THE ENGLISH AMBASSAGE ad 



1407. 

 demanded on the behalfe of the sayd Master generall for 

 amends and recompense in consideration of wrongs 

 offered unto himselfe and unto his subjects of Prussia, 

 as is aforesayd. Also the sayd Master and his Prussians, 

 besides the summe not yet declared in the articles, which 

 is very small, are to rest contented and satisfied with the 

 summe of 8957. nobles, in lieu of al the damages afore- 

 said : no times of paiment being then assigned or 

 limited, but afterward to be reasonably limited and 

 assigned, by our sayd soveraigne lord the king. Inso- 

 much, that our said soveraigne lord the king is to 

 write his ful intention & determination concerning this 

 matter, in his letters to be delivered the 16. day of 

 March, unto the aldermen of the marchants of the 

 Hans residing at Bruges. Otherwise, that from thence- 

 forth all league of friendship shall bee dissolved betweene 

 the realme of England and the land of Prussia. 



Also it is farther to be noted, that in the appoint- 

 ment of the summe next before written to be disbursed 

 out of England, this condition was added in writing, 

 namely, that if by lawful testimonies it may sufficiently 

 and effectually be prooved, concerning the chiefe articles 

 abovewritten, or any part of them, that satisfaction was 

 made unto any of those parties, to whom it was due : 

 or that the goods, of and for the which complaint was 

 made on the behalfe of Prussia, in the sayd articles, did 

 or doe pertayne unto others, or that any other just, true, 

 or reasonable cause may lawfully be proved & alledged, 

 why the foresaid sums or any of them ought not to be 

 payed : that then in the summes contained in the articles 

 abovementioned, so much only must be cut off, or 

 stopped, as shalbe found, either to have bene payd already, 

 or to appertaine unto others, or by any true, just, and 

 reasonable cause alleaged, not to be due. Neither is it 

 to be doubted, but for the greater part of the summe 

 due unto the Prussians, that not our lord the king, but 

 others (which will in time be nominated) are, by all 

 equity and justice, to be compelled to make satisfaction. 



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