Just As He Was Going On Board They Returned;
And On Seeing The Effigy He Asked What It Was, When
Someone answered,
"It is your lordship, whom these men have hung up." He made no reply,
but ordered the figure
To be thrown into the sea and immediately set
sail; but two days afterwards had to return to port for a new stock of
fowls, as all these he took with him were poisoned. He was better
beloved by the elements than by those whom he had governed; for he went
all the way from India to Lisbon without once needing to furl a sail. By
the constant chafing of the yards on the masts, it was found impossible
to lower the yards in the usual way when the ship arrived at Lisbon,
insomuch that they had to be cut down. Sailing from Goa on the 25th
December 1600, he arrived at Lisbon on the 27th May 1601, having spent
only five months on the voyage.
During the administration of Ayres de Saldana, Xilimixa king of
Aracan, who had possessed himself of the kingdom of Pegu, gave the port
of Siriam to the Portuguese in grateful acknowledgment of their
services. That town and port is at the mouth of the river Siriam which
flows within a league of the city of Bagou, the capital of Pegu. This
grant was obtained by Philip Brito de Nicote, who proved false and
ungrateful to the king of Aracan, who had raised him from the lowest
rank to his favour and esteem.
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