The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul 13.2

13.2

Giue me leaue to present my humble seruice to my lady, my Lady Penelope, my little lady Mistress, for whom I wilbe prouided with Presentes. February 19. — I went to repay the visitt of Hoja Nazon, who entertayned me with very good respect, very good woordes, and very good meate. February 21. — Having now long attended with Patience and found no effect in the Princes promises for a Command for Suratt, nor any answere resolute that I should haue none, Asaph Chan consenting that the Conditions demanded should be relinguished, I went to visitt the Prince at his sitting out; not knoweing whether this Jugling might bee without his knowledge (for I receiued his pleasure by others), or if it were his owne, yet I would once more proue him, and dispute my owne cause, that if I were enforced to Complayne I might be fully blamlesse of any disrespect toward him. When I came nere, whether by the Princes command to proue if I would yeild, or by ignorance of his seruants of the liberty I had obteyned and vsed before, one of them stayed mee, and made signes that I should make the reuerence of the Country Called Teselim. I rejected him with some mislike, and went on vntill I came to the assent of the inmost rayle right before the Prince, whom I saluted after my owne manner, and offering to goe vp, I was stoppd and showed a bye entrance, at which the meaner sorte Comes in. The Prince seeing all this, and not correcting yt, I turnd about to depart;