_ 84 _ The Captains went off muttering that it would be reasonable if he shared out some of that money between them, as was only right. Francisco de Tavora, who was a friend of the Captain-in-Chief put a stop to that, saying that they had no right to talk like that, and they knew that much more would be coming from Ormuz and that if the Captain-in-Chief did not do what they thought was right when everything was concluded then they might complain to him with just cause, which they did not have now. They continued to argue until they separated and went to their ships. The Captain-in-Chief ordered that a flag should be very well made of red and white damask, with the five shields, the arms and crown in blue and yellow taffeta, very well done, each side the length of an arm, with blue and white cords, and fixed to a pike with the iron plated with tin. The next day he ordered his boat to be made ready with banners and carpets at the prow, and in it went Jorge Barreto Pereira with the flag accompanied by Dom Antonio and Nuno Vaz de Castelo Branco, Bras de Silva, Duarte Pereira, Diogo Dil de Mello, Diogo de Freitas, and the quartermaster, and João de Mello and other noblemen and men of rank, all in gala dress. The Captain too came in their boats, well appointed and dressed, with many
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