The principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation. [vols. 1-3] made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600. yeres: deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed. The first volume containeth the worthy discoueries, &c. of the English ... The second volume comprehendeth the principall nauigations ... to the south and south-east parts of the world ... By Richard Hakluyt preacher, and sometime student of Christ-Church in Oxford.

Carta Lubecensibus ad septennium concessa. Anno 41. Henrici 3.

HEnricus dei gracia Rex Angliae, dominus Hiberniae, dux Normanniae, Aqui∣taniae, & Comes Andegauiae, omnibus Balliuis suis salutem. Sciatis nos ad instantiam dilecti & fidelis fratris nostri Ricardi Comitis Cornubiae in Re∣gem Romanorum electi,* 1.1 suscepisse in protectionem & defensionem no∣stram & saluum & securum conductum nostrum Burgenses de Lubek in Alemania cum omnibus rebus & mercandisis quas in Regnum nostrum deferent, vel facient deferri. Et eis concessimus, quod de omnibus rebus & mercandisis suis nihil capiatur ad opus nostrum vel alterius contra voluntatem corundem; sed libere vendant & negocientur inde in Regno praedicto, prout sibi viderint expedite. Et ideo vobis mandamus, quod dictis Burgensibus vel eorum nuncijs in veniendo in terram no∣stram cum rebus & mercandisis suis, ibidem morando, & inde recedendo, nullum inse∣ratis, aut ab alijs inferri permittatis impedimentum aut grauamen. Nec eos contra quie∣tantiam praedictam vexetis, aut ab alijs vexari permittatis. In cuius rei testimonium has lite∣ras nostras fieri fecimus patentes per septennium durantes:* 1.2 Dum tamen ijdem Burgenses in∣terim bene & fideliter se habuerint erga praefatum electum fratrem nostrum. Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium vndecimo die Maij Anno Regni nostri quadragesimo primo. Haec litera duplicata est, pro Burgensibus & mercatoribus Dacis, Brunswig, & Lubek.

The same in English. The charter of Lubek granted for seuen yeeres, obtained in the one and fortieth yeere of Henry the third.

HEnry by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandie and Aquitaine, and Earle of Anjou, to all his Bailifs sendeth greeting. Know ye that at the instant request of our welbeloued and trusty brother Richard Earle of Cornewal being of late elected king of the Romanes, we haue receiued vnder our protection and defence, and vnder our safe and secure conduct, the citizens of Lubek in Alemain, with all their goods and wares, which they shall bring or cause to be brought into our kingdome. We haue also granted vnto them, that of all their goods and merchandize, nothing shal be seized vnto the vse of our selues, or of any other without their owne consent, but that they may freely sell and exercise traffike therewith, accor∣ding as they shall thinke expedient. And therefore we straightly command you, that neither your selues do offer, nor that you permit any other to offer any impediment or molestation vnto the said Burgers or vnto their messengers, either at their comming into our land, with their goods and marchandize, in the time of their abode there, or at their departure from thence, and that yee nei∣ther molest them your selues, nor yet suffer them by others to be molested, contrary to the afore∣said Charter. In testimonie whereof, we haue caused these our Letters to be made Patents, du∣ring the space of seuen yeeres next following.

Prouided, that the sayd Burghers doe in the meane time behaue themselues well and faith∣fully towards our foresaid elected brother. Witnesse our selues at Westminster the eleuenth day of March, in the one and fortieth yeere of our reigne.

This Letter was doubled, namely for the Burghers, and the Marchants of Denmarke, of Brunswig, and of Lubecke.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Ricardus Comes Cornubiae Rex Romanorum.
• * 1.2

  Carta conditio∣nalis.