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[SILVEIRA (Francisco Rodrigues)], LOBO (A. de S. S. Costa), comp. MEMÓRIAS de um Soldado da Índia. Lisboa. 1987. - [SILVEIRA (Francisco Rodrigues)], LOBO (A. de S. S. Costa), comp. MEMÓRIAS de um Soldado da Índia . Compiladas de um Manuscripto Portuguez do Museu Britannico por A. de S.S. Costa Lobo. Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda, 1987. [4], 344 pp.; 240 mm. Facsimile edition of the 1877 edition, published by Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda. It reproduces Costa Lobo's compilation based on the manuscript of the Reformation of the Militia and Government of the State of East India , kept in the British Museum, a work by Francisco Rodrigues Silveira, a native of Lamego, whose name does not appear in the edition. It is one of the most vivid and critical accounts of Portuguese India at the end of the 16th century, written by a soldier and not by an official chronicler. The first part recounts the author's experience in India, from his landing in Goa in 1585 until 1598: the misery of the soldiers, the corruption of the captains and officers, the abuses in the administration of the State, accompanied by proposals for reform addressed to the king. The second part, set in Portugal between 1598 and 1634, deals mainly with a lawsuit the author filed with a notary. It is a work of the same critical lineage as Diogo do Couto's *Soldado Prático* , an essential source for the social history of the State of India. The complete text was only published in 1996, in a critical edition by the Fundação Oriente. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate