what they could not lade home, they were to employ by 
Freights in India ; and I faw a Letter from the Governor 
of the Company in England , intimating, that when they 
Fad got as much Credit of the Mogul’s Subjects as they 
could, then they would pick Quarrels with the Creditors, 
and put a general Stop to their Trade, which was accordingly 
done ; for in i68<Sand 8 7, the Surat Merchants traded brifkly 
by- -Sea - to Md<M, Perfia, ..and- Baffora, to the Weft ward ; 
and to B eng W, Achm, Malacca , and Siam, to the Eaft- 
ward. The General granted Paffes to all who required 
them then ; but about the latter End of the Year 1687, he 
fen t many Complaints and Grievances to the Governor of 
Surat,- and demanded Redreft and Satisfaction-. 
Thefe Complaints of his were digefted into thirty-five 
Articles, moll of which related to Meff, Pitt and Boucher , 
who were originally of the Governor’s Council, appointed 
him by the Company, Men of fair Characters, and who 
had given him much Trouble, by oppofing all his illegal 
and violent Meafures, which made him ufe them fo ill, and 
fhew withal fuch an Inclination 1 to ufe them worfe, that to 
preferve themfelves from Beggary and Ruin, they retired 
into the Mogul’s Country ; and Mr. Boucher having, by an 
Application to that Monarch, procured his Licence to trade, 
continued it with great Succefs ; but as for Mr. Pitt, he 
had the Misfortune to be taken by Pirates at Sea, who at 
firft would have ranfomed him for five thoufand Pounds, 
but were perfuaded by the Governor to demand twenty- 
five thoufand Pounds, fo that he remained a Prifoner to 
the Day of his Death ; and the Governor required Mr. 
Boucher , who refided at Surat , from the Governor, toge- 
ther with his Wife, Children, and EffeCts ; the reft of his 
Demands were alike reafonable, and all of them delivered 
in fiich Language, as would not become one Gentleman to 
ufe to another, much left fit from the Governor of a trading 
Company to fo great a Prince, as may appear from one of 
them ; in which he demands, that the Gates of Surat 
fhould not be ftmt, when he went to take his Pleafure, or 
fhould be opened at his Return, and due RefpeCt paid him 
whenever he thought fit to unbend his Mind, and to amufe 
himfelf with fuch kind of Diverfions. 
•• Thefe Grievances were the Foundation on which General 
Child built a Quarrel with the Mogul, without ever fending 
them to Court to know the King’s Pleafure ;- but without 
declaring War, feized his Subjects Ships, where-ever they 
were found, although they had the Sanction of his own 
Paffes. His Articles of Complaint were but weak Argu- 
ments to fupport and raife a War that coft his Mafters above 
four hundred thoufand Pounds before they could get rid of 
it, befides the Lofs of their Credit with the Mogul, and 
his Subjects, which to' this Time is not quite recovered. 
For by what Rule in Policy could- Sir Jofiah or Sir John 
Child think to rob, murder, and deftroy the Mogul’s Sub- 
jects in one Part of his Dominions , and expeCt the Company 
ito enjoy a free Trade in the other Parts ? Or how could they 
fuppofe that he would ftand neuter? The General having 
fuch a great Number of Ships on his Hands, and little 
Employment for them, lent them, to Mocha, Perfia , and 
Bengal , where the Surat ershadfent theirs, under the Pro- 
tection of his Paffes. Captain Andrews in the Ch, II. went 
to Mocha , and fet up the King of England's Flag on his 
FaCtory, and - there he feized tw o Englifn Ships, one from 
England , called the Streight's Merchant , commanded by 
Captain Bear , and another belonging to Mr. Samuel 
Whit shorn at Siam ; ftie was commanded by one Captain 
Wren, whom they killed in the Cabbin, becaufe he would 
not deliver His Ship up voluntarily ; there was but little of 
their Cargoes on Board of the Ships, fo they might as well 
have: let them alone. However, fuch doings difpleafed the 
Governor and Merchants of Mocha , and’ they had a Defign 
to force Captain Andrews -to reftore the Ships ; but he fuf- 
peCting as much, fled on Board, and left his Colours flying 
on the FaCtory. 
Fie foon afterleft Mocha, , and carried his t?wo Prizes 
with him ; and Mr. Clive , Supercargo of the S Weights Mer- 
chant • got Bills for his Stock, payable at (Stand Cairn, 
except about fixty Bales of Coffee, that he carried with him 
to England , where it fold very well, and the Company were 
obliged by Law to make good all his Ship’s Cargo s 
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rata , as thofe fixty Bails fold for, which amounted to 
thirty-two thoufand Pounds. T he MrijboPs Cargo was ahfo 
made good to her Owners, with the Ship that' was taken at 
Johanna by the Pbcmin, which came to fixty thoufand 
Pounds ; and the Little Betty , that was- alfo taken by the 
Phcenix , in her Way to India , coft them twelve thoufand 
Pounds, though (lie and her Cargo at Bombay were fold for 
left 1 than fix hundred Pounds. The Owner of that Veffel 
was one Mr. Haftewdl, a- Quaker, and a fubftantiai Mer- 
chant in London , who arretted Captain Lyrell going off the 
Exchange, The Captain proffered King 'James for Bail ; 
but the Quaker would not accept of him ; yet was Content 
to accept of Sir JoJ'eph Herne , who became Bail* The 
Charles , Cafar, and Royal J antes a oidi Mary, way-laid the 
Surat Shipping, and brought in fourteen Sail to Bombay , 
in Anno 1688, and yet no War with the Mogul, only with 
the Inhabitants of Surat , whom he threatened to humble. 
In Odober 1688, he went to Surat Road in the Royal 
James and Mary , with three or four other Ships of Coun- 
tenance, to try if he could bully the Governor, and frighten 
the Merchants to a Compliance of lofing their Effaces ; but 
was difappointed in both. He ftaid there till the Begin- 
ning of January 1689, and then left Surat in a Huff, and 
brought all the Englijh Ships, except the Ship Adventure , 
which the Phcenix had forced over the Bar, when (he was 
lying at the River’s Mouth, taking in a Cargo for Eng - 
land) under the Protection of Mr. Boucher's Firmand. How- 
ever, her Supercargo dying, the Ship’s Bottom was eaten 
up with Worms in the River, and part of the Cargo re- 
mained many Years in Mr. Boucher's Poffeftion. On the 
General’s Paffage to Bombay , he met with a Fleet of Vef- 
fels that were carrying Corn to an Army of the Mogul’s 
that lay at Dundcr-rajah-pore , about fourteen Leagues to 
the Southward of Bombay : That Fleet he alfo feized, and 
carried into Bombay , though againft the Opinion of mod of 
his Council. Before this Seizure, he afked the Opinion of 
fome Sea Officers, and one Captain Hilder being the eldeft, 
advifed him not to meddle with the Corn Fleet, becaufe id 
would ftraiten the Army, and force them to look abroad for 
Provifions, where it might be procured, and perhaps 
might affeeft Bombay , which was in a great Meafure be- 
holden to its Neighbours for Suftenance and Fire-wood. 
The General inful ted him with fcurrilous Language, called 
him Coward and Fool, and bragged, that if Sedee Tacoup , 
which was the Mogul General’s Name, fhould dare to 
come with his Forces to Bombay , he would blow him off 
again with the Wind of his Bum. Cowards are generally 
(tout when Dangers are at a Diftance, and fo was our Ge- 
neral, who had never feen a Sword drawn in Anger, and 
who was confequently very ill acquainted With War ; and 
when it came to his Door, none was ever fo confounded 
and fo dejeCted as he was, as appeared by his Conduct ia 
that War, that he fo fooliffily brought on himfelf and his 
Country. 
When the News came to Sedee Tacoup , that his Fleet 
with his Provifion of Corn and Cloth, were feized, and car- 
ried to Bombay , he fent a civil Letter to our General to dif- 
charge his Fleet, protefting, that as he had not meddled 
in the Affairs- between him and the People of Surat\ he 
would continue neuter, unleft he was forced to do other- 
wife. But our General gave him an infolent Anfwer, and 
the Fleet was unladed at Bombay. Sedee Tacoup fent again 
to defire the Delivery of his Fleet in plain Terms, other- 
wife he would be obliged to come with his Army and quar- 
ter in Bombay , where his Provifions were detained; and 
that if his Fleet was not fet at liberty before the nth of 
February , which was near at Hand, he would certainly be 
at Bombay the 14th. But ftill receiving uncivil Anfwers* 
he performed his Promife to a Tittle ; for that very Night 
lie landed at a Place called Source , about four Miles diftant 
from the main Fort, with twenty thoufand Men at his Back* 
Our General’s Security had made him negleCt providing for 
receiving fuch Guefrs, trufting to the Reputation of the 
Forces, which were greater than ever they had been before, 
or ever were fince that Time ; and he had fnialf Ships 
enough, had they been placed in proper Places, that might 
certainly have hindered his landing, and forced him home 
again ; but all thole neceffary Preparations were neglected , 
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