'He lifted up his hands and gave thanks unto Our Lord and cried:--"In bad repute with men because of the King, and in bad repute with the King because of the men, it were well that I were gone."'[8] [Footnote 8: Albuquerque's _Commentaries_, vol. iv. p. 195.] This harsh measure of supersession had undoubtedly been suggested to King Emmanuel by the personal enemies whom the Governor had made through his imperious temper; and it is not without significance that among the captains who accompanied Soares de Albergaria were two of Albuquerque's declared enemies, Francisco de Tavora and Diogo Mendes de Vasconcellos. The jealous disposition of the King had been freely worked on, and the argument that Albuquerque wished to make himself an independent prince or duke at Goa had had its effect. On receiving the tidings of his disgrace Albuquerque added a codicil to his will, directing that his bones should be carried to Portugal, and he wrote the following proud and touching letter to King Emmanuel, the sovereign he had served so well. 'Sire, I am not writing to Your Highness with my own hand, because, when I do so, I tremble very greatly, which is a warning of my approaching death. I leave a son, Sire, to perpetuate my memory, to whom I bequeath all my property, which is little enough, but I bequeath him also the obligation, due to me for all my services, which is very great. The affairs of India speak for me and for themselves [_lit._ for it]. I {140} leave India, with its principal heads fallen, in your power, without its promising any other trouble, except the locking close of the gate of the Straits [_i.e._ of the Red Sea]; that is what Your Highness ordered me to do. I give you as my constant counsel, Sire, for the security of India, to continue drawing your expenses from it [_i.e._ to make the administration pay for itself]. I beg Your Highness in reward to remember all this, and to make my son a nobleman and to give him full satisfaction for my services. All my hopes I place in the hands of Your Highness and of the Queen. I commend myself to you both that you may make my affairs [_cousas_] great, since I make my end in the affairs of your service and for them deserve to be rewarded. And as for my pensions, which I have won for the greater part, as Your Highness knows, I kiss your hands for them for my son. Written at sea on the sixth day of December, 1515.' _In Albuquerque's own handwriting_:-- 'Done by the servant of Your Highness, 'AFONSO D ALBOQUERQUE.'[9] [Footnote 9: This letter is translated from the original text preserved in the Torre del Tombo, or Archives of Portugal, printed in the _Cartas de Albuquerque_, vol. i. pp. 380, 381. The version given in the _Commentaries_, vol. iv. pp. 195, 196 is much shortened.]