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

THE LEVANT COMPANY 183

unto the said office according to the true
meaning of these presents And after the
said Governor soe chosen yt shall be likewise
lawfull to the said Governor and companye
for the tyme being or the greater parte of
them as ys aforesaid to electe ordayne
nomynate and appoynte one other of the
said companie resident within our said Cittie
of London which shall be Deputie to the said
Governor for one whole yeare from thence
following and from thence untill another of
the said companie shall in due manner be
chosen unto the said office according to the
true meaning of these presents. And after
the said Deputie soe chosen it shall be alsoe
lawfull unto the said Governor and companye
for the tyme being or the greater parte of them
as is aforesaid to nomynate elect and appoynt
eighteene of the best and most discreete
psons of the said companie inhabiting within
the cittie of London or the liberties thereof
to be assistants to the said Governor and
companie for one whole yeare then nexte
following and from thence forth untill a newe
eleccion of Assistants of the said companye
shall be made which said severall psons so