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roy’s vessel, called La Conception, the best armed of all the 
vessels and commanded by Captain Don Manuet pE Masca- 
RENHAS; the galleon S¢. Nicolas, with 19 brass and 5 iron 
guns, under the command of Don FERNANDo pi MascareNnuas, 
who had his brother Don Pepro with him; the St. Simoan, 
Captain AnpREE Prsoa; the Todos os Santos, Captain Don 
Francisco pE Norinua; the Santa Cruz, under the command 
of Vice-Admiral SEBASTIAN Soarez; then another one, the lar- 
gest of all the vessels, with Don Pauto pE PortuGat as Cap- 
tain and one more, much smaller, the St. Antonio, Captain 
ANTONIO DE Souza Farncaon. 
By order of our Admiral, the vessels Orange, Groote Son 
and Vereenigde Landen were to attack jointly one of the 
Portuguese vessels; whilst our other vessels had to prevent 
the enemy from coming near. They thereupon resolved to 
attack in the night of the 21st the Portuguese Vice-Admiral’s 
vessel, but a calm compelled them to postpone it till the next 
day. 
On the morning of the 22nd he attacked the enemy in the 
roads, and captured the S¢. Nicolas, which could not be pre- 
vented by the Viceroy ; but by the carelessness of our people 
this ship got free again, though Mr. Maretinr had already 
given orders to set fire to her. 
In the meantime, the Groote Son, Swarte Leeww and 
Mauritius had boarded the S¢. Simoan and after having 
captured her they burnt her with her whole crew. The Hrasmus 
attacked the Santa Cruz, but was at first beaten back; the 
Mauritius then coming to her assistance, they jointly cap- 
tured the said vessel, a fine galleon of 11 brass and 4 iron guns. 
Among the many Portuguese nobles who fell in this battle, 
were Don Fernanpo pe Mascarenuas, Captain of the St. 
Nicolas, and his brother Don PkEpro; Don Francisco pr 
Norinua, Captain of the Todos os Santos; BARTHOLOME DE 
Fonseca, JorcE GaAtvan and Don PEpro pe MaAscaReNnunHAS 
son of Don Geronimo DE Mascarenuas. Altogether they lost 
521 Huropeans, and on the 23rd our people captured another 
galleon, the St. Simoan, in which they seized 14 brass and 
2 iron guns, 3,000 {bs of gunpowder, and a great quantity of 
wine and provisions. 
