The Portuguese Expedition to Abyssinia in 1541-1543, As Narrated by Castanhoso : With Some Contemporary Letters, the Short Account of Bermudez, and Certain Extracts from Correa.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- Castanhoso -- Introduction -- Chapter I. Of how Dom Christovão began his march, and of his reception in the country of the Barnaguais -- Chapter II. Of the counsel taken by Dom Christovão with the Barnaguais and the people of the country, as to what should be done -- Chapter III. Of how Dom Christovão mustered his people, and divided them as seemed best to him -- Chapter IV. Of how Dom Christovão sent for the Queen, and of her reception of the Portuguese who went to fetch her -- Chapter V. Of how the Queen arrived at Dom Christovão's camp, and of her reception there -- Chapter VI. Of how Dom Christovão visited the Queen, and of how the winter was spent till the beginning of marching -- Chapter VII. Of how Dom Christovão began to march, and of the order of his march -- Chapter VIII. Of how Dom Christovão examined the top of this mountain, and of what he found there -- Chapter IX. Of how Dom Christovão on his march found a very strong hill, and made arrangements to attack it -- Chapter X. Of how Dom Christovão pitched his camp on the skirts of the hill, and of how he took order to attack it -- Chapter XI. Of how the Portuguese attacked this hill and captured it, with the death of some -- Chapter XII. Of how Dom Christovão, in nearing the plains of Jarte, met an ambassador from the Preste, and of the warning received that the King of Zeila was near -- Chapter XIII. Of the Embassy the King of Zeila sent to Dom Christovão -- Chapter XIV. Of how Dom Christovão fought the first battle with the King of Zeila, in which the Moor was defeated, and wounded by a matchlock bullet -- Chapter XV. Of the second battle which Dom Christovão fought with the King of Zeila, in which the King was defeated.

Chapter XVI. Of how, on the arrival of the Barnaguais and of the Portuguese, Dom Christovão followed in pursuit of the King of Zeila -- Chapter XVII. Of what Dom Christovão did that winter, and of how he captured a very strong hill which had belonged to a Jew captain -- Chapter XVIII. Of how there was a battle between Dom Christovão and the King of Zeila, in which Dom Christovão was defeated -- Chapter XIX. Of how the Moors, following Dom Christovão, found him, and seized him, and of how he died -- Chapter XX. Of how some one hundred and twenty Portuguese collected with the Queen, and of how the Preste arrived at the hill of the Jews, where the Queen, his mother, and the Portuguese were awaiting him -- Chapter XXI. Of the reception the Portuguese gave the Preste, and of how after the meeting we determined to all go and revenge the death of Dom Christovão -- Chapter XXII. Of how the Preste began to march with the Portuguese, and found the King of Zeila encamped on the lake of the Nile -- and of the method the King of Zeila adopted to kill the captain of the Preste's camp -- Chapter XXIII. Of how the Preste and the King of Zeila fought a battle, in which the Moors were defeated and the King slain -- Chapter XXIV. Of how the father of the Barnaguais who had rebelled, returned to the Preste, and brought with him the Prince of Zeila -- Chapter XXV. Of the lake whence the Nile flows, on the shores of which the Preste passed Easter, and of the customs of the Abyssinians in Holy Week -- Chapter XXVI. Of the great mourning made, and of the obsequies celebrated by the Preste for the soul of Dom Christovão and for the Portuguese who died in the battle -- Chapter XXVII. Of how the Preste on his march reached the plains of Jartafaa, and of what he found there.

and of how certain Portuguese, with the permission of the Preste, went to Massowa to seek shipping for India -- Chapter XXVIII. Of how the Portuguese took leave of the Preste for Massowa -- Letters of and to the King of Abyssinia -- I. Letter from Lebna Dengel, King of Abyssinia, to D. João Bermudez, undated, written in 1540 -- II. Letter from Galâwdêwos to the King of Portugal, undated, on the services of Miguel de Castanhoso -- probably written late in 1543, possibly early in 1544 -- III. Letter from D. João III, King of Portugal, to the King of Abyssinia, dated March 13th, 1546, on the pretensions of Bermudez. With this are also given the Letter of the King of Portugal to D. João de Castro, of March 13th, 1546, and of the King of Portugal to the Portuguese in Abyssinia, dated March 15th, 1546 -- IV. Letter from Galâwdêwos to the King of Portugal, dated Christmas 1550, relating the events of D. Christovão's Expedition -- V. Letter from Galâwdêwos to the Governor of India, dated Christmas 1551, relating the events of D. Christovão's Expedition -- Bermudez -- Letter of D. João Bermudez to the king our lord -- Chapter I. Of how D. João Bermudez was elected Patriarch of the Preste, and sent to Rome to proffer obedience to the Holy Father -- Chapter II. Of how the Patriarch left Rome and came to Portugal, where he was well received by the King, D. João III -- Chapter III. Of how the King sped the Patriarch quickly, and ordered his return -- Chapter IV. Of how the Patriarch started with those the King gave him, and arrived in India -- Chapter V. Of how the Viceroy sent to the Preste to learn if the Embassy of the Patriarch were genuine -- Chapter VI. Of how the Governor, D. Garcia, died, and D. Estevão succeeded, who took the Patriarch to the Red Sea -- and of the death of the Emperor of the Preste, Onadinguel.

Chapter VII. Of how D. Estevão left for Suez -- and of how there arrived messages from the Preste John, desiring him to send the Patriarch -- Chapter VIII. Of how sixty men fled from the Fleet, who were killed up the country, and of what else happened consequent on their death -- Chapter IX. Of how the death of the sixty men was avenged, and of how they slew a Captain of the King of Zeila -- Chapter X. Of the arrival of the Governor, D. Estevão, and of how he selected his brother, D. Christovão, as Captain for the Preste -- Chapter XI. Of how the two armies separated, one for India and the other for the Preste John -- and of the murmurs that arose against the Patriarch -- Chapter XII. Of how the Queen of the Preste came to Debarua to visit the Patriarch and D. Christovão, and of the reception they gave her, and of what else passed there -- Chapter XIII. Of how the army of the Christians started from Debarua to seek the King of Zeila -- Chapter XIV. Of how the war between the Christians and the Moors began with the victory of the Christians -- Chapter XV. Of how an Abyssinian Captain, who had joined the Moors, came over to the Christians -- Chapter XVI. Of how the King of Zeila sent to tell D. Christovão that he desired to see him again -- and of the second battle, in which he was again defeated -- Chapter XVII. Of how the Christians went in pursuit of the Moors, and captured their Camp -- Chapter XVIII. Of how the King of Zeila recruited his army, and of what the Christians did meanwhile -- Chapter XIX. Of how the King of Zeila came on with his reinforced army, and of how we prepared to give battle -- Chapter XX. Of the disastrous battle in which the Christians were defeated -- Chapter XXI. Of how D. Christovão hid in a thicket -- Chapter XXII. Of how the Patriarch selected an other Captain for the Portuguese.

Chapter XXIII. In which is related the confinement and death of D. Christovão -- Chapter XXIV. Of how the King of Zeila went to the kingdom of Dembia, and the Preste's vassals submitted to the Queen, and of how King Gradeus came to the Camp -- Chapter XXV. Of a speech the Patriarch made to the Portuguese -- Chapter XXVI. Of the speech the Patriarch made to the King Gradeus, asking him to obey the Pope as his father did, and of the King's reply -- Chapter XXVII. Of how the Patriarch told the Portuguese what passed with King Gradeus -- Chapter XXVIII. Of how the King Gradeus sent a present to the Portuguese, who would not accept it -- Chapter XXIX. Of the counsel the King Gradeus followed, and of how he submitted to the Pope -- Chapter XXX. Of the death of the captain Affonso Caldeira, and of how Ayres Diz was made captain -- Chapter XXXI. Of how the Patriarch with the Portuguese and some Abyssinians separated from the King, and of how afterwards he sent the Portuguese to the King, and he and the Abyssinians went to where the Goranha was -- and of how he again sent for Ayres Diz -- Chapter XXXII. Of how the Christians climbed the hill of St. Paul -- Chapter XXXIII. Of how the Christians on the hill stood on their guard, of the death of the Captain General of the Abyssinians, and of the passion of the King Gradeus on his behalf, and of other things that happened at that time -- Chapter XXXIV. Of the death of the King of Zeila, and of the defeat of the Moors, and of certain other things which followed -- Chapter XXXV. Of a quarrel among the Portuguese as to who should be captain -- Chapter XXXVI. Of how the Queen arrived at the camp, and of her reception there -- Chapter XXXVII. Of how King Gradeus recovered the monastery of Syão, with the territory belonging to it.

Chapter XXXVIII. Of how the King of Adem made war on King Gradeus, and was killed, and his camp despoiled.

Translated and Edited and Including a bibliography of Abyssinia, pp. civ-cxxxii. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1902. Owing to technical constraints the map which appeared in the original edition of the book is not included.

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