a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1592. 



and passages both by lande and sea to finde out and set 

 open a trade of marchandize and traffike into the landes, 

 Ilandes, Dominions, and territories of the great Turke, 

 commonly called the Grand Signor, not before that time 

 in the memorie of any man now living knowen to be 

 commonly used and frequented by way of marchandize 

 by any the marchantes or other subjectes of us or our 

 progenitors : And also have by their like good meanes 

 and industrie and great charges procured of the sayde 

 Grand Signor in our name, amitie, safetie and freedome 

 for trade and traffike of marchandize to be used and 

 continued by our subjects within his sayd dominions, 

 whereby we perceive and finde that both many good 

 actions have beene done and performed, and hereafter 

 are likely continually to be done and performed for the 

 peace of Christendome : Namely by the reliefe and 

 discharge of many Christians which have beene, and which 

 hereafter may happen to be in thraldome and bondage 

 under the sayde Grand Signor and his vassals or subjects. 

 And also good and profitable vent and utterance of the 

 commodities of our Realme, and sundrie other great 

 benefites to the advancement of our honour and dignitie 

 Royall, the maintenance of our Navie, the encrease of 

 our customes, and the revenues of our Crowne, and 

 generally the great wealth of our whole Realme. 



And whereas we are enformed of the sayd Edward 

 Osborne knight, William Hareborne, and Richard Staper, 

 that George Barne, Richard Martine, John Harte knights, 

 and other marchants of our sayd Citie of London have 

 by the space of eight or nine yeeres past joyned them- 

 selves in companie, trade and traffike with them the sayd 

 Edward Osborne knight, William Hareborne and Richard 

 Staper, into the sayde dominions of the sayd great 

 Turke, to the furtherance thereof and the good of the 

 Realme. 



And whereas further it is made knowen unto us, that 

 within fewe yeeres now past our loving and good subjects 

 Thomas Cordall, Edward Holmeden, William Garraway 



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