Storia do Mogor 182.4

182.4

Sambha Ji's soldiers retained the island and were very near to Goa. They gave so much trouble to the city that the viceroy resolved to send an embassy to the said prince to see if he could obtain a peace, and I was obliged to go a second time to Sambha Ji. But on my arrival I found a spy, then in his service, who gave me a faithful report of the latest news. He told me that the army of Shah 'Alam was already quite close. This was enough to decide me not to pursue my negotiation; therefore I determined to retrace my steps, and to advise the viceroy that the deliverance of Goa was at hand with the aid of Shah 'Alam. I stayed in Goa, in order afterwards to visit that prince and negotiate as soon as he arrived. In my place they sent to Sambha Ji Manoel Saraiva and an Augustinian father. But the fighting still went on with great energy. Well was it for the Portuguese that Sambha Ji never knew exactly how few men there were in the island. If he had known, he could have carried out his scheme in its entirety.