Sultan Achmet Chan, Sonne vnto the Sultan Mehemet Chan most inuincible. [ 20]
TO the most glorious of the great Lords that follow, Iesus, elected by the great and mightie of the Christian Faith: Corrector of the things of all the Nations of the Nazaritanes; endued with the brightnesse of Lordship, Honour, Maiestie, and Glorie, King Iames of the Kingdome of England, &c. whose end be with all happinesse and felicitie.
At the comming of this our Imperiall Letter to your Maiesties hands, with our Imperiall signe, you shall vnderstand of the arriuall at our Port (which Port is indeed the refuge of Iustice, and the Gate of Honourable succour, yea, the principall place of all the Kings of the World) of one of your Maiesties Honourable and acceptable Gentlemen, Thomas Glouer, with your Maiesties most friendly and most sincere Letter; the tenour whereof is, That by the good will and pleasure [ 30] of the sole Creator of the World, your Maiestie hath not only taken in possession the Kingdom of England, but also as heretofore the deceased Queene of England hath beene in sincere and mutuall Friendship and Peace with our sublime and most happie Port; so your Maiestie also consequently vouch safeth to manifest and approoue the same. Moreouer, your Maiestie hath giuen vs to vnderstand, that your will and pleasure is, that the Subiects of your Maiesties Countries, in manner as heretofore they were wont, should come and traffique in these our guarded Dominions, and so to the end accordingly at their pleasures might continue in the same. Finally, all those things that were by it certified vnto our Imperiall Greatnesse, we haue sufficiently comprehended and vnderstood. Now your Maiestie shall vn∣derstand, that it being from the time of our Father and Grand-father, of most happie Memories, alwaies [ 40] the custome and vse, and most excellent order, to hold our most high and sublime Port open, now also in conformitie thereof, especially we being by the Diuine grace and fauour seated in the Throne of Iustice, it is not any way prohibited nor forbidden to any person to enter, and to depart from the same. Especially the Queene of England of good Memorie, being in friendship, from the time of our Father and Grand-father of most happie Memorie, it hath beene alwaies the vse and custome to shew vnto her Subiects, who trade and traffique within our Musulmanicall guarded Dominions, all extraordinary fauour, grace, and aide. Now by the great fauour of the Omnipotent God, we being come and established with honour, felicitie, prosperitie and greatnesse in the Seate and Throne of happinesse, in conformitie of the aboue said fauours, before it was on your Maiesties behalfe requested for the renouation of the peace and en∣tercourse, which is betwixt vs, wee haue not only caused to renew the Capitulations for the securitie of [ 50] the traffique of the Merchants, giuing the same into the hands of your Maiesties Ambassadour, but al∣so, &c.
Written the last day of the Moone, called Giemasillenel, and of the Moones of the yeare of the trans∣migration of our Prophet, on whom the grace and peace of the highest God continue. 1013. In the Residence of our Excelse Kingdome of Constantinople guarded.
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