THE LEVANT COMPANY'S CHARTER a.d. 



1580. 



9 Item, if any Englishman shall make his will and 

 testament, to whom soever by the same hee shall give his 

 goods, the partie shall have them accordingly, and if hee 

 die intestate, hee to whom the Consull or governour of 

 the societie shall say the goods of the dead are to bee 

 given, hee shall have the same. 



10 Item, if the Englishmen or the marchants and 

 interpreters of any places under the jurisdiction of Eng- 

 land shall happen in the buying and selling of wares, by 

 promises or otherwise to come in controversie, let them 

 go to the Judge, and cause the matter to be entred into a 

 booke, and if they wil, let them also take letters of the 

 Judge testifying the same, that men may see the booke 

 and letters, whatsoever thing shall happen, and that 

 according to the tenour thereof the matter in controversie 

 and in doubt may be ended : but if such things be neither 

 entred in booke, nor yet the persons have taken letters 

 of the Judge, yet he shall admit no false witnesse, but 

 shall execute the Law according to justice, and shall not 

 suffer them to be abused. 



1 1 Item, if any man shall say, that these being 

 Christians have spoken any thing to the derogation of our 

 holy faith and religion, and have slandered the same, in 

 this matter as in all others, let no false witnesses in any 

 case be admitted. 



12 Item, if any one of them shall commit any great 

 crime, and flying thereupon cannot bee found, let no man 

 be arrested, or detained for another mans fact, except he 

 be his suretie. 



13 Item, if any slave shall be found to be an English- 

 man, and their Consull or governour shall sue for his 

 libertie, let the same slave be diligently examined, and if 

 hee be found in deed to be English, let him be discharged 

 and restored to the Englishmen. 



14 Item, if any Englishman shall come hither either 

 to dwel or trafique, whether hee be married or unmarried, 

 he shall pay no polle or head money. 



15 Item, if either in Alexandria, Damasco, Samos, 



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