ii6 An account of 



" The cup is now full to the brim, and cannot hold another drop, K 

 " any thing can be done, doit, orelfe anfwer me plainly at once : hereafter 

 " there will be no time for writing or fpeaking. ,, ' 



This note arrived about three in the morning, at which time I was witli 

 the Navab : as foon as I had read it, I informed his Excellency of its con- 

 tents, and called in, the man who brought it, who told the Naval? all that 

 had happened in the Nlahraita camp: while he was doing this, the Navab'' % 

 harcarrahs brought word, that the Mahrattas were coming out of their lines >. 

 the artillery in front* and the troops following clofe behind. 



Immediately on hearing this his Excellency went to the Shah's tent,, 

 and defired: the Eunuchs to wake his Majefty that moment,, as he had fome: 

 urgent bufinefs with him. 



The Shah came out directly, and inquired what news y the Navab re- 

 plied, that there was no time for explanation, but defired his Majefty to 

 mount his horfe, and order the army to get under arms. The Shah accord- 

 ingly mounted one of his horfes, which were always ready faddled at the 

 tent door, and, in the drefs he then had on, rode half a cofs in front of his, 

 camp, ordering the troops under arms as he went along. 



He inquired of the Naval from whom he had his intelligence, and, he 

 mentioning my name, the Shah immediately difpatched one on a. poll 

 camel to bring me. After I had made my oheifance, he afked me the par- 

 ticulars of the news. I replied, that the Mahrattas had quitted their lines 

 and would attack his army, as foon as it mould be light. Jufl at this time 

 fome Burrany horfemen paffed by with their horfes loaded. with plunder 



