_ 368 _ bear men, and on bad terms with men for the love I bear the King. And lifting his hands to God, he said that he rendered thanks that the King should send a Commandant at this time, for in the condition in which he found himself, he was not long for this world. He now began to repost; it is time to commit myself to the Church, and to say how much pleasure it afforded him to say this, and that he had no desire for food, for merry-making or for the pleasures of life with which Diogo Fernandes and Fero de Alpoem tried to beguile him. For they perceived that his spirit was weakening as a result of his illness and of the news he had just received, and that he had hoped for a different reward. The incident which most weakened him occurred near Dabul, where they encountered a ship, which had accompanied Lopo Soares. The captain and owner was one Joannes Impole, who, on the orders of Lopo Soares, was on his way to Div to sell goods and to load clothing to take to Malacca, where he had in accordance with his contract, to load more cargo. This Joannes very confidentially related to him matters which were poison for his health, and very prejudicial to
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