_ 114 _ stood and took a walk with Alonso Lopes da Costa, Manuel Telles, Francisco de Tavora and Jorge Barreto de Castro, Antonio do Campo being at the quarry. He said to them “Sirs, you see how far we have reached in this work, God be praised”, and he asked them to say whether it would be better to finish the fortress or go to Cape Guardafui. They replied that that was a matter to be discussed by everyone together and a decision reached accordingly. And they asked him to overlook the anger of João da Nova and pardon him, and to let him return to his ship, and then they would all assemble and decide on what had asked them. The Captain-in-Chief said he agreed, and João da Nova returned to his ship, for which everyone thanked him, and talking together they agreed to give an answer to the Captain-in-Chief on what he had asked them, whether they should complete the fortress or go to Cape Guardafui. The next evening, when the boats from the quarry arrived at the site where the Captain-in-Chief was with all the Captains, he started talking again about what they thought should be done whether they should build the fortress, which he wanted to start because the keep had already reached the first storey level, or whether they should go to Cape Guardafui. The were all in agreement and said that the fortress should not be built, because even
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