Sir Thomas Roe is one of the most outstanding and picturesque figures within the records of international diplomacy, and his presence on the court docket of Jahangir, the extraordinary rich person, as accredited ambassador of King James of england, won benefits for England that were of the greatest value, as has been pointed out in a preceding volume (vol. iv, pp. 67–79). His diary is widely known, but its fee is composed in its record of courtroom life on the Moghul capital, and now not in its meagre account of the u . s . a . in fashionable An occasion of first-rate import for English records became the assembly of Sir Thomas, as a royal envoy, with the brilliant mogul.
Roe were seriously sick at Ajmir, but the emperor turned into so desirous of seeing him that he despatched a special messenger to inquire whether or not his circumstance would no longer permit him to return to courtroom. The emperor gave strict orders to his messenger and, as Roe says, “chardged him to peer mee, so that i used to be forced to admitt him into my Chamber, wher he noticed my weaknes and gave pleasure.
January 1- 4, 1616. – I began to recouer and sitt vice president. January five. – master Edwardes departed for Suratt. January 6 - 9. – I prepared to peer the king.
