_ 405 _ master of his nao. To the island where he had sent them. He found only one man who had been accidently left on land when they had returned to the ships. From him Afonso de Albuquerque learnt of their departure and the reasons for it as we related. His only rection was to order the deeds to be taken out concerning the handing over of the city when they had gone there, to be sent to the king in this kingdom, and other things in order to conceal the sadness which he felt greatly. Making little of the help they had given he did not cease to maintain the stage, so that no succour should reach the city. After a few days had gone since the captains left something happened with the two captains which remained. For some days he suspended them from their captaincies because as he was offended at the disobedience of the others he did not want to suffer from these anything of that kind. The first thing concerned Joao da Nova. Afonso de Albuquerque had ordered him to go with Francisco de Tavora at night to the mainland on the Persian side to take on water at a place called Naiband. When the time for departure came he did not want to go, so many messages came and went from one to other, until Afonso de Albuquerque went to Joao da Nova’s nao where he found
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