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passed they showered upon them flights of arrows, and one by 

 one struck them all down, and cutting off their heads carried 

 them to Miguel Ferreira, at which he was appeased 1 . The 

 king of Cotta made peace with his brother, and when they 

 had returned to the city of Cotta the king commanded to 

 make a payment to the soldiers of the armada, and to Miguel 

 Ferreira and all the captains he gave stuffs and trinkets of gold 

 and precious stones, and lent thirty thousand cruzados for the 

 expenses of that armada. Seeing that all was ended, Miguel 

 Ferreira dispatched the whole armada with the vessels of the 

 Malavares to Goa, writing a short letter to the viceroy, the 

 substance of which was : — That he had in that expedition done 

 all that he had commanded him, that he left Ceilao in entire 

 peace, and that Pachi Marca with all his race was destroyed, 

 as he would learn there from the captains of the armada ; 

 and that he sent him there all his vessels as a present. 



This armada reached Goa at the end of April, and the viceroy 

 caused many celebrations to be made for that victory, and 

 conferred many honours and favours upon the captains. And 

 so this was one of the great deeds of this kind that was done in 

 India, by which Malavar was so intimidated, that the Qamorim 

 at once sent to beg peace of the viceroy, which he granted 

 him, as we shall relate further on. 



Miguel Ferreira, after dispatching the armada for Goa, set 

 sail to go to Sao Thome, where he had his house, taking some 

 vessels from that coast with him, and went about outside the 

 island, it not being now the season for going inside ; ...... 



This man was at this time more than seventy years old, 

 large in body, dry, lean, well-favoured, a great horseman, 

 and crafty in war. He was never married, but had some 

 natural children ; he dwelt in that city, where he was always 

 wealthy and honoured, and where he died. From there 

 he hastened with great readiness to help in the service of 

 the king, and he was called upon by the governors in times of 

 great need. 



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1 See Rdjdvaliya 78, where Kunji 'All is called Kundali, and it is said 

 that Mayadunne and the vadakkaru coming from before Gira-imbula 

 were defeated by the Portuguese in Gumbevila pass, which tallies with 

 Correa's narrative (G. Lit. Reg. 227). According to the same authority, 

 " two of the principal vadakkaru " were bound by Mayadunne and sent 

 to Kotte. That they were treacherously murdered is, however, con- 

 firmed by Correa (C. Lit. Reg. iii. 228) and Zinuddin (see Lopes 65). 

 Correa, however, says that they were killed by the factor Manuel de 

 Queiros and a body of twenty Portuguese. 



