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whilst the boyars governed
in my name and
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handed over Russian territory
to foreign enslavement
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Ivan Vasilievich, Grand Duke
of Moscow
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has graciously ratified
a commercial treaty
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and agrees to pay duties for the
transit of goods via the Baltic
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to the great Hanseatic League
of the German merchant towns
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The Grand Duke of Moscow
has reconsidered his decision
:14:27
He has concluded the treaty with
the Order of Livonian Knights
:14:33
Someone has certainly been
lining Shuisky's pockets
:14:37
The Hansa!
:14:39
It was the Boyar Council's
decision
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The Grand Duke is free to annul
the council's decisions
:14:46
But he has pledged his word
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The Grand Duke is the sole
arbiter of his word
:14:51
He gives it or rescinds it
as he pleases
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It is the Grand Duke's will
which constitutes the law
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But the will of the Grand Duke