Storia do Mogor 65.14.9

65.14.9

When the above news reached Prince Shah Shuja', he arranged to take the field with a large force and a quantity of treasure, collected by him in the realm of Bengal, a very productive country, a treasure to which he had added by plundering several Hindu princes. He started with forty thousand horsemen and a great many infantry. Of the latter no count was taken, because in Hindustan such troops are not esteemed. He also placed a fleet on the river Ganges; it was commanded by Portuguese in his service. Having come to this resolution and ended his preparations, he mounted his horse, with this exclamation: 'Hia thech, hia tabut!' (Aya takht, ya tabut) — that is to say, 'Either throne or tomb,' a proverb current among princes laying claim to a crown.