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Dec. X., Bk. x., Chap. x. 



Of another message that the viceroy received regarding the strait 

 of Columbo : and of how he sent in succour Joao Caiado 

 de Gamboa in a ship with one hundred and fifty men :. . 



After the departure of the galleon of the voyage with the 

 provisions, there arrived at Goa Bertolameu Rodrigues, whom 

 the captain of Colurnbo had sent with another message to the 

 viceroy regarding the first 1 assault that Raju delivered upon 

 that fortress, of which he brought a drawing, in order that he 

 might see the mode of the enemy's fortification, and the force 

 that he had brought against that fortress 2 : and on seeing that 

 strength, the viceroy ordered to make ready a galleon, electing 

 as captain of that succour, which was to consist of one hundred 

 and fifty men, Joao Caiado de Gamboa, who making haste 

 with his embarkation set sail on the 7th of October, there 

 embarking with him many fidalgos and cavaliers who were 

 lovers of honour, of whom the names that we have been able to 

 learn are as follows : Dom Gilianes de Noronha and Bom Lead 

 his brother, Dom Afonso Henriques, Hieronimo de Castro, 

 Pero Botelho, Joao Sobrinho , Ruy Vas Pinto, Dom Fernando de 

 Meneses, Simao da Silva, Christovao Rebello,PaulloPimentade 

 Bulhao , Mathias da Fonseca , Manoel Pereira do Lago , Domingos 

 Leitao Pereira, Balthesar de Freitas, and the same Berthola- 

 meu Rodrigues who came to beg for the succour : and taking 

 ten thousand parddos in money, and the galleon laden with 

 provisions and munitions, they went pursuing their voyage 3 . 



. These galleys 4 set sail on the 20th of this month of 



October, and the viceroy continued to busy himself in the 

 matter of Columbo, because it was agreed in council, as we 

 have already said 5 . that a large armada should be prepared, and 

 that the captain-major who should go in it should wait in 

 Columbo for Dom Paulo de Lima, who was to come from 

 Malaca (as the viceroy had written to him), in order that both 

 together with the whole force, which was the largest that India 

 possessed, should attack the enemy and dislodge him : and as 

 now the weather would not allow of this being possible before 

 the end of January following 6 , he began to prepare the things 

 necessary for that expedition, nominating Manoel de Sousa 



1 The manuscript omits this word. 



2 See supra, p. 319. 



3 The further progress of which is related in the next chapter. 



4 Two that the viceroy was sending to Cochin with certain orders. 



5 See supra, p. 335. 



6 The ships could not leave Malacca for India before the beginning 

 of January, when the monsoon favourable for that voyage set in. 



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