THE LEVANT COMPANY'S CHARTER ad. 



1581. 

 making, sealing and passing of such new letters patents, 

 without further writ or warrant for the same to be re- 

 quired, had, or obtained. 



And the said Edward Osburne, Thomas Smith, and 

 Richard Staper, and William Garret and such others as 

 shalbe so nominated and appointed, as is aforesaid, to be 

 of their trade or companie, shall yeerely during 6. of the 

 last yeres of the said 7. yeres, lade out of this our 

 Realme, and bring home yeerely, for, and in the feate 

 and trade of marchandizing aforesaid, so much goods and 

 marchandizes, as the custome, and subsidie inwards and 

 outwards, shall amount in the whole to the summe of [II. i. 149.] 

 500. li. yeerely. So that the said Edward Osborne, 

 Thomas Smith, Richard Staper, and William Garret and 

 the said persons so to be nominated as is aforesaid, or 

 any of them, or their ship or shippes be not barred, 

 stayed, restrained or let by any reasonable occasion from 

 the sayde trade or trafique, and so that the said ship or 

 ships do not perish by any misfortune, or bee spoyled 

 by the way in their voyage. 



And further, the said Edward Osborne, Thomas Smith, 

 Richard Staper, and William Garret, and such others 

 as shall be appointed as aforesaide to be of their saide 

 trade or Company, shall give notice unto the Lord 

 Admirall of England, or to some of the principall officers 

 of the Admiraltie for the time being, of such ship or 

 shippes as they shall set foorth in the same voyage, and 

 of the number of Mariners appointed to goe in the 

 same ship or shippes, by the space of fifteene dayes 

 before the setting or going foorth of the same ship or 

 shippes. And also the said Edward Osborne, Thomas 

 Smith, Richard Staper and William Garret, and such 

 other as shall be by them the saide Edward and Richard, 

 nominated to be of the said trade, shall and will at 

 the setting foorth of their ship, or shippes, for the 

 same voyage, permit and suffer the Master of the 

 Ordinance of us, our heires and successors, or some 

 others, our or their principall officers of the Ordinance, 



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