262 journal, r.a.s. (cbylon). [Vol. XX. 



of that fortress's being very disorganized and lacking in every- 

 thing through the late siege 1 , in which he sent money and 

 provisions 2 . 



Dec. X., Bk. h., Chap. ix. 



The viceroy having got rid of the affairs of Damao, on 

 account of which all others were delayed 3 , at once set about 

 to dispatch those that had to go out and succour Ceilao, 

 news having reached him afresh that Rajii was in a state of 

 unrest, and it was suspected that he wished to try his hand 

 again on the fortress of Columbo 4 ; and because Antonio de 

 Sousa Godinho 5 was ready to go to Pegu on matters of 

 importance, he forthwith dispatched him with an order that 

 he should ask Mathias de Albuquerque, captain-major of 

 Malabar 6 , for two more captains, Dom Jeronimo 

 Dazevedo 7 and Afonso Ferreira da Silva 8 , to go with him 

 where there was that need ; and that on arriving at Columbo, 

 if it should be necessary to stay there, he was to do so ; and 

 that if affairs were quiet he should proceed to Pegu, to fulfil his 

 mission. 



Antonio de Sousa having left Goa with three ships, the 

 captains of which, besides himself, were Antonio de Faria and 

 Joao de Faria, on arriving at Malabar delivered the letters that 

 he carried to Mathias de Albuquerque, who gave him the two 

 captains that he asked for, and went pursuing his course ; and 

 before reaching Cochim he encountered a pardo of Malavares, 



1 See supra, p. 257. 



2 The ship left Goa at the end of September or beginning of October 

 1581, probably. 



3 Daman was besieged by the Mogul's forces. 



4 If, as is probable, Raja Si^ha had learnt of Dharmapala's dotation 

 of the kings of Portugal with territories of which he (Raja Siijha) was 

 in actual possession, it is no wonder that he should seek to get hold of 

 and punish his complaisant relative. 



5 The manuscript omits " Godinho." 



6 Afterwards (1591-7) viceroy of India. 



7 Here appears on the scene the man who afterwards, as general of 

 Ceylon, earned for himself eternal infamy by his cruelties to the Si^ha- » 

 lese. The first mention of him by Couto is in the eighth chapter of the 

 first book of this Decade ; but it is probable that in the lost Ninth 

 Decade there were earlier references. His brother, D. Manoel de 

 Azevedo, is named in X n. i. 



8 We shall meet with this man again in X. x. vi. (see p. 334). 



