AD. THE ENGLISH V^OYAGES 



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adventurers with them the sayde Edward, Thomas, 

 Richard and William, such persons not exceeding the 

 number of twelve (as afore is said) to trafique and use 

 the said trade & feate of marchandise according to our 

 saide graunt. And that all and every such person and 

 persons, as shall hereafter fortune to bee appointed or 

 admitted as parteners in the said trade or trafique accord- 

 ing to these our letters patents, shall and may from the 

 time of such appointment or admittance, have and enjoy 

 the freedome and libertie of the said trade and trafique, 

 during the residue of the said terme of seven yeeres, 

 according to such limitation and agreement as is afore- 

 saide, and that it shall and may be lawfull to and for 

 the saide Edward, Thomas, Richard and William, their 

 executours and administratours, servants, factours and 

 deputies, and all such as shall be so appointed, nominated 

 or admitted, to bee parteners or adventurers in the saide 

 trade, or so many of them as can and will, to assemble 

 themselves for or about any the matters, causes, affaires 

 or businesse of the saide trade in any place or places for 

 the same convenient, from time to time during the said 

 terme of 7. yeres, within our dominions or elsewhere, and 

 to make, ordeine, and constitute reasonable lawes and 

 ordinances, for the good government of the said Com- 

 pany, and for the better advancement and continuance 

 of the said trade and trafique, not being contrary or 

 repugnant to the lawes, estatutes or customes of our 

 Realme, and the same lawes or ordinances so made to 

 put in use, and execute accordingly, and at their pleasures 

 to revoke the same lawes and ordinances, or any of them, 

 as occasion shall require. 



And in consideration that the said Edward Osborne 

 hath bene the principall setter fcorth and doer in the 

 opening, & putting in ure of the said trade, we do 

 therfore especially ordeine, constitute, and provide by 

 these patents, that the saide Edward Osborne shall be 

 governour of all such as by vertue of these our letters 

 patents, shall be parteners, adventurers, or trafiquers in 



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