Storia do Mogor 178: My Return to Goa, and the Various Events which happened There during my Stay.

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It was at this time that out of disgust I resolved to live no longer among Mahomedans, now that I had put together a sufficient sum. Nor did Shah 'Alam pay me at all punctually. I therefore decided to return to Goa, where I had some money in the hands of the Theatine fathers, meaning to leave eventually for Europe. For this reason I asked several times for my discharge, which he (Shah 'Alam) always refused me, till at length I told him that my private affairs needed my presence at Surat, and he must give me leave for at least two months. He consented to this, and I went to Surat; there Senhor Francisco Martin, at this day general of the royal company of France, gave me an armed sloop to carry me as far as Daman in Portuguese territory. Thence I got to Goa, and lived in the gardens. When Aurangzeb's letter reached the viceroy he had me sent for to translate it into Portuguese. On hearing the proposals I gave him advice as to what he should do. For this war could not be of any benefit to the Portuguese, seeing that the Mogul would never be content to leave the Portuguese to themselves after he had destroyed Sambha Ji. In spite of this, the viceroy engaged in the war against that prince, and thereby all but lost Goa [206].