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Noronha, his brother Dom Lead, Joao de Sousa Coutinho, 

 Simao Rolim, Ruy Pereira de Sande, Francisco da Silva, and 

 Thome de Sousa de Arronches as captain of the sea with a 

 galley and six foists. This order having been given, and 

 leaving all the provisions, munitions, and money that they 

 thought necessary, they all made sail for Goa. 



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



of how there arrived at Goa Manoel de Sousa and 



Dom Paulo de Lima : 



The viceroy was hourly expecting news from Ceilao, 



whither his eyes were turned, because it was the thing that 

 then most worried him, since already from Malaca God our 

 Lord had brought him even better than had been hoped for : 

 that from Ceilao was not long delayed, as in a few days there 

 arrived a swift ship, which those captains had dispatched 

 with it. The viceroy, learning from the letters of the favour 

 that God had granted, gave Him many thanks, and ordered 

 all the bells to be rung out, that the city might rejoice , and 

 he wrote at once to all the fortresses of the north that good 



news, at which they greatly rejoiced Manoel de Sousa, 



who was coming in a swift armada, arrived at Cochim, and 

 left at that city Dom Jeronimo de Azevedo in his galley, and 

 two foists besides, to meet the ships from China, and convoy 

 them as far as Goa, and he went visiting the fortresses of 

 Cananor and Canara 1 , and at the end of March reached Goa, 

 which he entered with his ships bedecked with flags and 

 branches, and the city received him with many festivities and 

 many salvos of artillery, with all the ships and galleys beauti- 

 fully dressed with flags ; and in the midst of the aldermen, 

 and accompanied by all the fidalgos that were in Goa, he was 

 conducted to the viceroy, who was awaiting him in the hall, 

 and there received him with many honours, spending some 

 time in praises of him and of all that took part in that affair 2 . 

 From there he retired to his house accompanied by a great 

 concourse of fidalgos and soldiers, and afterwards the viceroy 

 celebrated the victory, and rode through the streets, having at 

 his side Manoel de Sousa. 



1 Teixeira describes his visit, on this return voyage, to Barselor, one 

 of the ports of Kanara (see Teix. 210-3). 



2 See Linsch. ii. 198. 



