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he determined to seize Tribuly Pandar, as the viceroy had 

 left orders to do, and so he seized him, as will be seen further 

 on 1 . 



Dec. VI., Bk. x., Chap. vi. 



And because there had reached 2 him [the viceroy] 



tidings of the death of Dom Joao Anriquez, captain of Ceilao, 



he dispatched to that fortress Dom Duarte Dega 3 ; 



******* 



Dec. VI., Bk. x., Chap. vii. 



Of how Diogo de Mello, captain of Ceilao, seized Tribuly 

 Pandar, father of the king : 



There took place at this time so many events simultaneously 

 that it has not been possible to continue relating them in 

 their order, because the most important and material ones 

 occupied their place : and so we shall give these a little rest, 

 in order to continue with those that took place at the beginning 

 of this summer, both in Ceilao and in Malaca ; and for this 

 purpose we shall continue with them together, a thing that we 

 always avoid, because we strive as far as possible to keep them 

 separate and relate them by themselves, so that they may be 

 found apart when they are sought for. But here we shall 

 not at present keep to this order, because thus it is necessary. 

 And to continue with the affairs of Ceilao, Dom Joao Anriquez 

 having died, after that they had agreed with Tribuly Pandar 



1 The Rdjdvaliya (80) says : — " Not many days after this, the 

 nephew of the viceroy died of a flatulent complaint after he had handed 

 over charge to Diyagu da Mel , and left written instructions to imprison 

 Vidiye Bandara." 



2 In September 1552, it being impossible to communicate with 

 India earlier, owing to the south-west monsoon. 



3 As this man was captain of one of the ships left at Columbo by the 

 viceroy, we might take the word "dispatched " here to mean " appoint- 

 ed by dispatch," which it usually does in the Portuguese historians, 

 were it not that in the next chapter we read of his "arrival" at 

 Columbo, presumably from Goa. Through a careless misreading of 

 Couto's words, Faria y Sousa (Asia Port. II. n. x.) says that Dom 

 Duarte was accompanied to Ceylon by Xavier " fired with zeal for a 

 spiritual conquest " : the fact being that, as Couto states, Xavier went 

 in the ships for Malacca, on his way to China. 



