on behalf of the king our lord, everything needful
to him and to his army, and to his royal majesty,
the King Don Felipe—in order, also, to
serve in this matter the king our lord—his
grace did not so much as consent to accept from me
anything whatsoever; but descended to subterfuge,
and, as answer to my rejoinder, ordered his artillery
to take position in front of the fleet, to impede my
passage—in spite of his being on the land
and sea of the king our sovereign. In every respect,
therefore, he gives evidence of not adhering to the
compacts and treaties made between his imperial majesty
Don Carlos, King of Castella, and King Don Joao, our
lord (may they rest in glory), which documents I had
sent and presented to him in order to obviate all
doubts and disputes that might arise. He has certainly
incurred, in return, the displeasure of God and the
sovereigns. Secondly, I send him again the letter
of the emperor Don Carlos to Ruilopez de Vilhalobos,
and those of his company, that he may see more clearly
its truth and purport; and I summon his grace particularly—once
and as many times as I am empowered thereunto—and,
in general, all his captains, ensigns, sergeants corporals,
and pilots, and all the other officials of war, retinue,
and justice, on both land and sea, soldiers and sailors
alike—in conformity to the said compact,
to assemble immediately on this fleet of the king our
lord, and to depart therein in order to present themselves
before the viceroy of India. From the said viceroy,
in the name of the king our lord, in my own, and in
that of the captains of this fleet and of the fortresses
of India, I give to each individually, and, to all
in general, assurance that no harm or injury whatsoever
shall be done them; that they shall be left free to
go to their own kingdom or remain in India, as they
prefer; and that they shall receive all possible good
treatment, and be given all their property, and everything
of which they may stand most in need. And if
his grace refuse to do this, I summon him again and
many times, and all the rest of his fleet and army,
individually and collectively, to depart at once and
leave the said fortress, and abandon this island and
all others which, by the said treaty, are seen to
belong to the commerce and conquest of the king our
lord, and to leave everything here forever free and
disembarrassed. And likewise I notify them not
to do violence to, and to leave free, the Portuguese
who are in his army, to whom, by this present, I give
assurance, in the name of the king our lord, that they
shall not be proceeded against as criminals, for thus
embarking and being in the said fleet and camp, from
the day when they passed the boundaries of Castella
up to the present. And I summon them all individually
and collectively, and I order them in the name of
the king our lord, to come immediately to this the
fleet of their true king and sovereign, on the above-mentioned
assurance that they shall in all respects be protected.