All Merchants, Commanders of Ships, and others, the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, shall have the same liberty, in all the Territories of the said United Provinces, as the Natives thereof, to manage their own affairs themselves, or to commit them to the management of whomsoever they please, as Broker, Factor, Agent or Interpreter; nor shall they be obliged to employ any other Persons for those purposes, nor to pay them any salary or remuneration, unless they shall choose to employ them; and absolute freedom shall be allowed, in all cases, to the Buyer and Seller to bargain and fix the price of any goods, wares, or merchandize imported into, or exported from the said United Provinces, as they shall see good.