Storia do Mogor 281.12.3

281.12.3

The king, on hearing what had passed in this encounter, felt the insult very bitterly, and ordered the governor of Surat to put the English into prison again, to treat them more harshly than before, and to force from them payment of all losses. When they were thus afflicted the Chevalier Gayer, general of Bombay, moved to their assistance with four ships; but all he could do was to blockade the port, and prevent all entry and exit. The governor, seeing things in this condition—commerce stopped, and merchants nearly ruined—found no other expedient to stop these disorders than to make a peace with the general (Sir John Gayer). This project he worked at. In a few days terms were arrived at between the parties and confirmed by the chiefs on each side. After this the general, Gayer, ignorant of Mogul bad faith, and relying upon the treaty, landed with his wife and a few men. As soon as he was ashore these deceivers seized him at night time and sent him to prison, where he still lies. A demand was made from him for the restoration of all the lost property. The ambassador [W. Norris] reached the court, and a few days afterwards made a public entry, to the admiration of everybody. Never had an ambassador from Europe appeared with such pomp and magnificence. He erected his tents in the open within sight of the royal army, to prove thereby that he had no fear of Shiva Ji (the Mahrattahs). He was armed and provided with good cannon, and had a numerous retinue.