QUEEN ELIZABETH'S REPLY 



hither to our Imperlall dominions, and so to returne againe 

 into their own Country : straightly charging that they be 

 suffered to use and trade all kind of marchandize as any 

 other Christians doe, without let or disturbance of any. 



Therefore when these our Imperiall letters shall be 

 brought to your most excellent Regall Majestie, it shall 

 be meet, according to our benevolence, humanity, and 

 familiarity towards your most excellent Majesty, that 

 you likewise bethinke your selfe of your like benevo- 

 lence, humanitie and friendshippe towards us, to open 

 the gate thereof unto us, and to nourish by all good 

 meanes this kindnesse and friendship : and that like 

 libertie may be granted by your Highnesse to our 

 subjects and merchants to come with their merchan- 

 dizes to your dominions, either by sea with their ships, 

 or by land with their wagons or horses, and to returne 

 home againe : and that your most excellent Regall 

 Majestie do alwayes declare your humanitie, good will, 

 and friendship towards us, and alwayes keepe open the 

 dore thereof unto us. 



Given at our citie of Constantinople the fifteenth day 

 of March, and in the yeere of our most holy Prophet 

 Mahomet 11 987. 



The ansv^ere of her Majestie to the aforesaid 

 Letters of the Great Turke, sent the 25 of 

 October 1579, in the Prudence of London by 

 Master Richard Stanley. 



LIZABETHA Dei ter maximi, & unici 

 coeli terraeque Conditoris gratia, Anglic, 

 Franciae & Hiberniae regina, fidei Chris- 

 tianae contra omnes omnium inter 

 Christianos degentium, & Christi nomen 

 falso profitentium Idololatrias invictis- 

 sima & potentissima Defensatrix, augus- 

 tissimo, invictissimoque principi Sultan Murad Can, 

 Turcici regni dominatori potentissimo, Imperiique 



171 



A.D. 



^579- 



The Jurke 

 demandethlike 

 privileges for 

 his subjects in 

 the Queenes 

 dominions. 



li With us the 

 yeere 1579. 



