_ 216 _ too necessary to this land. Sailing in March they will come without danger and at a time which would bring joy to us and sorrow to our enemies. Translation of p. 191 The Viceroy D. Garcia [de Noronha] requested me to go to the Moluccas, being informed about my character, to serve Your Highness and to learn about the land and to write to him from there. Thus, I always wrote to him and to Your Highness's governors from there and they were always informed by me. Martin Afonso de Sousa, being a fine man, who saw me fight many times, wanted me for the factory of the Moluccas, but I did not dare to serve there as I did not want to ruin myself. However, the people and the captain D. Jorge requested me to serve as there were Spaniards in the land and people were being forced to carry out the required duties in such times. In the second year Jurdão de Freitas arrived and as was his nature he stopped me from serving you, arrested me and destroyed everything I had offered in your service. I send these the assurance that I asked witnesses to be examined concerning my actions, right and wrong, which he refused as he wanted to do me ill. By the sentence that was issued from the report on matters between us, which I suffered in your service, they
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