Epstein, Mordecai: The English Levant Company: its foundation and its history to 1640 (London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1908)

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marchant free of the said companye shall be
inhabiting or resident which Deputie and
Deputies shall and may from tyme to tyme
in the absence of the Governor exercize and
execute the office of Governor in such sorte
as the said Governor ought to do. And shall
contynewe in the said offyce or offyces of
Deputie or Deputies to the said Governor
duering the pleasure of the said Governor
assistants and companye for the tyme being
or the most part of them. And to be re-
moved when the Governor and the Assistants
or the greater parte of them togeather with
the assent of the greater parte of the said
companye present at anie generail Courte
the Governor for the tyme being being one
shall thinke htt. And furthermore for the
greater encrease and advancement of trade
and traffique and for the enriching of our
loving subjects being meere marchants we
doe for us our heires and successors straightly
charge and commande the said Governor
and companye of marchants of England trad-
ing into the levant seas and theire successors
That they and theire successors shall from
time to time and at all times hereafter admytt