A
MEMORIAL
Given
in
to
the
Senate
of
the
City
of
Hamburgh
in
French
faithfully
Translated
into
English
To
their
Magnificences
the
Burgo-Masters
,
and
to
the
Gentlemen-Counsellors
of
this
City
of
Hamburgh
.
WE
,
the
Under-Subscribers
,
Ministers
of
His
Majsty
,
The
King
of
Great-Britain
,
have
upon
the
Arrival
of
Commissioners
from
an
Indian-Company
in
SCOTLAND
,
Represented
at
two
several
Times
,
to
your
Magnificences
and
Lordships
from
the
King
Our
Master
,
that
his
Majesty
understanding
that
the
said
Commissioners
Endeavoured
to
open
to
Themselves
,
a
Commerce
and
Trade
in
these
Parts
,
by
making
some
Convention
or
Treaty
with
this
City
,
had
Commanded
us
most
Expresly
to
Notify
to
your
Magnificences
and
Lordships
,
that
if
you
enter
into
such
Conventions
with
privat
Men
His
Subjects
,
who
have
neither
Credential
Letters
,
nor
are
any
other
wayes
Authorized
by
His
Majesty
;
That
His
Majesty
would
Regard
such
Proceedings
as
an
Affront
to
His
Royal
Authority
,
and
that
He
would
not
fail
to
Resent
it
.
Your
Magnificences
and
Lordships
had
the
Goodness
to
Answer
us
thereto
by
your
Deputy
,
that
you
would
no
way
enter
into
Commerce
with
the
afore-mentioned
Commissioners
,
nor
Encourage
them
in
any
sort
.
Notwithstanding
whereof
,
We
the
Subscribers
do
see
with
Displeasure
,
that
without
any
regard
to
the
Remonstrances
made
by
Us
in
the
Name
of
His
Majesty
;
The
Inhabitants
of
this
City
forbear
not
to
make
Conventions
and
Treaties
with
the
said
Comissioners
,
who
dare
even
Erect
a
Publick-Office
to
receive
Subscriptions
as
appears
by
rhe
annexed
Print
.
And
it
is
not
very
Credible
that
Strangers
could
so
openly
Enterprize
Matters
of
such
Importance
without
being
Supported
by
this
Goverment
:
Wherefore
,
We
make
Our
just
Complaints
thereof
to
Your
Magnificences
and
Lordships
;
Beseeching
you
in
the
Name
of
the
King
Our
Master
to
remedy
in
time
that
which
is
begun
,
and
to
do
it
so
Effectually
as
to
prevent
any
Consequences
it
may
have
,
capable
to
disturb
the
Freindship
and
good
Correspondence
which
We
would
Cultivate
between
England
and
the
City
of
Hamburgh
.
We
wait
Your
Magnificences
and
Lordships
Aaswer
in
Writing
to
be
transmitted
to
His
Majesty
Our
Master
.
And
We
are
.
Your
Magnificences
and
Lordships
most
humble
Servants
,
The
Knight
RYCAUT
Resident
for
His
Majesty
the
King
of
Great-Britan
in
the
City
of
Hamburgh
.
CRESSETT
,
His
Britannick
Majesties
Envoy
Extraordinary
at
the
Courts
of
Lunenburgh
,
and
his
Plenipotentiary
at
the
Treaty
of
Pinenberg
.
Done
at
Hamburgh
the
7th
of
April
1697.