The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.67

v3.c29.67

Through these mists of treachery, venality, and corruption the valour and steadfastness of Dom Luiz the Viceroy shone undimmed. He refused, in Goa’s sorest straits, to abandon Chaul, and sent aid not only to that port, but to the southern settlements attacked by the Zamorin, to the Moluccas, and to Mozambique. He even refused to delay the sailing to Portugal of the annual fleet of merchantmen, whose crews would have formed a valuable addition to his garrison, and he carried the war into the enemy’s country by a successful attack on Dābhol, led by Dom Fernando de Vasconcellos.