1873.] T. W. H. Tolbort —History of the Portuguese in Indict. 190 
The “ IndiaOrientalis Christiana” by Pau 1 inus Bartholomaeus, 
said to be a work of great merit but very rare. 
Francisco Sousa’s “ Oriente conquistado a Jesu Christo pelos pad¬ 
res da companhia de Jesus.” This work was published in the beginning of the 
eighteenth century. It seems to be regarded by later Portuguese writers 
as an authority for secular as well as ecclesiastical history, and is, I presume, 
the work referred to in Cottinean’s Sketch of Goa, page 21. 
Bartoli’s Asia. This, I believe, is the standard Jesuit authority, 
but there are numerous other histories of the Jesuits. 
Historiadas I n q u i s i 9 o e s, published at Lisbon in 1821. 
Historia da origem e establecimento da Inquisi^ao em Portugal, by 
Herculano. 
I have not seen the above works but the following which also have 
some bearing on the subject are to be found in the Public Library at Goa— 
Tellez, Chronica da companhia de Jesus. 
Luis d e Sousa, History of the Dominicans. 
D amian Cornejo, Chronica seraphica, or History of the Franciscans. 
Pedro Monteiro, History of the Inquisition. 
It may be observed that the Goa Library is chiefly composed of books 
which were taken from various convents when the monastic orders were sup¬ 
pressed. No doubt, it contains many other books of historical interest, which 
a hurried visit did not give me time to discover. 
Faria y Sousa refers to a manuscript ecclesiastical History, called “ The 
Spiritual Conquest in Asia,” written by F. Paul of the Trinity, a Franciscan, 
in the year 1630. Probably this has since been printed. 
For the seventeenth century printed authorities are rare. Faria y Sousa 
refers to a manuscript by Antonio Bocarro, apparently a continuation 
of De Couto, and also to accounts of Nuno Alvarez Botello and the 
Count d e Lin hares (1629 to 1635), the former in print, and the latter in 
manuscript. I suppose, it was the same Antonio Bocarro who wrote the 
description of the Fortresses of India, extracts from which have been pub¬ 
lished by Sr. da Cunha Bivara in the “ Tissuary.” 
Mr. Stanley gives a summary of a manuscript found by him in the 
Library of Lisbon, entitled “ History of the Elevation and Decadence of 
the Portuguese Empire in Asia,” which gives some account of the seven¬ 
teenth century. 
Between 1640, the date at which Faria y Sousa closes his History (also 
the year in which Portugal recovered her independence), and 1663, the year 
in which Cochin was taken by the Dutch, there seems to be almost a blank 
so far as printed Portuguese authorities are concerned, but the deficiency is 
made good by an increased number of Dutch and French writers. The 
