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observe their order in the unlading of your vessel, and lading any
freight goods, &c., from thence upon her. As also in their passage thither the
of the great Cabin wholly, and to receive your dispatch from them, which
use
we euordor to bo by the 20th September without fail. Mr. Sainthill return­
ing with you in the vessel, in your way touching at Gombroon, there to take
in 30 or 40 Tomans of red earth for the homeward bound voyage.

XII.
+ Commission and instructions given by us the President in Council oj India, Persia, etc., unto
our toning friends JMr. George Cranmer and Mr. Robert Sainthill to be observed by
them on their voyage to Bussora and return to Sioally Hole. Dated on Sioally Marine,
the 13th April 1661.
The Surat Frigate arriving so late from her inteuded voyage to Cale 0 * 0 0
though she obtained not her Port, yet with a great deal of trouble, and charge with certain good*,
brought up hither the cloth made there for the market of England, but in inducting aaien at
opening and overlooking found it not so fit for England, being a slight made Basrah,
cloth, therefore have laden that, and Pepper, Cassia Lignum, Rice, etc., to
make up a considerable cargo, and have appointed you Mr. George Cranmer
Chief, and Mr. Robert Sainthill to keep the account of the voyage, now
intended upon Frigate Amerita to Bussorah, there when arrived to unlade
first the freight goods now shipped, and in that time to salute the Bashaw from
us, delivering our letters, acquainting him with our expectation of his
making good his last year’s promise of furnishing you with a better house
than that taken from the Hon’ble Company, but if you should not obtain our
desire you must hire a convenient house for the lodiug of merchandize. But
take care not to land more of the prementioned goods than you can sell to
advantage because of the paying of customs, and if the Bazar of Bussorah
affords not a price considerable that is profitable, then keep them on board
ship, returning them upon the ship to us, and when you dispeed the Amerita
from you, which we desire you to keep no longer than the 20th September at
farthest, let Mr. Sainthill come upon her giving him order that at his arrival
at Gombroon he proffer to sale the said cloth also, at your now going if
opportunity presents of a word to profit let not slip the opportunity which
you may make trial of by carrying on shore musters at your arrival, for we
desire you not to stay longer in the road of Gombroon outward bound, than
two days at most, in this business we would have you careful, because if the
cloth cannot be sold to profit we iutend it at last home, the rest of the goods
being wholly for ithe Bussorah Bazar we make no doubc of their sale and
therefore consign them to you for the best disposal. There is dispeded you
two packets ior our Hon’ble Employers, the first of which send away as soon
as arrived, the other send days 10 after, with a letter to the Consul to hasten
them forward. Mr. Cranmer we have enordered to take his passage unto us
upon the ‘Ormus merchant’ which may stay some time after the ‘Amerita,’
and suppose he may have occasion so to do by reason of the slow coming in of
money and we positively enorder that none may be left behind nor bad debts
made. Copy of the commander’s commission is inoluded you, therefore
needless to rehearse any thing concerning it, but only to require your assisting
him in what he is commanded, if opportunity fact of matter of presents. We
have here paid • *•*•**• • Pradre Earnaby's bill of exchange
but desire him hereafter to forbear that practice, for if any charge of letters
t 8ee 2nd footnote to No. XVI.
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