Storia do Mogor 281.28.4

281.28.4

Accordingly, some eight days afterwards, there arrived at Cuddalore some sixty horsemen, who appeared at one of the gates and asked for entrance. The sergeant on guard refused to let them pass; they must wait for his captain's orders. Thereupon the officer in command used much bad language to the sentry, and made dispositions to force an entrance. As soon as the captain learnt what was going on, he sent word to the governor, then residing at Fort St. David. Thinking the matter one of little importance, the governor sent a note giving the order to let the men pass. He thought they were friendly, and their only object in coming to Cuddalore was to act as convoy to their king's treasure remittance, then on its way from his army. Upon receiving the governor's note the captain ordered them to be admitted. Yet they had only come to seize the town by treachery, and cut the throats of all the English. This came out subsequently. Their pretended treasure was nothing more than some bags filled with gravel. But up to this point the governor had no suspicion of any sort. However, these treacherous men were no sooner inside than a number of others appeared, and these, too, were allowed to enter with the same facility. Again more of them came in. In the end there were as many as six hundred — namely, two hundred horsemen and four hundred foot soldiers.