[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Histoire de la dernière révolution des États du Grand Mogol](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier) › [Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable) › 3.11.5 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 3.11.5 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 3.11.5 - **Language:** English ### [3.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.11.5) Some time before the capture of Ogouli, the pirates made a formal offer to the Viceroy of Goa, to deliver the whole kingdom of Rakan into his hands. Bastian Consalve was then chief of the pirates, and so celebrated and powerful was he, that he married the King of Rakan's daughter. It is said that the Viceroy was too arrogant and envious to listen to this proposal, and felt unwilling that the King of Portugal should be indebted to a man of low origin for so important an acquisition. There was nothing, however, in the proposal to excite surprise; it was quite in keeping with the general conduct of the Portuguese in Japan, Pegu, Ethiopia, and other places. The decay of their power in the Indies is fairly ascribable to their misdeeds, and may be considered, as they candidly allow, a proof of the divine displeasure. Formerly their name was a tower of strength; all the Indian princes courted their friendship, and the Portuguese were distinguished for courage, generosity, zeal for religion, immensity of wealth, and the splendour of their exploits: but they were not then, like the Portuguese of the present day, addicted to every vice, and to every low and grovelling enjoyment. - [Previous: 3.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.11.4) - [Next: 3.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.11.6) - [Up: 3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.11.5) · Pramāṇa