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Intro -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Conventions For Dating, Transcriptions, And Money -- Introduction: The Fellowship Of Merchant Adventurers After Antwerp -- Part One -- 1. Becoming A Merchant Adventurer -- The Beginnings Of Service -- In The Mart Town -- Transitions To Independence -- Establishing A Household -- Conclusion -- 2. Show Days: The Government Of Trade -- The Formation Of Networks -- Managing The Packhouse -- Beyond Cloth -- Conclusion -- 3. Running On The Exchange -- Desperate Times The Failure Of Richard Sheppard -- 'a Walking, Talking, Dead Man': The Consequences Of Failure -- Conclusion -- 4. Disorderly Brethren? Merchant Adventurers And The Company -- The Nature Of Participation -- The Costs And Benefits Of Membership -- The Mart System In Practice -- Conclusion -- Part Two -- 5. 'the Odious Name Of A Monopolist': From The Imperial Mandate Of 1597 To The 1604 Free Trade Bill -- 'devyded Into Three Partes' -- From The Imperial Mandate To The Free Trade Bill Of 1604 -- Conclusion 6. 'a New & Extraordinary Service To Be Done To The State And Comonwealth Of England': The Merchant Adventurers And The Cokayne Project -- The Merchant Adventurers On The Eve Of The Project -- 'no Newe Service To The State' -- 'to Be Free Of All Trade For All Places' -- Conclusion -- 7. 'a New Spirit Of Dissention And Disturbance': Religious And Political Divisions, C.1630-60 -- 'to Raigne As King In This Company': Edward Misselden And The Merchant Adventurers At Delft -- 'tossed In One Tempest': The Rotterdam And Hamburg Residences In The Civil War 'contrary To The Good Orders Of Our Fellowship': Hamburg In The 1650s -- Conclusion -- 8. 'that Trade Which Their Charter Reaches Not': Contesting The Company From The Restoration To The Glorious Revolution -- 'the Bare Interest Of Some Few Merchants': Defending The Monopoly -- 'soe Nactionall A Concerne': The 1683 Proclamation And Its Aftermath -- 'the Stran