Early English Intercourse with Burma (1587-1743) |
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affairs Alaungpaya Anaukpetlun Armenian arrived Ayuthia Bartholomew Rodrigues Bay of Bengal Bayinnaung Bengal Bowyear Burmese Government Caesar Fredericke Capt cargo chief Company's servants Consultation Book Coromandel Coast Customs Dalrymple despatched Diary and Consultation Dutch East India Company embassy English factory export factory at Syriam factory in Burma Factory Records Fleetwood Fort St Foster further ganza George Council George Diary Governor Heron Higginson Hluttaw Hobson-Jobson Honourable Ibid instructions joint stock King of Burma Lascars letter Lower Burma Loyal Captain Madras Public Proceedings Madrass Martaban Masulipatam matter merchants Methwold ministers mission negotiations Negrais officials Oriental Repertory pagodas Pegu Portuguese present Prince private trade Purchas relations reopen resident Ronda royal Ruby saltpetre sent seventeenth century ship shipbuilding Siam Siamese silver Sloop Smart Streynsham Streynsham Master Surat Syriam factory Talaing Thomas Tornery Toungoo dynasty trade with Burma Vide Hobson-Jobson voyage wrote Zechary
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Page 97 - Sterl. and if an irreconcilable Quarrel happen where there are Children, the Father is obliged to take Care of the Boys, and the Mother of the Girls. If a...
Page 109 - ... their word. If the broker pay you not at his day, you may take him home, and keep him in your house, which is a great shame for him. And if he pay you not presently, you may take his wife and children, and his slaves, and bind them at your door, and set them in the sun ; for this is the law of the country.
Page 168 - ... and protector of the distressed ; the first mover in the sphere of greatness, president in council, victorious in war ; who feareth none, and is feared by all ; centre of the treasures of the earth and of the sea ; lord proprietor of gold and silver...
Page 19 - It is a city very great and populous and is made square and with very fair walls, and a great ditch round about it full of water with many crocodiles in it. It hath twenty gates and they be made of stone ; for...
Page 39 - Tannassery (Tenasserim) set all sayle, for it is to be understood that alongst this and all other Coasts of India, the windes blow constantly trade sixe moneths one way, and sixe moneths another: which they call the Monsons alternately succeeding each other, not missing to alter in Aprill and October...
Page 21 - ... very filthie or otherwise all serveth for their mouthes : yea, I have seene them eate Scorpions and Serpents, also they feed of all kinde of herbes and grasse. So that if such a great armie want not water and salt, they wil maintaine themselves a long time in a bush with rootes, flowers and leaves of trees...
Page 19 - In your House you have a Ware-house, which they call Godon, which is made of bricke, to put your goods in, for oftentimes they take fire and burne in an houre foure or...
Page 19 - ... a ducat, which doth come to a great summe : for that there are many merchants in the city. After that you have given your present you may come and see them at your pleasure, although they stand in the kings house.
Page 156 - Bengali of her arrival there, the ship that came hither the last year from Syrian, brought me advice that the said sloop was fortunately arrived within your Majesty's kingdoms, and calling there for wood and water, your officers not knowing who she belonged to, had taken care, by your Majesty's order for the safe keeping the sloop and cargoe, which great favour I thought myself obliged to acknowledge, and therefore by the first opportunity, sent your Majesty a letter of thanks, with a...
Page 96 - Peguers' chief Physicians, keep them in their convent till they are cured, and then furnish them with letters, for they never enquire which way a stranger worships God, but if he is human, he is the object of their charity.