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the withdrawal of the Tartars regardless of any objections. Any man who desires to dwell among them and has property there shall be liable to do suit and service together with them. Furthermore, duels between them shall not be subject to legal process; any man shall be entitled to vindicate himself according to the quantity and quality of the act of which he is accused. If an accusation is brought against them, no alien shall produce any witness against them unless he be one of themselves or one of those enjoying similar privileges. Furthermore, all the rich land we have lately granted them, as well as other lands in their possession aforetime, shall be divided by them in common, having taken into consideration the capacity of each man as to how much each man is capable of ploughing, so that the said lands do not remain uncultivated and lie fallow. Ships and barges laden with goods and carts, descending and ascending the river, shall have right of anchorage there, and they shall hold a daily market as aforetime. Furthermore: Pest Minor lying beyond the Danube shall enjoy similar privileges for ships ascending and descending the river and exemption from vine butt duties. Furthermore: the agent of the Lord Chief Treasurer shall not attend on them, together with officers of the mint, but a trusty man from the Commune shall join them and shall be particularly watchful and fully diligent that royal money is used. And in order that the several liberties committed to writing in the foregoing shall remain whole and entire in aftertime for ever, and that it shall be impossible by any means to void them in aftertime, we have granted them this our. present document confirmed for ever with our Golden Bull. Whereas, nevertheless the presentation of this charter sealed with the Golden Bull has been thought a danger given the insecurity of the ways, we have authorized the issue of a literal transcript confirmed with our double seal, and it is our pleasure that it shall be given validity, by which they shall be under no obligation whatsoever to produce the former. Witnessed by the Reverend Father Benedict, Archbishop of Kalocsa, the Chancellor of our court, in the days when the reverend fathers Stephen, Archbishop of Esztergom, Bartholomew, Bishop of Pécs, Cletus, Bishop of Eger, Stephen, Bishop of Zägreb, Blase, Bishop of Csanád, and Artolphus, Bishop of Transylvania, governed the Churches of God with beneficence, when Vincent was elected and confirmed Bishop of the Várad diocese, when the episcopal sees of Győr and Veszprém were vacant, Ladislas, Palatine and Lord Lieutenant of Somogy, Dénes, Governor and Prince of all Slavonia, Matthew, Lord Chief Treasurer and Lord Lieutenant of Pozsony, Demeter, Lord Chief Justice of Moson, Laurence, Vaivode of Transylvania, Roland, Lord High Steward and Lord Lieutenant of Sopron, Maurice, Lord Chief Cupbearer and Lord Lieutenant of Győr, Stephen, Master of the Horse and Lord Lieutenant of Orbász, Arnold, Lord Lieutenant of Nyitra, Henry, Lord Lieutenant of Vas and others, held the dignities and lord-lieutenancies of our Kingdom, in the year one thousand two hundred and fortyfour of the Incarnation of our Lord, in the ninth year of our reign, on the 24th day of November. The Latin original is missing. The transcript of June 15, 1496, is in the Archives of the City of Pozsony (Bratislava), Document No. 4047. 79
