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when the Matter has well-clear.s'd the one fide, he commands the Elephant to 

 turn the other, which the beaft immediately does ; and when both fides are 

 well-wafti'd, he comes our of the River, and Hays a-wlule upright upon the 

 bank-fide to dry himfclf. Then comes the Matter with a pot full of Come red or 

 yellow colour, and ftrcaks the beaft in the forehead, about the eyes, upon the 

 breaft, and all behind, rubbing him afterwards with Oil of Coco's 'to ftrengthen 

 the nerves 5 and Come when all is done, he fattens a gilt-Ph le upon their lure- 

 heads. 



The fifteenth, the chief Phyfitian fent for us, and return'd us our bags again. 

 fea'l'd with the King's Signet, wherewith his Majefty had ieal'd them after he had 

 look'd upon them. He demanded the price*; which we told him: Whereupon, 

 an Eunuch that ftood by him, and wrote down every thing, wondring at the hi^h- 

 price of the Pearls, told us that we took the King of Golcondus Courtiers for 

 perfons that had neither knowledg nor judgment ; and that he law every day 

 things of greater value brought to the King. I briskly retorted upon the 

 Eunuch, that he was better skill'd in the price of a young Slave, than the value 

 of a Jewel ; and fo faying, we put up our Pearls, and return'd to our Lodg- 

 ing. The next day we let out from Goko;;d.i for Sttrat 3 in which Road there is 

 nothing confiderable but what I have already defcrib'd, only this is to be re- 

 member'd, that we were not gone above rive days journey from Golcond:', but 

 the King, who had not heard in two days after we were gone, what I had re- 

 torted upon the Eunuch, fent four or five Horfe-men after us with Orders, if 

 they overtook us, to bring us back : but in regard we were got one days 

 journey into the Territories of the Alogul before one of the Horfe-men over- 

 took us, (for the relt fraid upon the Frontiers of the two Kingdoms ; ) I, that 

 knew the humour of the Countrey very well, made anfvver for my lelf and 

 Companion, that at that time our bufinefs would not permit usj and that there- 

 fore we begg'd in moft humble manner his Majefty 's pardon -, and aftcr- 

 yvards I made my Companion allow my reafons. 



Being arriv'd at Suraty Monftcur de f«rdm dy'd of an overflowing of choler: 

 And L made a full account to have gone to Agra to Sha-iehan who then reigu'd. 

 But at the fame inftant the JVabab, Sha-Eft-K*,., the King's Brother-in-Lavv, 

 and Governor of the Province of GfCLerat t lent one of the principal Officers of 

 his Houfe to me from Amadabat, to tell me he underftood I had Come extraor- 

 dinary Jewels to fell ; for which reafon he would be glad to lee me, and that 

 he would pay me as much for them as the King mould do. I receiv'd this 

 MefTage while Stem de far din lay fick, and the ninth day after his death I got 

 to u4madabat,zT\(\ (pake with the Nahab. Now in regard he was a man that 

 underftood Jewels perfectly well, we prefently came to an agreement : 16 that 

 we had no difpute together, but about the quality of the Coin to be paid. 

 He allow'd me* two forts to choofe, Roupies of Gold, or Roupies of Silver: 

 but the Prince feeming to intimate to me that he mould not be well-pleas'd to 

 letfuch a Sum in Silver be feen to go out of his Houfe, he wifh'd I would 

 rather accept my payment in Roupies of Gold, that made not fuch a great 

 heap. I confented to his defire 5 and he fhew'd me very fair Gold, and many 

 Roupies, that had not Ctew the Sun in a long time. But in regard the price 

 currant of a Roupy ofGo!d,is not above fourteen Roupies of Silver,and for that he 

 would have had me taken my Roupies at fourteen and a half, or at fcaft for 

 fourteen and a quarter, it had like to have fpoil'd our bargain; for I gave him 

 to underftand, that in ib large a mm, it would not quit coil: to lofe a fourth 

 part in every Roupy of Gold. At length to pleafe him, I was fore'd to take 

 the Gold at fourteen Roupies of Silver and an eighth part. Thus a Prince 

 otherwife magnificent and generous, yet in matter of buying and felling, 

 would needs approve himfelf to be a good Husband. While I ftay'd at Ama- 

 dabat, he fent me every day to my Lodging four Silver Plates of Pildto, and 

 other excellent Dyet ; and one day that the King had fent him as many Apples 

 as ten or twelve men could carry, he fent me as many as for their rarity at 

 Arhadabatt were worth three or four hundred Roupies. Befides all this, he 

 gave meacompleat Habit of Honour, with a Sword and a Cangiar, worth a 

 fhoufand Roupies j and reviving aJfo to give me a Horfe, he ask'd me what. 



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