Now that all the captains had decided that a fortress must be built in Calicut, for the reasons already detailed, the great Afonso Dalboquerque made up his mind to set sail for Cochim with the fleet, which he had already in preparation, and from that place make a settlement of the business in hand as best could be to this end: and he ordered D, Garcia de Noronha, his nephew, to proceed to Calicut and learn from the Çamorim what course he intended to pursue, and to request him to perform four conditions.

The first was to grant space in the roadstead in front of his Cerame, on which to build a fortress, capable of receiving our men and protecting them from troubles, such as they had suffered in the past.

The second, that he must give whatever pepper was required for the lading of the ships bound to Portugal, in exchange for merchandise of various kinds, according to the weights and prices current in Cananor; and that the factor of the king, his lord, must be allowed to purchase the ginger, which the producers are in the habit of bringing down for sale to the market-place, in accordance with the custom of the country.

The third, to repay all the property which the Moors had taken from the Portuguese in times past.