The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul 19.4.8

19.4.8

first, to imprint in the Prince an opinion of my desier to doe him seruice and good affection of our Nation toward. him, and hereby to procure a more familiarytie of discourse ; secondly, I would vnder that pretence lay such rubbs in the Hollanders way as should not easely bee remooued, a matter of no small consequence to this trade, by whose admittance wee were vtterly lost ; at least I would so farr norish Iealousy as to keepe them from any footing ; lastly, and which is not of least vse, I would tell my owne tale in the Hollanders person, seeing it is necessarie that the Prince know how wee wilbe reuenged if we continew to bee misused, and yet not convenient that I deliuer so much playnly, as our busines now standes.