Storia do Mogor 338.23.6

338.23.6

When the Dutch at Negapatam heard of this they came to see the said commissary at Pondicherry. He was set at liberty [after fifteen days], and a truce was entered into for two years that neither side should interfere with the other. It was to have effect from Ceylon as far as Bengal. He (the commissary) and all his suite embarked in a small vessel called the Marchand des Indes, under the command of Monsieur Bono (Bouynot). On July 11, 1704, the said French vessel [i.e., Marchand des Indes], carrying 14 guns, had arrived at Pondicherry under the command of Monsieur Bono (Bouynot). He brought the news that four vessels (those already spoken of) were to follow him and go to Surat. In the month of October of the same year [1704] he set sail to avoid the severity of the monsoon on that coast. When in the latitude of the Malabar coast he captured an English sloop from Madras, having as captain Mr. Welly. The captain and his sloop were released, after taking from it half the cargo, with an acknowledgment to be paid at the said place (Madras), which was done accordingly, the amount being 7,000 patacas. This favour was done him by Mr. Bono (Bouynot) because the said captain (Wooley) had married an English Roman Catholic.