Camões, ii. 52.
By Burton:
"Thou shalt behold the Fortalice hold out
of Cananor with scanty garrison
* * * * *
shalt in Cochin see one approv'd so stout,
who such an arr'gance of the sword hath shown,
no harp of mortal sang a similar story,
digne of e'erlasting name, eternal glory."
[1606.—"Att Cowcheen which is a place neere Callicutt is stoare of pepper...."—Birdwood, First Letter Book, 84.