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August 10. Acre. With the agreement of the homes liges de la seignorie, mesire Phelippe de Montfort seignor de Sur, mesire John (Johan) l’Aleman seignor de Cesaire, mesire Johan de Valencenes sire de Haifa (Cayphas), mesire Jaque de la Mandelée, mesire Tybaut de Bessan, mesire Symon de Malembec, mesire Balian Anteaume, mesire Johan de Flori, and many other homes de la seignorie, and mesire Estiene de Sauuegni syndiques et procureor des chevaliers homes de la seignorie dou reaume de Jerusalem, and with regard to the manifest profit for the Kingdom of Jerusalem, John Ibelin (Johan d’Ybelin), seignor d’Arsur, conestables et bail dou reaume de Jerusalem, reaches agreement with mesire Iohan de Guide and mesire Bienuenu de Vidal, syndiques, procureors et actors, et speciaus messages dou comun d’Ancone, representing the city and district of Ancona, over the privileges (franchise) that the Anconitans have demanded. Dues owed to the chaene. When the Anconitans bring into Acre by sea goods they have bought in Christian territories, the baillis de la chaene will exact not more than 1 per cent import dues (un besan d’entrée per centenal). When, the Anconitans export by sea goods that owe dues to the chaene, the baillis de la chaene will exact no more than 1 per cent export tax (un besan d’issue per centenal). When the Anconitans import by sea all taxable goods brought from or bought in pagan lands and sell or alienate them in Acre, the baillis de la chaene will tax at the normal rates. If the Anconitans do not sell these goods and export them from Acre they will pay regular rates, which is to say that they will only pay the import tax (si perforent enterinement la dreiture au bailli de la chaene à l’issue itel coment sont acostumé à paier gens remdables; et est a saver que seur zo que il auront paié d’entrée si compliront enterinement la dreiture del’issue). An Anconitan who exploits his freedom when dealing with people owing tax will lose his privilege for ever, together with his goods. JUSTICE AND QUARTER. All disputes brought against Anconitans will be decided by their consels, who should decide per l’usage de la terre if the plaintiff wishes it. And all Anconitan households (mainières) which up to today have enjoyed the freedoms granted to the Genoese, Pisans and Venetians, will revert henceforward to being subject to the kingdom (seignorie). All Anconitans are subject judicially in body and goods to their consels, placier and baston. And the seignorie will grant them authority (leur baillera) and will give them in place of (adès ou) the garden of the Genoese, a piece de terre by the city walls near the sea, on which they can build a church, a palais for their comun and a place where they can lodge. They cannot build houses by (desus) the sea, but they can build warehouses (mais metre et trenir là les leur choses). If the seignorie cannot give them this land, the Anconitans may buy the houses (hosteaus) of sire Johan Grip, sire Jop and sire Jorge, and the seignorie will give the place and the land between the houses and the sea, to provide lodgings, together with all the rights it has with respect to the houses. The Anconitans can load and unload their goods near the houses, using the nearest port dou seignor. They can buy other houses as lodgings, and the seignorie will give them rights over them, together with the right to load and unload nearby, if the houses are in another situation. AID TO THE KINGDOM. The Anconitans will provide 50 armed men (homes armés de fer au meins) to the defence of the seignorie and port in Acre, but will be victualled by the seignorie only when they are at sea. The armed men will be in place by the next Feast of All Saints. If they are not, the seignorie may hire and maintain 50 armed men at the Anconitans’ expense. All the Anconitans residing in Acre are held to help the seignorie as best they can. On the other hand, the seignorie must protect the Anconitans against other men (in the kingdom) and will pay the costs of any damage, should it occur in its defence. It is bound to include the Anconitans in the terms of any peace or truce negotiated with its enemies. The fine for breaking the terms of this agreement will be 10,000 besants. CONFIRMATION. The agreement will be presented in Ancona by its procureurs, so that the podestà (poesté) and counsellors of the commune of Ancona will swear to abide by it under seal, and their charter will be presented to the bail of the Kingdom of Jerusalem by the Feast of All Saints in 2 years’ time. It will also be sworn by the consels and conselliers representing the commune of Ancona in Acre at that time. The syndiques of the bail and the knights (chevaliers) of the seignorie will also swear each time a new bail is appointed. Witnesses: of the Genoese, Ansaldus Zeba; Johannes Castanea; Guillelmus Guercius; Guillelmus Lanfranci Spinole; Lamfrancus de Carmadino; Antonius de Grimaldi; of the knights (milites), domnus Egidius knight of Haifa (miles de Cayphas); domnus Filippus de Coxi miles; of the Anconitans, Johannes Boiamontis; Dego Dauid; Nicola Antonis Mauri; Petrus Salvatici; Nicola Comitis. The bail dou reaume de Jerusalem, the seignor de Sur, the seignor de Cesaire, Johan de Valencenes, Jaque de la Mandelea, Tyebaut de Bessan, Symon de Malembec, Balian Antiaume and Estienne de Sauuegni attach their seals. The charter was written by aliottus Uguiccionis imperiali auctoritate iudex et notarius publicus.