The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c23.65

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what he had once promised to Archbishop Menezes ⁷. As a matter of fact, some subjects of the Pandya King, called Mouros (Muhammadans) by Gouvea, proceeded to the court of the king of the Tecankutes (sic), and finally succeeded in inducing this chief to threaten Punhati Perumal. A letter of the former against Perumal is mentioned by Gouvea, but no action between them is recorded. Most likely the Pandya sovereign apologized, and the false accusations of his subjects were unmasked. Gouvea relates that the Christian church of the Malleas was finally completed in spite of great difficulties. Gouvea, Iornada do Arcebispo de Goa, p. 82 back.