ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



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made of your goods in any place, wee referre that to 



your discretion, where it shall remaine untill it bee 

 employed, either at Vologhda, Mosco, or els where. 

 And likewise wee will that Henry Lane doe make in 

 a readinesse about the beginning of June every yeere 

 our whole accompt of the voyage in that yeere passed : 

 in such sort that wee may receive the same by our 

 shippes : and that wee may plainely perceive what sales 

 are made, and what remaineth of the first, second, 

 third, and fourth voyage, and what charges have bene 

 layde out for the sayd voyages, and what wares bee 

 bought, and laden, and what they cost, and for 

 what voyage every parcell thereof is : and to send us 

 a copie of the same accompt in every shippe. And 

 also forasmuch as at this time we have sent you but 

 small store of wares in comparison of that we have hope 

 will bee uttered in short space, and yet neverthelesse 

 much more then you wrote for, whereby there shall not 

 [I. 300.] be sufficient to make any ample returne : and under- 

 standing that there is great quantitie of goods stayed for 

 our trade there by the Emperour, wee have mooved the 

 Embassador that you may have credite for such quantitie 

 as shall seeme good to you to provide for our beneflte. 

 Which credite if you may by his meanes obtaine, or 

 otherwise have, we would you bought as much Wexe 

 principally as you may get. For if there be in that 

 countrey so great quantitie, as we be informed there is, 

 it will be the best commoditie we may have : for having 

 that wholly in our hands, we may serve our owne 

 The olde traf- countrey and others. Therefore seeing the Emperour 

 fike of Russia doth minde, that such commodities as bee in his 

 to te, eve dominions shall not passe to Rie and Revel and Poland 



and Poland 111 1 r ■[ r 



turned to as they have done, but bee reserved tor us : therefore 

 Saint Nic kolas, we must so lay for it, that it may not ly upon their 

 hands that have it to sell, alwayes having consideration 

 in the price and time as our next dispatch may corre- 

 spond. Whereof you may send a certaine advise, as well 

 what you shall receive of credit, and to what quantitie, 



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