The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul 22.5.7

22.5.7

Hee deliuered the Presentes with his owne handes, which the king [with] smiles and Cherfull Countenance and many woordes of Contentment receiued. His toong was a great aduantage to deliuer his owne busines, which hee did with so much flattery and obsequiousnes that it Pleased as much as his guift : euer calling his Maiestie King and Commander of the world, forgetting his owne M^ter had a share in yt ; and on euery little occasion of good acceptation hee made his Tezelims. When all was deliuered for that day hee prostrated himselfe on the ground, and knocked with his head as if hee would enter in. The guiftes were : a fayre quiver for bow and arrowes, delicatly embrothered ; all sorts of Europian fruictes artificiall in dishes ; many other foulding Purses and knackes of leather, wrought with needlewoork in coloured silkes ; shooes embrodered and stichd ; Great Glasses inlayd in frames ; one square Peice of Veluett embrodered high with gould in Panes, betweene which were Italian Pictures wrought in the stuff, which hee sayd was the king and queene of Venice (which, as I suppose, was the hanginges called Arras) of these six were giuen, one only showed ; many other tricanado of small valew ; after, the 3 Nines of horses and Mules, which were faire ones; the horses eyther had lost their flesh or bewty, for except one or two I Judged them vnfitt for to be sent or taken by Princes.