ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



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but by the order of the captaine, when he shall see cause 



to muster or shewe them in good aray, for the advance- 

 ment and honour of the voyage, and the liveries to 

 bee redelivered to the keeping of the marchants, untill 

 it shal be thought convenient for every person to have 

 the ful use of his garment. 



17 Item, when any mariner or any other passenger 

 shal have neede of any necessarie furniture of apparell 

 for his body, and conservation of his health, the same 

 shall bee delivered him by the Marchant, at the assigne- 

 ment of the captaine and Master of that shippe, wherein 

 such needie person shall be, at such reasonable price as 

 the same cost, without any gaine to be exacted by the 

 marchants, the value therof to be entred by the marchant 

 in his booke, and the same to be discounted off the parties 

 wages, that so shal receive, and weare the same. 

 [I. 228.] 18 Item the sicke, diseased, weake, and visited person 

 within boord, to be tendred, relieved, comforted, and 

 holpen in the time of his infirmitie, and every maner 

 of person, without respect, to beare anothers burden, 

 and no man to refuse such labour as shall be put to 

 him, for the most benerlte, and publike wealth of the 

 voyage, and enterprise, to be atchieved exactly. 



19 Item if any person shal fortune to die, or miscary 

 in the voyage, such apparell, and other goods, as he shall 

 have at the time of his death, is to be kept by the order 

 of the captaine and Master of the shippe, and an in- 

 ventorie to be made of it, and conserved to the use 

 of his wife, and children, or otherwise according to his 

 mind, and wil, and the day of his death to be entred 

 in the Marchants and Stewards bookes : to the intent 

 it may be knowen what wages he shall have deserved 

 to his death, and what shall rest due to him. 



20 Item, that the Marchants appointed for this present 

 voyage, shall not make any shew or sale of any kind of 

 marchandizes, or open their commodities to any forrein 

 princes, or any of their subjects, without the consent, 

 privitie, or agreement of the Captaines, the cape Mar- 



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