d in the work of sacking it. He then set to work
to repair the walls and ramparts, and especially to rebuild the
citadel. His loss of the place in the spring made him particularly
anxious to complete this work, and to set an example he himself did
not hesitate to set his hands to it. When the citadel was completed
he ordered a stone to be set up containing the names of all the
captains who had served at the assault. But there was so much
dissension as to the order in which the names should be engraved,
every one desiring to be first, that eventually he placed on it only
these words {89} '_Lapidem quem reprobaverunt aedificantes_'--_the
stone which the builders rejected_.[13]

[Footnote 13: According to Barros, Decade II, Book V, ch. 11, ed. of
1778, p. 558, and Correa, _Lendas da India_, vol. ii. p. 157; but in
the _Commentaries_, vol. iii. p. 137, this anecdote is told of the
building of the fortress at Malacca.]

It is curious to compare with the real history of Albuquerque's two
occupations of Goa the account given by the Muhammadan historian in
the _Tohfut-ul-mujahideen_, but it need hardly be said that the
bribery to which he refers had no foundation in fact.

'Moreover,' writes the Sheikh Zin-ud-din, 'the Franks having
commenced hostilities against the inhabitants of Goa and captured
that place, proceeded to take possession of it. Now this port was
one of those that belonged to Adil Shah (peace to his remains!);
notwithstanding this, however, the Franks having seized upon it,
made choice of it for their seat of government in India, proceeding
to exercise rule over it. But Adil Shah attacking these intruders,
repulsed them; he in turn making it a rallying-place for Islamism.
Subsequently the Franks (the curse of God rest on them!) made
preparations for a second attack upon Goa, and proceeding against
it with a vast armament and assaulting it, they at last captured
it. It is said, however, that they bribed over to their interests
some of its principal inhabitants, in which case its capture was
not a feat of much difficulty; and the Franks on thus re-obtaining
possession of Goa, hastened to construct around it extensive
fortifications of vast height. After their acquisition of this
place, their power became greatly increased, every day bringing
some accession to it: for the Lord as he wills, so indeed does he
bring to pass.'[14]

[Footnote 14: _Tohfut-ul-mujahideen_, Rowland