For if he force
the host to lodge him in his house and there be killed by
the host, let the host choose six from his relatives and let
him as the seventh swear that he killed him for the said
cause. And thus he will remain quit of the murder of the
deceased towards the king and relatives and lords of the
deceased.
3. And after he has entered the city, let a foreign
merchant be lodged wherever it please him. But if he bring
dyed cloth, let him see to it that he does not sell his
merchandise at retail, but that he sell not less than a
dozen pieces at a time. And if he bring pepper, or cumin, or
ginger, or alum, or brasil wood, or resin, or incense, let
him sell not less than fifteen pounds at a time. But if he
bring belts, let him sell not less than a thousand at a
time. And if he bring cloths of silk, or wool or linen, let
him see that he cut them not, but sell them whole. But if he
bring wax, let him sell not less than one quartanum. Also a
foreign merchant may not buy dyed cloth, nor make the dye in
the city, nor do any work which belongs by right to the
citizens.
4. Also no foreign merchant with his partner may set up any
market within the city for reselling goods in the city, nor
may he approach a citizen for making a bargain, nor may he
stop longer in the City.
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