The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul 5.1.6

5.1.6

October 22. — Having advised that, seeing now in fiue weekes we hard not one woord of Master Edwardes, woondring that these Changes would be at Court without his pryuitie, and that I could not goe on my lourny with any expedition, desierous to haue some Newes from aboue and to take my prouisions with me, I resolued to addresse my Complaynt by post to Master Edwardes to deliuer to the Mogull in my Name. The Merchannts acquaynting the Generall speedily therof, who wrote his lettre to Master Edwardes, as I suppose, of Complaynt; and it beeing sent to Suratt, the Merchants dispeeded it away without my knowledge, or once asking me if I would write, which I tooke in veary ill part, hauing receiued many neglects by reason that all obedience and obsequiousnes was giuen him who could pleasur them, and it was published among them I had nothing to doe with them. Yet within one hower I sent a Post after yt, with my instructions to Master Edwardes how to proceed and how far for our present redresse here, and to dispeed yt to the factory, letting him know, since I was arriued, all the wrongs of the Kings subjects concerned me and that I should answer for them and that therfore in my name he ought to proceed, which I doubt not he will effect. The Coppie therof is registred. The Generall sent 4 of the factors for Baroch and Amadauaz by a New way from the shipes, the Gouernor suffering none to passe from Suratt.