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A Relation os the Canatick-Cowitry. i£c
By the fundamental Establilhment of this Realm, every lord in Chap. IV-
course was to come to Court once a Year, and all to pay their Ac- »-'"V">-»
knowledgmentby doing Homage to their Sovereign, where he could
demand their Heads, they becoming obnoxious to his Displeasure ;
but the present disturbances have found matters of excuse to release
them from these Injunctions, and furnished Seva Gi in this bustle
with encouragement to March up the Gaot again with 15000 Horse
and 30000 Foot, knowing Bulltd Catm neither to bo at Ieisurc
from his Intestine nor Foreign Broils, to divert him from his wild
Enterprises.
CHAP. IV.
Of the HQng and Kingdom of Visiapour; their Volley and
Government; Hobsie Cofferies Preserred: The prefent
WroteBor, and other Members of Duccan: The Life,
Exploits, and Expeditions os Seva Gi : The Wealth ,
Strength, and Powers os each, with respett to the Great
Mogul as Supreme.
OF which Incendiary of India, as well as of these Parts> to
give you some knowledge, it will be necessary (these Affairs
being so interwoven ) to look back as far as the time of Ramrast
about Two hundred and fifty Years ago, sole Monarch of India in-
tra Gangem, and the last Emperor that was a Gentile; he nourilhed
Three Saves that were Chias Moors, and ad vanced them to the prin-
cipal Employs both of Court and Empire, to wit, CatubCaun, Ma-
tter of his Hunt; Nijbam Mahtke^ his Chief Treasurer ,* AdulCaun^
Catival, or High-Con stable; from these OiHces they rose to be
Commanders of the greatest Provinces in the Realm, with as Ab-
solute Power and Authority as could be transferred on Subjects, be-
ing Rings, only wanting the Appellation: The frrst os Baynagur,
now Gulconda; the second of Dowlet Abud, and all the Country
srom Guzerat to Bengal, and great part of Duccan £ into which his
Successbrs were crowded till they Annihilated ) ; the Last, the other
part os Duccan, with all the Continent on this side the Gates, till it
conclude in the Cape of Comora.
Thus were they seated, and by the sequel not minded to be di£ TheConspi-
mountcd ; wherefore they jointly Combined against their supine j^pLoHtkes
Master, whilst he too creduloussy relied on their Fidelity, and outed
himandmaoyof his Heathen Nobles, only such as were befriended
by strong Gurrs, or Fastnesies upon the Mountains, who are those
that retain the Name of Raja's to this day 5 and who are still not-
withstanding so Numerous, that would they stand up unanimoussy
for their ancient Freedom, the Mahometans could not stand in Com-
petition with, their Idolatrous Tribes ; sed quos Jupiter vnlt perdit
dementes sacit; but whom God will destroy he makes them infatua-
ted
By the fundamental Establilhment of this Realm, every lord in Chap. IV-
course was to come to Court once a Year, and all to pay their Ac- »-'"V">-»
knowledgmentby doing Homage to their Sovereign, where he could
demand their Heads, they becoming obnoxious to his Displeasure ;
but the present disturbances have found matters of excuse to release
them from these Injunctions, and furnished Seva Gi in this bustle
with encouragement to March up the Gaot again with 15000 Horse
and 30000 Foot, knowing Bulltd Catm neither to bo at Ieisurc
from his Intestine nor Foreign Broils, to divert him from his wild
Enterprises.
CHAP. IV.
Of the HQng and Kingdom of Visiapour; their Volley and
Government; Hobsie Cofferies Preserred: The prefent
WroteBor, and other Members of Duccan: The Life,
Exploits, and Expeditions os Seva Gi : The Wealth ,
Strength, and Powers os each, with respett to the Great
Mogul as Supreme.
OF which Incendiary of India, as well as of these Parts> to
give you some knowledge, it will be necessary (these Affairs
being so interwoven ) to look back as far as the time of Ramrast
about Two hundred and fifty Years ago, sole Monarch of India in-
tra Gangem, and the last Emperor that was a Gentile; he nourilhed
Three Saves that were Chias Moors, and ad vanced them to the prin-
cipal Employs both of Court and Empire, to wit, CatubCaun, Ma-
tter of his Hunt; Nijbam Mahtke^ his Chief Treasurer ,* AdulCaun^
Catival, or High-Con stable; from these OiHces they rose to be
Commanders of the greatest Provinces in the Realm, with as Ab-
solute Power and Authority as could be transferred on Subjects, be-
ing Rings, only wanting the Appellation: The frrst os Baynagur,
now Gulconda; the second of Dowlet Abud, and all the Country
srom Guzerat to Bengal, and great part of Duccan £ into which his
Successbrs were crowded till they Annihilated ) ; the Last, the other
part os Duccan, with all the Continent on this side the Gates, till it
conclude in the Cape of Comora.
Thus were they seated, and by the sequel not minded to be di£ TheConspi-
mountcd ; wherefore they jointly Combined against their supine j^pLoHtkes
Master, whilst he too creduloussy relied on their Fidelity, and outed
himandmaoyof his Heathen Nobles, only such as were befriended
by strong Gurrs, or Fastnesies upon the Mountains, who are those
that retain the Name of Raja's to this day 5 and who are still not-
withstanding so Numerous, that would they stand up unanimoussy
for their ancient Freedom, the Mahometans could not stand in Com-
petition with, their Idolatrous Tribes ; sed quos Jupiter vnlt perdit
dementes sacit; but whom God will destroy he makes them infatua-
ted