_ 121 _ So, Sir, I would like to leave in the manner you require, so I should receive honours and not be dismissed. Thus, Sir, it would be a great favour to me to learn the truth from Reis Sharaf, the interpreter, and Manuel de Macedo. Inform the King of this, as I do not trust Nuno da Cunha. I certainly felt this about him because of what I saw him doing to your people and I felt that he was not going to write favourable things, rather the exact opposite. Moreover, he made numerous enquiries about me when he arrived in this land and has never found anything against me except that I have performed great service to the King, and this caused him great vexation. Be sure, Sir, that he and his secretary, Simão Ferreira, will destroy India, and Your Lordship will receive news of it this year. Item: As Simão da Cunha has died, I am writing to Your Lordship. Here, a Moor named Reis Bard Al-Din, the brother-in-law of Reis Sharaf, the Governor of Bahrain, has revolted. Nuno da Cunha ordered him to hand over the fortress or he would seize it from him by artifice. The Moor was advised by the city not to surrender, and he had no intention of doing so. Then Nuno da Cunha decided to send his brother there to capture it. He took about 400 or 500 men with him and set out for India.
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