[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) › 354.4.1 # Storia do Mogor 354.4.1 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 354.4.1 - **Language:** English ### [354.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.4.1) All this I did and said solely to the end that it should not be thought I was needy, and also to let them know my lofty way of looking at things. My prince \[116\], when he knew what had happened, said that he felt I must have been brought up in the midst of riches. He sent me the money over again, recovering it from the porters, and added to it a valuable set of robes and a fine horse. He said he must maintain the customs of his court, but without my being subordinate to anyone, and that I should have entire liberty. Another mysterious thing happened to me when I first drew blood from the wife of the prince, called Nurnixam (Nur-un-nissã) Begam. The lady thrust her arm out from the curtain, as is the custom, and holding my lancet, I moved forward to open the basilic vein. I was still at a distance of six inches from the arm, when suddenly the princess turned round and threw up her arm violently towards the lancet — I know not whether through fear, or simply in changing the position of her body. The instrument went into the basilic vein, and blood flowed. - [Previous: 354.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.3.8) - [Next: 354.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.4.2) - [Up: 354.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.4.1) · Pramāṇa