a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1592. 



sayd Governour bee admitted into the sayd companie and 

 corporation of Governour and companie of marchants of 

 Levant, and have and enjoy the same, and as great liber- 

 ties, privileges, and preheminences, as the rest of the 

 sayde corporation or companie may, or ought to have by 

 vertue of this our graunt. Any thing in these presents 

 contained to the contrary notwithstanding. 



And our will and pleasure is, and hereby wee doe also 

 ordaine that it shall and may bee lawfull, to, and for the 

 sayde Governour and company of marchants of Levant 

 or the more part of them, to admit into, and to be of the 

 sayd companie, any such as have bene or shall bee 

 employed as servants, factors, or agents in the trade of 

 marchandise by the sayd Levant seas, into any the coun- 

 tries, dominions or territories of the sayd Grand Signior 

 or Signiorie or State of Venice, according as they or the 

 most part of them shall thinke requisite. 



And where Anthony Ratcliffe, Steven Some, and 

 Robert Brooke Aldermen of the saide Citie of London, 

 Simon Laurence, John Wattes, John Newton, Thomas 

 Middleton, Robert Coxe, John Blunt, Charles Faith, 

 Thomas Barnes, Alexander Dansey, Richard Aldworth, 

 Henry Cowlthirste, Caesar Doffie, Martine Bonde, Oliver 

 Stile and Nicolas Stile Marchants of London for their 

 abilities and sufficiencies have bene thought fit to be also 

 of the sayd Company of the saide governour and Com- 

 pany of Marchants of Levant: Our will and pleasure 

 and expresse commaundement is, and wee doe hereby 

 establish and ordeine, that every such of the same 

 Anthony Radcliffe, Steven Some, Robert Brooke, Simon 

 Laurence, John Wattes, John Newton, Thomas Midle- 

 ton, Robert Coxe, John Blunt, Charles Faith, Thomas 

 Barnes, Alexander Dansey, Richard Aldworth, Henry 

 Cowlthirst, Caesar Doffie, Martine Bonde, Oliver Style, 

 and Nicolas Style, as shall pay unto the saide Governour 

 and company of Marchants of Levante the summe of one 

 hundred and thirtie poundes of lawfull English money 

 within two monethes next after the date hereof towards 



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