A typical contract in the archives of the merchant Francesco Datini {c. 1335-1410} stipulates that the insurers agree to assume the risks 'of God, of the sea, of men of war, of fire, of jettison, of detainment by princes, by cities, or by any other person, of reprisals, of arrest, of whatever loss, peril, misfortune, impediment or sinister that might occur, with the exception of packing and customs' until the insured goods are safely unloaded at their destination.13"
( Niall Ferguson )
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