The great Afonso Dalboquerque having made and ratified his testament, wherein he left orders that he should be interred in his chapel of Our Lady which he had built in Goa, on the occasion of returning from the conquest of the Kingdom of Ormuz, and leaving behind a fortress built in that city, as has been already related, he added a codicil to it, in these words: “I declare, that in case of my death in these parts of India—which may Our Lord of His mercy not permit—for certain just causes which move me to this end, and for the rest of my soul, I command that after the flesh is consumed, my bones be conveyed to Portugal and interred [in the church of] Our Lady of Grace, of the Order of St. Augustine, where my ancestors lie.” A matter thus earnestly desired by Afonso Dalboquerque, the conyeying of his bones to Portugal (as is shown by these words in the codicil), it would have been carelessness on the part of his son to let fifty-one years pass away without fulfilment; but as this duty was incumbent upon Pero Correa, and being executor he was bound to perform it, the son remains excused, for this very Pero Correa frequently desired the king D. Manuel to give him permission to get them conveyed away, but the king neyer would consent, declaring that as long as he had the bones of Afonso Dalboquerque safe in Goa, India was secure.