[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 294.1.6 # Storia do Mogor 294.1.6 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 294.1.6 - **Language:** English ### [294.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.294.1.6) After the general had sat some two months in front of Madras, he recognised that all his efforts and all his trouble did not advance very much his business or his designs, that the English troubled their heads very little about the exertions he was making to annoy them. All this forced upon him the secret thought that he must withdraw. But before taking any overt step he intimated to Governor Pitt through me that the orders about the English received from the court were very severe and very precise. In fact, the king had given him a distinct command to allow them no rest until they had made complete reparation for the damage done by the pirates to the Mahomedans. Still, he saw plainly for his own part that it was most unfair, and that they had neither art nor part in the thefts of these scourers of the ocean. As a consequence he felt constrained to secure them terms. If they would make him a substantial payment, he undertook to demonstrate their innocence in such a way to his majesty that inevitably they must be restored to his good graces. 'But,' added he, 'I cannot carry this out without a reward proportionate to the service which I undertake to render, for both my honour and my interests require that the thing take place in this way.' - [Previous: 294.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.294.1.5) - [Next: 294.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.294.1.7) - [Up: 294.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.294.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.294.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.294.1.6) · Pramāṇa