He Returned Therefore To Malacca To Refit His Ships, And Resolved To Attempt The Dutch Fort Of _Jacatara_[20], The Best Which Was Possessed By _These Rebels_ In All Asia.

In the first place, he sent Antonio de Sousa Coutinno in the admiral galley lately belonging to _Lacsamana_ called

The _Terror of the World_, in which Lacsamana was now prisoner, to Goa; directing that Lacsamana should be sent to Portugal, and that this large and magnificent galley should be given as a present to the city of Goa. In this galley there was one cannon made of _tombac_, a precious sort of metal, which was valued at above 7000 ducats, and another cannon reckoned still more valuable on account of its curious workmanship. Lacsamana died before he could be carried to Portugal.

[Footnote 20: In the neighbourhood of which was afterwards built the city of Batavia, the emporium at the Dutch trade in the east, now subject to Britain. - E.]

Learning that the Count de Linnares, now viceroy of India, had arrived at Goa in October 1629, Botello transmitted to him an account of all that he had done, and desired his assistance and approbation to continue in these parts in order to carry on his designs against the English and Hollanders. About the end of April 1630, the viceroy not only sent him every thing he asked, but gave him full power to act as governor general, without being obliged to wait for orders from Goa. In the meantime Botello sailed with 27 ships towards the straits of Cincapura, and put in at _Jambo_[21], a place abounding in pepper, and on that account much resorted to by the Dutch and English.

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