ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1407. 



the ambassadours of England, and the messengers and 

 commissioners of the land of Prussia, and of the cities of 

 the Hans ; that our sayd soveraigne lord the king, should, 

 of his great pietie, vouchsafe effectually to devise some 

 convenient and wholesome remedie for the soules of such 

 persons as were drowned.- 



Item, that our sayd soveraigne lord the king will signifle 

 in writing his full purpose & intention as touching this 

 matter, unto the aldermen of the Hans marchants residing 

 at Bruges, upon the sixteenth day of March next follow- 

 ing. Otherwise, that from hencefoorth all amity and 

 friendship, betweene the realme of England and the land 

 of Prussia shall be dissolved. 



Neither is it to be doubted, but that a great part of the 

 sayd goods, for the which they of Livonia doe demaund 

 restitution, namely waxe and furres, redounded unto the 

 use and commoditie of our soveraigne lord the king. 

 And also our said soveraigne lord the king gave com- 

 mandement by his letters, that some of the sayd goods 

 should be delivered unto others. And a great part of 

 them is as yet reserved in the towne of Newcastle. One 

 Benteld also hath the best of the sayd three ships in 

 possession. Also it is reported and thought to be true, 

 that certaine Furriers of London, which will be detected 

 in the end, have had a great part of the sayd goods, 

 namely of the Furres. 



Now as concerning the cities of the Hans. 



Hamburg. I" Nprimis the Hamburgers exhibited nine articles, wherein 

 A they demaunded restitution for certaine damages 

 offered, as they sayd, by the English men, the value of 

 which losses amounted unto the summe of 91 17. nobles, 

 20. pence. For the which, after due examination, there 

 was promised restitution to the summe of 416. nobles, 



t 1 - J 57-3 5. shillings. Besides the two articles propounded against 

 them of Scardeburg, the summe wherof was 231. pounds, 

 15.S. 8.d. concerning the which there was sentence given 

 in England by the commissioners of our lord the king, the 



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