_ 387 _ The King went away, but a few days later he wanted to come back and see Afonso de Albuquerque. But Afonso de Albuquerque excused himself, saying that his illness made him unfit to receive princes. He accepted that the sea would be a remedy, as his illness was afflicting him greatly while he was on land. One day at siesta-time, quietly and secretly he embarked on Diogo Fernandes de Eeja's ship. Having to converse with people now tired him so much that, he handed over his own ship, the "Nazaré" to his nephew Vicente d' Albuquerque, telling him to gather all the nobles and servants of the King and offer them a feast such as he himself customarily offered them. He sent ahead in the ship "Enxóbragas" Captain Simão d' Andrade to [...] to take aboard some horses he had ordered to be purchased for the guard of the revenue-collecting districts in Goa. He himself took with him Aires de Silva, whom he was leaving as naval commander of the fortress of Ormuz, two caravalles and two galleys and they want to take a look at the coast of Kalhat, which Afonso de Albuquerque insisted on reaching. When the King of Ormuz learnt of the manner of his departure, he feared that he had been embarked already dead. As he was certain of this, he sent Hassan Ali with two small crafts of provisions after him to visit him and find
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