IN our last we advised Your Excellency, &c. of Muctear Cauns sending for Kisso and Vittull Parrack, who accordingly went from hence the 22th Instant, and the next day they met him in his way coming to Bardoly; upon his being acquainted who they were, he immediately stopt his Horse, and causing them to come near him [Page 2]after they had made their Obeysance, they presented him with Five Soonaes, and Nine Rupees, which having took he spoke mighty kindly to them, telling them he was come on purpose to make an end of our Business, and if it pleased God, he would speedily do it to all their Contents; and after some such like Discourse he proceeded: After him his Begum with all her Female Attendants (who it seems concerns her self very much in her Husbands, and State Affairs,) be­ing acquainted by her Eunuch that our Brokers were there, likewise made a stop, and calling them nearer, (after they had made their Pre­sent of Fourteen Rupees, and paid their Respects,) the told them, she had understood our Business, and she would take care of it, bidding them send for the Ships, and so calling for some Beetle for them, the Eunuch told her it was a great way behind, but she would not stir till they brought them some, which being given them, she likewise proceeded on her way. When they were at Bardoly the Governour sent for our Brokers again, and discoursed them a long time very kindly, giving them great protestations of his Friendship to your. Excellency and our Nation, and having been pre-acquainted of our being here by Mirza Mosum Gelleeree (at whose House your Excel­lency lay when at Oorpaur, where Cartallaub Caun gave your Excel­lency a Visit;) He gave each of them a Vest, and ordered them to return so soon as possible to Surrat, and bring us to him; and ac­cordingly they travelled in the Night, and came to us Yesterday Morning, and acquainted us with all the foregoing particulars, and of his kind Invitation of us to him. After due Consideration we resolved to Go, and judging it unadvisable to go before him with­out some handsome Present, and being unprovided of any thing of our own growth, we procured a pair of Pearl Drops, to the Value of Four Hundred Rupees, which we carryed with us, and putting our selves in the best Equipage we could, we set out about Noon, and arrived at the place where the Governour had pitched his Tents about Three a Clock, and had immediate Admittance to him, where we were extraordinary kindly Received; and having made our Present, he Entertained us with many Discourses of Kindness, and that he would certainly Redress all our Grievances; and asked Us what he should do to satisfie your Excellency, and bring you up to Surrat, We answered him, That when his Lordship came to Surrat, we would make bold to make our Desires further known to him, and that your Excellen­cy desired nothing more ardently than a firm Amity and Friendship with His Majesty and Lordship, with some other requisite Comple­ments: But he pressed yet further, to know what he could do ther to satisfie your Excellency, &c. Whereupon we seeing a great ma­ny People in his Tent, strove to wave coming to any particular Dis­course, but he being still urgent on the same; We then caused our Bro­ker to crave the favour of his Lordship of Privacy with him, which so soon as mentioned, he caused all to depart, only his Duwan, and this Mirza Mosum Gelleeree, (who it seems is much in his Favour, and hath very much his Ear,) and then expecting our Answer, we told him that your Excellency had represented your Grievances and De­sires to His Majesty in Thirty Five Articles, (which he pretended he had not seen, and so demanded them) which being granted, your Ex­cellency, [Page 3] &c. would be enabled to follow their Merchandizing, and live peaceably in his Country as formerly; he read them over distinct­ly, and then discoursed on them, and he said he must have your Ex­cellency come up to Swally, and then there should be nothing you could desire but should be granted, and we must write and contrive some way that your Excellency may come up. We insisted upon some Effect on his Lordships side; whereupon he asked what he could do for our present satisfaction, we motioned the delivering up of Boucher, &c. to be delivered up to us to be sent down to your Ex­cellency, &c. which if he did, 'twould be a great inducement to your Excellency, &c. to believe the reality of the King's, and his Lordships Love towards us; whereupon We had long Discourse upon that Article, and we giving him a full Account of all relating to Boucher, and further representing to him of how great Import and Concern it was to the Right Honourable Company to have a full Complyance with that Article, and to be made true Masters of all their Servants, without which they could not trade with any security, but were lia­ble to be cheated and abused daily; which his Lordship did acknow­ledge to be true, and that it was but reason it should be so: But for Boucher's Case, he said the King and he understood it different from what we now represented it to him, therefore before he could deliver him, he must write again to His Majesty, and take His further Or­ders about it; but his Lordship did assure us that he would write in that manner that His Majesty should not deny us That also: And for the rest of the Articles he swore, and made a great many Protestati­ons, that they should be fully complyed with to your Excellencies, &c. full satisfaction; That he took them upon his Head, and so long as he had Life he would see them punctually performed, and then took Bartholomew Harris's Hand in his, and said, as he desired God's Blessing on him and his, so truly would he see a true performance of those Ar­ticles, which he took up in his other Hand; and for a further proof of my sincerity, (said he) I do here swear to the same by our Prophet Mahomet whom I Worship, and by Jesus Christ whom you adore, that I will perform what I here say. And indeed he spoke all with a great deal of freeness and sincerity, as much as possibly could be de­sired; insomuch that we must needs acknowledge, that we could not perceive the least Dissimulation in him, and in what he said; and fur­ther we cannot go, it being God alone who knows the Heart. After this he gave to Bartholomew Harris a very handsom Vest, a Horse with a Silver Head-stall; and to Samuel Annesly a Piece of Atlas, and so in the Evening sent us away, and about Nine of the Clock we returned to the Factory. And now having given your Excellency, &c. an Ac­count of our meeting with the new Governour, we shall most hum­bly desire your Excellency, &c. to be pleased most seriously to consi­der all, how far the King hath condescended to the Redressing of all your Excellencies, &c. Grievances, by sending a Person nearly Related to Himself, being of the Royal Family, whose Father your Excellency, and we all know hath signalized himself in several great Govern­ments and Imployes in our Memory, and always had the singular good Repute of a very Honourable and Worthy Lord, a Lover of Strangers, which Pettit knowing (as your Excellency may remember) was the [Page 4]Cause he made his Addresses to him; and for this his Son your Ex­cellency knows that the Profits of Surrat Government are too small for the Maintenance and Retinue of so great a Person; as he himself was pleased to say, that all the World knew he wanted not Riches nor Honour from his Prince, but his undertaking this Business was to raise the Name of the Family higher, that by bringing this Work to an Happy Issue, he might be remembred by Strangers as well as others, many Years after his Death, and taking hold of his Beard (al­most quite Grey) said, how long have I to live? And what else have I to do but such good Actions as this, that God might be Gracious to him hereafter. He seems to be mighty Religious, making God the Author of all; saying often, it is not he that shall do this Work for us, but God. Further be pleased to consider the great weight of your Excellencies, &c. Thirty Five Articles, that without your Excellencies own Person in this Business it cannot be brought to that hopeful Issue as may be desired, and at the Distance your Excellency and his Lordship is at present to enter into a Treaty between you: Your Excellency, &c. cannot but be sensible will be a vast Expence of Time, and a Thousand other ill Consequences may attend it far more than can be fore-seen in your Excellencies doing, (as your Excellency, &c. can order it) what is now desired of your Excellencies coming up to Swalley, or the Barrs foot of this River, where your Excellency, &c. shall think best for your security, (only that your Excellency may be near) touching which he was pleased to say, that in the Invitation he intends to send your Excellency, he will send you in his Letter the print of his Hand, which to him, shall be as Binding, and of as great Force as if he had put his own Hand into your Excellencies: That no ill is intended to your Excellency, and this his Promise in our Discourse with him pro­ceeded from this his Enquiring of your Excellency, and if your Excel­lency had not been acquainted of his coming to this Government, and if your Excellency had not wrote, and being answered that we were not wanting in our Advices, but there having been such divers Re­ports, that it could not yet be expected that your Excellencies Answer should come to our late Advices of his Lordships certain approach to­wards this Government, which was the Cause your Excellency had not made your Addresses, but were in dayly expectation of them; whereupon he advised that there should in your Excellencies Name be made some little Address of Welcome and the like, and send it him in publick on Tuesday next when he should be in Town, and then we should see what Answer he should return, and what Assurances he would give your Excellency also of his Friendship, &c. as a­bove-specified; which Business of the Letter is now under our Consideration, but we hope to receive some Directions from your Excellency, &c. e're that, for our better Government: So that your Excellency, &c. may expect to hear further from us e're long: If under all these fair Leaves, there doth yet lye some deadly Snake it would be much to our wonder, but we think it cannot be; More could be said on this Point of your Excellencies coming up but not to be too prolix, and knowing to whom we Write, shall submit all to your Excellencies, &c. far more sublime Judgments, with this Assu­rance that what is here wrote is the pure product of our most real zeal [Page 5]for the interest of our Right Honourable Masters and the general wel­fare of us all. His Excellencies person is so dear to us (as in duty it ought) that did we in the least think that there was any danger of him any more than what belongs to the Sea, we would never offer to presume to set Pen to Paper to advise the same; and that we may not be mis-understood we do say, that it is most requisite prudence that your Excellency, &c. stand yet upon a most strict guard, and if your Excellency shall judge fitting to come up, that it be with what Sea Forces possibly can be made, and with all requisite splendor; And of our selves (foreseeing one Objection) we have made some little inspection in it, and shall answer it, which is this, That his Lordship seems too forward in this business in hastning it so much: To which we are ad­vised (as before intimated) this Government is too small for him, and is in expectation of being Subau of Goozurrat, and so to leave his Son here when he hath done this business, and himself go to Ahmadavad, and this seems to us somewhat consonant to Reason, and Honourable. One main point more had almost slip't our memory, which is this, about his Assurances his Lordship gave us from His Majesty that we should pay but two per Cent. Custom, which arose from our telling him that you were sending up some Money and Goods; upon which he an­swered as above, that we should pay no more, and that if they did come he would secure them to the Right Honourable Companies Facto­ry, but he had rather your Excellency, &c. should forbear till his Excellency came up himself; We hope what we have hitherto done may meet with your Excellencies, &c. Approbation, and shall con­clude this our Relation with this, That indeed it may be much admired with what extraordinary Courtesie and Freedom his Lordship entertain­ed us, causing us to sit down close before him (which your Excellen­cy, &c. knows is unusual in such great Men) most part of the time we were discoursing him, which we judged was upward of two hours, in which he shewed to be much pleased with us, and all his protestati­ons and the like Testimonies of his Favour. We received with all due respects and submission, which being the substance of our Yesterdays Transactions, and what we can at present call to mind, we in all Humility with the tender of our best services, subscribe