Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- CHRONOLOGY OF PART II
- TITLE TO THE EDITION OF 1774–PART II
- TITLES OF THE CHAPTERS CONTAINED IN THE SECOND PART
- MAP OF INDIA
- PART II WHEREIN ARE CONTAINED THE DEALINGS OP THE GREAT AFONSO DALBOQUERQUE WITH THE VICEROY: AND WHAT HE DID AFTER BEING INVESTED WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, UNTIL THE FIRST TAKING OF GOA
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII
- CHAPTER VIII
- CHAPTER IX
- CHAPTER X
- CHAPTER XI
- CHAPTER XII
- CHAPTER XIII
- CHAPTER XIV
- CHAPTER XV
- CHAPTER XVI
- CHAPTER XVI
- CHAPTER XVIII
- CHAPTER XIX
- CHAPTER XX
- CHAPTER XXI
- CHAPTER XXII
- CHAPTEE XXIII
- CHAPTER XXIV
- CHAPTER XXV
- CHAPTER XXVI
- CHAPTER XXVII
- CHAPTER XXVII
- CHAPTER XXIX
- CHAPTER XXX
- CHAPTER XXXI
- CHAPTER XXXII
- CHAPTER XXXIII
- CHAPTER XXXIV
- CHAPTER XXXV
- CHAPTER XXXVI
- CHAPTER XXXVII
- CHAPTER XXXVIII
- CHAPTER XXXIX
- CHAPTER XL
- CHAPTER XLI
- CHAPTEE XLII
- CHAPTER XLIII
- CHAPTER XLIV
- CHAPTER XLV
- CHAPTER XLYI
- CHAPTER XLVII
- CHAPTER XLVIII
- CHAPTER XLIX
- CHAPTER L
- CHAPTER LI
- Plate section
CHAPTER XVI
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- CHRONOLOGY OF PART II
- TITLE TO THE EDITION OF 1774–PART II
- TITLES OF THE CHAPTERS CONTAINED IN THE SECOND PART
- MAP OF INDIA
- PART II WHEREIN ARE CONTAINED THE DEALINGS OP THE GREAT AFONSO DALBOQUERQUE WITH THE VICEROY: AND WHAT HE DID AFTER BEING INVESTED WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, UNTIL THE FIRST TAKING OF GOA
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII
- CHAPTER VIII
- CHAPTER IX
- CHAPTER X
- CHAPTER XI
- CHAPTER XII
- CHAPTER XIII
- CHAPTER XIV
- CHAPTER XV
- CHAPTER XVI
- CHAPTER XVI
- CHAPTER XVIII
- CHAPTER XIX
- CHAPTER XX
- CHAPTER XXI
- CHAPTER XXII
- CHAPTEE XXIII
- CHAPTER XXIV
- CHAPTER XXV
- CHAPTER XXVI
- CHAPTER XXVII
- CHAPTER XXVII
- CHAPTER XXIX
- CHAPTER XXX
- CHAPTER XXXI
- CHAPTER XXXII
- CHAPTER XXXIII
- CHAPTER XXXIV
- CHAPTER XXXV
- CHAPTER XXXVI
- CHAPTER XXXVII
- CHAPTER XXXVIII
- CHAPTER XXXIX
- CHAPTER XL
- CHAPTER XLI
- CHAPTEE XLII
- CHAPTER XLIII
- CHAPTER XLIV
- CHAPTER XLV
- CHAPTER XLYI
- CHAPTER XLVII
- CHAPTER XLVIII
- CHAPTER XLIX
- CHAPTER L
- CHAPTER LI
- Plate section
Summary
How the great Afonso Dalboquerque and the Marshal entered the City of Calicut, and proceeded to the Camorim's houses, and our men were routed, and the Marshal killed, and further proceedings.
As soon as the Marshal, who was in the vanguard, had begun to force his way into the city, marching on towards the palace of the Çamorim, there came against him twenty or thirty Naires, armed with swords and shields, shouting aloud in their accustomed manner. When he caught sight of them coming against him he began to chuckle, and said to Gaspar Pereira who was close beside him:—“Is this your Calicut, that you terrify us all with in Portugal?” Gaspar Pereira replied that he would think differently before long; for he would wager that, if they could that day penetrate to the houses of the Çamorim, these naked little blacks would give them trouble enough. The Marshal replied:—“This is not the kind of people who will give me any trouble;” and, arriving at a mosque which stood at the entrance of the city, he commanded that it should be set on fire; but when he came close up to it he had already become so tired that it was necessary to help him along by two men taking him under the arms.
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- The Commentaries of the Great Afonso Dalboquerque, Second Viceroy of IndiaTranslated from the Portuguese Edition of 1774, pp. 67 - 71Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1877