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A Defcriftion of the Coafts o 
cx-A^-^ blew ic up oa afaddeii wkhat ieafl eoo 
Bitl(i£U5. Pmtugacfes hi k, aad aniotig them Ca~ 
'-^'-v/Nj fim^ atld feireraE others of QaaUty ^ and 
A Mute fyeh was die Barbarity of the htdiam^ 
bkm up t^jc ^iiey thruft their Swords through 
mnidit^' fulf-dcad Bodies of ftsch Fmugsi^es 
as were thrown up ioto the Air ^forc 
bj the Miae, They were fdr improving 
this opportunity, aad doriag the Confts- 
fioa occafioa'd by th'is DiCt^er, attack'd 
the Fort with Incredible Fury^ but were 
fo warmly recei»'d by Afafcarei^as^ that 
they were glad to retreat. ' To pretrcnt 
tiie like for the future, the Par&ugKsfe 
Gov^ernour orderM his Mea to ad with 
more cautioa for the faturc^ and the 
' Tower of Sujamex to be biowa ap^ 
which was executed; aadnot ioag after, 
finding the Eoemy ready to attack the 
300 Tndi- Tower of St. Thatmi^ he blew op tiie 
Mi jhwa Mine anderaeath it, aad with it 300 I«- 
Mm. 
The Poftisguefe Affairs In the Fortrefs 
began aotwich^andiitg all this to groiv 
worfe md worfe ^ for tho they had made 
Intrenchmeats within Intrenchments, yet 
had. they (after a Siege of four Months) 
not above t %o Men left for the defence 
thereof ; aad being reduced to great ex- 
tremity for waae of Pro^^ifioos, were 
forc'd to feed upoa Gawholefom things, 
- which fo difcoiirag'd the Garifon, that 
they were refoU<"M to pnt ao ead to their 
Mifery by fighting their way through the 
Enemy. 
But being \\ift opoa the point of pot- 
ting their DetigQ iu esecetion, they were 
rejoic'd with a moft uaexpeded Relief 
Din re- frocis Goa^ whence they had knt 50 Fri- 
lievd n-'Ub gats Under the Command of jilnsares de 
inme Men Ca(lro, and Francifcm de Menefes^ who ar- 
jhns^''^'^' ^^^'^ happily at Baz^ain, Jlvarcs fail'd 
ftraitways theace with part of his Forces 
( amounting to 900 in all ) for Diu^ and 
good Itore of Ammaaition and Provi- 
isoas, the reft follow'd before the end of 
September, You aiay caOiy imagine with 
what Joy the poor cosacerated Soldiers of 
the GariCbn receivM this welcome News^ 
which however they would not improve 
to fo tnuch advantage as they might have 
done, out of a pcrverfe Temper, pe- 
culiar to the Pmuguefes, who as they 
are fooii defeded in Adverfity, fo are 
they infupportable in Profperity : For 
Mutwy A- ^^0^1^ '^^^c Soldiery began to accwfe Mafia- 
mong the rsnhos of Cowardice and Negled, telling 
Porcii- hicn in pbin terms, that they were re- 
S^^^-' folv'd no more to be (hut up within the 
WaOsj bat to ad Uke brave ForfK^Mepf, 
to attack the Eaemy in their Works, and 
to make kim opre for 3I! ro repent that 
ever he had attempted the Pmuguefes^ 
whofc Glorious Name was dreadful all 
over the Indies \ this they told him they 
were fally refoivM £0 put in executionj 
aad if he refus'd to head thein, they 
would chooie another, the firft, the bell 
they conJd. Mafcarenhas^ who knew ve- 
ry well the ilubborn Pride of the Portu- 
^Kc/cf,wheRfluIh'd with Succefs, did whai 
he could to divert thcta from their De- 
figa by al5 the mild Iniinuations and moil 
forcibk Arguments he could invent, tel- 
ling them that the Iccurefl Methods tvere 
always the befi:, and how dangeroiis it 
Jisight prove to hazard the ioling of the 
Fort, whea they were in a condition to 
keep it ciJI the approaching Springy ivhen 
they ex'peScd fufficient Succours from 
Gm i but finding them deaf to his Perfwa- 
fions, he fpoketothem in the following 
maKaer; '''Soldiers^ ye are not tnfeali- 
•"^ b!c tfest, if you would conlider ycKir ^-"^ 
Duty, you ought rather to foliow r^Y f£^ti^, 
" Commands than your own Diredions ^ ^^^^^ ' 
but ilnce you have ty'd up my hands, 
^ aad both by your Words and Adions, 
" nay by your very Looks, give rne fuffi- 
cieatly to underftand, that inftead of 
commanding, I muil obey \ go on and 
** (hs^ your Courage, your Knowkdg 
" and Experience In Martial Affairs : G& 
on, I fay, I will initead of kading yow. 
on, follow you, with this Caution how- 
ever, that I would have you remember 
to take care to return with the fame 
marks of Bravery as you march out. 
Tiien dividing the whole Garifon into 
tferee Bodies, he ordei'd yJlvarcs dt drjlre 
to command the Van, the main Battel 
he gave in charge to Fi-amifco de Mtncfes^ 
hia?fe'if remaining to guard the Reer:. 
Thus tkiQf march'd towards the Enemy, rbek ^fn- 
but witii far different fuccefsfroni what M''/';^"^ 
tlicy had promifei themfeives ^ moft of ■^'''^^^ 
thetn after che Erft: Charge retreating to- 
wards' the, Town, inftead of pufliing for- 
ward; the Body commanded Memfis 
being chargM in Front and Flank, betook 
themfeives to their heeis, and deCa/l'/'O 
himfeff being forely wounded by a Stone, 
was feardly fav'd by Mafcannhm, who 
crying out to the Soldiers, that it was 
now time to ihew their Bravery they had 
fo much boafled of before, would faiti 
have ftopt their Bight, but in vain ; for 
they retreated with fo miKh f«ar and 
precipitation, that for fome time after 
they icarcc durft look the Enemy in th^ 
face, or keep their Poft whereas the In - 
dians, sncourag'd by this Succefs, ap- 
proach'd with their Engines nearer and 
neijrer to the Walls of the Town. 
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