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Meyrick remained in Russia till June. On 22 June he had a final audience with the tsar, who promised full protection to
English merchants, and sent cordial greetings to Elizabeth, besides entrusting Meyrick with four Russian youths of high birth to be educated in England. Meyrick journeyed home in
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Meyrick was honourably received by the emperor at the
Kremlin Palace. He translated Elizabeth's letters to the tsar into Russian in a personal interview, and laid before him a pedigree of the English royal family. Elizabeth (Meyrick declared) had selected a daughter of the Earl of Derby as the
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English ambassador to the tsar's court, with full powers to use his influence to reduce the anarchy prevailing in the Russian government. Before his departure
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Meyrick was the second son of
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tsarevitch's bride; but she was eighteen years old, and seeing that the
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