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The Method and Arts which the States have used in India to In∣large their Dominions, and to exclude others from Trade or Commerce there.
1. THey are in a perpetual state of Hostility, ever Warring upon some Prince or other; and thereby gain either Tribute or Dominion.
2. When they have to do with any King or Prince, they order their Affairs so, that he must perform first; and when he hath done, they are States, and so are free.
3. They encourage the Natives upon every small occa∣sion of discontent, to Arm against their Prince, premi∣sing them their assistance, which they exactly perform. When they have Conquered the King, and taken his Ca∣stles and Ports, (which they first secure, making them∣selves Masters of the Seas and great Rivers) then they subdue the Natives: and so Vest in themselves Sove∣reign Dominion, and make both King and Natives their Vassals.
4. If the Natives take up Arms against their Prince, (as many times they do) then they encourage him against his Rebellious Subjects, and give him their assistance: When the Natives are subdued, then they conquer the King himself, or else demand so much for their assistance, that he is not able to pay; and so he must submit himself and his Dominions to their boundless ambition.