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amongst them, knocking over some lascarins and wounding 

 some Portuguese, among whom were Simao Pinhao, Pero d'A- 

 breu modeliar, and others. And nevertheless our men pushed 

 on, and attacked the fort with great courage, setting up the 

 ladders, by which several began to mount. And being in this 

 turmoil, those of the ambush burst forth with great uproar, 

 and fell upon the rear of our men, who on being aware of them 

 forsook the combat, and turned upon the enemy with great 

 fury, and charged into them in such fashion that with the 

 loss of many killed they made them retire to the jungle whence 

 they had come. 



Dom Fernando modeliar seeing the result, and, like a 

 sagacious man, understanding that if they left there the 

 territories would be lost, fortified himself in the same place as 

 best he could, and sent to advise the captain-general of 

 everything, and of the position in which the enemy remained. 

 Upon receipt of this message he at once dispatched his brother 

 Dom Manoel d'Azevedo with some companies of soldiers, 

 whom he ordered to come from Seitavaca 1 and from the 

 garrisons of the frontiers of Dinavaca 2 , of which the tyrant 

 Dom Joao soon received advice : and with the same prompti- 

 tude he dispatched the king of Uva with three thousand men 

 to succour his troops, with orders that before the succour 

 reached our people he was to endeavour to come up with them, 

 and fall upon them and defeat them, which would be easy for 

 him, the way being shorter for him. And so he arrived with 

 great quickness, and encamped three leagues from our arrayal 3 , 

 whence he sent to advise those in the fort and those hidden in 

 ambush to be ready to fall upon our people from all sides on 

 the following day. . 



Dom Manoel d'Azevedo also made such haste, that he 

 arrived almost at the same time. The night that the king of 

 Uva arrived the modeliar Dom Fernando heard many firelock 

 shots ; and guessing what it was, he dispatched a spy to go 

 and bring word of what he found, who shortly after returned, 

 and said that it was the king of Uva, who was encamped at a 

 little over a league ; and giving an account of everything to 

 Salvador Pereira and the other captains, they were all of 

 opinion that they should go that same night and attach him 

 in his encampment before he should join the others. And he 

 forthwith dispatched Simao Pinhao and Dom Anrique mode- 

 liar with all the native lascarins ; and such haste did they 



1 See supra, p. 405, note 3 . 



2 See supra, p. 405, note 4 . 



- Probably in the Bulutota pass, which is about the distance men- 

 tioned (say twelve miles) from Katuwana. 

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