Page 95 - Gulf Precis (I-A)_Neat

15
M. FFootwood yt did accompany Mr. Daniell. Itt being ye 17th of May and.
vory late in ye Monsoone for the Shaw bunder to be in bunder he having
almost made an end of with the business of ye place and resolved to pay into
your cash but 500 or 600 Tomands at ye most boeing so commanded by the
Kings Ettamon Dowlet before he left Spahawno to officiate in this place as
Customo as our Linguist also informed mee. After many diputes I raised
him to 050 Tomands wol). is as much as attained the last yearo though this
yearo hath beone too much presented to bim Shawbunder Duke or officer of
this place more than in former years to ye amount of almost 40,000 Shahees.
My indeavor shall be God grantinge life to make your Broker paye some of it
before I starte from this place ho having cleared many goods in your name
that did not conserne nor had doe relation unto your Worp :
There was in ye Rode at my Arrivall a 9hippe formerly belonginge unto
your Worships Calede Expedition now Mr. Edw. Winters who had freighted
hur out unto more Marchants yt. cum passengers on hur. Sum Cargo he had
on hur which being brought into your house before my arrivall. Upon promise
of paimout of your share of Custome it remained there.
The account of this place is so much confused and disperse in loose papers
yt. it requires sume time to shape them into any forme and when ye most of
all paines hath been taken they will be desertive being 3 yeares behind hand
and all dead who kept or made any of them: And indeed such is ye
unhealthfullnes of the place yt. a feavor hath caught hold on me at this time
having beene on shore but 8 dayes which makes me cume to begge your
pardon and licenoe yt we all leave Bunder for Spahane not only for our health
sake though yt. is a greate reason and much for your bussines dependes upon
your sarvants life in this place all in India refusinge the Imployment because
of ye unhealthfullnes of ye climet, but ye Sbaubunder also advizsed me to goe
up to answar many objectiones against your receiving of any more Customes.

X.

Extract from a letter from Mr. Bell (Gombroon) to the Chief and Council at Surat, dated
16th October 1657.
My last was from Bussora ye’ passed and it was to sent by Yakt Surratt:
wherein you may please to reade ye fears I had yt I should not be able (?)
from ye ^Bashaw, either ye Companies house, or its cost and ye reason thereof
then rendered wch. was yt. I could not persuade Mahmud Assis to goe wth.
me to present ye letter from you given me by Mr. Andrewes, he not dareing
as I plainely pressed to speke to ye Bashaw about a business wch. would
drawe mony from him, and therefore much displeasen to him, so yt. faileing
of my hopes in his assistance, I was advis by Padre Barnaba to becum
accquanted wth. one Dervis Loussin Scholmaster to ye. Basshaw’s children
and ye ouly man in towne who durst motion the business into him with
whom he brot: me aquainted : to whom I gave a piscah to ye value of 320 Sha
or thereabouts, and also to him I gave your letter and entreated him to deliver
it to ye Bashaw and effectually move him in ye business, wch. he promised
and so farr bestirred himselfe therein yt. ye. Bashaw deputed ye.
8hau-
bunder to dispute ye. business wth. Padere Barnaba and myselfe wth.
wch.