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'''June 1663 Letter from Richard Craddock to Sir GO'''

BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX ff. ??

'''Editorial history'''

14/12/11, CSG. Created page
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==Abstract & context==



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==Suggested links==

See [[MRP: 2nd February 1662/63, Letter from Richard Craddocke to Sir GO, Gombroone|2nd February 1662/63, Letter from Richard Craddocke to Sir GO, Gombroone]]
See [[MRP: 27th August 1663, Letter from Richard Cradocke to Sir GO, Spahaune|27th August 1663, Letter from Richard Cradocke to Sir GO, Spahaune]]
See [[MRP: October 1663, Letter from Richard Cradocke to Sir GO, Spahaune|October 1663, Letter from Richard Cradocke to Sir GO, Spahaune]]
See [[MRP: March 1665/66, Letter from Richard Craddocke to Sir GO|March 1665/66, Letter from Richard Craddocke to Sir GO]]
See [[MRP: March 1665/66, Letter from Richard Craddocke to Sir GO Letter2|March 1665/66, Letter from Richard Craddocke to Sir GO Letter2]]
See [[MRP: March 1665/66, Letter from Richard Craddocke to Sir GO Letter3|March 1665/66, Letter from Richard Craddocke to Sir GO Letter3]]

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==To do==

(1) Check whether this transcription is missing a final paragraph and signoff
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==Transcription==

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The Hono:ble S:r George Oxinden (sic)
may please to knowe

That it did not a little content  mee to know of y:e safe arrivall of y:e ''Roy:ll Welcome'', and seryously yo:u have very pleasingly sett forth y:e Cuttarees confused thoughts & wond:r w:ch happened upon her soe quick passage, in breife my hearty wishes are y:t y:e result of all yo:r eneavo:es & undertakeings may resound w:th y:t desyrous harmony of Shabash, Shabash,[repetition is in the original] I take notice w:t yo:u are pleas:ed to write concerning my Gold, & y:t ‘tis now growne for y:e possess:n of anoth:r mans estate, to claime as much or more right y:n y:e propp:r Own:r, I knowe there are many evill Customes in y:e world, & were there not places of Judicature, & Justice to bee expect:d from y:e higher pow:r, twould bee to noo purpose to trade or have any dealings w:th any man, I appeale to yo:r worp:s being o:r present Patron, & if yo:u imagine eith:r Rich: Lambtons or Sung:e [OR “r”] Saws pretences hath force enough to keepe backe my due, I shall y:n  suspend all further thoughts y:t way, embrace yo:r advice to pay my selfe out of y:e Sapon wood,<ref>Sapon wood is XXXX</ref> but und:r correction y:s wilbee an evill presid:t for future times, & I intend to write a lre: of remembranceto Sunger=saw, y:t if it should soe

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Happen hee bee repaid in his owne Coyne hee aught not to complaine, for pari pari referre is allowable w:th all men, and seeing Richard Lambton<ref>Is Richard Lambton definitely the brother of John Lambton?  See [[MRP: Missing faces|Missing faces]]</ref> is not ashamed openly to confesse before yo:r Worp:s, y:t hee disposed of my Gold on his own Acco:t I desire to knowa reason for those his unwarrantable Actions, & if hee can rend:r none sufficyently authentique, eith:r to rlease himselfe or detaine my right, in my apprehension it will not bee amisse y:t such a course bee taken, as may discourage all other from y:e like proceedings, for this alsoe wilbee a doore to lett in confucion & discorde, I am sorry to finde y:e two Broth:s soo great xxxxx to themselves, as y:t they should forgett y:e respect: and observance they owe to yo:r worp:s, I am sure they are none of theire freinds y:t Counsell y:m to such a comportm:t, but I hope they wilbee soo sensible of theire folly herein, as y:t theire speedy & thorow amendm:t  may give  evidence of a true repentance, & if soo I question not but yo:u will consider theire helplesse condicon at psent, & accordingly cast a favourable eye upon them, I formily writt to M:r Gray<ref>Mathew Gray, based in Surat</ref> concerning my Gold and by y:s Conveighance shall second my desires therein, for as yett I cannot learne for w:t it sould, nor how much I am to demand, had times beene good a man might have doubled his money whilest I am pleading  for mine  but I am resolved to beare all w:th patyence not soe

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much as once wishing y:e likehard usage to  oth:r

There is none y:t is not stupid & void of all reason, but must needs condole, & lament y:e sad condicon of o:r hon:ble Imploy:s affaires, w:ch is indeed grown to so lowe an ebb, as w:th out an unaimous  & speedy resolution theire trade in those passages wilbe utterly lost, and thus hath o:r Nacon ?cherrish:y a venemous snake, y:e Dutch, w:o by all XXXXXimaginable endevo:rs y:e confusion of those, y:t next und:r God were y:e onely instrument of delivereing y:m from bondage, and they are growne now to such a hight, y:t they think it not suffycient to thrive theXXXXXXXXXXXXX, unXXXX they continue & plott y:e destruction of others, such envyous dispositions are y:e Dutch naturally XXXXX w:ch [or w:th?], but doubtlesse these are plagues laid in store for such ungratefull & pfidious people, and I beleive did y:e Eng:sh once begin, God would soo blesse theire undertakeings, as they would seeme soo theire desires upon theire XXXXXX; as for y:e XXXX that may come XXXX it hath and shall this bee my care to contrive for y:e most safe, & speedy advXXXing my hands, and y:e like course shalbee taken for theire forewarding to yo:u; soo yo:u need not feare  any neglect in y:t pticul:r, and if an Eng:sh man were at ?Busseness  I apprehend  it noo difficult matt:r to interrupt y:e Dutches lres: alsoe it wilbee a good meanes to secure o:r owne, w:ch proposition if it bee agreeable to your

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likeing, y:n pray license my makeing use thereof as the necessity of y:e Compa:s affaires may require, & thus  doo I love to bee ?fore=provid:y upon all occasions; I cannot well write more concerning o:r proceedings against y:e psians , y:n w:t my ?former lres  have treated off, & wee have spent soo long upon y:e stocke of ?Patyence for w:t ?o:r abuses hath been offerred us, y:t y:e psians are now encouraged & in a mann:r hardened not onely to continue but xxxxx theire scurvy ?abeasance, and beleeve mee S:r tis nothing  but force will bring us into respect against, w:ch cutts mee to y:e hearte to understand y:t y:e onely remedy for o:r psent disease is altogeath:r wanting, but if happely o:r Masters had beene in a bett:r condicon to right  y:m selves yo:u  need not feare much  time would have beene lost, for I am confident 2 or 3 mo:s at farthest will bring all things to a pfection, howow: yo: Noble resolucon deserves to bee highly applauded:s y:t rath:r y:n faile yo:u would spend 2 or 3 yeares in y:e enterprize; I beleive yo:r worp:s knowes [[MRP: Gombroon| Gombroone]] is noo place of delight, nor any pleasure to bee taken in y:e least, besides y:e Aire is soo destructive, as were it not for y:e traffique & hopes of gaines noo mchants would come hith:r, wherefore if y:e Cuzz:t of y:t were once stopp:d both y:e Chawne, shawbund:r & all would  bee soone  weary of theire Imploym:ts and tis there considerations hath made mee soo urgent

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to begin, I from ?thence desireing faire probabilletyes, for a credible & handsome ending I am soo farr from thinkeing y:t these late victoryes of y:e Dutch w:ch have made y:m Masters of y:e Mallabar Coast will discourage y:e Comp:a to make y:m totally to desist theire Indian trade, as y:t  I confidently beleive it will rouse up theire droopeing spirritts, & occassiona nationall ?busineesd for XXXX one must needs bee sensible w:t a great disbennefitt will hereby arrixe to y:e  Kingdoms in Generall, soo y:t in a yeare or two more wee shall not onely have a XXgg w:th y:e Holland:s, but  I hope to see theire butt:r=boxes flye, and y:t y:e Eng:sh may flourish both heere & every where, as much or more y:n xx they did w:ch I beseach God in his every grant

My care hath been so great in reduceing our extravigances, y:t M:r Flower<ref>Stephen Flower</ref> w:o hath seene and swoones in form:r superfluityes doos begin to bee very much troubled , & it is not enough  y:t hee murmurrs in o:r owne house, but I heare hee complaines to y:e Dutch y:t I putt him to allowance both of victualls and drincke, & scarce a word can bee speake amongst o:r selves, but it is immedyately carry:d to y:e Punch house or else to y:e Dutch, both w:ch places hee visitts more y:n in my apprehension is convenyent, and thereupon I have often thought if things goo thus now, w:t can bee expect:d w:n y:e Comp:a shall have a great deale of businesse heere, and to say y:e truth  I spend my time very uncomfortably for want of a reall ffreind or Cordyall Companyon, for I cannot upon any subject or occasion rcve a satisfactory answ:r from M:r Flower wherby a few houres may bee spent in discourse w:th delight, yett to all y:s I would patyently submitt but I feare

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err long there wilbee furth:r & worse disturbances by reason of his debts, for hee is continually  borrowing, but for aught I can promis now: thinckes of satisfyeing his Credito:rs; also sure hee would not beesoo extravigant in his expenses, as to keepe two horses on his owne Acco:t w:n soo many  of y:e Comp:as are in y:e stable w:ch spoile for want of ridding, besides hee hath aboundance of shuffling trickes w:ch are indeed very unhandsome.  Doud bro:t a bill exch:a on him for 600 M:s charg:d by M:r Bell<ref>Mr. Bell was XXXXX.  See [[MRP: Missing faces|Missing faces]]</ref>, w:ch at first hee promised to pay, but heareing  W:m Bell<ref>Randall Taylor, writing from Raire on December 12th, 1662, reported William Bell's arrival in Surat and stated that William Bell had failed to satisfy a debt to Taylor for the last three years.  See [[MRP: 12th December 1662, Letter from Randall Taylor to Sir GO, Raire|12th December 1662, Letter from Randall Taylor to Sir GO, Raire]]</ref> was gone  to Eng:d hee protested y:e Bill, & denyed y:t hee owed any thing, and now Zonnee (sic) hath bro:t an Acco:t und:r M:r Jn:o Lambtons hand wherein appeares y:t Zonnee satisfied a bill w:th M:r fflow:s owed M:r Buckeridg, and deducting y:e proceed of 3 horses y:e Ballance is 500 M:s due to Zonnee, but M:r fflow:r knowes nothing of y:t neith:r, and y:e worst of all is his abuseing M:r Buckeridge taxeing him to have  carry:d away all y:t remaines at ballance of y:e ffactoryes bookes, whereas by an Acco:t w:ch I lately found in his Chamb:r copie whereof goos inclosed, yo:u may proive y:t all things were dd (sic) to M:r fflower, w:o rec:d from M;r Buckeridge every pticul:r to a CXXXXXXX, yett I beleive by this Conveighance hee will endeavo:r to serve himselfe and write to yo:r worp:s y:t  hee knowes nothing, but I told him y:e Presid:t & Councell doo not  use to determine any thing w:th out due consideracon, and they haveing  given soo positive an Ord:r for y:e conclusion of Y:e businesse, ‘twould  bett:r become him nto obey y:n dispute it any more, but I forbeare to advise his perremptory answ:r because in it hee was forgettfull

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of y:e respect due to yo:r Worp:s; I knowe not y:e reason but of late yeares  many of y:e Compa:s serv:ts are growne in theireowne conceept soo much wider y:n  theire xxxx[beatters ?], y:t there is now more time spent in psuadeing y:m to theire dutyy:n is necessary for y:e pformance of it, and to sayy:e truth of y:e first breach: of their confucions was M:r Math: Andrewes w:o stuckt not openly to call o:r Masters a Comp:a of ffooles, and instead of observeing  their Ord:s, had a vainglorious way of his owne purposely to thwart  & XXXX thereby thinkeing amongst y:e Bannyans to sett forth his greatnesse but hee was  as ?muchoversoone in y:t as  in a great many oth:r things, for could hee thincke whilst hee slighted them from whome his pow:r was derived, y:t y:e subordinate ffacto:s would not by his bad example learne alsoe to esteeme lightly  of theire superyeurs, and though there was word XXX ?diu:s kept silent before him, & season not y:n pmitting to alt:r theire minde yett they found  convenyencyes to pointe out his Actions in Eng:d

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