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THE LEVANT COMPANY 155
our porte Townes within this our realme of
England wherein marchants doe reside re-
quyring all such marchants whoe shall be
willing to enter into the said trade to repaire
unto our cittie of London to the Guildhall
of the said cittie and there to conferre with
such commissioners as we had or should
appoynte in that behalfe. And in theire
conference to consider not onely of the neces-
sary charge of the said trade of the Signiory
of Venice3 [and the Dom] ynion of the graund
Signior but of the trade of all other the partes
of the levant. And whether the Islandes
Portes havens creekes and other places of
traffique within the levant seas not hereto-
fore contayned with 3 [in the pri]viledge
granted to the said marchants of London
weare htt to be conteyned under one entire
government of marchants trading to the
levant. And whereas after such intimation
made of our pleasure for the e 3 [
trade for the general good of our subjects
repaire hath bin made by dyverse mar-
chants as well from sondrye other Ports of
3 There is a hole in the MS. here. The words there
are presumably those I have put between [ ].
our porte Townes within this our realme of
England wherein marchants doe reside re-
quyring all such marchants whoe shall be
willing to enter into the said trade to repaire
unto our cittie of London to the Guildhall
of the said cittie and there to conferre with
such commissioners as we had or should
appoynte in that behalfe. And in theire
conference to consider not onely of the neces-
sary charge of the said trade of the Signiory
of Venice3 [and the Dom] ynion of the graund
Signior but of the trade of all other the partes
of the levant. And whether the Islandes
Portes havens creekes and other places of
traffique within the levant seas not hereto-
fore contayned with 3 [in the pri]viledge
granted to the said marchants of London
weare htt to be conteyned under one entire
government of marchants trading to the
levant. And whereas after such intimation
made of our pleasure for the e 3 [
trade for the general good of our subjects
repaire hath bin made by dyverse mar-
chants as well from sondrye other Ports of
3 There is a hole in the MS. here. The words there
are presumably those I have put between [ ].