On The 20th, The People Who Had Fled To The Mountains, Being Enraged At
The Burning Of Their Town, Set Upon A Number Of Stragglers Who Had Been
Left Behind, Killing Many Of Them, And Plundering The Rest.
The 22d,
having no accounts of the presents I expected from Surat, I went at
night to visit the king, to observe how he might receive me.
I found him
seated in an unusual manner, so that I knew not what place to occupy,
and not willing to mix among the great men, as was offered me, and
doubting whether I might go into the apartment where the king was, which
was cut down in the bank of a river, I went to the brink and stood
alone. There were none near the king, except Etiman Dowlet his
father-in-law, Asaph Khan, and three or four others. The king observed
me, and having allowed me to stay a while, he called me in with a
gracious smile, and pointed with his hand for me to stand beside him, a
favour so unusual, that it pleased and honoured me, and of which I soon
experienced the good effects, in the behaviour of the great men of the
court. He led me to talk with him, and when I called for an interpreter,
he refused it, pressing me to use such Persian words as I had learnt.
Our discourse, in consequence, had not much sense or coherence, yet he
was pleased with it, and shewed his approbation in a very courteous
manner.
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