Storia do Mogor 354.9.5

354.9.5

[172] Inconsiderately the prince believed the paternal promises, and released the man from his arms. Hardly had he done so when the prince was seized and disarmed, and his friend also, the prince being locked up in the royal palace and the criminal in another prison. After the lapse of some days the prince was released at the entreaty of his mother, Queen Údepurí. But he received a severe reproof, and was ordered not to appear at court unless sent for by his Majesty. In this mode Aurangzeb showed how great was his anger at this want of obedience to his orders. In March, 1706, Captain Ignatio arrived at Madras; he is the man in whose ship the Lord Patriarch had sailed for Manila, as I have stated (IV. 175). He reported that the Patriarch was received there with great honour, as was due to his office. After three days the governor of the place sent an official to ask him the reason of his coming to Manila. The Patriarch answered that he was on his way to China, where the authority he possessed would be exercised. Before the monsoon came on he set out for China in the ship in which he had arrived, and the city gave him thirty thousand patacas to meet his expenses, while Captain Ignatio was relieved from all harbour dues. Before Captain Ignatio left Madras, I entrusted to him a ceremonious letter for delivery to the Lord Patriarch, with a valuable cordial and an antidote effective [173] against every sort of poison and all bites of snakes or other venomous animals.