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than he had brought, whom he had lost in that expedition. 

 And with this our people were disburdened, and fortified 

 themselves anew, and provided Cota with food and men ; 

 and Diogo de Mello , when he saw that he was not needed there , 

 returned in his foist by himself to Manar, leaving in Columbo 

 all the rest of the succour that had gone with him. 



Dec. VII., Bk. x., Chap. xix. 



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As the summer 1 was drawing to a close, the governor Joao 

 de Mendoca began hurrying on the dispatching of the captains 



that had to go out, who were and also Pero de Taide 



Inferno 2 to the captaincy of Ceilao, and gave him some 

 vessels, men, and munitions, because Madune continued to 

 carry on war against his brother the king of Cota 3 . 



1 The hot season of 1563-4. 



2 Previously captain of Sao Thome. I do not know how he came 

 to have such an unpleasant nickname. 



3 This statement is doubly inaccurate : the king of Kotte was 

 Mayadunne's grand-nephew, not his brother (see supra, p. 204, note 3 ), 

 and Mayadunne was not at this time carrying on war, but preparing 

 for another campaign (see infra, p. 224, note 2 ). 



