ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1555- 



other place or places of this our Realme of England, or 

 else where within our dominions, which officer or officers, 

 wee will to be named and called by the name of Sergeant 

 or Sergeants to the fellowship or communalty of the said 

 marchants, and that the said sergeant or sergeants, shall 

 and may have full power and authoritie by these presents, 

 to take, levie and gather all maner fines, forfeitures, 

 penalties and mulcts of every person and persons, of the 

 saide fellowship and communaltie convict, and that shalbe 

 convicted, upon or for breaking of any statutes, acts, 

 ordinances, to bee made by the saide Governour or 

 governours, Consuls and assistants for the time being. 

 And further, wee will and also graunt for us, our heires 



[I. 271.] and successours, that the saide officer or officers shall 

 have further power and authoritie for the default of 

 payment, or for disobedience in this behalfe (if neede be) 

 to set hands and arrest aswell the bodie and bodies, as the 

 goods and chattels of such offender, and offenders, & 

 transgressers, in every place and places not franchised. 

 And if it shall fortune any such offender or offenders, 

 their goods and chattels or any part thereof, to be in any 

 citie, borough, towne incorporate, or other place franchised 

 or priviledged, where the said officer or officers may not 

 lawfully intromit or intermeddle, that then the Maior, 

 shirifes, baylifes, and other head officers, or ministers, 

 within every such citie, borough, towne incorporate or 

 place or places franchised, upon a precept to them, or any 

 of them, to be directed from the governour or governours, 

 Consuls and assistants of the said fellowship, in number 

 and forme aforesaid, under the common seale of the sayd 

 fellowship and communaltie for the time being, shall and 

 may attach & arrest the body or bodies of such offender 

 or offenders, as also take, and seise the goods and chattels 

 of all and every such offender or offenders, being within 

 any such place or places franchised, and the same body 

 and bodies, goods and chattels of all and every such 

 offender and offenders, being within any such place or 

 places franchised, and every part therof so attached and 



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