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A50000	Newes from Tvrkie, or, A true relation of the passages of the Right Honourable Sir Tho. Bendish, baronet, Lord Ambassadour, with the Grand Signieur at Constantinople, his entertainment and reception there also, a true discourse of the unjust proceedings of Sir Sackville Crow, former ambassadour there, against the English merchants, his contest with the present Lord Ambassador, and Sir Sackville Crow, former ambassadour there, against the English merchants, his contest with the present Lord Ambassador, and Sir Sackviles imprisonment, and in his returne, his wretched betraying the captain of the ship and some English merchants at Alicant in Spain, to the Inquisition : lastly his commitment to the Tower of London, where now he is.	Bendish, Thomas, Sir, d. ca. 1674.	1648 (1648)	Wing L94; ESTC R105	27,909	39

my Lord but came no further with him then the middle of the roome where at first my Lord found him Now the next worke my Lord indeavoured was to get to be Vested by the Vizeere and obtain Audience with the Grand Signeur to this purpose he sent his Druggerman to hasten it the Vizeere alwayes after this sent him good words as that all things should bee done to his minde and wished him not to bee troubled with any thing and so protracted time from day to day All this time my Lord Crow is not idle although he keeps his house yet he employes the French Agent and the Venetians whose Druggerman Gryllo is alwayes attending upon the Vizeere and feeds him with moneys and presents to work us out the French Ambassadour talkes with the Vizeere privately and but that my Lord Crow and the Vizeere told my Lord he had to doe in the businesse my Lord would scarce have taken him for his enemy yet one day he was heard to tell the Vizeere my Lord had offered my Lord Crow 30000 l. to be gone out of the Country by which said he you may judge the truth of his Message and withall told him that the King of France his Master would be much troubled if he should change this old Ambassadour for the new and this report that my Lord would give the Lord Crow money to depart hence was not only sent to him by the Vizeeres Jew but by the Kogag which my Lord to vindicate himselfe and make appeare to the world how much hee detested such by-wayes he was forced to write this Warrant in Italian and send it down to Gallatta by two Janisaries and a Druggerman pro forma and fix one upon the Treasurers house the other upon Mr. Pearles house that all Jewes Merchants might take notice of it FOrasmuch as we are Credibly informed that there are divers false lying and scandalous Reports cast upon us that wee should by our selfe or some other person offer to treat with the man-sold Ambassadour for a certain summe of money to send him out of this Country withall saying that we had rather give money to him then to Turks We doe hereby declare that wee doe so farre abhorre all such sinister and dishonourable proceedings and speeches that wee affirme them lyers that report it and doe hereby Command and Require that no person under our charge make any Treaty with any man in our behalf letting them know that if we shall find that any such Treaty or Contract directly or indirectly be made with any person whatsoever for the worth of one a' to establish us Ambassadour in this place we are resolved and do publish that we will forthwith not only severely punish but send them off this place for if by that power that sent us hither wee cannot bee established wee are resolved rather to returne from whence wee came then by such dishonourable tearmes both to the King of England my Master and our selfe to purchace it Given at Pera d' Constantinople this 2. October 1647. Thomas Bendish And because the French Ambassadour was so busie sent him this Letter SIR I Cannot see how it is consistent with the League between the two Crowns of England and France that you a French Ambassadour should intermeddle with much lesse oppose the actions of the King of England my Master Your opposing me in my Embassie and countenancing the man-sold Ambassadours proceedings against my Authority I hope you doe it not without Commission yet mee thinks if it dare looke upon the Sunne as all which comes from Kings dare it becomes you not so secretly privately to act Know that I am ready to meet you before any Minister of State here both to heare and as occasion serves to answer what you can object against me but be confident while I am in this place I must know as befits me that power which dares oppose my Master to whom a strict account must bee rendred by him who is as farre as with honour he may My Lord Your friend to serve you T. THe Venetian Baliffe being guilty of his neglects towards my Lord and perceiving he understood of his Merchants actions his Druggermans dilligence sent by my Lords Druggerman this private Message That he hoped my Lord tooke no distast at him who is confined to his house and had no notice of his comming and that he heard my Lord tooke distast at his Merchants as actors against him if my Lord pleased to let him know who they were he would make them or would himselfe give my Lord satisfaction My Lord sent him this answer That for his own person as hee was a Prisoner he could not expect his Visit yet if he had born respect to our King or love to our Nation he would have sent a salute to him before this time having been a fortnight in this Port. As for his Merchants that should oppose him he wished him to looke to them himselfe for if he found them faulty as he believed he should he would take his time to make them repent it But for all his threats to them he knew not how lyes might worke with the Vizeere wherefore he sent to him this Arres and to divers great men about the Town that if possible it might reach the Grand Signieurs eares MY Lord I cannot out of my well-wishes to you and the good of this State but give you this timely information that the Venetians and the French doe endeavour both by moneys and all incouragements to maintain the Man-sold Ambassadour against me and that Regall power which sent me hither thereby to make a breach between this and the English Nation and so to advance their own designe which either by Peace or Warre will prove very prejudiciall to this Emperie besides the Consideration of the great Trade our Nation brings to supply the Emperie Whether you had rather have it by the hands of Enemies or Friends if they could maintain it I leave your wise consideration none obstanding that the said former Ambassadour being proved to be an oppressor the Grand Signieur deprived him from the Charge of the Embassie with his Hattesherife for which his Majestie of England with his Letters now sent by me his Ambassadour doth give him many thankes therefore From the Venetians he never heard word since nor from the French Ambassadour although he told my Lords servants he would answer him in writing but wee heare he is so troubled in mind the truth being so apparent that he cannot deny it and what title to give my Lord he cannot resolve if hee acknowledges him Lord Ambassadour he hath said the contrary to the Vizeere and so gives himselfe the lye if no Lord and he should be Confirmed he makes my Lord his enemie for ever But to our businesse whilst my Lord is thus deluded and fed with faire words all attempts are made and Traps laid how to get my Lord to compound himselfe by monies into his rights and

my Lord arived when he sent the Agent to the Vizeere he sent a Copy of the Letter of revocation from the King inclosed in this by two of his servants reserving the Letter it selfe for his own delivery SIR OTherwise then intended I understand by my servant you have not received any satisfaction but discontent rather by my Letters in answer to yours wherein I averre the truth of my Employment hither from his Majestie with the greatest pawne I had or ever shall which had I been such in your thoughts as your Letters expressed might have borne as in my case with you it should sway sufficient Wherefore Sir being commanded by the King my Master to deliver you his Letters of revocation my selfe I detained them to fulfill his Command and the Copy of them being confident if that ingagement could not gain Credence from you the Copy could not and although I am not bound to deliver neither the one nor the other but in what time I shall thinke most convenient yet I shall not be so reserved but doe here inclosed send a Copy of the Kings Letters to you the originall whereof I came hither resolved immediatly to deliver with my own hand had not your jealousie of me together with your daily actions and high expressions taught me to be cautious of you and your proceedings and to reserve it for another place and time I as I heare you report you have any Letter from his Majestie to me of Revocation I shall take a Copy thereof kindly and returun you my thought thereof which favour from you will much oblige My Lord Your friend to serve you T.B. Pera. Constantinople 17. September 1647. WHen they remembred my Lord Ambassadours love to him he told them they were welcome as from Thomas Bendish but not as Ambassadour he opened and read them and said that the Copy he read he could not believe to be the Copy of the Kings Letter that in the very first line or two there was a double contradiction and that the whole frame stile matter and language was so unlike those of his Majesties that if the Originall was not better then the Copy he should not care a rush for it and that he could not believe Sir Thomas Bendish had any such Letter from the King of England and therefore could not receive him as Ambassadour that hee would further consider of the Letter and if hee thought convenient would send him answer by some of his owne poelpe within a day or two which he did but that being so Tedious containing nothing but false surmises and daring expressions from the businesse so that as my Lord thought it not worthy his answering so wee conceive it not convenient to trouble your patience with it in this place Now the next thing that my Lord aimes at is for a faire and sitting Audience with the Vizeere who offered him to come when he pleased but my Lord was privatly informed he intended an affront by not Vesting him My Lord at a Court then holden desires six of us might be chosen to meet constantly to advise with him When it was agreed that the best way was privately by two or three of the Merchants to found Aronomone the Vizeers Jew after much debate with him for the space of foure houres telling him except my Lord were sure of his dues he would come without a present at last he promis'd that he should be Vested with his son and at least one or two more Hereupon he sent to the Vizeere that he would visit him upon Thursday the 23. September having been just a week in town and in the mean time had neither been sent to by the Emperours Agent the French Ambassadour nor the Lord Bayliffe only the Dutch Merchants did whose Agent is not yet conformed but will see what successe wee have for Sir Sackvile Crow hath wrought all those firme to him Now was the Town full of expectation nothing talked of but our businesse On Thursday about twelve a clock with all the Merchants and my Lords retinue my Lord went to the Vizeere who being set before he came stirred not from his seat neither did my Lord mind him untill he was set as well as the Vizeere Then he spake to him to this effect that the King of England saluted him and wished him health and happinesse and had sent him his Ambassadour to keepe his Merchants and subjects from doing and suffering wrong and commanded him to indeavour to keep and uphold the Peace between the Nations and also to give thankes for the Justice the Vizeere shewed to the Merchants when the Ambassadour would have ruined them and also to desire him to send the said Ambassadour home that the King his Master hearing their Difference might judge him according to merit and while he was saying this hee presented the Kings Letters to him which he read before us to this the Vizeere replyed that the old Ambassadour had Letters and did pretend to be Ambassadour as well as his Lordship and hee knew not how to decide the businesse but must heare them both together to which my Lord answered My Lord you mistake me I come not hither to be judged neither is it for my honour to appeare here with that man which your own Lawes have judged unworthy neither may I countenance him without the just displeasure of the Grand Signieur the French Ambassadour also said the Vizeere could say something in the Cause The French Ambassadour said my Lord hath nothing to doe with our State have you a Letter to the old Ambassadour said the Vizeere from the King of England I have said my Lord which I desired to deliver him before witnesse therefore he asked him for two Chouses you shall have it said the Vizeere but give mee the Letters and I will deliver them my selfe My Lord told him hee could not for the King his Master commanded him to deliver them with his own hand then said he I will send for him hither if you doe so said my Lord I will have no Contract with him I hope those Letters will witnesse the truth of my Embassie Yes said he I believe you are the true Ambassadour but I would heare him what he can say and see the delivery of the Letters and I will soon end the businesse doe so if you will said my Lord and I will stay here till he come so hee was immediatly sent for but he excused saying he had taken physick that day but to morrow hee would come at one a clock when my Lord heard that he said My Lord doe not you by these Letters acknowledge me to be the true Ambassadour yes said he then what need you trouble your selfe further with him said my Lord upon this he knew not what to say but rose up on a sudden to be gone saying he must speak with Sir Sackvile Crow When my Lord perceived he would not Vest him hee desired him to speak one word more then he sate down again

dues the Vizeeres Jew hath tempted us the Merchants the Kogag hath spoke to my Lords Drugerman many times that if he would not come off his businesse would never bee done My Lords Druggerman told him alwaies that my Lord would sooner lose his life then come in upon such dishonourable tearmes My Lords Drudgerman being sicke on Sunday the third of October he sent Master Juate and another Merchant to tell the Vizeere so and that he sent them to receive his Message he gave them no answer but this Bid the Druggerman come to mee on Tuesday This vexed my Lord but he was resolved to try another day on Tuesday the Druggerman went to him and then he told him plainly that he could not decide the Controversie between the two Ambassadours but must send a Chouze for England as soon as my Lord perceived he had delayed him all this time for this hee presently wrote him this Letter or Arrs and sent him the next morning My Lord I Am the first Ambassadour from England that ever presented Letters from the King and a present to a Vizeere that were returned with such dishonour as my selfe from you It becomes not mee neither came I hither to plead my own rights having Letters from so great and powerfull a King as the King of England and thousands of witnesses besides all the Merchants in these parts and hundreds of ships to maintain the Truth of this Embassie especially against such a man whom the Grand Signieur hath mansould with his Hattesherife and the Mufte declared that by your own Lawes you cannot restablish him Ambassadour And his Majesty hath discharged and you cannot believe any thing for truth hee speakes Your faire promises have of late overcome my patience I must not now be longer delayed the honour of my King and therein my own life and Reputation lye at stake wherefore if you will not honour me your selfe excuse me if I desire nay require your assistance for my speedy Audience with the Grand Signieur for to his justice do I appeale if you refuse me this then blame me not if I worke out my own addresses to the Grand Signieur my selfe although by such meanes as may be displeasing to your Lordship I desire your absolute answer for I shall trouble you no more with Messages neither need you trouble your selfe to send into England for if I shall not find that reception here which becomes the Honour of the King my Master I have ships enough attend me which shall convey mee back to Report my Entertainment As he read this he nodded severall times and when he had done called the Druggerman to him and said Did I ever deny your Lord to be a true Ambassadour I am not his enemy but must doe him courtesies to the Grand Signieur and if I doe him courtesies what shall I have for my paines The Druggerman told him that he knew my Lord would sooner lose his life then be admitted upon dishonourable tearmes Well said he Goe tell your Lord what I say and remember my kind love to him and bring mee his answer to morrow with a particular of the Grand Signieurs Present against which time my Lord had fitted this Arres for him My Lord THe Present you had from me was as large as ever was given to any of your Predecessors it was never known that a true Ambassadour made a Contract for other gifts to purchase his reception I may not I dare not Transgresse the accustomed Rules nor points of honour if I should your selfe might justly condemne me for a deceiver all the Princes in Christendome would scorne me and then how my Master would Resent it you may judge You are set in the place of Justice I require no more of you then Common justice which if I find I shall not be ingratefull Pardon me if in particular as unusuall I doe not tell you the Grand Signieurs Present in the Generall it consists of fine Cloth Velvet Sattins Gold and Silver Stuffes c. being not inferiour to any that hath been presented formerly Upon this he said looking upon the Letter what here is nothing and would have had some body gone with the Drugerman to treat with my Lord untill the Druggerman told him 't was in vain well then said he tell your Lord if hee will come to morrow I will vest him and to morrow morning will send a Chouze to know who he will have Vested and indeed was as good as his word and when my Lord came to him he was very pleasant and did Vest his Lordship and seven more the usuall custome being but five with so much chearfulnesse as all admired at it and presently told him that the Grand Signieur would be impatient untill hee were with him and asked him if he were Ready My Lord told him 't was impossible without three or foure dayes warning hee pitched on Monday and after some Debate as the urgency of the Affaires of the State the necessitie of the ships speedy comming in c. My Lord consented to it but withall made him promise him that according to the honour and dues of Ambassadours he should be entertained and feasted at the publique Druanine which he did very willingly agree unto Monday morning being come The Vizeere sent Hyssan Aga one of the principall Chouzes with two Chouzes more to attend My Lord who conducted him to the water side and upon his landing on Constantinople side the Chouze Basha with fourty two Chouzes more on horseback conducted him thence to the Vizeeres house where he stayed in his Yegays Chamber till the Vizeere sent to the Grand Signieur to tell him his Lordship was ready for Audience his Majestie sent word he would receive him at the Keske being a kind of a Banqueting-house or for Repose very stately by the water side in his Seraglio whether the Vizeere went before him and his Lordship followed with the Chouse-Bassa and fourty two Chouzes attending him besides all the Merchants and all his own Gent. and attendance no Ambassadour heretofore ever having the like he came to a gate which opened into the Garden where the Keske stood there my Lord with 18. more were Vested but none suffered to goe in but only my Lord who was led by the Chouze-Bassa on his right hand and the Bustange Bassa on the left Signieur Dominico his Secretary who carryed the Letter in a gold and silver bag led by two Chouses more and Master Vernon his Druggerman led by two other Chouzes When my Lord came within sight of the Grand Signieur they suffered him not to goe forwards but side-waies untill he came just against him hee being set upon an Ivorie and mother of Pearle Couch the seates being lined with Lusin Furres and then brought him forwards untill he came within the space of 20. paces where my Lord made a low obedience to him and the Grand Signieur which was never seen before bowed very much and saluted my Lord at which my Lord bowed very

low again After Dominico had read in Turkish my Lords Speech with a laudable voyce the Grand Signieur by his actions seemed much pleased at it and having done replyed which was never known to any Ambassadour before That if the King of England would hold that Amity and Friendship with him which his Majesties Predecessors did with the Grand Signieur before and his Merchants did come with that duty and respect as they ought hee would protect and defend them strongly for his hand hee said was strong from all their Enemies and they should freely Trade in his Dominions Signieur Dominico replyed from my Lord that it was his intentions to increase the Trade so as the ships and Merchants may have the Freedome and liberty of their goods and persons according to the Capitulations he replyed again tell him his Ships shall be Free to goe out and come in when they please and the Merchants should have their Liberties and their goods and he would confirme the Capitulations and no body should medle with them throughout his whole Dominions and he would protect them but said let them see they did their duty else his hand would reach them where ever they were so now he may goe When he tooke the Letter he asked if the Translate was in it they told him yes Said he pointing to his eyes I will read it every word every word Now into that bag with the Letter my Lord caused certaine grievences to bee put as also his owne Speech being translated into Turkish that when the Grand Signieur looks upon the one he might also read the other both which are as followeth My Lords Speech MOst High and Mighty Emperour and most Excellent Prince the King of Great Brittaine France and Ireland wisheth you all the health glory and happinesse which this world can give you and Commanded me to give your Majesty thankes for that Justice you lately shewed in the protection of his Merchants in their Differences with their Ambassadour whom by these Letters his Majesty Desires and Cōmanded me by word of mouth to crave you would order and Command his speedy dispatch into England there to be judged according to his merit The King my Master also desires that that ancient love peace and correspondence which hath ever been betwixt your Majestie and your Predecessours may continue and remaine unviolable between you to which purpose hee hath sent me to take care that none of his subjects give any distast to this State and Empire withall desiring that your Majestie will be pleased to let all injuries done in severall places of the Empire contrary to the Emperiall Capitulations be Redressed and to afford his subjects and Merchants such Freedomes as have been formerly granted that the Capitulations also may be Renewed under your Majesties own hand and such new additions made as may be most commodious for the good and benefit of both States The Grievances 1. THat whereas by the Capitulations the Merchants shipps should passe in and out of any of the Ports in Turky freely and may take for their mony any Provision for their necessary food in what Port they come and that if any Fleet of the Grand Signieur should meet any of the English ships that they shall not stay demand pretend or take any thing from them Now contrary to the Capitulations those ships which should passe out and into this port are detained at the Castells untill they shall buy their passage with a summe of money and being here are often detained by the Customer and Messetareages upon any small pretence during their pleasure neither are they suffered to buy their necessary provisions for their maintenance in their voyage and the Captain Bassa meeting any ship or ships of ours suffers them not to passe without a large summe of money And also where he hears of any ships lying in any Ports abroad sends to them for a present which as due he requires to take of them 2. And whereas by the Capitulations the Merchants ought to have the free power and disposall of all such goods which are brought to them and that they should have libertie to lade or unlade them at their pleasures and that no Custome should bee above one time paid in case they shall carry them by Land or Reship them for any other place Now Contrary to the said Capitulations the goods brought into this Port are seized upon not only aboard the ships where also the Captaine and Mariners are abused but also in the Custome-house where they take away what they please of the best and chiefest of the goods without giving either price or satisfaction for them neither are the remainder of those secure in their owne houses which have been forced open their servants abused and their goods taken away by which meanes there is due to severall of the Nation from the late Vizeere Sala Bassa's Jew 60000. l. and upwards for one piece of Amber taken by the Vizeere himselfe there remaines due 4500. l. And for one other piece more taken by Omeraga worth 4100 l. and moreover our goods landed at one scale and paying Custome are not permitted to be sent to another place without paying it over againe 3. That whereas by the Capitulations no Customes ought to bee put upon Merchandise brought into the Grand Signieurs Dominions nor carried out and also that no Customes nor any other Charge shall be imposed upon the English Nation more then 3. per cent Now contrary to the said Capitulations especially in Alleppo a Custome upon money is exacted and extraordinary charges or tax laid upon Silke and almost double Custome required on all goods brought from Scanderone to the Town of Alleppo notwithstanding there hath been a Hattesherife lately obtained from the Grand Signeur to the contrary yet a Jew being Customer there by name Cacham together with his Agents disobeys and slights not only the Capitulations but the Hattesherife also thereby giving such discontents to the Merchants that if remedy bee not very speedily applyed that scale will very suddenly bee ruined and in this Port as well as in others goods are so overvalued that in stead of paying 3. per cent they exact 6. per cent or thereabouts on some goods and to increase the charge higher upon the Merchants the Customer imploying Officers both aboard the ship and about the Custome-house in his own service taketh the goods to pay them I humbly crave your Majestie will take these Grievances into your wise consideration and so confirme the Capitulations under your gracious hand that none hereafter may dare to violate them and that your Majestie would propose some redresse and satisfaction for the abuses past by your Commandement sent to every Port that the Merchants under my charge may be incouraged to goe on in their Trade which if they faile in the Comerce and Amitie between your gracious Majesty and the King my Master will not only be impaired but your Majestie will lose by our absence the faithfullest known

summoned by my Lord according to the Kings Command to depart for England In stead of obeying the summons sent him an unworthy and unbeseeming answer An Overture at this present was afforded to us by Arononcone the Vizeeres Jew that he would undertake that all the forenamed Propositions should be granted and for the sending my Lord Crow to Smyrna he required but seven dayes time but for the compleating hereof till which time hee would not receive an asper doe what the Merchants could hee would 35000. pounds And indeed considering the vast expences delayes would bring upon the Company and to settle the Trade in a more secure way then ever out our enemy and recover our owne Debts it was ajudged by my Lord and us all a very good bargain yet my Lord must not take knowledge of it but as made between us and the Jew privately only his gratuity to the Vizeere must seeme to doe the businesse This Bargain concluded the Jew so wrought the businesse that within the space of six dayes he got by meanes of the Vizeere a Hattesherife to send my Lord Crow out of Turky which was presently put in execution and two Chouzes sent to take him out of his house and put him into a Boat for Smyrna hee made no resistance at all but went presently with him upon Wednesday morning the three Druggermen railing upon my Lord and calling him Devill wished the Devill to take him and us all My Lady and the rest of the Family stayed behind to pack up their houshold-stuffe till Saturday following in the mean time shee made much moan that she had not an asper in the house left her besides wages of Nurses and divers other servants came to 500. l. and upwards which were unpaid This good Lady only worthy of pitty being by the evill disposition of her husband brought to this misery was thought no wayes accessary to his bad designes Wherefore my Lord moved us in way of pitty to consider her condition upon which wee sent her 1000. l. which she kindly accepted although her Husband was offered by some of us not long before 20000. l. to be quiet and depart the place in peace Strange were the Plots and designes this man had to ruine us besides the seizing of our estates lending away our ships and imprisoning our perpersons and some in chaines at one time he pretended that wee owed him 100000. l. of which to be established hee offered the Grand Signieur 50000 l. and to the Vizeere the other 50000 l. when the Estate would not give him credit in this hee workes upon the Venetians to supply him and they hoping and not without ground by this meanes to make a breach between the Turkes and us or to undoe the Merchants which might be very beneficiall both to their Wars and Trade doe furnish him both with money and presents the French Ambassadour hee had made sure to him and it is verily believed by money and therefore hee 's commonly called Sir Sackvile Crowes Broker this man sweares and saies any thing Sir Sackvile Crow would have him but being of a wretched and miserable condition and of so poore and hen-hearted a spirit was able to get no Credence in this Court Sir Sackvile Crow was to us a roaring Lion threatens nothing but Ruine and destruction and since my Lord came told some of us that he would be as Sampson if they forced him hence hee would pull the house upon them and for my Lord that dared to come against him to send him and his Followers home in Chaines he thought to light a punishment but had decreed him a perpetuall prisoner in Rhodes or Ciprus Oh how poore miserable and weake are the imaginations and fancies of man when God leaves him that this man that over-night despised the authority of his King bid defiance to his Ambassadour and scorned all men in respect of himselfe was the next day by two Chouzes without further help led into a Boat and carryed whither he never intended Here ends his story in Turky God send him more honesty in England whither wee wish him a good voyage A translate of the Imperiall Commandement directed to the Vizeere-Bassa of Egypt and to the Cadee of Egypt to the Beghs of the scales of Egypt Alexandria and Damiate to the Cadees of Alexandria Damiate and Dossetto AT the arrivall of our Imperiall Signature you all take notice That the honoured amongst the Lords of the Messia Christians the Ambassadour of England Resident at our Imperiall Port have sent a memoriall of his to the most glorious our Gatte saying That whereas the King of England is in perfect Amitie with our most happy Port And that from England doth continually come into our Imperiall Dominions severall kind of necessarie and profitable Commodities And that in the Country of England doth not grow any Rice of which Commoditie they have great need In respect of their said good friendship for the sole service of the King the said Ambassadour having requested that they might have with an Imperiall Command Licence to buy with their money yearly in these Scales 500. Erdepps of Rice To the end they may have the said quantitie of Rice without the molestation or hindrance of any body This present our Imperiall Command is granted unto them And hereby doe Command that at the arrivall hereof all you shall observe accordingly viz. that in consideration of the good and profitable Commodities which the English Nation doth bring into our Imperiall Dominions and in respect of the said Kings friendship for his own service onely yearly they buying with their money in these Scales 500. Erdipps of Rice none of you all pretending that Rice is a prohibited Commoditie shall give them any lett or hinderance neither shall you permit any our Officers Farmers or other commanders to take from them one Asper for the Custome Reft Reeme or Bagge of them neither any what man or officer soever shall molest or disturbe them nor consent that any body doe any Action contrary to the tenour of this our Imperiall Command and doe take notice accordingly And after you shall read this our Command you shall Render it back againe into the English mens hands giving alwayes full faith to our most happy Signature Written in the latter part of the Moone Regeb Anno 1050. which is anno Domini 1640. Given in the preserved Citie of Constantinople To the most Powerfull Invincible and Just Great Emperour of the Ottoman Empire Sultan Ibrachim Han unto whose Imperiall presence Charles by the Grace and Mercie of God King of England and of the Kingdomes thereunto subjected sendeth health and prosperity Beseeching the Almighty God for the preservation Glory Honour and Prosperitie of your Imperiall State IN the time of the Glorious Memorie of Sultan Murad Han. We having occasion to Revoke from the Imperiall Port where was Residing Our former Ambassadour neverthelesse intending alwayes that our Ancient Friendship Confederation and Correspondencie with the Ottoman Port should