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fente from foe worthye and greate a Prince 

 as the Kinge of England. Beeinge indeede 

 but a mecannycal Fellowe, and imployed by 

 the Companye into thofe Parts, was kicked 

 and fpurned by the King's Porters out of the 

 Courte-Gates, to the unrecoverable Difgrace 

 of our Kinge and Nation, hee never Ipeak- 

 inge to the Kinge for Redrefle, but carry- 

 inge thofe greate Di {honours like a good 

 AlTe, makinge himfelfe and our Nation a 

 Laughing Stock to all People in general, to 

 the greate Rejoycinge of the Portungales, 

 whoe openlye divulged the Difgrace of the 

 Engllfh Ambaflador receaved, by Letters 

 throughout all the Countrye. 



After this our honourlefle Ambaflador, 

 William Edwards^ petitioned to the Great 

 Mogull to obtayne Licence from him to in. 

 Aide Juftice uppon all Englijhmen (Male- 

 factors) in his Dominions, by Execution to 

 Death, or other bodiiye Punifhoiente, ac- 

 cording to our Englijh Lawes, which the 

 Mogull denyed him : And uppon this a 

 Quarrell arrofe betweefte him and the Com- 

 panye of Englijh Fadors lyinge in j4gtmere y 

 Ibe that the faid Edwards was by one Tho* 

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