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England, 53; magnificent success of his voyage, 54
- Langhorne, Sir William, appointed to investigate Winter's coup d'etat in Madras, 281
- Larica, English factory at, 211
- Leedes, W., 30
- Leicester, Earl of, organizes an expedition to the East, 19
- Leamr, or Imperial Camp, splendours of the, 149
- Leytimor, 214
- Lion, The, 252
- Literature on the East India Company's ships, 70
- London, The, 247
- Lanthor, 187, 190
- Lord Treasurer appealed to for redress against the Dutch, 182
- Lottery, a fateful, 228
- Luhu, Jourdain applies for a site for a factory at, 183; site for a factory offered at, 187; English factory at, 211
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- Macbeth, allusion to Fitch's travels in, 32
- Maoeasar, factory established at by Jourdain, 185
- Madagascar, Lancaster's visits, 43
- Madras (Fort St. George) founded, 263, 274; Thomas Pitt apointed President of, 286; English withdrawn to from Bengal, 303
- Magellan, Straits of, Cavendish proceeds through the, 22
- Makarrab Khan, history of, 75; intrigues against Hawkins, 89; falls from power, 119; besieges Dumaun, 123; seeks aid of Downton's fleet, 124; aids Sir Thomas Roe, 139
- Malacca. fight between Dutch and Portuguese off, 180
- Malacca, Straits of, Lancaster visits the, 26, 43
- Malaya, first British buried in, 27
- Manda, Jahangir establishes his Court at, 152
- Mare Scourge, The, 40
- Markham's, Sir Clement, opinion of John Davis. 38
- Marlborough, James Ley, Earl of, commands expedition for the occupation of Bombay, 266
- Mastifs presented to Jahangir, 157
- Merchant Royal The, 24
- Merchant's Hope, The, 124, 125
- Messa, or Grand Cairo, letters for- warded by way of, from Mocha, 111
- Michelborne, Sir Edward, a rival of Lancaster, 38; conducts an expedition to the East, 56; falls in with Japanese pirates, 59; desperate fight, 61; returns home, 64
- Michick, Cevice, Japanese victim at Amboina, 215
- Middleton, David, 67; successful expedition of to the Moluccas, 08, 113, 182
- Middleton, John, dies at Bantam, 52
- Middleton, Sir Henry, early life of, 66; conducts an expedition to the Moluccas, 67; arrives at Surat, 89; arrives with his fleet at Aden, 98; arrives at Mocha,100; taken prisoner, 102; quarrels with Downton, 106; escapes from captivity, 107; seizes an Indian ship at Mocha, 109; concludes peace with Shah-bundor of Mocha, 110; proceeds to India, 111; blockades Aden, 112; proceeds to Bantam, 113; dies at Bantam, 114; character of, 114; effect of the influence of, with the Indian traders, 177; visit of, to the Moluccas, 181
- Mir Jumlah, threatens the English, 277
- Mocha. Captain Alexander Sharpeigh visits, 07; Jourdain proceeds overland to, 97; Middleton's fleet arrives at, 99; Eng-
