that upon the recepte of these our letters ye ...

assemble and consult together, and if ye shall thinke good amongest yourselffs ...

discretly to withdraw and with holde your hands from shippyng to the said balmes marte....

Wryten at Andwarp the xvij day of August.' _Ibid_., p.124.The Balms mart was obviously the autumn fairtide, and Mr Malden is no doubt right in identifying Balms (Bammys, Bammes) with Bamis, the local Flemish name of St Remy; St Remy's Day was October 28, and the Balms mart was not the mart held on August 8 at St Remy, but the mart held on and round about St Remy's Day.

Another document of 1552 gives interesting information about the shippings for three of the marts: 'The last daye of shippinge unto the fyrst shippinge beinge for the pasche marte is ordeyned to be the laste of Marche nexte ensuyinge; and the seconde shippinge which is appointed for the sinxon marte the laste day to the same, is appoynted the laste of June then nexte followinge; and unto the colde marte the laste day of shippinge is appoynted to be the laste of November then nexte insuyinge.'-- _Ibid_., p.147.The Merchant Adventurers tried sometimes to restrict merchants to the Cold and the Synxon marts, which were the most important.
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