ABSTRACT
The matter having been arranged in the manner I have mentioned, the great Afonso Dalboquerque ordered the Moors to be summoned, and told them before everybody that he was very desirous of serving the king provided he were willing to obey the King of Portugal, his lord, as he said he would; and, in order to put a finish to the matter, he would send Pero Vaz Dorta, factor of the fleet, to speak with the king, and he especially would desire them, until the man returned with the answer, not to be concerned at remaining there in the ship. The Moors replied, that he could do as he wished; for they had come of their own accord to do whatever he ordered them to do. Afonso Dalboquerque sent Pero Vaz Dorta to land, and João Estão, scrivener to the fleet, and Gaspar Eodrigues, the interpreter, with him, to tell the king and Cogeatar and the governors of the city, that he, in the name of the most high and mighty king D. Manuel, King of Portugal and Lord of the Indies, would receive the obedience which he had sent to offer; and that, until this was performed in the proper manner, he would hold his hand from continuing the war with him, so he begged they would conclude the matter forthwith, and not let there be pretences in this as there had been in past affairs. And after confiding this message to Pero Vaz in the presence of all, he withdrew with him apart, and told him to keep an eye unawares upon the disposition of the fortress and its entrances and exits, and notice how many men the king might have with him, and whether there were many pieces of artillery and arms, and in what order they were.
