Storia do Mogor 39.3.5

39.3.5

Announcement of their arrival was made to the king, he being at the time in his garden taking a walk. Permission having been accorded, all three went in — that is to say, Clodio and the gentleman and Mestre Pit (Mr. Pitt), who passed as a servant. Arriving within sight of the king, the gentleman raised his hat and made his bow in the European manner with great politeness. Drawing still nearer, he dropped on his knee, as Clodio had instructed him, and began to speak thus : ' The greatness and the renown of your majesty's royal person are spread throughout the world, and the name of such a dread sovereign stands higher than that of the greatest monarchs. The whole of Europe is lost in admiration on learning that in Persia is a sun illuminating with its rays the whole of the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Thus have I come this immense distance to acquire the honour of beholding and of speaking to such a great king.' All this he said in the Turkish language. Shah 'Abbas motioned with his hand for him to rise, and with a pleased expression requested him to come nearer. Then he asked his name, of what country he was, through what lands he had passed, and many other questions. After this he inquired how he supported himself in his own country. The gentleman replied that he owned land which yielded him a sufficient income, adding that he was a captain in the King of England's cavalry.