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The viceroy received Miguel Ferreira very well, because he 

 had already had information regarding him ; and seeing that 

 it was necessary to go to the help of Dio, and that he was also 

 forced to succour Ceilao, and was about to leave the next day, 

 he brought these matters before the council, and it was resolved 

 that it was very just and necessary to succour that king, in 

 order that the trade of that island should not be lost ; and 

 that Miguel Ferreira should be given four hundred men, and 

 vessels for them 1 . This being settled, because Miguel Ferreira 

 could not set out for Ceilao before the end of January, he left 

 him in Goa getting ready, granting him all the conditions he 

 asked for. 



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Dec. V., Bk. v., Chap. viii. 



Of what happened to Miguel Ferreira on his journey to Ceilao : 

 and of how he captured the whole armada of the Qamorim : 

 and of the negotiations that he carried on with Madune until 

 Pachi Marcd was killed : 



Miguel Ferreira, who remained in Goa preparing for the 

 succour of Ceilao, as we have related in the fifth chapter of the 

 fifth book, made such haste with the armada, that at the 

 beginning of February [1539] he set sail, and went pursuing his 

 journey with fair weather until he had passed Cape Comorim, 

 when he ran along that coast as far as the shoals, which he 

 crossed to the other side 2 . In Manar he learnt that Pachi 

 Marca with his whole armada was in the river of Putulao 3 , and 

 the Moors belonging to it on shore with tranqueiras erected ; 

 and that Pachi Marca had gone with part of his forces to 

 Ceilao 4 to assist Madune against his brother. Miguel Ferreira 

 considered this a piece of good luck, and agreed with his 

 captains to attack the paros 5 , which were sixteen in number ; 



1 According to Correa, the viceroy wrote and asked the king of 

 Ceylon for a loan, which he obtained, but which was never repaid (see 

 C. Lit. Reg. iii. 221). 



2 Correa gives details of the voyage, which may or may not be true 

 (see G. Lit. Reg. iii. 226-7). 



3 That is, the Puttalam lake. Correa says it was " the river of 

 Negumbo " ; but Couto is more likely correct. 



4 The Portuguese writers always distinguished Mannar from the 

 mainland of Ceylon. 



6 Boats (see Hob. -Job. s.v. " Prow "). 



