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A40439	The life of Dom John de Castro, the fourth vice-roy of India wherein are seen the Portuguese's voyages to the East-Indies, their discoveries and conquests there, the form of government, commerce, and discipline of warr in the east, and the topography of all India and China : containing also a particular relation of the most famous siege of Dio, with a map to illustrate it / by Jacinto Freire de Andrada, written in Portuguese ; and by Sr Peter Wyche, Kt., translated into English.; Vida de Dom João de Castro, quarto viso-rey da India. English	Freire de Andrade, Jacinto, 1597-1657.; Wyche, Peter, Sir, 1628-1699?	1663 (1663)	Wing F2155; ESTC R7129	235,174	319

by the greatest Preparations and most eminent Persons of both Kingdomes yet the complicated Strength of Nature and the Hollanders Fortifications whom their Experience had made the great Masters of that Art made it impregnable against all Attaques The taking in of this by the Portuguese alone when a King of their own made them act like and for themselves and the keeping of it against the Force and Fleet of Count Maurice of Nassau may at the end of a long Preface excuse the Recital of many more performances of the Portuguese after their Restauration Notorious for the Wisdome of the Contrivance and Gallantry of the Execution Peter Wyche WHITEHALL Aug. 12. 1663. Let this Translation be Printed Henry Bennet THE LIFE OF DOM IOHN DE CASTRO The First BOOK I Am Writing the Life of Dom Iohn de Castro a Man greater then his Name greater then his Victories whose Memory is yet fresh in the East descending from Father to Son a successive Book wherein the Fame of his Actions is preserv'd always Alive and we will add to the general Acclamations of his Glory this little shout since Records keep not so well in Tradition as Writing 1. Dom Iohn de Castro was a Renown'd Branch of an Illustrious Family But first we will tell his Vertues then his Stock the Nobility a man raiseth by his Actions being greater then that he acquires from his Ancestors He spent his first Years in that Learning and Vertue his Age was then capable of being so naturally inclin'd to Learning that he needed not be forc'd but only put in the way Dom Iohn not being the Heir of his House was intended for Study Learning being always the second Birth-right amongst the best Houses of this Kingdome Dom Iohn obey'd not having then Liberty to refuse or a School to take another Lesson in 2. He Learnt Mathematicks of Peter Nonnius the greatest Man Portugall knew of that Profession and came to be such a Master in the Science as if he had intended to profess it In this School he was Companion to the Infante Dom Lewis whose Familiarity he got into both by his Quality and Ingenuity but as Dom Iohn embrac'd Learning out of Obedience and Arms by Destiny he look'd upon the glory of the Schools as small finding himself intended for the Warrs both by his own Inclination and by his fore-fathers Example 3. The repute of Dom Edward Menezes Governour of Tangiers was at that time great whose Name the Africans heard with terrour and we with respect Dom Iohn look'd more upon his Victories then the Schemes and Circles of Euclid loving the Arts only as they waited on Courage 4. Being eighteen years Old finding himself more grown in Spirit then in Age making an escape he Embark'd for Tangiers where contrary to the Custom of such places he bore Arms nine years as if he intended to spend his Life in what was only a beginning on all occasions in that Warr he behaved himself with Courage equal to his Blood and above his Years deserving the joy of it from his Friends and envy from the Souldiery 5. Dom Edward de Menezes respected him as if he had then read in this History his Victories in Asia we are now Writing he would needs with his own hands give and receive the honour of Knighting him being proud so long before of this Son of his Discipline and considering that so great Bravery deserv'd to be encouraged by the favours of Princes desiring that Valour should have due Rewards equally favouring the King and Subject he writ to the King Dom Iohn the Third that Dom Iohn de Castro had so serv'd that now no Place or Reward could be too great for him that his Highness ought to conferr some honour on him because Kings make Souldiers by taking notice of them and it was just that in the sight of so great a Prince Vertue should not remain unrewarded 6. The King immediately sent for Dom Iohn by so honourable a Letter as if he had intended him no other recompence with that Dom Iohn came to the Court where he was as much Envy'd for his wounds as for the favour shown him The King made him Commendatory of Salvaterra awaking Deserts in others by the Value he had for them in him 7. Dom Iohn spent some time in Court without being drawn away to any youthfull Vice either by his Years or Example appearing truly a Man all along taking so well his Measures that neither his Maturity made him ill-humour'd nor his Civility facil He knew how to play the Philosopher amongst the Varieties of the Court shunning in that kind of Life what had any shew of Idleness not any thing that arguesd Discretion 8. He altered his course of Life by Marrying the Lady Leonore Coutinho his Cousin German once removed the Daughter of Leonel Coutinho a Gentleman of the Illustrious House of Marialva Nobility so known and so auntient that our knowledge of that and the Kingdome bear both the same Date He had no other Portion but the Qualities and Vertues of his Bride yet without the propps of an Estate did so maintain his Honour that he was by all treated with the respect of a Rich and the pitty of a Poor man 9. Then presented it self the Battail of Tunis an Action more famous for the Victory then Advantage in which Dom Iohn de Castro had no little share in the Honour of Danger We will give a larger relation of its success The King Dom Iohn having engaged in it his Forces the Infante Dom Lewis his Person That notorious Rover Barba-Rossa had infested all the Mediterranean with more Strength and Boldness then is ordinarily heard of in a Pirat finding Fortune so ready to assist his Daring that amidst the Triumphs of Charls only Barba-Rossa was the scandal of his Victories Seeing himself every day more advanc'd in Opinion and Forces he went to serve the Turk with whom the report of our injuries had given him credit and buying his favour with the most Valuable things he had got to be Admiral of the Seas coming often with great numbers of Gallies he very much infested the Ports of Naples and Sicily the Valour of the Natives or the Protection of the Empire to which they were Vassals not being able to defend them He made Slaves of i●finite numbers whereof divers truckt their Faith for their Liberty laid waste Provinces and burnt Ships getting a very great Name amongst the Infidels by the miseries of the Christians till forgetting his beginning his Prosperity made way for his ambition of Reigning and he usurp'd the Kingdome of Iunis by diverse Artifices which Story be●ongs not to our History Charls looking upon this Tyrant having so much force of his own that he was abetted by a far greater Power and that his Kingdoms lying so near it was not fit he should root himself at the Gates of his House that the Moors who

D. IOAO DE CASTRO THE FOVRTH VICEROY OF INDIA W. Faithorne sculp THE LIFE OF DOM JOHN DE CASTRO The Fourth Vice-Roy of INDIA Wherein are seen the Portuguese's Voyages to the East-Indies Their Discoveries and Conquests there The form of Government Commerce and Discipline of Warr in the East and the Topography of all India and China Containing also a particular relation of the most famous siege of DIO With a Map to Illustrate it BY IACINTO FREIRE DE ANDRADA Written in PORTUGUESE AND By Sr PETER WYCHE Kt. Translated into English 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hesio. London Printed for Henry Herringman and are to be sold at his Shop at the Sign of the Anchor on the Lower walk in the New Exchange 1664. TO THE QUEENS Most Excellent Majesty May it please your Majesty EVery Man's way of paying his Reverence and Devotion being particularly his own and as peculiar as any thing he derives from his Temper and the Splendor of Your Majesties Vertues and Perfections of which to name any first were to fail in Ceremony to the rest being as Glorious and Unquestionable as Light in the Sun who daily Prodigal of his Benign Aspects is yet above being the Theame and Subject of Praises I have thought it suitable to my Zeal and first Imployment had in Portugall to tell my Fellow-Subjects in plain English the Greatness and Glory of that Crown and Kingdome which are Contractedly drawn in the Life of one particular Portuguese since the Ministers Actions have their Spring in the King's Instructions and the Prince's Zeal makes the Subjects Apostles And now Madam the Praises of your Native Country will come with Advantage to the Eyes and Ears of the English since your Majesty so Endear'd before as to make them Hope in Despair and Joyn such is the Miracle of your Goodness in one Form of Common-Prayer for your Happy Recovery when so many thousands so Sacrifize to their own Opinions as to be willing with their Lives and Fortunes to pay for their Non-conformity will be now look't upon as the Queen of every particular Man's choice The Life of the great Portuguese Dom Iohn de Castro Dedicated in the Original to Prince Theodosius of Happy Memory Your Royal Brother hath Suggested the presumption of Begging for the Translation your Sacred and Auspitious Patronage which only in so Censorious an Age can protect in Print and in Safety Madam Your Majesties most Loyal Subject and most Dutifull Servant PETER WYCHE THE Authors Dedication To Prince THE ODOSIUS Of Happy Memory Who was Heir of Portugall and Eldest Brother to Our Most Excellent Queen KATHERINE Most Serene SIR THE Scipios have met with their match in their Actions not in their Fortune There were in Darius's for Dom John de Castro to Conquer in Europe not a Curtius or Livy to propagate his Fame The Bishop Dom Francisco de Castro perswaded me to write this History which the Press now publisheth though in a Style inferiour to the deserts of a Man who came to be Great amongst the Greatest whose Vertues blossom'd so soon that they seem'd rather Hereditary then Acquir'd He Liv'd not out the Years of his Government in which almost the same Numbers stood for Days and Victories though he was long Liv'd to his Country short to Nature Yet now his Memory is under your Highness's Protection 't is a question if he were Happier in his Life or Posterity being always a Conquerour then over his Enemies now over Time I might here take an occasion to publish your Highness's Vertues but an Epistle is too short as the Book would have been for such a Subject The general Cry of the World is to be the Book where all shall read them in a more impartial Character since our Hopes are that your Highness uniting to the Pleasantness of Study the Glory of Arms will for Fame and Courage be the first on the File amongst our Portuguese Princes God preserve the most Serene Person of your Highness Lisbone 15 th of March 1651. Jacinto Freire de Andrada THE PREFACE 1. POrtugall given by Alphonsus the sixth King of Castile after a signal Victory obtained against the Mahometans Anno 1089. in Dowry with his Daughter Therasia to Count Henry Grand-child to Robert Duke of Burgundy in Recompence of his extraordinary though but personal assistance in the Battail and to have there so considerable a Strength where the incursions of the Moors were most frequent and terrible hath been maintain'd enlarg'd at home and abroad and recovered by Courage and Policy not below those Deserts which got so unusual a Match and Portion for a Stranger 2. Count Henry took Viseu and Lamego from the Moors yet left Portugall with Neighbouring Frontiers for Southward it was bounded with the River Mondego infested with the Invasions of the Infidels Northward with the River Minho towards the Rising Sun it had the Province Beira and towards the Setting on the Sea-side the City Porto which being the only Port unpossess't by the Moors and chiefly frequented by the French seems more reasonably then some other Etymologies to give the name to the Kingdome of Portugall 3. Alphonsus Henriques Son to Count Henry as the fatal greatness of Rome made its first King Romulus a Souldier was not second to any in Story in Courage and Action He defeated Albucaran King of Badajos and took the City raised the Siege of Coimbra besieged by King Eujunius with three hundred thousand men In the year 1139. at the Battail of Orique where impartial and concurrent Histories count an hundred Moors for every Christian he overcame Ismarus and four more Mahometan Kings on which he was as some affirm after the Fight saluted King by his own Souldiers from that Action also the Virgil of Portugall Luis de Camoens in the 53. and 54. Stanzas of his third Canto derives the bearing of the Arms of the Kingdome which are five small shields Azure in a great shield Argent left plain by his Father 53. Aqui pinta no branco escudo ufano Que agora esta vitoria certifica Cinco escudos azues esclarecidos Em sinal destes cinco Reys vencidos 54. En estes cinco escudos pinta os trinta Dinheyros porque Deos fora vendido Escrevendo a memoria em varia tinta Da quelle de quem foy favorecido Em cado hum dos cinco cinco pinta Por que assi fica o numero comprido Contando duas vezes o do meyo Dos cinco azues que em Cruz pintando veyo Which the Right Honourable Sir Richard Fanshaw late Embassadour to Portugal in his Excellent Translation of that Heroique Poem thus renders 53. In his broad Shield which he till then wore plain A badge eternal of this glorious day Five small shields Azure he doth now include In sign of these five Kings by him subdude 54. In these five Shields he paints the Recompence For which our Lord was sold in various Ink Writing his History who did dispence Such favour to him more

a Light appear'd from Heaven discovering the ways of Life arm'd against the innocent Christians a Pagan thereabouts call'd Tolon who had usurp't the Island of Moro. He with infernal Zeal began to persecute the new Converts forcing them by new Torments to turn Renegados from that Faith they had profest for which many chose to shed their Blood in a happy Martyrdome others of weaker Faith yielded to the Torments The Tyrants boldness encreasing to the Affronting of our Arms oblig'd 'em out of obedience to the Faith and for the service of the State to Chastise that Idolater The persecuted and fearfull came with complaints to the Portuguese in Ternate who resolving to bring down the Infidel with more zeal then strength went to find him out at his own Home Their motion could not be so secret but the Tyrant had notice of it who by fortifying the entrance of the Island with Trenches and strong Barricados provided for his Defence and in case our men should get those he had strew'd Splinters and long poyson'd Crows-feet in all the Avenues which led to the City o're which whilst ours in the heat of Anger and Victory past they must necessarily lose themselves It hapned that after winning the first Stacade which the Infidels probably quitted without any hot dispute in confidence of their second Stratagem whilst ours baited with the flight of the Enemy were incautelously passing on there fell on a suddain a thing miraculous such a quantity of Ashes from the Sky as made ours stop till after the Air was clear'd they pursu'd their Victory over the Crows-feet where the Ashes had made the way hard and sure so the astonish't Infidels afterwards related it making use of the Miracle for an argument of the truth of that Doctrine they persecuted 72. Thus did Asia yield to the Faith and the State in the time of Dom Iohn de Castro who had in one hand the Gospel in the other a Sword and fill'd the East with the discourse of so great an Action as was the Voluntary undergoing a Warr for the defence of Meale a persecuted Moor whose Subjects had refus'd him their Obedience and the Princes his Allies their Protection 73. Asia gave him but little time of rest in the Triumphs of his Victories Cambaya beginning immediately to rouse him with the Alarums of a new Warr the noise of it was already in the States intelligence but being the most notable piece of our History we will relate it in a Book apart THE LIFE OF DOM IOHN DE CASTRO The Second Book THE Portuguese were more fear'd then lov'd by the Princes of Asia on the Death of Sultan Badur King of Cambaya whose private Faults and publick Punishments got him by the Prerogative of the Blood-Royal the peoples affection either out of the natural Commiseration to Sufferers or reverence of Majesty and hatred of our Government not less abhorr'd as Forein then Powerfull 2. Mahumud King of Cambaya Heir to the Crown and wrongs of Badur who Dy'd in the Government of the great Nunho de Cunha equally fir'd with glory and revenge did as our Chronicles relate design to take Dio from the Portuguese and by the Confederacy of other Princes to drive 'em out of India an undertaking as some of his own were of opinion not very difficult their Arguments were that the State was a monstrous Body whose Head being in the West fed the Members so infinitely distant from it by the interposition of so much Sea and Land that Cambaya's strength was so great that as well by its Ruine as Victories it could crush the State already weakned with so many accidents The great Ones and Nobility of the Kingdome were divided in their Opinions some arguing from the first Siege their VVounds at it and Memory of it being yet fresh thought the Portugueses Arms fatal to Cambaya and though they took to heart the Death of Badur yet by others patience in taking Affronts did they excuse their own they tax'd those who were the first Authors of making peace with the State and those who now would have it broken the last because they kept not their Faith the first because they were not sensible enough of injuries Others as when things are uncertain it frequently falls out discours'd to the contrary and found as many arguments for Warr as Victory 3. Amongst all the rest the most Powerfull and Obnoxious man of Cambaya and who had got the best share in the King's favour with a great deal of Caution spurr'd on the Warr believing the Heart-burnings which were against his Fortune and the Envy of the great Ones would being the fruits of Peace cease in the common danger and by his Command and Power in the Warr he should preferr others who being his own Creatures would be true to him I 'l give a short relation of the man because his name will often occurr in his History 4. Coge-Sofar was by Nation an Albanese and the Child of Catholick Parents though the Fruit degenerated from the Stock He had serv'd some time in the Warrs of Italy more taken notice of for a brave then a Souldier in all Mutinies and Tumults pick't out as the worst for some years he led this loose Life without either reward or punishment untill like a restless man who had rather seek then expect his Fortune he chang'd his Profession of a Souldier becoming a Merchant for being Cunning and Covertous this was the nearest and surest way to what he aim'd He begun in a little time knowing the opportunity and seasons of Commerce to grow great by his business being at once Liberal and Covetous for his own ends cunningly making use of both Vice and Vertue His Stock and Credit was at last so considerable as Trading up and down the Streights with three small Vessels of his own of different Lading he was met with by Rox Solyman Admiral for the Soldan of Cairo who Boarded him made him yield and took what he had The Prize was greater then the Victory and Solyman for the credit of his own reputation treated him Honourably presenting him to the Soldan as a Prisoner of Quality valuing more his Person then his Booty Coge-Sofar began to be as content with his misfortune as if it had been of his own seeking He was experienc't Souldier enough by his Service in the Armies in Italy and Flanders He spoke of the Forces of the Christians with malice and undervaluing as if intending to teach the Soldan to know his own strength The Soldan was by these Arti●ices brought to look on the Slave as capable of great things and begun first out of curiosity to listen to him afterwards out of affection Coge-Sofar with so sly a flattery commended what ere he did well or ill as it past but for freedome because making a shew to be only zealous not acceptable he kept to himself the Soldan's favour and avoided all publick honours more out of cautiousness then modesty He came

good Discipline he began to open others which too being known were prevented of which we speak nothing because they had no memorable effect and to avoid the tediousness things so alike have in their Relation THE LIFE OF DOM IOHN DE CASTRO The Third BOOK 1. DOM Iohn de Castro on the seventeenth of October of the Year one thousand five hundred forty and six delivering up the Government of the City to the Bishop Dom Iohn de Albuquerque and Dom Diogo de Almeyda Freire set Sail directly for Bacaim where he design'd to expect other Recruits and Provisions which were not yet arriv'd making it a point of honour that the Governour of India should not be one day Besieg'd in Dio but with Caesar's Fortune Come See and Overcome 71. Eys vem despois o pay que as ondas corta Co restante da gente Lusitana E con forca e saber que mais importa Batalha da felice soberana Huns paredes subirodo escusaon portas Outros a abrem na fera esquadra insana Feytos faraon tan dignos de memoria Que naon caibaon em verso ou larga Historia 72. Este depois en Campo se apresenta Vencedor forte e intrepido ao possante Rey da Cambaya e a vista che amedrente Da fera multidaon quadrupedante Cam. St. 71 72. Can. 10. 71. Lo now the Father follows with full Sail And the remainder of the Lusian force He with strong hand and head of more avail Gives a brave lucky Battail to the Moors Where no way is he makes one with his Flail And where there is the Rampiers are his doors Such that days fe●ts so terrible the blows They will not stand in Verse nor lye in Prose 72. Then lo he to ●he great Camlayan King Presents himself a Victo● in the Field Pale fear into the face of him doth fling And of his furious Horse which ground shall yield Sir Richard Fan. Transtlation 2. The Fleet consisted of twelve Gallions of which the Admiral was the Saint Denis on which went the Governour the rest were Commanded by Garcia de Sa Iorge Cabral Dom Manoel de Silveyra Manoel de Sousa de Seputueda Iorge de Sousa Iohn Falcaon Dom Iohn Manoel Alabastro Lewis Alvarez de Sousa The Vessels with Oars were sixty of which the chief Commanders were Dom Manoel de Lima Dom Antonio de Noronha Miguel da Cunha Dom Diogo de Sottomajor the Secretary Antonio Corneiro Alvaro Perez de Andrade Dom Manoel Dèca Iorge da Sylva Luis Figuera Ieronymo de Sousa Nun● Fernandez Pegado Ramatho Lourenco Riberio Antonio Leme Alvaro Serraon Cosme Fernandez Manoel Lobo Francisco de Azevedo Pero de Attayde Inferno Francisco da Cunha Antonio de Sa Native of Romania Vasco Fernandez Captain of Goa and Commander of fifteen Fly-boats Barks and other Vessels on which went the Canarins brought up in Goa and in company other Ships of Cananor and Cochim 3. The Governour in six days come to an Anchor at Bacaim where Dom Ieronymo de Menezes his Brother-in-law and Commander of that Fortress came to him on Board comforting one the other in the loss of a Brother and a Son The Governour unwilling his Arms should want employment sent forth with six light Ships Dom Manoel de Lima to take in the Bay of Cambaya some of those Vessels which Recruit and Victual the Enemies Camp He there ply'd for some days to and again in which he took sixty Vessels of Provision from the Moors whose Bodies he ordered to be mangled and towing em put 'em to Float in the mouth of the Rivers for the Current to carry 'em to the Island where they might be seen with horrour and amasement of the incenst Portuguese inventing every day new Cruelties Dom Manoel when his Commission was expir'd came in with threescore Moors hanging at the Yards-arms a sight which sacrifis'd more to Vengeance then Humanity The Governour rejoycing at those Preludiums of the Warr he had undertaken sent Dom Manoel de Lima out again with thirty Ships and Orders to put to Fire and Sword all the Coast of Cambaya that the memory of their Punishment might be Recorded in their Ruins 4. Lourenco Pirez de Tavora Commander of the Ships which came from the Kingdome as hath been said before put in with most of the Ships of his Squadron at Cochim there hearing the news of the Siege he immediately parted for Goa believing he should find the Governour on Shore and upon knowledge of his being parted with the whole Fleet set Sail directly for Dio preferring the King's Service to the advantages of his Voyage His example was follow'd by most of the Gentlemen who came that year from the Kingdome the ruins of our Fortress being the first place they Landed at in India Amongst whom was Dom Antonio de Noronha Son of the Vice-King Dom Garcia with threescore Souldiers at his own charges these were the Riches the Gentlemen of those times came for to the East wounds being then more prisable Commodities then now Diamonds The Governour by those Ships receiv'd Letters from the Infante Dom Lewis whose Copies we will put down to shew the King 's and Infant 's attention to the least actions of Ministers forming a true judgment of 'em by Rewards or Punishments to be even with 'em and the simplicity of the stile so free from the humour and height of other times whose Memory to the Lovers of that Age will not be tedious The Infante Dom Lewis's Letter 5. HOnourable Governour By your Letters to my Lord the King and my self I have seen an account of your Voyage from your parting from Mocambique till your arrival in India and what you did there till the departure of the Ships the condition you found the Country in the quality of the Persons the Licentiousness of Trade the weakness of the Fleet how you behav'd your self to Hidalcaon in the business of Meale how in the affairs at Ormus and how to those Gentlemen who were permitted by Martin Affonso to carry thither Commodities and what more you said in those Letters and because my Lord the King answers all those things particularly I will not do the same but in short Yet cannot I forbear telling you how I was here on Shore frighted at the danger you scap't about the Island Comaro 't was seriously a great and wonderfull fortune and which I take as a good Omen it seeming to me God in that would shew you he was to preserve you in the difficulties of India for which no less a miracle is necessary then that shew'd you in your scaping so eminent a danger for which I have given hearty thanks and am glad to hear Dom Ieronimo de Noronha bore you Company in it since God hath likewise preserv'd him and 't is for a man of his honour to share in the extremities and troubles of his General As to the other things you write me My Lord the King's answer being

the sight of Iuzarcaon and other Commanders pinion'd who represented the Tragedy of their Fortune for them compassionate to us pleasant there were seen six hundred Prisoners dragging their Chains after them after them the Field-pieces with different and numerous Arms. The Ladies from their Windows sprinkled the Triumpher with distill'd waters of diverse Spices The Officers through whose hands past the Gold and other rich Commodities came and made him voluntary offerings the equal disposition of their affections being more Valuable then the Triumph The beautify'd and open Churches shew'd their acceptance and thanks In this order he went to Visit the Cathedral the Mother-Church of the East where the Bishop and Clergy receiv'd him with the Hymn Te Deum Laudamus being entred into the See with Religious offerings he acknowledg'd the Author of Victories and it being now late with little Ceremony retir'd to the Palace one days time being too narrow for the Majesty of the Triumph THE LIFE OF DOM IOHN DE CASTRO The Fourth BOOK THere were but few Kingdoms in the East which in the Government of Dom Iohn de Castro did not Alarme that State by diverse Rumours of Warr by either Arms against us or against one the other inviting our Forces to make Peace or forward the Victory the East also saw him often girt his Sword for the cause of Religion 1. King Iohn had sent to the Island of Zeilan some Franciscan Friars exemplary in their Lives and Doctrine that by Martyrdome and Preaching they might bear witness of the truth of the Gospel that being our Prince's greatest concernment whose Banners Asia saw oftner display'd in reverence to Religion then ambition of Empire These Friars on their Landing in the Island were by the King of Cotta civilly entertain'd the Sun of Righteousness beginning once more to rise in the East That Paganism began to Listen to the Voice of Heaven and that Barren ground to answer the pains by its Improvement by the coming in of infinite Sheep to the Sheep-fold of the Church 2. Those Embassadours of the Gospel went forward to give News of the Light to the King of Candea in the heart of the Island whom they found Courteous in the entertainment of their Persons flexible to the obedience of their Doctrine He was instructed in the mysteries of our Belief that with a stronger Faith he might wash in the waters of Baptism He gave the Friars ground Materials and Money for the Building a Church that being the first Fortress the Conquest of the Gospel rais'd in the Island against the delusions of Idolatry for of the Preaching of the Apostle Saint Thomas if it reach't so farr neither had their Understandings any light nor their Country memory 3. That Prince shew'd himself obedient to the precepts of our Religion but not constant for the fear of his Subjects revolting on his change of Doctrine made him not to lose what he Esteem'd forsake what he was Convicted of for as a Plant not yet Rooted the force of human perswasion enclin'd him either way The Religious men endeavour'd to take those Rubbs out of the way of Life by assuring him that under the protection of our Religion and Arms he might secure both Crowns for the State was at that time Govern'd by Dom Iohn de Castro who for the propagation of the Faith us'd to venture his Blood for his Friends the State 4. The King listned to the proposition saying if the Governour would send him Relief he would not only himself profess the Faith but preach it to his Subjects One of the Friars carry'd this resolution to Goa the Governour certify'd of the cause of his coming desir'd the Conversion of that Prince as his greatest business in the East not less zealous in giving Children to the Church then Victories to the State He immediately dispatch't Antonio Moniz Barretto with seven Fly-boats and Orders that if he found any of our Ships at Sea to carry 'em with him writ honourable Letters to the Prince which he accompany'd with several Presents but leaving Antonio Moniz at Sea we will to observe the order of time in the Relation of successes speak of the taking of Baroche 5. The Governour had dispatch't from Dio Dom Iorge de Menezes to commit all imaginable Hostilities in the Bay of Cambaya to show the Sultan the edge of our Arms was not Blunted by their former Execution Dom Iorge took some Vessels of Provision going to furnish the Enemies Ports that those the Sword had spar'd might be made an end of by Famine He came one Evening in sight of the City Baroche whose stately Buildings presented him with the Politeness of Europe 'T was situated on an Eminency surrounded with Brick-walls which were more for shew then defence yet were there diverse Bull-works to be seen made not without some in-sight in Fortification furnish't withstore of Ordnance which commanded the entrance into the Haven The height of the situation discovered the Gates to be of square Stone polish't and the correspondency of Turrets and Windows argued the wealth and policy of the Inhabitants The Trade of the place was in very fine Silks a Commodity exported thence to many Ports of the East Madre Maluco was Lord of the City and had Tributary the Neighbouring Villages which by their fertility and bigness made him up a moderate Seignory 6. Our men had by chance taken a little Boat of Fisher-men Natives of the place who upon enquiry told what we have related of the City and upon Iorge's desire to know what Garrison was in the place had said that Madre Maluco had carry'd all the Souldiery to Amadabat the Sultan's Court and at present were remaining only some Artisans and other Trades-men Dom Iorge thinking the occasion opportune for assaulting the City though his strength was not proportionable to such a design yet events depending on accidents resolv'd to run his Fortune and to amuse the Inhabitants in security steer'd an other course Sailing by a different Rumbe taking along with him the Fishermen to be his Pilots in the entrance At night the whole Fleet tacking about stood up with the Port and getting all on Shore the Enemies confidence or negligence being unprovided of any Defence or Sentinel fell upon the Unarm'd and weak Multitude when the Night Confusion and Sleep run 'em upon the danger they avoided miserably wandering they shun'd their own as Enemies flying from those who fled themselves The skreeks of the Children stirr'd not up in their Parents any Compassion less Vengeance for the suddain fear gave 'em over to the basest affections of Nature the Crys and Laments of the Women discovered them their Ah me being their greatest danger those who by flying into Houses scap't the Sword were in them consum'd by the Fire the poor people having no remedy against but choice of their Death the Invasion and Sack was at the same time the Slaughter as in a Fight