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Having gained this victory, Salvador Pereira, who was the 

 captain- major of this expedition, dispatched a thousand 

 native firelock-men with soma Portuguese to go and fall upon 

 the arrayal at Putalao 1 , before they should have news of the 

 defeat of this other one ; and arriving at the fort that they had 

 made there, they attacked it with the greatest determination, 

 because, besides the enthusiasm with which they were filled, 

 they carried additional arms, since they had doubled their 

 firelocks with those that they had taken in the late victory ; 

 and with the same facility they entered the fort, many of the 

 enemy being killed, among whom were five hundred Bagadas 2 , 

 people of the opposite coast, men of mettle, who had come in 

 succour of the tyrant. The which caused such fear among 

 the rest that had come over to that island, and among the 

 others, when the news reached them there of the bad entertain- 

 ment that our people had given them, that they did not desire 

 again to try their luck under the banner of the tyrant. With 

 this victory our men returned once more to their fort. 



This news having reached the arrayal that the tyrant had 

 in the Four Corlas, fearing that they would be immediately 

 attacked by our people, they abandoned everything, and 

 returned to Candea, because it seems that they were advised 

 of the correspondence that the general carried on with those 

 inhabitants in order to get them to return to the obedience 

 from which they had rebelled through the industry of the 

 tyrant Dom Joao, regarding which several leading persons 

 had already been coming to discuss this matter with the 

 general, which was effectuated, and he dispatched them 

 together with the whole army (having already learnt of the 

 victories that our troops had gained) to go and attack that fort, 

 which they had already vacated, and where there remained 

 only what the soldiers could glean ; and they utterly dis- 

 mantled it, in which they had labour enough, it being a large 

 stronghold, and of much workmanship. With these victories 

 the enemy was much demoralized, and our people greatly elated. 

 There took part in these actions Felipe d'Oliveira, Joao Serrao 

 daCunha, Gaspar d'Azevedo, Francisco de Macedo 3 , Francisco 

 Gomez Leitao, son of the other of the same name 4 , Antonio 

 da Costa Monteiro,and other captains of companies and posts. 



1 This is the first occasion on which we hear of this town in Couto's 

 history. 



2 An error for " Badagas " (see infra, p. 443). On these people see 

 Hob. -Job. s.v. " Badega and regarding their employment in Ceylon 

 see C. A. S. Jl. xvi. 96. 



3 See supra, p. 225, note 5 



4 See supra, p. 225, note 1 



