History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c83.s8.24

v5.c83.s8.24

"The people publicly in the streets [of Surat] allege that they knew several Englishmen among the pirates whom they had seen in Surat with their servants and two small vessels which they had used to see in Bombay...and that the pirates sent to the Castle of Bombay that from thence they might receive orders...The wiser sorts give no credit thereunto." [*Surat news-letter received at Madras. Mad. Diary, 8 Nov.*]