The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, vol 4 | Page 8

at S. Nicholas about the end of Iuly, and
arriued safely at London in the moneth of September following.
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A copie of the priuiledges granted by the right high and mightie Prince,
the Emperour of Russia, &c. vnto the right worshipfull fellowship of
English merchants, for the discouerie of new trades: and hither sent by
Thomas Randolfe esquire, her Maiesties Ambassadour to the sayd
Emperour, and by Andrew Sauin his Ambassadour in the yere of our
Lord God, 1569.
One God euerlasting and without and before the beginning, the Father,
the Sonne, and the holy Ghost, the blessed Trinitie, our onely God,
maker and preseruer of all things, replenisher of all things euery where,
who by thy goodnesse doest cause all men to loue the giuer of
wisedome our onely Mediatour, and leader of vs all vnto blessed
knowledge by the onely Sonne his word, our Lord Iesus Christ, holy
and euerlasting Spirit, and now in these our dayes teachest vs to keepe
Christianitie, and sufferest vs to enioy our kingdome to the happy
commodity of our land, and wealth of our people, in despight of our
enemies, and to our fame with our friends.
We Iohn Vasiliwich by the grace of God, great lord, Emperour, and
great duke of all Russia, Volodemer, Moscouia, Nouogrod, Emperour
of Cazan, Tuersky, Vgorsky, Permisky, Vadsky, Bulgaria, and many
others, lord and great duke of the Low countreys of Nouogrod,
Chernigosky, Resansky, Polotsky, Rastow, Veraslaue, Bealosera,
Owdorsky, Condinsky, and all Siberland, great commander of all the
North parts, lord of Leifland, and many other Northward, Southward,
and Westward.
Whereas our sister Elizabeth by the grace of God Queene of England,
France and Ireland, defender of the faith, hath written vnto vs her
letters for her merchants, who hath made sute that we should grant our
goodnesse to the merchants which are of one company, and giue them

free leaue to come to traffike in our kingdome to Colmogro, and to the
countrey of Dwina, and to our great citie of Moscouia, and to all the
cities in our dominions, and thorow our countrey to Boghar, to Persia,
Casbin, and Chardy, and to all other countreys.
1 We Iohn Vasiliwich Emperour and great duke of all Russia, (for our
sister Elizabeths sake, Queene, of England) haue giuen and granted to
the English merchants, the Gouernors, Cousuls, Assistants and
fellowship, sir Wil. Garrard Knight, Rowland Haiward Alderman, Ioh.
Thamworth Esquire, Iohn Riuers Alderman, Henry Beecher Alderman,
Consuls: Sir Wil. Chester Knight, Edward Iackman Alderman, Lionel
Ducket Alderman, Edward Gilbert, Laurence Huse, Francis
Walsingham, Clement Throgmorton Iohn Quarles, Nicholas Wheeler,
Thomas Banister, Iohn Harrison, Francis Burnham, Anthony Gamage,
Iohn Somers, Richard Wilkinson, Ioh. Sparke, Richard Barne, Robert
Woolman, Thomas Browne, Thomas Smith, Thomas Allen, Thomas
More, William Bully, Richard Yong, Thomas Atkinson, Assistants:
Iohn Mersh Esquire, Geofrey Ducket, Francis Robinson, Matthew Field,
and all the rest of their company and fellowship, and to their
successours and deputies, to come with ships and other vessels into our
countery at Colmogorod, and Dwina, and to all the North parts now
being ours, or that hereafter shall at any time be in our possession, by
sea, riuer or land, euen to our great Citie of Mosco, in all the townes of
our Countrey, to Cazan and Astracan, to Nouogorod the great, to
Plesko and Leifland, Vriagorod, to Narue, and all other townes of
Leifland. 2 And to passe through our land to Boghar, Persia, Casbin,
Charday, and other Countreyes: And wheresoeuer they come there to
be and abide freely, and to barter and bargaine freely all wares of sale,
without custome of all people, and Marchants strangers whatsoeuer.
And if so be they bring any fine wares out of Englande, or any other
Countrey from Boghar, Persia, Casbin, or from any other place, and
those their wares that come by the way of Narue, or any other part into
our Dominion, to bring the same wares into our treasure, and our
Treasurers to view the same wares, and to take into our Treasurie of the
same such as shalbe needful for vs. And all such wares as we shal not
need, our Chancellour to redeliuer the same: And after the view of our

Chancellours, to barter it freely to whom they will, not selling any of
their wares needful for vs, before our Chancellour haue seene the same.
And all other grosse and heauy wares that shall be needful to our vse
not being brought to Mosco, to declare and tell our Chancellour of the
same wares: And to giue a note thereof by name, and how much they
leaue there, not brought to Mosco; and then if we neede not the said
wares, the English Marchants, their seruants and Factors, to conuey
their wares the neerest