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cotapipe* em dina a vaca,f e a prioiquej: e§ mendocola|| na Ilha de 

 Ceilao de que eu fiz mercje a J°^[ Pinhao com tres vidas, o qual antes 

 de seu falecimento o aforamento dos ditos Aluaras, digo' 00 Aldeas as 

 nomeou por verba do seu testamento em Joaoff Pinhao primo della 

 dita Joanna de Mendonca que antes de sua morte os nomeou nella me 

 pedio lhe fizesse mercje mandar passar provizao em meu nomem das 

 ditas Aldeas e visto por mim seu requerimento, e reposta que sobre 

 elle deu o procurador de minha fazenda, Iley por bem, e vos mando 

 que me informeis particularmente se sao estas aldeas dos que estao 

 aplicadas a consignacao do arayal, e sustento do prezidio, e do que 

 aserca disto achardes me enviareis recallacad com vosso parecer para 

 se diferir a dita Joanna de Mendonc^ como for justica, e juntamente 

 me mandareis hum rol das Aldeas que estao destinadas para a dita 

 consigna9ao do Arayal, e este nao passara pella chanceleria o qual vay 

 por tres vias, de que esta he a primeira huma so hanera effeito. — 

 Francisco de Abreu a fez em Lisboa a xxvij de Marco. — H. Arcebispo 

 de Lisboa. 



Translation. 



I the king make known to you my viceroy or governor of the parts 

 of India, that Joanna de Mendonca, orphan, made petition to me, say- 

 ing that by a decree of probate there pertain to her the two villages 

 by name Cotapite in Dinaavaca and Opanaique in Mendacorla in the 

 Island of Ceilao which I granted to Simao Pinhao for three lives, who 

 before his death by the words of his testament bequeathed the holding 

 of the said villages to Fernao Pinhao, cousin of the said Joanna de 

 Mendonc,a, who before his death bequeathed it to her ; and she begged 

 me to do her the favour to order a provision to be passed in my name 

 of the said villages. And having seen her request, and the reply that 

 the procurator of my revenue gave regarding it, I think well and com- 

 mand you to inform me particularly if these villages are of those that 

 are applied to the consignation of the camp and the upkeep of the 

 garrison ; and of whatever you shall learn regarding this you shall send 

 a relation, with your opinion, in order to reply to the Joanna de 

 Mendonca as justice shall demand ; and at the same time you shall 

 send me a list of the villages that are appointed for the said consigna- 

 tion of the camp. And this shall not pass through the chancellery, the 

 which goes in triplicate, of which this is the first copy : one only shall 

 have effect. — Francisco de Abreu has made it in Lisbon, the 27th of 

 March [1629].— [?] Archbishop of Lisbon. 



* Read " Cotapite." — D. W. F. f Read " Dinaavaca."— D. W. F. 



% Read " Opanaique."— D. W. F. § Read " em." — D. W. F. 



|| Read " Mendacorla." — D. W. F. % Read " Simao. " — D. W. F. 



** These two words are blunders of the copyist's, and " dos ditos " should 

 be " das ditas."— D. W. F. 



ft Read " Fernao." — D. W. F. 



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