Note 2 — Chapter IX · The Weighing of the Emperor.

Pieter van der Broeche was the President of the Dutch factory at Surat. He had an intimate knowledge of the commerce and exchanges of the East, and of Akbar’s revenue system; and was also a man of great learning. He supplied much valuable information to De Laet, which appears in the work entitled, “De Imperio Magni Mongolis, sive India vera. Joannes de Laet. Lugduni Batavorum. 1631.” Indian events are brought down to 1628 in this work.