Storia do Mogor 46.3.3

46.3.3

'In his (the king's) letter I am styled "cousin," and he states, for his Persian Majesty's information, all my titles. As one reason of non-success is the fact that I present myself here with 8 to 10 followers only, while not many o the Mosbych (?) envoy left this attended by two to three hundred men. The second reason is that in regard to money, when giving a morsel to one, the other is opening his mouth. [The passage is obscure.] But this difficulty can be understood by those coming through Turkey. I fully sought opportunity to make it known that for many years we have red, and our means are exhausted. Where can we find [money] to uphold our position? Finally, they have been satisfied here with this explanation. 'Whenever anything is paid to me I shall try not to give to the Waqi'ah-navis [treasurer?] a "casbe-i" (?) of the coin I am soliciting for my king, but the same shall be placed in your hands in order to be transferred to those of the king. Then, I should return again by way of Aleppo, after my leave-taking. Here they are my good friends and treat me right royally. But as soon as I am through with a purge that I have taken for a cold which has troubled me continuously for eight months, I shall start from here [Qazwin]. Finally I beg of you to keep the English in ignorance. I am &c. [Undersigned] 'Your Honour's affectionate Servant, 'HARRIGO DE BELLEMONTE.' [Postscript.] 'Will you kindly get your servant to find a house for me for a month or six weeks.'