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he was sent at an early age to Goa, under the 

 charge of Augustine monks, with orders to bring 

 him up in the true religion; he was baptized in a.d. 

 1627, and, after writing a submissive letter to the 

 Pope, he was permitted to return home, and was 

 imprudently promoted to the chieftainship in 

 August, A.D. 1630. The convert began by making 

 Moslems eat pork, and by similar demonstrations 

 of zeal. When all suspicions were laid at rest, 

 Yusuf, no longer Jeronymo, collected 300 sa- 

 vages, entered the fortress in order to visit its 

 commander, Pedro Leitao de Gamboa; and at a 

 given signal stabbed the latter with his own hand, 

 whilst his followers killed the captain's wife and 

 daughter, together with the priest, who was say- 

 ing mass. The surviving Portuguese barricaded 

 themselves for a week in the Augustine convent, 

 but opened the doors when the young Sultan 

 promised to spare their lives. He at once caused 

 all the wretches to be arrowed, and the holy 

 buildings to be profaned and destroyed. Brave 

 as he was cruel, he defended during three months 

 his city against a large fleet and armament sent 

 by the Viceroy D. Miguel de Noronha, Count 

 of Linhares ; he beat off Erancisco de Moura, and 

 having captured two Portuguese vessels, he dis- 

 mantled the citadel, burnt the city, destroyed the 



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