you doe make so little accompt off I doe not take it in vs for so great a victorie in ouercomming these Christians but rather in them in defending themselues from vs as they haue done Wher in it hath well appeared that their God did fight for them And will you sée how it is so You maye well consider that our men are many and that they haue bene valyant in the warres past it hath well appeared in many and great battailes wherein I haue ouercome mine enimies as you do all well know But since they haue fought with these Christians they séeme to be not as they were nor durst giue the onset vpon them for the feare they haue conceiued And certainly as farre as I can learne and also all those that are of a good iudgement we ought to beléeue that those workes are rather of God then of man For who is he that would not be afeard of them wel perceiuing that all others are I meane not onely the King of Cochings subiects which came to succour vs who haue repented themselues thereof but also manye other of our friends which in the beginning of these wars did also aide vs. And farther I am enformed by some that they haue now offered their friendship vnto the King of Coching Which thing if it be true it is for that they haue lost the hope they had of any victory on our part as well for that which is past as also reputing how lyttle time there is now lefte of the Summer and also for that in the Winter they cannot remayne anye time to continue in the Fieldes because of the great stormes and raine which would then be And in the ende of the winter then will there come the Fléete from Portingale which will doe vs as much harme as the fléete did the last yere and so I shall neuer bée out of vnfortunate mischiefes but thus in the end I shall be vtterly destroyed All this shall be that I shall gette with the losse of the friendship of the Christians And it is possible that for theyr causes the Pagodes will not aide nor helpe me as they haue done before time For although you tell me that they doe permit sometime their friendes to suffer persecution for their profit do you not thinke the same also to happen for their offences as it is well knowne this doth for mine What then shall néede any further exhortations to cause me to doe as you would haue me and to suffer persecution for my wealth since I doe vnderstand what the same meaneth and for the preseruing of mine estate it is requisite and needfull to haue friendshippe with the Christians if so be that you be also of the same minde for that we are all equall in the losse and also in the gaines For this talke of the kings they were all sorrie that had giuen him counsell to go forward in these wars since that they perceiued that his intent was to leaue the same and haue friendship with the Captaine Generall These therefore would forthwith haue aunswered but the Prince Nabeadarin didde preuent them who was sorrie for these warres commensed and spake thus looking vppon them all SInce the king doth aske vs counsell what is best to be done in this matter which standeth him so much vppon I as one that most of all am gréeued with this losse and most desirous of his profite will therefore bée the first that shall shewe heerein my minde and what I doe thinke thereof In that which you saye that oftentimes the Pagodes in the time of the persecutions that we do receiue will commaund vs to doe that which they will haue vs so we ought to vnderstande them although therefore in these warres it appeareth that it goeth very euill with vs and in this they doe shew how much they are our frends truely I doe beleue the same the rather for that we ought not to beleue them that would haue a matter done without reason as it were to geue vs the victorie against those Christians and power to destroy the king of Coching vnto whom we haue done very much hurt killynge the laste yeare his Princes and almost all his men setting of Coching a fire and destroying his countrey from whence we hunted him away with his great discredite dispossed him of his kingdome subiects so that al they for the feare they had of vs did leaue him yea his own frendes forsooke him went against him all for our sake And aboue all these euils the which he did not deserue for y t he was not in any fault we would yet procéed further vtterly to destroy him What hath he done Did hee procure to take anye mans countrey from him No. In friendship did he vse himselfe traiterously Neither Did he commaunde the Marchantes that they should not come to Calicut Neither Did he thē some worse thing since he did nothing of these Nothing at all What then forsooth for y t he did receiue into his countrey the Christians which being driuen out of Calicut went to séeke him out as he was desirous to encrease and enpeople his Citie and to augment hys estate and riches Shall we therefore destroy him being our friend as an enemie With this right doe the Pagodes helpe vs to take the honor riches and credite from the right owner It cannot be so for that they be righteous and iust and therfore they will not help vs agaynst those Christians which were slayne robbed and thrust out of Calicut and were there receiued vnder safeconduct from the king comminge to his porte before any others and not geuing cause wherfore they should receiue so many iniuries If wee doe it for that they laide hande vpon a Shippe of the Moores there is no reason why for that the Kinge commaunded them to stay the same And if he had ben aduised by al men as he was by me the Moores should haue paid for that they ha done that very well for if they had ben punished it wold wel haue appered y t the king had ben in no fault of y t which they had done And this had bene sufficient to haue confirmed the friendship of the Christians with him this also would haue bene a cause sufficient to haue kept them in Calicut from going to Coching to haue there setteled a trade whom the King through euill councell hath trauayled so much to take them as though they were théeues that had robbed him of his owne they being so good so gentle so valyant as we sée and besides so gratefull of the benefite they doe receiue For the receiuing of them as y e King of Mylinde did they gaue ouer two ships laden with gold the which they had taken from a Cousin of his If these men were Théeues as the Moores doe say they are those were prices not to be left You know how rich a Present they brought to the King and what ritch merchandise
thence to Mombassa are seauentie seauen leagues they made way to goe thether and being then towards Euening they sawe a great Ilande scituated towards the North in which the Moores Pilots sayde there were two Townes one of Christians and the other of Moores as aforesayd Thus they sayd and inuented to the intent to bring our men in opinion and make them beléeue that there were in that Land and those Coasts many Christians In this sort our ships going vnder saile certayne dayes the ship called Saint Raphael by fortune one morning two houres before daye light came on ground vppon certaine shoells two leagues from the firme lande and as she strake on ground they within made signes to the other ships to take héede and beware wherevpon they shot by the shoells and came to an Ankor launching out their boats to giue succour to Paulo de la Gama Captaine in the Raphael and perceiuing when they came to the same that the water did ebbe the Generall was meruailous glad thereof for then he well knew that at the next floud the ship would be afloate againe so that now he lost the feare and iealousie he had conceiued vpon the doubt he had that she was lost Thus recomforted with the certaintie they saw of y â— safetie of the ship they foorthwith layed into the sea many ankers By this time it was daye lyght and after that it was a lowe water she then remained drye vpon the shore being a Sandie ground which was the cause she tooke no harme by striking vpon the same Our men placed their Ankers which were layd foorth right ouer against themselues and walked vpon the Sandes whilest the Ebbe endured So staieng for the floud and beholding and viewing that Ilande so farre as they coulde sée they gaue for name to those Sandes the Shoells of Saint Raphael in respect of the name the shippe there so hazarded did beare And to certayne great Ilandes and Hilles which were within the firme Land directly ouer against those shoells or sands they gaue the name of The Hills and Ilandes of Saint Raphael vpon the same consideration The shippe thus being drye our men sawe two boates and Moores of that Country in the same comming towards them to sée our shippes bringing manie swéete Orenges farre better then those of Portingale and gaue the same to our men saieng also to the Generall that in no wise hée should feare anye damage that coulde ensue to the shippe on grounde for that when it were full Sea she woulde then be on floate agayne so as at will and pleasure the same might passe on the intended voyage thereof with which speaches the Generall was very glad not onelye for the good comfort they gaue him but also in that they came in so good season and time opportune and therefore he gaue them certayne giftes which they accepted with manye thankes and certayne of them vnderstanding that our Fléete intended their Course to Mombassa they desired the Generall to carry them with him thether who graunted their requests permitted them to abide and remayne with him the others retourning from our Fléete to their Countrey And when it was a full Sea the shippe before on ground was afloat and so came off from the Sandes wherevpon the Captaine general returned and procéeded on his way with all his Fléete ¶ The description of the Iland and Citie of Mombassa and how the Captaine generall arriued there and what was the sequell that hapned him after he came thether Chap. 9. THe Generall following this voyage did vpon the Saterday béeing the seauenth day of Aprill about the going downe of the Sunne the same daye come to an Ankor without the Barre of the Iland of Mombassa which is harde by the firme lande and is verye plentie of victualls that is to saye Millyo Rice and Cattell as well great as lyttle but all well growne and fat chiefly their shéepe which be all without fayles Also they haue manye Hennes Moreouer the Ilande is verye pleasaunt hauing many Orchards wherein are planted and are growing great store of hearbes many sorts of fruites that is to saye Pomegranets Figges of the Indias Oreâ—ges both swéete and sower Lymons and Cidrons and in the same are manye excellent good waters In this Ilande there is a Citie bearing the selfe same name of the Ilande being in foure degrées on the South side it is a verye great Citie placed and scituated vppon an Hill which also is a Rocke wherevpon the Sea doth beate so that it cannot bée vndermined At the entering into the Protes or Heauen there is a Marke and at the enteraunce vppon the Barre there is planted or builded a lyttle Fort lowe and néere to the water The most parte of the houses in this Citie are builded with lyme and stone with the loftes thereof wrought with fine knottes of Plaister of Paris the stréetes therein are verye fayre They haue a King of themselues and the dwellers or inhabitaunts of the same are Moores whereof some bée white and some browne of coulour both men and women it appeareth they are good men on horsebacke They goe gallantly arayed especially the women which go apparelled in gownes of silke and be decked and garnished with Iewells of golde and precious stones In this Citie is great trade of all kindes of Marchandize There is also a good Harbour where alwayes are manye shippes lieng at Road and from the firme land commeth thether great plentie of Honnie Waxe and Iuorie the Captaine Generall thus come to the Barre of this Citie did not then enter foorthwith for that it was almost night when he came to an Ankor But he commaunded to put foorth the flagges and to toll their shippes reioycing and making great mirth for that their good fortune and hope they conceyued that in that Ilande there dwelled manye Christians and that the next daye they should heare Masse on the shore Moreouer they were greatly comforted as hauing such confidence that in this place they might and woulde cure and heale all such as were then sicke amongest them as in truth were almost all that were there present albeit in number but fewe for all the others were dead Yet such as remayned and had escaped the sicknesse and diseases past and were not dead of the great infirmities and troubles before in this voyage chaunced vnto them Being thus at an Ankor and the night almost approched our men saw about an hundred men in a great Barcke euery one of them hauing a Sworde and a Target who at their comming to our shippes woulde haue entered therein with all theyr weapons howbeit the Generall would not consent thereto neither permitted he anye more to enter then foure of them and those also without weapon declaring to them in their language that they shoulde pardon him since he was a straunger and therefore coulde not tell whom he might trust and vnto those whom he gaue license to enter aboorde his ship he gaue
quietnesse and humilitie and with such shew and appearance of friendlinesse and loue as though they had ben of long acquaintance and familiaritie with our men The next day following in the morning y ◠floud being come the Generall commanded to take vp their Ankors minding to enter the harbour but God not willing that he and the rest should enter into that present mischiefe nor to ende theyr liues in that place as the Moores had determined they shuld haue done did therefore cause and prouide the meane that preuented that perill and wrought their safetie For when the Generalls ship had wayed her Ankor and was going to enter the port she strake vpon a shoel that was asterne the same which hap when he perceiued and fearing hée should cast himselfe away he then forthwith commanded to let fall his Ankor in like sort did the other Captaines also which chance when the Moores that were in the ships sawe that the Generall was come to an ankor they then imagined that during that daye they shoulde not gette the Fléete into the harbour and therefore they ran to theyr boate which they had on the ships side to goe to the Citie at which instant also the Pilots of Monsambicke falling a stearne the Admirall tooke the water and those of the boate tooke them in and carried them away with them although the Generall called vnto them requiring them to bring backe and deliuer them to him againe But when he sawe they would not so doe then he apparantlye perceiued that ther was an euill meaning in their King and them towards him and his and that it was his great goodnesse and fauour to giue him cause of staye by happening vppon that shoell thereby to preserue him from their treason imagined and put in practise Thus hauing declared to all his company the opinion he conceiued of that which then before their eyes was done and appeared to be deuised and wrought against them he then commaunded the night beeing come to giue some torments or torture to two of the Moores which he brought captiues with them from Monsambicke thereby to sée whether they had practised any treson and to inforce them to open and disclose the same which commaundement being obserued and put in execution by heating and dropping of bacon vppon their flesh they immediately confessed they had conspired treason and that the Pilots tooke the Sea as fearing the same had ben disclosed wherevpon the Generall altogether altered his minde and purpose of going into that Harbour Neuerthelesse being vnquiet and greatly gréeued at their falshood he was desirous to vse lyke torture to another Moore captiue also to make tryall whether he were of counsell and in consort with the rest But this Moore perceiuing preparation made for that purpose did cast himselfe his hands being bound into the sea as in lyke manner another of them did before it was daye light The secrecie of the mischiefe prepared being thus come to apparaunt view and so discouered the Generall gaue great thankes to God by whose only goodnesse he and his company were delyuered from imminent death and slaughter amongst those Infidells and therefore in contemplation and thankes giuing for the same he and his company béeing aboord the Admirall sayd the Salue Regina After this being mindfull of their safetie and fearing least the Moores would attempt some matter against them in the night time they therefore ordained strong and diligent watch commaunding euerye man to watch armed And héere by the way is to be noted one thing and that to bee meruayled at which is this That when our men came first before the Towne of Mombassa all such amongest them as then were sicke which indéede were many began then presently to be whole so that in this time of theyr great necessitie and daunger they felt and found themselues sound and strong which as it was past all hope and expectation of man and farre aboue the common course of Nature and operation of the same so the more liuely it appeared to be the meruailous and supernaturall worke of God and therefore miraculously done at this instant time of necessitie when his diuine power was to be séene and extended for the preseruation of that poore distressed number which then had their onely affiaunce in him The watch thus prepared and set for that night it fortuned that those which watched in the shippe Berrio felt the gabell of the same wagging whereat an Ankor lay into the Sea and at the first they adiudged that the gabell had bene wagged or shaken by a kinde of Fish called a Tunnie whereof many were there about which be very great and good meate but giuing better and more attentiue eare thereto they then perceiued that their enimies were at the same who in truth did swimme about the gabell and were cutting of it with their woodkniues or fawchings and hoping or rather verely knowing that perfourming their enterprise thereof the shippe would runne a shore and so both she and our men in the same be cast away and taken For by any other deuise they coulde not accomplish their willes and therefore they practised this meane Howbeit our men hauing discryed whereabout they were preuented them by crieng out and calling to the other shippes showing what was in dooing and willing them also to beware and looke to the same wherevpon they of the shippe Raphael came presentlye to their succour and rescew finding some of their enimies amongst the cheines of the tacklings of their formast who perceiuing how they were discouered sodainly cast themselues vnder water and with the others that were cutting the gabell of the shippe Berrio fledde away swimming to certaine boates which they had lyeng somewhat farre off wherein as our men afterward vnderstoode were many Moores who taking them in rowed fast awaye and so retourned to the Citie The Wensday and Thursday following our Fléete still remained there about which in y ◠night time came the enimies in boates which alwayes lay harde by the shore from which some of them did swimme of purpose to espie if by any meane they could cut a sunder the gabells of the Ankors but our men obserued and kept such diligent and warie watch that they could not preuaile neuerthelesse our men were greatlye troubled and put in feare of burning their shippes For truly it was to be meruayled at that the Moores came not about the same in such shippes as they had which if they had done it had bene then lykely by all coniecture of man that they should haue destroyed and killed vs all It was coniectured that they béeing in feare of the Ordinaunce in our shippes durst not giue attempt to set vppon the same by force but whatsouer cause appeared in our sightes to bée a lette in that respect to them It was most certayne in déede that it was God his good will and fauour to put their hearts in feare to deale with vs in anye forceable
same a boorde and so take them and kill all those that were within them which thing for that it did so manifestly appeare to the Captaine General he would not commaund the Shippes to bée brought anye néerer And also for that the same was so appareaunt vnto the others of his men that were with him They gaue him counsaile not to deale therein The Catuall séeing that he would not commaunde those Shippes to bée brought néere the shoare and for that there was no cause to staye him or offer him any wrong and séeing that hée could not kill him did then beginne to request him to bring his Sailes and the Rudder of the Shippes a lande With that the Captaine Generall beganne to laugh sayeng that he would neither doe the one nor yet the other since that the king did giue him frée license to goe without any condition And therefore hée willed him to doe what he would and how that of all the iniuryes which hée had offered him the king shoulde bée made priuie who he knewe woulde doe him iustice but yet for all this both hée and his remayned in some feare of suspect although they did not outwardly shew the same At length the Captaine Generall with the rest feigning themselues to be an hungred and that they were vnprouided of victualls did request him that some of his men might goe to prouide the same and hée woulde remaine alone but for all that the Catuall woulde not agrée therevnto Nowe our men béeing in feare to sée themselues in such a daunger Then came Gonsallo Peres supposing that the Captaine Generall had ben at his liberty and that they were tarrieng for him and the others who tolde him that hée hadde mette with Nicholas Coello and with the others which tarryed for him with theyr Boates a lande This newes being brought to the Captaine Generall hée was afeard least the Catuall should know thereof which if he had knowne indéed he would haue sent Pinnaces and many men in them for to haue taken them Therefore did he procure by all the meanes he could that Gonsallo Peres shoulde secretlye returne from thence vnto their shippes and put themselues in good order And also that he should goe with them and informe them in what case he doth remaine Nicholas Coello hauing receiued this dispatch did forthwith depart and that in hast and immediatly after he was departed the Catuall was aduertised thereof who sent after him sundrie Pinnaces well appointed but yet they could not ouertake him and therefore they returned againe vnto the Catuall Then the Catuall after that they were come did once more request the Captaine Generall to write vnto his brother to bring the shippes néere to the lande but he could not perswade the Captaine Generall so to doe saieng that if he should doe it yet his brother would not consent therevnto and although he would yet he knew that the companye would not To this the Catuall did replye that he shoulde not make him beléeue that forsomuch as he did well know that all things should be done as he would commaund Howbeit the Captaine Generall wold write no such letter for that he was afeard of the bringing of the ships so néere the shoare for the causes aboue mentioned ¶ How the Catuall was contented that the Captaine Generall should goe to his ships after that what chaunced cap. 21. AFter this sorte they spent that day in the which our men remained in great feare forsomuch as in the night they were put in a great yarde that was vnderfoote layed with Brick and compassed about with walls also had to kéepe them far more men then they had in the day Then the Captaine Generall perceiued by the countenance of his men y ◠they feared least they shuld be departed y e one from y e other y t next day after as he himselfe suspected the lyke although he gaue no outward shew thereof but rather had a confidence that as soone as the king of Calicut had knowledge after what sorte they were stayed would commaunde them to be released for that he did neuer vse with him double dealing it was thought that the Catuall did staye the Captaine Generall after this order because he should giue him some reward And for that he would giue as it were no outwarde shew that he was offended he would néeds come to supper to him that night at the which they hadde both Rice and Hens which he commaunded to be bought the day before The Catuall did much meruaile to sée how little they did passe for their close kéeping after that sort and of the great constancie of the Captaine Generall that he woulde not commaund those shippes to be brought néere to the shoare nor yet condescended to any of the other his request And for that hée thought that it was but a follye to kéepe him prisoner thereby the rather to constraine him to doe it it was Gods pleasure to put him in the head to sette him at lybertie for feare least that the king shoulde knowe thereof for that he gaue him frée lybertie to goe to his shippes The next day which was Saterday the second of Iune hée then tolde him that since he had certified the king that he would bring his Merchandise a land he should command the same to be brought For it was a custome that whatsoeuer Merchants did come to Calicut he should immediatly vpon the same command his Merchandise to be brought a land and his men also and they not to returne vnto their ships vntill such time that they had solde the same notwithstanding as soone as the Merchandise were come he would then let him go aboord his ships And although his wordes were with the Captaine Generall of small credite to send vnto his brother a certeine dispatch for them yet he did not lette to tell him that immediatly he would sende for them if so be that they wold giue him Almadias or pinnaces in the which the same might be brought for that his brother woulde not consent that his boates should come a lande vntill such time that hée were there himself with this the Catuall was content for that he thought to make himself possessour of the Merchandise hauing a speciall hope that they were of a great value as the Captaine Generall had tolde him Then he dispatched two of his men with a letter vnto his brother in the which he had made relation after what sorte hée did remaine And that he had no other iniury offered him but that he kept his lodging And for any thing else hée was very well willing him that hée should sende him part of the Merchaundise to content the Catuall withall that he might let him depart And after that hée had receiued the same if then hée would not let him go he would then beléeue that hée did kéepe him prisoner by the King of Calicuts commaundement who hée knew would not commaund the same except it
and went a rouing and that he came not vnto his Harbour but to steale such Merchandize as should be brought to the Citie and also to espie the Countrey and after to come with a great Fléete for to inuade the same In the selfe same order was the Captaine generall informed by two Malabars which are Gentiles being therefore now in a studie what was best to be done hauing this aduertisement for most certaine as soone as it was night there came aboorde the Generalls ship a slaue of the colour blacke which was naturally borne in Guynee belonged vnto Diego Dias and also was a Christian and had the Portingall tongue very well who tolde him that Diego Dias and Aluoro de Braga did remain in prison what aunswere the King of Calycut had made to his message what he had commaunded to be done with his present and also what Proclamations there were made Diego Dias for that he thought good to giue him knowledge of y t which had past had bribed a Fisher man to carrie this messenger and that in the night season that he might not be knowen After that the Captaine generall had heard all this he was much offended therewith howbeit for that hée woulde sée the end thereof would not depart but did let passe that day to sée whether that any would come aboord him The nexte day which was Wednesdaye being the xv of August there came one onlyPinnace or Almadia aboord the General in the which were foure boyes which brought fine precious stones to sell and for that they came after such sort he tooke them to be spies and that their comming was for no other purpose but to sée what they did and by this meanes hée thought he might vnderstand in what reputation they were with the King This was the occasion the Captaine generall did receiue them with as good a countenaunce as he did before giuing them nothing to vnderstand y t he knew of the imprisonment of Diego Dias and wold not therefore laye hand vpon those but vpon such as shoulde come afterward which as he thought should be of more credite vntill such time as he had recouered those that were imprisoned Vnto those also he wrote a Letter by those Boyes with fained words saieng that he did vnderstande of theyr imprisonment this was done in such order that if so be this letter should haue come to any other mens hands they could not haue vnderstood the same These Boyes did deliuer vnto him this letter who afterward told the king what great entertainment they had at the Captaine generalls hands which made him to beléeue that he knewe nothing of the imprisonment of his men whereof he was very glad did retourne and send aboord others and those that shoulde goe had warning giuen them not to disclose that the Factour with the others did remaine prisoners This was done by pollicie for that he made this reckoning to deceiue the Captaine generall on this sort vntill such time that he was able to sende a Fléete of ships vpon him or til that the ships of Meca should come and take him On this sort went the Malabars aboord vnto whom the Captaine generall made a good countenaunce and commaunded them to be entertained very well all this he did for y t he saw none worth the staieng On the Sunday next there came sixe principal Malabars with other fiftéene which waited vpon them in another Pinace And for that the Captain generall thought that for those the King would send him his Factor and his Scriuenour he laid hands vpon them all onely he lefte two Mariners in a pinace by whom he sent a letter to the kings Factors written in the Malabars tongue in the which he demaunded for the Factor and his Scriuenor then he wold send those which he had staid The kings factor hauing perused this letter he enformed y e king of y ◠which had past who cōmaunded the Factor Scriuenor to be brought home to his house as prisoners that he might from thence send for them and to dissemble therewith as though he knewe nothing of their imprisonment so cause them to be sent from thence to the Captaine generall for that he might send him those Malabars which he had detained whose wiues made exclamation for the imprisonment of their husbands And therefore the King was the more willinger to set our men at libertie who afterward remained a while in the Kings Factors house ¶ How the Captaine generall seeing the delayes wer made for that the Factor with the Scriuenor came not did bring himselfe in a readines as though he would depart immediately wherevpon without any further delay the King sent them away and what els happened Chap. 23. THe captain general séeing y t they came not determined to proue whether y t with shewing himself as though he wold depart immediatly they wold thē send them to him did therfore on wednesday being the xxiii of August commaund to wey his Ankor to bring himselfe vnder saile And for that the winde was contrary he was driuen to come to an Ankor foure leagues from Calicut riding in an open road and there they remained till the next Saterday to sée whether they would sende their prisoners And perceiuing no likelihood thereof he went yet further into the Sea so far that he scarcely could descry any land being at an Ankor for lack of winde there came thether a boat w t certain Malabars which told y e Captaine generall y t their comming was to séeke him out to tel him y ◠Diego Dias with y e others wer in y e kings pallaice whom he minded to send aboord which thing to be true they would bind thēselues y t as y e next day they should be brought And y e cause why they brought thē not as then was for that they thought they shuld not ouertake him Now for y t they sawe not y t Malabars y t the Generall kept as prisoners thought y t they were all dead This craftie dealing was for no other purpose but to dally with y e Captaine general to stay him with those words that the King might in the meane while prepare in Calicut an armie of ships to set vpon him and to tarry for the ships of Meca to ioyne with his Fléete After this the Captaine generall commaunded those of the towne to goe their way and not to retourne without his men or els their letters for if so be they did he would sink them w t his ordinance And also if immediately they did not returne with an answere y t then he would cut off the heads of those which he had taken With this aunswere those of the towne did departe and immediatelye as soone as they had winde he made sayle and bearing along the Coast came to Ankor at the Sunne set ouer against Calycut The next daye our men descryed comming seauen Almadias which came
because y t if so be ther shuld chance any misfortūe to their general which is their head immediatly are cast away the rest that are vnder his gouernment To this the king made answere with a good countenance y t he was also desirous to see the Captaine Generall and to speak with him a sea boord since there was no other remedie Alonso Hurtado hauing receiued this answere made y e Captaine Generall priuie therof who y e next day after tarryed for y e king in his boat which was couered ouer set out with flags There did attend vpon him al the rest of y e Captaines in their boates at this present arriued there Sancho de Toar with other two ships The king thus being looked for at the length he came in an Almadia béeing well accompanied with sundrie Gentlemen in other boats lykewise furnished which also were set out with flags and had in them those that sounded vpon trumpets cornets Sagbuts which made a wonderfull great noise Now the king being come where the Captaine Generall was tarrieng for him all his ordinance went of in such sort with such a force that it made the sea to tremble wherwith the king and all his traine forsomuch as they were not accustomed vnto the same were greatly afeard As soone as the ordinaunce went of the king the Captaine General met that with great pleasure And after that the king of Portingales letter was read which was for y ◠setling of a trade in his citie he answered that he was contented therewith did agrée that the next day he should send Alonso Hurtado a land to tell him the sorts of the merchaundise that he had brought with him he wold giue him gold for y e same Vpon this agréement Alonso Hurtado was sent a land the next day following howbeit he found the king far from y e which was agréed vpō with y e captain general y e day before yelding therfore sundry excuses why he could not accōplish his promise in especial for y t he han no néed of his merchandise also for y t he beléeued that y e Captaine generall came thether to take his country from him This sodeine chance was for this cause forsomuch as he was a Moore and wée were christians it gréeued him to haue any conuersation or trade with vs. This being come to y e Captaine generalls knowledge he did as yet tarrye thrée or foure dayes to sée whether y ◠the king wold change any thing of his determination or not howbeit he did nothing alter his mind but rather had our men in iealousie fearing least that he shuld be driuen to do y ◠by force which he was loth to do therfore did fortifie himselfe with many men in a readinesse As soone as the Captaine Generall heard of his dealing he would spend no more time there but departed toward Milinde kéeping alwaies along the coast How the king of Milinde and the Captaine Generall met together and how hee departed afterwards toward Calicut Chap. 31. ON the second day of August he came to an ankor in the port of Mylinde where hée found riding at an ankor thrée ships of y e Moores y e which wer of y t Merchannts of the kingdome of Cambaya but he would not meddle with them although they were laden w t great riches because of y e king of Milinde Being come with al his fléet to an ankor he saluted y e citie w t all his ordinance The king with this sent to visit him sending also vnto him for a present both shéep ducks hens wtout all number besides sundrie sorts of fruits Then y ◠Captain general sent likewise to kisse his hands by one of his fléet also to signifie vnto him y t thether he was come by his Master y e king of Portingales cōmandement to know whether he had any need of this fléet to do him seruice wtall also to certifie him y ◠he had to deliuer vnto him a rich present with a letter the which y e King his master had likewise sent vnto him which he wold send whēsoeuer he wold cōmand y e same with this message y e king shewed himself to be wel pleased cōmanded the messenger to remaine with him that night with whom he talked and spent most part thereof in matters of Portingale And as soone as it was day the king sent by two principall Moores word vnto the Captaine Generall that he was very glad of his comming and also to knowe whether he had néede of anye thing in his countrie which he might commaund as his owne and make as much account thereof while he was there as if he were in Portingale considering the greate good will which hée doth owe vnto the king of Portingale and that in all his affaires he shuld make as much reckoning as of his owne home The Captaine Generall hauing well vnderstood the kings message vpon the same determined to send him the kings letter which hée had brought and also the present which was all the furniture of a Iennet horse which was also both rich gallant And hauing taken his counsel vpon y e same it was agréed vpon to send it and that Aries Correa should haue the cariage thereof forsomuch as hée was the factor of the whole Fleete and also for that hée went for Factor to the king of Calicut and that he should so goe accompanyed with the principalls of the Fléet besides the trumpetors that should goe alwaies sounding before him which was so done The king being informed of y e cōming of Aries Correa sent of the nobles of his Court to receiue him which might the more easilye bée done for that the kings pallaice was hard by the water side and going altogether there were certeine women which by the kings commaundement were tarryeng for their comming with perfuming pans in their hands out of the which there came so excellent a perfume that it did replenish the whole earth therewith And passing after this sorte by these women hée came to the kings pallaice who was sitting in his chaire of estate and accompanyed with many noble mē Gentlemen who also receiued Aries Correa with great honour and pleasure and also the present Afterward he gaue him the letter which was written on both sides on the one side was Portingale the other in the Arabian tongue which the king commanded forthwith to be read which both he and all the nobilitie were very gladde to heare And all they together with a lowde voice gaue God and Mahoma great thanks that they had permitted them to haue friendship w t so great a Prince as y e king of Portingale And also being very wel pleased with the furniture of the Ienet he requested Aries Correa to stay with him whilest the Fléete did there remaine which with the Captaine Generalls license he did during the three daies that he was with
him almost he spent his time in no other thing but to knowe the vse custome of the king of Portingale of the order of his gouernment also perticularly as though y t he did remember no other matter all y â— time being desirous to see y e Captain general did procure with as much diligeÌ„ce as he could to haue him a land to bring him to his pallaice notwithstanding he made his excuse saieng y t the king his master had commanded him not to come a land in any port with this answere y e king was driuen to encounter with him vpon the water who would néeds go as far as y e water side on horsback with y â— furniture of a Ienet y t the king of Portingale had sent him And for y t in his country he had none y t could tel y e order therof he requested one of our men to do so much And when the king had all things in a redines ther wer tarrieng for him certein of y e principals at y e foot of a staire amongst them ther was brought a liue shéep which whilest y e king was coÌ„ming down they did open as he was aliue after y t they had taken out his guts bowels they laid y â— same vnder y e horse féet The king being now on horsbacke he went also with his horse vpon y e shéepe which is a kinde of ceremony y â— the witches ther do vse After y t he had thus troden vpon the shéepe he went toward y e water side with all his company after him a foot saieng w t a lowd voice certein words of witchcraft And after this sort he met with the Captaine Generall vpon y e water where he deliuered him a Pilot to carrie him to Calycut Heere there were lefte with the king two of those banished men that they might enforme themselues of the countrie as farre as in their strength one of those was called afterwarde Machado who after that hée had gotten the Arabian language went by lande vnto the straights and from thence vnto the kingdome of Cambaya from whence he did passe to Balagarte and did there settle himselfe with the Sabayo that was Lorde of Goa saieng that he was a Moore and for the same he was taken in all that Countrie this his trauell was very profitable to Alonso de Albuâ—querque as you shall perceiue héereafter How the Captaine Generall arriued at Calycut and how the king sent to visit him a boord his ship and also how afterward he came a land for to see him and of his receiuing there Cap. 22. THe Captaine Generall béeing returned to his ships departed toward Calycut being the 7. day of August on the 20. he came to Ansadina wher he staied certeine daies for the comming of the shippes of Meca with intent to set vpon theÌ„ if so be y t they came thether And whilest they were there they did confesse themselues and afterward did receiue the Sacrament And they séeing that there came no ships departed toward Calycut and on the 13. of September he came to an ankor within a league of the same And immediatly there came certeine Almadias toward our fléete to sell victuals also there came certein Nayres of y e most principall belonging to y â— king of Calicut with a certeine Guzarate merchant by whom y e king sent word vnto y e Captaine General y â— there could not haue happened a better thing vnto him then to vnderstand y t he was come vnto his port that hée could not do him no better pleasure theÌ„ to command him if ther were any thing in his citie y t he had néed of he would accomplish y e same with great good wil whervnto y â— Captaine generall made answere with great thanks séeing w t what good will y â— king sent to visit him he brought himself to an ankor néere vnto y e citie alwaies shooting of his ordinance with y e which he did salute theÌ„ which was so great a wonder to the dwellers that those that were Gentiles said that against vs there were no resistaunce The next daye following by the consent of the Captaines of the Fléete the Captaine Generall sent by one whose name was Gaspar to demaund a safe conduct of the king for to send a messenger vnto him sending also with the saide Gaspar those foure Malabars that Don Vasco de la gama had carried from Calicut These went all apparelled in a gallant sort after the Portingales order whom all the citie came forth to sée who meruailed to beholde them to returne so well which was the cause that they were so well pleased with our men that they were had in so great reputation But forsomuch as these were but fisher men the king woulde not sée theÌ„ although he was glad to vnderstand after what sorte they returned commaunded y t the said Gaspar shuld be brought before him whome he receiued very well And after that he knew wherfore he came aunswered him that whosoeuer of our men would come a lande might without any feare at all This answere béeing come to y e Captaine Generalls eares he sent presently vnto the king Alonso Hurtado to signifie vnto him y t the said fléet belonged to the king of Portingale of the which he went for Captaine Generall and that his comming thether was for no other purpose but onely to settle w t him a trade friendship for the which it was conuenient for him to talke with him Howbeit hée sayde the king his Maister hadde commaunded him that he shoulde not doe it without he might for the assurance of his person receiue some pledges to remaine in the shippes whilest hée was a lande with the king and that the one of those pleadges should be the Catuall of Calicut and Araxamenoca the which is one of the principallest Nayres And another there went with Alonso Hurtado one that coulde speake the language which shoulde declare vnto the king the effect of the message The king béeing héereof informed meruailed much to heare that the Captaine general did demand those pledges which he did excuse to giue forsomuch as they were sickly olde howbeit he said he would giue others that coulde better abide the brannesse of the sea But afterwards hée did insist very much not to giue any pleadges at all forsomuch as those that were Moores were verye sorrie to sée our men in Calycut and gaue the king counsell to sende none for that in giuing of any he might wel iudge therin y â— the Captaine Generall had but little confidence in him and by this meanes he should remaine dishonoured Yet for al this Alonso Hurtado did still insist in his demaunde In this encountrie they spent thrée daies At the end the king hauing a desire to haue a trade setled with ours for the benefit that might redound vnto him by the same did consent to Alonso
haue done so foule a déede yet I would haue tolde thée thereof that I had so meant to doe for that I was afearde of the king of Calycuts power But for that I doe take thée to be a man indued with reason I did suppose that thou wouldest not haue thought ill thereof For otherwise those béeing warned thereof it might haue bene very profitable vnto thée to haue remained frée from the enuie and mallice of the king of Calicut Which thing if so be that the Moores had considered of they would not haue tolde thée so great a fable Beleeue me if they could haue done thée a greater iniurie they would haue done it for the good will thou doest beare vnto vs. This I doe knowe very well but let not that trouble thée For although thou doest loose them and all the rest of thy subiectes yet thou doest recouer me and as many Portingales as héere remaine who all will die in thy seruice if it were néede for that is the onely cause wée did remaine in the Indias and in especially for there was no man that bound me therevnto if so be y ◠I wold not but only the fidelitye truth which thou hast alwaies vsed towards our men vntill such time as thou diddest loose Coching and diddest sée the same burnt For the which cause thou oughtest to estéeme the better of thy selfe for thereby thou hast exalted thy fame through all the Countrie and therfore thy name wil remaine for euer which is the greatest treasure that kings canne leaue behinde them and the onely thing that all men doe séeke for And beléeue me when the king of Calycut did first set fire to Coching the same was his destruction which was afterwarde well reuenged vppon thine enimies by the Portingales so thou shalt now bée as well defended by them And although thou doest thinke vs to bée fewe and a small Fléete yet I doe promise thée that very shortly we will séeme to bée verye many by our valyantnesse And I hope in God that we shall so defend whatsoeuer straight or passage the king of Calycut shall enter into where assuredly we will tarry and not remoue our selues from thence neither night nor daye and for the passages that are straight our armie is inough and therefore it skilleth not there remaine no more for the riuers for that these are sufficient And since that they chose me to remaine beléeue certeinly that they did well knowe they left him that shal excuse thée of thy trauaile and of the wearieng of thy men And therefore be thou merrie and resolue thy selfe that by Gods grace it shall not happen now vnto thée as héeretofore it didde when thou diddest loose Coching for I and these that doe remaine with me shall take vppon vs the whole charge and daunger of the warres How the Moores of Coching prepared to go from thence and how the captaine Generall stayde certeine of them that they should not departe and what more he did chap. 65. THe king being with this somwhat eased recomforted touching that the Moores had told him the Captaine general went to sée the streights to fortifie them which had great néede thereof But they all were wel furnished sauing onely the foord which he commanded to be fortified with stakes that ther might enter no vessells of the enimies In the meane time he was aduertised by a Letter from Rodrigo Reynel that a principall Moore of Coching and besides diuerse others did procure all that they could to leaue the citie that y e king might remaine alone that thervpon this Moore hath come twice to speake with the king of Calycut in his owne behalfe and in the name of the others This newes troubled the Captaine Generall a while howbeit to disappoint them of their suttle dealing and that the same shoulde take no effect hée thought it necessarie to execute this principall Moore that the others might conceiue some feare thereof This béeing knowne to the king of Coching he woulde not consent therevnto thinking that if so be that he were executed the others would make a mutenie immediatly and then there shuld be no victualls brought into the citie for that those did prouide the citie therewith in trucke of their merchandise and therefore he thought best to dissemble with them all The Captaine Generall séeing that the king woulde not consent therevnto tolde him that he woulde talke with the Moores himselfe and that he had thought to vse some policie that none of them should depart out of the citie But first he commaunded all his owne men to obeye him in all such occasions as should be néedfull or requisite which commandement the king also gaue out amongst his subiect this being done the Captaine general went with forty of his men to Coching to the house of this principall Moore called Belinamacar who dwelt hard by the riuer side requesting him to send for certeine Moores which he did name for y ◠he wold consult with them vpon a certeine matter which did concerne them all To whom the Moores came immediatly for that they wer afeard of him and when hée sawe them all he saide vnto them I Did send for you all honest Merchants that you shoulde vnderstand wherfore and for what cause I remained in the Indias for that it is possible that all you do not know Some there be that doe report that I do remaine to gather together the Factorie and so to carrie the same to Coulan and to Cananor but that you may vnderstand it is not so I will therefore tell you the truth I doe remaine for no other purpose but onely to kéepe Coching and if so be that it were néedfull or requisite to die my selfe and all those that doe remaine with me in your defence in preseruing you from the king of Calycut And this shall be manifest vnto him if so bée that he doe come for I promise you all that I will méet with him in the way of Cambalan wheras it is tolde me he will enter and if so be there he dare fight with me I will not doubt but to take him prisoner and carrie him with me into Portingale Wherefore vntill such time as you doe not sée any thing to the contrarie I earnestly request you that you doe not goe from Coching for that I heare that you are minded to goe from thence that you doe allure the residue of the inhabitants with you for as you are the chiefest and principalls so all the common sort of people doth follow you Now I meruaile much y ◠being men of so gret wisdome as you are you wil leaue your houses in the which you were borne the country wherein you haue dwelt so many yeres not for feare of any thing that you haue séene but onely of that which you heare which thing for women to doe were verye ill much more for you that are men But if so be that you would go when
they brought and how much golde and siluer Those fishermen which they did carrie away naked did retourne againe all apparailed If then we were friends how surely should we liue what profit should the King haue if we had amitie with them I do not speak of y e ship y t carried y ◠Elephants which was giuen him when all y ◠prises did passe by these théeues hands the which they left These were seruices to be thankfully receiued giuing occasion to vs to gratifie thē in like sort and to be glad to haue them for our friends since we did put them awaye when they had néede of vs now that we haue néede of them let it not be thought euil to conclude a peace with them for that the wars we make against them we make the same against our selues They are vpon the Sea of more power then we are as you may well sée the same by the long time they haue defended this passage and with what power of men and also what destruction they haue brought vppon vs and are like to doe since that our Countrey lyeth néere to the water side and that with our owne losse we haue well séene the truth Therfore let it go no further but let vs séeke some remedie to haue a peace concluded amongst vs for if we haue not y e port or harbour of Calicut wil be vtterly vndone the king wil be like to loose all his rents This doth concerne him more then al y ◠friendship of y e Moores which haue no other respect but only to their owne profit not to the kings these be they that go giue councell to make these warres Hovv the councell of the prince Nabeadarin vvas gainsaid hovv a certein Moore of Calicut did inuent the making of certein castles of timber vvith the which they might lay the caruels abord ca. 69 THe king of Calicut all this while gaue great eare to y ◠which y e prince his brother had said immediatly answered y t he was in y ◠fault as touching y ◠which was past had repented himselfe to haue taken y e enterprise in hand And therfore he desired them al to enter into councel with his brother to take some good order for y ◠cōcluding of peace w t vs which was not wel thought of by y ◠Lord of Repelin for y t he was cōfederate with y e Moores to hinder y e same after y t the king had ended his talke he spake in this manner following According as y ◠Malabars are cōstant so I do well beléeue y t frō hence forth they wil not haue thée in any reputation if thou shuldest do as thou saist for y t they would impute y ◠same rather to cowardnes then to any reuelatiō or forewarning of y e Pagodes This is a matter not wel to be thought of much lesse thē to be spokē of amongst persons of honor as héere are with so great a power with hope of many more if there were néed for al y e noble men of y ◠Malabars are redy for y e same hauing great cōfidence in thy valiantnesse therfore did choose thee to be head of this war And now wilt thou leaue y e same without receiuing any hurt in thy person with y t which thou mightest excuse the same not to die in thy demaund But returning whole with many of thine whole what wil they say but y t for y e feare of so few strangers thou giuest ouer y ◠thou hast begun w t so great a heat that thou runnest away not being ouercome With this thou shalt loose thy credit y ◠thou haddest with all men which since it is so were thou not better die then to liue dishonored I maruel much y t the prince did not consider this which is y ◠principal matter y t he shuld make rekoning of as one y t doth esteeme thine honor I y t do also estéeme y e same do not councel y e king to giue ouer the wars although I should sée y e Pagodes cōmand thee for rather death is to be wished then such obediēce Go forwards therfore in these wars for so y e Pagodes wold haue thée do do not contrary vnto this aduise The Moores y r wer present hearing al this talk which was to their contēt did further y e same as much as in thē lay setting forward y e king praising him to be inuincible laieng before him y ◠infamy he shuld incur if he did leaue y ◠wars they offred him moreouer their persons goods towards y e same alleadging y e increasing of his rents with their trade plenty of victuals in his city with their being there declaring also y ◠old friendship they haue had with him how they were become naturall inhabitants of his country with many other things vnto y ◠which y e king wold not answere neither yet his brother for y t al those kings Lords did help y e Moores aduise so it was concluded y t the wars shuld go forward And for y ◠it had gone with y e king so euill in y ◠foord they found a new inuention to lay the caruels a boord which a certeine Moore of Repelin made called 〈◊〉 who had ben a trauailer seene sundry inuentions deuised And for y ◠cause hauing a pregnant wit he inuēted a castle to be made of timber built vpon two boats or lighters placing two beames crossewise ouer y e forepart of the said boats the sterne or poope of y e boats to be as broad as y e castle long y t which castle was made square vpon those beams were other placed so high as as a chāber from a hall in euery square were quarters of timber thick set together of y e height of a lance or little lesse mortased in y e said beams nailed with great yron nails in y e bodies of y e quarters of timber wer holes made through y e which went bars of yron so y ◠to sight the castle séemed a strong thing In this castle might 40. men be wel placed besides certein péeces of ordinance so that in this wise this castle might passe y e riuers w t grapuls ioyn w t y e caruels which being dōe y e king desired y e sight therof whē he had seen y e same did not only praise his wit but also rewarded him very largely and by the same paterne commaunded other seauen to be made that vpon them the Caruells might dispend their times occupie themselues thinking that euen so it would be Of the great alteration there was in Coching about these Castles and what pollicie the Captaine found to defend the Caruell from them Chap. 70. IMmediatly after was the Captaine generall aduertised by espies that he had sent of these castles and that the enimies were also making
not haue gone so farre forward but in the end I am in the fault and not they and since it is so wée haue therin no right cause neither canne gette any thing by our strength Let vs therfore giue it ouer desire no more to haue Coching for that God doth fauour these men since wel you sée there is no power in the Indias that can offend vs so long we being so strong but these dogs of whom I am afraid y t they will subdue the Indias according to the acts that they haue done and the credit that they haue gotten especially in Malabar And that this mishap may go no further I thinke it shoulde be conuenient to procure theyr friendship also it is time to get vs away for y ◠the winter commeth on the riuers do increase these men do ouerrun all and this is certeine y e if the wars indure they will come hether inforce vs to depart with our losse dishonor Now y ◠first that he asked councell of what was necessary to be done was his brother Nabeadarin who being angry with the king that he wold neuer follow his councel leaue the warres saide that now he knewe to his cost what he had told him of vs since in time he woulde not know it he asked him what it shuld now profit him for his honour and credit since y ◠then when opportunitie serued he refused his councell but now he willed him to do what he shuld thinke good for he could not do amisse The king béeing somwhat broken of his pride calling him brother said that now there was no time to aunswere him after such sort but to tell him his opinion what he thought best The prince answered y ◠we were venterous alwaies remained so assured of the victory vpon our experienced strength and good fortune albeit our power were much lesse so y e he greatly doubted we would none of his friendship And for thée to offer y e same said he to y e king they to refuse it wold be no lesse dishonor vnto thée then the often ouerthrows y ◠thou hast receiued And since by thy profered friendship we cannot get so much as we should loose if they refuse y ◠same it were best therefore not to procure it but to defer it make peace with the Captaine general that commeth y ◠next yere from Portingale who considering howe little the wars will profit him not being assured of good successe therein will be the gladder to make peace with thée therfore that it may not be thought that we run awaye for feare let vs stay not depart vntill such time it shuld be thought that y e necessitie of the winter did inforce vs hence then may we wel talke of peace when possible the Captaine general wil willingly accept the same doubting that his good fortune may chaunge And to prouoke giue occasion the rather to haue his friendship let vs giue him no more battels in the meane time since it serueth to no purpose but to the great losse and confusion of our men This councell of Nabeadarin was reproued by the kings and noble men which were there then assembled especially of the Lord of Repelyn which said that the king ought not to goe away neither for the greatnesse of the winter that should come nor yet for the iosse of his men but rather to continue giuing vs manye battailes vntill such time he did take vs and not onely procured the destruction of vs in Coching but also of those that were in Cananor and Coulan And that immediatly it were expedient they sent men of credit with letters to affirme that they had boorded our Caruells with their Castles and had also slaine vs all and taken our sayd Caruells and therefore that they should kill all those that were there as they had promised To the same effect therefore the king did write immediatly and the Moores also but there was no credite giuen to the same for that there was other newes sent before and therefore the last was taken for false Neuerthelesse for all that by the industry of the Moores the which did dwel in those two towns our men were in great danger and durst not come out of theyr Factoryes and in Coulan there was one slaine but in the other places none for afterward messengers were sent from Calycut to the Gentiles that our men were aliue and what wée had done For which cause the king of Calycut was aunswered that they would not kill our men vntill such time the Captaine Generall was taken and that he had first giuen him the ouerthrowe which béeing done they would conclude with him This béeing come to the knowledge of the Lorde of Repelyn both he and the Moores did perswade the king to fight another battell with the Captaine Generall the which he would willingly not haue done for that he was wearyed in his spirit but he could not withstand them and therefore commaunded the same to bée giuen both by Sea and lande But in it he had lyke successe as before so that more through the importunate desire of the Moores then of his owne will he gaue in his owne person another battell with his Castles with many more men and vessells then in the other before This battell endured longer then the other in which also the enimyes were ouercome and receiued farre greater losse then euer they did before With this victorye that we had gotten the inhabitaunts of Coching remained sure from all their enimies and so likewise did the king whom afterward came to visite the Captaine generall being brought in a chaire with farre greater estate then euer he came before since the first beginning of all the warres This being knowne in the campe of the enimies the kings and noble men that were with the king of Calicut tooke occasion to say vnto him that he shoulde not consent in especially hauing such a greate power as he hadde there present that the king of Coching should haue him in so small reputation as thereby to iudge himselfe frée from him out of his danger To the which the king of Calicut made answere y e the king of Coching had great reson to do that which he had done in especially knowing his greate power and camp and yet perceiuing that he could not giue him the ouerthrowe And since that his euill fortune was such he desired them not to wish him to go forward in these wars for that he knewe well and was fully perswaded that continuing the same he shoulde alwayes receiue the losse and run daily into greater danger as by the feare thereof it was apparaunt And therefore he requested them all to let him alone by himselfe who so béeing did imagine againe what course he might best take to reuenge himselfe And after that he came aboord he called for certeine of his Nayres in whom he had reposed
Mores The king quarrelleth vvith the Captaine Generall The effect of y e king of Portingales Letters to the king of Calycut the Mores make a nevv conspiracie Dissimulation in y e Catuall The Catuals purpose opened The Generals vneffectuall excuse Gonsallo Peres sent back to the ships The generals constancye marueled at by the Catuall The effect of y e Generals letters vnto his brother His brothers aply deuises of the Mores to entise theÌ„ aland Their merchandize paide for by y e king him selfe Bontaybo vsed but not trusted The ende of y e vvinter in the Indias The kings aunsvvere vnto Diego Dias Diego Dias kept in prison Boies sent for spyes The king of Calicuts treson towards the Captaine generall Certaine Malabars stayed in exchange Yet 〈◊〉 deuices to slaye the Portingals from departing The effect of y e king of Calicuts letters Bontaibo vvilling to goe to Portingal Cinamon grovving AnsaÌ„dina forsaken of the inhabitants They repaire their ships Sugar Canes grovving there A notable couÌ„terfait discouered A kinde of boates so called A Moore christened Men stifled vvith the Sunne onely The Skurfe A vvofull mortalitie The Citie of Magadoxo The Raphaell burned The I le of Zenziber The preparation vnto y e second voiage The names of the Generalls Captaines Factors Friers sent to the Malabars A ievvell of great price OrnameÌ„ts made of Parrats feathers The couÌ„trey of Brasil discouered A Comet seene in the elemeÌ„t four ships sunke by tempest A vvoÌ„derful storme and great Seas They coÌ„e to Sofala The king of Quiloa a mightie Prince The descriptioÌ„ of the city of Quyloa Shippes vvithout nailes The meeting of y e king y e Captaine Generall A malitious ferfull More The kings message to y e Captaine Generall 〈…〉 The king of Calycuts message to y e Captaine Generall The king of Calicut maketh excuses vvhen he should deliuer pledges Pleadges are sent aboorde vvhich feare to be taken captiue The king of Calycuts state furniture The Captaine generall deliuereth his letters of credite to the king of Calicut The preseÌ„t vvhich y e generall brought with him Humaiâ—â— pity in 〈◊〉 Captaine generall tovvard faithlesse Infidells The pledges sent aboord The Captaine generall had good came to feare and hate the Moores A free house for the factory giueÌ„ to the king of Portingale by deede This ship for one in those coasts very vvel appointed The Moores yeelded vnto our men The Moores Oration against our men Proues that vvee vvere rather pirats then merchants why he requested our men to take the ship of Meca The king accused plainly of doblenes Nothing more acceptable to the Mores theÌ„ to quarell fall out vvith our men The Moores moued a tumult against our men The sauage fircenes of the Moores against our men Succour sent by y e Generall Captaine to the Factorie The king of Calicut vvas farre off from making a mendes Iust reuenge vvrought vpon the iniurious CalicuttaÌ„s The feare that the King of Calicut and the citizens were in Coching standeth in 9. degrees and the scituatioÌ„ therof A Moore baptised called Michael The king of Coching much inferior in vvealth state to y e king of Calycut The discriptioÌ„ state of GraÌ„galor Why the christians of y e Indias hath a Pope The manner of shauing their priests differing froÌ„ ours Negro friers professing chastitie A greate Fleete of enimies He maketh tovvard Portingale The discription of the tovvne of Cananor Drugs for the Pothecaries Euery quintall is 100. vveight A ship of the fleete cast avvay Diego Dias found at Capo Verde his voyage The IlaÌ„d of Sofala discouered The third Fleet that vvent froÌ„ Portingal to the Indias The order that the king gaue him concerning this voyage they take their voyage to the Indias The malitiousnesse of the Moores Euerye Quintall is a 100. vvaight The king of Calicut sent lxxx Paraos to fight with y e captain generall This flag was a sign request of peace they ariue safelye at Portingal The iiii voyage to the Indias 1502. He goeth first to Sofala to regrate their golde A house apointed for the Factory A ship of y e Moores of Meca taken Desperate minds in time of extremitie An embassadour set to y e king of Cananor The meeting of y e king and the Captaine Generall at Cananor 1502. The preseÌ„t vvhich the king of Portingale sent y e king of Cananor The Moores make him keepe no promise vvith the Capteine Generall nor feare his povver The king of Portingales present seÌ„t to the king of Coching The king of Coching present set to the king of Portingale This messeÌ„ger was one of his chief chaplaines The king of Calycuts letter to y e king of Coching The aunsvvere of the king of Coching to the king of Calycuts letter The reply to the king of Cochings letter The king of Cochings ansvvere to the reply Great friendship and constancie in an heatheÌ„ Prince A battaile by sea between our ships and the kings of Calicut A rich price takeÌ„ from the enimie The order that vvas giuen to Vincente Sodre at the departure of the Captaine generall froÌ„ Cananor They vvere dispersed by a tempest Both commons noble meÌ„ repine against theyr king and our men The Captain generall excuseth himselfe for deling on the lande This generall captaine had other matters of more profit in hand The king of Calicut signifieth the cause vvhy hee beginneth to make these vvarres against the king of Coching Heere this enterprise vvas vvell liked of by his noble men others The aunswere vvhich y â— prince made to y â— foresayde Oration The execution of y e pledges defended by the kings brother The Mores ouerthrovv the credit of y e kings brothers Oration The very sight of our men abhorred in Coching The aunsvvere vvhich the king of Coching made to the factor Fevve hauing the right on their side preuayle most times against nuÌ„bers that come in an euill cause The king of Cochings Oration to his noble men It is better to dye vvith honor then to lyue vvith the infamous name of a rude and lieng Prince The kings brother made general of the field and armie The king of Calycuts letter to y e king of Coching The aunsvvere which the king of Coching made to the foresaid letter The Calicutians repulsed froÌ„ passing ouer the Foorde IncoÌ„stancie â—n the king of Calycut noted A stout stomacke of a prince Treason practised against y e prince Naramuhim Prince Naramuhim and his povver ouerthrovvne Comfortable vvords of a prince The kings Oration made vnto his subiects about the losse of his kingdome Ouerthrovvs in vvar sent of God vnto princes for their of fences The inhabitants of Coching flye for feare of the king of Calicut The king of Coching is faine to flye and leaue his citie 1503 The familiaritie securitie of y e inhabitants of the Iland of Curia Muria The effect which the torment vvrought amongest their ships in that coast 1503. The