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  <dc:title>Letter from Julius Duke of Braunschweg-Lüneburg, from Wolfenbüttel, to Queen Elizabeth</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Asks for the help of the Queen’s officers for the bearer, Cornelius Vortinus (?), a Flemish goldsmith who is going to London, where he had married, to bring away his furniture and family. The Duke has decided to open a mart at Heinrichstadt (Wolfenbüttel), at which foreign merchants can trade, and provide many new buildings there. He had Englishmen particularly in mind; they would be particularly welcome. It would be well suited for dealing in woollens and obtaining supplies of wool; they could also trade in grain, if recommended by the Queen. Vortinus will supply a copy in Latin and German of the privileges the merchants would have, if asked through Beale. [Abstract by James D. George].</dc:description>
  <dc:date>16 October 1581</dc:date>
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