_ 126 _ Fernão Soares was true. So, he sent João Estão the notary to Afonso Lopes and Manuel Telles and Antoni do Campo to tell them that they had done wrong and so he suspended them from their captaincies, which they must relinquish, and they would be held as prisoners in his ship, where they were to go. When they heard this, they told the notary that the message they had sent by Fernão Soares was true, and they were very repentant about the letter and were ready to do ad he commanded. When the Captain-in-Chief heard this, he decided he was satisfied with it, because time and circumstances forced him to be. Then he ordered João da Nova and Fransisco de Tavora to go with their ships to the other side of the city, as near to land as possible in order to fire their cannon. The other ships he ordered to go close to the King’s palace in battle readiness, thinking that with these measures Khwaja Attar would be afraid and would give him the Portuguese. He sent word by the linguist that the men should be sent at once since he had given him the Moors, and he should beware of the destruction he would cause to the city if he did not send them. But Khwaja Attar had fighting men ready and had agreed with the King that they would not consent to the fortress being built. He sent word to the
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