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records ol the corpora t ion ol London contain some curious 

 entries relative t M t he fitting out of the ships which were 

 sent to sea tor the capture of galleons, and the siih- 

 scqiieiit divisi(n of the spoil. ()n such occasions the 

 several companies ot the citv comhined with the corpo- 

 ration in tormin^ a common purse, and hound them- 

 selves hv agreement lo share in the loss or i^ain ol 

 their adventures, in proportion to the amounts severally 

 stihscrihed ly them. In l.V.i;> \\-e tind a richlv laden 

 carraek captured hv Sir Walter Raleigh, and hrouu'ht 

 into t he Thames a ] >n/e : and on the 1 ."it h of Xoveml :or. 

 in that vear. a committee was a])])ointed "on hehall <>t 

 such of the city companies as had ventured in the late 

 licet, to join Avith such honourable personages as the 

 Queen hath appointed, to take a perfect view ot all such 

 v;oods, prizes, spices, jewels, pearls, treasures. &<., lately 

 taken in the carraek', and to make sale and division 

 thereof." 1 It appears that 1 L>, ()()()/. (or equivalent to 

 ahoiit tour times the value of our present nionev) was 

 divided amongst the companies which had adventured ; 

 and SOOO/. was similarlv netted hv them on another 

 occasion. I>iit the poor of the citv were not forgotten 

 < dist nl iii ion ot the nionev; two shillings in tin 



the poor people living within the Freedom visited 1\ - 



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n, ah'l streets in lir thcn-liy. llic iiihaliitanl must rxhihit 



ccpts I'M' l'' hi' i\ ih:: iln|irilitril I'll I'ajicr a li'krii of St. 



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