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 fhall be duly examined, and fuch perfons as are found truly to be fubjects of England fhall be fet free, and delivered to the ambassador 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 eftablish their confuls, and in like manner remove them, or change, and appoint others in their places, and none of our ministers shall oppose, or refuse to accept them.

XV. In all causes concerning law and justice, 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 decision 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 Englifh 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 mu- · tual friendship the one to the other, without offence.

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XVIII. All thofe 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 spoiled 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, shall be presently, justly, 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 ministers, fubjects, and flaves, fhall always obey and keep the tenor of thefe 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, conftant, and fincere, we do promise alfo on our parts reciprocally, that this peace, friendship, articles, capitulations, 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 contradicted

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tradicted or infringed. All which above-mentioned articles of peace and friendship were concluded, figned, and an Imperial capitulation granted and confirmed, bý 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 most 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 requesting, 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 inferted, 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 thefe 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-mafters, or other, fhall take and demand either dollars or che

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

XXII. The English nation, and all thofe that come under their banner, their veffels, fmall 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 ships 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 ministers of our juftice, fhall not hear nor decide the caufe, until the ambaffador, conful, or druggerman of the faid nation fhall be present.

XXIV. All differences or fuits of law depènding 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 houses, nor to difiifs 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 answer for them.

XXVI. When any Englishman, or other under their banner, shall 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, shall not meddle, take, or feize any part thereof, but they fhall always be configned and remain to fuch other English as the deceafed fhall by his teftament 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 shall 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 those who come under their protection, by divers Imperial commands, whether before or after the date of thefe Imperial capitulations, shall be always obeyed and observed, and shall 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 divifion.

XXIX. The ambaffador of the King of England, or conful, refiding in our dominion, shall 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 themfelves, 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 empre, for the use of their own perfons and families,