The principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation. [vols. 1-3] made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600. yeres: deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed. The first volume containeth the worthy discoueries, &c. of the English ... The second volume comprehendeth the principall nauigations ... to the south and south-east parts of the world ... By Richard Hakluyt preacher, and sometime student of Christ-Church in Oxford.

A Letter sent from her Highnesse to the sayd great Duke of Russia, by sir Hierome Bowes aforesayd, her Maiesties Ambassadour.

Serenissimo Principi at Domino, Ioanni Basilio, Dei gratia Regi & magno Duci totius Russiae, Volodomerae &c. Regi Cazani, &c. Domino Plescoae, &c. Domino & magno Duci Nouogrodiae, &c. & Gubernatori in tota Prouincia Siberiae, &c. Fratri & amico nostro cha∣rissimo.

ELIZABETHA, Dei gratia Angliae, Franciae, & Hiberniae Regina, fidei de∣fensatrix &c. Serenissimo Principi ac Domino, Ioanni Basilio, eadem Dei gratia Regi & magno Duci totius Russiae, Volodomerae, Moscouiae, & No∣uogrodiae, Regi Cazani & Astracani, Domino Plescoae, & magno Duci Smolenscoae, Tueri, Vgori, Permiae, Viatskae, Bolhare, & aliarum ditionum, Domino & magno Duci Nouogrodiae in inferiori regione, Chernigae, Re∣zanae, Polotscoae, Rostouae, Iaroslauae, Bealozeri, Liflandiae, Oudori, & Condensae, & Gubernatori in tota prouincia Siberiae, & partium Septentrionalium, & alia∣rum, fratri & amico suo charissimo, Salutem.

Serenissime princeps, frater & amice charissime, ex ijs quae nobiscum egit S. V. illustris le∣gatus, intelleximus, quàm gratè vobis faceremus satis, si legatum aliquem cum mandatis in∣structum, ad S. V. ablegaremus. In quo certè quidem instituto adeò nobis ex animo placuit, quod est honestè postulatum, vt non nisi praestita re possemus nobis quoquo modo satisfacere. At{que} cum id haberemus apud nos decretum, nobis non incommode incurrit in mentem & o∣culos Hieronimus Bowes miles, ex nobilibus nostris Domesticis, plurim••m nobis dilectus, quem inpraesentiarum ad S. V. ablegamus, cuius prudentiae & fidei, totum hoc quicquid est, quod ad Serenitatum mutuò nostrarum dignitatem ornandam pertinere posse arbitramur, commisimus. In quo munerè perfungendo, quin omnem curam & diligentiam sit collaturus, neutiquam dubitamus: à S. autem V. rogamus, velit ei eam fidem habere in ijs persequendis quae habet à nobis in mandatis, quam nobis habendam putaret, si essemus praesentes. Praete∣reà, cùm nobis multum charus sit Robertus Iacobus medicus, quem superiori * 1.1 anno, ad S. V. misimus, rogamus vt eum eo loco S. V. habeat, quo virum probatissimum, & singulari quàm plurimarum virtutum laude ornatum habendum esse, boni principes censent. Quem à nobis neutiquam able gauissemus, nisi amicitiae nostrae, & studio gratificandi S. V. plurimum tribuis∣semus. In qua dum voluntate manemus erga S. V. non nisi optimè de bonis vestris meritis in praefatum Iacobum nobis pollicemur. Et Deum Opt. Max. precamur, vt S. V. saluam con∣seruet, & incolumem.

Datae è Regia nostra Grenouici 19 die mensis Iunij, Anno Domini 1583, regni verò nostri vicessimo quinto.

S. vestrae bona soror.

The same in English.

ELizabeth by the grace of God, Queene of England, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. to the most excellent Prince and Lord, Iohn Basiliwich, by the same grace of God, King and great Duke of all Russia, Volodomer, Moscouie, and Nouogrod, King of Cazan and Astracan, Lord of Plesco, and great Duke of Smolensco, of Tuer, Vgor, and Permie, V••a••s∣ca, Bolhar, and others, Lord and great Duke of Nouogrod in the lowe countrey, of Chernig••, Rezan, Polot••ko, Rostoue, Iaroslaue, Bealozera, Lifland, Oudor, Obdor, and Condensa, and Gouernour of all the land of Siberia, and of the North parts and others, her dearest brother and friend, Salutations.

Most excellent Prince, most deare brother and friend, by those things which the worthy am∣bassador of your excellency declared vnto vs, we haue vnderstood how kindly it would be taken, if

we should send to your e••cellency an ambassador from vs, with commandement and instructions. In which matter your honourable request hath so much pleased vs, that we could not any maner of way satisfie our selues, except we performed the same. And hauing purposed with our selfe so to doe, we thought of, and remembred Ierome Bowes Knight, a gentleman of qualitie of our householde, a man very much beloued of vs, whom at this present we send vnto your Maiesty, and to whose wisedome and faithfulnesse we haue committed all, whatsoeuer we take to apperteine to the aduancement of both our honors indifferently. In the discharge of which seruice, we doubt not but that all care and diligence shall be vsed on his pa••t, so that we intreat your Maiesty to giue him credence in the prosecuting of those things which he hath from vs in commandement, no lesse then to our selfe, if we were present. And whereas Robert Iacob doctor of physicke is a man ve∣ry deare vnto vs,* 2.1 whom the last yere we sent vnto your excellency, we desire that he may haue that fauor and estimation with you, which good princes thinke a most honest and vertuous man woor∣thy of: for had we not caried great respect to our mutual friendship, and indeuour to gratifie your Maiestie, we should in no case haue parted with him. And seeing we continue still the same good will towards your excellency, we doe euen promise to our selfe your honourable kindnesses to∣wards him: and we pray the almightie God to preserue your Maiesty in good safetie and health.

Giuen at our pallace of Greenewich the 19 day of Iune, in the yere of our Lord 1583, and of our reigne the fiue and twentieth.

Your Maiesties good sister.

Notes

• * 1.1

  1582
• * 2.1

  Doctor Iacob.