THE LEVANT COMPANY'S CHARTER ad. 



1580. 



& contra legem divinam, & hoc privilegium, nemo 

 unquam aliquid audeat facere. 



20 Item, si naves magnaj, & parvae in itinere & loco 

 ubi stant detinebuntur, nemo illos audeat impedire, sed 

 potius auxilio sint illis. 



2 1 Item, si latrones & fures vi raperent naves illorum, 

 naviumque merces, magna diligentia quaerantur latrones 

 & fures, & severissime puniantur. 



22 Ad extremum, Beglerbegii, & Zanziacbegi, Capitanei 

 nostri, Mancipia, & per mare navigantes servi Capitan- 

 eorum, & Judices, & Teloniatores, & Gubernatores 

 navium Reiz dicti, & liberi Reiz, omnes isti praefati, 

 secundum tenorem hujus privilegii, tenoremve articulorum 

 ejus, omnia facere teneantur, & debeant. Et donee hoc 

 in privilegio descriptum foedus, & pax illius Majestatis 

 ex parte sancte servabitur, & custodietur, ex parte etiam 

 nostra Caesarea custodiri, & observari mandamus. 



Datum Constantinopoli, anno nostri prophetae Sanctis- 

 simi 988, in principio mensis Junii, anno autem Jesu 1580. 



The interpretation of the letters, or privilege of [ll. i. 143.] 

 the most mightie and Musumanlike Emperour 

 Zuldan Murad Can, granted at the request of 

 Elizabeth by the grace of the most mightie 

 God, and only Creator of heaven and earth, 

 of England, France and Ireland Queene, con- 

 firming a peace and league betv^ixt both the 

 said Princes and their subjects. 



E most sacred Musulmanlike Emperour, 

 by the infinite and exceeding great power, 

 by the everlasting and wonderfull clem- 

 encie, & by the unspeakable helpe of the 

 most mighty & most holy God, creator 

 of all things, to be worshipped and feared 

 with all purenesse of minde, and rever- 

 ence of speech, The prince of these present times, 

 the onely Monarch of this age, able to give scepters to 



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