THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Merall, Sir Andrew de, knight 

 of Rhodes, traitor, v. 4; and 

 Solyman, 5, 35 ; Blasie, servant of, 

 40. 



Mercator, Gerard, i. liii. f. ; account 

 of Nicholas of Lynn's voyage, 302, 

 in. 210; his map, 211, 460, vn. 

 203 ; letter to Hakluyt, in. 275- 

 292 ; portrait of, 288 ; John Balak's 

 letters to, 450-457 ; on Iceland, iv. 

 10, 99 ; his opinion on the north 

 passage, vn. 194; and Hakluyt, 

 xn. 75. 



Mercenaries, in the Russian army, 

 ni- 379. 



Merchant Adventurers, Company of, 

 XII. 22. 



Merchant, Captain John, land cap- 

 tain in Sir Francis Drake's fleet 

 (1585) X. 98. 



Merchant, Spanish, from Jamaica, 

 return home of (1565) x. 43. 



Merchant Royal, the, at Flores 



(1590) vm. 421. 



Merchant Royal, the, of the English 

 merchant's fleet (1586) vi. 47; at 

 Zante, 48 ; flagship of the English 

 merchants' fleet, 50; vice-admiral 

 in the voyage to the East Indies 



(1591) 387; Abraham Kendal, 

 master of, 390; returns to Eng- 

 land, VI. 390, X. 194; at S. Helena, 

 VI. 402; sent to Peniche (1589) 

 511 ; Samuel Foxcroft, captain of, 

 X. 194. 



Merchants, Company of, and the 

 Virginian patent of Sir Walter 

 Raleigh (1588) xii. 87. 



Merchants, English, and foreign, i. 

 310-320; protection of the Eng- 

 lish, 311, 313; English and Nor- 

 wegian, 321, 349; English, ar- 

 rested in Norway, 341 f., 343 f., 

 347 f. ; and the Livonian ships, n. 

 i4» 33 ; and their goods seized in 

 Prussia, 15-18, 19; agreement be- 

 tween, and Prussian, 20 f. ; privi- 

 leges of, and Prussian, 23 ; busi- 

 ness prohibited between, and Prus- 

 sian in (1404) 28 f. ; and the Prus- 

 sian laws, 52 ; their unfairness to 

 foreigners, 72 ; excluded from 

 foreign markets, 80 ; and Hanse 

 league (1407) 81; commercial 



facilities to, and Prussian (1409) 

 99; charter granted to (1404) io8f., 

 (1462) 147; in Denmark, 113; in 

 foreign marts, 128 ; confiscations 

 and forfeitures for fraud, 154; taxes 

 on goods, 155 f. ; regulations for, 

 by Cabot (1553) 200 f. ; advice to, 

 by Cabot, 202-205 ; their interest 

 in finding new foreign markets, 

 239 f. ; privileges granted to, in 

 Russia, 271 ; privileges to, and 

 Russian (1555) 280; settled in 

 Russia as the Muscovy Company 

 (1555) 281-303 ; received by the Em- 

 peror of Russia, 292 ; met by Rus- 

 sian merchants, 293 ; Queen Mary's 

 charter to (1555) 304; free to trade 

 in Narva, 486 ; and Russians, iii. 

 (1563) 4i» 235, 316, 420; and the 

 discovery of new trades, 87; and 

 the Russian privileges (1567)92-97, 

 111-116; and Turkish (1568) 141; 

 licensed to own houses in Persia 

 (1568) 147; return of, to Yaroslavl, 

 156; detained at Astrakhan by 

 Russian officials (1572) 181; offend 

 the Emperor of Russia (1572) 187; 

 granted free pardon by Emperor 

 of Russia, III. 188, 189; rivalry 

 between, and Dutch at Kola 

 (1578) 209; at Yaroslavl (1579) 

 215, 246; at Nizhniy Nov- 

 gorod and Kazan, 215; at 

 Astrakhan, 217, 245; at Bil- 

 dih (1580) 224; at Derbent (1580) 

 228 ; and the Pasha of Derbent, 

 228, 232 ; distress of, in the Cas- 

 pian Sea, 241-245; attacked by 

 Nagay Tartars, 244; and Dutch, 

 in Russia (1583) 316; friendless 

 state of, at the Russian court 

 (1583) 317; compensations obtained 

 for, by Sir Jerome Bowes, of the 

 Emperor of Russia (1583) 324; 

 leave Russia, 352 ; and the 

 Russian trade, 420-427, 431-443; 

 in Russia, protected by Boris Feo- 

 dorowich (1592) 435, 438; house 

 at Moscow given to, 443 ; and 

 John I. of Portugal (1415) iv. 

 367, 368; and foreign shipping, 

 v. 63 ; privileges granted to, by 

 Murad Khan (1579) 170-178; 

 charter of privileges, by Murad 



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