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friend, reprefented to them the danger of offending his un- 

 cle ; and at the fame time affured them, that the cargo was de- 

 figned to be difpofed of to them. All was in vain ; they took 

 the fhip, and flew fome of the crew. The nephew demanded 

 fatisfa(5tion, but his remonftrances were received with con- 

 tempt. 



Lopez SoareZf a Portuguefe admiral, came into India about 

 this time with thirteen fliips. He found that the Zamorin, and 

 the citizens of Cranganore, were preparing to revenge the 

 injuries done them. He failed for that port, landed his men, 

 and, affifted by the King of Cochin^ attacked the Indian armv, 

 gained a complete viftory, and purfued the fugitives into the 

 city, and fet it on fire. It was to no purpofe that the Chrijlian Burnt. 

 inhabitants entreated the conquerors to fpare their churches. 

 They did indeed attempt to quench the flames, but to no pur- 

 pofe, for very few of the places of worfliip efcaped. This hap- 

 pened in 1504. T\\Q Portuguefe built a ftrong foit near the fpot, 

 about a league up the river, or channel, which is not above a 

 quarter of a mile broad, but very deep, yet on the bar, at 

 fpring-tides, had not above fourteen feet df water. A new 

 city arofe, but the Indians rebuilt it at fome dilf ance from the 

 antient fite, and it became one of the finefl in India. A chan- 

 nel divides it from another narrow ifle, which is about four 

 leagues long, and runs north and fouth, parallel with the main 

 land. Another channel divides it from that of Cochin. The 

 Dutch, under Commodore Goens, made themfelves mailers of 

 Cranganore in 1660, without meeting the left refiftance. The 

 Portuguefe, enervated with luxury, and detefted for their cru- 



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