PRINCE OF MOLDAVIA'S PRIVILEGE ad 



1588. 



sundry sorts of their best wine and fresh fish, every of 

 them with a long discourse, congratulating, in the names 

 of their whole Senate, her Majesties victory over the 

 Spaniard, and my safe returne, concluding with offer of 

 their ready service to her future disposing. Yet the 

 Dantziks after my departure thence caused the Marchants 

 to pay custome for the goods they brought with them in 

 my company, which none other towne neither Infidels nor 

 Christians on ye way ever demanded. And notwith- 

 standing the premisses, I was most certainly informed of 

 sundry of our nation there resident that most of the [II. i. 290. 

 Hanse-towns upon the sea coasts, especially Dantzik, 

 Lubeck, and Hamborough have laden and were ship- 

 ping for Spaine, great provision of corne, cables, ropes, 

 powder, saltpeter, hargubusses, armour, iron, leade, 

 copper, and all other munition serving for the warre. 

 Whereupon I gather their fained courtesie proceeded 

 rather for feare then of any good affection unto her 

 Majesties service, Elbing and Stoad onely excepted, 

 which of duetie for their commoditie I esteemed well 

 affected. 



The privilege of Peter the Prince of Moldavia 

 graunted to the English Marchants. 



Etrus Dei gratia princeps Valachiae & 

 Moldavian ; significamus praesentibus, 

 universis & singulis quorum interest ac 

 intererit, quod cum magnifico domino 

 Guilielmo Hareborne oratore Serenissimae 

 ac potentissimae dominae, dominae Eliza- 

 bethan Dei gratia Angliae, Franciae, ac 

 Hiberniae Reginae apud Serenissimum ac potentissimum 

 Turcarum lmperatorem hanc constitutionem fecerimus : 

 Nimirum ut dehinc suae Serenitatis subditis, omnibusque 

 mercatoribus integrum sit hie in provincia nostra com- 

 morandi, conversandi, mercandi, vendendi, contrahendique, 

 imo omnia exercendi, quae mercaturae ac vitae humanae 

 societas ususque requirit, sine ulla alicujus contradictione, 



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