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tfwcof teas general! Don Paulo dc Lyma 
Pereira, a fcaltanf Gentleman, and an olde 
fouldter, tobo not long before bad bln Cap' 
tame of Chaul, and being tjerpfo?tunate in 
alibis enterpjlfcs, toas therefore cbofento 
bee <S 5 enerall oftbatflat.snbelaff ofiptoucm' 
ber, tbefourcfotpsafojefatd Departed from 
Goa to lade at Cochiin , anD from tbence to 
failefo?po?tlngale. 
3 to SDccembcr after * toblle tbe 5fo?t of 
Columbo in tbe 3 flanD of Seylon* toasffill 
befiegcD, tbe totone of Goa made out ano* 
tber great flafe of ibtps and gallies, fo? tbe 
tobicb tbep fooke bpmanpmen totthin tbe 
Clfle,and compelled them to goe In the folps 
beraufc tbep toanted men, tottb a great con¬ 
tribution ofmonp rapfed bpo tbe sparebants 
and otbrr Inhabitants to furnlfo tbe fame: of 
tbe tobicb armle toas appointed general, one 
Manuel de Soufa Courinho,a b?8Ue gentle 
man and fouloter, tobo In tunes paff bad bln 
Captalne of tbe fald jfo;t of Columbo, and 
bad toitbffood another befiegtng t tobereup* 
pon tbe king put btm In great credit, and ad' 
uancedbim much, and after tbe iElccropes 
death, be toas tKtcerop of India, as In time f 
place toe foall declare, ^e toitb bis armle a' 
rlued In the 3lfle of Seylon, tobere bee iopned 
toitb the other armle that toent before, and 
placed tbemfelues In o?der to glue battatle to 
Raiiu, tobopercelulngtbe great number of 
bisenemles, b?ake bpbisficgeandfojfoke 
tbe jfo?t, fo the great reiopclng of the pot' 
tmgales, and baulng ttrengtbned tbe jfotte 
toitb men and bictuals,tbep returned agatne 
to Goa,tobere in the month of a&afcb, Anno 
1; 8 8 . tbep tocre recelued toitb great top. 
3!n the month of 3 p?lll the fame peare,tbe 
armle of Don Paulo de Lyma,tbat toent to 
Malacca, arlued in Goa tottb tjlcto?le, ba' 
king fired Malacca , and opened the paffage 
agalne to China and other places, tbe mancr 
tobereof tons this: Jn fbelr toap as tbep paf' 
fed tbe itralgbt of Malacca, tbep met toitb a 
tbip belonging to tbe king of Achcin in Sax 
macra,tobo toas a aeadlp enemle fo tbe pot' 
tlngales,and tbe principal caufe of the befieg* 
lug of Malacca. 3 n the fame fl^tp toas the 
^Daughter of the fald king of Achcin, toblcb 
be fenf fo be marled to the king of Ioor,tber' 
bp to make a ncto allance toitb blmagalnff 
tbepo?tlngales,andfota p?efent fent him a 
goodlp pace of j®?alnancc, tobereof the like 
toas not to be found in all India , and there' 
fo?e it tons aftertoards fent into pojtlngalc 
as a ptefent to the king of .Spa me In a fl&lp of 
Malacca, tobicb after toas caff atoap in tbe 
3 Bflana of T ercera, one of the jflemmlfo 31 ' 
fendes, tobere the fame pace toitb mucb ftp 
hot toas toeigbed bp, and laid toitbtn the fo?» 
treffeof tbe fame |fie^ beeaufo it is fo beauts 
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that It can baralp be caried into pottingalCo 
But to tbe matter, tbep tcoke the fotp toitb 
tbe kings daugbter,and made It a! god p?l je s 
and bp it tbep toerc aduertifed tobat bad paP 
fed bettoeene tbe kings of Achcin,and Iooi? 
fo that pjetentlp tbep fent ccrfaine fouldiers 
on land, and marching In ojder of bat' 
talle, tbep fet bppon tbe fotonc of Ioor, 
that toas fconfed and compacted about toitb 
tocodden ffakes, moff of tbe boufes being 
of ffrato: tobicb tobe tbe people of tbe totone 
percelued, and fate the great number of men 
ana alfo tbeir refolution, tbeptoereln great 
feare,and as manp as could, fleece and failed 
tbemfelues in tbe counfrie: to conclude tbe 
pojtuigales entred the totone >; and fet it on 
fire,btterlp fpopllng and deftroping If,racing 
It cue toitb the ground,! flaptng al tbep foud 2 
and taking foine pfffoners, tobicb tbep led a- 
toapCaptiues,andfoundtoitbin tbe totone 
at the leaff 2 joo,bjaffe paces great 9 finally 
tobicb toere al bjougbt into I n dia ,^ou muff 
tmderffand tbatfome of them toere no grea¬ 
ter than ^ufketsfome greafer,and fome nv 
rpgreat,being berpcunnlnglp tojougbt tottb 
figures and flotoers, tobicb the Italians and 
po?tlngales that baue denped tbclr faitb,and 
become ^abometiffes, baue taught therm 
tobereof there are mahpln India, and are 
tbolelndadetbafdoemoff hurt, tobentbeg 
baue doneanpmurtber 0? other blllanfe. fea¬ 
ring to be puntfoed fo? tbe fame, to faue tbele 
Hues tbep runne ouer bp tbe firme land a- 
mongfbe heathens and spojes, and there 
tbep baue great fflpcndcsand toages of the 
Indian ktnges and Captalncs of tbe land- 
&>eaucn 0? eight pcares before mp comming 
Into India, there toere In Goa certain SDru* 
peters and Cannonpers being Dutchmen, 9 
$etberlanders, «and becaufetbcp toere retec 8 
tedandfco?nedbptbe^o?tlngalcs In India, 
(as tbep fco?n all other nations In tbe too?ld) 
as alfo fo? that tbep could get no pap,f tobettr 
tbep afkcd it, tbep toere pjcfcnilp abufed an® 
caff Into the gallies, and there compelled td 
feme. 3n the end tbep tcoke counfell toge^ 
tber, and faing tbep could not get out of the 
countrle,tbep fecrctlp got Into the firme land 
of tfalagace ar.Otocnt Unto Hidalcan, tobere 
tbep toere gladlp recelued, and feerp toeU cm 
tertafned tottb great papes lluing like Ho?as: 
t there being In difpalre dentde their faitbes, 
although it ts tbongbtbpfome that tbep rc' 
matnefflllln;tbelr otone religion , but iti$ 
moff fure that tbep are maried in tbofe coum 
tries tottb heathen toomen, and toerc lluing 
toben 3 came from tbence: bp this meanes 
arc tbe po?tlngales tbe canfesof tbeir otone 
mtfebtefes ,onelp tb?ougb tbeir p?lde,f bardt* 
nes,and make rods tofeourge tbefelucs tottb' 
att, bam onelp foetoed in refpect of tbofe, 
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