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A40887	The Portugues Asia, or, The history of the discovery and conquest of India by the Portugues containing all their discoveries from the coast of Africk, to the farthest parts of China and Japan, all their battels by sea and land, sieges and other memorable actions, a description of those countries, and many particulars of the religion, government and customs of the natives, &c. : in three tomes / written in Spanish by Manuel de Faria y Sousa ... ; translated into English by Cap. John Stevens.; Asia Portuguesa. English	Faria e Sousa, Manuel de, 1590-1649.; Stevens, John, d. 1726.	1695 (1695)	Wing F428; ESTC R2613	684,223	1,508

and by this Means Sultan Mamud Heir to the late King of Cambaia was left to the Tuition of three Great Men Alucan Itimitican and Madremaluco Each of these envying the others Fortune strove to make himself Master of the young King And he finding all their Aim was Power fled from Madremaluco where he thought himself in danger to Itimitican and totally lost himself They were all three bad but this was the worst of all Therefore considering the young King might flee from him as he had done from the others he resolved to lay aside all Shame and betray him Gelalde 〈◊〉 Hecbar Taxa King of the Mogols was now in great Power to him he offers to deliver the King by which means with a small Army he might possess himself of that Kingdom whereof he should be Viceroy as a Reward of his Treachery Hecbar agreed set forward with a good Army and at the City Amadaba the Traitor delivered up his Prince to him and so the Mogol without drawing Sword was seated in the Throne of Cambaia 8. Hecbar not satisfied with what he had got resolved to recover the Lands and Towns of Baçaim and Damam This Design being known D. Luis de Almeyda Commander of Damam gave Advice to the Viceroy who immediately sent some Succours and prepared to follow in Person He set out from Goa the Latter End of December with nine Galleys five Gallions eight Galliots and ninety other Vessels 9. The Viceroy being come into the River of Damam struck such a Terrour into the Enemy who was encamped two Leagues off that the King immediately sent an Ambassador to the Viceroy to treat of Peace The Viceroy received him in his Galley with great State and firing all the Cannon of the Fleet and having heard his Proposals sent back with him Anthony Cabrall who concluded the Peace to the Content of both Parties The Viceroy returned to Goa and the Mogol setled himself in the Possession of the Kingdom of Cambaya cutting off the Head of the Traitor Itimitican a just Reward of his Villany 10. The Inhabitants of 〈◊〉 were offended at the Fort lately bui●…t by us there they besieged it to the number of 6000. Ruy Gonçalez de Camara who commanded there gave Advice to the Viceroy and provided to make a good Defence Five Sail came immediately to his Relief then twelve more under the Command of D. George de Meneses who by the Way destroyed the Town of the Naique of Sanguiçer with great Slaughter of the Enemy and Loss of two Men. Without the Bay of Braçalor he took a Ship of Meca and entring found all was safe with the Succour of the first Ships 11. D. Henry de Meneses sailing to the Northward with one Galley and seven other Vessels near the Islands of Angerula eight Leagues from Chaul took two great Ships belonging to Hidalcan but a Storm arising they were all drove ashore and taken by Malabars who carried them to Hidalcan and he because the Ships were taken after the late Conclusion of Peace though the Fault was theirs for answering with their Cannon when they were required to shew Portuguese Passes as had been agreed caused D. Henry and all the Portugueses then at his Court to be put into the Castle of Bilgam and it cost some trouble to release them and appease that Prince 12. It was the Middle of October when the King of Achem though late yet pursuant to the great League before spoke of appeared before Malaca with almost 100 Sail 7000 Men and a vast quantity of Ammunition He landed the same Night of his Arrival and suddenly set fire to the Town of Iller which had been burnt to the Ground had not as sudden and violent a Shower of Rain quenched it Iohn Bandara Captain of the Horse ran with more Zeal than Discretion to succour the Town and was killed 13. The Enemy attempted to burn our Ships but failing in this and other Designs he sate down before the City resolving to carry it by a regular Siege having at first thought it would not cost him that Trouble The City was in a miserable Condition very poor without Men unhealthy and out of heart having suffered much by Shipwrecks Sickness and Famine not without deserving it for Malaca was I know not whether it is the Portuguese Ninive in Asia CHAP. XIII The Siege of Malaca with other Occurrences and End of the Government of D. Anthony de Noronna 1. MAlaca had in a manner no Hopes of Defence the Enemy incessantly battered the Walls and cut off all Provision from coming to it There was nothing within but Misery and Calling upon God for Mercy without deserving it by any other Action but because they implored it So cas●…e it is to appease the Divine Wrath. 2. So it happened for in this Extremity accidentally came into that Port Tristan Vaz de Vega with one only Ship in which he sailed for Sanda to load with Spice The Be●…ged earnestly ●…ntreated him to assist them and he could not but give ear to their Intreaty though it seemed a Rashness to engage a Fleet of an Hundred Sail with Ten whereof Nine were almost rotten and unrigged Among these were distributed 300 Soldiers as naked as hungry The Captain who might repose much Confidence in his own Valour acknowledging in such Cases there ought to be no Trust but in God gave the Example and caused all his Men to confess and prepare themselves for Death 3. About the End of November he sailed and discovered the Enemy's Fleet in the River 〈◊〉 He gave the Command of his own Ship to Emanuel Ferreyra and went himself into a Galliot with his Sword in his Hand to encourage the Men seeing him expose himself to the greatest Danger with them The Signal being given and the Cannon furiously discharged our Captain lays the Enemy's Admiral on Board makes great Havock among 200 Men that were in her beats down her Flag and she getting loose shews him her Stern 4. Mean while Ferdinand Perez with only thirteen Men in a small Vessel took a Galley Ferdinand de Lemos runs his Ship with such force against another that he overset and sunk her Francis de Lima having taken another burnt it to be at leisure to return to the Fight that still continued Emanuel Ferreyra who was in Vega's Ship sunk three Vessels unrigged others and killed many Men. To be short Every one fought to admiration the whole Enemies Fleet fled except four Galleys and seven small Vessels that were burnt or sunk 700 of the Enemy were kill'd and taken of ours only five were slain Our Ships waited three days to see if the Enemy would return and then carried this joyful News to Malaca where it was scarce believed 5. Let us see what was doing at the Malucos Whilst Gonçalo Pereyra Marramaque our Admiral in those Seas carried Relief to Ternate from Amboina this Fort was Besieg'd by the Fleet of Ternate sent by the King either to stop Pereyra

the Portugueses performed the Function and he was Christened Luis Then the Queen and many that came with him were Baptized which was celebrated with the Guns and Warlike Instruments of both People He of Sian moved by this Example was Baptized with his whole Family 4. Mean while the Governour fitted out a Fleet of 45 Sail in which were Three thousand Seamen and Souldiers The design was kept secret and was to rob the Pagod of Tremele which is twelve Miles up the Inland of St. Thomas Meliapor in the Kingdom of Bisnagar For which he had express Orders from King Iohn upon pretence India was wasted as if any pretence could justifie such a Robbery Nevertheless the Design was discovered or as others say disappointed by contrary Weather yet the Governour was persuaded to plunder other Pagods where it was thought there was no less Treasure 5. He took the Advice and by the way sent to the King of Iasanapatan in the Island Ceylon either to submit and pay Tribute to the King of Portugal or provide to ●…ppose that Fleet. The King was so unprovided he thought it a happiness the Governour was so content and agreed to ●…ay Four thousand Ducats yearly The King called Grande near Cape Comori for ●…ear sent him a Present He went on to ●…he Pagod Tebelicate near Calecoulam not●…ithstanding we were at Peace with that ●…ing and entred it with a few of his Confidents they brought two Casks so heavy they loaded many Men It was said they carried Water such as were not easie of belief affirmed it was pure Gold and Precious Stones The truth was never known Some Writings declare there was only a Pot of Gold found in which the Idol was bathed valued Four thousand Crowns which King Iohn Ordered to be restored much admiring this Action of Martin Alfonso as if it had been a greater Crime to rob at Tebilicarè without his Order than at Tremelè with it However it was whilst the Portugueses marched to their Ships the Pagod and Town flamed and Two hundred Nayres set out to Revenge this Loss Commanded by the Keeper of the Pagod They appeared on an Eminence over our Men who marched through a Defileé and poured their Shot and Arrows upon them which killed Thirty The Governour had been in danger had he not dismounted Our Men being got into the open Field put the Nayres to flight 6. No danger terrifies Avarice They went on to another Pagod Out of it was taken a Chest which was publickly opened and some Silver Mony that was in it distributed but of so little value that many believed thence proceeded the Liberality The Governour returned to Goa where four Ships arrived from Portugal soon after his departure expected him Five had set out from Lisbon but one was forced back by a Storm 7. The Governour had not returned so soon to Goa if D. Garcia de Castro had not sent to hasten him upon a sudden emergency which was thus Acedecam Lord of the Lands about Goa designing to depose Hidalcan prevailed by dint of Presents and Promises with D. Garcia to deliver up to him Meale Can Brother to Hidalcan pretending he held the Kingdom wrongfully This gave Hidalcan just cause of Complaint and drew on no contemptible danger The Governour heared both Parties and ●…ough both used equal Arguments offering equal Advantages to the Crown of Portugal the Governour inclined more to Acedacan who offered the Kingdom of Concam then possessed by Abraham a good Man and our Friend whose Revenue was above a Million It was the more valuable for being near Goa CHAP. XIV The End of the Government of Martin Alfonso de Sousa and of the First Part of this Tome 1. THe Governour Armed in defence of Meale and to possess him of the Crown Acedecan offered him This was a notorious act of Injustice and Martin Alfonso being led by Interest and naturally so haughty that none durst Advise him Peter de Faria resolved to do it encouraged by his Quality the great Offices he had born and his great Age being 80 years Old Late at Night he repaired to the Governour 's Tent and having prepared him to hear laid before him all the Motives that could persuade to desist from so unjust an Undertaking with much submission gravity and discretion 2. Martin Alfonso submitted to Faria's Reasons As soon as Day appeared the Governour pretending other Causes gave over the Design and returned to the City securing Meale Can. At this time died Acedecan the Promoter of this Discord and Hidalcan came down the Mountain-Gate with a powerful Army reducing his Rebels and in few days recovered the Kingdom of Concam which not long before we had hoped to possess if not dissuaded by the Experienced Faria to whom Martin Alfonso confessed he owed his Life and Honour For had he gone to Concham it was much to be doubted whether ever he had Returned Hidalcan still fearing Meale Can offered for him if he were delivered to him the Lands of Salsete and Bardez valued at Fifty thousand Ducats a Year It had been a breach of Trust to deliverup a Man that had put himself into our protection Therefore the Governour Answered If what was offered were given he would send him where he should not disturb Hidalcan He admitted this Condition and performed on his part but had not entire satisfaction from us for Meale was carried from Goa to Cananor and from Cananor to Goa in the Eyes of Hidalcan as the Politick said To keep in Awe but the State Criticks said It was a Bait to draw Presents Some were sent soon after 3. Hidalcan had moreover granted to the Governour upon this Treaty the vast Treasure Acedecan had laid up when he Rebelled and which at his Death fell into the hands of Cojecemazadim and was worth Ten Millions of Ducats He persuaded the Governour it was not above a Million and delivered so much to him One Record says He sent almost half of it to Portugal in Bars of Gold Another That he applied Two hundred and fifty thousand Ducats to the Kings use in India if we may not take into this Account One hundred thousand given by Hidalcan upon the late Accommodation But if these did make up the Sum he afterwards discharged a good Conscience discharging the King of some Debts 4. Hidalcan gave him Notice of the great Fraud used in delivering the Treasure persuading him to recover the Remainder of Cojeçemazadim who was at Cananor He used Means to take him but not succeeding resolved to endeavour it in person He fitted out Twenty four great Ships and many Vessels to row and without saying any thing what he intended landed at Cochin Putting to Sea again he steered several Courses and Anchored at Mount Delij At Night without making it known to the Fleet he went into a Barge with five or six Gentlemen and ordering three of the lightest Vessels to follow came with incredible speed to the Fort of Cananor where Iames Alvarez Tellez Commanded He

to her Father at such time as great Rewards were proposed to such as should discover him The Father-in-Law delivered him up to the King who cut off his Head 12. The King not throughly satisfied with the People of Pegu built not far from it another great and strong City Then he marched with an Army of 1600000 Men and over-run many Neighbouring Kingdoms But another Rebellion breaking out at Pegu the Queen was forced to fly to the Castle chiefly relying upon 39 Portugueses who defended her till the King came and vanquished the Rebels Then the King sent an Officer to bring those Men who had defended the Queen to his presence He brought him some Moors of Note but the King knowing the Portugueses were the Men said in Anger I sent you for Men and you bring me Cowards Go bring me Men. The Portugueses being brought he bid them ask whatever Reward they would and they with the Surprize doubting the King loaded them with Riches Praises and Honours 13. Now were the Inhabitants of the City Chincheo the second Portugues Colony in China in a flourishing condition and seemed to have forgot the sad Fate of Liampo destroyed through their Wickedness and Avarice Ayres Coello de Sousa came thither to be Judge of the Orphans and Proveditor for the Dead his Intention being to rob the Living and Dead his Countrymen and Strangers He committed many Villanies to lay hold of 12000 Ducats belonging to an Armenian Christian who died there and 8000 more of some Chinese Merchants upon pretence they belonged to the dead Man These and other Insolencies provoked the Chineses to do as they had done at Liampo to wit to raze the Town and destroy all the Inhabitants Only Thirty escaped of Five hundred Portugueses that lived there These and some others they gathered went over to the Island Lampazau and afterwards in the Year 1557 obtained of the Chineses that of Gaoxam where they built the City now called Macao as shall be seen in its place 14. Our Governour studying some Means to relieve the great Wants of the Souldiers was suddenly snatched away by Death about the beginning of Iuly He was much regretted for his Prudence Affability and Integrity for being Seventy years of Age and having born considerable Offices he was forced to give all he had to Match two Daughters and yet the best part of their Portions was their Beauty and that He was their Father He had a graceful Presence a comly Countenance always Smiling without lessening his Gravity For it is not necessary to be like a Statue to appear like a God He was of the first Quality of his Country His Beard very white and full falling upon his Breast Governed a Year and a Month and was the 15th in that Rank the second of the Name and first of the Sirname CHAP. VII The Government of George Cabral from the Year 1549 till the Year 1550 in the Reign of King JOHN the Third 1. THE Patents of Succession being opened there was found in the first George Cabral a Gentleman by Birth and of known Worth who not long before was gone to take possession of the Command of Baçaim He received the News with small signs of Joy an ill token for him that expected the Recompence of carrying it But he being a generous Man did not lessen the Reward It was not want of desire to Govern that made him dissatisfied but that he feared another coming soon from Portugal to succeed him he should lose the great Advantages he might have made of the Command he was in and which he was to hold four Years With him was his Wife D. Lucretia Fiallo who had double Pretensions to be vain as a Woman and as a Beauty and had now a third in the News of being Wife to the Governour of India so she laughed to see her Husband doubt whether he should receive what was offered 2. Cabral revolved a thousand Thoughts with himself not knowing whether to admit or refuse the Government and these Cares so disturbed him that he could not Rest at Night His Wife finding him so dubious and fearing to be disappointed of the Pride of sitting though never so short a time in the Throne of India took him one Night to task and using all Arts of an ambitious Womans Tongue and the Allurements of that place prevailed with him to lay aside all Doubt and accept of the Honour offered which he had seemed averse to and which she so ardently desired 3. He admired her efficacy in Persuading no less powerful in the beauty of her Language than that of her Person Though he always thought her a Woman of Sense for Beauty and Folly are not always inseparable yet he could not but conclude the desire of Greatness is a great matter of Eloquence Who could resist a resolute Beauty Had it been to draw on Mankind another Universal sin he must have been an Adam to that Eve much more to accept of a Command for which he was sufficiently qualified In fine The New Governour sailed to Goa in this only Governed by his Wife for India might vie with her in the desire of seeing him possess that Throne many years For Cabral deserved to have been long continued in that Post and India was obliged to his Wife for the short time he held it Women are not always hurtful But in those days there were some Beautiful and Gay without being quite Mad. 4. At our Governours coming from Cochin there was not a right Understanding between that King and him because he ordered Francis de Silva to attemp to Plunder the Pagod of Palurte which was disappointed and he lost three Portugueses and the Loss had been greater but that the King was then absent This was the Cause that three Ships set out for Portugal late and ill Laden Now came the News That above 100 Sail were fitting out at Suez to transport Turks into India The Governour applied himself to provide for such a Storm he acquainted the Chief of our Towns Goa offered much Chaul 30 Sail Bazaim 20. Whilst these Preparations were making F. Antony Criminal an Italian Jesuit preaching at Cape Comori received the Crown of Martyrdom at the hands of a multitude of the King of Bisnagar's Subjects who assaulted him as he Preached He was run through with three Lances and then his Head cut off King Iohn was so mightily delighted with this Exploit that he immediately sent Advice to Baltasar de Faria his Embassadour at Rome to communicate it to the Pope who received it with due applause CHAP. VIII Continues the Government of George Cabral 1. ZAmori and the King of Pimienta were joyned in a League against him of Cochin which threatned that State with dangerous consequences The Governour set out to prevent them with a Fleet of 90 Sail but returned to Goa without doing any thing because the Season was unfit He only consulted with the King of Cochin about the manner of carrying on the War