and Queen's Majesty's letters, written in Greek, Polish, and
Italian, and to give and exhibit the merchants' presents at such
time and place as shall be thought most expedient; they, or one of
them, to demand, and humbly desire of the Emperor, such further
grants and privileges to be made to this company as may be
beneficial for the same, to continue in traffic with his subjects,
according to such instructions as be in this behalf devised and
delivered to the agents whereunto relation is to be had, and some
one of these persons to attend upon the court for the obtaining of
the same, as to their discretions shall be thought good.

4. Item, that all the said agents do well consider, ponder, and
weigh such articles as be delivered to them, to know the natures,
dispositions, laws, customs, manners, and behaviours of the people
of the countries where they shall traffic, as well of the nobility
as of the lawyers, merchants, mariners, and common people, and to
note diligently the subtleties of their bargaining, buying and
selling, making as few debts as possibly may be; and to be
circumspect, that no law, neither of religion nor positive, be
broken or transgressed by them, or any minister under them, nor yet
by any mariner or other person of our nation; and to foresee that
all tolls, customs, and such other rights, be so duly paid, that no
forfeiture or confiscation may ensue to our goods either outward or
inward; and that all things pass with quiet, without breach of the
public peace or common tranquillity of any of the places where they
shall arrive or traffic.

5. Item, that provision be made in Moscow or elsewhere, in one or
more good towns, where good trade shall be found for a house or
houses for the agents and company to inhabit and dwell at your