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ships that were to go to the kingdom. The captain and factor 

 of this vessel was Antonio Barreto, who died in the fight, and 



all our people that were in her 1 Martini Afonso, as 



the weather was contrary to him, and he learnt that Pate 

 Marcar had not crossed over to Ceilam, determined to go 

 forward until he came across him, and by force of rowing 

 almost under water he ran along the coast until he reached 

 the port of Calle 2 after nightfall, where he slept. 



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Couto. 



Dec. V., Bk. n., Chap. v. 



Of the other things that happened to Martini Afonso de Sousa 

 during the whole of the rest of the summer : and of how he 

 proceeded to Ceilad : and of the terms of peace that those 

 kings made. 



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And Martim Afonso de Sousa, thinking it was his 



duty to advise the governor of this victory, dispatched 

 Miguel d'Ayala, captain of a catur, by whom he wrote to the 

 governor and to the captain of Cochim of the favour that 

 God had done him : and to the king of Cochim he sent the 

 umbrella which the Qamorin was sending to Madune. ...... 



Having dispatched this catur, Martim Afonso de Sousa at 

 once got ready and embarked to go to Ceilao to have an 

 interview with that king, taking the best of the enemy's vessels, 

 with which he recruited his armada, and the rest he sent to 

 Cochim, and thus he went, already at the end of February 

 [1538] , towards the shoals, which he crossed very well to Manar , 

 and from there along the coast he went to Columbo. And 

 we shall leave him for a little, as it is necessary for us to 

 continue with Miguel d'Ayala, who had gone with the message 

 to Goa. 



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1 Correa also mentions this (see G. Lit. Reg. iii. 212). 



2 Either Cael (Kayalpattanam) or Callecare (Kilakarai). 



