The Portuguese governor requested a three-day truce, but Coine refused as he only had provisions for one more day.

However they were subsequently returned to Halsey by the Portuguese governor who recognized the validity of his privateer's commission.

Messages were sent to the Portuguese governor at Goa.

Continued air attacks forced the Portuguese governor of Diu to surrender.

He sent an ultimatum to António Pedro de Vasconcelos, the Portuguese governor of the colony, who stalled for time.

However, at Randeniwela he with his salagama army joined the Sinhala King and ke supposedly killed the Portuguese governor who was fighting valiantly.

In the 1680s, following the failure of northern warfare, Portuguese governors tried again to make more war in the south.

The French town was then burnt by Mem de Sá, the Portuguese governor.

He then tries to kidnap the Portuguese governor of Príncipe, but is found out and killed in an ambush.

After extensive reworking, it became the official residence of the Portuguese governor and, with independence in 1975, of the President of the Republic.