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58 THE EARLY HISTORY OF
of a warrant addressed to the Lord High
Treasurer.45 “ James, by the Grace of God,
etc. . . . Whereas ... we have of late
taken a course to enlarge the liberty of the
trade of the Signiory of Venice and the
dominions of the Grand Signior (which hereto-
fore have been enjoyed only by certain parti-
cular merchants of our city of London) and
to lay the same open to all our loving subjects
within the realm of England trading merchan-
dize, to be enjoyed by them under such a form
of Government and contribution of charge
as themselves have conceived and resolved
to be fit.”
45 S. P. D. James I, vol. 17, No. 35. It is elated
December 13, 1605, and asks the Treasurer to pay the
Governor and Company of merchants then incorporated
for trade to the Levant Seas the sum of £5,322, for a
present to the Grand Signior.
In S. P. D. James I. vol. 20, No. 25 it is asserted
that it was the old members of the Company who sug-
gested to James that he should grant them a fresh
charter, and that they would be satisfied if two con-
ditions were observed : (1) that the king give them
£5,322 sor the present to the Sultan, and (2) that all
merchants admitted to the company should pay an
entrance fee of £25. By means of these entrance sees
it was intended to raise £8,000, the debt of the ambassa-
dor in Turkey. Both these conditions were fulfilled.
See Charter, Appendix I.
of a warrant addressed to the Lord High
Treasurer.45 “ James, by the Grace of God,
etc. . . . Whereas ... we have of late
taken a course to enlarge the liberty of the
trade of the Signiory of Venice and the
dominions of the Grand Signior (which hereto-
fore have been enjoyed only by certain parti-
cular merchants of our city of London) and
to lay the same open to all our loving subjects
within the realm of England trading merchan-
dize, to be enjoyed by them under such a form
of Government and contribution of charge
as themselves have conceived and resolved
to be fit.”
45 S. P. D. James I, vol. 17, No. 35. It is elated
December 13, 1605, and asks the Treasurer to pay the
Governor and Company of merchants then incorporated
for trade to the Levant Seas the sum of £5,322, for a
present to the Grand Signior.
In S. P. D. James I. vol. 20, No. 25 it is asserted
that it was the old members of the Company who sug-
gested to James that he should grant them a fresh
charter, and that they would be satisfied if two con-
ditions were observed : (1) that the king give them
£5,322 sor the present to the Sultan, and (2) that all
merchants admitted to the company should pay an
entrance fee of £25. By means of these entrance sees
it was intended to raise £8,000, the debt of the ambassa-
dor in Turkey. Both these conditions were fulfilled.
See Charter, Appendix I.