{
  "bookName": "History of Christianity in India: Source Materials",
  "authorName": "M. K. Kuriakose",
  "publisherName": "Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge",
  "publicationYear": 2011,
  "chapterNumber": 49,
  "chapterName": "c.1663. Fra Giuseppe on the Dutch Occupation of Cochin",
  "pageFrom": 55,
  "pageTo": 55,
  "pages": [
    {
      "pageNumber": 55,
      "ocrText": "SOURCE MATERIALS\n55\nin their mouths and two guns, to a convenient place outside the town,\nand lay down their arms beneath the standard of the General.\n5. All the true born unmarried Portuguese shall be conveyed\nto Europe.\n6. All married Portuguese and Mestics shall proceed to Goa\nand may take their bed and bedding and such other articles as the\nGeneral and his Council may permit.\n7. All free Topasses (semi-assimilated half-castes) and Canarins\nshall remain at the disposal and direction of the General.\n8. The Clergy may take with them the images and the Church\nornaments except those of gold and silver.\n9. All free persons and all persons belonging to the church\nnow wandering in the country, if they be subjects to the King of\nPortugal, be comprehended in this treaty.\n49. FRA GIUSEPPE ON THE DUTCH OCCUPATION OF\nCOCHIN (c. 1663 A.D.)\nFrom Seconda Spedizione alle Indie Orientali. 96, cited in Ferroli,\nThe Jesuits in Malabar, vol. II, pp. 21-22.\nThe hostilities ceased and all that day was devoted to burying\nthe dead. The following night the Blessed Sacrament was removed\nfrom the churches; they were robbed of all ornaments. On the\nsquare in front of each they lit a big fire, and burned the ornaments\ntherein statues, crucifixes, holy pictures, missals and everything\npertaining to the sacred worship. The sight of it caused that poor,\nmiserable people to moan and cry. The next day the keys of the\ncity were delivered. Rickloff took possession of it. He gathered\nthe women in the churches, and some of the nobles in particular\nhouses, with a guard. He collected all the silver plate both from\nthe churches and from private houses. He ordered the Portuguese\nto remain in their houses, to some of which he granted a guard;\nthen he gave leave to the soldiers to plunder the city for three days.\nIt is not possible to imagine the cruelty of the soldiers, the ways\nsome women were treated, the affliction and tears of all. Those,\nwho, a short time before, owned fine houses and plenty of money,\nserved by numerous slaves, living in ease and luxury, had become\ndestitute, naked, with not even a hut where to take shelter. Some\nladies suffered so much that they even lost their lives. The Portu-\nguese soldiers were put on board to be sent to Europe; others,\nwith the Religious and the Clergy, were destined to Goa. The",
      "status": "completed"
    }
  ]
}