[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 265.5.7 # Storia do Mogor 265.5.7 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 265.5.7 - **Language:** English ### [265.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.5.7) Another such thing happened in San Thome. There was a lady married to Cosmo Lourenco Madeira, a Portuguese; her name was Dona Escolastica, the daughter of Joao Pereira de Faria. She imprisoned in her house one of her slaves for having stolen something. By reason of severe punishment and deprivation of food he died, and was buried in the dunghill. No one dared to ask any questions, for if the Mahomedans had known they would have chastised the gentleman, Cosmo Lourenco, as he had done to his slave. This murder of slaves and slave girls is common among the Portuguese, and few are the houses in which the skeletons of their bodies would not be found. Near the town of Bassaim (Bassein) dwelt a well-born gentlewoman on her estate. She was called Dona Luiza de Abello, and was a rich and influential woman. When she left her house for recreation, she was escorted by fifty sturdy, well-armed Kaffirs with their quarter-staves. When the woman saw any Portuguese youth who pleased her, she carried him off to her house and toyed with him till she was tired of him. As his reward, she would order him to be killed and buried in her orchard. In this way she passed her life, while the handsomest youths in the country disappeared. - [Previous: 265.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.5.6) - [Next: 265.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.5.8) - [Up: 265.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.5.7) · Pramāṇa