Storia do Mogor 173.3

173.3

But on the same day came in news from Akbar's own camp that he had in reality rebelled, and was advancing energetically with thirty thousand Rajputs belonging to the Rani, the widow of Rajah Jaswant Singh, commanded by two famous leaders, Durga Das and Sonoegi (Soning), besides the other troops that he had. Aurangzeb was thrown into great anxiety, and he arranged to put into a state of defence the house [191] he occupied, which stood upon a great lake. He refused to shut himself up in the fortress ; he distributed among the few men he had the charge of the windows and doors, enjoining great vigilance. He saw the time arrive for appreciating the saying, 'Per quæ quis peccat, per hæc et plectetur'; what he did he received, and he had to pay the penalty for what he had done to his father. But he sought every mode to evade that issue, and he fortified as well as he could the house, posting round it field-pieces, swivel-guns, and matchlock men.