[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) › 39.3.7 # Storia do Mogor 39.3.7 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 39.3.7 - **Language:** English ### [39.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.39.3.7) At these words, which issued from the king's mouth with the sound of a lion's roar, the gentleman stood dismayed, speechless, giving himself up as lost. The king, turning to his suite, said, in the same severe tone : ' Take away this coward and traitor, unworthy to remain in the world, and shut him up in a prison-house apart, and thus let the world know that Shah 'Abbas cannot suffer in his presence a man who, calling himself a gentleman and a valorous captain, could be present at the beheadal of his king without attempting the slightest effort in defence of his liege lord.' Hardly had the king ended this speech when the men who were on guard fell upon the English gentleman, disarranging his feathers, hair, and garments, which had cost him a whole night's labour, and binding him, they dragged him off to a dark dungeon, where the poor gentleman expected every moment to be put to death, lamenting that his own curiosity had been the cause of this great peril. Meanwhile Clodio and Mestre Pit (Mr. Pitt) returned sadly to their homes, in shame, with hanging heads. Shah 'Abbas' object was to give a lesson to his own nobles as to the manner in which they should serve their king and the fidelity they ought to display, when the occasion arose, in defence of their monarch. - [Previous: 39.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.39.3.6) - [Next: 39.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.39.3.8) - [Up: 39.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.39.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.39.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.39.3.7) · Pramāṇa