_ 530 _ The King now ordered Dom Antonio to re-examine the peace terms and, if it seemed to him that it would not be in his interests to argue in favour of all those matters about which doubts had been expressed, he should endeavour to amend everything that had been agreed and, as was fitting, to implement it for the greater security of the city and the better guarding and defense of the fortress, without appearing to break the peace accord. However, if it was seen that the terms were against his interests and that there was no adequate way for them to be stated and amended except by returning the matter to the state in which it was before the peace agreement, and if the King of Cambay did not want the peace conditions to be honest and sincere, they should revert to continuing the war that they had been waging against him before. The King had already been informed some time previously from Bassein that he ought to prepare a great many plans for any need or occurrence that might befall India, since it had such fertile and abundant lands that it could certainly sustain six thousand men. Consequently, the King commended Garcia de Sá's care in writing to him about building a strong enough force there to dissipate whatever fear they might have of the enemy; since they had powerful neighbors.
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