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of Portugal are rightful lords by the affiliations and donations 

 that the king Dom Joao ot Cota and Dom Philippe of Candea 

 made of them to them 1 ; with the island and fortress of 

 Manar, with all the fishery of seed-pearl, which yields a 



good sum 2 : 



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when the king Dom Philippe was sworn as king 



in these states 3 , there was as captain of 



Columbo in Ceilao Manoel de Sousa Coutinho 4 ; 



Dec. X., Bk. i., Chap. ix. 



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in this armada 5 there embarked many fidalgos and 



captains, and of those that we remember are the following : 



. . Joao Correa de Brito 6 with that [the reversion of the 



captaincy of the fortress] of Columbo in Ceilao 7 ; Joao 



Correa de Brito with that of Columbo 8 . 



Dec. X., Bk. ii., Chap. i. 



And leaving these matters, let us turn to the viceroy Dom 

 Francisco Mascarenhas, who as soon as he took charge of the 

 state began to fulfil his duties ; and one of the first that he 

 carried out was to dispatch a ship to Ceilam, on account 



1 See supra, p. 256, note 6 , and p. 258, and infra, p. ' 90. 



2 Mannar had superseded Kilakarai as the residence of the captain 

 of the pearl fishery, the captain of Mannar fort holding the two offices 

 (see infra, p. 269, and cf. Teix. 178). According to the " tractate of 

 the Portugall Indies" by "Don Duart de Meneses the Vice-roy " 

 (1854), printed in Purchas (ix. 164), '"The rent of the Fortresse Manar, 

 is worth 133460. Fanoes, which are 4003800. Keys, the which his 

 Majestie hath in the said Hand, and in other Ports neighbouring 

 there-about, and of tribute which the King of Jasanapatan, and other 

 Lords do pay, which is 2502Z. 7s. Qd. sterling." 



3 On 3 September 1581, as described by Couto in X. I. iv. 



4 See supra, p. 257. 



5 Which left Lisbon 11 April 1581 for India, carrying the first 

 viceroy appointed by Philip II. , viz. , D. Francisco Mascarenhas. 



6 See supra, p. 225. 



7 We shall find that he did not take up this post until two years after 

 his arrival in India (see infra, p. 263). Meanwhile he held the office of 

 vedor da fazenda at Ormuz. 



8 Both the printed edition and the manuscript have this repetition . 

 only the latter has in the second place " Colimbo." 



