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CalUs Caun, the vile inflrument of his pleafures, corrupted by 

 Aurengzebe. His extravagant love of women brought on him 

 ruin. Informed by Cablis that a Hindoo of rank and great 

 beauty was on her road to be delivered by the parents to her 

 hufband, according to the cuftom of the Hindoos, he inftantly 

 put himfelf at the head of a fmall body of horfe to carry away 

 the prize, and ordered Cablis to follow at a dill:ance for his pro- 

 te(ftion, in cafe of accidents in that hoftile time. Tiie traitor 

 "had given notice to jlurengzebe of this expedition, who, fend- 

 ing a body of cavalry, furprifed Sambagi jnft as he had dif- 

 perfed the nuptial prccellion. 



" Sambagi appeared before Aurengzebe with undaunted 

 *' brow; who reproached Cablis Caun, not with his treachery, 

 " but the encouragement which his proflituted miniftry had 

 <* given to vices, which at length had led his fovereign to ruin, 

 *' and ordered him to inftant death. To Sambagi he proffered 

 *' life, and rank in his fervice, if he would turn Mahometan, 

 " who anfwered by an invedtive againft the prophet, and the 

 " laud of his own gods. On which he was dreffed in the fan- 

 *' taftic ornaments of a wandering Indian devotee, who beg. in 

 " villages with a rattle and a cap ^^ith bells. In this garb he 

 " was tied looking backwards upon a camel, and led through 

 " the camp, calling on the Raipoofs he faw to kill him, but none 

 " dared. After the proceffion his tongue was cut out, as the 

 " penalty of blafpheming Mahomed. In this forlorn condition 

 *' Aurengzebe, by a meffage, again offered to preferve his life if 

 " he would be converted ; when he wrote ' Not if you would 

 " give me your daughter in marriage :' On which his execu- 



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