Pepper in her Countrey, If Our unfaithful people there get all for
themselves and none for Us, as you Charge Mr. Midford with doing, We
dont want an Extent of Lands, if We could but (obtain) pepper cheap
and sufficient, And what benefit will it be to Us, to have the liberty
of building Factorys, which in Event is only a Liberty to lavish away
Our Money, and turning Quick Stock into dead, unless you could be
morally certain it would be worth while to get a small residence in
the King of Chengenattys Countrey, where it is said the Dutch make
great Investments of Peice Goods cheaper and better, than they used to
do at Negapatam, and therefore have deserted it, We consider further,
if such Goods as are proper for Our Europe Market were procurable, how
comes it We have had none hitherto, It is true We have had Cloth from
Anjengo good of the Sorts, but Invoiced so dear that We forbad sending
more unless to be purchased at the prices We limited, since then We
have heard no more about it, But we are told it is Traded in to Bombay
to some profit, What profit will the putting the Christians between
Edova and Brinjohn under Our Jurisdiction yeild to Us, and what
Security can you have that the King of Chenganattys Guarranteeship
will answer and give full satisfaction, These are what appear to Us
worthy your serious and deliberate consideration to be well thought of
before you come to a determination What Orders to give, We find by
your Consultations in January 1722/23 You had sent down Treasure to
Anjengo, to enable the Chief to levy Souldiers to revenge the Murder
of the English, since you could not spare Forces which as there
exprest is absolutely necessary, for else the Natives will have but
contemptible thoughts of the English, who will then loose their Esteem,
had We ever found a benefit by their Esteem, something might be said
for it, But in the present Case We fear We shall buy Our Esteem at too
dear a Rate, We should be extreamly glad to be mistaken and to find in
effect what your 120th Paragraph says in words, that you hope to make