_ 138 _ They showered other insults on him, ignoring the Goazil’s explantion that he had done it to serve his king and for no other cause. He thought that it had been a small price to pay to give them provisions in return for liberty and the life of all those in the town, for he well remembered what our men had done in other towns. When he saw that none of his reasons were accepted and they still insulted him and would not see what damage the town could suffer, he threw his head cloth on the ground and stalked out of the gate, showing the people how he had been insulted. He then came to warn our men. Afonso de Albuquerque was not aware of all that had happened until Pero Vaz told him. It was enough for him to know of the much trouble the Moors had caused, showing the little respect they had for our armada. He was therefore determined to land the following day as the present was already far gone. Meanwhile because a lot of damage had been caused by a big cannon which the Moors had placed on a high spot above the ships, Afonso de Albuquerque sent Lopes da Costa with the people from his ship to spike the cannon. This excursion cost one dead and seven or eight wounded of Afonso Lopes’s men. He did not complete this operation and returned to the naos.
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