The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul 22.1.3

22.1.3

I acquaynted him of the goodes and great Chardge in the handes of our factors, desiering him to aduise mee how to dispose them, for that to remayne here was dangerous, to remooue with the king was an infinite incomoditie and Chardge : Next hee would fauour mee soe much as to lett me know his opinion of his Maiesties settling, and which way hee would take ; for then I could send before and build and prepare. Hee answered : for myselfe, it was fitt I should follow the king and I should haue such Comoditye as his seruants had, for my mony : but whither the king went, more then toward Mandoa : whither hee would stay ther, or goe forward or returne, and in what place hee would settle, or when, hee protested was shutt in the kings brest, and that hee could giue no answere nor aduise for our factors and goodes, other then to remooue to some place of retraict vntill the kings resolution were declared. So I prepared my selfe for the progresse, making prouision to goe in some reasonable fashion, beeing dayly in the worldes eye ; yet with such sparing as was fitt. For these remooue all like Princes, with seuerall shiftes of tents that goe before, compassed in with Pales of Pintadoes, which are ready euer two dayes for them. I would doe honestly and thriftely. For the factors I aduised them my opinion was they should with all speed, before Carriadge grew deere, send their goodes weekly to Agra, which may be done safely with little Chardge, and there to abide a resolution ;