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He Countrey of Russia was sometimes called Sarmatia. It changed the Name (as some doe suppose) for that it was parted into divers small, and yet absolute Governments, not depending, nor being subject the one to the other. For Russe in that tongue doth signifie, as much as to Part, or Divide. The Russe reporteth that foure Brethren, Trubor, Rurico, Sinees, and Variuus, divided among them the North parts of the Countrey. Likewise that the South parts were possessed by foure other, Kio, Scieko, Choranus, and their sister Libeda: each calling