… be besieg’d by the aforesaid King of Dahomey’s Army. The People of Ardah, for some Time, made a stout Resistance, till … Cloaths and Necessaries, which I desir’d he would let his People bring for me, and he agreed to it; so that I dont find … you must talk with his Servants thereon, and send me a Mark, [2] for while I am here, I am willing to do the Company …