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Account, and thofe of theiTi who had the Czar s Ear 
moft, perfuaded him to give the Knight a wild Horfeto 
back, hoping he would break his Neck in atteriipting it. 
Bowes undertook the Taflc, and managed the Bead: with 
fuch Addrefs, that he mounted him,’ rode him, and fo 
tired him, that helay down under him, loft his Mettle, and 
did not long furvive the Experiment. After which the 
Czar highly honoured Sir Jeremy^ and gave him feveral 
particular Marks of his Efteem. 
John Bqfilowitz making a Progrefs through feveral 
Provinces of his Empire, divers Boyars^ and fome 
other Perfons, prefented him with fuch Gifts as they 
thought would be moft acceptable to him. Among the 
reft, a Shoe-maker confulted v/ith his Wife v/hat 
Prefenthe ftiould make his Majefty ; a Pair of Lopkies, or 
Shoes, file thought was too little by itfclf, and fhe advifed 
him to root up a great Turnip they had in the Garden, 
and carry it with the Lopkies to the Czar. The 
Emperor v/as fo well pleafed with the Prefent, that he 
ordered all his Attendants to buy Shoes of him, and to 
give him for them, twice as much as they were worth : 
He bought a Pair of them for himfelf. By this Means the 
Shoemaker got into a Condition to drive a better Trade, 
and growing rich in a fiort time left off his Shop. His 
Children, who inherited his Eftate, became Gentlemen, 
and are known to this Day by the Name of the Lo- 
pofikies. There is a Tree near the Place where the 
Houfe ftood, which, when any one comes by, he throws 
off his old Shoes, in Remembrance of the Shoemaker : 
A Gentleman who underftood how well it had fared 
with this honeft Man, thought if he prefented the Em- 
peror with fomething coniiderable he might have a 
proportionable Recompence ; fo he gave him ^ a 
very fine Horfe ; and the Czar, in return, made him 
a Prefent of the Turnip the Shoemaker had given 
him. 
This Emperor difguifing himfelf one Day, rambled 
into the Country near Mofeow ; and coming to a Vil- 
lage enquired at it for a Lodging : Every body refufed 
to take him in, except a poor Man whofe Wife was 
crying-out, and was delivered in the Prefence of the 
Emperor. He returned to Mofeow early the next Morn- 
ing ; promifmg his Landlord to bring him fbme God- 
fathers and Godmothers the next Day : He was as good as 
his Word ; he went to his Houfe attended by his whole 
Court, made him feveral rich Prefents, and fet fire to all 
the Houfes in the Village, except his, only warning the 
Inhabitants to be more charitable for the future, telling 
them that the beft Way to teach them how to treat 
Strangers hereafter was, for them to experience themfelves 
how pleafant it was to be driven to Neceffity and lie out 
in the Air in Winter. 
He often took delight in affociating himfelf with Robbers. 
He advifed them once to rob the Emperor’s Treafury, affur- 
ing them he knew how it was to be done : Plow ? fays one 
of the Thieves, giving him a Box on the Ear, You 
Rafcal, you, Would you rob the Emperor, who is fo 
good and generous a Prince. Had we not better fall upon 
one of the rich Boyars, who cheat and plunder him every 
Day ^ The Czar was fo well pleafed with his Anfwer, 
that he changed Caps with him, and bad him meet him 
the next. Day at Duretz, a Place by which he ufed to go 
frequently •, he told the Thief they would be very merry, 
and drink a Cup of Brandy and Methegiin toge- 
ther. The Robber came at the Time appointed ; the 
Czar feeing him, called him to him, and advifed him to 
change his Courfe of Life •, gave him a Place at Court -, 
and made ufe of him to difeover and punifh the other 
Rogues of his Gang. 
17. The Word Czar is fo like that of Cafar, that it is 
apparently derived from it, and fignifies Emperor in the 
Mufeo-vite Tongue : The Ruffians fay it means a Title 
above a King .* They called David Czar, and the other 
King of Europe, Kyrlos, which feems to come from 
Carolus ^intus, v/hofe Hiftory they have ’ among them. 
The Name of the Czar now reigning is Alexis Micbael- 
owitz Romanow, i. e. Alexis the Son of Michael the Roman . 
Lie has feveral Titles •, thofe in the Great-Seal run thus : 
We Alexis Michaelowitz, by the Grace of God, Great 
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Lord, Czar, Duke of Great, Little, and V/hite Rtiffia, 
Sovereign of Mofeow, Kiovia, Uladomir , and Noyogorod, 
&c. Czar of Cafan, Czar of Aftracan, Czar of Sileria, 
Lord of Plafcow, Great Duke of Smolenfko, Lwerfio^ 
Ugojko, Perinjko, Vealjko, Bolgariko Lord and Great Duke 
of Novogorod, of the Provinces ol Charnigora, Refan, 
Roftore, Tarajlave, Belouzer, Odouria, Obderia,^ and 
Condinea ; Lord of all the Countries lying to the North ; 
Lord of the Land of Taveria, ot all the Duchies of 
Car tiler an, of Grenzintan, and of feveral other Coiintiies 
and Sovereignties Eaft, Weft, and North, which we in- 
herit of our Lord and Monarchs our Precieceffors, our 
Father and Grandfather. _ 
TheCzar’s Arms are the fame with the German Em- 
peror’s, viz. a Spread Eagle', but tne Ruffian Spread Eagle 
has a St. George on Horleback on itS-Breaft, and a Mitre 
with a Crown on it between the two Heads. Some Perfons 
pretend John Bajilewitz added the George to his Coat, on 
Account of the Order of the Garter, which hq. received 
from Qiieen Elizabeth ol England, d he Czar never mar- 
ries a Woman out of his own Dominions ", he chufes one 
to his Liking, generally among the Nobility, fometimes 
among the Gentry and Commonality ; Eliah, the Em- 
peror’s Father-in-law, kept a Tavern twenty Years ago, 
and his Daughter, the Emprefs, fold Mullirooms in the 
Market. As foon as the Czar’s Wife is dead, all her 
Family lofe their Credit, and all their Hopes die with her. 
The Emperor never ftiews himfelf to his People but on 
certain Days of public rejoicing : When he appears it is 
always vdth Pomp •, he is very magnificently dreffed, 
his Robes glittering v*dth Gold and Jewels *, and his At- 
tendants are numerous, all of them handfomely apparelled : 
It is very feldom that he dines in public ; when he does, 
his Nobles dine in his Prefence *, his Guards are pofted all 
round his Palace ; they ftand like fo many Statues, not 
daring to ftir dr fpeak, for fear of making a Noife. One 
would think, by the profound Silence that is always there, 
that the Place was a Defart •, no-body enters the Inner- 
court, but his Domeftics, and fome Lords, ^ whofe 
Offices require their perfonal Attendance in die imperial 
Palace. 
He is very fober, drinks little or nothing, and fome- 
times puts Oil of Cinnamon or Cinnamon-water into his 
fmall Beer, to make it the more pleafant *, for Cinnamon- 
water is as much ufed by Perfons of Quality, in Ruff a, 
as Rofe-water is elfewhere. The Smell of Ambergreafe, 
or Mufk, is not much valued by them ; they have a 
Drink called Prague, which he commonly drinks j it is 
what in England is called Oat-Ale. His Bread is all 
made of Rye, which the Ruffians imagine to be more 
nourifliing than Wheat. When he has a Mind to treat his 
Domeftfes, he commands them to fit round about him, 
and plies them with a Sort of ftrong Water double and 
treble diftilled. Thofe that are not ufed to it are apt to 
be very fick with it. He -will often put a little Opium in 
it, and takes Pleafure in making them drunk. At each 
Meal he fends a Difti from his Table to his Favourites. 
On Eafter-day all the Courtiers, and the Nobility and 
Gentry in and about Mofeow, wait upon him, kifs his 
Hands, and he gives them Eggs. He never paid a Vifit 
to any one of his Subjefls except his Governor, and he 
being fick he went once to fe^him. 
When he goes out of Town, the eaftern Gate of the 
outer Wall is fhut, and fo remains -till he comes back 
again •, he generally goes out at that Gate, unlefs upon 
an extraordinary Occafion, as happened a few Years ago, 
when the 'Wall fell down on that Side, and fo he was 
forced to go another W ay : He lies in his Shirt and 
Drawers, under a rich Quilt make of Marten-Skins , he 
ha% but one Sheet under or over him. His greateft Re- 
creation is in Hunting FalIov/-Deer ; he does not mind 
killing of them, provided he can but hunt them down : 
He loves Fowling, has three hundred Faulconers, and the 
beft Ger-Faulcons in the World ; they are brought out 
of Siberia. He hunts wild Ducks with them. The Son of 
the Emperor is called Czarowitz, and fo are all hisChlldren, 
When the Emprefs is brought to-bed, the People, to 
iliew their Joy, prefent the Czar with fomething or other ; 
which he commonly returns. If he likes any Prefept, 
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