_ 553 _ them for their opinion, but he had come to India to do the King’s service and was determined to achieve what he could in the time allowed to him. He hoped that they were all prepared to do the same and urged them strongly against acting otherwise. In the company of the Governor were Dom Antonio de Noronha, his nephew, Fernão Peres d’ Andrade and his brother Simão d’ Andrade (who were now reconciled with the Governor, having previously been on the side of the Viceroy), Francisco Coutinho, Francisco de Tavora, Bastião de Miranda, Jorge da Silveira, Manuel de Lacerda, Duarte de Mello, Antonio da Costa, Simão Martins de Miranda, Gonçalo d’ Almeida, Bastião de Crasto and many more, all young men of accomplishment. There were also Diogo Fernandes de Beja, a servant of the King’s chamber, who had been befriended by the Governor, and had come with the fleet, Ayres da Silva, a young nobleman, Antão Noguiera and Jusarte Pacheco, who had been made a knight in the wars for Cochin with Duarte Pacheco his father, as was stated in Book I. With the other men that the Governor had on his roll, there were more than seven hundred men, not including slaves who had proved to be valiant, who were brought along by their masters with their arms.
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