herefore sent for him.'[12]

[Footnote 12: Albuquerque's _Commentaries_, vol. iv. p. 198.]

His son, according to the last wishes of the great captain, desired
to remove the body of Affonso de Albuquerque to Portugal, but King
Emmanuel would never consent, saying that as long as the bones of
Affonso de Albuquerque were at Goa India was secure. John III held
the same view, and it was not until 1566, more than fifty years after
his death, that his remains were removed to Portugal by permission of
Queen Catherine, who was then Regent in the name of the boy-king, Dom
Sebastian. They were then solemnly interred in the Chapel of Our Lady
of Grace at Lisbon, attached to the Augustinian monastery, where they
still repose.

The deeds of Albuquerque form his fittest memorial, and in the next
chapter an attempt will be made to examine his character as exhibited
by his internal policy. Nevertheless it is interesting to quote here
his son's description of his person and his character as given in the
_Commentaries_.

'This great Captain was a man of middle stature, with a long face,
fresh coloured, the nose somewhat large. He was a prudent man, and
a Latin scholar, and spoke in elegant phrases; his conversation and
writings showed his excellent education. He was of ready words,
very authoritative in his commands, very circumspect in his
dealings with the Moors, and greatly feared yet greatly loved by
all, a quality rarely found united in one captain. He was very
valiant and favoured by fortune. King Ferdinand said to Pedro
{144} Correa, when he was Portuguese ambassador at the Spanish
Court, that it was a very astonishing thing, that King Emmanuel,
his son-in-law, should have ordered Affonso de Albuquerque to
return from India, seeing that he was so great a captain and so
fortunate in his wars. He always gained the victory in his battles
against the Moors, both at sea and on land, sometimes indeed being
wounded, for the places where he was posted were never of the
safest. He was very prompt in the performance of any undertaking
when he had once determined upon it, and his name and his successes
are so celebrated among all the kings and princes of Europe and
Asia, that the Grand Turk, when conversing with Don Alvaro de
Sande, captain of the Emperor Charles V, whom he held in captivity,
concerning the state of India, laid his hand on his breast and said
that Affonso de Albuquerque had be