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and with the king his son to go against Madune, he was 

 succeeded by Diogo de Hello Coutinho (as has been related 

 above in the nineteenth chapter of the ninth book of this 

 Sixth Decade), who as soon as he took charge of the fortress, 

 finding in the instructions that tho viceroy left for Dom Joao 

 Anriquez that he was to seize Tribuly , resolved to do it, without 

 giving a hint to anyone. So, having an interview with the 

 king, he asked and required him to order his father to come 

 to Cota, because he wished to speak with them both on matters 

 concerning the service of the king of Portugal. The king , think- 

 ing that Diogo de Mello would not meddle with him, sent to 

 summon his father, who at once came to Cota. Diogo de 

 Mello, who was in Columbo, as soon as he heard that he had 

 arrived, went thither, and in the king's house seized him, 

 and brought him to Columbo, and put him in a tower that 

 served for keeping the powder in , and put on him strong iron 

 fetters 1 . 



Tribuly's wife, the king's mother 2 , when she saw her hus- 

 band made a prisoner, stirred up the greater part of the people 

 of Cota, and left there and went to the town of Reigao 3 , 

 whence she planned for his release ; and three days after this 

 had occurred, there arrived Dom Duarte Deca, who came as 

 captain, and at once took charge of Columbo 4 . The king- 

 went and interviewed him, and begged him to release he 

 father, which he would not do, but rather made his imprison- 

 ment more rigorous 5 : and so we shall leave him for a time, 

 to continue with the affairs of Malaca. 



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Dom Pedro da Sylva encountered at sea Bernaldim de Sousa, 

 who imagined that he would be enraged at his conduct with 

 his brother 6 ; but he was very far from being so, these things 

 seeming to him very bad, and so after saluting each other 



1 The Rdjdvaliya (81) says: — "Accordingly Diyagu da Mel, on 

 obtaining the post, seized king Vidiye, took him to Colombo, and im- 

 prisoned him there." 



2 This shows that Bhuvaneka Bahu's daughter was still living (c/. 

 infra, pp. 161, note 1 , 164, note 2 ). 



3 See supra, p. 99, note 4 . 



4 This was probably in September 1552. 



5 As might be expected of such a man (see infra, p. 169, note :! ). 



6 This refers to an unseemly quarrel that took place at Malacca at the 

 end of 1552, in which Xavier played a discreditable part (see White way 

 76). D. Pedro da Silva was captain of Malacca, and his brother D. 

 Alvaro de Taide was sent to succeed him when his time expired. This 

 led to jealousy, and ultimately to violent measures, sides being taken 

 by the various captains there. 



