_ 117 _ not do it, they would not obey anything except what their captains ordered, and they would die with them. When the Captain-in-Chief was informed of his mutiny, he summoned the Captains to his ship and said to them Sirs, you know that the King our master gave you the captaincies of these ships to serve him under my flag, in peace and in war, in this undertaking of Ormuz, for which he gave me appropriate orders, trusting that you would to his service and that you do great wrong in the differences you have with me, which the Moors know about. They are furious, while I suffer it all meekly, to continue serving the King who ordered me to do what is in his best interest which you do not observe, nor do you behave as true Portuguese but scorn it, with actions deserving punishment, rousing the men and causing disturbance. So, I entreat you not to continue in this way and that you yield to me in what concerns the King’s service, and he will give you many rewards for this. If you do not like work, remain in your ships. I order you not go ashore without my permission. You sir, Francisco de Tavora, should not have done what you did when you did not wish to go to the quarry with me; you went on ahead, and you came back without waiting for me, leaving me on land with
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