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vitobsko_fw-mi cheringo_n and_o beala_n gorod_v in_o lituania_n in_o livonia_n not_o a_o town_n nor_o one_o foot_n of_o ground_n when_o basileus_n first_o conquer_v those_o country_n he_o suffer_v the_o native_n to_o keep_v their_o possession_n and_o to_o inhabit_v all_o their_o town_n only_o pay_v he_o a_o tribute_n under_o the_o government_n of_o his_o ruff_n captain_n but_o by_o their_o conspiracy_n and_o attempt_n not_o long_o after_o he_o be_v teach_v to_o deal_v more_o sure_o with_o they_o and_o so_o come_v upon_o they_o the_o second_o time_n he_o kill_v and_o carry_v away_o with_o he_o three_o part_n of_o four_o which_o he_o give_v or_o sell_v to_o the_o tartar_n that_o serve_v he_o in_o those_o war_n and_o in_o stead_n of_o they_o place_v there_o his_o russes_z so_o many_o as_o may_v overmatch_v the_o rest_n with_o certain_a garrison_n of_o strength_n beside_o wherein_o notwithstanding_o this_o oversight_n be_v commit_v for_o that_o take_v away_o with_o he_o the_o upland_n or_o country_n people_n that_o shall_v have_v till_v the_o ground_n and_o may_v easy_o have_v be_v keep_v in_o order_n without_o any_o danger_n by_o other_o good_a policy_n he_o be_v drive_v afterward_o many_o year_n together_o to_o victual_v the_o country_n special_o the_o great_a town_n out_o of_o his_o own_o country_n of_o russia_n the_o soil_n lie_v there_o in_o the_o mean_a while_n waste_v and_o untilled_a the_o like_a fall_v out_o at_o the_o port_n of_o narue_v in_o liefland_n where_o his_o son_n juan_n vasilowich_n devise_v to_o build_v a_o town_n and_o a_o castle_n on_o the_o other_o side_n the_o river_n call_v juan_n gorod_v to_o keep_v the_o town_n and_o country_n in_o subjection_n the_o castle_n he_o cause_v to_o be_v so_o build_v and_o fortify_v that_o it_o be_v think_v to_o be_v invincible_a and_o when_o it_o be_v finish_v for_o reward_v to_o the_o architect_n that_o be_v a_o polonian_a he_o put_v out_o both_o his_o eye_n to_o make_v he_o unable_a to_o build_v the_o like_a again_o but_o have_v leave_v the_o native_n all_o within_o their_o own_o country_n without_o abate_v their_o number_n or_o strength_n the_o town_n and_o castle_n not_o long_o after_o be_v betray_v and_o surrender_v again_o to_o the_o king_n of_o sweden_n on_o the_o south-east-side_n they_o have_v get_v the_o kingdom_n of_o cazan_n and_o astracan_a these_o be_v win_v from_o the_o tartar_n by_o the_o late_a emperor_n juan_n vasilowich_n father_n to_o the_o emperor_n that_o now_o be_v the_o one_o about_o 35._o the_o other_o about_o 33._o year_n ago_o northward_o out_o of_o the_o country_n of_o siberia_n he_o have_v lay_v unto_o his_o realm_n a_o great_a breadth_n and_o length_n of_o ground_n from_o wichida_n to_o the_o river_n of_o obba_n about_o a_o 1000_o mile_n space_n so_o that_o he_o be_v bold_a to_o write_v himself_o now_o the_o great_a commander_n of_o siberia_n the_o country_n likewise_o of_o permia_n and_o pechora_n be_v a_o divers_a people_n and_o language_n from_o the_o ruff_n overcome_v not_o long_o since_o and_o that_o rather_o by_o threaten_v and_o shake_v of_o the_o sword_n then_o by_o any_o actual_a source_n as_o be_v a_o weak_a and_o naked_a people_n without_o mean_n to_o resist_v that_o which_o the_o ruff_n have_v in_o his_o present_a possession_n he_o keep_v on_o this_o sort_n in_o his_o four_a chief_n border_n town_n of_o vobsko_n smolensko_fw-mi astâ—acan_a and_o cazan_n he_o have_v certain_a of_o his_o counsel_n not_o of_o the_o great_a nobility_n but_o of_o great_a trust_n which_o have_v more_o authority_n within_o their_o precinct_n for_o the_o countenance_v and_o strengthen_v of_o their_o government_n there_o than_o the_o other_o duke_n that_o be_v set_v to_o govern_v in_o other_o place_n as_o be_v note_v before_o in_o the_o manner_n of_o order_v their_o province_n these_o he_o change_v sometime_o every_o year_n sometime_o every_o second_o or_o three_o year_n but_o exceed_v not_o that_o time_n except_o upon_o very_o special_a trust_n and_o good_a like_n of_o the_o party_n and_o his_o service_n lest_o by_o enlarge_n of_o their_o time_n they_o may_v grow_v into_o some_o familiarity_n with_o the_o enemy_n as_o some_o have_v do_v be_v so_o far_o out_o of_o sight_n the_o town_n beside_o be_v very_o strong_o fence_v with_o trench_n castle_n and_o store_n of_o munition_n and_o have_v garrison_n within_o they_o to_o the_o number_n of_o two_o or_o three_o thousand_o apiece_o they_o be_v store_v with_o victual_n if_o any_o siege_n shall_v come_v upon_o they_o for_o the_o space_n of_o two_o or_o three_o year_n beforehand_o the_o four_o castle_n of_o smolensko_n vobsko_fw-mi cazan_n and_o astracan_a he_o have_v make_v very_o strong_a to_o bear_v out_o any_o siege_n so_o that_o it_o be_v think_v that_o those_o town_n be_v impregnable_a as_o for_o the_o country_n of_o pechora_n and_o permia_n and_o that_o part_n of_o siberia_n which_o he_o have_v now_o under_o he_o they_o be_v keep_v by_o as_o easy_a mean_n as_o they_o be_v first_o 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the_o history_n of_o russia_n or_o the_o government_n of_o the_o â—_z of_o muscovia_n with_o the_o manner_n &_o fashion_n of_o the_o people_n of_o that_o country_n by_o g._n fletcher_n sometime_o fellow_n of_o king_n college_n in_o cambridge_n and_o employ_v in_o the_o embassy_n thither_o w._n m._n fecit_fw-la 1643_o the_o content_n of_o the_o several_a chapter_n chap._n 1_o the_o description_n of_o the_o country_n of_o russia_n with_o the_o breadth_n length_n and_o name_n of_o the_o shire_n fol._n 1_o chap._n 2_o of_o the_o soil_n and_o climate_n fol._n 6_o chap._n 3_o the_o native_a commodity_n of_o the_o country_n fol._n 14_o chap._n 4_o the_o chief_a city_n of_o russia_n fol._n 28_o chap._n 5_o the_o house_n or_o stock_n of_o the_o ruff_n emperor_n fol._n 34_o chap._n 6_o the_o manner_n of_o inauguration_n of_o the_o ruff_n emperor_n fol._n 40_o chap._n 7_o the_o manner_n of_o their_o government_n fol._n 47_o chap._n 8_o the_o manner_n of_o hold_v their_o parliament_n fol._n 52_o chap._n 9_o the_o russee_n nobility_n and_o by_o what_o mean_v it_o be_v keep_v in_o a_o under_o proportion_n agreeable_a to_o that_o state_n fol._n 57_o chap._n 10_o the_o government_n of_o their_o province_n or_o shire_n fol._n 70_o chap._n 11_o the_o emperor_n privy_a council_n fol._n 82_o chap._n 12_o the_o emperor_n custom_n and_o other_o revenue_n with_o the_o sophism_n practise_v for_o the_o increase_n of_o they_o fol._n 86_o chap._n 13_o the_o russee_n commonalty_n and_o their_o condition_n fol._n 107_o chap._n 14_o their_o public_a justice_n and_o manner_n of_o proceed_v therein_o fol._n 117_o chap._n 15_o the_o emperor_n force_n for_o his_o war_n with_o the_o officer_n and_o their_o salary_n fol._n 127_o chap._n 16_o their_o manner_n of_o muster_v armour_n and_o provision_n of_o victual_n fol._n 137_o chap._n 17_o their_o order_n in_o march_v charge_v and_o their_o martial_a discipline_n fol._n 141_o chap._n 18_o their_o colony_n and_o policy_n in_o maintain_v their_o purchase_n by_o conquest_n fol._n 146_o chap._n 19_o their_o borderer_n with_o who_o they_o have_v most_o to_o do_v in_o war_n and_o peace_n fol._n 155_o chap._n 20_o of_o the_o permian_o samoite_n and_o lap_n fol._n 180_o chap._n 21_o their_o ecclesiastical_a state_n with_o their_o church_n office_n fol._n 166_o chap._n 22_o their_o liturgy_n or_o form_n of_o church-service_n with_o their_o manner_n of_o administer_a the_o sacrament_n fol._n 218_o chap._n â—3_n the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o ruff_n church_n fol._n 231_o chap._n â—4_n their_o manner_n of_o solemnize_n marriage_n fol._n 240_o chap._n â—5_n the_o other_o ceremony_n of_o the_o ruff_n church_n fol._n 246_o chap._n 26_o the_o emperor_n domestic_a behaviour_n fol._n 256_o chap._n 27_o the_o emperor_n household_n with_o the_o office_n of_o his_o house_n fol._n 265_o chap._n 28_o the_o private_a behaviour_n and_o manner_n of_o the_o ruff_n people_n fol._n 268_o chap._n 1._o the_o description_n of_o the_o country_n of_o russia_n 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southward_o towards_o the_o euxin_n or_o black_a sea_n as_o the_o dukedom_n of_o volodemer_n of_o mosko_n rezan_n etc._n etc._n some_o have_v think_v that_o the_o name_n of_o sarmatia_n be_v first_o take_v from_o one_o sarmates_n who_o moses_n and_o josephus_n call_v asarmathes_n son_n to_o joktan_n and_o nephew_n to_o heber_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o sem._n but_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v nothing_o but_o a_o conjecture_n take_v out_o of_o the_o likeness_n of_o the_o name_n asarmathes_n for_o the_o dwell_n of_o all_o joktans_n posterity_n be_v describe_v by_o moses_n to_o have_v be_v betwixt_o mescha_n or_o masius_n a_o hill_n of_o the_o amonite_n and_o sephace_v near_o to_o the_o river_n euphrates_n which_o make_v it_o very_o unlikely_a that_o asarmathes_n shall_v plant_v any_o colony_n so_o far_o off_o in_o the_o north_n &_o northwest_o country_n it_o be_v bound_v northward_o by_o the_o lap_n and_o the_o north_n ocean_n on_o the_o southside_n by_o the_o tartar_n call_v chrims_n 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