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March, 1623 (which I havenot found, but which seems to have 

 been almost a duplicate of that of 7th March, 1623, given 

 above), and ordering him to ascertain if Fernao Pinhao was 

 worthy of the honour proposed to be bestowed upon him. 

 Again, on 21st March, 1625, the king wrote to the viceroy 

 reminding him that on account of the importance of the 

 fortress at Galle, on which Fernao Pinhao was engaged, he 

 had ordered him to assist the captain in every way until it. 

 was completed ; to which the viceroy is stated to have 

 replied, that he was waiting until Constantine de Sa e 

 Noronha, who had been sent to Ceylon as captain-general 

 of the island, had arrived there. The king thereupon asks 

 what has been done ; and again urges the importance of the 

 fort, to resist attacks of enemies. On 25th February, 1627, 

 the king again wrote to the viceroy, to the effect that, as, in 

 reply to his last letter, the latter had stated that the infor- 

 mation he had received regarding Fernao Pinhao did not 

 correspond with that given by the Archbishop of Goa and 

 D. Nune Alvares Pereira, his majesty wished for definite 

 information. Whether or not this was furnished, I do not 

 know, as I have not found any later reference to the matter ; 

 but it is noteworthy that Sa e Menezes, in his Rebelion de 

 Ceylan* gives the entire credit of the construction of the 

 fortress at Galle to his father, Constantino de Sa e Noronha ! 

 On 13th February, 1629, the king wrote granting the 

 captaincy of Galle Fort to Antonio Barbalho. The cause 

 of the vacancy of this post was evidently the death of 

 Fernao Pinhao, mentioned in the following document,! 

 which I unfortunately overlooked when writing my 

 paper :™~ 



Eu El Rey fago saber a vos meu V. Rey, ou Governador das partes 

 da India que JoaoJ de Mendonga orpham§ me fez petigaS dizendo que 

 por sentenga de justificacao Ihe pertencem as duas aldeas por nomem 



* See trans, in C. A. S. Journal, XI., pp. 511, 537. — D. W. F. 



f Contained in Additional MS. 20.872 in Brit. Mus. Library.— D. W. F. 



t Read 11 Joanna." — D, W. F. 



§ Read " orphaa."— D. W. F. 



