The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul 16.3

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and, had the portingals in their enterprises against vs prevayled (as your lordship rightly aleageth), wee had ere now bine expulced. Soe that, as our entertaynment was in a manner Forced, our priuilidges and good vsadge (if at all as wee Feare) must accordingly bee obtayned and Continued. For the second Foundation (the vendeing of our Comodities) we make no question but that store of goods may bee brought which will yeald both good proffitt and ready monys heere. Lead, Tynn and dyuers others are staple Commodities ; 150 or 200 choise cloths will sell alsoe to good proffitt ; swords and the like are of small importe ; in lew wherof dyuers other things may bee brought, and though perchaunce they Faile on yeare in present sales, yett merchants are to seeke out and sende (at adventure) whatsoeuer may bee hoped will yeald benneffitt. And though all these should Faile, the Commodities of this Country may haue such Currant vent in some of our neighbour lands as will produce more ready Coyne then the Company shall neede to send heyther to supplie this trade " (I. O. Records : Surat Records, 841, f. 36). Roe returned to the subject on the 19th June (ib., f 104): "Without mony this trade will fall, which is one motiue not to be too base to hould it vp. That these Comodityes will vent for siluer in other Countryes our neighbors is no answere ;