. The life of Ferdinand Magellan and the first circumnavigation of the globe : 1480-1521. on the latter ship, after she had struck, they foundthe body of Nahodabeguea, the organiser of the plotagainst Sequeira.^ 1 De Goes relates a fable concerning this occurrence, embodying abelief which is not uncommon in many parts of the world. They findthe body hacked to pieces, but no blood flows. On his wrist is abracelet in which is set the bone of a species of large cattle foundin Siam, called Cabis. On pulling this off, the blood gushes out,and Nahodabeguea dies instantly. 1511.] SERVICE WITH ALBUQUE
. The life of Ferdinand Magellan and the first circumnavigation of the globe : 1480-1521. on the latter ship, after she had struck, they foundthe body of Nahodabeguea, the organiser of the plotagainst Sequeira.^ 1 De Goes relates a fable concerning this occurrence, embodying abelief which is not uncommon in many parts of the world. They findthe body hacked to pieces, but no blood flows. On his wrist is abracelet in which is set the bone of a species of large cattle foundin Siam, called Cabis. On pulling this off, the blood gushes out,and Nahodabeguea dies instantly. 1511.] SERVICE WITH ALBUQUERQUE, 65 On the ist July, 15 ii, the fleet arrived off Malacca.^It was not until six weeks later that the city unprovided with fortifications, the number ofcannon it mounted and of fighting men by whom it wasgarrisoned made its redviction no easy matter. In thehistory of Portuguese India the taking of Malacca byAlbuquerque is perhaps the most striking event, notless from its poHtical import than from the difficulty ofthe task and the richness of the booty,^ Upon the pro-. (from Coi-rea). tracted struggle which ended so fortunately for theViceroys forces it is unnecessary to dwell. Even at thisperiod Magellan had not yet fought himself into thefirst half-dozen or so of distinguished captains whosenames and individual deeds were thought worthy ofmention by the chroniclers of that date. For the present,he remained for the most part hidden in the obscurity 1 Correa states that the fleet arrived in mid-June (vol. ii. pt. 219). 2 * Se tomou despojo de grao valor, o mor que nunqua se tomounestas partes, nem outro tal tomara.—Correa, Lendas da India,vol. ii. pt. i. p. 248. See also Comentarios do grande Afonso dAlbu-querque, cap. xxviii. E 66 LIFE OF MAGELLAN. [CHAP. III. of the outros caualleiros valentes whose presence inthe engagements is only rarely otherwise recorded. Onewriter/ however, speaks of him as giving a very goodaccount of himself on this oc
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