THE EMPERORS PRIVILEGES ad. 



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 justice in all their causes, plaints, quarrels, and disorders 

 betweene them moved, and to be moved, and assemble, 

 deliberate, consult, conclude, define, determine and make 

 such actes, and ordinances, as he so commended with his 

 Assistants shall thinke good and meete for the good 

 order, government and rule of the said Marchants, and 

 all other Englishmen repairing to this our saide empire 

 and dominions, or any part thereof, and to set and levie 

 upon all, and every Englishmen, offender or offenders, 

 of such their acts and ordinances made, and to be made, 

 penalties and mulcts by fine or imprisonment. 



5 Item, if it happen that any of the saide Marchants, 

 or other Englishman, as one or more doe rebell against 

 such chiefe Factor or Factors, or his or their deputies, 

 and will not dispose him or themselves to obey them 

 and every of them as shall appertaine, if the saide Rebels 

 or disobedients doe come, and bee founde in our saide 

 Empire and jurisdictions, or any part and place thereof, 

 then wee promise and graunt, that all and every our 

 officers, ministers, and subjects shall effectually ayde 

 and assist the saide chiefe Factour or Factours, and 

 their deputies, and for their power shall really woorke, 

 to bring such rebell or disobedient rebels, or disobedients 

 to due obedience : And to that intent shall lende unto 



the same Factour or Factours, and their deputies upon [I. 267.] 

 request therefore to be made, prisons, and instruments 

 for punishments from time to time. 



6 Item, we promise unto the saide Marchants, and 

 their successours upon their request to exhibite and doe 

 unto them good, exact and favourable justice, with 

 expedition in all their causes, and that when they or 

 any of them shall have accesse, or come to or before 

 any of our Justices, for any their plaints mooved, and to 

 bee mooved betweene any our subjects or other stranger, 

 and them, or any of them, that then they shalbe first 

 and forthwith heard, as soon as the party which they 

 shal find before our Justices shalbe depeached, which 

 party being heard forthwith, and assoone as may be, the 



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