KING HENRY IV.'S LETTERS ad. 



1404. 



wishing unto you increase of honour and prosperity, wee 

 take our leaves. Written at London the fift of October, 

 in the yeare of our lord 1403. H°3- 



By the chancelor, the treasurer, and other lords of 

 the hono: counsell of the king of England and 

 France, being personally present at London. 



The letters of king Henry the 4. unto Conradus 

 de Jungingen the master general of Prussia, 

 for mutual conversation and intercourse of 

 traffique to continue between the marchants 

 of England and of Prussia, for a certaine terme 

 of time. 



Enry by the grace of God, king of England & 

 France, and lord of Ireland, to the noble and 

 mighty personage of sacred religion, Frater Con- 

 radus de Jungingen Master generall of the Order of the 

 Dutch knights of S. Marie &c. our most deare and wel- 

 beloved friend, greeting, and continuall increase of our 

 auncient and sincere amity. By the grievous complaynts 

 of our liege subjects concerning traffique, as it were 

 circularwise too & fro both our dominions, we have often 

 bene advertised that in regard of divers injuries and 

 damages, which as well our as your marchants (who by 

 their dealings in marchandise were woont peaceably to 

 use mutual conversation together, whereupon very many 

 commodities are knowen to have proceeded) have, by 

 occasion of pirates, roving up and downe the sea, some- 

 times heretofore sustayned : both the sayd marchants of 

 our & of your dominions do abstaine themselves from 

 their wonted mutual conversation & traffique, as they 

 have likewise carefully abstained at sometimes heretofore, 

 and especially from that time, wherein at the instant 

 request of your messengers, being of late before our 

 presence, the free accesse of our marchants unto your 

 territories and dominions, & of your marchants unto 

 our realmes hath bene forbidden. Sithens therefore 



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