AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



should unjustly be inflicted upon any marchants, or 

 any others of your realme by any of our kingdomes : 

 neither can we as yet have any intelligence, that any 

 such hard measure hath bene offered unto any of your 

 marchants, by any one or moe of our subjects : giving 

 you for a certaintie to understand, that if upon lawfull 

 inquisition we shalbe advertised of any such grievances, 

 which have bene offered unto your subjects within our 

 realme, we will cause speedie justice to be administred, 

 and sufficient recompence, and due satisfaction to be 

 made in regarde thereof. And moreover, if the saide 

 malefactors, which, as it is aforesaid, slewe the fore- 

 named Knight, and others of his companie, either be 

 appertaining unto our kingdome and dominion, or may 

 at any time be found within our saide kingdome or 

 dominion, we will command justice and judgement to 

 be executed upon them, according to the lawes and 

 customes of our realme. And forasmuch as our desire 

 is, that mutuall concord and amitie should be mainteined 

 and cherished between your and our subjects on both 

 The antiquity parts : SO that our and your marchants may, in both 



ojtiapque Q^j. ;^ga]j^es and dominions, freely and without impedi- 



bctwccnc hi n?- . . . . 



land and Nor- i^^^t exercise their traffique, as in the times of our 



way. progenitors it hath bene accustomed : Whereas also we 



evidently gathered out of the contents of your letter, 

 that you are in like sort readie and willing to put all 

 things in practise, which are by you and your subjects 

 (for the taking away of discords, contentions, and moles- 

 tations howsoever occasioned, and sprung up betweene 

 your and our subjects) lovingly to be performed : we 

 also doe promise for our selves, and our subjects, so 

 much as in us and them lieth, for his sake who is 

 knowen to be the author of peace, and for the benefite 

 &: tranquilitie of both our Realmes (as justice and 

 reason shall move us) to doe the like. , Desiring and 

 earnestly requesting at your hands, that of your love 

 and friendship, having regard of us, and consideration 

 of justice, you would commaund that our foresaide 



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