ad THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



(our most deare friend) such injuries (if any) as have bene 

 attempted against your subjects, were never committed 

 by our will and consent, as we thinke that your selfe on 

 the other side have done the like : sithens also, so much 

 as in us lieth, wee are ready to exhibit full justice with 

 favour unto any of your people being desirous to make 

 complaint, so that accordingly justice may equally be 

 done unto our marchants by you & your subjects, which 

 marchants have in like sort bene injuried, wishing with 

 The aunc'icni all our heart, that the ancient friendship & love, which 

 friendship be- natn continued a long time between our realme and your 



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, , , & territories and dominions, may persevere in time to come, 



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Prussia. and that sweet and acceptable peace, which is to be 



embraced of al Christians, may according to the good 

 pleasure of the author of peace, be nourished & mayn- 

 tained : we do most heartily require the sayd friendship, 

 exhorting you in the Lord that you would on your 

 behalf consent & ordain (even as, if you shall so do, we 

 for our part wil consent likewise) that from this present 

 until the feast of Easter next insuing (al molestations & 

 injuries which may be offred ceasing on both parts) our 

 subjects by your territories & dominions, & your subjects 

 by our realms, may peaceably & securely travel, & that 

 according to their wonted maner, they may friendly con- 

 verse & exercise mutual traffick together : because we are 

 determined to send unto you & your counsel in the 

 mean time some of our ambassadors, friendly to intreat 

 about the foresaid pretended injuries, so far forth as they 

 shal concerne our subjects. At whose arival we stand in 



[L 1 60.] good hope that by the due administration of justice on 

 both parts, such order (by Gods assistance) shalbe taken, 

 that mutual peace and tranquillity may be established 

 between us in times to come. Also our desire is in 

 particular, that our marchants & liege subjects may have 

 more free passage granted them unto the parts of Sconia, 

 for the providing of herrings and of other fishes there, 

 that they may there remayne, and from thence also may 

 more securely returne unto their owne home : and we 



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