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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
DECEMBER, 1921
well mounted. They discharged at them and wounded one man and one horze, and the rest faced about and fled, but made a shift to carry of their wounded man, but the horss fell, haveing gone a litle way. What became of the wounded man wee cannot tell; but Mr. Smith saw him brought into the armey. upon mens shoulders and shewed there to Sevagee. Tow of our men were hurt, one shott slightly into the legg with an arrow; the other, rashly parting from the rest and runing on before, was cutt deep over the shoulder, but (thainks to God) in a faire way of recovery.
On Wedensday afternoone a party of the enemy came downe to Hogee Said Begs house (hee then in the Castle : one of a prodigous estate) and brake open the undefended doores and ther continued all that night long and til next day that wee sallyed out upon theire men on the other quarter of our house. Thay appeared by tow or 3 at a tyme upon the tope of his house to spye what preperations wee made, but as yet (we) had noe order to fier upon them. Wee heard them all night long beating and breaking open chests and doores with great maules, but were not much concernd for him; for had the wretch had Boe much heart as to have stood upon his gaurd, the 20 part of what thay tooke from him would have hiered soe many men as would have secured all the rest. When thay heard that wee wear abroad in the streets, thay imediatly in hast deserted the house and that (as it afterwards appeared) in such hast as to leave tow baggs of mony dropt downe behind them ; yet with intention, as they told the people they mett (such poore wretches as had nothing to loose and knew not whether to flye) to returne next day and fier the house ; but that was prevented.
On Friday morning the President sent unto the Castle to Hogee Said Beg to know whither hee would permitt him to take possesion of and secure a great company of warehouses of his adjoyneing to our house and wich would bee of great consequence to preserve both his goods and our house. Hee testified his will. ingness, and immediately from the tope of our house, by help of a ladder, wee entred it and haveing found that ] the enemie, haveing beene all Wedensday afternoon and night till past Thursday noone plundering the great house, had likewise entred and begun to plunder his first warehouse but were scard, soe that little hurt was done. They had tyme to carry nothing that is as yet knowne of, and only broken open certaine vessells of quickesilver which there Jay spilt atout the warehouse in great quantetye. Wee locked it up and put a gaurd in the roome next the street, wich through help of a belcoone secured by thicke plank tyed to the belcoone pillers, soe close on to another as noe more space was left but for a muskett to play out, was soe secured as no approoch could bee made againe to the doore of his great house or any passage to the warehouss but what must come under dainger of our shott.
In the afternoone on Friday Sevagee sends Mr. Smith as his messenger to our house with propositions and threats, haveing first made him oblige himselfe to returne, and withall obliging himselfe when hee did returne that hee would doe him noe hurt, whatsoever mesage hee should bring. His mesage was to send him 3 lacks of rupees (every lack is 100,000 and every rupee is worth 28. 3d.), or eles let his men freely to doe their pleasure to Hogee Said Bege house; if
