Item, three or foure complete harnesses that wil abide the shot of a handgun with 10. or 12. targets of steele, being good. Item, ten or twelue good shirts of male being very good or els none, that may abide the shot of an arrow, and two buffe ierkins. Item, ten or twelue pieces of Westerne karsies, being thicked well and close shut in the weauing, and died into scarlets and fine reds. I thinke there wil be no such cloth for noblemens caps. The prince named them karangies [Marginal note: By the word Karangies, I thinke they meane Karsies.], saying, that maidens did make them, and is desirous of them. Item, six pieces of fine Holland cloth for the Prince, with some other for Noblemen, of a lower price. Item, twentie handguns being good, some of them with fire lockes, and also six good dags, with locks to trauell withall. Item 100. brusshes for garments (none made of swines haire,) for gifts, and otherwise to be sold. Item, six stone bowes that shoot lead pellets. Item, a mill to grind corne in the field as they goe, finely deuised: for Cozomomet willed me to write for one to be sent, to giue the Prince. Item, the Prince requireth of all sortes and colours of London clothes. I wish you to send no lesse then 40. or 50. for I know they will be sold to profit, especially such cloth as may be affoorded for 20. shaughs the arshine, which is longer by two of mine inches then Russia arshine is. Let there be fine skarlets, violets in graine, fine reds, blacks, browne blewes, foure or fiue of euery sort, for the Prince and other lords: the rest of other colours liuely to the sight, as London russets, tawnies, lion colours, good liuely greenes, with other, as you shall thinke good: for the prince desireth to see of all sorts, which will be an occasion that the Venetians and Turkes shall bee in lesse estimation then they are: for they themselues do feare, and secretly say the same. And truely the Princes subiects intend to enter into trade with vs for spices and other commodities that they were woont to sell vnto the Venetians and Turkes. Thus I commit you all to God, who send you health with increase of worship. Written in Astracan the 16. of Iune, 1567. By your seruant during life to command, Arthur Edwards. * * * * * Distances of certaine places in Russia. The way from Saint Nicholas Baie to Mosco. versts To Colmogro 100 To Vstiug 500 To Totma 250 To Vologhda 250 All by the riuer of Dwina 1100 To Yenslaue 180 To Rostoue 60 To Pecaslaue 60 To Mosko 120 By land East and West 440 The way from Mosko to Smolensko. To Moram 300 To Smolensko 200 The way from Mosko to Nouogrod.