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

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interpreter of the Latin tongue to employ his
service in furtherance thereof, as also the
late Mr. Secretary Wilson commanded Har-
bronne in her majesty’s name to perform his
diligent endeavour in attaining the same,
promising a due consideration to be had of
the expense, by several letters extant is
apparent.
§ 2. Whereupon according to our duty we
procured the said general charter, with a
safe conduct for her majesty’s ambassador
thither, the charges thereof cost your honours’
suppliants about 600 pounds sterling, as by
account ready to be seen is manifest.
§ 3. Since the receipt of which charter
well accepted, her majesty promised by her
letters to send thither her ambassador to
gratify his good will and confirm the same,
whose presence accordingly is hourly expected,
which except it be speedily performed (for
that the Grand Signior will otherwise think
himself deluded) according as Mustafa his
last letters did import, may offer him occasion
to repeal the said charter and also make
frustrate 3 our private license, which both we
3 The MS. here was “ fustrate.”