kingdom of the
other as full and ample privileges, and as much freedom, liberty, and
immunity, as any stranger possesseth, or shall possess, in the said
dominions and kingdoms.

"5. The merchants, masters of ships, pilots, seamen, and others,
their ships, merchandise, and all goods in general of the said
confederates and their subjects and inhabitants, shall not be
apprehended or detained in the lands, ports, shores, harbours, or
dominions whatsoever in alliance with the other, for any public use,
expedition of war, or other cause, much less for any private man's
use by virtue of any edict, general or special; neither shall they be
molested or constrained by violence or injury or anything of that
kind: provided that arrests be not prohibited if they are made
according to the ordinary form of law, justice, and equity; they
shall not neglect the punishment of any for private affection.

"6. And if one or more ships of the subjects, citizens, or
inhabitants, be they of war or of burden and private men's, shall be
forced by tempests, or pursued by pirates and enemies, or any urgent
necessity to the harbour or shores of the other confederate, and be
forced to call for protection, they shall be received there with all
benignity, humanity, and friendship, and at no time to be hindered,
and all victual, reparation, and things fit for use at the ordinary
price; they shall not be prohibited to depart or go out of the port
or harbour by any pretence whatsoever, as long as they have not
committed anything against the statutes, ordinances, and custom of
the place where their ships are brought and where they shall sojourn.

"7. Likewise, if one ship or more of war or of private men of the
other confederate, and of the subjects and inhabitants, shall be
shipwrecked or cast on the coast of the dominions of the other
confederate, or for the future may suffer detriment, they may be
relieved and helped at a price agreed on, so that whatsoever shall be
saved from the shipwreck shall be preserved and restored to the true
owner or his factor.

"8. And if the subjects and inhabitants of the other confederate,
whether they be merchants, their factors, servants, masters of ships,
pirates, seamen, or others, have occasion to travel into the
dominions of the other confederate, or if anything shall come in
their name before a court o