_ 30 _ has made you so free, as you make yourself with us, you should have due regard for our being who we are and not be so contemptuous.” The Captain-in-Chief endured these insults and answered mildly “The King did not give me powers to order you to be beheaded, but the deeds which deserve it bring the power with them. Since that is your opinion, in the King’s name give me your hand.” He got up and crossed over to them, which made them afraid, and they rose to their feet, and all three gave him their hands, Afonso Lopes, Manuel Telles and Antonio do Campo. He took them from them sureties that they would not leave that ship without his permission, and he ordered Pero d’ Alpoy, who acted as magistrate, to take their signed sureties. He sent for the masters of their ships and ordered them to take charge as captains and to do nothing in them without his command, on pain of death. He ordered a deed to be drawn up, which they signed, and the pilots also signed, and as a result of this deed, which they did not observe, he had some of them hanged in Goa, as will be told later. The Captains made great complaints and petitions and brought out their patents, which the Captain-inChief ordered should be given to him. After three days the Captain-in-Chief’s fury abated, and at the request of Dom Antonio and the nobles they were released from the
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