In furthest Ind : $b The narrative of Mr Edward Carlyon of the honourable East India Company's serviceGrier, Sydney C.
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In furthest Ind : $b The narrative of Mr Edward Carlyon of the honourable East India Company's service
Grier, Sydney C.
British -- India -- Fiction; East India Company -- Fiction; India -- Fiction
there was discouerd. yt. he hd. intangld. him Self in a disgracefull
Manner wit. ye Genrall’s Doghter (ye same is now my Lady V. countesse
_Gallompry_). Ys. yong Lady beg. of tendir Yeares, Mr _Carlyonn_ had
persuaded hir to fly wit. hym, & they was gone some Wai before they
might bee stopt. ’Tis sayd by som yt. ye Lady her Selfe was veray
forward in seekg. hys Lov, & ys. I haue herd Mr _Carlyon_ repeat not
once only nor twice, hee mockg. finely at hir for hir litle Moddesty,
bot of ye Truthe of ys. I can’t speake. & upon ys. Discoverie, Mr
_Carrlion_ was expel’d wit. gret Contimpt fr. yt. Place, & did jurney
to _Bombaim_ thro’ _Duccan_ disguysd. in ye Trayn of a certaine
renegadoe _Portugall_, wit. whom hee was verrie frendly, so reachg.
_Surrat._ & here, beg. forcd. by certn. of hys Frends, agst. ye Will
of ye Rest of ye Councell, into a Place of Troste, he joynd. him Selfe
too ye Factry at _Amedavat_, & their livd. for thre Yeares in a most
naughty & ryotous Manner, so as to bee a Scandall too ye veray
Heathens ’em Selfs. Norr was ys. all, forr ’twas credibly proud. yt.
hee hd. defrawded ye Co. of grete Soms of Money, besides beg. soe
slacke in hys Busynesse yt. he loste ’em moch mower. & after ys.,
vizittg. ye Citie of _Agra_ wit. divers or. Gents. upon an Ambassage,
hee did consort yr. wit. certn. vyle & dangerous Personns, Felons &
Criminalls & ye like, & fynally, ’scapg. fr. ye Towne in greate Hast
for to avoyd ye Reward of his evill Deedes, hee dyd carry wit. hym one
of these, a renegado _Cristian_, tochg. whom no Good cd. by any Means
be sayde, & conveyd. hym out of ye Country, too ye grete Hurt &
Dammage of ye Imperour yt. rules therein. & ys. he did, rufflg. it so
brauely as yt. hee come to Blows wit. ye _Mogull_ Souldiers sent too
fetch him, bot killg. som on ’em, brogt him off, wit. ye Ayd of a Gang
of _Torys_ his Helpers, and soe had him too _Surratt_, to ye gret
Displesure of his Ma’tie’s Subjects yr., yt. must needs intertayn ys.
escapd. Fellon untill hee might returne into hys owne Country. & agayn
after ys. did Mr _Carlyonn_ shew him Self an extream bad Servt. to ye
Co., tho’ he managd. his Peckulacions wit. soch Art as ye greter Part
on’t wan’t dyscouerd. untill hee was departed. Bot ’twas a comn.
Report, & ye Cause of greate Scandall, yt. he went soe moch wit.
_Moores_ & or. _Indians_, so as many averr’d hee was a seacrett
Renegadoe. Bot it beg. at length discoverd. (& I am nt. ashamd. too
say, yt. ’twas I discoverd. ye same, forr ye wh. Cause he is greately
increast in Enmity agst. mee), yt. he had applyd. large Soms of Mony
too hys own Uses, & hd. forwarded to _Europe_ much yt. hee was gat
possesst of by no Right at all, ye Councell was advisd. too dismiss
hym wit. Disgrace. Bot ye Frends yt. hee had disceavd. was still
suffict. too influence ye Counsell, soe as all was don privily, and
not made publiq. & he levg. thre Days later for _England_ no moer was
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