforth all causes which 

 concerne death, or the mayming of a member, with all 

 actions proceeding from them, are to remaine altogether 

 voide and extinct. And if peradventure any one of the 

 foresayd ambassadours, shall in the meane season dye, then 

 the other two shall have authoritie to chuse a third unto 

 them. And if after the date of these presents any cause 

 great or small doth arise or spring foorth, it must bee 

 decided in England and in Prussia, as it hath beene An ancient 

 accustomed in times past and from ancient times. custom. 



Also, it is farther concluded and agreed upon, that all 4. 

 lawfull marchants of England whosoever shall have free The pr'wi- 

 licence and authority, with all kindes of shippes, goods, "4&* y 

 and marchandises, to resorte unto every port of the land /? 

 of Prussia, and also to transport all such goods and />, 

 marchandises up farther unto any other place in the sayde 

 land of Prussia, and there with all kindes of persons freely 

 to bargaine and make sale, as heretofore it hath from 

 auncient times bene accustomed. Which priviledge is 

 granted in all things and by all circumstances unto the 

 Prussians in England. And if after the date of these 

 presents, betweene the sayd kingdome of England, and 

 land of Prussia any dissension or discorde (which God 

 forefend) should arise : then the foresayd sovereigne 

 prince and king of England, and the sayd right reverend 

 lord the Master generall are mutually by their letters 

 and messengers to give certificate and intimation one unto 

 another, concerning the matter and cause of such dis- 

 sension and discord : with intimation, on the behalfe of 

 the foresaid sovereigne prince & king of England, shall be 

 delivered in the forenamed castle of Marienburg : but on 

 the behalfe of the sayd right reverend lord the Master 

 generall, such intimation shall be given in the citie of 

 London aforesayd, unto the Maior of the said city : that 

 then such a denuntiation or intimation being made, the 



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