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ii2 THE EARLY HISTORY OF
were already brought in by members of the
Company of Merchant Adventurers or that
shall be bought by any of them in Germany
or Flanders 6 and imported before the news
of the agreement got about, should be allowed
by the Levant Company. Secondly, that no
one—neither the members of the Levant Com-
pany nor those of the Company of Merchant
Adventurers—should import currants there-
after from Germany or Flanders. The Mer-
chant Adventurers attached great importance
to both these conditions, for they made it
quite clear that if the Levant Company re-
fused to accept them, they would refuse to
be bound by the request of the Council. But
the Levant Company did yield, and there the
matter ended.7
6 Germany and Flanders was the trading sphere of
the Merchant Adventurers.
7 In their declaration to the Lords of the Council
accepting an amicable agreement, the Merchant Ad-
venturers asserted that they yielded their right “be-
cause your honours who are the competent judges in
this case seem to judge that the present estate of the
said Levant Company standeth in need of some special
favour.” The year 1617 appears to have been a year
of bad trade for the Levant Company. See Min.
April 15, 1617.^ Indeed, so bad was it that they pleaded
it as an excuse for not electing a full successor to Sir
were already brought in by members of the
Company of Merchant Adventurers or that
shall be bought by any of them in Germany
or Flanders 6 and imported before the news
of the agreement got about, should be allowed
by the Levant Company. Secondly, that no
one—neither the members of the Levant Com-
pany nor those of the Company of Merchant
Adventurers—should import currants there-
after from Germany or Flanders. The Mer-
chant Adventurers attached great importance
to both these conditions, for they made it
quite clear that if the Levant Company re-
fused to accept them, they would refuse to
be bound by the request of the Council. But
the Levant Company did yield, and there the
matter ended.7
6 Germany and Flanders was the trading sphere of
the Merchant Adventurers.
7 In their declaration to the Lords of the Council
accepting an amicable agreement, the Merchant Ad-
venturers asserted that they yielded their right “be-
cause your honours who are the competent judges in
this case seem to judge that the present estate of the
said Levant Company standeth in need of some special
favour.” The year 1617 appears to have been a year
of bad trade for the Levant Company. See Min.
April 15, 1617.^ Indeed, so bad was it that they pleaded
it as an excuse for not electing a full successor to Sir