of the Portugales, and their houses of wood and strawe,
in the which tumult there were some Portugales wounded,
and one of them slaine; and others without making
proofe of their manhoode, which the day before did
so bragge, at that time put themselues to flight most
shamefully, and saued themselues a boord of litle
shippes, that were at an anker in the harbour, and
some that were in their beds fled away naked, and
that night they caried away all the Portugalles goods
out of the suburbes into the Citie, and those Portugales
that had their goods in the suburbes also. After
this the Portugales that were fledde into the shippes
to saue themselues, tooke a newe courage to themselues,
and came on lande and set fire on the houses in the
suburbes, which houses being made of boorde and strawe,
and the winde blowing fresh, in small time were burnt
and consumed, with which fire halfe the Citie had
like to haue beene burnt; when the Portugales had done
this, they were without all hope to recouer any part
of their goods againe, which goods might amount to
the summe of sixteene thousand duckats, which, if they
had not set fire to the towne, they might haue had
againe without any losse at all. Then the Portugales
vnderstanding that this thing was not done by the
consent of the king, but by his Lieutenant and the
Retor of the citie were very ill content, knowing
that they had made a great fault, yet the next morning
following, the Portugales beganne to bende and shoot
their ordinance against the Citie, which batterie
of theirs continued foure dayes, but all was in vaine,
for the shotte neuer hit the Citie, but lighted on
the top of a small hill neere vnto it, so that the
citie had no harme. When the Retor perceiued
that the Portugales made battery against the Citie,
be tooke one and twentie Portugales that were there
in the Citie, and sent them foure miles into the Countrey,
there to tarry vntill such time as the other Portugales
were departed, that made the batterie, who after their
departure let them goe at their owne libertie without
any harme done vnto them. I my selfe was alwayes
in my house with a good guard appointed me by the
Retor, that no man should doe me iniurie, nor harme
me nor my goods; in such wise that hee perfourmed
all that he had promised me in the name of the king,
but he would not let me depart before the comming
of the king, which was greatly to my hinderance, because
I was twenty and one moneths sequestred, that I could
not buy nor sell any kinde of marchandise. Those
commodities that I brought thither, were peper, sandols,
and Porcellan of China: so when the king was come
home, I made my supplication vnto him, and I was licenced
to depart when I would.