The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c27.142

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15. The fear of the Portuguese that the Dutch, after their expulsion from Devanapatnam, would renew their attempt to establish a factory on the eastern coast, was not groundless. In 1605-6, one of their ships went to Pulicat, and after that the place was selected by them for their future settlement. "A Dutch ship," says Fr. Coutinho in a letter of 1606, "went there (Pulicat) twice; and they (the natives of the place) wanted to receive them and were inviting them to land, with the purpose of introducing them to the King; but they (the Dutch) suspected that we would object (to their landing) here; and we have obtained olas from the black King (Venkata), in Velur (Vellore), in which they are absolutely forbidden to allow them (the Dutch) to land in any case" 1.