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finding no other resource, sallied out with a large force to meet 

 him, and cut to pieces seven hundred foot soldiers, amongst 

 whom were four hundred Portuguese. Don Jorge seeing him- 

 self betrayed, hastily withdrew to Cota, and from thence 

 returned to Goa. 



No heathen throughout the East ever treated us with such 

 treachery as the King of Gandia. For the unlawful purposes 

 of his wickedness he made use of religion, hospitality, and 

 friendship, the laws and precepts of which he trampled on, 

 against everything human and divine, boasting of the 

 number of times he repeated his treasons, and making a 

 bridge of the first plot to carry him on to the rest ; for he 

 found us so confident and trusting in all his words, as if time 

 and occasion would not discover them to be all false and lying. 

 And the Portuguese had made it a point of honour never to 

 suffer injury, however small, from these barbarians, knowing 

 full well that over-forbearance breeds contempt. It was a 

 still greater wonder to see the kingdom of Gandia so free 

 of our arms, when the Candians were by their rebellions 

 and treasons the fatal downfall of our armies ; from which 

 resulted such proud emulation and glory to them, who, 

 instead of being vassals to us, made themselves rivals and 

 competitors for the sovereignty of the empire with a valour 

 and obstinacy as though they had been our equals, threat- 

 ening our dominions with their levies. 



But God, who punishes such wickedness, although long in 

 doing so, took for His instrument the famous Baju, lord 

 of Geitavaca ;* who, arming Hastana against the king of 

 Gandia, deposed him from the kingdom, and obliged him 

 as a last resort to deliver himself up with his sons and 

 family and to embrace the Faith of the Portuguese. 

 When he found himself abandoned and pursued by his 

 own followers, he took passage to Goa, where he was pro- 

 tected as an exile by Don Luis de Ataide, who at that time 

 was Viceroy ; and whilst treating for his restoration the 

 Candian died, leaving two sons already baptized and very 

 young, whose names were Juan and Gatalina. 



* Raja Siyha I., 1581-92 a.d.-B., Hon. Sec. 



