[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) › 338.20.6 # Storia do Mogor 338.20.6 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 338.20.6 - **Language:** English ### [338.20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.20.6) The first time that I arrived in Goa I met an old Portuguese gentleman, rich and wise, who had seen most parts of Europe. His name was Manoel Saraiva. He spoke Italian very well, and was a great friend of mine. On the first occasion of my seeing him he told me I had come among a nation out of whom I should have no satisfaction. As he expressed it, \[208\] the Portuguese nation 'sono poci matty y mal arrivatty' \[they are a small number of madmen and troublesome fellows\]. As it seems to me, he was largely right, as I have seen from my intercourse with them and from their actions. I will conclude my remarks about the Portuguese by relating a little affair that happened in the town of São Thome. There was a Polish knight named Dom Theodoro de São Lucas who had been to Portugal and returned in one of their ships to India. Last year \[? 1703\] he was in Tramgambar (Tranquebar), belonging to the Dinamarcas (Danes). He was known to every one along these coasts. To amuse his friends in Madras he sent a made-up letter to an old Portuguese friend of his, the Chief Captain Senhor Lucas Luiz de Oliveira, who was a Sebastianist. In it he congratulated him on the good news received from Portugal, whence his friends had written that the King Dom Sebastião had now appeared. The said Senhor Lucas Luiz de Oliveira, on receipt of such joyful tidings, so ardently desired during so many years, was full of glee. - [Previous: 338.20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.20.5) - [Next: 338.20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.20.7) - [Up: 338.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.20.6) · Pramāṇa