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WESTERN HINDOOSTAN. in
his advice, and after feveral afTaults made himfelf mailer of
the city by an agreement with the inhabitants. This happened
on February 16, 1510. The citizens took the oaths of allegiance
to "Emmanuel; he found in the place immenfe quantities of
ammunition, forty great cannon, and in the docks forty men of
war, and in the ftables numbers of fine Perfian and Arabian
horfes -*. He himfelf refided in the royal palace : the fame of
his valor and prudence fpread far and wide* He received em-
baffies from feveral of the Indian monarchs, and even was
encouraged to fend an envoy to the fophy of Perjia.
Unfortuately a mutinous fpirit pervaded his army, and even
his principal officers. This naturally infected his new fubjects,
who, repenting their difloyalty, and difgufted with their fudden
fub million to a foreign and Chrijlian yoke, conveyed their fen-
timents to their late fovereign. He afTembled a mighty army
on the continent, and notwithstanding every endeavor of the
able Albuquerque, effected a landing on the ifland. The Por-
iuguefe defended themfelves with great valor, but finding the
place no longer tenable, their commander determined to retire.
He embarked with great fecrecy every thing that was neceflary;
when, on the 30th of May of the fame year, after a fliarp con-
flict, he made good his retreat to Rapander, a neighboring town,
where he refolved to winter t. Zabaim proved a brave and
active enemy: Albuquerque was more than once obliged to re-
move his quarters : at length, receiving a ftrong reinforcement
oiPortuguefe, and other fupplies,he renewed his attempt onGoa,
* Oforio, ii. p. 4. £ Oforio, ii. p. 13.
and,
his advice, and after feveral afTaults made himfelf mailer of
the city by an agreement with the inhabitants. This happened
on February 16, 1510. The citizens took the oaths of allegiance
to "Emmanuel; he found in the place immenfe quantities of
ammunition, forty great cannon, and in the docks forty men of
war, and in the ftables numbers of fine Perfian and Arabian
horfes -*. He himfelf refided in the royal palace : the fame of
his valor and prudence fpread far and wide* He received em-
baffies from feveral of the Indian monarchs, and even was
encouraged to fend an envoy to the fophy of Perjia.
Unfortuately a mutinous fpirit pervaded his army, and even
his principal officers. This naturally infected his new fubjects,
who, repenting their difloyalty, and difgufted with their fudden
fub million to a foreign and Chrijlian yoke, conveyed their fen-
timents to their late fovereign. He afTembled a mighty army
on the continent, and notwithstanding every endeavor of the
able Albuquerque, effected a landing on the ifland. The Por-
iuguefe defended themfelves with great valor, but finding the
place no longer tenable, their commander determined to retire.
He embarked with great fecrecy every thing that was neceflary;
when, on the 30th of May of the fame year, after a fliarp con-
flict, he made good his retreat to Rapander, a neighboring town,
where he refolved to winter t. Zabaim proved a brave and
active enemy: Albuquerque was more than once obliged to re-
move his quarters : at length, receiving a ftrong reinforcement
oiPortuguefe, and other fupplies,he renewed his attempt onGoa,
* Oforio, ii. p. 4. £ Oforio, ii. p. 13.
and,