Chap II. Portugueze Empire 
had Recourfe to the Portugueze for Abidance againfc his 
Neighbour the King of Mombaza , which ended in the Re- 
duction of them both. Thofe great Succeffes terrified the 
i Samorin to fuch a degree, that in the mod humble manner 
he fought for Peace ; and in order to obtain it, entered 
into fuch Conditions as feerned fatisfactory to the Portu- 
gueze, made them Reparation for the LolTes they had 
luftained when formerly fettled at Calicut , and did every 
thing for them that they infifted upon. 
But as great Profperity is apt to corrupt the Minds of 
Men, fo the Portugueze made a very ill Ufe of this ex- 
traordinary Turn of Affairs in their Favour, fince not long 
after this Peace concluded with the Samorin , they took a 
Ship of his richly laden ; and notwithftanding he applied by 
his Embaffadors for Satisfaction, Francis Albuquerque , who 
then adted with fupream Authority in the Indies , not only 
refuted him Satisfaction, but treated him with Scorn and 
Difrefpect. This irritated that Monarch to fuch a Degree, 
that he determined to renew the War, in order to revenge 
himfelf upon thefe Strangers, and to deftroy the King of 
Cochin , who had facrificed the Freedom of the Indians by 
his indifcreet Conceffions to thefe foreign Invaders. 
He kept, however, his Defign to himfelf, and made 
fecret Preparations for War, in order to be ready to fall 
upon his Enemies as foon as the Portugueze Fleet fhould 
return to Europe. But all the Precautions he ufed could 
not hinder Frimumpara from gaining early Intelligence of 
his Intentions, who thereupon applied himfelf to the Albu- 
querque 9 s intreating them to leave a fufficient Force behind 
to proteft their Countrymen and Allies in the Indies. The 
Requeft was reafonable in itfelf, and the King of Cochin 
had the jufteft Grounds to expeCt it fhould have been com- 
plied with ; but notwithftanding what he could fay, Francis 
Albuquerque would not be perfuaded to leave him any more 
than three Ships, and one hundred and fifty Men, under 
the Command of Edward Pacheco,, a Man of great Cou- 
rage and ConduCt, and of fuch Steadinefs and Abilities, 
that he was an Army in himfelf. This Step once taken, the 
Albuquerques failed with a rich Cargo for Europe , but met 
■with very different Fates in their Voyage, fince Francis 
Albuquerque the Uncle perifhed, with all who were on Board 
his Ship, none knew where, or how; but Alphonfo , the 
moft fortunate Commander of his Time, arrived fafely at 
Lijbon , with all the Ships under his Command, having ac- 
quired as great Fame and Riches as any that had been 
hitherto employed in the Eaft. 
As foon as the Portugueze Fleet quitted India , the Sa- 
morin affembled an Army of ftxty thoufand Men, and a 
great Fleet, in order to attack Frimumpara and the Portu- 
gueze in his Dominions. The Subjects of that Prince aCted 
as ill on this, as they had done on the former Invafion *, 
that is to fay, they abandoned their Prince, and endea- 
voured to fave themfelves without thinking of their Coun- 
try. The King behaved with his ufual Firmnefs and Con- 
ftancy, difpofed all things to the belt Advantage, and left 
the reft to Providence. Pacheco and his Portugueze gained 
great Reputation by this War ; and it was chiefly by his 
Affiftance, that the vaft Preparations made by the Samorin , 
produced nothing but Confufion and Shame to their Author. 
This Commander built another Fort for the Defence of the 
Haven, afted with the greateft Alacrity and Courage by 
Sea or Land, where-ever the common Intereft called him ; 
fo that when a new Fleet arrived from Portugal , and the 
Danger being over, he teftified a Defire of returning home : 
The King of Cochin gave him Letters, teftifying how well 
he had behaved, and how much they were indebted to him 
for their Security. 
At his Return King Emanuel paid him the higheft Ho- 
nours, ordered one of the moft eloquent Prelates in the 
Kingdom to write the Hiftory of this War, which he tranf- 
mitted to the Pope, and other Chriftian Princes, telling 
them at the fame time, that it was as great a Satisfaction to 
him to have fuch a Man his SubjeCt, as to be Matter of 
the Indies ; and to ftiew that he did not mean to reward the 
in the Eaft-Indies, 
important Services with Fame only, he bellowed on Pacheco 
one of the richeft Governments in Africa. Such was the 
noble Spirit of this Prince, to whofe fubiirne Virtues Por- 
tugal owes her Glory, and lief Indies 5 a Prince, who 
knew how to ftiit the Abilities of Men to the Defigns in 
the Execution of which he employed them, who judged 
impartially of their Behaviour, -.never punifhed .with any 
degree of Severity, or foffered EnVy to mix with tile Re- 
wards he bellowed on Men of Merit. Such a Prince was 
remarkably well ferved at home, and highly efteemed 
abroad : His Fortune made him the Delight of his Sub- 
jects ; his Power rendered him the Terror of his Enemies 5 
his Fidelity gained him the perpetual Confidence of his 
Allies. But it is ndw time to purfue our Hiftory, and to 
fpeak of the firft Viceroy lent by the Crown of Portugal to 
direCt the Affairs' of the Indies. 
8. The immediate Acquifitiori of Wedlth and Power 
did not fo take up the Mind of this great Prince, as to en- 
gage him in an Opinion that all Difficulties were overcome, 
and that there was nothing now to be thought on but 
making ufe of what was already in the Elands of his Sub- 
jects ; on the contrary, the great things they had per- 
formed, inclined him to extend his Plan, and to think of 
driving the Mohammedans entirely out of the Indies. It 
was undoubtedly a great and glorious Defign; biit at the 
fame time it feemed the Strength of his Kingdom, confi- 
dered abfolutely impracticable. Don Emanuel had been 
informed that there were three great Ports in the Eaft, in 
which the Mohammedans were eftablifhed, and from whence 
they carried on all their Commerce to the molt diftant 
Parts of the Indies. Thefe Ports were Aden in Arabia , 
Ormuz , in an Ifland of the fame Name on the Coalt of 
Perfia , and Malacca , near the Streights of Sincapour. As 
their Strength was divided, Don Emanuel judged it not 
impoftible to make himfelf Mafter of all thefe Places in 
their Turns, and with this View it was that he began to fi i 
out a larger and better appointed Fleet than hitherto he had 
fent to the Indies k . 
While he was employed in thefe Preparations, there 
happened a new Scene of Affairs in the Eaft, where the 
Brammins , who were about the Samorin , ftiewed them- 
felves able Politicians, by giving him the belt Advice that 
the Pofture of his Affairs would admit. They obferved to 
him, that the Ghrijlians and Mohammedans were equally his 
Enemies, and that therefore the wifeft thing he could do 
was to call in the one to combat the other, that by thus 
wafting their Forces, they might be fo reduced, as that he 
might be a Match for both. Fie, Aliening to their Requeft,' 
fent for Aid from the Sultan of the Mamalukes , who were 
at that time in Poffeftion of Egypt ; the News of which 
greatly terrified all the Chriftians in the Indies , and occa- 
ftoned their fending immediate Advice of it into Portugal. 
Phis obliged King Emanuel to difpatch his Fleet fooner 
than he intended, and with a lefs Force, though it was even 
now very confiderable, confifting of thirteen large Ships, 
and fix Carvels, with a great Body of Soldiers on Board. 
He made choice of Don Francis Almeyda Count d'Abr an- 
tes to command it, who had ferved King Ferdinand of 
Caftile in his Wars with great Reputation, and gave hini 
the Title of Vice King, and Governor General of the Indus : 
He likewife aftigned him Guards for his Perfon, a certain 
Number of Chaplains, and whatever elfe could be thought 
neceffary to give an Air of Grandeur to his Office. On the 
25th of March 1505, the Fleet failed from the River of 
Lisbon , and on the 11th of April foil owing reached the 
Hands of Cape Veird\ from whence ftretching too far to the 
South, in hopes of doubling the Cape with greater Eafe, 
the Fleet ran into fuch high Latitudes, as that the Seamen 
had many of them their Fingers frozen ; but varying their 
Courfe a Point or two to the Eaft, they arrived fafely at 
ppuiloa, where Abraham, the Tyrant of that Country, refu- 
ting to pay his Tribute any longer, the Viceroy drove him 
out, and fettled Mohammed Anconin in his Place,, build- 
ing a Fort there to keep the People the better in Subjection, 
k This Scheme of Don Emanuel ' s was actually executed in every Branch of it by Don Alphonfo Albuquerque \ but I think it is very queftionable; 
whether the Portuguese would not have found their Account much better in making two or three good Settlements in the Indies, without endeavour- 
ing to dilirefs the Inhabitants, or to deprive them of their Liberty ; In Profeeution of which Defign, their own Saccefs ruined them, as in the fui- 
ceeding Part of this Work we lhall have Occafion to lhsw« 
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