History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c64.s12.11

v4.c64.s12.11

But this treaty, forced on Shambhuji by a greater fear, was neither ratified nor respected by him. It was a hollow truce. As the English factors of Surat write on 28 March, "There is now a cessation of arms... and we hope there may be a peace, the Portuguese having been soundly banged and all their aldeas (villages) and battec ground (corn-fields) burnt and ruined."