or any other neceffity, all the veffels, as well Imperial as belonging to private men, that fhall be near or prefent, as alfo all others that inhabit the feas, fhall give them help and fuccour; and being come into our ports or fcales, they fhall freely stay in them as long as they pleafe, and for their money provide for them of all neceffaries and provifion, and may take water without the let or hinderance of any man.

VI. And if it fhall happen that any of their ships fhall have fuffered fhipwreck, or being broken, or in distress, shall be caft upon any coaft of our dominions, in fuch cafe all beglerbegs, caddees, governors, minifters, and other our flaves, fhall give them all affiftance, fuccour, and help; and whatfoever goods and faculties fhall be faved or recovered in the faid fhips, shall be restored to the English; and if they fhall be informed that any part of their goods and faculties shall be stole or taken away, our faid minifters, with all diligence, fhall make fufficient fearch and examination to find out and recover the goods, and restore them to the English.

VII. The English merchants, interpreters, brokers, and all other fubjects of that nation, whether by fea or land, may freely and fafely come and go in all the ports of our dominions, or returning into their own country; all our beglerbegs, minifters, governors, and other officers, captains by fea of fhips, and others whomfaever, our flaves and fubjects, we command that none of them do or fhall lay hands upon their perfons or faculties, or upon any pretence fhall do them any hinderance or injury.

VIII. If any Englishman, either for his own debt, or for furetifhip, fhall abfent himself, or make efcape away, or fhall be bankrupt, the creditor fhall only pretend his debt upon his own debtor, and not of any other English; and if the creditor have not authentic hoget or bill of furetifhip made by an Englishman,

he

he fhall not pretend his debt of any other English

man.

IX. In all causes, bufineffes, and occafions which fhall occur between the faid nation, their merchants, interpreters, and brokers, or fervants, and any other whatsoever; that is to fay, in felling or buying, in paying or receiving, in giving or taking fecurity, or pledge, debt, or credit, and all other fuch things which appertain to the minifters of the law and juftice, they may always (if they please) in fuch occafions go to the caddee, who is the judge of the law, and there make a hoget, or public authentic act with witnefs, and regifter the fame, and take a copy of the fame to keep by them, to the end that if in the future any difference or pretence fhall arife between the faid parties, they may both have a recourfe to the faid hoget and act. And when the pretence fhall be conformable to the tenor of the hoget registered, then it fhall be accordingly thereunto obferved: and if the plaintiff hath not in his hands any fuch authentic hoget, but only bringeth partial witnefs, which makes cavils or pretences, our minifters fhall not give ear to them, but obferve the written authentic hoget.

X. And if any one within our dominions fhall accufe any Englishman to have done him wrong, and fhall therefore raise any pretence upon him by violent or partial witnefs, our minifters fhall not give ear unto them, nor accept them, but the cause fhall be advised to the ambassador or conful refident of the English nation, to the end that the bufinefs may be decided with his knowledge, and in his prefence, that the Englifh may always have recourse to their defence and protection.

XI. If any Englishman, having committed an offence, fhall make his efcape, or abfent himself, no other Englishman, not being pledge, fhall be taken or molested for him.

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. XII, All Englishmen, or fubjects of England, which fhall be found flaves in our state, or shall be demanded by the ambaffador or conful, the cause shall be duly examined, and fuch perfons as are found truly to be fubjects of England fhall be fet free, and delivered to the ambaffador or conful.

XIII. All Englishmen, and all other fubjects of the Crown of England, which shall dwell or refide in our dominions, whether they be married or fingle, may buy, fell, and traffic; and of them fhall no harach or head-money be demanded.

XIV. The English ambaffador, refident in Aleppo, Alexandria, Tripoly of Suria, or Tunis, Algier, Tripoly of Barbary, in Smyrna, the ports of Cairo, or any other parts of our dominions, may at their pleasure establish their confuls, and in like manner remove them, or change, and appoint others in their places, and none of our minifters fhall oppofe, or refufe to accept them.

XV. In all causes concerning law and juftice, between the English nation and any other, in the absence of their interpreters, the judges, nor any other of our ministers, shall not proceed to give fentence.

XVI. If there happen any controverfy amongst themselves, the decifion thereof fhall be wholly left to their own ambaffador or conful, according to their own right and laws, and with no fuch caufes our ministers fhall intermeddle.

XVII. Our armada of gallies, fhips, or any other veffels of our empire, which at fea fhall meet or find any English fhips, fhall not do them, nor fuffer to be done to them, the leaft injury or trouble; nor fhall they stay them, demand, pretend, or take any thing from them, but fhall falute and fhew good and mutual friendship the one to the other, without offence.

XVIII. All

XVIII. All those particular privileges and capitulations, which in former times have been granted to the French, Venetians, or any other Chriftian nation, whofe King is in peace and friendship with this port, in like manner the fame were granted and given to the faid English nation; to the end, that in time to come, the tenor of this our Imperial capitulations may be always obferved by all men; and that none may, in any manner, upon any pretence, prefume to contradict or violate it.

XIX. If the pirates, or Levents, who infeft the feas with their frigates, fhall be found to have taken any. English veffel, or to have robbed or fpoiled their goods and faculties; alfo, if it fhall be found, that in any of our dominions, any fhall have violently taken goods of any Englishman, our minifters fhall with all diligence feek out fuch offenders, and feverely punish them, and caufe that all fuch goods, fhips, monies, and whatsoever hath been taken away from the English nation, fhall be prefently, juftly, and abfolutely restored to them.

XX. All our beglerbegs, begs, captains, masters of Imperial fhips, and other private judges, governors, customers, farmers, and all our minifters, fubjects, and flaves, fhall always obey and keep the tenor of these our fworn capitulations, and fhall with all obfervance refpect the friendship and good correfpondence eftablished on both parties, every one in particular taking efpecial care not to commit any act contrary thereunto. And as long as the faid Queen of England, according to this prefent agreement of fincere friendship and good correfpondence, fhall fhew herself, and remain with us in peace, friendship, and league, firm, constant, and fincere, we do promife alfo on our parts reciprocally, that this peace, friendship, articles, capitula-' tions, and correfpondence, in the fore-written form, fhall be for ever of us maintained, obferved, and refpected; and of no man any part thereof fhall be conFf3 tradicted

tradicted or infringed. All which above-mentioned articles of peace and friendship were concluded, figned, and an Imperial capitulation granted and confirmed, by our ancestors of happy memory.

Since which time his Majefty of England, James, deceased in the time of our grandfather of happy memory, Sultan Achmet Han, having fent unto our Imperial throne his ambaffadors, letters, and prefents, which were moft acceptable, and defired that the already contracted peace and friendship, and good correfpondence made with our grandfathers, and the capitulations, articles, and privileges above-written, fhould be again ratified, and the faid peace and friendfhip renewed; farther requefting, that certain articles very neceffary fhould to the fame capitulations be added, the defire of his Majefty being declared in the Imperial prefence of our faid grandfather Sultan Achmet Han, was prefently granted: and he gave exprefs command and order, that the faid peace and friendship fhould be renewed and fortified, and the ancient capitulations and privileges confirmed; and that the new defired articles fhould be inserted, and added to the Imperial capitulations: granting farther to the English nation, all thofe articles and farther privileges which were given, and written in any capitulations with other nations, Potentates, or Kings, in peace and amity with this Imperial Port: and by this Imperial command he gave order that these his Imperial commands fhould be obeyed of all men, and the tenor of them duly obferved. The articles which then were granted, and added to the capitulations, were these following.

XXI. That our minifters fhall not demand or take, of the faid English nation any cuftom, or other duties, of all the dollars and chequeens they, or any under their banner, fhall bring in, or tranfport from place to place, or carry out of our dominions; and that neither beglerbegs, begs, caddees, treasurers, mint-masters, or other, fhall take and demand either dollars or che

queens