[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Les six voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier) › [Travels in India (Ball)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball) › 160.2.7 # Travels in India (Tavernier) 160.2.7 Travels in India (Ball) 160.2.7 - **Language:** English ### [160.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.160.2.7) I replied to him that on three or four occasions my horoscope had been cast, and on all occasions it had been agreed that I should live to a good age ; and so, if I was able to acquire wealth, I desired to acquire it honestly and by my labour, as God had ordained for me, in order to be able to possess it with greater security and comfort to my soul for the remainder of my days, and that my heirs might enjoy it peaceably. If we were not to act in this way, replied he, we should be miserable ; for the wages the Company gives us would not suffice to clothe us. On my return from one of my voyages I went to see him at a village bearing his name, situated one league from the Hague. I saw him ill in bed, and suffering from several diseases, and I believe that he often then recalled to mind what I had said to him at Ispahan. - [Previous: 160.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.160.2.6) - [Next: 160.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.160.3.1) - [Up: 160.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.160.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.160.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.tavernier~en-ball.160.2.7) · Pramāṇa