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make, that in the daylight watch they fell upon the enemy, 

 and attacked them with great determination and vigour ; and 

 as they took them unawares, they made great havoc amongst 

 them. And not knowing what it was, they were on the poin 

 of being totally routed ; but recovering themselves, they took 

 their arms in their hands, and commenced to wield them 

 with great spirit, whereby our lascarins were almost put to the 

 rout, had it not been for the prowess of Simao Pinhao, who 

 was much feared by the Chingalas, who that day did such 

 wonders, that he put the king of Uva completely to the rout, 

 and went pursuing him for a long distance, in which he killed 

 many of his men, and captured many arms and spoils. 



With this victory our people returned to the arrayal, the 

 which gave such courage to the rest, that at once they pro- 

 ceeded to attack those in the tranqueira, carrying some 

 cavaliers of wood, which they had made for the purpose, in 

 order to engage them with firelocks from the top, which they 

 did so determinedly, and with so much injury to them, that 

 they reduced them to desperation, through seeing that our 

 people did not try to take them by assault, but to destroy 

 them little by little with their harquebusery until they had 

 them in their hands. And seeing themselves so hard pressed 

 they determined to flee one night at all risks : and so in the 

 first watch they sallied forth from the tranqueira with their 

 arms in their hands, and like desperate men attacked our 

 people to see if they could break them, and pass between them, 

 who were not so negligent but straightway they were aware 

 of them ; and getting them in their midst, they wrought such 

 havoc and destruction amongst them, that there escaped 

 only the two rebel princes, who during the confusion slunk 

 away, and in the darkness of the night concealed themselves 

 in the thickets. Here died the flower of the troops of Candea, 

 and the principal modeliar es, who made more war on our people 

 than all others. In the fort were left all the arms and spoils of 

 the enemy, which were many. 



There took part in this affair Salvador Pereira da Sylva, 

 field- captain, Dom Manoel d'Azevedo, Simao Pinhao, 

 Antonio da Sylva d'Afonseea, Joao Teixeira de Meirelles, 

 Joao Serrao da Cunha, Felipe d'Oliveira 1 , Simao Rabello, 

 Gregorio da Costa de Sousa, a certain Pereira, Pero d'Abreu 

 modeliar, Dom Anrique modeliar, and many others that have 



1 Mentioned several times in the latest portion of Bocarro's work as 

 disdva of the Seven Korales. In 1618 he was appointed field-captain- 

 major by D. Constantino de Sa e Noronha, in 1620 he reconquered 

 Jaffna, and in March 1627 he died there (see C. A. S. JL xi. 496, 516, 

 568 ; Rib. ri. i.). 



