fufficient; but then they must give in fufficient Bail for paying the Expences and Charge of fuch as they fhall. thus ask to be brought to Trial, in cafe it appears in the Event, that this Suit was unjustly begun and enter'd into. This done, the Debtors fhall, without any other warning, be immediately put under Arreft, till they give in fufficient Security that Judgment fhall be ftopt, and the Debt under Trial fhall be paid; the Privileges, as to the Effect of the prefent Article, granted, or to be granted, on the contrary, under any Form of words whatfoever, to Cities, Towns, Caftles, Villages or Burghs, or any Ufe or Cuftom whatsoever notwithftanding to which Debtors, however fo arrefted, or remaining under Arreft, fhall be given the Term of eight Days, if they demand it, to prove that they are not fufpected of running away; and this being prov'd, the Arrest shall ceafe: but nevertheless the Procefs for the principal Debt fhall not in any manner be retarded, on the account of this Delay of eight days.

And the fame Juftice fhall be administer'd in the Kingdom of England to the Merchants and Subjects of the Countries, Lands and Dominions of the forefaid Lord the Archduke, towards their Debtors (in three Courts, viz. the Court of Chancery, the Conftables Court, and the Court of Parliament) even upon all Obligations made beyond Sea, and in Flanders Mony; the Discharge or Payment of which is confin'd to any Place in the Countries, Lands and Dominions of the faid Archduke, provided the day of Payment be expir'd, notwithftanding any Ordinances or Cuftoms of the Cities, Towns or Places of England to the contrary: in which Courts the Debtors of England fhall be peremptorily proceeded a gainft, fo that they may not decline them, or any of them.

XXVIII. It is agreed and concluded, That whenever it fhall happen that the Subjects of the Lord the King of England thall be any way hurt or injur'd by the Subjects of the forefaid Lord the Archduke, or the Subjects of the faid Lord the Archduke, by the Subjects of the faid Lord the King of England; thofe who have done no Injury fhall not therefore be liable for any Claims of the Injur'd, or be arrested any other way in their Perfons or Goods, or be any way hinder'd or molefted: nor Vol. II.

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muft War be levy'd or made therefore, by Letters of Reprifal, Mark or Countermark, or any other Orders or Commiflions whatsoever, without due warning and fummoning first taking place; but the Princes of one and the other Party fhall duly repair the faid Attempts and Damages, and place them in their former State; and fuch Letters of Reprifals, Mark and Countermark (unless warning as to the faid Parties, and fummoning as to the Princes have been legally made and gone before) fhall henceforth entirely ceafe; and if they be otherwife granted, they fhall be accounted null and void.

XXIX. It is agreed and concluded, That all and fingular the Letters of Reprifals, Mark and Countermark, already granted or iffu'd out of the Chancery, or any other Court of the forefaid Princes, or their Predeceffors, for the Profecution of any Perfon, or for any Caufe whatsoever, fhall be fufpended; nor fhall it be lawful to put any of them in execution, unless it fhall be otherwife ordain'd, upon their Merit, at a Trial held in a Diet fpecially deputed for this purpose by the faid Princes. And in like manner all and fingular the Depredations and Piracies upon Sea, fhall alfo be fufpended on both fides, that were committed before the 13th day of October laft paft; nor fhall it be lawful to commence or admit an Action upon them, or any of them, or to give Letters of Reprifals, unless it fhall be otherwise ordain'd upon their Merits, at a Trial held in the faid Diet, to be fpecially deputed by the faid Princes for this end.

XXX. It is concluded and agreed, That it be fufficiently provided by the Authority of the faid Lord the Archduke, or by his Orders and Command, or any other valid and effectual way, that as often as the Merchants or Subjects of the King of England, fhall either thro Ignorance, or any other way, without Deceit or bad Intention, happen to enter into the Gate of the Caftle of Sluys, the Captain of the faid Castle of Sluys fhall treat them with all Civility and Decency, and with out requiring any thing of them on that account.

XXXI. It fhall be lawful for the Merchants and Subjects of the King of England henceforth to bring, or caufe to be brought, freely and impunely, any Maffes or Quantities of Silver or Gold, call'd Bullion, out of

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the Countries of the faid moft illuftrious Lord the Archduke, bought or otherwife acquir'd, or to be bought or otherwise acquir'd by them, or their Deputies and Factors, thro any Places of the faid Lord the Archduke's Countries, and to bring and transport it from thofe Pla ces and Countries into the Kingdom of England, as of ten as they please; provided the faid English, or their Factors, produce and fhow the faid Bullion thus bought or acquir❜d by themselves or their Factors, together with an authentick Certificate from the City or Town where they bought or otherwife purchas'd this Bullion, of its being bought or acquir'd, and of the quantity of it, to the principal Officer of the faid Lord the Archduke, or in his Abfence to his Deputies, in the first Town after their entring into the Country of the faid Lord the Archduke; upon which the Perfons fhowing fhall receive and have a Teftimonial or Certificate, fign'd by the hand of the faid Officer, or, in his Abfence, by that of his Deputy, or feal'd with his Seal: nor fhall fuch Perfons be oblig'd to pay any thing for the faid Teftimonial, or upon any other account, but a Flemish Shilling. And in cafe the Merchants and Subjects of the Kingdom of England fhall carry out fuch Bullion, either by themfelves or their Factors, and in their Departure from fhall not exhibite the forefaid Teftimonial or Certificate, then they fhall incur the fame Penalty that those do who carry out Bullion bought within the Countries of the faid Lord the Archduke; and the fame thing fhall be permitted to the Subjects of the faid Archduke in England.

XXXII. It is agreed and concluded, That all Merchants and Subjects of the forefaid Princes, fhall from henceforth use the true, publick and legal Weight, formerly in use in these Countries and Lands, without any Guile, Deceit or Trick. And if any Merchants or Subjects of the forefaid Princes fhall prefume to do otherwife, the Prince, whofe Subject attempts to do this, fhall do ready Juftice to the Subject of the other Prince, who fhall prove that he is wrong'd by this Weight; and fhall compel the Party doing the Wrong to make ample and perfect Satisfaction and Reftitution of all Damages, Expences and Interest, without any delay.

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XXXIII. It is agreed and concluded, That in order to fettle and compofe Differences, Difcords and Complaints between the Merchants of the Staple of Calais, and the Subjects of the Lord the Archduke concerning the Staple, the Deputies of the Merchants of both fides fhall meet in the Town of Calais on the 22d day of May next; and in cafe they cannot fettle and compofe fuch Differences, Difcords and Quarrels, the matter fhall be laid before the forefaid Princes, who fhall take care of fettling thofe Differences, Difcords and Quarrels, according to Reafon and Equity.

XXXIV. It is agreed and concluded, That if, during the forefaid Peace and Amity, any thing fhall be attempted, acted or done contrary to the Force and Effect of the fame, by Land, Sea, or fresh Water, by any of the faid Princes, or their Heirs and Succeffors, or their Vaffals, Subjects or Allies, or by the Heirs and Succeffors, Subjects or Vaffals of the faid Allies, comprehended in this Treaty of Amity; yet notwithstanding, this Peace and Amity fhall remain in their Force and Effect, and the Perfons attempting and doing Damage, and no others, fhall be punish'd for the faid Attempts and Damages.

XXXV. For the more fecure and firm Obfervance of this Amity, as well as of the Intercourfe of Merchandizes, the forefaid Lord the King, by his Letters, fhall give a fpecial Commiflion to the moft Reverend Father in Chrift, John, Cardinal and Archbishop of Canterbury, and Legate of the Apoftolical See; the Reverend Fathers in Chrift Richard Bifhop of Durham, Keeper of the Privy Seal; Thomas, Bishop of Winchester; John Dinham, Lord of Dyemham, Treafurer of England; Thomas, Marquifs of Dorset, John Vere, Earl of Oxford, Great Chamberlain and Admiral, Edmund, Earl of Suffolk, Thomas, Earl of Arundel, Thomas, Earl of Derby, George, Earl of Shrewsbury, John Welles, Vifcount, Giles Dabne, Lord Dabne, John, Prior of St. John of Jerufalem's Houfe in England; as alfo to the Mayors and Aldermen of the Cities and Towns of London, York, Bristol, Winchester, Canterbury, Rochester, Southampton, Sandwich, Dover, Lynn, Dartmouth, Plymouth, Hull, Winchelsea, Bofton, Yarmouth and Berwick,

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that they and every one of them fhall oblige themselves in the following Form:

To all faithful Chriftians who shall look upon, fee or hear thefe Prefents John, Cardinal and Archbishop of Canterbury; Richard, Bishop of Durham; Thomas, Bishop of Winchester; John Dinham; Thomas, Marquifs of Dorfet; John Vere, Earl of Oxford; Edmund, Earl of Suffolk; Thomas, Earl of Arundel; Thomas, Earl of Derby, George, Earl of Shrewsbury; John Welles, Viscount; Giles Dabne; John, Prior. of St. John of Jerufalem's Houfe in England; as allo the Mayors and Aldermen of the Cities and Towns of London, York, Bristol, Winchester, Canterbury, Rochefter, Southampton, Sandwich, Dover, Lynn, Dartmouth, Plymouth, Hull, Winchelfea, Bofton, Yarmouth and Berwick, Eternal Greeting in the Lord.

Whereas certain Treaties and Covenants of Friend

fhip, Amity, Intercourfe of Merchandizes, and Freedom of Merchants, between the moft illustrious Prince Henry, by the Grace of God King of England, and Lord of Ireland on the one fide, and the most ferene Prince Philip, by the fame Grace, Archduke of Auftria, Duke of Burgundy, &c. on the other fide, and likewife other Treaties between the fame Princes, relating to the Advantage and Intereft of the Subjects of their Kingdoms and Countries, have been begun, agreed, concluded and finally determin'd at London, on the 24th day of February, 1495.

Which Treaties of Amity and Intercourfe of Merchandizes we have feen and understood, and will have inferted here.

Know ye therefore, That we the forefaid John, Cardinal and Archbishop; Richard, Bishop of Durham; Thomas, Bishop of Winchester, John Dinham; John Vere, Earl of Oxford; Edmund, Earl of Suffolk, Thomas, Earl of Arundel, Thomas, Earl of Derby, George, Earl of Shrewsbury; John, Giles, John; the Mayors and Aldermen of the forefaid Cities and Towns, at the Requeft and Command of the forefaid Lord the King, and on the fight of his Letters directed and deliver'd to us, which shall be inferted here, h which fhall be inferted here, have bona fide promis'd

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