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THE LEVANT COMPANY 247
Touching the impeaching us by fines or art,
it is to be looked for that the Venetians and
the French King, having their ambassador at
Constantinople will seek by some indirect
practise to discountenance such of her majesty’s
subjects as shall trade thither.
Touching the impeaching us by force, the
Venetians who always keep certain galleys
upon the seas for the defence of their traffic
against the corsairs will, no doubt of it, unless
our ships go very strong, seek, by all the
means that they may, to distress them, in
which action the French will easily be drawn
to concur with them; beside, the Italian
merchants that have now the trade here will
seek underhand to draw the King of Spain
by some offer of contribution to join with the
other two, who shall be able, after he is
possessed of the Kingdom of Portugal, greatly
to impeach us, having forts on both sides the
Straits.
To meet with these inconveniences and to
provide some probable way of surety, the first
thing that is to be done to withstand their
fines is to make choice of some apt man to be
sent with her majesty’s letters unto the Turks
Touching the impeaching us by fines or art,
it is to be looked for that the Venetians and
the French King, having their ambassador at
Constantinople will seek by some indirect
practise to discountenance such of her majesty’s
subjects as shall trade thither.
Touching the impeaching us by force, the
Venetians who always keep certain galleys
upon the seas for the defence of their traffic
against the corsairs will, no doubt of it, unless
our ships go very strong, seek, by all the
means that they may, to distress them, in
which action the French will easily be drawn
to concur with them; beside, the Italian
merchants that have now the trade here will
seek underhand to draw the King of Spain
by some offer of contribution to join with the
other two, who shall be able, after he is
possessed of the Kingdom of Portugal, greatly
to impeach us, having forts on both sides the
Straits.
To meet with these inconveniences and to
provide some probable way of surety, the first
thing that is to be done to withstand their
fines is to make choice of some apt man to be
sent with her majesty’s letters unto the Turks