[30] For the materials of this addition to the text of Castaneda, we are
chiefly indebted to the Progress of Maritime Discovery, p. 447, 458.
- E.
[31] His name, as given by Osorius, was _Zacocia_, and De Barros adds,
that he wore richly embroidered clothes, and had his sword ornamented
with diamonds. - Clarke.
[32] This is probably the same person named Fernan Alvares on a former
occasion. - E.
[33] It is added by De Barros, that three _Abexijs_, or Abyssinians, from
the territory of _Preste Joano_, came on board the fleet, along with
the Moors who brought provisions; and, seeing the image of the angel
Gabriel painted on the ship of that name, and being accustomed to such
representations of angels in their own country, they made their
adorations to this holy picture. - Clarke.
[34] Mr Clarke, Progr. of Marit. Disc. I. 464, strangely misrepresents
this story; saying, "that _the pilot_ of Paulo de la Gama had deserted
to the Moors, though a Christian." - E.
[35] According to De Burros, after the inhabitants abandoned the town,
the zeque sent De Gama a pilot to navigate Coello's ship, from whom De
Gama learnt that Calicut was a months voyage from Mozambique. - Clarke,
I. 464.
[36] If Sunday, as above, were the first of April, the Friday following
must have been the 6th.
