Among These Was The Vessel Belonging To Sebastian
Gonzalez, Who Assumed The Command; And As The Fugitives Were Reduced To
Great Distress, They Subsisted By Plunder On The Coasts Of Aracan,
Carrying Their Booty To The Ports Of The King Of Bacala, Who Was In
Friendship With The Portuguese.
Not long before this had died Emanuel de Mattos, who had been commander
of Bandel of Dianga, and lord of Sundiva[426], an island about 70
leagues in compass, the subordinate command of which he had confided to
a valiant Moor named Fate Khan.
On learning the death of Mattos, Fatecan
murdered all the Portuguese on the island of Sundiva, with their wives
and children, and all the Christian natives; and gathering a
considerable force of Moors and Patans, fitted out a fleet of 40 small
vessels, which he maintained by means of the ample revenue of the island
he had now usurped. Understanding that Sebastian Gonzalez and his small
squadron was cruizing near Sundiva, Fatecan went out to seek them with
such assurance of success, that he inscribed upon his colours, "Fate
Khan, by the grace of God, Lord of Sundiva, Shedder of Christian Blood,
and Destroyer of the Portuguese Nation." Sebastian and his companions
had put, into a river called Xavaspur, where they quarrelled about the
division of their spoil, and one Pinto sailed away from the rest in
disquiet; but meeting the fleet of Fatecan, who had hoped to surprize
the Christians he returned and gave his companions notice of their
danger.
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