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not_o but_o let_v they_o peaceable_o to_o enter_v and_o to_o traffic_v in_o buy_v and_o sell_v pay_v their_o ordinary_a custom_n due_a unto_o the_o king_n in_o every_o port_n there_o be_v a_o scrivener_n or_o notary_n put_v there_o by_o the_o governor_n that_o do_v set_v down_o in_o memory_n the_o day_n and_o hour_n that_o any_o ship_n do_v enter_v in_o in_o order_n that_o whether_o he_o be_v a_o stranger_n or_o natural_a to_o take_v in_o his_o lade_n and_o dispatch_n according_a unto_o the_o old_a custom_n of_o those_o port_n the_o which_o be_v inviolable_o keep_v which_o be_v the_o occasion_n that_o they_o do_v lade_v and_o dispatch_v in_o so_o short_a time_n and_o with_o so_o great_a quietness_n as_o though_o there_o be_v but_o one_o ship_n although_o many_o time_n you_o shall_v see_v in_o one_o port_n two_o thousand_o ship_n small_a and_o great_a in_o this_o sort_n with_o a_o buy_a licence_n do_v the_o portugal_n traffic_n from_o the_o indies_n in_o canton_n a_o province_n of_o this_o kingdom_n and_o in_o other_o part_n of_o that_o kingdom_n as_o they_o themselves_o have_v declare_v and_o likewise_o the_o chinos_fw-mi chap._n viii_o of_o the_o king_n royal_a counsel_n and_o the_o order_n they_o have_v to_o know_v every_o month_n what_o do_v pass_v in_o all_o the_o kingdom_n the_o king_n have_v in_o the_o city_n of_o taybin_n whereas_o he_o be_v resident_a a_o royal_a counsel_n of_o twelve_o counsellor_n and_o a_o precedent_n choose_a man_n throughout_o all_o the_o kingdom_n and_o such_o as_o have_v have_v experience_n in_o government_n many_o year_n for_o to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o counsel_n it_o be_v the_o high_a and_o supreme_a dignity_n that_o a_o man_n can_v come_v unto_o for_o that_o as_o aforesaid_a in_o all_o this_o kingdom_n there_o be_v neither_o prince_n duke_z marquesse_n earl_n nor_o lord_n that_o have_v any_o subject_n but_o the_o king_n only_o and_o the_o prince_n his_o son_n these_o counsellor_n and_o the_o governor_n of_o these_o province_n 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