The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul 46.2

46.2

3. Having finished your Intent at Dabull, you shall speedily shape your Course for the Red Sea, and, meeting any juncke of Diu or of any other Porte vnder the Dominion of the Portugall, you shall endevour to take and make prise thereof to the vse of the Company; or of any other people whatsoever beinge in league with our enemy, either of the Samorine or Decanines. 4. Beinge arrived at Mocha with such goodes as shee shall have laden vpon her or such as shee shall gett by trade at Dabull or by reprisall. The Captain and Merchaunts shall sende to the Gouernour of the Province and signify that our Intent is as well to keep the Sea free from Rouers as to demaunde free Commerce at the Porte; and therefore shall require both a safe Conducte for a Merchaunte to come ashoare and his firman for the free sale of our goodes ; and that if hee bee pleased for times to come to enterteine the English and to graunt them residence, whereby yearly our shipping will haunt his Porte with many sorte of goodes and the Seas bee thereby more secured, that then at Instant hee give his owne Contracte and therein Couenant to procure the Grand Siniors lettres for licence and Confirmation of such priveledges as are already graunted vnto our Nation for theyr abode and trafficque to Constantinople and Aleppo.