INDEX 



264 f. ; his journeys round the 

 Caspian Sea, 271 ; division of his 

 suite, 275 f. ; escort to Mangu 

 Khan, 277 f. ; as copyist, 277; 

 difficulties in getting horses, 280; 

 patience under hardships, 280 ; at 

 Kenchat, 282 ; on the Nestorians 

 and Idolaters, 285 f. ; and the Ar- 

 doh river. 11. 461 ; on the people 

 of Tibet, IV. 437. 



Ruce, see Russia. 



Ruddal, Sir Richard, knighted at 

 Cadiz (1596) IV. 259, 



Ruffinus, lib. i., cap, 9, viii. 104; 

 Edesius's account to, of the con- 

 quest of India, 105. 



Rufoote, Henry, settler in Virginia 

 (1587) VIII. 403. 



Ruiz, Goncalo, de Cordova, John 

 Field's friend in Vera Cruz (1556) 

 IX. 346. 



* Rulers, early, of Russia,' by Giles 

 Fletcher, in. 357. 



Rumnie, James, master's mate on 

 the Matthew Gonson (1535) v. 68. 



Rupert, King of the Romans, arbi- 

 trator between England and Prus- 

 sia, II. 92. 



Rupibus, Petrus de, see Peter des 

 Roches. 



Rurek, see Rurik. 



Rurico, see Rurik. 



Rurik, conquers and civilises Rus- 

 sia, II. 183; his descendants, 184; 

 first ruler of Russia, iii. 357. 



Rushen Abbey, Isle of Man, founda- 

 tion of, I. 30 ; Mirescoge Monas- 

 tery and the abbey of, 32, 33; the 

 abbey of, temporarily removed to 

 Douglas (1192) 33; besieged by 

 Robert Bruce, King of Scots, 41. 



Rushin, see Rushen. 



Rushtails, birds near the Cape of 

 Good Hope, vi. 380. 



Russ, Anthony, in Virginia (1585) 

 VIII. 317. 



Russdorff, Paulus a, twenty-sixth 

 master of the Dutch knights, 11. 

 8. 



Russe, Laurence van, and Prussian 

 pirates, 11. 70. 



Russell, Francis, Earl of Bedford, 

 and the liberation of Thomas 

 Sanders (1584) v. 306, 311; and 



Cabot's geographical tables at 

 Cheinies, vii. 194. 

 Russell, John, Earl of Bedford, 

 keeper of the Privy Seal (1553) 11. 



304. 356. 



Russell, John, and Prussian pirates, 

 II. 60. 



Russell, John, musician of the Sun- 

 shine of London (1585) vii. 382. 



Russell, Sir John, and the war 

 against the Saracens (1390) iv. 



451- 



Russell, Thomas, in Edward Fen- 

 ton's voyage (1582) xi. 178. 



Russell, William, of the Sunshine of 

 London (1585) vii. 382. 



Russia, I. 76, 242, 256, 307; King 

 Arthur and, 6; John de Piano 

 Carpini travels through 94, 159, 

 179; Tartars and, 152; Basil, 

 duke of, 159, 179; Daniel, duke 

 of, 159, 179; converted to Christi- 

 anity under Vladimir (988) II. 

 184; tributary to Tartary (1237) 

 186 ; freed from Tartar vassalage, 

 189; fictitious rights of, over 

 Livonia, 189; products of, 224 f. ; 

 Richard Chancellor on, 224-238; 

 court etiquette in, 226 f. , 255 f., 

 421; churches, 226, 254, 268, 346, 

 422, 440; houses and apparel in, 

 226, 255, 269; table etiquette, 227, 

 257, 293, 421; army and weapons 

 in, 229; sumptuousness of the 

 Emperor and nobles in, 229 f., 

 259 f., 431; hardiness of the 

 soldiers in, 230, 258; autocratic 

 government in, 231 f. , 260; ad- 

 ministration of justice in, 233, 

 263; and Crim Tartar, 233, 438; 

 condition of the poor in, 235 f. ; 

 their indifference to freedom, 264; 

 religious superstitions in, 236 f., 

 265 ; monks, and their customs in, 

 238, 265, 267; Richard Chancellor 

 in. 255; army discipline in, 258; 

 privileges granted to English mer- 

 chants in, 271 ; coins, weights, 

 and measures used in, 273; pro- 

 ducts of, brought to Bokhara, 473 ; 

 her power increased by English 

 trade, 486; Rurik, and the civilisa- 

 tion of, 183 ; government and re- 

 ligion of, 193 ; discovery by Chan- 



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