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I suspect that my commentators were overly indulgent with my methodological preoccupations—all egg crate and no eggs—but I am pleased that my piece should have elicited their own interesting observations on the theme. Taking advantage of their forbearance I shall limit my comments to just a few reflections on the points they have raised.
1 The phrase is Sir Philip Sydney's, cited in Anderson, M. S., Britain's Discovery of Russia, 1553-1815 (London: St. Martin's Press, 1958), p. 24 Google Scholar.
2 Milton, John, preface to A Brief History of Muscovy, in The Prose Works of John Milton (London, 1881), V, 394 Google Scholar. One has the impression that in this time a North-South rather than an East-West division seemed the more significant.