On this strange resolution of the zamorin, the rajahs and nobles who had joined him in the war departed to their own countries, most of which lay on the coast.  And being under great apprehensions that Pacheco might reduce their dominions, they endeavoured to enter into treaties with him for peace and concord; for which purpose they sent messages to Trimumpara, requesting that he would act as mediator between them and Pacheco.  The rajah of Cochin was a prince of a mild and forgiving disposition; and forgetting all the past injuries they had done him in these wars, he undertook the office of mediation, and sent them safe conducts to come to Cochin to make their peace.  On their arrival, he accompanied them to wait upon Pacheco, and even became their advocate with him to accept of their proferred friendship, which he readily consented to at the desire of the rajah.  Some of these princes were unable to come personally, but sent their ambassadors to solicit peace, which was accorded to all who asked it.  Several even of the great Moorish merchants of Calicut, that they might quietly enjoy their trade, forsook that place and came to dwell in Cochin, having previously secured the consent of Pacheco.  Others of them went to Cananor and Coulan, by which means the great trade which used to be carried on at Calicut suddenly fell off.

Owing to the great resort of Moors to Cochin, in whom Pacheco could not repose much confidence, and because, by the orders of Naubea Daring, the paraws of Calicut frequently made excursions into the rivers, the captain-general continued for a long while to defend the passage of the ford, where he often fought with and did much injury to his enemies.  He made frequent incursions, likewise, into the island of Repelim, whence he carried off cattle and other provisions, and often fought with his enemies, always defeating them with much slaughter[10].  At length Elankol, the lord of that island, wishing to put an end to the miseries of his country, waited on Pacheco and entered into a treaty of friendship with him, making him a present of a great quantity of pepper, which was abundant in his country[11].

[1] This paragraph, enumerating the forces of the zamorin, is added to
    the text of Castaneda from Astley, Vol.  I. p. 56.

[2] The particular distribution of the force under Pacheco at this time
    is thus enumerated in Astleys Collection:  In the fort thirty-nine men;
    in the ship left to defend Cochin twenty-five; in the caravel which
    accompanied him in the expedition to Cambalan twenty-six; into one
    boat twenty-three; and in the boat along with himself twenty-two;
    making his whole effective force 135 men; seventy-one only of which
    went along with him to defend the pass.—­Astl.  I. 56.

[3] A very short space before these are only stated as twenty; but the
    numbers and names in the text seem much corrupted.—­E.