_ 401 _ to go the part of the island which he had designated on order to stop provisions and aid of any kind reaching the city. After they had been on guard for a few days, Afonso de Albuquerque learned through Moors whom they had captured in a terrada how certain men had been coming to a small island called Laxa within sight of Ormuz with some provisions so that they could be taken by night to the city. Afonso de Albuquerque ordered these three captains to investigate this matter. When they arrived there they found nothing except a place for hunting deer and partridge, which is done a great deal as the Kings of Ormuz had ordered it to be made into a serve where they could go for recreation. When the captains had finished hunting, they entered into a discussion on whether to leave Afonso de Albuquerque and go away to India. They assumed that when he realized that they had gone he would leave Persia and do the same as them. When they all found themselves before the Viceroy Don Francisco, each would present his reasons. They would give as the reason for their going the argument that they would make to the masters, pilot and person of account that they were sailing with, namely the following; the cause of that war and the progress of it proceeded from Afonso de Albuquerque’s indignation
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