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out again, '' he held on his course towards that 

 unknowen part of the world, and sailed so farre 

 that hee came at last to the place where hee found 

 no night at all, but a continuall light and bright- 

 nesse of the sunne shining clearly upon the huge 

 and mighty sea." At length he entered into a 

 very great bay, and seeing a fishing-boat, en- 

 quired of the people " what country it is, and 

 what people, and of what maner of living they 

 were ;" but these men seeing the large ship were 

 greatly alarmed and fled. At last, however, they 

 were overtaken, and immediately fell on their 

 knees, ofFerino: to kiss Master Chancelor's feet. 

 The report being spread abroad of the arrival of a 

 strange people " of singular gentlenesse and cour- 

 tesie," the inhabitants brought them presents of 

 provisions and entered readily and fearlessly into 

 trade with them. 



Our navigators now learned that the name of 

 the country was Russia or Moscovie, and that of 

 their king Juan Vasilovich, who " ruled and go- 

 verned farre and wide in those places." A nego- 

 ciation speedily commenced, the result of which 

 was a journey, undertaken and performed by 

 Master Chancelor, of nearly fifteen hundred miles, 

 to a city called Mosco, where he was well received ; 

 and to his discreet and able representations Eng- 

 land is indebted for the firm foundation of that 

 commerce with Russia, which has continued 

 almost without interruption ever since. 



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