_ 386 _ about to make, and to trust, him to know from what he had experienced at his time of life and from his condition at the present moment that men must not lie to God or to their King. He said this and many other things which moved all the captains to compassion, so that, when he had finished, they all promised to support whatever he did. He then had a document drawn up in favour of Pero d' Alpoem, but in secret, as became evident later, he nominated his nephew, Pero d' Albuqverque. As his illness returned to afflict him, on the advice of his doctors, who said that he would be better at sea, he resolved to return to India. When the King of Ormuz received this news, he came to see Afonso de Albuquerque, greatly lamenting his departure. Afonso de Albuquerque treated him as a son he loved, but also as a king he revered, and had worked hard at his affairs of state and placed his finances in good order. The King, when he came to see him, began to sleep, saying how helpless he would feel without him, and that he feared for his life, because he did not think that Reis Hamid would live long. To this Afonso de Albuquerque replied that he was leaving his nephew there to guard and defend him as if he were his lord the King of Portugal. And he said many other things to console the King.
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