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country and across the Island was well shown in the[nature and results 

 of Portuguese warfare. The spade or the mamoty was far more 

 potent than the sword in such cases. 



As Dr. Vandort had rightly said, it was a great matter to have one 

 of their Members with the inclination and ability to[elucidate obscure 

 but interesting passages in past local history. Dr.* Yandort's own 

 ingenious alternative interpretation of a portion would no doubt receive 

 due attention. 



Addendum. 



Since the above was printed, I have received from Sr. 

 David Lopes the documents given below, which were com- 

 municated to him by General Brito Rebello and one of the 

 keepers of manuscripts at the Torre do Tombo in Lisbon, 

 Sr. M. Azevedo, both of whom very kindly made researches 

 for information regarding Simao Pinhao. The first document, 

 in point of time, is as follows : — 



Dom felipe etc. f&qo saber aos que esta minha carta vire que avedo 

 resp t0 aos servi^os q f ernao pinhao caval ro fidalguo de minha ' [casa] 

 estate nas p tes da india me te f t0 nellas per tempo de onze annos nas 

 armadas fortalezas front ras e o ser ferido de hua espinguardada pelos 

 peitos e ir de socorro a ceilao por tres vezes e se achar nos asaltos e 

 sucessos q ouue naquella coquista ey por be e me praz de lhe fazer 

 [mer^e] da capitania da f ortaleza de gualle na ilha de ceilao por tempo 

 de tres annos na vagante dos providos antes de vinte e dous de dezem 

 bro do anno passado de mil bi e sete e q lhe fiz esta mer9e co a qual 

 capitania avera e cada hu anno seis ^entos mil reis e todos os proes e 

 percahjos que lhe diretam te pertencere . , . . — Feita a 14 de marco de 

 1608.* 



Translation. 



Dom Felipe, &c. I make known to those who shall see this my letter 

 that having respect to the services that Fernao Pinhao, knight fidalgo 

 of my household, being in the parts of India, has done me therein 

 during a period of eleven years in fleets, fortresses, and frontiers, and 

 his having been wounded by a musket shot in the breast, and having on 

 three occasions gone with help to Ceilao, and having been present in 

 the assaults and successes that took place in that conquest, I think well 

 and it is my pleasure to grant him the captaincy of the fort of Gualle 

 in the island of Ceilao for a term of three years on the vacation by the 

 grantees prior to the 22nd of December of the past year 1607 in which 

 I made him this grant, with which captaincy he shall have each year 

 six hundred milreis and all the profits and gains that shall directly 

 appertain thereto .... — Made the 14th of March, 1608. 



* Chancellaria de Filippe II., livro 16, fol. 278, v. 



