SIR EDWARD OSBORNE'S LETTER ad. 



1584. 

 dichas naos por se conoscer un salvo condutto de su alta 

 & potentissima magestad. Y con esta vostra tan senal- 

 lada merced y favor que en esso reciberemos, quedaremos 

 nosotros con grandissima obligation a vostra Alteza de 

 servir la por ello, segun que el dicho Sennor Juan Tipton, 

 a quien nos reportamos de todo lo demas, mejor informera 

 vostra Alteza : Cuya serenissima persona y estado suppli- 

 camos y pidimos a Dios omnipotente prospere y accres- 

 cente con toda felicitad y honra. De la ciuidad de 

 Londres a los veynte dias de Julio del mil y quinientos 

 y ochenta y quatro annos. 



Al servito de vuestra Alteza por y en nombre 



de todos los tratantes en Turquia, lo el 



Mayor de Londres, 



Edward Osborne. 



The same in English. 



Right high and mightie king, 

 May it please your highnesse to understand, that 

 the most high and most mightie majestie of the Grand 

 Signor hath confirmed certaine articles of privileges with 

 the most excellent majestie of our Queene of England, 

 that her subjects may freely go and come, and traffique 

 by sea and land in the dominions of his most mighty 

 majesty, as appeareth more at large by ye said articles, 

 whereof we have sent the copy unto M. Joh. Tipton our 

 Commissarie, to shew the same unto your highnes. 

 Against the tenor of which articles, one of our ships ^f English 

 which came from Patras which is in Morea, laden with ^^^^ ^^^J^.^ ^^ 

 corants and other merchandizes which were bought in ^/^^ 

 those parts, was sunke by 2. gallies of your citie of Alger, 

 and the greatest number of the men thereof were slain 

 and drowned in the sea, the residue being detained as 

 slaves : An acte very contrary to the meaning of the 

 aforesaid articles and privileges : which is the occasion 

 that by these presents we beseech your highnesse very 

 humbly, that since it hath pleased the most mightie 

 majestie of the Grand Signor to favour us with the sayd 



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