IN FURTHEST IND THE NARRATIVE OF MR EDWARD CARLYON OF THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY’S SERVICE _EDITED, WITH A FEW EXPLANATORY NOTES_ BY SYDNEY C. GRIER WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCXCIV _All Rights reserved_ [NOTE.] _The Narrative of_ Mr Edward Carlyon _of Ellswether, in the County of Northampton, and late of the Honourable East India Company’s Service, Gentleman; and comprising his most marvellous Escape from the Hands of the_ Inquisition (_falsely called Holy_) _at_ Goa, _and his Journey to the Court of the_ Great Mogul, _likewise the true Relation of his Dealings with the_ Lord Marquis _of_ Tourvel, _and with_ Madam Heliodora _his_ Daughter (_concerning which grievous Calumnies have of late been forged by certain unfriendly Persons_), _together with divers curious Observations on the Manners of the_ Indians, _and on the Situation of his_ Majesty’s Subjects _at present resident among them. Wrote by his own hand in the year of grace_ 1697. _TO HIM THAT READS._ _I, Edward Carlyon of Ellswether, Esquire, being of sound mind and body_ (_for the which I thank God_), _do take up my pen on this fourth day of November, sixteen hundred and ninety-seven, to record the history of my life, being moved thereto by divers considerations._ Imprimis. _I would desire to protect my children from such tribulation as hath been brought lately upon myself and my dear wife, through the evil offices of an enemy, from which we were hardly delivered by the great kindness of my honoured and esteemed friend, Mr Robert Martin, lately Accountant of Surat in East India._ Item. _I would do all that lies in my power to lighten the griefs of an illustrious lady, whose trials, no less than the fortitude with which she hath endured them, would seem to a man of honour to have earned her exemption from cowardly attempts._ Item. _During my sojourn in the Indies, I met several marvellous adventures, and had the felicity to enjoy the discourse of many ingenious persons, the recounting whereof may serve both for the instructing and the diverting those that shall come after me. By the advice, therefore, of my aforesaid friend, Mr Robert Martin, I am resolved, God helping me, on composing, from such notes and letters as I have preserved, a book of my life._ CONTENTS. I. OF MY DESCENT AND PARENTAGE, AND OF MY SENDING TO THE INDIES II. OF MY TARRYING IN LONDON AND OF MY SAILING IN THE GOOD SHIP BOSCOBEL, AND ALSO OF MY MAKING AN ENEMY IN MR VANE SPENDER III. OF MY ARRIVING AT SURAT, AND OF THE POSTURE OF AFFAIRS THERE IV. OF MY SENDING TO GOA BY MY EMPLOYERS, AND OF THOSE THINGS THAT BEFELL ME THERE V. OF THE EVENTS THAT BEFELL ME ON MY ARREST, AND IN THE HOLY HOUSE AT GOA VI. OF THE SECRET, DREADFUL, AND BLOODY DOINGS OF THE TRIBUNAL OF THE HOLY INQUISITION VII. OF MY AMAZING AND MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FROM MOST IMMINENT DEATH VIII. OF MY SECOND VOYAGE IN THE BOSCOBEL, AND OF THE ENDING THEREOF