Storia do Mogor 265.7.5

265.7.5

When I left the court of the prince Shah 'Alam for Goa, I went via the town of Damao (Daman) in the year eighty-one (1681), and I rested there some forty days. In that interval it happened that the magistrate, who had not long arrived from Goa, fell in love with a widow woman, rich and honoured. She declined his advances, and felt so insulted that she sent word to him not to be overbold, else it would cost him his life. The impatient gentleman [182] continued to trouble her, and, blinded by the purpose he had formed, ignored the answer she had sent. Finding he could not win her by smooth words, he sent her threats. The honoured lady not only had these wrongs inflicted on her, but he also tried to get hold of the farms from which she supported herself. Being a widow, she was at home about ten at night. The official, not foreseeing the evil fate in store for him, clad himself sumptuously, and boldly entered the woman's house. Men were lying in wait for him, and, wringing his neck, put an end to him. Aided by some relations, these men silently dragged the body by a rope to the foot of the city wall, on the outside, towards the sea. Placing the body in a sitting posture, they propped it against the wall, as if seated for a necessary purpose. They covered him with his cape, removed the rope, and cocked his hat on one side, so that he looked as if come to fish.