[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) › 46.2.3 # Storia do Mogor 46.2.3 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 46.2.3 - **Language:** English ### [46.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.46.2.3) If Bellomont's Letters of Appointment were drawn up in June, 1651, how came it to pass that no start was made till late in 1653 ? I guess that the cause was want of funds. I have not met with any direct evidence of the date on which Bard sailed ; it can only be inferred approximately from other dates. Several statements are found that Charles II. was at Bruges when Bellomont was despatched. Now, as far as I can make out from C. J. Lyon, 'Personal History of King Charles the Second' (1851), and O. Airy's 'Charles II.' (1904), Charles landed in France on October 16, 1651 (Airy, p. 106), and did not leave it again until July 8, 1654 (ibid., p. 111). He did not settle at Bruges until April 22, 1656 (ibid., p. 130), and this is too late to allow of that place being his residence when he gave authority to Bellomont. It is noticeable that Manucci says Charles II. was 'in France' when Bellomont started from Venice. - [Previous: 46.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.46.2.2) - [Next: 46.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.46.2.4) - [Up: 46.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.46.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.46.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.46.2.3) · Pramāṇa