Storia do Mogor 281.9.1

281.9.1

I will not insert here what happened to Monsieur de la Haye, for it can all be seen in the writings of several other inquirers. But I cannot refrain from saying that the French during their stay in India always bear themselves so boldly and valiantly that they gain the respect of everybody, and hold pre-eminence over all the other nations of Europe. Nevertheless, the King of Gulkandah, through pressure from the Dutch Council, caused that town (San Thome) to be razed to the ground for fear the French might retake it. Not one stone was left upon another. The Portuguese removed thence to Madras, where they lived up to [16]86, when they obtained from the king, Abul Hasan, who had succeeded to Qutb Shah [i.e., 'Abdullah], fresh permission to take up their residence in that town. Since then they have erected buildings and established a sort of government. They hold the land at a rent and pay so much a year. It was there that the affair happened to me of which I have spoken in my Third Part (III. 187, year 1688).