ith some
Elephants of warre; and before that they made any tumult in the citie, the
Retor sent, and gaue commaundement to all Portugales that were in the
Citie, when they heard any rumour or noyse, that for any thing they should
not goe out of their houses, as they tendered their owne health. Then foure
houres within night I heard a great rumour and noyse of men of warre, with
Elephants which threw downe the doores of the ware-houses of the
Portugales, and their houses of wood and strawe, in the which tumult there
were some Portugales wounded, and one of them slaine; and others without
making proofe of their manhoode, which the day before did so bragge, at
that time put themselues to flight most shamefully, and saued themselues a
boord of litle shippes, that were at an anker in the harbour, and some that
were in their beds fled away naked, and that night they caried away all the
Portugalles goods out of the suburbes into the Citie, and those Portugales
that had their goods in the suburbes also. After this the Portugales that
were fledde into the shippes to saue themselues, tooke a newe courage to
themselues, and came on lande and set fire on the houses in the suburbes,
which houses being made of boorde and strawe, and the winde blowing fresh,
in small time were burnt and consumed, with which fire halfe the Citie had
like to haue beene burnt; when the Portugales had done this, they were
without all hope to recouer any part of their goods againe, which goods
might amount to the summe of sixteene thousand duckats, which, if they had
not set fire to the towne, they might haue had againe without any losse at
all. Then the Portugales vnderstanding that this thing was not done by the
consent of the king, but by his Lieutenant and the Retor of the citie were
very ill content, knowing that they had made a great fault, yet the next
morning following, the Portugales beganne to bende and shoot their
ordinance against the Citie, which batterie of theirs continued foure
dayes, but all was in vaine, for the shotte neuer hit the Citie, but
lighted on the top of a small hill neere vnto it, so that the citie had no
harme. When the Retor perceiued that the Portugales made battery against
the Citie, be tooke one and twentie Portugales that were there in the
Citie, and sent them foure miles into the Countrey, there to tarry vntill
such time as the other Portugales were departed, that made the batterie,
who after their departure let them goe at