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gave unto every one of us a cup with meade, which when 

 we had received, we gave thanks and departed. 



Moreover, whensoever the Emperors pleasure is that 

 any stranger shall dine with him, he doth send for them 

 in the morning, and when they come before him, he 

 with his owne mouth biddeth them to dinner, and this 

 order he alwaies observeth. 



The 10 of October the Emperour gave unto M. 

 Standish 70 rubles in money, and to the rest of our 

 men of occupations 30 rubles apiece. 



The 3 of November we dined againe with the 

 Emperour, where we were served as before. 



The 6 of December being S. Nicholas day, we dined 

 againe at the Emperours, for that is one of the principall 

 feasts which the Moscovites hold : we were served in 

 silver vessels and ordered in all points as before, and 

 Long dinners, it was past 7 of the clocke at night before dinner was 

 ended. 



The Emperors majestie useth every yeare in the 

 moneth of December, to have all his ordinance that is 

 in the citie of Mosco caried into the field which is without 

 the Suburbs of the citie, and there to have it planted 

 and bent upon two houses of Wood filled within with 

 earth : against which two houses there were two faire 

 white markes set up, at which markes they discharge 

 all their ordinance, to the ende the Emperour may see 

 what his Gunners can doe. They have faire ordinance 

 of brasse of all sortes, bases, faulcons, minions, sakers, 

 culverings, cannons double and royall, basiliskes long 

 and large, they have sixe great pieces whose shot is 

 a yard of height, which shot a man may easily discerne 

 as they flee : they have also a great many of morter 

 pieces or potguns, out of which pieces they shoote 

 wild fire. 



The 12 of December the Emperors Majestie and all 

 his nobility came into the field on horsebacke, in most 

 goodly order, having very fine Jennets & Turkie horses 

 garnished with gold & silver abundantly. The Emperors 



43° 



Ordinance in 

 Russia. 



A yere/y 

 triumph. 



