The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul 52.2.1

52.2.1

To the sixt, it was fully agreed vnto. To the seuuenth, it was [a]greed vnto. To the eight, it was agreed vnto that in causes of difference among ourselues it should wholy bee referred to the English; hut in case the controuersie were with More or Gentile, it should bee referred to the Governor or officers proper to doe justice. But to deliuer vp any english that fled, it was refused, vpon pretence if they turned moore they could not refuse them protection ; to which I replyed that wee would neuer consent that any should leaue his fayth, for under that coulor they might robb vs of all our goods. After much contention it was yeilded vnto, because I utterly refused all if that libertye were left to any ill-mynded person. To the ninth, it was fully agreed vnto. To the 10, it was agreed vnto, the presents beeing opened and scene, that vnder coulor of them the Prince should not bee deceiued of his rights, and, sealed, should bee deliuered to the English. But they added that if the sayd pretended presents were not giuen, that then in future tymes they should eyther pay custome or not bee deliuered to the English ; which, though most base, and in our power to giue any or none, I consented too ; but especially because ells I could haue nothing, for these presents trouble all our busines. To the 11, it was agreed vnto.