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out of Sr Water Copes booke
intituled:
Certayne breefe remonstrances
offerd to his Maty. &c. 1613.
intituled:
Certayne breefe remonstrances
offerd to his Maty. &c. 1613.
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* The seas & Merchant only [???]
ever to before & therefore [???]
the stat: 13 of Eliz. The [???]
Marchant only hath power [???]
passe & returne wihout
ever to before & therefore [???]
the stat: 13 of Eliz. The [???]
Marchant only hath power [???]
passe & returne wihout
Towardes the latter end concerning Busses for fishing.
Anno 1611 it so far proceeded that after long consultation
we framed a body for the corporation consisting of a Governor
a deputy, a Treasurer, 24 consulls, 24 assistantes, a sercher,
a Guager, &c. with free liberty to all that would become adventurers.
We then agreed that the Government should be generall for matters
of order, particular for matter of adventure, having ever [???]
at liberty to venture for itself.
We then agreed of lawes and ordinances for the generall company at [???]
under & the particular companyes in the country that there might [???]
& an æquall correspondence between them all.
We then agreed of 19 privileges that might give [???] & comfort
to all the undertakers.
But when we came to the [???] and that the end should have
crowned the work, when we came to the 17th privilege which
made it lawfull to carry our fish & returne commodityes from all
partes whatsoever notwithstanding all former privilege to the
contrary. All the companyes (especially the Adventurers) strongly
opposed it as if they should want commodityes for there & our return
we then offered them to make them parteners of our corpo-
ration which they refused.
We then demanded whether they wold make us in worse case
then the Hollanders who vented there great masse of fish in all
partes of the world, & made there returns home & better at
there pleasures. They answered that returnes into Holland did
them no hurt, Returnes into England might undo their great
trade of cloth.
And upon this uncharitable, uniust, & idle proposition, what should become
of our fish, before either Busses builded or nettes made or fish taken;
this great & noble worke of the Busses hath for these 2 yeares ben last
layd or asleep.
I call it uniust & uncharitable because agaynst the great Cha[???]
& agaynst many other lawes of this realme. Agaynst the birthright
& freedom of every subject.
And against all leagues & treatyes of states.
As appeares in the treaty of Bruxelles the 24. Jan. 1515. between Cha[???]
prince of Spayne & Henry 8. K. of England. And agaynst their second
treaty April. 11. 1520. betweene Charles the first then Emperor & our [???]
& alos agaynst a third treaty 1529. and contrary to our privileges
granted by the hosue of Burgundy & by the Emperor of Moscovy &c.
In all which is allowed libertum commercium for the K. and all his subjects to come
& to go to buy to sell by land by sea in all clymes partes creekes &c. in
free liberall & ample manner as the very natives of his crowne kingdom
without exception or restraynt in favour of the Adventurers or any company
whatsoever. All lawes & treatyes ever ayming after liberty of trade. * above.
(No more I
Anno 1611 it so far proceeded that after long consultation
we framed a body for the corporation consisting of a Governor
a deputy, a Treasurer, 24 consulls, 24 assistantes, a sercher,
a Guager, &c. with free liberty to all that would become adventurers.
We then agreed that the Government should be generall for matters
of order, particular for matter of adventure, having ever [???]
at liberty to venture for itself.
We then agreed of lawes and ordinances for the generall company at [???]
under & the particular companyes in the country that there might [???]
& an æquall correspondence between them all.
We then agreed of 19 privileges that might give [???] & comfort
to all the undertakers.
But when we came to the [???] and that the end should have
crowned the work, when we came to the 17th privilege which
made it lawfull to carry our fish & returne commodityes from all
partes whatsoever notwithstanding all former privilege to the
contrary. All the companyes (especially the Adventurers) strongly
opposed it as if they should want commodityes for there & our return
we then offered them to make them parteners of our corpo-
ration which they refused.
We then demanded whether they wold make us in worse case
then the Hollanders who vented there great masse of fish in all
partes of the world, & made there returns home & better at
there pleasures. They answered that returnes into Holland did
them no hurt, Returnes into England might undo their great
trade of cloth.
And upon this uncharitable, uniust, & idle proposition, what should become
of our fish, before either Busses builded or nettes made or fish taken;
this great & noble worke of the Busses hath for these 2 yeares ben last
layd or asleep.
I call it uniust & uncharitable because agaynst the great Cha[???]
& agaynst many other lawes of this realme. Agaynst the birthright
& freedom of every subject.
And against all leagues & treatyes of states.
As appeares in the treaty of Bruxelles the 24. Jan. 1515. between Cha[???]
prince of Spayne & Henry 8. K. of England. And agaynst their second
treaty April. 11. 1520. betweene Charles the first then Emperor & our [???]
& alos agaynst a third treaty 1529. and contrary to our privileges
granted by the hosue of Burgundy & by the Emperor of Moscovy &c.
In all which is allowed libertum commercium for the K. and all his subjects to come
& to go to buy to sell by land by sea in all clymes partes creekes &c. in
free liberall & ample manner as the very natives of his crowne kingdom
without exception or restraynt in favour of the Adventurers or any company
whatsoever. All lawes & treatyes ever ayming after liberty of trade. * above.
(No more I