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A68413	The first booke of the historie of the discouerie and conquest of the East Indias, enterprised by the Portingales, in their daungerous nauigations, in the time of King Don Iohn, the second of that name VVhich historie conteineth much varietie of matter, very profitable for all nauigators, and not vnpleasaunt to the readers. Set foorth in the Portingale language, by Hernan Lopes de Castaneda. And now translated into English, by N.L. Gentleman.; Historia do descobrimento e conquista da India pelos Portugueses. Book 1. English	Castanheda, Fernão Lopes de, d. 1559.; Lichefield, Nicholas.	1582 (1582)	STC 16806; ESTC S108825	257,765	340

all his trust commanding them to go to Coching with some dissimulation and there to trauaile all that they could to kill the Captaine general and all such of our men as they could méete withall And as the Naires are men inconstant and cannot kéepe counsel longer then they are bethinking themselues therof therfore immediatly their intent was knowne to the Captaine general who from thence forward had a better regard to himselfe and vnto the rest of his companye then he had before And the better to take those Naires which came as Spyes thether he appointed thervnto two companies of y ● Naires of Coching commaunding the one to k pe dilligentlye a long the foord and the other a long the riuer who watched by quarters both by day and night Whilest this dilligence was vsed the Captaine Generall had knowledge that this spy was a Naire of Coching and of the house or stocke of the Leeros who had attendant vppon him certeine Nayres that were straungers which appeared to bée lyke those of Calicut Nowe hauing certeine knowledge héereof he so hande the matter and in such order that forthwith hée tooke them all prisoners and béeing brought before him he commaunded them to bée cruellye whipped in the presence of those Naires of Coching and afterwarde to bée hanged The inhabitauntes of Coching séeing this requested the Captaine Generall to giue them some other punishment since that they were Nayres and not to shewe them so great extremitie but notwithstanding hée wold not graunt vnto anye other punishment for that they had deserued the same Then all his Captaines sayde vnto him that first and before all he should call to remembraunce the greate troubles that the King of Coching hadde susteined for the onelye mainteining of them and also howe much it woulde grieue him to heare saye that such were hanged in his Countrie without his consent Also it woulde giue an occasion for such noble men as were with him to saye that he is a king but for a while since that his iurisdiction is nowe taken from him And forasmuch as hetherto he had vsed him alwayes with reuerence they wished that nowe at the ende he woulde haue him in a greater estimation then euer hée hadde before The Captaine Generall hauing considered theyr reasons did allowe of theyr good councell héerein and caused those Naires to be sent for that were gone to execution of the which there were two halfe dead but those that were liuing hée sent to the king of Coching aduertising him how that they hadde deserued death and also the cause why hée hadde not commaunded them to bée hanged The King hearing this tooke the same in greate honour and estimation that they were sent him and especiall for that there were present sundrye of the noble men of his Countrie and of other places yea and Moores also of the chiefest that dwelt in Coching which did not lette to saye vnto the king to afrunt him withall that our men were they that commaunded and did not obeye But from hence foorthe the Captaine Generall hadde such intelligence that the subtile dealinges of the king of Calycut tooke very small effect against him How the king of Calicut of pure heauinesse for the ill successe he had in the warres did put himselfe into a Torcull and within a small time after came foorth therof chap. 73. IVne béeing now ended and the winter beginning to increase the Captaine generall thought that it woulde be some cause that the king of Calicut would not tarrie there long And therfore he was fully minded to set vpon him at the remouing of his camp for that by experience he knew the small valour of his enimies by such victories as he had gotten in times past which did therefore animate him the more therevnto thinking that at such a time he might doe him much harme And being in a readinesse to vncheine his Mastes he was presently informed that the king of Calicut was reforming a new his Castles and preparing in a readinesse a greater Fléete then euer he had before that hée might giue him therewith once more the battaile This was but a fléeing newes that was commaunded to be giuen out by the king of Calycut who did surmise that at the raising of his Campe which hée was minded to doe and to goe his waye the Captaine Generall woulde sette vppon him And therefore hée determined that his departure should be so secretlye done that no man shoulde knowe thereof but onelye Nabeadarin For this cause therefore he gaue out that hée woulde giue the battaile in the passage of Palurte and also in the Foorde both together to the ende the Captaine Generall might occupie himselfe in defending them both and hée himselfe the better steale awaye as hée didde but hée gotte nothing thereby more then hée hadde gotten before After all this on Saterday in the Euening which was Saint Iohns euen on which day they gaue out that they would giue the battaile there appeared the whole army of the enimyes as they were accustomed to shew themselues The Captaine Generall hoping of theyr comming did tarrye there all that night but in the morning he saw no likelyhood thereof and meruailing what that shoulde meane was informed by two Bramenes that the king of Calycut was gone with his whole power vnto Repelyn and that at that present hée was there For this newes hée was very sorrie but yet for all that hée entered that present daye into Repelyn where hée fought with many of his enimyes slewe and hurt a greate number and so returned to the passage where he remained yet certeine dayes to ensure Coching the better which was yet afeard of the King of Calycuts returning fearing that he would not leaue this passage Howbeit the Captaine Generall was well assured that he would not come there by reason hée was fallen into such reproch and shame in the sight of all men because of his great losses So that immediatly after that he had past the riuers of Repelyn he apparted himselfe with his noble men which had accompanied him in these warres and said vnto them with wéeping eyes in this manner following FOR a man that is without shame as I am it is not much to shedde these teares as I doe the heauinesse of my losse béeing such as fetcheth the same from my hearte with the which I am so troubled that since it is so that I cannot doe it in publike forte I will goe into some place where I may do the same without any body that may sée mée I haue also another griefe which troubleth mée verye sore ouer and besides my dishonour which is for that I am not able to rewarde you for all the greate good will and seruice you haue done mee in these warres the which I take for so greate a duetye that if so be that I might sée my selfe discharged of the same I should bée better contented then with the getting of Coching But since it is not Gods

returne all that daye for that they were enimies to the Captaine generall by reason of the Moores who were his enimies also and had receiued newes what he had done in Monsambicke and of the taking of the Sambuco in Mylynde and that we were Christians and that our comming was to discouer Calicut Bontaybo also told the Moores that Spices were estéemed in Portingale very much and that as he iudged they wer not come to discouer Calycut but to settle there a trade and to carrie Spices into their Countrey in the which there is of all sorts of Merchaunts that come to Calycut by the way of the straights and great store of golde and siluer and hauing the Trade setled there woulde redowne vnto the King great profite thereby To the which words the Moores gaue great eare and made their reckoning vpon Bontaybos speach and allowed the same That we being Christians and once come to settle a Trade in Calycut their commoditie then would fall of the price they were at and so would abate the most part of their gaine About this they layed their heads together to worke all meanes they could possible with the king to take the Captaine generall prisoner and to commaunde his ships to be taken also and to kill all our men and this the rather for that in no wise they should retourne to Portingale to carry newes of Calicut And héerevpon they ioyned those that were in credit with the King and went vnto him and one in the name of them all said vnto the king That he shoulde not deceiue himselfe with our men for that the Captaine Generall was no Embassadour but a théefe that went to rob which they knew for most certaine by their Factors which had certified them that assoone as we were come to Monsambicke wher the Xeque went to visite the Captaine generall aboord his shippe and sent him presents and established with him friendship and also giuing him a Pilot to carrie him to Calicut whether he said that he would goe He after this shot his Ordinaunce at the towne with the which he killed of his Subiects and tooke certaine Sambucos laden with Merchaunts and handeled both him and his like vnto Enimies And being departed from thence to Mombassa likewise vnder y e color of friendship saieng that he was bound towarde Calicut the King therevpon tooke occasion to send to visite the Captaine generall aboord his ship requesting him to enter into his harbour who being determined so to doe whether that it was for that he saw within the same many ships or y t he thought he could not make his partie good did flye away so fast that he left one of his Ankors behinde him and from thence also the Pilot ran away which he caried from Monsambicle for the ill lyfe which he lead with him with whipping of him and putting of him vnto other punishment And being departed from Mombassa and come néere vnto Mylynde did take perforce a Sambuco laden with Moores of y e which there were some that dyed in the battaile others that are yet aliue remaining captiues And for that those that were captiues willed him to carry them to Mylynde saieng that there they woulde giue him a newe Pilot to carrye him to Calycut by that meanes onely he came thether And hauing there by the King of Mylynde bene receiued very well yet the Captaine generall would no more come a lande fearing the hurts which he had done and taking the Moore prisoner which the King had sent to visit him and would not delyuer him vntill such time that he had a Pilot sent him Wher by it might well be considered that if so be that he were an Embassadour and were come to maintaine peace he would neuer haue vsed those disorders but wold haue brought the King a present with him Of this his demeanour we giue thée to vnderstand as our dutie bindeth vs that now thou maist doe as thou shalt thinke good therein With this newes the king remained amazed and told the Moores that he would determine himselfe what shall be thought most conuenient they séeing this thought the same not to be the waye to cause the King to doe as they would haue him and did afterward tell the Catuall thereof who was in great credite with the King requesting him to perswade with the King not to receiue any such Embassage as that was and the cause thereof the rather was that he tooke this present for so small a valew With this the Catuall went immediately to the King who told him what the Moores had said to whom the Catuall gaue counsaile to doe as the Moores had requested him immediately the King began to change his countenaunce against the Captaine generall but not so much as the same might be perceiued But as soone as the Moores had knowledge by the Catuall concerning the present that the Captaine generall would haue sent to y e King and that he would not consent therevnto the Moores tooke occasion to go to y e Generalls lodging with a fained friendship offering themselues to instruct him what he should best doe and talking with him they sayd that in that Country it was accustomed that those the which came from other places about businesse with the King shoulde bring him a Present and therefore it were good that hée did sende him one The Captaine Generall béeing offended with that iniurye they hadde offered him and that the Catuall and the Kings Factour would not consent therevnto did vpon the same take occasion to shew them those péeces the which he was minded for to send who hauing séene the same they saide to the Generall that the Catuall and the Factor had great reason to be offended thereat for that the same was not a present for to be sent to a King neyther would they wish him to send it for that it would be iudged that by the sending thereof he did mocke the King All this they tolde him and as they said as friends in shewing him their minde Bontaybo told him also in the same manner meruailing what was the cause he brought no other things since there was plentie of all things in Portingale● But the Captaine generall excused himselfe saieng that he was not certaine that he should come to Calycut ¶ How the Captaine generall returning spake with the King of Calycut how he gaue him license to returne vnto his ships Chap. 19. ALL this daye the Captaine generall was greatly offended for that the Catuall the Factor were not returned so that he was once determined to goe to the Court with out them yet he thought best to tarry till the next daye on which in the afternoone they came with whome he shewed himselfe to be offended for their long tarrieng But they did aunswere him touching that matter nothing at all but talked of other things and so went with him to the Court. And for that the King was somewhat chaunged as I haue said against the

off certeine Ordinaunce which they had and manye arrowes making therewith a shew of readinesse that they were in They were answered by our men with shot of the which there chaunced a Pellette to strike harde vnder the bossome of the shippe betwéene winde and water where there was made a hole by the which there entered a great quantitye of water After this they shotte againe with the which there were many of them slaine hurt the other trembled with the feare they had of our Ordinaunce with this they bare toward the baye of Canonor the which was harde by where there were riding at an Ankor foure ships of the Moores amongest them hée came to an Ankor Now béeing within the sayd Baye arriued also with the Caruell Edwarto Pacheco who commaunded his Ordinaunce to be shotte at them and with the same had taken them all if so be that there had not come certeine Paraos of the Moores to succour them the which were in the porte and as they were fighting the night came on which was the cause that al those Paraos were not by him destroied In al these encounters there was no more then nine hurt of our men which was done by their arrowes Night béeing come Edwarto Pacheco brought himselfe forth of the Baye and came to Ankor harde by an Ilande for that hée was there more surer then in the Bay whereas they might haue sette his shippe on fire And although that it were contrarye to his commission yet for all that hée retourned in the morning and ioyned himselfe with his enimyes who as soone as it was daye woulde haue ranne theyr waye and as they beganne to make sayle hée entered vppon them in the Baye shooting of his Ordinaunce with the which hée strake the saide Shippe and by this meanes they yéelded with this those of Cananor that were standing at the water side were verye sore agréeued and woulde haue come to succour them who after that Edwarto Pacheco beganne to dispend his Ordinaunce amongest them ranne lykewise theyr wayes This béeing done hée went towarde Calycut to the which harbour hée arriued the next daye where the King came to the water side to sée the shippe for that they tooke the same for a miracle and gaue our men great praises The Captaine Generall commaunded the shippe to bée deliuered vnto the king with seauen Elephaunts that were within the same which were worth in Calycut thirtye thousand crownes ouer and besides this there was found in it great store of merchaundise besides those men whom hée tooke captiues Also hée sent the king word that hée néeded not to meruaile that so small a Caruell as that was could take such a great shippe for that in matters of greater waight he woulde be at his commaundement for the which hée sent him great thanks and praied him to sende vnto him those men that had done so notable an act whom he did receiue very well and with great honour and gaue them great gifts in especiall to Edwarto Pacheco Some affirme that after that the king had séene this famous act that our men had done being so few he had them from thence forth in some feare was desirous to sée them dispatched out of his countrie therefore did consent vnto that treason of the which I will speake of héereafter Of the Oration which the Moores made to the king concerning the enterteining of our men and what aunswere there was made also pollicie vsed against them Chap. 25. WIth the taking of this ship the Moores of Calicut were greatly afrighted in minde and sore offended with y ● king for that he made so great account of our men which as they thought was done to reuenge their iniuryes and for the hatred or enuye they had conceiued against vs though indéede the king made more account of our men then he did of them By this meanes as they thought it was no other but to prouoke them to leaue his Countrie in especiall for as much as our men brought them such great store of Merchandise and as much as they did and brought as great store of spices as they did Therefore they determined to make vnto the king an Oration concerning the same matter And being ioyned together spake in the name of them all one on this sort EMparather of all the Malabars nothing lesse mightie then the mightiest king of the Indias most fearefull amongest those that are feared of all the Princes of the same We cannot but meruaile much that thou hauing these two qualyties wouldest imbase thy selfe to receiue into thy Countrie these y ● are enimyes to thy law straungers to the customes of thy kingdome last of al doe rather appeare to be rouers then merchants If thou doest receiue them for want of such as shoulde bring vnto the Citie those kindes of merchaundise that they do bring or else carrie away those kinde of Spices that they are desirous of we would then allowe thereof But there are too many that doth the same and men that thou hast knowne of a long time and by the long continuance of them art acquainted with their fidelitie which haue encreased so much thy rents that therof we are a good witnesse But thou hauing forgotten all this wouldest receiue those whom thou diddest not knowe and doest fauour them so much that amongest so many and such a multitude of good subiectes as thou hast wouldest make choice of them that they shoulde reuenge thy iniuries as though thine owne subiects were not sufficient men to doe the same By which déede thou doest abase thy power so much that we for very shame for that we are bound of duetie to bring it into thy memorie For if so be y t thou well consider what it is to make thē reuengers of thy iniuries giue them in respect thereof so great honour it is as it were to shewe them plainly a certeine kinde of weaknesse which indéed is not in thy subiects but rather doest bolden them to make small account of thée so afterward to do that which we doe well know they will do which is to rob from all merchants that commeth towards thy ports to destroy thy country at length to take the Citie which is the end of their comming into these parts not to looke for spices and this is most true that from their countrie vnto this is almost fiue thousand leagues by sea with returnes and stormes that the same voyage hath ouer and besides the great daunger of the voiage the charges of the making of their great shippes and furnishing the same with ordinance besides the strengthening of them with men much more all this béeing wel noted it is plaine that for all their greate gaines which they might haue by their spices in Portingale their losses would be greater in comming so far for them which is a manifest proofe that they are rather pirats then merchants which come into