_ 118 _ twenty men, and I ordered you to lie to and you did not wait. Francisco de Tavora, who was already angry like the others, got up saying What? Do you think that was wrong? If you think so, you cannot punish me for it. Keep the ship, and give it to whomsoever you please, but I tell you that I am going from here in it to India. The Captain-in-Chief was enraged at such disrespect, and with mild words he ordered him to remain in his ship as prisoner on surety, and he took him with him in the boat and gave command of the ship to Dinis Fernandas de Mello. After this had happened, the next day four Portuguese went off the hid in Khwaja Attar’s house. He was very pleased, and they told him in detail about the quarrels between the Captains and Captain-in-Chief because the fortress was being built without the King ordering it, and that this was only because he wanted use it to take over the city and steal what he wanted and remain in it defiantly until another fleet came from India; and that the Captains and all the men were mutinous against him because he was doing what the King had not commanded and would not go to Cape Guardafui, as the King commanded. This news delighted Khwaja Attar, and he ordered the Portuguese to be guarded and went to the King, and with
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