_ 46 _ captains do what they should not do and if they are paid what they are not owed it is deliberate fraud. Translation of p. 773 (part) I do not know if Bartolomeu still seeks to break a contract which a factor of his made, in order not to lose the credit he has in the world. Your Highness may not know how well and with how much love he has served you, but if so, concerning this matter witness’s a statement may be taken through. all the world and in Afonso de Albuquerque’s fleet, for there is truth even among enemies, it seems, and thus you will know how much he towered above all men in serving you. Not like Afonso de Albuquerque, who on finishing the cancellation of the departures of ships that the Viceroy had arranged he left for Goa, and took from the man as much money as he could which remained to them, if Your Highness did not hear how his merchandise was dealt with. Then Afonso de Albuquerque came to Cochin and immediately gave many licences for sailing to Portugal through his signature and when he embarked, he sent a message that all those to whom he had given them should send him a galley.
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