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A new and exact description of Moscovy· : (1.) Containing its state antient and modern, situation, ... with the commoditys, and observations on the extreamitys of weather hot and cold. (2.) Of the citys and towns, fortification and manner of building. ... populousness of the country, wild beasts, and disposition of the natives. (3.) Of their religion, marriages, obedience of the women to their husbands, divorce, burials, and other cerimonies. Their diet, ... habits, &c. (4.) Of the government of the provinces and shires, their courts of justice, holding parliaments, &c. (5.) Their military affairs, degrees and order in it, arms, discipline, ... (6.) The revenues of the czar, coins, weights, measurs, trading, and of the raritys of Moscovy. (7.) The succession of the royal house of Muscovy to the present czar, being a historical account ... for 1600 years. The manner of the czar's coronation, arms of Moscovy, and degrees of the nobility, &c. The whole containing all that is necessary to