Storia do Mogor 333.2

333.2

ditto] the morning, and because he pretended to be a Gentleman as aforesaid, wee shott him to death before our Corps du guards ; Since when wee have byn wonderfull at ease in respect of the Portugalls, for till then wee were dayly troubled with one or other, And now in this place it will not be impertinent before wee conclude to say Some what of St Thoma, where from the time the Armado arrived, which was in May last, to the time they parted, which was the 20th of August it is not to be spoken what a many murthers and other crimes which in any part of Christendome deserved death, were committed by the Soldiers, yet no one man suffered for it among them ; this Homicide Myrando about the prime of August kild a man in St Thoma and rann hither for sanctuary, and being wee would not protect him he not having made his peace, he vou'd in some of our hearing to be the death of some English man ere he left the Coast, the said Myrando further confessed ere he Suffered, that this was the 7th Murther he had Committed, but now say the Portugalls of St Thoma or rather the Capt. More [Chief Captain] (for all the Citizens rejoice at what wee did), the peace is broke and they expect order from the Viceroy to fall on us, which were it so (or wee faile much in our Judgements) St Thoma woold not Continue a month more in the hands of the Portugalls.'