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158°- the William, who came to an Anchor,and staid for her, they soon got her offagain, without any Damage.

They pre- Winter now coming on apace, theypare to re- found themselves under an absolute Ne-tum ome. ^stky of quitting the Design, for the.

present, and of preparing to returnHome ; To which End they hoised inand stowed their Boats. The twentieththey both run aground again ; But layall Night pretty quiet, without Beating.The next Day, the Wind coming to theBoth Ships South-West, the Water flowed higher,run aground. f 0 that by lightening what they could,they got off again, without any consider-able Damage.

The William The twenty-lecond, the William was'again sepa- again separated from the George, andrated. the latter continuing her Voyage, in herPveturn Home, doubled theNorth-Cape,on the thirty-first. The twenty-thirdof September , they put into Romefal-Sound in Norway.

■Jiff George T h e seventh of Oliober, being at

Norway ^ Anchor, in Moor-Sound in Norway, ina vehement t Storm, they .parted frqmtheir Anchor, and were driven on aRidge of Rocks, where the Ship wasvery much ihattered. However, theyhad again the good Fortune, after hav-ing lightened her, to get' her off, andto repair her Leaks, in. such Man-ner, as to be able to continue theirVoyage. After this, nothing remarkableGeorge* *re- happened to them, ’till they arrived, onturns:' Chrijlmafs-Day, in Safety, on the Ri-ver shames.

The William , after being partedfrom the George , got in Safety into aPort of Norway , between Tronden and158 Rostock , in the Month of OSlober, whereshe wintered. In February following,she departed from thence, for Ireland,in Company of a Ship belonging to the^ ut j^ c st e King of Denmark ; But was never moreWilliam, d heard of. Thus ended this unsuccess-lest. ful Voyage, which discouraged the Eng-

lish from making any farther Attempts,this Way, for many Years after.

Privileges granted by the Grand Signor,j or the betterEJlablijhrnent oj a Turky-Trade.

Harris. "T N the Year 1581. several PrivilegesHaekluyt, 1 having been granted, the Year be-P . U . p. 141- A. fore, by the Grand Signor , for the^ATrade to Establishment of a general Trade toTurky efia- ‘Turky, which had before been confinedh I r/be d. by him only to some few Persons j And

a Treaty or League made, in Con se-quence thereof, between Queen Eliza-beth, and that Prince, Her Majestygranted Letters Patent to Sir EdwardOsborne, Mr. Richard Staper, and otherMerchants of London, for the better an dmore effectual carrying on of that Traf-fick.

As this was the first firm Establish-ment of a Trade, which has since prov-ed the most advantageous of all otherto our Manufactures, as it carries no-thing but Goods fully wrought out ofthe Nation, and brings little or nothingbut raw, or unwrought Goods back a-gain, 1 shall insert a Translation of theArticles of these first Privileges, omit-ting, however, for Brevity’s Sake, thePreamble.

I. Our (the Grand Signores) ImperialCommand and Pleasure is, that the Peo- Grandpie and Subjects of the said Queen (Eli- Signorzabeth ) mayj safely and peaceable come

to Our Dominions, with their GoodsMerchandizes, Loadings and Commodi-ties, by Sea, in great or small Vessels,and by Land, with their Carriages andCattle; And that no Man shall do themany Damage: But, on the contrary,they shall buy and sell, without anylm-pediment, and observe the Customs andOrders of their own Country.

II. If the said People and Merchantsshall, in the Course of their lawful Jour-nying and Dealings, be any Way stay’dor detained, they shall be immediatelyfreed and set at Liberty, notwithstand-ing any Pretence or Evasion to the con-trary.

III. Whenever they shall intend orpurpose to send any or their Ships toOur Ports or Havens, it shall be lawfulfor them so to do, and again fromthence, at Pleasure, to depart, withoutLet or Impediment.

JV. If it shall happen, that any oftheir Ships be in Danger or Distress, intempestuous Weather, and shall standin Need of Our Help. We will andcommand, that Our Men and Ships beready to assist and succour them.

V. Whenever they shall have Oc-casion to buy Provisions for their Mony,they shall be at Liberty lo to do, with-out any Opposition.

VI. If,