_ 205 _ Matias spent more than two thousand cruzados and was her godfather, naming the princes D. Filipa, and her younger brother D.Afonso. she married Antonio de Azevedo in Goa, and died there. Her brother went to Portugal but died before he could return with Matias as Viceroy. He was buried in Lisbon, in the Graca convent(A), “in the shadow of the notable mausoleum in the chancel, which holds the memorial and ashes of the great Afonso de Albuquerque” (60v). The next chapter deals with the Matias’s good government of Ormuz, his prudence and integrity. He exiled those who lived evil lives and disturbed the peace, he encouraged trade, he helped Goa with money, Sulphur and wheat, and provisioned Ormuz in good time against famine, which was widespread in neighbouring territories (61r-66r). In Portugal again, 1588-1590 He left Ormuz in 1587(B), and since there was no office worthy of him in India he returned to Portugal in 1588 (66r). He married D.Filipa, his cousin (67r). In 1589 the Prior of Crato attacked Lisbon, with a large force of English, and by a decree of King Philip Matias was chosen as Commander of the sea-going fleet against Drake off Lisbon (67r-v). (A) 23 See A da Silva Rego, Documentacão Para a historia das Misadoes do Padroado de Orients. India, XII, Lisbon, 1958, 62. (B) 24 1585 in the Ms.
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