i54 %l)t titamterofdjoofittstDe Uicerep* 
raft p&ccs, $ other martiall toeapons, tohirb 
the incians baue leameo of the IJortingals, 
anbChrittians, tobereof in times patttbcp 
has no hnscrftanbingtano although tbep has 
placet) all tbofe paces inberp gab order, pet 
ftfijoulDfemtetbepkneto notbotoeto Choate 
them off, orto bfe them as thep tbouls, as 
ft appeareD berebp,for that thep prefentlp for# 
fake them, anb left them for the portingals. 
With tijis wctejpthe^ojtmgals toere be- 
rppjouDe, aub toith great glofte entrebinfo 
Malacca, toherein thep toere recepueb toith 
great triumph, as ft map toell bee thought, 
being bp them beliuereb from great miferie, 
tohereinthep hablong continues. Which § 
king of Achein hearing, anb that his oaugk' 
ter toss taken prtfoner, he font his ambaffa- 
bourto Don Panto de Lyma toith great 
prcfentes, befrringto make peace toith him, 
tobich toas prefentlp gcantcb, anb all the 
toates to Malacca toere openeb,anb al kmbs 
ofmarckanbifes anb bictuailcs brought the# 
ther,tohich before has barnc kept from them, 
tohcreat toas much reiopcing. Cbis bone, f 
ojber being taken for all things in Malacca, 
thep refurneb againe to Goa, tohere thep a- 
riueb in fafetic(as 31 fais befbre)in the month 
of 0p2il,ant) there toere recepueb toith great 
triumph) the people finging Te Dcumlau r 
damus, manp ofthe folbiers bringniggas 
pjifcs toith them. 
3 ln the month of $ap follotoing, bppon 
the i s . ofthe fame month the tmicerop Don 
Duarte de Menefcs fiieb in Goa, bauing 
bmtefickebutfoure baicsof a burning fea* 
uer, tobich is tbecommon ficknes of India, 
and is bcrp baungerons .• but ft is thought it 
toasfor greefe, becaufeheehab recepueblet- 
ters from the Captaine of Ormus, toherein 
bee toas abuertifeb, that thep hab recepueb 
netos ouer lanb from V enice,that the 0 rcb# 
bifhop toas fafelp ariueb at Lisbone, anb toel 
receiueb bp the king; anb becaufe thep toere 
not friends at his bepartnre(as 31 faib before) 
thepfatb he toas fo much gricueb therat, that 
fearing to fall into the sifpleafure of the king, 
bp information from the Bitkoppe, hee bpeb 
of griefe: but that toas contrarie, as bereaf* 
f er bp the thippes toe tmberftab, for that the 
35 ifyopbpcfi in the Chippe eight bapes before 
ft ariueb in Portingal, anb fo thep kept com* 
panie together*, for thep ltueb not long one af¬ 
ter the other ? toherebp their quarrell toas cn# 
beb toith their hues. 
Che tatceropes funerals toere toith great 
folemnitp obferueb in this maimer.SChe place 
appointeb for the taiceropes buriall, is a 
Cloifter calleb Rcys Magos, or the throe 
kings of Cullen, being ofthe orberof £>amt 
Francis,tohich ftflHDetb in $ lanb Of Bardes, 
The^Bookc, 
at the mouth ofthe fetner of Goa, anb the# 
tber his bobie toas conuepeb, being fet in the 
gallepHopall, all hangeb oner toith blacks 
pennons, anb couereb toith blacke cloth, be# 
ing accompanies toith all the nobilitte anb 
gentlemen ofthe countrep. 0nb approving 
neere the cloifter of Rcys Magos, being tbr& 
miles from Goabotone the fetuer totoarbs 
the fea, the ifriers came out to recepue him, 
anb brought his bobie into the church, tohere 
thep places it bpon a herfe,anb fo toith great 
folemnitp fung spaffe; tobich bone there toere 
certaine letters brought forth, calleb Vias* 
tobich are altoaies fealeb, anb kept bp the 
3Iefuites bp the hinges appointment, anb are 
neucr openeb but in § abfence,o? at the heath 
of the tuicerop. Chefs Vias are pearelp fenf 
bp the feing, anb are markes toith figures, 
i. 2 .3. 4 . f . anb fo forth, anb toben there 
toanteth a micerop, then the firft number or. 
Via is openeb, toherein istoritten that in 
the abfence or after the beath of the Sicerop 
fuch a man flhalbe »erop, anb if the matt 
that is names in the firft Via, bee not there, 
then thep open the feconb Via, f lake tobofe 
name is thereimbefng in place,he is prefentlp 
recepueb anb obepes as<0ouemour, anb if 
bebeliketoifeabfenf, thep open the reft or# 
berlp as thep aren timbres, tinttll the d0ouer# 
rionr bee fomtb, tobich being knotone, thep 
neebeopenno more. STbe reft of the Via? 
that are remapning are prefentlp thut bp, § 
kept in the clopffer bp the Sefuites, but be# 
fore the Vias are openeb there is no matt 
that knotoetb tobo it fljal be, or tohofe name 
is toritten therein. SEhefe Vias are toith 
great foiemnitie openeb bp the 31 efuites, anb 
reabmopenaubience before all the nobles, 
Captaines, 0 eucrnors, anb others that are 
prefent: anb if the man that is names in the 
Vias bee in anp place of India, or the Calf 
countries, as Softala, Mofambique, Or* 
mus, Malacca, or anp other place of tbofe 
countries,asfometimesftbappenctb, he is 
prefentlp lent for, anb muft leaue all other of# 
fices to recepue that place kntfll the king 
enbeth another out of Portingal; but if the 
mi names in$ Vias be in Porcrngal,China 
or Iapan,or at the ‘cape debona Spcranza, 
then thep open other Vias as 3 faib before. 
- Che Spaffe being finifijes, the 3lcfuites came 
toith the kings packets of Vias, tobich sre 
fealeb toith the feingsotone fignet, anb are 
altoaies openeb before the other tliceropes 
bobp is laibe in the earth, anb there thep ope¬ 
neb the firft Via, anb toith great beuotfon 
(taping to knoto toho it Ihoulb he, at the laff 
toas names for tuicerop one Mathias Dai# 
burkerkc, that has becne CaptainelofOr* 
mus, anb the peare before toas gone in com# 
panp 
