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bounty shall please to grant; and allow us such 
conveniences as are necessary for the repair of 
ships, whereby I shall be encouraged to send my 
ships yearly to your Majesty’s ports; having 
orders from the Honourable Company to send 
ships and factors into all parts of India, when 
their service requires it; and pray your Majesty 
to give me leave to send a factor next monsoon 
to reside at Syrian.” 
The envoy, on this occasion, was a Mr. Edward 
Fleetwood; and of his views and sentiments on 
the conduct of the Mission, the following is a 
good specimen. “ I inquired if it would not be 
proper to ingratiate myself with the King’s mis¬ 
tress, for that I heard that she could procure me 
almost any favour I should desire. He told me I 
must by no means do it; for a prince of the 
country that was come to court, not long since, 
to beg some favour of the King, applying himself 
to that lady for her assistance, did, for that very 
reason, not only miss of what he came to request, 
but was degraded, and hardly escaped severe pun¬ 
ishment.” 
The audience is described as follows. “ The 
present was carried by as many coolies as we 
could get, to the number of a hundred and sixty, 
in small bamboo-baskets. The letter was carried 
by Mr. King on horseback, before the present; 
and myself, attended by the linguist, followed 
