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Title: An empire story; stories of India and the greater colonies told to children
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth), 1867-1941
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Publisher: New York, F.A. Stokes Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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t Mogul continued to be veryfriendly. Sir Thomas could get little out of him but 2a 370 OUR EMPIRE STORY empty promises. Neither he, nor his sons, nor hiscounsellors were willing to bind themselves to anytreaty. For nearly three years Sir Thomas remained in India.He followed the court about from place to place, seeingmany wonderful and some dreadful sights. At last,finding that he could do but Httle good, he begged to beallowed to go home. This he soon did, carrying withhim a letter from the Great Mogul to King Jamesfull of flowery language, but little more. It almost seemed as if Sir Thomas had failed inwhat he had been sent to do. But this was not so.He failed indeed to get any real treaty signed, but whenhe left India the position of the British there was farbetter than it had been. They were allowed to trademuch more freely, and Sir Thomas had shown thatBritons must be treated with dignity and that they werenot to be trampled upon. Above all, danger fromPortuguese rivals was over.
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■ SIR THOMAS STOOD BEFORE THE MOGUL. CHAPTER VI THE HATRED OF THE DUTCH Year by year the jealousy of the Dutch grew, until in1622 it burst out in bitter hatred. At Amboina in the Molucca Islands the Dutch hadbuilt a large factory and a strong fort where they had twohundred soldiers. The British too, had a factory there. But it was onlyan ordinary house without fortifications or defences of anykind. They had no soldiers, and they numbered onlyeighteen traders. Suddenly one day the Dutch seized all the British,loaded them with fetters, and threw them into dark andhorrible dungeons. They did this pretending to havediscovered a plot to take the fort. Next day the prisoners were brought out of theirdungeons one by one, and were told to confess their sharein the plot. But there had been no plot, so the English-men could confess nothing. Then in the horrible mannerof the time, the Dutch tortured them to make themconfess. With the rack, with fire and with water, thepoor wretches were tortur

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