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THE HISTORY OF THE COMPANY FROM 1592 TO
1605
The Company appeared to have prospered 1
and so stirred up jealousy in mercantile
circles. At least one petition is extant2
wherein it is shown that the Company is not
altogether an unmixed blessing. “ The profit
they reap and take is grown so great that
they are jealous of it and refuse to licence
any one to import small fruit called currants
or raisins of Corinth at less than £5 a ton.”
But more than that. One reason, so the
petition proceeds, that moved the Queen to
grant a charter to the company was the
1 Cf. S. P. D. Eliz. vol. 242, No. 36. Here is a list
(dating from 1595) of commodities which ships of the
company were bringing to England: raw silk, indigo
blue, all sorts of spices, all sorts of chemicals, grogranes,
chamblettes, cotton yarn, cotton wool, Turkey carpets,
cotton cloth and shawls. Cf. document in Turkey
Papers, Bundle 3.
2 S. P. D. Eliz. vol. 242, No. 36.
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THE HISTORY OF THE COMPANY FROM 1592 TO
1605
The Company appeared to have prospered 1
and so stirred up jealousy in mercantile
circles. At least one petition is extant2
wherein it is shown that the Company is not
altogether an unmixed blessing. “ The profit
they reap and take is grown so great that
they are jealous of it and refuse to licence
any one to import small fruit called currants
or raisins of Corinth at less than £5 a ton.”
But more than that. One reason, so the
petition proceeds, that moved the Queen to
grant a charter to the company was the
1 Cf. S. P. D. Eliz. vol. 242, No. 36. Here is a list
(dating from 1595) of commodities which ships of the
company were bringing to England: raw silk, indigo
blue, all sorts of spices, all sorts of chemicals, grogranes,
chamblettes, cotton yarn, cotton wool, Turkey carpets,
cotton cloth and shawls. Cf. document in Turkey
Papers, Bundle 3.
2 S. P. D. Eliz. vol. 242, No. 36.
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