_ 32 _ “This is all to saw discord among the Captains and cause me trouble.” He sent Francisco de Tavora to sail round the island departing at nightfall, then João da Nova to leave at the middle watch, and after the same lapse of time Afonso Lopes and then Antonio do Campo and then Manuel Telles, because with these differences the ships would be three or four leagues away from each other; and at dawn they were all to anchor within sight of each other, and then the Captain-in-Chief would visit them and give each one freely what it took. But after they had left in this way, Afonso Lopes caught up with João da Nova and spoke to him, telling him that he should lose no more time but come with him, he had a good Moorish pilot and was going to sail to the Viceroy to get him to send away Afonso d’ Albuquerque in irons, and Antonio do Campo and Manuel Telles, who had a good stock of provision for them all, were going with him. João da Nova said to him “I am very sorry that cannot do it, / 870/ I have given surety and do not want to lose it, and I hope to make my complaints against the Captain-in-Chief heard before the King.” He sailed on, and Afonso Lopes waited until Antonio do Campo and Manuel Telles arrived, and they all set off as they had planned, and went to Muscat, where they took on water by force, and Manuel Telles shared out the provisions.
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