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Court. They - went under the Name of the Englifh Ern- 
baffadors j Mr. George Weldon was firft in Commiflion, and 
Abraham Naavar , a Jew, was fecond. In fifteen Days 
they arrived at Court, being then at Jehanabat . 
They were received but coldly *, but about the Middle 
of April, by the fpecial Affiftance of Prefents to the Officers 
at Court, they were admitted to Audience, but were 
brought to Aurengzeb 1 s Prefence, after a new Mode for Ern- 
bafiadors, their Hands being tied by a Salh before them, and 
were obliged to proftrate themfelves. The King gave 
them a fevere Reprimand, and then afked their Demands. 
They firft made a Confeffion of their Faults, and defired 
Pardon. Then - that their Phirmaund, which was forfeit- 
ed, ffiould be renewed, and that the Sedee and his Army 
fhould be ordered off Bombay their Submiffion he accept- 
ed of, and pardoned their Faults, on condition that Mr. 
Child fhould leave India in nine Months, and never come 
back again. The Phirmaund to be renewed on condition 
that Satisfa&ion fhould be given his Subjects on account 
of Debts contracted, Robberies committed, and Lofs and 
Damages made good •, and on Security given for the due 
Performances of thefe Premifes, the Sedee and his Army 
fhould be ordered off the Ifland. 
In January General Child died, which much facilitated 
their Affairs •, but it was kept fecret at Court, till they 
knew how the King would order the Affair about him. In 
'March, Meer Mezamie died alfo, and it was fuppofed was 
poifoned by fome Enemies contracted by his good Services 
to the Englifh. When he was given over by the Phyficians 
our Embafladors fent to know what he had done with the 
fifty thoufand Rupees he had received for fecret Services? 
He anfwered, that he was forry that ever he had meddled 
in their Affairs •, for he had ferved them even with his Life, 
and yet they were not contented ; tor what Ufe that Sum 
was put to, he durft not divulge.,. When our Affairs were 
in fo bad Circumftances at the Mogul’s Court, the Dutch 
Company had one Mr. Baroon their Embaffador there, who. 
defigned to impofe on Aurengzeb , who he thought was ig- 
norant of European Affairs. The News of the Revolution 
in Britain being arrived in India , when he had an Audi- 
ence of Aurengzeb, he began to magnify the Power and Au- 
thority of his Country, and villify the Englijh 
The Mogul feemed to be pleafed with his Difcourfe and 
encouraged him to go on : He faid, thatth t Englifh were 
but contemptible in Comparifon of his Sovereigns, for they 
were forced to fend the EngliJJo a King to rule over them ; 
and that if his Majefty would exclude the Englijh from the 
Trade of his Dominions, the Dutch would carry it to a 
much greater Height, and enrich his Treafury, and the 
Englijh would not know where to get Bread. The Mogul 
gravely anfwered, that if his Mailers were fo much fupe- 
rior in Power and Riches to the Englijh , they might eafily 
drive them out of India, and engrofs all the Trade of his 
Countries to themfelves, and commanded him to tell his 
Mailers, that he expected it from them. Then the Embaf- 
fador excufed himfelf, and faid that he could ad nothing in 
that Affair, till he received Orders from Holland: Au- 
rengzeb then reprimanded him, and Ihewed him wherein he 
had lyed v for, fays he, about feventeen Years ago the King 
of France conquered moll of your Country in a few Days, 
and then it was the Englijh , and not the Power of Holland , 
that repelled him ; and that if England did not hold the 
Ballance of Power, either the Emperor, or the King of 
France , could conquer it one Campaign. The Embaffador 
knew not how to anfwer thefe Truths *, but being fent to 
follicit fome Indulgence in that Trade, he could obtain 
none, and fo left the Court diffatisfied. 
After our Embafladors had obtained Pardon, they began 
to be refpecled, and had Liberty to take their Diverfions 
abroad, till a new Phirmaund was drawn up, which, ac- 
cording to the Method of Eaftern Courts, took up fome 
Time. However, Orders were fent to the Sedee to forbear 
Hoftilities, . and the Englijh had the fame Orders ; fo that 
frequent Vifits paffed between the Sedee 9 s People and ours ; 
and during the War, about fixty Europeans of feveral 
Nations had deferred us, and took Pay of the Sedee. The 
Reafon they gave for their Defertion was ill Ufage they re- 
ceived from fome Irijh Officers, yet moll of them returned 
after the War, on promife of Pardon. The Phirmaund 
being ready, and the required Security given, Sedee Tacoup 
left Bombay the 8 th of June 1690, but he alfo left a Pelli- 
lence behind him, which in four Months Time deftroyed 
more Men than the War had done, and for Joy made a 
malicious Bonfire of his head Quarters, Mazagun Tort. 
Now we may fee the Mogul’s Stile in his new Phir- 
maund, to be fent to Surat, as it Hands tranflated from 
the Company’s Interpreter, which runs thus in the printed 
Copy annexed to Sir John Child 9 s Articles of Grievances s 
44 The Occafion of your writing to me was, your being 
44 in Fault in all thefe Troubles ; that you have repented 
44 of what you have done ; that you made feveral Com- 
44 plaints againft former Governors; all which I have 
44 here from feveral of my Omras, and the feveral 
44 Abufes received from them and their Officers ; all 
44 which you ffiould have acquainted me with before you 
44 proceeded fo violently. Having acknowledged your 
44 Error, and defired Pardon, I do not only grant your 
44 Requeft, pardoning what is paft, but granting you a 
44 Phirmaund, according to your Defire, and have order- 
44 ed AJfit-Caun to forward it to the Governor of Surat? 
44 with fuch Particulars as he will acquaint you with. At 
46 the Arrival of my Phirmaund, receive it with great Re- 
44 Ipetft, acknowledging the great Glory you have got in 
44 obtaining the fame. That you may trade as formerly 
44 at your Pleafure, and as accuftomary. That you deli* 
44 Ver to the Merchants that have complained againft you 
44 their Ships, with their Effedts. That, for the future, 
44 you do not commit the like Error in doing as you have 
44 done ; and proceed according to my Will and Pleafure, 
44 and be not forgetful of the lame. If you receive any 
44 Affronts from my Governors, or their Officers, or any 
44 of my Subjects, be not negligent in acquainting me 
44 of the fame •, I have ordered AJJit-Caun to write accord- 
44 ingly. What you write concerning former Governors 
44 protecting Mr. Boucher , that you have feveral Demands 
44 on him*, that you cannot call him to an Account, de* 
44 firing that he may be delivered to you ; my Order is, 
44 that you prove your Demands according to Law, that 
44 Juftice may be done accordingly. Dated the 31ft 
44 Year of AurengzeEs Reign.” 
It feems, the King was not ignorant of the hard Ufage 
his Subjects had met with ; nor was he defirous of Seve- 
rity in puniffiing Offences and Affronts, but, like an in- 
dulgent Prince, only told them of their Faults, and pru- 
dently admonifhing them not to be guilty of falling into 
fuch-like Errors and, in a Majeftick Stile, advifed them 
to receive his Favour and Graces with great Refpect ; and 
that they ought to make the Law the Standard of Juftice, 
and in all his Words and A&ions ufe a Chriftian Modera- 
tion. General Child being dead, Mr. John Vaux fucceeded 
him in the Government of Bombay : But Mr. Bartholo- 
mew Harris , who had been Prifoner at Surat all the Time 
of the Rupture, had the Seniority in the Company’s Ser- 
vice ; but it not being a Cuftom for one that had been the 
Mogul’s Prifoner for any Crimes judged to be capital, to 
receive publick Marks of Efteem from the State, without 
a lingular Amnefty from the King, Mr. V aux was obliged 
to go to Surat, and receive the Phirmaund, and the 
King’s Serpaw, or Prefent, which, on fuch Occafions, is 
generally a fine Horfe, and a Suit of Cloaths from Head to 
Foot, made of rich Atlafies, or Zeerbaftas ; thofe are 
Sattins, or Taffaties, full of Gold and Silver Flowers 
wrought in them. The Horfe mull never after be fold 
on any Account whatfoever. They have alfo a fine Tur- 
ban, embroidered Shoes, and a Dagger of Value ftuck in- 
to a fine Cummerband, or Salh •, and being equipped in 
that Habit, the Phirmaund is prefented by the Goefber- 
daar, or Holhalhoukain (or, in Englijh, the King’s Meff 
fenger) and the Governor of the Province or City, makes 
a Ihort Speech adapted to the Occafion, fetting forth the 
great Honour conferred upon him by the greateft King in 
the World ; with an Admonition to make his future Ac- 
tions deferve fuch Favours. 
After the aforefaid Manner Mr. Vaux received the Phir- 
maund in a gilded Box *, and, according to Cuftom, put 
it on his Turban for a little while, and, by an Interpreters 
returned the Governor a Compliment, acknowledging the 
King’s Favour and the Governor’s Civilities ; and then the 
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