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It was ye. 23rd October before wo oould dispatohe our business & depart
at Aspaliaun, when was sett forward & arrived wth. the Capilha ye. 24th
Courant in ye. way we met wth. aboundante of raine web. hindered us at
loast 8 days’ Journey at our coming into Lahar wee encountered with a Shahar
wch. brught us a Letter from Mr. lleynardson, desiring us to mako haste down
in regard that ho was so sick, he thought could not live 3 da : longer upon
receipt of well. Charles Milward left ye. Capilha wth. Antho: Daniell and
hasted away before & came to Bundr. in 3 dayea, but it had pleased God to
take the sd. Mr. lleynardson out of this life 4 da : before Charles Milward
wrought hither wch. was the 20th Courant & ye. 21st Mr. Swallow buried him
in as decent a manner as he could, all ye. Dutch accompanying his corps to ye.
ground, God in mercy fitt us all for our last end in these crasio time we have
taken an inventory of all his things & when your order arrives shall send wt.
he hath unlayed but without which shall detain all we have heard both of ye.
Company Mr. Neales and this in regard Mr. lleynardson hath advised you
formerly answer unto wch. we daily expect as also our Aspahaund Genell.
above-mentioned.
The Nudgee Arrived in this Roade from Diu ye. 5th instant by whom
reed, your advices of ye. 21st August answere unto wall, shall not now
returned you, but per ye. said sbipp who it is 6aid will be gonn 6 dayes hence
ye. horse left this Roade ye. 20th Septr. & wee have expected to see her here
again.
These few lines we adventured by a Dutch fly boate, wch. arrived here
some dayes since and is now bound to Suratt where when arrived we hope
these will be delivered unto you, here as yet. is not any Shipp arrived, more
yn. ye. Nudgee. At present shall not add more to these but subscribe

Yours Observant Friends at Command,
(Sd.) CHARLE8 MILWARD.

„ AMTHO: DANIELL.
Gombroon ;
ye. 29th November 1656.
Heed. ye. 29th Deer. 1656.

VIII.
Augustin Swallow (Gombroon) to the Chief and Council at Surat.
Worthy Good Friends,
It is my grief that this my Letter should be the Messenger of such bad
newes as of pe. death of Mr. Tho : Reynardson, who departed ys. transitory world Re^w. death;
ye. 20th Novr. 1656 at halfe an hour past one in the afternoon having laiden
sick 12 dayes of a feavor, being troubled first with an excessive vomiting for *£“£3
one day and a halfe. Ye. Lord fitt us for our last end, in the time of his &Sr ilwnUrj.1**
sickness August in Swallow severall times desired him to make his will when
slightingly answered that he did not intend to die, likewise I demanded of him
how ye. Company’s business lay that during his sickness I might look after it,
and indeed urged him the more thereto that in oase it should please ye. Lord