text_original: 254 A HISTORY OF THE FOUR GEORGES. ch.xxxviii. These three little presidencies, plying their poor trade, and depending for defence upon their ill disciplined native soldiers, the Sepahis, whom we have come to call Sepoys, were all that had grown out of the nearly two centuries of relations with the leaf  shaped Indian land since first, in 1591, Captain Lancaster sailed the seas; since first the East India Company sprang into existence.
text_transcription: THESE THREE LITTLE PRESIDENCIES PLYING THEIR POOR TRADE AND DEPENDING FOR DEFENCE UPON THEIR ILL DISCIPLINED NATIVE SOLDIERS THE SAPPAHIES WHOM WE HAVE COME TO CALL SEPOYS WERE ALL THAT HAD GROWN OUT OF THE NEARLY TWO CENTURIES OF RELATIONS WITH THE LEAF SHAPED INDIAN LAND SINCE FIRST IN FIFTEEN NINETY ONE CAPTAIN LANCASTER SAILED THE SEAS SINCE FIRST THE EAST INDIA COMPANY SPRANG INTO EXISTENCE
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