to one account, lost 100 men, while others say only 34.  Many thousands were taken, with forty pieces of cannon of extraordinary size, besides 160 others, and a prodigious quantity of ammunition.  Free plunder was allowed to the troops, by which many acquired great riches and all were satisfied.  Many of the Portuguese signalized their valour in this action.  The governor-general acted the part of a valiant soldier, as well as that of a prudent general.  Mascarenhas, after sustaining a siege of eight months, distinguished himself above all others.  Of Don Alvaro de Castro, it is sufficient to say that he acted like his father.  The ensign Barbado, though several times thrown down, as often remounted the works of the enemy.  Father Antonio del Cazal, by presenting to view the image of life banished the fear of death.  Many others distinguished their valour, some of whom survived and others were slain.  The enemy confessed that, one day during the siege, they saw over the church in the castle a beautiful woman in the air, clothed in white, and so brilliantly illuminated with rays of light that they could not look upon her; and that this day there were some men in the field armed with lances who did them much harm.  The king of Cambaya was so enraged with the loss he had sustained in this siege, that he ordered twenty-eight Portuguese prisoners to be torn in pieces in his presence.

Great was the joy at Goa on the news being received of the events at Diu, which were carried thither by Diego Rodriguez de Azevedo, who likewise carried a message from Don Juan de Castro requesting the city to lend him 20,000 pardaos for the use of the army, sending a lock of his whiskers in pawn for the faithful repayment of the money.  The city respectfully returned the proposed pledge, and sent him more money than he wanted, and even the ladies of Goa on this occasion sent him their earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and other jewels to be applied to the public service.  But the governor punctually restored all exactly as sent, having been amply supplied by the capture of a rich ship of Cambaya.  Having restored the castle to a better condition than before the siege, Don Juan de Castro sailed for Goa, leaving a garrison of 500 men in the castle under Don George de Menezes, with six ships to secure the coast.  The city also was now better inhabited than ever, through the good usage of the governor to the Moors.

Don Juan de Castro returned from Diu to Goa on the 11th of April 1546, where he was received with universal demonstrations of joy, and was conducted into the city in a splendid triumph, prepared on purpose after the manner of the ancient Romans.  The city gates and the houses of the streets he had to pass through were hung with silk, all the windows were thronged with women splendidly dressed, and every part of the city resounded with music and the din of cannon, all the ships in the bay being richly adorned with numerous flags and streamers.  Don Juan entered the city