1666] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 59 account, to banish the English

Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699"

1666] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 59

account, to banish the English, and take away ther privileges. Yet, after-
wards, they were permitted to trade, paying custonie as others ; in which
state they continued uutill the happy restauration of King Charles the
Second, at which tyme the English conceived hopes of being restored to
their privileges ; for, in the year 1662, the Tzaar, not to be behind with
other Christian princes, sent a splendid ambassy (and a person of great
birth and quality as had been sent any where befor), to congratulate Great
Brittaiues King, his happy restauration ; which was accepted the better, be-
cause, of all Christian princes, the Tzaar alone had never acknowledged,
nor kept any correspondence with the usurper Cromwell ; as also the King,
dureing his exile, had received other good offices from the Tzaar.

These ambassadours, in their conferences and discourses, giveing great
hopes of the restauration of the priviledges, the King sent a very eminent
person, his extraordinary ambassadour, to Mosko, (it was Sii' Charles, Earl of
Carlisle, Viscount Hovard of Morpeth, Baron Dacre of Gillesland, etc.), in
full hopes to obtaine the priviledges. But his excellency takeing himself to
be afronted at his first reception at the sea port, (at Archangel), and then
much more at his comeing into Mosko, which, albeit done by a mistake and
not of purpose, he urged the reparation thereof with too much heat ; where-
upon followed some irritations on both sides, so that the ambassadour ui'ging
reparation at diverse conferences, and at a private audience, and not getting
any to his satisfaction, as also being denyed the priviledges, the chieffe busi-
ness for which he came, refused the presents, which were sent to him by the
Tzaar ; which offended his Tzaarsky Majestic so highly, that he dispatched
a stolnick, Vasily Yakufleufsin Diaskow,* in the quality of envoy to the
King, to complaine of the ambassadour, who comeing into England had
but a cold reception, and getting but three dayes defrayment, was permitted
to live upon his owne. Yet, the Earle of Carlisle returning into England,
upon the relation of his negotiation, was justified, and his comportment ap-
proved. Thereafter, giveing the envoy a visitt, whei'eat he was much sur-
prized, he promised his assistance for his friendlyer usage, and so, out of
an excess of generosity, interceded with the King so farr that he gott full
restitution of wliat he had disbursed, and was dismissed honourably.

Nevertheless this envoy, at his returne, did so aggravate his hard usage,

* [Wassily Jakowlewitsch Daslikow.]