_ 394 _ which were outside the city, as it seemed to him that there would be some notable person in them who if captured he could always were to lose. Three hundred men went out to meet them, including many horsemen who made the withdraw with more willingness than they had shown when they went on the enterprise. They behaved more like cowards than avengers, because they saw Afonso de Albuquerque proceeding with that war, more from passion than from a more proper cause. Even if he had one, he would have to dissemble until he had put the fortress in a state such that he might be able to make war, what bound them all was to see that the Moors should also have war, what bound them all was to see that the Moors should also have respect for him. They could do them harm whilst the boats were being withdrawn, and so they dissembled with him like people who also felt troubled by the war being stirred up. Finally both those in the city and our people were against war, only Khwaja Attar, In his wicked pursuit of his own interest, and Afonso de Albuquerque with his desire for vengeance and moreover in order to recover the renegades, wanted to give rein to their wills. Because the captains blamed Afonso de Albuquerque for having this
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