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company, and Dom Antonio de Noronha in the rearguard, 

 and in the middle the baggage and the sick, and further back 

 Joao Fernandez Correa, captain of Negapatao, who had with 

 him Ayres Falcao, and on the outside the chief justice Henrique 

 Jaques with a number of slaves to aid those that got tired. 

 Thus they went marching, and the enemy behind yapping 

 and discharging many fire-bombs and musket shots, and 

 great flights of arrows, our people not slacking their pace, 

 although some soldiers wanted to get at them. 



And having crossed a beautiful meadow, through which the 

 enemy continued to pursue them, at the end of it, where some 

 embankments were being made , thirty or forty soldiers remained 

 on the other side hidden by them ; and as the enemy saw the 

 companies pass on in the order that they observed, they went 

 after them, not fearing the embankments ; and on arriving at 

 these and beginning to pass them, the liers in ambush rushed 

 out upon them so suddenly that without their being able 

 to turn they killed more than fifty of them ; and Ayres 

 Falcao, who went behind almost limping, on seeing our people 

 remaining, hastening to the fray attacked them, and succeeded 

 in putting them to the rout, and thenceforth they appeared 

 no more. The viceroy received Dom Antonio de Noronho 

 and all the rest very warmly, and forthwith set about to 

 embark, ordering to be put on the prince of Jafanapatao, who 

 was a hostage, certain handsome fetters lined with crimson 

 velvet, in order to hold him more securely, and gave him in 

 custody of the captain of a vessel. 



Dec. VII., Bk. ix., Chap. v. 



of how the viceroy Dom Constantino erected a fortress 



in the island of Manar, and left for Gochim. 



The viceroy being just about to embark, being no longer able 

 to do anything there, the country being disturbed, they saw 

 from the land two very fine ships coming with all their sails 

 set, one in front of the other, and then they saw them both 

 at once strike sail and anchor, without knowing what ships 

 they were. And before we treat of these ships (which were 

 from the kingdom) we shall give an account of the armada that 

 the king sent to India this year of 1560, and of the things 



for which he ordered provision to be made 1 



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1 The fleet took out the first archbishop of Goa and the first inquisi- 

 tors for India (see m/ra, p. 212, note 3 , p. 213, note x ). 



