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of Veedor de la hazienda, which was another cause of 

 annoyance and trouble added to the misfortunes which had 

 come about ; for in revenge for former disputes he com- 

 menced to embroil himself with the Governor, who until then 

 had managed the exchequer. His aim was to have an equal 

 share in the administration ; and disputing everything that 

 was proposed, the discord increased and grew into hate, De 

 Freitas magnifying every charge of falsehood which was 

 brought against the character of the General, who in his will 

 so generously pardoned him ; and whose actions were always 

 so clear and manifest to all that there never was anything 

 which could be impugned. 



There are some politicians who advise their prince to 

 encourage enmity amongst his ministers ; for by this means 

 espionage is encouraged one against another, and a life of 

 secrecy and fear is the result ; since according to the maxim 

 of a certain philosopher, more is due unto enemies than unto 

 friends ; for the former make men careful, whilst the latter 

 make them careless. This advice cannot easily be followed 

 out in the monarch's service, still less in his absence, because 

 of the great loss which such disputes usually entail ; for 

 ministers are either good or bad : if good, that is for 

 both king and country, it is indispensable that they should 

 love one another, and as their end is the same, to be true to 

 each other, there should be no enemies amongst them : but if 

 they are bad, it is ground for the sovereign to hate them and 

 to cast them from his side as the greatest pest that could 

 befall the republic. 



These dissensions caused a great deal of mischief. The 

 soldiers were the worst sufferers ; for they were deprived of 

 their ordinary pay, and the Portuguese army was reduced to 

 a miserable state. 



In spite of all, the General decided on the expedition to 

 Uva, and ordered the traitor Modeliars to enrol their 

 lascarins, who marched in to the number of 13,000 men ; 

 and including the Casados (married men) of Columbo, 

 together with all the recruits, there were scarcely 500 



