The Portugues Asia, or, The history of the discovery and conquest of India by the Portugues containing all their discoveries from the coast of Africk, to the farthest parts of China and Japan, all their battels by sea and land, sieges and other memorable actions, a description of those countries, and many particulars of the religion, government and customs of the natives, &c. : in three tomes / written in Spanish by Manuel de Faria y Sousa ... ; translated into English by Cap. John Stevens.

CHAP. I.

The Government of the Viceroy D. Anton. de Noronna from the Year 1564, till 1568, in the Reign of King Sebastian.

1. WE concluded the Second Part with the Arrival at Goa of the Viceroy D'An∣ton. de Noronna. His good Service in India preferred him to the command of Ormur, and his wise Conduct there to the Government of India.

2. With him went four Ships, and he was received with a general Satisfaction. He im∣mediately sent Relief to Cananor, which was Besieged, giving the Command of the Land to D. Antony de Noronna, and that of the S•…•…a

to Gonçalo Pereyra Marramaque with a good Fleet. D. Francis Mascarenas, who was there with a Squadron before, deliver'd it to him, and went away to his Command of Moçam∣bique: This was occasion'd by that Morish Woman spoke of in the end of Iohn de Men∣doça his Government.

3. Peter de Silva and Meneses, had the command of seven Ships given him to secure the Boats that brought Provisions to Goa, whereof their was a scarcity. About the River Cannaroto he lost sight of three of his Ships by stress of Weather, and after found them encreased to six, for the three had met and taken as many of the Malabars, and were sailing after their Admiral. Returning to the Place where they were dispersed, between the Islands and the Continent, they met the More Murimuja with seventeen Paraos well provided to meet all dangers. He instantly made to our Ships, and after the discharge of Cannon on both sides, they boarded, and having received some damage, the Portu∣gueses sunk two and took five, one of them being Murimujas who was kill'd; the others flying, were pursued to the River Pudepatan, where three Paraos and above fifty Almadies or great Boats came to their Relief. Ou•…•… Cannon repulsed them, and they run up the River: Of the Enemy five hundred were kill∣ed, and three Portuguses.

4. The Viceroy being in care for Cananor, sent thither D. Paul de Lima Pereyra, with four Ships. Being at Anchor in the Bay of Bate•…•…ala, the Malabar Pyrat Canatali came

upon him with seven Paraos loaded with Boo∣ty taken on the Northern Coast. Paul see∣ing him come, sets out to meet him. After the usual Salutes with their Cannon, Cana∣tale with three of his Ships lays D. Paul's Galliot on Board, the others did the like to the other three, whereof two shamefully fled, the third stood by it till he was sunk. Now all the Enemies force fell upon D. Paul, who, with fifty Men he had, did things behond be∣lief, killing above two hundred Mores, but with the loss of thirty Portugueses. D. Paul was so wounded, he was forc'd to sit down and gave order to make to the Enemy, who was drawn off. Canatale, who was preparing to fall on again, seeing the Galliot beyond Expectation make at him, stood away; D. Paul return'd to God, being in no condition to reach Cananor.

5. There our Men were much streightned by the number of the Enemies who were Ma∣sters of the Field. Andrew de Sousa made a good resistance, till he dying, and D. Antony de Noronna succeeding him, with the relief he carried, in several re•…•…counters they kill'd above Two thousand Mores, and cut down Forty thousand Palm-trees. This is the greatest harm can be done that People, be∣cause those Trees are their princi•…•…l Suste∣nance. The City enrag'd hereat, •…•…ll'd to∣gether all the Neighbourhood to the num∣ber of Ninety Thousand, to take Revenge▪ They had the boldness to assault and scale th•…•… For•…•… with such confidence of carrying it, that they had before-hand divided the Booty.

Nic•…•…aripo a Nayre did us great Service, advising D. Payo de Noronna then command∣ing there, to put the Men and Riches of the Town, as not tenable, into the Fort. All was drawn in, except D. Antony de Noronn•…•… and his Men, who said he would live and die by those Walls, and staid accordingly. The Men all prepared themselves for Death, and stood at their Arms all the last night.

6. By break of day the Enemy attack'd the Works with great crys, and above Two thousand of them entred the City. In one place Emanuel Trava•…•…s with Thirty Men did great Execution upon them. D. Antony ap∣pear'd in all Parts, Thomas de Sousa, Gasper de Brito, and the two Betancores, made great slaughter at their Posts. The Field was so cover'd, that never a Bullet was lost. The Enemy began to give back, when two Cazices brought them on again. The assault lasted till Sun-setting, then the Enemy retired to their Camp, with a resolution to protract the Siege. About Five thousand of them were kill'd.

7. At this time came Gon•…•…la Pereyra with his Fleet, and was a great encouragement to them all; and after him Alvaro Paez de 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to succeed D. Payo. They both pro∣secuted the War, and utterly destroyed the City of Aderrajao who commanded at the Siege, and cut down a great Wood of Palm-trees with considerable slaughter to the Enemy, and without losing one Man. This was the end of that Siege.

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