_ 106 _ da Nova, whom Afonso de Albuquerque had allowed to leave, arrived. He told the Viceroy that owing to the insults he had suffered; he would have left Afonso d’ Albuquerque even without his consent. And he showed him the hairs which according to him he had torn from his beard, as well as telling him how he had arrested him in his ship without however telling the truth about the reason for this arrest. He also gave him a letter from Francisco de Tavora, in which he said terrible things about Afonso de Albuquerque, and asked the Viceroy to send him to India. João da Nova and the others told him so much about Afonso de Albuquerque that all those present were astonished. And even though Afonso de Albuquerque was absent the Viceroy sent for the two Arabs, whom the captains told to bear witness against him, since Afonso de Albuquerque would also later summon witnesses against the captains. Chapter: 83 It was previously described how Rui Soares left Mozambique to go to India, escorting a ship which had up to then been under the command of João Gomes de Abreu and whose captain was now Jorge Botelho; and also, that owing to unfavorable winds they had both spent the winter in Lambo, which is on the same coast. There they stayed for seven months, always at sea, and for most of the time were occupied in fighting the natives who were determined
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