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TBign.  In  1622,  Don  Francifco  de  Gama  failed  from  Lif-
bori  with  four  fhips,  and  the  comraiffion  of  viceroy.  On  his
voyage,  the  three  veffels  which  attended,  conteraptuoufly  left
him  ;  and,  to  fave  himfelf  from  a  Dutch  fquadron,  he  burned
his  own  fliip  on  the  coaft  of  Mozambique,  from  whence,  in  a
galliot  he  proceeded  to  India.  After  a  regency  of  five  years,
in  whicli  he  neither  executed  nor  planned  one  action  of  the
finalleft  amfe<|aence,  he  refigned  the  government  to  Don  Luis
de  firitOy  the  bifhop  of  Cochim.  Malaca,  again  befieged  by
the  king  of  Achem,  was  again  reduced  to  the  deepeft  diftrefs;
but  the  bcfliop  would  fit  out  no  armament  to  its  relief,  jea-*
lous,  it  was  thought,  left  the  commander  of  it  fKould  be  ap-
pointed viceroy.  On  the  biihop*s  death,  which  happened  after
his  having  benumbed  every  bufinefs  of  ftate  for  near  two
years,  the  writs  of  fuccelEon  were  opened,  and  two  governors
were  found  named,  one  for  the  civil,  the  other  for  the  military
department.  But  fo  vague  were  the  terms  of  expreffion,  that
two  genthmen  of  different  names  claimed  the  fword  of  com-
mand. The  difpute  was  fubmitted  to  the  council  of  Goa,  and
Alvarez  BoteUo  was  declared  governor.  By  a  vigorous  effort
he  relieved  Malaca  ^  but  he  fell  foon  after  in  an  engagement
where  the  Hollanders  were  victorious ;  and  Malaca  was  agaia
invefted  by  the  neighbouring  princes,  affifted  by  a  fquadron  of
twelve  Dutch  ihips«  Mozambique,  Ceylon,  various  forts  of
^e  Moluccas  and  on  every  coaft  of  India,  were  alternately
Ipft  and  recovered,  were  again  repeatedly  attacked  by  the  ene-
iny,  and  at  laft  finally  abandoned  by  the  Portuguefc.  In  1632,
under  the  viceroyalty  of  the  Count  de  Linarez,  Our  European
enemies^  iays  Firia,  rove  J  aver  the  fees  nmtbout  oppojifion^  took  many
of  our  Jhips^  and  ruined  our  trade.  l!hey  alfo  every  where  incenjkd
the  Indian  princes  agaififi  us\  for  n»ehad  no  e^ent.at  any  of  their
4:ourts,to  vindicate  our  caufe.  Yet,  deep  as  fuch  declenfion  ap-
pears, Linarez,  on  hie  return  >to  Europe,  prefented  the  king  of
Spain  with  a  hat  band,  and  the  queen  with  a  pair  of  pendants,
^  gift  valued  at  1 00^000  crowns.  In  1639,  while  another
.aBchbiihop  of  Goa  was  governor,  a  fquadron  of  nine  Dutch

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