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THE FIRST CHARTER OF THE VENICE COMPANY,
1583
But the Turkish traders were not the only
Englishmen who during this time did busi-
ness in the waters of the Eastern mediterra-
nean. There was another Company of traders
who did not go quite so far East, but limited
its enterprise to Venice and its dominions.
It will be necessary to cast a glance at its
origin.1
In 1575 Queen Elizabeth at the request of
the Earl of Leicester granted a patent to
one, Acerbo Velutelli, a citizen of Florence,
giving him the sole right of importing currants
into England. By virtue of this licence
Acerbo exacted of all merchants who brought
in currants two shillings or two shillings and
1 The story of the foundation of the Venice Company
is told pretty fully in the document in S. P. D. James I,
vol. 20, No. 25.
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THE FIRST CHARTER OF THE VENICE COMPANY,
1583
But the Turkish traders were not the only
Englishmen who during this time did busi-
ness in the waters of the Eastern mediterra-
nean. There was another Company of traders
who did not go quite so far East, but limited
its enterprise to Venice and its dominions.
It will be necessary to cast a glance at its
origin.1
In 1575 Queen Elizabeth at the request of
the Earl of Leicester granted a patent to
one, Acerbo Velutelli, a citizen of Florence,
giving him the sole right of importing currants
into England. By virtue of this licence
Acerbo exacted of all merchants who brought
in currants two shillings or two shillings and
1 The story of the foundation of the Venice Company
is told pretty fully in the document in S. P. D. James I,
vol. 20, No. 25.
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