'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.' [‎86] (405/1024)

Travels in India.
P<irt II,
alfo, and accounted a greater Offender than the other. Neither the Arch BilW
nor the Vice-Roy themfelves dare interpofe ^ though they are the only two p er ,
fons over whom the Inquijition has no power. For if they do any thing to offend
them,they prefently write to the Inquiiitor and his Council in Portugal^ as the
King and the Inquifitor*General commands, they either proceed againfl,or fend
thofe two great perfons into Portugal. ^
Notwithstanding all thefe confiderations, Father Ze^taking along with him
the Sieur de U Boulay, a decaid Gentleman,goes to Goa ; where,when he arriv’d!
he was vifited by fome friends, who advife him toliave a care not to open his
mouth in the behalf of Fatter Ejhram^ unlefs he intended to bear him company
in the Inquifmon. Father Zenon feeing he could do nothing at Gpa, advis’d the
Sieur de BouUy to return to Surat : and goes himfelf direfily ,to MadieffmnynoiQ
particularly to inform himfelf concerning the reafon of Father Efhrainh being
fent away. But when he underftood how he had been betraid at St. he
refolv^d to have fatisfa^ion, and without acquainting the Ergltjh- Prefident,com
municates his defign to the Captain that commanded in the Fort .* Who being in
cens’d, as were all the Souldiers, at the injury done Father .Efhraim, not only
approv’d, but alfo promis’d F ather Zenon to alhfl him in his defign. Thereupon
the Father fets his fpies; and underftanding by them,that the Governor of StJFo-
mas went every Saturday-morning, early tt> a Chappel upon a Mountain half a
league from the City,dedicated to the Mitgin-Maryjnz caufes three Iron-Bars to
be fix’d in the window of a little Chamber in the Covent with two good locks to
the door, and as many padlocks. And having fo done,he goes to the Governor
of the Fort, who was an /n^-man, and a very flout perfon; who with thirty
Souldiers, and Father Zenon^ iffu’d out of the Fort about midnight,and hidthem-
felves till day near the Chappel* in a part of the Mountain, where they could not
be difcover’d. The Governor of St .Thomas came exa&ly Recording to his cuftom,
a little after Sun-rifing - 7 and as fooh as ever he alighted from his Palkqmnym
immediately furpriz’d by the Ambufcade,and earn d to Majlif at an 7 mto the Cham
ber in the Covent which the Friar had provided for him. The Governor thus
furpriz’d^made great proteflations againft Father Zenon 7 and threaten’d him with
what the King would do when he fhould come to hear what he had practis’d
againft the Governor of one of his Garrifons. To which Father Zenon faid no
more, but only that he believ’d that he was better us’d at than fa
ther Ephraim was us’d at the Inquifition at GW, whither he had fent him : That if
he would obtain liberty for Father Ephraim to return,he would leave him in the
fame place where they had feiz’d his perfon y with as much Juftice,as he had to
fend Father Ephraim to Goa, Many people came to the Englifh Prefideot, de
firing him to ufe his authority for the Governor’s lib erty. But his anfwer was,
that the Governor was not in his jurifdi&ion,neither could he compel Father^-
non to releafe him, who had been one of the Authors of the injury which had
been done his Companion. So that he contented himfelf only to defire of Fa
ther Zenon that his Prifoner might dineat his Table in the Fort,promifing him m
return him when he fhould require his body ; a requefl which he eafily obtain d,
but could not fo eafily keep his word. For the Drummer of the Garrifion beinga
French-mnn^ with a Merchant of MarfeWes, call’d Robdi, then in the Fort, two
days after came to the Governor, and promis’d him, for a good reward, to pro
cure his efcape. The agreement being made,the Drummer in the morning beat
the Reveilles Poonzv than he was'wont to do,and lowder, while Wand the Go
vernor let themfelves down at a corner of a Bafiion that was not very high j and
were prefently as nimbly follow’d by the Drummer 7 fo that Madrefpam and St.
Thomas being but half a league afunder, they were all three in the Town b e f 01 ; e
their efcape was known. The whole City greatly rejoye’d at the return of their
Governor, and immediately difpatch’d away a Barque to Goa to carry the news.
The Drummer alfo and the Merchant fet fail at the fame time, and when they
v came to Goa with Letters of recommendation in their behalf,there was nokioiH
or Covent which did not make them Prefents : The Vice-Roy alfo himfelf rai e v,-
them extremely, and took them into his own Ship to have carrid them into or
along with him 7 but both he and the two Fr&nch-mzn dy’d at Sea.
Never