AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1582. 



7 Also with the materials used in dying, to bring in 

 the excellencie of the arte of dying. 



8 To procure from Muhaisira a citie in ^gypt to 

 Constantinople, the seed of Sesamum the herbe, and the 

 same into this realme. Common trade is betweene 

 Alexandria and Constantinople, and therefore you may 

 easily procure the seeds. Of this seed much oyle is 

 made, and many mils set on worke about the same in 

 the sayd Muhaisira, and if this seede may prosper in 

 England, infinite benefite to our Clothing trade may 

 rise by the same. This citie is situate upon Nilus 

 the river, and thence this is brought to Venice and to 

 divers other Cities of Italie, and to Antwerpe. 



9 To note all kindes of clothing in Turkic, and all 

 degrees of their labour in the same. 



10 To endevour rather the vent of Kersies, then 

 of other Clothes as a thing more beneficiall to our people. 



1 1 To endevour the sale of such our clothes as bee 

 coloured with our owne naturall colours as much as you 

 can, rather then such as be coloured with forren 

 colours. 



12 To seeke out a vent for our Bonettos, a cap 

 made for Barbaric, for that the poore people may reape 

 great profite by the trade. 



1 3 To endevour vent of knit Stocks made of Norwich 

 yarne, & of other yarne, which brought to great trade, 

 may turne our poore people to great benefite, besides the 

 vent of the substance, of our colours, and of our divers 

 labour. 



14 To endevor a vent of our Saffron for the benefit 

 of our poore people : for a large vent found, it setteth 

 manv on worke. 



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