_ 194 _ that you do nothing, and you, whom I sent with my ambassador, remained in Goa and did not go. The greatest trust I have is in the King of Spain, and you would please me greatly if you were willing to return to Spain with my ambassador to persuade your King what you had persuaded me to do”. I replied that I had come to his court by Your Majesty’s order only to do all that he commended me; and that if the first time I had not gone to Spain it was not my fault but that of the Then governor of India; and that whenever he ordered me I was ready to depart. He answered with great enthusiasm: “Today, then”, and when I told him I would go at once, he ordered letters to be written and gave me as a companion one of the principal Moors in his court. When the letters and gifts he gave me for Your Majesty were ready, he left for this city as quickly as possible. I followed him more slowly, and when I went to kiss his hand he asked me what I was doing and why I was not on my way. I answered that I was held back by an offence that a vassal of his had committed against the fortress of Ormuz, and I would not go without due reparation. As Your Majesty will perhaps hear about this business I thought it right to give a full account of it so that you may order what you wish to be done.
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