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CHAPTER X.—AN IMPERIAL DESPOT IN DRESS
AND UNDRESS
Jehangir moves his Court—The splendours of tho im­
perial camp—Jehangir and tho fakir—Tho Court estab­
lished at Mandu—Roe at Mandu—His ill-health—Johan-
gir intercepts and appropriates the presents from Eng­
land—Roo and tho Emperor—An amusing audience—
Jehangir and tho English mastiffs—A curious ceremony
—Prince Khurrum returns in triumph from tho war—
Roe and tho prince—Roo forms an alliance with Asaf
Khan and Noor Mahal—Asaf Khan espouses tho English
cause in durbar—Roe’s victory .... 147-164
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CHAPTER XI.—A GROUP OF ENGLISH ADVEN­
TURERS IN INDIA
Robert Trully, tho comet player—William Hcmsell,
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the Great Mogul’s coachman—Richard Steele—His
Agra waterworks scheme—Thomas Cory at, “ tho
Odcombe Leg Stretcher ”—Coryat’s early career at tho
Court of James I—Cory at's crudities—Coryat’s
journey overland to India—Coryat’s audience of Jehan­
gir—The Emperor and a Christian convert—Coryat pre­
pares to return home—He dies and is buried at Surat—
Roe’s last days in India—He secures an agreement from
the Mogul Government permitting the English to trade
—Ho returns to England . 165-176

CHAPTER XII.—ENGLISH AND DUTCH RIVALRY
IN THE EAST
The fight for tho spice trade—The Dutch predominance
in tho Eastern Archipelago—Dutch hostility to the
English—Jourdain’s expedition to the Moluccas—Jan
Pieterson Coen, the great Dutch administrator—His
interview with Jourdain—Jourdain driven from tho
Moluccas—Deplorable condition of tho English at Ban­
tam—The English occupy Poolo Ai—Further English
expedition to the Moluccas—Its withdrawal—Dutch re­
occupy Poolo Ai . 177-188

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