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² The Rev. Heras relates an incident which, according to the Jesuits, happened in about A.D. 1558. The Vijayanagara forces which had attacked Travancore, retreated panic-stricken pursued by the Malayāla soldiers, because the latter, with a standard with the name of Jesus painted on it carried it in front of them, fervently invoking the name of Jesus, and charged the enemy. Aravidu, p. 162. For want of independent evidence, this may be reckoned to be one of the ingenious stories of the Jesuits. As regards a description of cowardly Hindu soldiers, read Lakshimīśa, Jaimini Bhārata Sandhi. 4, v. 47, p. 69. (Sanderson). Floris in A.D. 1611 gives an account of three Englishmen who defied three thousand Hindus! Purchas, Pilgrims, III., pp. 339-40.