A.D. 



c. 1229. 



II Antiqua 



consuetudo 



GildhalU 



Coloniensium 



Londini, 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



kingdome so soone, &c. Witnesse our selfe at Lamhith 



the tenth of October. 



Another letter in the same forme and to the same effect 

 was there and then sent unto S. Duke of Norway. 



Mandatum pro Coga Regis Norwegias Anno 13. 



Henrici 3. 



Andatum est omnibus Ballivis portuum in quos 

 Ventura est Coga de Norwegia, in qua venerint in 

 Angliam milites Regis Norwegiae & Mercatores 

 Saxonias, quod cum praedictam Cogam in portus suos 

 venire contigerit, salvo permittant ipsam Cogam in por- 

 tubus suis morari, quamdiu necesse habuerit, & libere sine 

 impediment© inde recedere quando voluerint. Teste Rege. 



The same in English. 



A Mandate for the King of Norway his Ship 



called the Cog. 



WEe will and commaund all bailifes of Fortes, at the 

 which the Cog of Norway (wherein certaine of the 

 king of Norwaie his souldiers, and certaine Marchants of 

 Saxonie are comming for England) shall touch, that, when 

 the foresaid Cog shall chance to arrive at any of their 

 Havens, they doe permit the said Cog safely to remaine 

 in their said Havens so long as neede shall require, and 

 without impediment also freely to depart thence, whenso- 

 ever the governours of the sayd ship shall thinke it 

 expedient. Witnesse the King. 



Carta pro Mercatoribus de Colonia anno 20. Henrici 

 3. Confirmata per Regem Edwardum primum 

 8. Julii Anno Regni 18. prout extat in rotulo 

 cartarum de Anno 18. Regis Edv^ardi primi. 



Ex Archiepiscopis &c. salutem. Sciatis nos quietos 

 clamasse pro nobis & haeredibus nostris dilectos 

 nostros, Cives de Colonia, & mercandisam suam de 

 illis duobus solidis, II quos solebant dare de Gildhalla sua 



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