[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.roe-embassy) › [The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe (Foster)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.roe-embassy~en-foster) › 19.5.1 # The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul 19.5.1 The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe (Foster) 19.5.1 - **Language:** English ### [19.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.roe-embassy~en-foster.19.5.1) Asaph chan seemed greatly pleased, assuring mee of fauour from the king to our Nation and of very gratfull reception from the Prince of my endeauours ; wherat I tooke occasion to tell him how little encouragment I had yet receiued, especially in the delay of those articles propounded in the Name of my Master, which was a busines most concerned mee and was the only siment to ioyne the affections of both Nations to avoyed and disperce all Iealousyes, whereby a perfect leauge and a kind of naturall loue would growe by Continuall trafique, commerce and entercourse one with another. He answered it was his faulte, but that ther was tyme enough, it beeing 6 weekes to the shippes arriuall, before which I could make little vse of yt : but that if hee had any honor in him, I should receiue them sealed within 3 dayes, and that what soeuer else lay in him to doe mee or my nation seruice I should Command. I answered in the same mettle of obedience, but to shorten Complements hee said wee should bee brothers, and that the title should bee sufficient to expresse all profession. August 12. — I went to the Princes, to whom (as if I had reserued the secrett and misterie of the busines only for him) I desired what I deliuered might bee priuatly ; which was done. - [Previous: 19.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.roe-embassy~en-foster.19.4.8) - [Next: 19.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.roe-embassy~en-foster.19.5.2) - [Up: 19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.roe-embassy~en-foster.19.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.roe-embassy~en-foster.19.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.roe-embassy~en-foster.19.5.1) · Pramāṇa