The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c27.153

v1.c27.153

“Furthermore, we Dutchmen and men from Zeeland and those who traffic here in the name of the General Company shall be obliged to pay two in every hundred of goods and merchandise which shall be brought on land or taken away from there; it being well understood that what has been paid once has not to be paid a second time; moreover, rice and other necessities for the house have not to be paid for.