The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul 17.4.8

17.4.8

It was Asaph chan whom I must wholy recouer, and that faction, or stand on fickle tearmes. So I resolued to trie him fully and Clearly before I forsooke him; that I might Iustly say he left me first, and in my greatest necessitye. This day Zulpheckcarcon, beeing by when this passd publiquely betweene the king and Mochrebchan concerning mee, and, as I suppose, seeing now that I could not be kept from the king with any trick, and fearing this would exasperate me to take vp the first oportunitie of Complaynt, came to Abrams the dutchman and offered frendship, sayeing the account was finished and that hee was ready to pay the 17,000 Mamodies offered for himselfe and his followers: and that the 750 Royalles of 8 were the Princes debt, which hee would Pay: so that he knew no Cause why we should not be freendes. I requested the Merchantes to goe speake with him, and that, if hee were Constant to this offer, I would accept it and finish all broyles vntill I had gotten better footing.