_ 136 _ received the recognition of the “Estates” of the said realm. This oath of allegiance and other documents as the case required were sent overland to Count Dom Luis de Ataide, Viceroy in these parts of India so that he could also swear his allegiance and ensure the taking of the oath by other personages and their submission on to D. Filipe as king and, on his death, to His Serene Highness, D. Diogo, his first born son and his descendants. As Count D. Luis de Ataide had died and Fernão Telles de Meneses had succeeded him as governor, he, in accordance with the said decree, accepted King D. Filipe as king and natural lord, and took the oath of allegiance in the city of Goa and had it taken also by the “Estates” of that place. As procurator general of His Catholic Majesty in the mentioned parts of India, and because he could not be personally present, he appointed persons of trust to go to the cities and fortresses of those parts, to have the oath of allegiance taken by their captains and other “states”, handing to them proclamations in the name of the said lord, so that each of them could make their submission to D. Filipe as king and, on his death, to His Serene Highness, D. Diogo, his first born son and his descendents. After taking the oath, the captain received from the hands of the Alcaide-mor, Gaspar Vivas Barbas, a flag
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