2 24 A. D. 1 6oi. 



The many grants of monopolies were now found to be very detri- 

 mental to the general profperity, and petitions againft them were given 

 in to the parliament. The queen thereupon, before any application 

 was made Co her, took up the bufinefs herfelf, and cancelled mo ft of 

 the grants, leaving the reft to the due courfe of law. This prudent con- 

 dud of the fovereign was acknowjeged by an addrefs of thanks from 

 the houfe of commons. 



1602. The Rullia and Turkey companies, at their joint expenfe, 



fent two fly-boats of feventy and fixty tons, with thirty-five men, com- 

 manded by Captain George Waymouth, to make another attempt for 

 the north-weft paftage. Having penetrated to the latitude of 63 deg. 

 53 min. and finding the fea impalTable on account of the ice, he re- 

 turned home in July. 



Queen Elizabeth fent Lord Ev,^re, Sir John Herbert, and Dr. Dunn, 

 as her plenipotentiaries, to Bremen, to treat wirh thofe of Denmark 

 concerning peace and commerce, and gave them the following inftruc- 

 tions. 



I) Whereas there are certain treaties in the reigns of King Henry 

 Vn and King Henry VIII with the crown of Denmark, wherein cer- 

 tain places and ports in Denmark and Norway are afligned to our En- 

 glifti iubjeds, for the trade of fiftiery, habitation, and fuch like, which 

 our merchants at prefent are debarred the ufe of, you fliall omit the 

 fpecial naming thereof, contenting yourfelves rather to obtain for our 

 merchants a free trade and dealing in the king's dominions, and every 

 part thereof, in general terms ; the intention of this treaty being to 

 eftablifti good amity between us and our loving brother (King Chrif- 

 tian IVj for ever ; as aUo fome good means of (commercial) intei*- 

 courfe for our fubje6ls. 



II) And with refpeft to intercourfe (i. c. commercial correfpondence 

 by treaty), you are to underftand that our merchants ufe very little 

 trade in the dominions of Denmark ; yet, in general terms, mention is 

 to be made of kind entreating our fubjeds on both fides, with liberty 

 to trade, paying the ordinary duties. 



III) For coming, going, and abiding, and (which moft imports 

 our fubjed) for the intercourfe of our merchants with the Eaft 

 countries through the paflage of the Sound ; as alio of our merchants 

 of Muicovy by the Wardhuys, and of the fiihing of Iceland and Ward- 

 huys. 



As to the pafliige of the Sound, our merchants have long fince, by 

 their humble iupplications, declared unto us that they are very much 

 abufed there, as well by dayly increafe of exadlons, as by the un- 

 certainties of the duties required, with taking light occafions to ft;ay 

 them, fearching their fliips, and confifcating their goods. 



