o as I require, you shall have me for your friend; but if otherwise,
I shall be your mortal enemy, and shall use you worse even than the
zamorin."

The Moors endeavoured to clear themselves from what had been alleged
against them, but Pacheco would not listen to their excuses, and departed
from them in anger, and immediately brought his ship and one of the
caravels with two boats, which he anchored directly opposite the city of
Cochin, with strict charges to let no one leave the city by water. He
likewise appointed a number of paraws to guard all the creeks and rivers
around the city; and ordered every boat that could transport men or goods
to be brought every night under the guns of his ships, and returned to
their owners in the morning. In consequence of all these precautions, the
people of Cochin were so much afraid of him, that not one of the Moors or
Malabars dared to leave the city without his permission, and
henceforwards continued quiet. Notwithstanding all these cares, Pacheco
used to make nightly invasions into the island of Repelim, where he burnt
the towns, slew the inhabitants, and carried away much cattle and many
paraws; on which account the Moors of Cochin, astonished that he could
endure so much fatigue, gave out that he was the devil.

Mean time the zamorin collected his forces in the island of Repelim,
where he was joined by the lords of Tanor, Bespur, Kotugan, Korin, and
many other Malabar chiefs, making altogether an army of 50,000 men. Four
thousand of these were appointed to serve by water, in 280 vessels,
called _paraws_, _katurs_, and _tonys_; with 382 pieces of cannon
intended to batter the Portuguese fort at Cochin; and the rest of the
troops were appointed to force a passage across the ford of the river,
under the command of Naubea Daring, nephew and heir to the zamorin, and
Elankol, the lord of Repelim[1].

Intelligence of all this was conveyed to Cochin, and that the zamorin
proposed to invade that city by the straits of Cambalan. Rodrigo Reynel,
who sent this intelligence by letter, lay then very sick and died soon
after, on which the zamorin caused all his goods to be seized. On the
approach of the zamorin, the Moors of Cochin would very willingly have
induced the inhabitants to run away, but durst not venture to do so from
the fear they were in of Pacheco. He, on the contrary, that all might
know how little he esteemed the zamorin and all his power, made a descent
one night on one of t