_ 105 _ them to the Cape Guardafui, where we can have the fun going in search of prizes. Therefore, I notify you that if you think this too much work you must hand over your ships to me and I shall put in them Captains who are pleased to do the King’s service in what I command.” Each man replied as he wished, and because they were all talking João da Nova, as he had been previously agreed, spoke to the Captain-in-Chief saying “Sir, Tristan da Cunha ordered me to come with you and achieve something good to take him news of, and then go on to India to find ships returning to Portugal. Since you have carried out with such honour this great feat of wining the kingdom of Ormuz and making it a tributary to the lordship of Portugal, for the good news of which I hope that the Viceroy and the King our maser will reward me, you will be so good as to give me permission to go, for if I wait any longer I shall not arrive in time to be able to leave for Portugal.” The Captain-in-Chief appeared very dejected and remined silent for a while, and hem answered Sir João da Nova, may God forgive whoever gave you the bad advice to ask me for this leave when I am in such straits that I need as many more men and ships. If you take such news now, it will be false and empty, for it is not completed, and it is to do that that I now want to build a fortress, so as to make
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