_ 147 _ friendship, and that he was ready to pay him 300 bahars of pepper in compensation for what had been lost at our factory there. The Viceroy accepted these terms on condition, that the King of Quilon give him two very valuable rubies which he had, so that he could send them to the King of Portugal, but nothing came of this. Once the seven cargo-ships were loaded and ready, two of them left first under the command of Alvaro de Noronha, and the other five followed later, under Fernao Soares. When the Viceroy saw that the ship in which the king had ordered him to sail was very delayed, he decided to wait no longer, and leave, to Diu, not yet Portugal, since the other ships which were to go to Portugal were almost ready. One of these was Tristao da Silva’s, the latter, seeing that the orders, which would enable him to take over the galleys and ships, failed to arrive (these were the vessels he was to take to. Cape Guardafui), told the Viceroy that he wished to go back on the same ship that had brought him, and left. Before the Viceroy left for Diu he discussed with the Council whether on the way he should attack Calicut. It was concluded that he should not, both because it would be very dangerous and of no use. Once this was settled, he left Cochin for Cannanore on the 25th of November. There he
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