The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul 24.3.1

24.3.1

You haue beene wrongd in here maynteyning needlesse factoryes, by making New wages and entertayning seruantes vnfitt and superfluous. . . . You were much wrongd in the Hopes returne. If I bee not misinformd, Priuat mens goodes were shippd, and your owne sent about by Bantam for want of stowage. For Indico I haue scarrd all men, professing you haue made a Persian law irreuocable that whatsoeuer is sent is forfeyted. ... I can find many faultes, but you giue mee Power to mend non; so that I might liue at rest. The dusturia in all bought goodes (besides the brokars fee), which is due to the buyer, is a great matter. The first is in Indico, two Ceare to a Mand; the second is so many Pice vpon a rupy when the account is Cast vp; a third in some Places at Payment is one vpon a hundred. Which of these or what you receiue I know not; it is woorth your enquirye. It will make in a few years two rich men. . . . Now I may a little speeke concerning my selfe. First, for expence I send you a yeares account, wherin I haue traueld, kept you two howses (sometyme seuen and eight of your seruantes, their horses and Peons, euer four of them), built and repayrd; so reasonable that if you compare it with others I shall not neede to bragg of yt. Two thinges I am sure of: the example did displease some;