New History of the Marathas v2.c27.29

v2.c27.29

⁶ These assailants had come in the party of the envoys dressed as beggars and watched for a suitable opportunity to get at Jayappa. It was a prearranged and deliberate attempt, not brought about by a sudden provocation produced by the insolence of Jayappa’s language as is alleged by later writers. *Phalke series*, Gwalior 3. 320.