MRP: 24th October 1662, Letter from Randall Taylor to Sir GO, Raire
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24th October 1662, Letter from Randall Taylor to Sir GO, Raire
BL, MS. XX,XXX, ff. 4-6
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[BL, MS. XX,XXX, ff. 4-6]
Right Worp:ll & Hono:d S:r
I have wrott yo:r Worp:e Sundry Generalls from this Castle, But untell this noo pticular lre, w:ch I hope you will excuse & beleeve w:t I wrott M:r Sr:m Master viz:tts y:e strict watch wee have over us to bee Cheifely y:e Cause thereof, for bee Confident S:r noo pson in India is more Content for yo:r Worp:s safe arriveall, & the Qualety your are come out in, then my selfe, (w:ch I should have signified long before this had I beene at libertye) not But others haveing desrved farr better; may in reason expect greater ?conveyniencyes thereby, yet S:r more gratitude & other Considerations, not vulgar or Basse but very Legitimate obligeth mee to y:e premencconed satisfaction, w:ch I cann Confidently say is ?unstained, since I am sensible thereof in y:e midst of this great affliction I Labour under, God grant mee once, free, y:t soo w:th others, I may comfortably enjoy my pte in soo great a happynesse, in y:e meane tyme, I shall not lett to Pray for á prosperous success to all yo:r Worp:s undertakeings.
S:r I shall need to minde yo:r Worp:e of y:e state of my Condition well knowing yo:r Worp:e will have á tender Consideration thereof, as also of y:e great Losse I have sustained by this late misfortune & hope (as you weare one of y:e Cheifest Causers of my Comeing to India & more pticulerly of my knowing any thing thereof, w:ch made mee anywise Capable of being Imployed in y:e Hono:ble Comp:as service w:ch esteeme an Hono:r & preferm:t to mee) you will indeavour speedily to ?remedy y:e former, & regaine y:e latter, w:th y:t Good success y:t usually attends such Just & Chartiable designes w;ch I question not but your Worp:e will manadge w:th y:t prudence, & vertue y:t wee shall bee bery glad y:e worke was reserved for yo:r performance; How unchristian, since M:r Andrewes hath appeared herein, I Conclude you will ptely understand from others & I hope I shall bee at liberty ere hee goes home, & then shall make a more pticuler discovery of his basseness towards us, & others, as alsoe of something y:e Comp:a hath sufferd by him therefore shall say little therein ?hense.
S:r y:e last yeare I wrott you from ?Soangur & gave a pticuler relation of o:r misfortune; But now Conclude my lre never came to hand however
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However a repetition thereof will bee needlesse since you heare it from others in Surratt. In said lre I made Bould to incert my desires to yo:r Worp:e Concerneing what due to mee from y:e Employm:t of shipsSm:a March:t Two Sisters Etc:a w:ch although arrived not tyme enough yett I am informed frommy Brother y:t you weare pleased to Stand my freind therein, but w:th Badd success however my Obligations are y:e same to yo:r Wors:l as if you had prevailed in my behalfe, S:r by this your favo:r showed mee; I am encouragdged to trouble you in some other pticulers w:ch misfortunes have occasioned mee to Implore yo:r assistance in, & in Confidence of yo:r favour therein, I will Brefely incert y;d same The Deceased Alderman Temms Dyed in my Debt a bout 60: in 65:li & since I heare from My Brother y:t his Lady is dead alsoe, & y:t now M:r Martin Nowell is become administrator, & findeing y:d S:d Alder:m Temms to have interest in á pcell of Granadoes sent out to M:r Revington to satisfye w:t due from Said Alderman Temms unto mee, out of his parte Interest in y:e Granadoes Acco:t w:ch had M:r Revington lived I know hee would readily have done out of w:t hee recd on said Acco:t But now hee is dead I know not whither I shall obtaine y.e same soo suddainely as otherwise I should, yett S:r if what I judge but reason bee pform’d herein, I shallnot want y:e same satisffaction, & y:t is, y:t out of w:t willl appeare due to M:r Revington in y:d Rajap:a Bookes I may bee satisfyed by Bond to save you harmlesse from any inconvenyencie may arrise thereby, S:r thi is parte of my Desire unto you, which if not Conformable to yo:r Worp:s Judgem:t to pforme I must patiently waite for some other way to recover my Right by.
M:r Math:w ffortser Lately Cheife at Psia, alsoe Dyed in my debt a bout said some as Aldermnan Themms, & M:r Gray writt mee theare appeares nothing of an Estate in India whereout I may bee sattisfyed, M:r Andrewes haveing seized on Pte thereof for a debt due to him, how justly this is done, I hope y:r Worp:e will enquire as alsoe if any thing else appeares out of w;ch I may bee satisfy:d M:r Gray can informe y:e nature of this debt, being ready money reced of M:r Buckeridge in Psia. If nothing is found of M.r fforsters in India, I desire yo:r Worp:e when you write home to y:e Comp:a to endeavour I may bee satisfyed out of w:t is due to said m:r fforster on Acco:t of his sallary.
In o:r generall lre wee have propounded y:e sending of a pson to y:e King of Decan w:ch if yo:r worp:e thinks good & so doo then I humbly Crave in my Brothers, my owne, & severall ffreinds, behalfe, y:t you will please to enorder him to make demand and endeavours
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Endeavour y:e Recovery of w:t due from said King on Acco:tts of Granados sould by M:r Revington to his Generall, Siddy ?Joar which wee had the Kings Phirm:d for, & had doubtlesse recovered y:e money Long ere this had not this misfortune happened to Rajap:a I conclude s:d Phirm:d is lost or in Sevajies hands, But there is one ?Cossum Pandit á Cheife ?Bromine a bout y:e King who understands y:e Busyeness very well & will bee ready to further the recovery of y.e money hee haveing á promisse from M:r Revington of some w:t Considearble when y:e Acco:t is Cleared, there remaineing due something á bout 5000:P:a Wee have likewise in our Generall lre desired yo:r Worp:e to assist us w:th Pte of w:t due to us on acco:t of Sallary, & here I renew my pticular desires for what concernes mee, my occassions being made more urgent through this late misfortunes then otherwise ?shew would have beene
S:r I shall not presume to trouble yo:r worp:e further at present, soo desireing yo:r pardon, fo w:t herein given & earnestly prayeing for yo:r Worp:s health & happy success in all yo:r undertakeings. I close this with my very humble service tendered to yo;:r acceptance, & subscribe as I really am
Hono:d S:r
Yo:r Worp:s Obleidged & affectionate
Serv:t
Rand:a Taylor
