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reply’d that the French did not give up anything except 
by the mouth of the cannons placed in position at the 
entrance of the Lodge. They contented themselves with 
this answer, seeing that they had not to deal with the 
Subjects of the Mogul. 
Savagy is always in the field, & has captur’d a quantity 
of places & Castles belonging to the Mogul, which he 
holds & fortifies. He is unable to keep possession of 
Surat, not having taken the Citadel. 
The cause wherefore Savagy makes war in the States 
of the Mogul is that, being very valiant & brave person¬ 
ally, & Sovereign Prince, the Great Mogul conceiv’d 
hatred & jealousy against him, & took counsel to unseat 
him under some specious pretext; & to this end he 
order’d him to come into his Court, which Savagy did. 
When he arriv’d he receiv’d a quantity of caresses from 
the Mogul, who told him that, knowing his experience & 
his valour, he could not find a person in his States so 
capable as him for being Generalissimo of his Armies; & 
that to effect this he had resolv’d to entrust this charge 
into his hands, & that he would cause them to expedite 
the Commissions, in order to take the Field when he had 
need. Savagy accepted it in appearance ; and seeing that 
this snare was tender’d to him with the design of destroy¬ 
ing him on the first occasion, he resolv’d to play it out to 
the end. He thank’d the Mogul for the gracious honour 
which he accorded him, & told him that, since it had 
pleas’d him thus to honour him, he pray’d for permission 
from him to make a tour in his Principality to put in 
order his affairs & those of his Subjects, from whom he 
might levy from fifteen to sixteen thousand men whom he 
would bring with him to his service, and that on his return 
he would take the Commissions of his Majesty, which the 
Mogul grant’d him. 
Savagy return’d into his country, levy’d his people & 
