_ 222 _ in a church in the city(A). Then they both returned to Cochin with their flotilla and their booty, bringing the king the assurance that the city of Cranganor would once more be paying its taxes(B). Two days later, the Ambassadors of the Rajah of Tanor, the most powerful vassal of the Samorin, presented themselves at the fortress. To provide against the reprisals to which he was exposed by this volte-face, the Rajah asked for the help of the commander-in-chief who immediately sent him a caravel commanded by Pero Rafael, but well before the latter had reached Tanot, the threat had been averted. Without waiting for the return of the ambassadors, the Rajah's troops had set up an ambush on the route of the Samorin who was returning to Cranganor with his army and had prevailed upon him to give up his plans for revenge(C). would have liked to attempt a second Lopo landing near Cranganor, but was prevented in this by the Prince of Cochin because nothing defined the frontier between the lands of his uncle the Rajah and those of the Samorin (BM Anonymous, ibid.). (A) Castanheda, I/94, p. 1981; Góis, I/97, p. 236. Seven horsemen are specified in the Anonymous Account from Florence, 1.c., p. 47. (B) The payment of taxes is confirmed by Alvaro Vaz (letter to Dom Manuel, from Cochin, 24.XII.1504, CA, III, p. 267). (C) BM Anonymous, p. 124; Castanheda, I/95, p. 198; Barros, I/7- 10, p. 293-294; Góis, 1/99, p. 240.
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