1303- 



[I. ,36.] 



An exception 

 for traficking 

 with ye known 

 enemies oj the 

 kingdome. 



AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



marchandises which are commonly called mercerie wares, 

 and spices, may be sold by the small, as heretofore hath 

 bin accustomed. And that all the aforesaid marchants 

 may cary or cause to be caried whither they will, aswell 

 within our realme or dominion, as out of the same ; 

 saving unto the countreis of the manifest and knowne 

 enemies of our kingdome, those marchandises which they 

 shall bring into our foresayd realme and dominion, or 

 buy, or otherwise purchase in our sayd realme and 

 dominion, paying such customes as they ought to doe : 

 except onely wines, which it shall not be any wayes 

 lawfull for them to cary out of our sayd realme and 

 dominion without our speciall favour and licence, after 

 they be once brought into our realme and dominion. 



2. Item that the aforesayd marchants may at their pleasure 

 lodge & remaine with their goods in the cities, boroughs, 

 and townes aforesaid, with the good liking of those which 

 are owners of their lodgings. 



3. Item that every bargaine made by the said marchants 

 with any maner of persons, of what places soever they be, 

 for any kind of marchandise whatsoever, shalbe firme & 

 stable, so that none of both the marchants shall shrinke or 

 give backe from that bargaine, after that the earnest penie 

 be once given and taken betweene the principall bar- 

 gayners. And if peradventure any strife arise about the 

 same bargaine, the triall and inquirie thereof shall be 

 made according to the uses and customes of the fayres 

 and townes where it chanced that the said bargaine was 

 made and contracted. 



4- Item, we promise the aforesaid marchants granting for 

 ever for us and our heires, that from hence foorth we will 

 not in any wise make nor cause to be made any stay or 

 arrest, or any delay by reason of arrest of their wares, 

 marchandises or other goods, by our selves, or by any 

 other or others for any neede or accident against the will 

 of the sayd marchants, without present payment of such a 

 price as the marchants would have sold those marchandises 

 for to other men, or without making of them other 



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