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received, and payed unto the sayd William Obray or to 

 his deputies, upon the sayd wares and marchandises 

 belonging unto our sayd subjects buying and selling, 

 or which they shall cause to sell, buy, put away, trucke 

 or exchange in the countreys abovesaid, aswell of the 

 goods and marchandises which they shall bring or cause 

 to be brought into the sayd countries, as of all other 

 goods which they shall lade and carie, or cause to bee 

 caried and conveyed out of those countreis into our 

 dominion or elsewhere into any other part whatsoever. 

 And to cause the same to be gathered, received, leavied 

 and payed, we have given, and by these presents doe 

 give full power and speciall authoritie unto the sayd 

 William Obray, and to his lieutenants and deputies 

 aforesayd, to leavy, gather, and cause to bee leavied 

 and received the sayd money, in forme and maner 

 above mentioned, to his profite and use, during our 

 pleasure : and to enjoy and use the same as his proper 

 goods, without any contradiction, constraining and 

 arresting if neede bee, as well on land, as on the 

 water, our said subjects, their sayd goods, and every 

 of them, by way of law and justice, and to cause them 

 to yeelde and pay the sayd money, upon the said goods 

 and marchandises, as is aforesayd. For such is our 

 pleasure, and so will we have it done without con- 

 tradiction or impeachment to him and his, during our 

 pleasure. And also we will that the sayd William Obray, 

 over and above that which is sayd, shall take, gather, 

 and receive of our sayd subjects from henceforth yearely, 

 during our pleasure, all such and like wages and profits, 

 as he had and received of our sayd subjects, in the 

 yeare 1458, when hee held and exercised the said office 

 of governour, without diminishing or rebating any thing 

 thereof, notwithstanding this present augmentation made, 

 increased, and done unto him, of our grace and favour : 

 and that hee shall gather, take, and receive the same 

 in such forme and manner, as the other money above 

 mentioned is to be gathered. And to the ende that 



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