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Rh saluted him by the lofty title of "Inglis Khan": all of which mightily delighted the honest captain.

PALACE OF JAHANGIR AT AGRA.

No wonder "the Portugalls were like madde Dogges." The English khan was universally envied; but he had to work hard for his glory. Jahangir gave him little liberty. Half of every twenty-four hours he served the emperor, by day and night, and he was obliged to marry an Armenian – a "white Mayden out of his Palace – "to cook his meals for him, for fear of poison being mixed with his food. His position was, moreover, extremely precarious. The commission for an English factory at Surat was first granted, and then, under pressure from the Portuguese viceroy, withdrawn. "Let the English come no more," said the