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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). 



[Vol. XX. 



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



Of the matters for which Dom Paulo de Lima made provision in 

 Malaca before leaving for Goa : and of how the viceroy sent 

 Manoel de Sousa to Ceilao : and of what Thome de Sousa de 

 Arronches did in the villages of Raju. 



By the ships that left Goa at the end of the past September, 

 as we have already said 1 , which arrived at Malaca at the begin- 

 ning of November, Dom Paulo de Lima received letters from 

 the viceroy, in which he requested him to make haste and rid 

 himself of the affairs of that fortress as quickly as he could, 

 and to go with all his armada to Columbo, in order, with the 

 captain of the city and whomever he should send in succour, to 

 attack the enemy, and that in Columbo he would find full 

 instructions regarding what he had to do. On the setting in 

 of the monsoon 2 , Dom Paulo set about concluding the affairs 

 of that fortress, ; and making temporary arrange- 

 ments in connection with all other business, he took leave of 

 the city on the 24th of January, in which we now are, and set 

 sail, having given orders to all the captains of his armada that 

 if they got separated fiom him they were to go 3 and wait for 

 him. at Columbo, whither he was to go, the viceroy having so 

 commanded him, and they went pursuing their voyage, of 

 which we shall give an account further on 4 , in order to return 

 to the affairs of Goa. 



Manuel de Sousa Coutinho having returned from the coast 

 of the north, as we have said 5 , the viceroy at once equipped him 

 for going in succour to Ceilao, and dispatched him with full 

 instructions that he gave him : and the chief was, that as soon 

 as he reached Columbo he was to wait for the armada from 

 Malaca, in order, with the captain of the city and Dom Paullo de 

 Lima, in whose judgment and courage and good fortune he 

 had great confidence, to attack the enemy and raise the siege 

 of that city, without there being amongst them any precedence, 

 all of them observing the decorum that was due to each, to one 

 as captain-major of that succour and to the other as captain of 

 that city, all of which he left to their prudence, because in any 

 other way would be lost so great an opportunity as that which 

 was expected from that expedition, in which lay the retrieval 



1 See supra, p. 335. 



2 See supra, p. 353, note 6 . 



3 The printed edition has " that they were to separate from him and 

 go." 



4 Couto does not exactly fulfil this promise, only informing us in 

 chapters xvi. and xvii. below (pp. 377, 385) of the arrival at Columbo of 

 the ships. 



6 See supra, X. x, xi., p. 354, 



