Consequently, the Englishmen were punished by being heavily ironed, and kept at starvation point for the slackness with which they obeyed the tyrant's orders.

Sometimes they were set to sweep the streets, sometimes they were beaten till they well nigh expired under the lash.

Often would they have died of hunger, were it not that Tippoo's own troops took pity on them, and supplied them from their store.
"Some of the boys, drummer boys, or ship's boys, or little ship's officers, were kept in the Palace and trained as singers and dancers for Tippoo's amusement.

Very many of the white prisoners were handed over to Tippoo by Admiral Sufferin.

Though how a Christian could have brought himself to hand over Christians to this tiger, I cannot imagine.
"Others were captured in forays, and there were, till lately, many survivors of the force that surrendered in Hyder's time.