THOMAS SHINGLETON'S PASSPORT ad. 



1583. 



Algieri in nostro reggio Palazzo, sigillato del nostro 

 reggio sigillo, e fermato della gran ferma, & scritto del 

 nostro reggio Secretario, il di 23 de Jenaro, 1583. 



The same in English. 



WE Assan Bassha Viceroy and lieutenant, and 

 captaine of the jurisdiction of Algier, give and 

 grant free safeconduct to Thomas Shingleton marchant, 

 that with his ship and mariners, of what nation soever 

 they be, & with his marchandize of what countrey soever, 

 he may go and come, and trade & traffique freely in this 

 city of Algier, and other places of our jurisdiction, as 

 well of the West as of the East. And in like sort 

 we further command the captaine of the sea of Algier, 

 and other places of our jurisdiction, the Reiz of vessels 

 & captaines of the Levant, & other captaines of vessels 

 aswell great as small, whosoever they be, we do com- 

 mand them, that finding the foresayd Thomas Shingleton 

 Englishman in the seas of Genua, France, Naples, 

 Calabria, and Sardinia, with his ship and merchandize, [II. i. 175.] 

 and men of what nation soever they be, that they molest 

 them not, neither take nor touch any kind of thing of 

 theirs, neither money nor any other kind of goods, under 

 paine and peril of loosing of their lives and goods : and 

 as you make account of the favour of the Grand Signor 

 our lord Sultan Murates Hottoman, so see you let him 

 passe on his way without any maner of impediment. 

 Dated at Alger in our kingly palace, signed with our 

 princely Signet, and sealed with our great scale, and 

 written by our Secretarie of estate, the 23. of Januarie, 



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