Now that it had been determined by all the fidalgos and captains that the Viceroy should not go to Portugal, but remain in the government of India, thenceforth many men took upon themselves the boldness of showing all the discourtesy they could towards Afonso Dalboquerque, with the object of doing or saying something or other whereby they could calumniate him. But he saw through the conspiracy which they had entered upon, to the prejudice of his honour in order to curry favour with the Viceroy; and, therefore, began to withdraw himself from conversation with them. And when several days had elapsed, during which he had not gone out of doors, one day, in the morning, he went out to the shore, accompanied by his servants (for now no one ventured to be seen in his company) to look at the ship Oirue, which was undergoing repair. And as he passed by the door of Antonio do Campo's house, Jorge Barreto and Fero Barreto, who were in the house, came to the window and began to mock him with disgusting noises, and called out “Jew!” and “traitor!” But Afonso Dalboquerque kept on his way without replying to them, and after spending some time on the shore, he returned home by another way.