([9]) Guildhall, Journal of the Proceedings of the Common Council, Vol. 41, pp. 67b, 68.
([10]) Cal. State Papers, Dom., 1651–1652, pp. 232, 235. The question was as to whether or not the Turkey trade could best be carried on by a company "as now," or by free trade, as in the case of Portugal and Spain. Able arguments in favor of free trade were brought forward, and when later the question of a monopoly of the Greenland whale fishing came up, the Council of State admitted free adventurers to a share in the business. Cal. State Papers, Dom., 1653–1654, p. 379; 1654, p. 16.
([11]) Commons' Journal, VI, p. 140.
([12]) Commons' Journal, VI, p. 361.
([13]) Commons' Journal, VII, p. 41.