and from time to time doe
trade and frequent and traffike by sea with the commodities of our Realme
to Venice, Zante, Candie, and Zephalonia, and other the dominions of the
Segniorie and State of Venice, and thereby haue made and mainteyned, and
doe make and continually maintains diuers good shippes with mariners
skilfull and fitte and necessarie for our seruice: and doe vent out of our
Realme into those partes diuerse commodities of our Realme, and returne
hither into our sayde Realme many good and necessarie commodities for the
common wealth thereof: All which traffike, as well inward as outward vntill
it hath beene otherwise brought to passe by the sayde endeuours, costs, and
charges of our sayde subiects, was in effect by our subiectes wholy
discontinued.

Knowe yee, that hereupon we greatly tendring the wealth of our people and
the encouragement of them and other our louing subiects in their good
enterprises for the aduancement of lawfull traffike to the benefite of our
common wealth, haue of our speciall grace, certaine knowledge, and meere
motion giuen and graunted, and by these presents for vs, our heyres, and
successours, doe giue and graunt vnto our sayd trustie and welbeloued
subiectes Edwarde Orborne Knight, George Barne Knight, George Bonde
knight, Richard Martine knight, Iohn Harte knight, Iohn Hawkins knight,
William Massam, Iohn Spencer, Richard Saltonstall, Nicholas Mosley Alderman
of our sayde Citie of London, William Hareborne, Edwarde Barton, William
Borrough Esquires, Richard Staper, Thomas Cordall, Henrie Paruis, Thomas
Laurence, Edwarde Holmeden, William Garraway, Robert Dowe, Paul Banning,
Roger Clarke, Henrie Anderson, Robert Offley, Philip Grimes, Andrewe
Banning, Iames Staper, Robert Sadler, Leonarde Power, George Salter,
Nicholas Leate, Iohn Eldred, William Shales, Richard May, William Wilkes,
Andrewe Fones, Arthur Iackson, Edmund Ansell, Ralph Ashley, Thomas
Farrington, Roberte Sandie, Thomas Garraway, Edwarde Lethlande, Thomas
Dalkins, Thomas Norden, Robert Bate, Edward Sadler, Richard Darsall,
Richard Martine Iunior, Ralph Fitch, Nicholas Pearde, Thomas Simons, and
Francis Dorrington, [Marginal note: The marchants aboue named be made a
fellowship and companie for 12 yeeres by the name of the Gouernor and
companie of the marchants of the Leuant.] that they and euery of them by
the name of Gouernour and company of Marchants of the Leuant shall from
hence foorth for the terme of twelue yeeres