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A Defcriftion of the Coafis of 
'-v._A_^, agreed upon betwixt him and the Inha- 
Baldaus. bicants, forbidding the Soldiers under 
O'YV tJie moil fevere Penalties, to commit the 
kail Outrages. His next care was, to 
take a view of the condition of the City, 
where he found divers goodly Veflels, 
fome lately built, others upon the Stocks v 
the Arfenal very well provided with Ar- 
tillery, and the King's Stables with a 
confiderable number of the befl: Arabian 
Horfcs, And finding by the fituation of 
the Place, of what confequence it might 
prove to the Fortuguefes for the future, 
in carrying on the War upon the Conti- 
nent of Cambaja and the Cape of Com, 
and to keep the neighbouring Princes in 
awe, he left no ftone unturnM to provide 
for its Security. 
Thus much for the firft Enterprize of 
the Fortuguefes upon Goa. We will now 
alfo give you a fhort account of their 
further fuccefs, how they loft it again by 
Lofi again Treachery, and regain'd it a fecond time 
^/;ePor- the i^th oi Novemb. 1510. where thefe 
tuguefes. following Perfons fignaliz'd themfelves 
to their immortal Honour, Manuel de 
Cunha^ Manuel de Lacerda, Don John de 
Lima^ and his Brother Don Jeronimo de 
Lima, Denys Fernandcs, Diego Mendes de 
Fafconcelos, with many others. 
For Hidakan had no fooner receiv'd 
the furprizing News of the lofs of Goa, 
but he made a Peace with the neighbour- 
ing Princes upon the beft Conditions he 
could, with an intention to bend all his 
Forces towards the recovery of Goa. 
The better to compafs his Defign, he 
fent Camalcan his General, a brave Sol- 
dier, before with 8000 Foot, and 1500 
Horfe, to endeavour to pafs a certain 
Branch of the Sea which inclofes the Ifle, 
Hidakan himfelf intending to follow with an 
prepares Army of 5000 Horfe, and 40000 Foot, 
for the re as foon as he had made all the neceflary 
emery of Preparations for fuch an Enterprize. 
Camalcan having pitch'd his Tents 
near the Sea-fliore, this, together with 
the News of the approach of Hidakan 
with a mofl: powerful Army, caus'd no 
fmall Conllernatlon in the llland. Goa 
was inhabited at that time by two forts 
of People, viz.. the Mahometans and Pa- 
gans •, the firfl out of an irreconcilable 
hatred to the Chriftians, cry'd out for 
Hidakan the Son of Sabajus, who was 
of the fame Religion with them^ and the 
Pagans fearing left they Ihould be fevere- 
ly chaftifed for their having furrendred 
the City upon fuch eafy terms, were for 
purchaiing Hidalcanh favour by betray- 
ing j4lbuquerqueh Counfels to him. The 
worfl: of all was, that many even amon^ 
Goa. 
the Fortuguefes began to upbraid Albu- 
querque with want of Condud, who they 
faid, out of Vain- glory only, without the 
leaft regard to the Intereft of Portugal^ 
had with a handful of Men ventur'd upon 
fo defperate an Enterprize as the leiz- 
ing of fo populous a City. 
Albuquerque nothing difmay'd at all 
thefe Obftacles, endeavour'd to appeafe 
the Fortuguefes by fair words and pro- 
mifes, took 100 of the chief Inhabitants 
into cuftody, and having intercepted a 
Letter direfted to Camalcan, he punilh'd 
the Author thereof with Death, with 
divers others who were convided of a 
Correfpondence with the Enemy. But Aibugu„ 
as his chief aim was to difpute their que ena'ea 
Paflage crofs the Branch of the Sea, he '^"."^^ 
had ereded Batteries provided with Can- 'I'l^lfj p 
non, at convenient diftances near t\\t f^ge htt 
Sea^lide, and fecur'd all their Boats, by the ifle, 
which means he had repulfed them feve- 
ral times in their Attempts. At laft camalcan 
taking the advantage of a dark tempe- pajjes inu 
ftuous night, they brought over both ^''^ ^fl^ 
their Horfe and Foot, without receiving 
any confiderable damage from the Fortu- 
guefes. Thus approaching to the City 
in Battel-array, moft of the Inhabitants 
join'd with them, which oblig'd the 
Fortuguefes to retreat thither, tho with- 
out any great profped of Security. 
Camalcan fummon'd Albuquerque to a 
furrender under certain Conditions ; but 
tho he was fenfible of the approaching 
danger, and the difRculty there would 
be of receiving any Relief in the Winter- 
feafon from May till September, when 
the frequent Storms render the Seas there- 
abouts unnavigable, and choak up the 
Entrance of the Harbour of Goa, yet 
was he refolv'd to exped the arrival of 
Hidakan, and to abide the utmoft Ex- 
tremities rather than to furrender the 
place, refolving if all fail'd to pafs the 
Winter in his Ships in the Harbour in 
fpite of the Enemy. Camalcan, aflonilh'd 
at the Refolution of the Fortuguefes, 
made feveral fierce Attacks apon them, 
but in vain, till at iaft Hidakan appear- 
ing with all his Forces, he refolv'd to cut 
of all manner of Provilions from the For- 
tuguefes, by which means he did not que- 
ftion to become Mafters of the Place 
without Bloodshed. 
He refolv'd however to fend a Herald 
to Albuquerque to offer him honourable 
Conditions if he would depart but whilfi: 
they were treating upon that Head, he 
found means to have a Ship Joaden with 
Ballaft fiunk below the City, where the 
Branch of the Sea is pretty narrow,and the 
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