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THE LEVANT COMPANY 245
Thus craving your honours’ pardon of our
presumption in the premises in what may be
offensible referring the expedient to your
honours’ most grand and perfect wise judg-
ment, to which we your humble suppliants
wholly commit ourselves.
2
A consideration of the trade into Turkey, 1580,
by Mr. Secretary Walsingham.5
In all trades two things principally are to
be considered, profit and surety ; for if they
be not joined together they are in no wise to
be attempted.
Touching the profit that may ensue by
trade into the Turk’s dominions, it may be
comprehended in these points following :—
First, you shall set a great number of your
greatest ships in work whereby your navy
shall be maintained, one of the principallest
strengths and defence of this realm, which
otherwise were like to decay.
You shall vend your own commodities with
most profit, which before did fall into strangers’
hands.
You shall furnish not only this realm but
5 S. P. D. Eliz. vol. 144, No. 70.
Thus craving your honours’ pardon of our
presumption in the premises in what may be
offensible referring the expedient to your
honours’ most grand and perfect wise judg-
ment, to which we your humble suppliants
wholly commit ourselves.
2
A consideration of the trade into Turkey, 1580,
by Mr. Secretary Walsingham.5
In all trades two things principally are to
be considered, profit and surety ; for if they
be not joined together they are in no wise to
be attempted.
Touching the profit that may ensue by
trade into the Turk’s dominions, it may be
comprehended in these points following :—
First, you shall set a great number of your
greatest ships in work whereby your navy
shall be maintained, one of the principallest
strengths and defence of this realm, which
otherwise were like to decay.
You shall vend your own commodities with
most profit, which before did fall into strangers’
hands.
You shall furnish not only this realm but
5 S. P. D. Eliz. vol. 144, No. 70.