Storia do Mogor 9.3.1704

9.3.1704

Codex XLIV. is a large folio of 778 pages, the paper used being of several different sizes ; it is bound in calf, and stamped on one side with a lozenge-shaped shield bearing the figure of a winged lion holding in its paw a book, with the letters P E T M M (in other words, it bears the arms of the republic) ; it is lettered on the back, ' Manuzzi, Istoria de' Mogoli.' Loose within it are the two leaves of the Latin letter already quoted, the signature to which appears to be in the hand of a scribe ; also four leaves, two written on in Italian, apparently not in the same writing as the Latin letter, but signed on the third line of the second page ' Nicolao Manuci.' A facsimile of this signature is inserted beneath our reproduction of the second portrait of the author. The first two pages (in Italian), 'Notice to the Reader,' are not numbered, and at the end bear the signature ' Nicolao Manuci,' which we have reproduced at the foot of the younger of the two portraits.
The small cramped handwriting of the earlier part might be the same as that of the second letter. The MS. Phillipps 1945, at Berlin, is, on the contrary, in a fair copyist's hand. The first handwriting of Codex XLIV. continues up to p. 366 (in Italian). On pp. 367-406 the hand resembles that of the Berlin MS. ; on p. 407 the first hand recommences. Pp. 416-616 are on a smaller (foolscap) paper, and here the third part apparently ends.
The subjects of this third part are as follows — it begins on p. 149 : p. 170 (year 1664), p. 212 (year 1666), p. 304, titles of princesses and concubines; p. 305, men's titles; p. 307, palace slaves; p. 320, names of generals; p. 322, Mansabs; p. 337, provinces; p. 340, names of peoples. On some unnumbered leaves following p. 366 he explains that ' for want of writers of Italian, I am obliged to continue my work in French.' From p. 368 he goes on in French up to p. 406. On p. 407 Portuguese begins, ' On Elephants,' down to p. 415. P. 416 is blank. On p. 417 he begins (still in Portuguese) about AdunI ; p. 419, the royal seal and hand imprint ; pp. 421 to 423, blank ; pp. 424-427, the Dakhin kings ; p. 450, principal Hindu temples ; p. 451, temples destroyed by Aurangzeb; p. 455, Joao P. de Faria in Madras; p. 465, St. Thome in 1695; p. 474, Damao in 1681; p. 479, Manuel Macedo at St. Thome; p. 501, one quarter blank; p. 502, blank; p. 503, begins 'serviço' (? a misplaced leaf); p. 511, year 1663; p. 565, year 1678; p. 582, Bassein in 1666; p. 606, year 1694. Page 616 ends with the words: 'Lagrima de sangue emover o modo tao improprio e tao diverço do que antigamte obravaon.'
Then on an intermediate size of paper begins in French 'Suite . . . Quatriesme Partie, Preface,' with a new paging, and in a handwriting something like that of the Berlin MS. The history breaks off on p. 122; then pp. 123 and 124 are blank. On p. 125 the author commences to speak of the bad conduct of the Portuguese, and this subject goes on as far as p. 145, attestations from various authorities beginning on p. 140. Between pp. 140 and 141 are bound in four 4to. pages of minute handwriting, apparently the copy of a certificate from the Bishop and Vicar-General of St. Thome, dated January 23, 1705. Pp. 148 to 152 are blank.
Next, with p. 153, comes the large folio paper once more, the writing being that of a copyist, and the language French; mention is made of 1703; and the French text ends with one line on the top of p. 164. On p. 165 there begins in Portuguese an account of Cardinal C. M. de Tournon's stay at Pondicherry. On p. 175 is a date, July 11, 1704. On p. 177 is Manucci's 'Manifesto' to the Friars and Patriarch at Pondicherry, which ends on p. 182, being followed by the Archbishop's letter from Goa, dated September 1, 1704.