_ 100 _ they had no strength on the sea, it was a pledge left there for whenever the Moors wanted to take revenge for wrongs done them and if they killed all the Portuguese they would have a fortress ready made for them and well-armed with guns to defend them when the fleet came back for vengeance. If he had no commission from the King to build a fortress he should not do so. Because they were all agreed on this, they requested him in the name of the King not to build a fortress and to give them a undertaking to that effect for their protection and then they would do as he commanded. When the Captain-in-Chief had heard this and that all the Captains agreed and supported it, he made them a long speech; he said that had paid attention to all that was said, and then he showed them his commission, saying that they should hear only one point in it; and he showed it to them, written in many paragraphs, and at the very end the last one said “Of all that is contained in this commission, you Afonso d’ Albuquerque, my friend, will do all that you think serves me best”. When this paragraph had been read the Captain-inChief said to them “Sirs, you and I, with the help of Our Lord, have won and made a tributary of this kingdom, as you see, but we have done nothing, and all our work will
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