queens from the faid nation, to change them into fmall afpers, nor fhall give or do them any violence or trouble thereupon.

XXII. The English nation, and all those that come under their banner, their veffels, small and great, fhall and may navigate, traffic, buy, fell, and abide in all parts of our dominions; and, excepting arms, gunpowder, and other fuch prohibited commodities, they may load and carry away in their fhips whatsoever of our merchandizes, at their own pleasure, without the impeachment or trouble of any man; and their fhips and veffels may come fafely and fecurely to anchor at all times, and traffic at all times in every part of our dominions, and with their money buy victuals, and all other things, without any contradiction or hinderance of any man.

XXIII. And if any difference fhall happen with any of the faid English nation, by fuit in law, or any other controverfy, the caddees, or any other minifters of our juftice, fhall not hear nor decide the cause, until the ambaffador, conful, or druggerman of the faid nation fhall be prefent.

XXIV. All differences or fuits of law depending with the faid nation, which fhall exceed the value of 4000 afpers, fhall always be heard and decided at our Imperial Port.

XXV. The English nation's conful or refident, in any port of our dominions, being established by the ambaffador refident for the English nation, our minifters fhall have no power to imprifon, or examine, or feal up their houfes, nor to difmifs or difplace them from their charge and office; but in cafe of any difference or fuit with the conful, there fhall be made a certificate to the Imperial Port, to the end that the ambaffador may protect and anfwer for them.

XXVI. When any Englishman, or other under their banner, fhall die in our dominions, with their

goods or faculties, or any thing that belonged unto them, our efcheators, caddees, or other minifters, upon pretence they are goods of the dead, without any owner, fhall not meddle, take, or feize any part thereof, but they fhall always be configned and remain to fuch other English as the deceased fhall by his tef tament affign; and if he died inteftate, then the Englifh conful fhall take and receive his faculties and goods; and if there be no conful, the English refident there fhall take the poffeffion; and in cafe there be neither conful, nor English refident, the faid goods and faculties whatsoever, fhall be received into the cuftody of the caddee of that place; and having advised the English ambaffador thereof, the faid caddee fhall refign all the faid goods unto fuch perfons as the ambaffador fhall fend with commiffion to receive them.

XXVII. All these privileges, and other liberties granted to the English nation, and thofe who come under their protection, by divers Imperial commands, whether before or after the date of thefe Imperial capitulations, fhall be always obeyed and obferved, and fhall always be understood and interpreted in favour of the English nation, according to the tenor and true contents thereof,

XXVIII. Neither the officer called the Caffam, or gatherer of the caddees duties, in cafe of death, nor the caddee, fhall pretend or take of the faid English nation any kind of tenths, or cafmets, or fee of division.

XXIX. The ambaffador of the King of England, or conful, refiding in our dominion, fhall and may take into their fervice any janizary, or interpreter, at their own charge and choice; and no janizary, nor other our flaves, fhall put themselves, or intermeddle with their fervice against their liking or confent.

XXX. The ambaffador of his Majefty of England, and conful, and the English nation refiding in our empire, for the ufe of their own perfons and families,

making must or wine in their own houses, none of our .ministers, caddees, or janizaries, fhall moleft or hinder them, or demand any duties or money, or do them any violence or impediment.

XXXI. In the port of Conftantinople, Aleppo, Alexandria, Scio, Smyrna, and in other parts of our dominions, the English merchants having paid the custom of their merchandize, according to the tenor of the Imperial capitulations, no man fhall moleft or trouble, or take from them any thing more; and whatsoever merchandize fhall be loaden upon their fhips, and brought in our dominions, and landed at any scale, they being defirous to lade it again, and to transport it to any other scale or port, the fame goods arriving in the fecond place and scale, and being there unladen, neither the customer nor farmers, nor any other our officers, fhall pretend or take again any customs, or gabels of the faid merchandize; that the faid nation may always freely and fecurely trade, and follow their business.

XXXII. Neither of the English nation, nor of any trading under their banner, there shall not be demanded nor gathered one afper, nor any money in the name of Impofition haffapie, or compofitions for flesh for the janizaries.

XXXIII. There having been in times paft a difference between the ambaffador of the Queen of England and the French ambaffador, both refident in our port, about the merchants of the Dutch nation; both which ambaffadors fent their petitions to our Imperial ftirrup, and made request, that the faid Dutch merchants, coming into our dominions, fhould pafs under their banner; which requeft of both ambaffadors was granted under our Imperial feal; notwithstanding Sinan Baffa, the fon of Cigala, captain of the fea, now deceased, as admiral, and practised in maritime cafes, having advised the Imperial Majefty, that it was fit and convenient that the Dutch nation fhould be affign

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ed to the protection of the ambassador of England, and that it fhould be fo written in their capitulations: which opinion being by all the viziers approved, by exprefs order, and Imperial authority, it was commanded, that the Dutch merchants of the provinces of Holland, Zealand, Friezland, and Guelderland (that is, the merchants of those four provinces trading in our dominions) fhall always come under the banner of the Queen of England, as all other English do; and that of all the goods and merchandize which they fhall or do import or export to and from our dominions, in their veffels, they fhall pay the duties of confulage, and all other duties, to the ambaffador or conful of the Queen of England; and that never hereafter the French ambaffador or conful fhall infinuate nor intermeddle herein and accordingly it was commanded, that for the time to come it fhould be ruled and obferved according to this prefent capitulation.

After which, there being arrived another ambaffador at this High Port, fent from the King of England, with letters and prefents, which were moft acceptable, the faid ambassador did make request, that certain other neceffary articles fhould be added, and written in the Imperial capitulations; of which the firft was:-As in times paft, in the days of one of our forefathers of famous memory, Sultan Soliman Han, there was granted a certain capitulation and privilege, that the merchants of the Spanish nation, Portugal, Ancona, Sevilla, Florence, Catalonia, and all forts of Dutchmen, and other merchant-ftrangers, might fafely and fecurely go and come through all the places of our dominions, and trade and traffic; granting unto them moreover, that in any part of our empire they might establish their confuls: but it being that every nation apart was not able to defray the charges and maintenance of a conful, it was then left to their will and choice to come under the banner of fuch ambaffador or conful as fhould beft like them, provided that it were an ambassador or conful of a King in peace and

amity with our High Port;-upon which grant, and other privileges given them, there were often granted divers Imperial commands and conftitutions, being fo defired by merchant-ftrangers, who of their own will elected to trade under the banner and protection of the ambassador and conful of the King of England. And whilft, in all fcales and ports in these parts, they had refuge to the banner and protection of the English confuls, it feemeth that the French ambaffador, by fome means having anew gotten into their capitulations, that the faid merchant-ftrangers fhould come under their banner, did endeavour to force them in all fcales to their protection; for which cause the controverfy was again renewed, and referred to our Divan, or great council; which, after a due examination, and a new election, permitted to the will and choice of the faid merchants, they again did defire to be under the protection of the ambaffador of the King of England, notwithstanding it being made known to the Imperial Port, that as yet the French ambaffador did not defire to moleft the faid merchants, nor to force them under his protection, the firft article written in the French capitulations, that the merchant-ftrangers fhould come under their protection, was by the Imperial command made void and annulled: And to the end that, according to the ancient cuftom of the faid merchantftrangers, they should always come under the banner and protection of the ambaffador or confuls of England, and that never hereafter they fhould be vexed or troubled by the French ambaffador in this point, the faid ambaffadors of his Majefty of England having defired that this particular fhould be written, and enrolled in this new Imperial capitulation, this prefent article was accordingly inferted; and by the Imperial authority it is commanded, that for ever, in time to come, merchants of the faid Princes, in the mentioned form, and according to this Imperial command in their hand, fhall always be under the banner and

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