CAESAR FREDERICK ad. 



1563-81. 



reason sounded well in the Retors eares, and so pre- 

 sently he sent for the Bargits, which are as Counsellers 

 of the Citie, and there they promised mee on the kings 

 head or in the behalfe of the king, that neither I nor 

 my goods should have any harme, but that we should 

 be safe and sure : of which promise there were made 

 publike notes. And then I sent for my goods and had 

 them on land, and payde my custome, which is in that 

 countrey ten in the hundreth of the same goods, and 

 for my more securitie I tooke a house right against the 

 Retors house. The Captaine of the Portugales, and all 

 the Portugall marchants were put out of the Citie, and 

 I with twentie and two poore men which were officers in 

 the shippe, had my dwelling in the Citie. After this, 

 the Gentiles devised to be revenged of the Portugales ; 

 but they would not put it in execution untill such time 

 as our small shippe had discharged all her goods, and 

 then the next night following came from Pegu foure 

 thousand souldiers with some Elephants of warre ; and ^ revenge on 

 before that they made any tumult in the citie, the ^^^^^^^^S^^^^- 

 Retor sent, and gave commaundement to all Portugales 

 that were in the Citie, when they heard any rumour or 

 noyse, that for any thing they should not goe out of 

 their houses, as they tendered their owne health. Then 

 foure houres within night I heard a great rumour and 

 noyse of men of warre, with Elephants which threw 

 downe the doores of the ware-houses of the Portugales, 

 and their houses of wood and strawe, in the which 

 tumult there were some Portugales wounded, and one 

 of them slaine ; and others without making proofe of 

 their manhoode, which the day before did so bragge, 

 at that time put themselves to flight most shamefully, 

 and saved themselves a boord of litle shippes, that were 

 at an anker in the harbour, and some that were in their 

 beds fled away naked, and that night they caried away 

 all the Portugalles goods out of the suburbes into the 

 Citie, and those Portugales that had their goods in the 

 suburbes also. After this the Portugales that were 



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