122 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVI, 
more (whose names we shall hereafter mention) in company, al! 
a most miserable and tattered condition, laden with fetters of 
aes 8 tbs, who were carried before the Nabob the 20th of March 
and committed to the charge of one of his Eunochs with orders 
we suppose how to manage us as appeared afterwards, for till 
that time we were free from bonds and used with much civil- 
ity, but no sooner were they committed but we were ordered 
to ipavioripete of their affliction and were carried to the same 
prison! and laden not only with fetters of the same weight but 
chained every night, us two together, (taking turne for bearing 
the locke)” and Mr. H wep Mr. Ravenhill the rest were 
exempted as pei eing poore seamen® and not wherewithall to 
purchase their liberty, roe this severity was only to screw what 
more money they could out of us; but being sensible of what 
dangerous consequence the consenting to the Nabob’s avaritious 
humour would prove to us we did with a great deal of patience 
lay aside all thoughts tending that way. 
About the middle of April there was a strong report in ye 
citty (tho’ the Nabob endeavoured to hush it up by imprison- 
ing those who were caught in declaring it) that the King had 
sent for him, he being in — with his sons, and that Ebra- 
him Cawn, Nabob of Patn , was to succeed him in the Suba- 
ship of Dhacea, who the ‘33rd April or thereabouts sent for 
Mr. King in Patna to him and asked him the reason of ye 
English ee the country, who gave him so good an account 
as he was able and referred him to us upon his arrival! here. 
Coppyes of Mr. King’s letter we have thought convenient to 
send herewith. He gave him a great deal of encouragement* 
(for all this while there was noe attempt made upon his pene : 
At Balasore he was sent ashore with a letter to the Governor and 
was lett behind. This accounts for his having oe captured with Stanley. 
He was dismi afterwards and went to r ater he became a 
risen he of the tt Souneil and in this liv “4 to be one of the oldest of 
he Company’s servants. He died on 21st January 1717 after 35 years’ 
prs Phy 1 India 
s the common gaol reine to later. We may assume that 
the Lal Bagh was a kind of State p : 
2 Perhaps hg for inka = lost our or watch. 
3 It does not appear that the ee aed ove F Biacovecsd ss they were 
not poor isl rom this let assume that they were not 
pubes in Balasore, otherwise their identity would have been disclosed : 
they orn have escaped and joined a party of sailors sind here. 
hexose ed by the Nawab at Patna before October 1 
for in at ei he wrote to Job Charnock mpl, ‘« Tf I have not “the 
money to give the Cutwall and the Keepers of the Sega: and the ne a 
that Guard me they abuse mee most oo 
the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake let m t perish in this hellish seisce 
In October 1693 Sir John "Goldéboron igh wrote: ‘‘The Nabob of Pattana 
still holds Charles King in prison and insists upon 1500 rups. for his 
