The English Factories in India, 1661-64, Volume 11 |
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Page 118 - Queen's portion, should not be better understood ; it being, if we had it, but a poor place, and not really so as was described to our King in the draught of it, but a poor little island ; whereas they made the King and Lord Chancellor, and other learned men about the King, believe that that, and other islands which are near it, were all one piece ; and so the draught was drawn and presented to the King, and believed by the King, and expected to prove so when our men came thither ; but it is quite...
Page 331 - Majesty that only the obedience I owe your Majesty, as a vassal, could have forced me to this deed, because I foresee the g cat troubles that from this neighbourhood will result to the Portuguese ; and that India will be lost the same day in which the English nation is settled in Bombay.
Page 300 - English house, possessed of a seraw, or place of reception for strangers, were left by the gouernor and his people, to make what shift we could to secure ourselves from the enemys : this might the English and Duch have done, leaving the towne, and...
Page 302 - Sevajee knew that he was in possession of most valuable rubies, which he intended to sell to AurengZebe; but he persevered in stoutly denying the fact, although three times placed on his knees to receive the stroke of a sword flourished over his head. This conduct was worthy of a Jew, whose love of money generally exceeds his love of life.
Page 164 - And crush'd to death the monster of a beast. Thrice twenty mounted Moors he overthrew, Singly, on foot, some wounded, some he slew, Dispersed the rest, — what more could Samson do ? True to his friends, a terror to his foes, Here now in peace his honour'd bones repose.
Page 222 - The Bijapur Government granted all Shivaji's demands (AD 1662). He was left in possession of his conquests from Kalyan in the north to Phonda in the south and from Dabhol in the west to Indapur in the east, and his complete independence was acknowledged. Both parties undertook to defend the other from foreign aggression. And Shivaji took a solemn oath not to molest Bijapur during Shaji's lifetime.
Page 299 - Hee is distrustfull, seacret, subtile, cruell, perfidious, insulting over whomsoever he getts into his power. Absolute in his commands, and in his punishments more then severe, death or dismembering being the punishment of every offence, if necessity require, venterous and desperate in execution of his resolues as may appeare by this following instance.
Page 302 - Delili, he returned to his own territories. I forgot to mention that during the pillage of Sourate, Seva-Gi, the Holy Seva-Gi ! respected the habitation of the Reverend Father Ambrose, the Capuchin missionary. ' The Prankish Padrys are good men/ he said,
Page 300 - ... and these, with an increedable quantety of mony, they found at the house of the reputed richest marchant in the wourld (his name is Verge Vora, his estate haveing beene esteemed to bee 80 lack of rupees): that they were still, every hower while hee was there, bringing in loods of mony from his house. His disire of mony is soe great that he spares noe...
Page 331 - ... prudence you have now arranged matters so far that you will carry out my instructions at once. Should even fresh difficulties present themselves, I order you to overcome them. To the inhabitants of the place you must say they have misunderstood the Article of Capitulation shown them, as their goods will not be confiscated, but they will be allowed to remain in possession of them as heretofore.