LINSCHOTEN'S REPORT ad. 



1584. 

 being ready to endure what justice should ordaine for 

 them, saying, that if it were found contrary, and that 

 they were other then travelling marchants, and sought to 

 finde out further benefit by their wares, they would be 

 content to be punished. With that we departed from 

 them, promising them to do our best : and in the end we 

 obtained so much of the Archbishop, that he went unto 

 the Viceroy to deliver our petition, and perswaded him 

 so well, that he was content to set them at libertie, and 

 that their goods should be delivered unto them againe, 

 upon condition they should put in sureties for two 

 thousand pardawes, not to depart the countrey before 

 other order should be taken with them. Thereupon 

 they presently found a Citizen of the towne that was 

 their surety for two thousand pardawes, to whom they 

 payed in hand one thousand and three hundred pardawes, 

 and because they sayd they had no more ready money, 

 he gave them credit, seeing what store of marchandise 

 they had, whereby at all times if need were, he might be 

 satisfied : and by that meanes they were delivered out of 

 prison, and hired themselves an house, and beganne to 

 set open shoppe : so that they uttered much ware, and 

 were presently well knowen among all the marchants, 

 because they alwayes respected gentlemen, specially such 

 as bought their wares, shewing great courtesie and honour 

 unto them, whereby they woon much credit, and were 

 beloved of all men, so that every man favoured them, and 

 was willing to doe them pleasure. To us they shewed 

 great friendship, for whose sake the Archbishop favoured 

 them much, and shewed them very good countenance, 

 which they knew well how to increase, by offering him 

 many presents, although he would not receive them, 

 neither would ever take gift or present at any mans hands. 

 Likewise they behaved themselves so discreetly that no 

 man caried an evill eye, no, nor an evill thought towards 

 them. Which liked not the Jesuites, because it hindered 

 them from that they hoped for, so that they ceased not 

 still by this Dutch Jesuite to put them in feare, that 



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