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

206 the early history of

Deputie or Deputies and assistants for the
tyme being or the greater parte of them as
aforesaid made or to be made by vertue of
these our Ires patents. And19 further we
will and by these presents for us our heires
and successors doe charge and comaunde all
and everie mayors sheriffes Justices Bayliffes
constables Customers and all and everie other
the officers and mynisters of us our heires
and successors to supporte ayde assiste and
helpe the said Governor or his Deputie or
Deputies and the said Assistants of the said
companye or marchants of England trading
into the levant seas theire successors offycers
and mynisters and everie of them in executing
the said statutes acts and ordinances and to
punishe the offendors and transgressors untill
they be fullye satisfied according to the
penalties and fynes by the said statutes acts
or ordinances constituted and appoynted or
hereafter to be constituted and appoynted.
And yf it happen that the said Governor or
his Deputie or Deputies and the assistants
19 The fifth and last sheet of the MS. commences
here. It is only about a quarter the length of the
others.