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48 VOYAGES OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND OTHERS,
to the fucceffors of every of them, thefe articles, grants, immunities, franchifes,
liberties and privileges, and every of them hereafter following exprefled and de-
clared, videlicet :
1. We for us, our heirs, and fucceffors, do by thefe prefents give and grant free
licence, faculty, authority and power unto the faid governor, confuls, affiftants and com-
monalty of the faid fellowfhip, and to their fucceflors for ever, that all and fingular the
merchants of the fame company, their agents, factors, doers of their bufineis, attornies,
fervants, and minifters, and every of them, may at all times hereafter for evermore,
furely, freely,-and fafely, with their fhips, merchandifes, goods, and things whatfoever,
fail, come and enter into all and fingular our lands, countries, dominions, cities,
towns, villages, cafiles, ports, jurifdictions, and diftriéts by fea, land, or frefh waters,
and there tarry, abide, or fojourn, and buy, fell, barter and change all kind of mer-
chandifes, with all manner of merchants, and people, of whatfoever nation, rite, con-
dition, ftate or degrees they be, and with the fame or other fhips, wares, merchandifes,
goods, and things whatfoever they be, unto other empires, kingdoms, dukedoms, parts,
and to any other place or places at their pleafure and liberty by fea, land, or frefh
waters may depart, and exercife all kind of merchandifes in our empire and dominions,
and every partthereof freely and quietly, without any reftraint, impeachment, price,
exaction, preft, ftrait, cuftom, toll, impofition, or fubfidy to be demanded, taxed, paid, or
at any time hereafter to be. demanded, taxed, fet, levied, or inferred upon them, or any
of them, or upon their goods, fhips, wares, merchandifes, and things, of, for, or upon
any part or parcel thereof, or upon the goods, fhips, wares, merchandifes, and things of
any of them, fo that they fhall not need any other fafe condua or licence-general nor
fpecial of us, our heirs, or fucceffors; neither fhall be bound to afk any fafe condu&
or licence in any of the aforefaid places fubject unto us.
2. Item, we give and grant to the faid merchants this power and liberty, that they,
nor any of them, nor their goods, wares, merchandifes, or things, nor any part thereof,
fhall be by any means within our dominions, lands, countries, caftles, towns, villages, or
other place or places of our jurifdiction, at any time hereafter attached, ftayed, arrefted;
nor difturbed for any debt, duty, or other thing, for the which they be not principal
debtors or fureties, nor alfo for any offence or trefpafs committed, or that fhall be com.
mitted, but only for fuch as they, or any of them, fhall a€tually commit; and the fame
offences (if any fuch happen) fhall be by us only heard and determined.
3. Item, we give and grant that the faid merchants fhall and may have free liberty,
power, and authority to name, choole, and aflign brokers, fhippers, packers, weighers,
meafurers, waggoners, and all other meet and neceflary labourers, for to ferve them in
their feat of merchandifes, and minifter and give unto them, and every of them, a cor-
poral oath, to ferve them well and truly in their offices, and finding them, or any of
them, doing contrary to his or their oath, may punifh and difmifs them, and from time
to time choofe, fwear, and admit other in their place or places, without contradi¢tion, let,
vexation, or difturbance, either of us, our heirs, or fucceflors, or of any other our juf
tices, officers, minifters, or fubjects whatfoever.
4. Item, we give and grant unto the faid merchants, and their fucceflors, that fuch
perfon as is or fhall be commended unto us, our heirs, or fucceflors, by the governor,
confuls, and afliftants of the faid fellowfhip refiant within the city of London, within the
realm of England, to be their chief factor within this our empire and dominions, may
and fhall have full power and authority to govern and rule all Englifhmen that have had,
or fhall. have accels, or repair in or to this faid empire and jurifdictions, or any part
3 thereof 5.
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