Infidels do for the most part vse. Prouided that you stay not longer to make continuance of further trade, then shall be expedient for good exchange of the warres presently carried with you.
15 Item you shall haue care, and giue generall warning, that no person of what calling soeuer hee be, shall take vp, or keepe to himselfe or his priuate vse, any stone, pearle, golde, siluer, or other matter of commoditie, to be had or found in places where you shall come, but hee the said person so seased of such stone, pearle, golde, siluer, or other commoditie shall with all speede, or so soone as he can, detect the same, and make deliueries thereof to your selfe, or your Viceadmirall, or Lieutenant, and the Factor appointed for this voyage, vpon paine of forfeiture of all the recompence he is to haue for his seruice in this voyage, by share or otherwise: and further to receiue such punishment, as to you and your Assistants, or the more part of them shal seeme good, and otherwise to be punished here at his returne, if according to the qualitie of his offence it shalbe thought needfull.
16 Item, if the Captaines, Marchants or any others shall haue any apparell, iewels, chaines, armour, or any other thing whatsoeuer, which may bee desired in countreys where they shall traffique, that it shall not bee lawfull for them or any of them to traffique, or sell any thing thereof for their priuate accompt: but the same shall be prized by the most part of those that shall bee in commission in the places where the same may be so required, rated at such value, as it may bee reasonably worth in England, and then solde to the profite of the whole voyage, and to goe as in aduenture for those to whom it doeth appertaine.
17 Item you your selfe shall in the Gallion keepe one booke and the Factors appointed for the same shippe another, wherein shall bee a iust accompt kept, aswell of the marchandise carried hence, as of these you shall bring home. And aswell at your setting foorth, as from time to time, as exchange shalbe made, you shall set your hand to their booke, and they theirs to yours, and the like order shal you see that the Captaine and the Factors in the Edward Bonauenture shall vse in their ship, and the other Captaines and Factors in each other vessell.
18 Item you shall giue straight order to restraine, that none shall make any charts or descriptions of the sayd voyage, but such
