to liberate them by force.  His men were fearful of the issue of so dangerous an enterprise; but he so encouraged them, that they agreed.  He had at this time, which was in the beginning of the year 1542, a force of 470 men in all, 60 of whom were Portuguese.  Of these he chose 300 men to accompany him on shore.  After sending another civil message to the governor, who answered by hanging the messenger, he landed with his small but resolute band.  While marching towards the city, 12,000 foot and 100 horse came out to meet him.  His musqueteers killed at least 300 of them, and pursued the rest to a bridge which led into the city.  The governor was on the inside with 600 men, and defended the passage of the bridge till he was slain by a musquet shot, immediately on which his men fled, and were pursued with great slaughter till they ran out at the opposite side of the city.  The city was plundered, on which occasion he who even got least was enriched, after which the place was reduced to ashes.  Having thus gloriously redeemed his prisoners, Antonio returned to his ships with many beautiful female captives, having only lost eight men, one of whom was a Portuguese.

Antonio now resumed his intended expedition for the mines, but in the first place went to pass the winter at Pulo Hindor, an inhabited island fifteen leagues from Nauday.  When near the islands of Commolem, he was attacked by two large ships in which were 200 resolute men commanded by a pirate named Premata Gundel, a mortal enemy to the Portuguese, to whom he had done much harm, but thought now he had only to encounter Chinese merchant ships.  One of the pirate ships came up to board one of those belonging to Antonio, but Qiay Panjau came up against her in full sail and ran so furiously upon the pirate ship that both went down instantly, but Quiay and most of his men were saved.  The other pirate ship commanded by Premata in person boarded Faria, who was in great danger of being taken, but was at length victorious and slew 90 of the enemy; then boarding in his turn, he put the whole to the sword.  This action cost Antonio 17 men, 5 of whom were Portuguese, and above 40 were wounded, among whom Antonio himself had two great cuts and a thrust of a spear.  The prize was valued at 120,000 ducats.  After staying 20 days in the island of Buncalen to cure the wounded men, they steered for the gates of Liampo, which are two islands three leagues from the city of that name which was built by the Portuguese who there governed in the nature of a commonwealth.