_ 115 _ if it was done as he wished they could not leave men or provisions in it to enable them to defend it against the King Ormuz, as they had already told him; whereas they were sure of provisions at Cape Guardafui and from there they could seize much wealth, and pepper and spices to send to Portugal, and this was better than building a fortress which was of no importance. There were many arguments over this with Jorge Barreto, whose opinion was that building the fortress was better than anything else, certainly better than going to the Cape where they would find little or nothing; so, nothing was agreed, because the Captain-in-Chief was set on building the fortress. When they had gone back to their ships they agreed together and drew up a written petition which they sent to the Captain-in-Chief on the subject of the discussion, detailing the arguments against the building of the fortress. They sent it by the notary of Manuel Telles’ ship, who took it to the Captain-in-Chief where he was, at the site. He was very offended, but he did this and told João Estão, who was with him, to see who had signed the paper, not to tell him but just to see. He did this, and the Captain-in-Chief tore it up without looking at it, and told João Estão to tell those whose names he had seen on the paper that he requested
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