For all that the Viceroy would have been glad to remain in India, nevertheless, he was in dread that the King D. Manuel would not receive him favourably, so he was ever seeking for means whereby he might let him know how great the service was that he was performing in retaining his government. And although by means of the Prior of Crato, his brother, he had already essayed this, one day, when he was talking with Jorge Barreto and João da Nova, he said to them that they could see very well how India stood in great risk of being lost if Afonso Dalboquerque remained therein; but yet he, for his part, could do nought else than return to Portugal and obey the mandates of the King his Lord, unless the captains and all the people of India made him a formal request that he should not go. For he dreaded lest the king of Cochim, by reason of the hatred which he had towards him, and by reason of the kindliness which he evinced for Afonso Dalboquerque, should write to the king of this business which had taken place from a different point of view.