THE RUSSIAN COINS ad. 



1554- 

 of Colmogro for Cloth, Tinne, Batrie, & such other like, 



and the merchants of Colmogro carie them to Novo- 

 grode, Vologda, or Mosco, & sell them there. The 

 Fethers which come from Penning they doe little 

 esteeme. 



If our merchants do desire to know the meetest place 

 of Russia for the standing house, in mine opinion I take 

 it to be Vologda, which is a great towne standing in 

 the heart of Russia, with many great and good towns 

 about it. There is great plentie of corne, victuals, and of 

 all such wares as are raised in Rusland, but specially, 

 flaxe, hempe, tallow and bacon : there is also great store 

 of waxe, but it commeth from the Mosko. 



The towne of Vologda is meetest for our marchants, Vologda and 

 because it lieth amongest all the best towns of Russia, the siate 

 and there is no towne in Russia but trades with it : also eu °^' 

 the water is a great commoditie to it. If they plant 

 themselves in Mosco or Novogrode, their charge will be 

 great and wonderfull, but not so in Vologda : for all 

 things will there be had better cheape by the one half. 

 And for their vent, I know no place so meet. It is likely 

 that some will thinke ye Mosko to be the meetest by the 

 reason of the court, but by that reason I take it to be 

 woorse : for the charge there would be so great by cravers 

 and expenses, that the moitie of the profite would bee 

 wholly consumed, which in the other place will bee saved. 

 And yet notwithstanding our marchants may bee there in 

 the Winter to serve the Emperour and his court. The The Emperor 

 Emperour is a great marchant himselfe of waxe and °f Moscow is 

 sables, which with good foresight may bee procured to hi mse if e 

 their hands : as for other commodities there are litle or 

 none in Moscovia, besides those above rehearsed : if there 

 bee other, it is brought thither by the Turkes, who will 

 be daintie to buy our clothes considering the charges of 

 cariage over land. 



Our marchants may doe well to provide for the Russes 

 such wares as the Dutch nation doeth serve them of, as 

 Flanders and Holland clothes, which I beleeve, they shal 



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